Community debates sex offender supervision in Kansas
Kansas lawmakers and residents grapple with how to supervise convicted sex offenders including proposed 2500 foot residential restrictions near schools and parks. A Garden City forum will discuss registration, monitoring, treatments, enforcement, and balancing public safety with offenders' reintegration.
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Kansas
Doug Mays
R-Topeka
Ward Loyd
Garden City
City Administration Center
Local Government Addresses in Garden City Area
Garden City Commission 301 N Eighth St Garden City KS 67846 Finney County Commission 311 N Ninth St USD 457 Board of Education 1205 Fleming St Garden City KS 67846 Garden City Community College Board of Trustees 801 Campus Drive Holcomb City Council 200 N Lynch St Holcomb KS 67851 USD 363 Board of Education PO Box and incomplete address noted.
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Garden City Commission
Eighth St
Garden City
Finney County Commission
Ninth St
USD
Board of Education
Fleming St
Garden City Community
College Board of Trustees
Campus
Holcomb City
N. Lynch St. Holcomb
PO. Box & Holcomb
Telegram accepts signed letters with contact details
The Telegram invites letters to the editor signed with the writer's address and phone number. All letters will be confirmed prior to publication and edited for libel and length. Keep letters under 500 words. General thank you notes may be printed. form letters, poems, complaints, or testimonials will not. Contact options include email editor getelegram com, by fax, by phone 620 FO 276-6862, or mail Attn Editor 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846.
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Santa
N. Seventh St
Garden City
First Amendment Bresat definition and scope
The First Amendment restrains government from establishing a religion or prohibiting free exercise and guards freedom of speech and press. It also protects the right to peaceably assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances.
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Bresat
A Turbulent 2005 for Bush and Nation
A year of political turbulence in 2005 saw Democrats less fearful of Bush and Republicans less uniform. Iraq loomed large with an unresolved outcome as the war neared its third anniversary while energy prices and weak incomes weighed on the economy. Cabinet secretaries Rice Spellings and Leavitt helped modestly, DHS faced Katrina tests, and Justice faced integrity questions over voting cases. John McCain and John Murtha stood out on Capitol Hill. governors pushed innovations, while the press faced trust issues amid layoffs and leak fallout.
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George Bush
Iraq
Cheney
Oval Office
Jimmy Carter
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Jerry Ford
Bush
Condoleezza Rice
U.S
Europe
Education
Margaret Spellings
Health and Human Services
Mike Leavitt
Department of Homeland Security
Justice Department
Civil Rights Division
Texas
Georgia
Capitol Hill
John McCain
Gang of 14
Arizona Republican
John Murtha
Pennsylvania
Murtha
Congress
My Fa
Vorite
New York Times
the Post
Bill Raspberry
Duke University
Mississippi
Bill
Views on Dover case fueling Kansas school board debate
The piece argues that Intelligent Design seeks to disguise religious aims as science, noting Dover and Kansas actions undermine science education. It highlights criticisms from scientific bodies and cites Kansas teacher Kenningman, a veteran biology educator with multiple honors.
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Dover
Kansas
Kansas State
National Academies of Sciences
Washington, D.C
American Association For the Advancement
National Science Teachers Association
Kansas School Board
Kenningman
Spring Hill
Bingman
Garden City Recreation Center funding criticized by resident
In a letter from Garden City, Lynette Thomas questions city plans for the Recreation Commission to buy and operate the Fun Center. She cites deteriorating Deane Wiley ball fields, water runoff at Peebles Complex, unsafe field conditions, dead trees, and lack of shade. She urges fixing existing facilities before new projects.
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Iile
Garden City
Recreation Commission
GC Rec
Rec Commission
Deane Wiley
Peebles
Fairgrounds
Tangeman
Field of Dreams
Dodge City
Spruce Street
Lynette Thomas
Holiday hangover and journal musings on books and workouts
The columnist reflects on post holiday clutter and weather quirks from warm days to drought fears in Oklahoma and Texas. He notes gift trends like DVDs and tech, vows to read more in 2006, and plans healthier routines while resisting New Year’s resolutions.
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Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Riggs House
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