Churches Combat Scams Targeting Help Seekers
In Garden City and surrounding towns church leaders detail how benevolence programs operate to aid those in need while guarding against fraud. They require forms and ID, refer to the sheriff for verification, and run limited disbursements, with annual benevolence totals around ten thousand to fifteen thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Starkey
Bible Christian Church
E. Mary
Garden City
Starkey
I.D
Sheriff’s Department
California
Barry Durkee
First Baptist Church
Ulysses
Grant County
Durkee
Mike Lewis
First Christian Church
Syracuse
Ministerial Alliance
Lewis
Scott County Ministerial Alliance
Joy Barnett
Editorial notes and school tech fair highlights
The piece covers a Southeast Saline School third grade class led by Juliana Pearson and Melissa Brunner at a Education Technology Fair. It notes Marysville High School students showcasing Palm Pilots, a fundraiser for a Kansas Capitol dome statue by Salvnan Richard Bergen, and Oklahoma artist Enoch Kelly Haney’s Native American warrior statue. It also mentions New York’s cell phone ban, Kansas politics with Rep. Sue Storm, McPherson County road access post 9 11, and a Hays editorial about redistricting and Rep. Dan Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Weller
Saline School
Juliana Pearson
Melissa Brunner
Marysville High School
Oklahoma
Enoch Kelly Haney
Oklahoma City
Haney
Bergen
Kansas
U.S
New York
Sue Storm
Storm
McPherson County
National Cooperative
Senate imposes limit on agricultural subsidies
The Senate voted 66 31 to cap farm subsidies at 275000 per farm, down from 460000 under current rules. The measure targets megafarms while facing Southern opposition over cotton and rice interests. Critics warn loopholes may let subsidies continue via restructuring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Florida
South
Sen
Pat Roberts
R-Kan
Midwest
Zell Miller
D-Ga
Tom
Daschle
D-S.d
House
Charles Grassley
Arown
Byron Dorgan
D-N.d
Congress
Tim Johnson
Ohio
Tony Anderson
Bush declares Geneva Convention applies to Taliban prisoners
President Bush said the Geneva Convention covers Taliban detainees but without POW rights. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld framed it as a future precedent to protect U S troops. Administration says Taliban fighters do not qualify for POW status under the treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bush
Washington
U.S
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
United States
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Cuba
White House
Ari Fleischer
al-Qaida
Taliban
Afghanistan
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Grogan
Dighton
T.V
Kansas Capitol Dome
Salvnan Richard Bergen
Kansas’ Capitol
Sooner
Jay Emler
R-Lindsborg
Emler
McPherson
Hays
Gee
Ember Fink
Bethphage
Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce
Finney County Adult Learning Center
St. Catherine Hospital
Garden City Telegram
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture
Senate.gov
Environmental Working Group
Ewg.org
Garden City Plaza
W. Mary
Uae
Fleming
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