Gambling warnings amid Kansas expanded gaming raise youth risk
Officials in Kansas tout healthy returns from expanded gambling but warn against gifting lottery tickets to children and teens. A McGill study found 19 percent of high school students received lottery tickets as gifts, raising concerns about sparking underage gambling. The editorial urges education funded by gambling revenue and urges parents to avoid turning gambling into child’s play while noting state efforts to inform all ages of gambling risks.
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Tate
Kansas
United States
Canada
McGill University
Boot Hill
Dodge City
Quotes on education funding and taxes provoke citizen debate
Anonymous online comment questions taxing senior citizens via local option budgets to fund Kansas schools while a 22 year old state rep elect Garrett Love discusses his appearance at Garden City Community College. The piece contrasts cost of education with retirement pressures and rural community anecdotes.
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3Ctelegram.com
Kansas
Montezuma
Garrett Love
Garden City Community College Student Government Association
Letters Policy and submission guidelines for The Telegram
The Telegram invites signed letters under 500 words with writer address and phone number. Names will be confirmed before publication and letters may be edited. Submit to Attn Editor 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846.
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Lette
Seventh St
Garden City
Small steps amid a tough economy offer steady path
The piece urges focusing on daily, doable actions to cope with 9.8 percent November unemployment and ongoing economic strain. It promotes staying in the present, believing in personal capability, and pursuing the next right step while seeking practical solutions and trusted advice. It cites a friend, Jerry Alli, and ends with contact by Martha Carr via Eagle Cartoons and Cagle Cartoons Inc.
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Cess
Jerry Alli
Refusal to Smoke Pot Shaped by Musing About Legalization
The writer recalls a 1970 Wadena Rock Festival moment where a pot offer was declined. He argues for decriminalization without full legalization, citing costs of enforcement, youth access, and the persistence of the marijuana trade. He critiques harm, promotes ticketing fines, and notes hypocrisy in virtue signaling.
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Iowa
United States
Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Get well soon Leonard Pitts on Obama derangement
Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts argues that Obama Derangement Syndrome and its successor Obama Dementia reveal a broader national ailment. He urges readers to swap rhetoric for reason, noting polarized discourse harms national mission and trust.
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Charles Krauthammer
George W. Bush
Krauthammer
Bush
B.D.S
Barack Obama
Glenn Beck
Sarah Palin
Food and Drug Administration
Beck
Alaska
Palin
Michelle Obama
Lady Bird Johnson
Laura Bush
Obama
Pavlovian
Beck and
Michele Bachmann
India
Limbaugh
Army
Terrence Lakin
Leonard Pitts
The
Miami Herald
Foltts
Alambharald
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Cary Cagle Cartoons Inc
California
National Institute On Drug Abuse
Evan Wood
Los Angeles Times
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