Kansas 150th anniversary exhibit highlights state history
Kansas marks 150 years since statehood with a Kansas Museum of History display titled 150 Things I Love About Kansas. The exhibit opens January 28 and uses artifacts interactive exhibits and virtual storytellers to explore Kansas culture events and notable people across the state including western Kansas highlights and common stereotypes to be dispelled.
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Topeka
Rebecca J. Martin
Private property rights in Garden City area zoning dispute
Finney County Commissioner Don Doll comments on a rezoning request amid a Garden City Telegram editorial dispute over the former ConAgra plant site. A reader on GCTelegram.com argues JBS Swift will decide when to sell, resisting sentiment to spur spot zoning or rural industrial expansion.
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County Commission
Telegram letters policy and submission guidelines
The Telegram invites signed letters up to 500 words with writer address and phone. Letters are confirmed before publication and may be edited for libel and length. General thank you notes are accepted. form letters, poems, consumer emails, and business testimonials will not be printed. Write Attn Editor 310 N Seventh St Garden City Kansas 67846 or visit www gctelegram com.
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EPL 2.0 A columnist's year end resolutions
Kathleen Parker proffers EPL 2.0 Eat less pray in private and love with giving. She argues against death panels, calls for health care reform and humane limits, and urges simple acts of listening and presence over digital excess as a path to better living in the new millennium.
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Haley Barbour
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China
Yaddayaddayadda
Julia Roberts
Detention Center Profit Drive Tangles a Father and Son
A family story links the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin Georgia to a long detention of Pedro Guzman Perez while his son Logan cannot spend time with him. The piece links for profit detention by Corrections Corporation of America to extended separation, hunger strikes, and calls for reform.
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Lumpkin
United States
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Pedro Guzman Perez
Stewart Detention Center
Corrections Corporation of America
CCA
NPR
Arizona
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Pedro
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Will Durst predictions for 2011
Political cartoonist Will Durst imagines a chaotic 2011 with a string of satirical forecasts. Notable items include Boehner’s bold first address, North Korea tensions, Palin filming a reality show, The View walking out, Hayward reclaiming his life, and a Mount Rushmore remake for Fox News. The piece teases a wild, humorous year and ends with Durst’s contact and distribution credits.
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Congress
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South Korea
Sarah Palin
Keith Olbermann
Tony Hayward
Lady Gaga
Oprah
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Jerry Brown
Earth
California
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South Dakota
Mount Rushmore
Fox News
Glenn Beck
Sean Hannity
Mike Huckabee
Bill O’reilly
Brit Hume
Chris Wallace
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