Kansas responders reflect on Katrina aid and future prep
Nearly 250 Kansas emergency responders met in Topeka to share Gulf Coast experiences. Finney County Emergency Management Coordinator Dave Jones and Garden City Police Chief James Hawkins joined local responders who contacted Hancock County, Mississippi, to offer input. The discussion highlighted lessons for local readiness and the value of coordination among Red Cross, officials, and shelters in Garden City.
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Garden City
Red Cross
Apology from Dave Loewenstein on Garden City mural
A note from Dave Loewenstein of Lawrence apologizes for a harsh Garden City blog post about the mural project. He credits warm local reception and quick replies to his earlier ill advised comments, expressing appreciation for the community and the mural’s ongoing work.
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Garden City
Dave Loewenstein
Lawrence
Telegram asks for signed letters to editor
The Telegram invites letters to the editor signed with writer address and phone, to be confirmed before publication. Letters subject to editing for libel and length, kept to 500 words or less. Thank you notes should be general. form letters, poems, complaints or testimonials will not be printed.
First Amendment text cited as cornerstone of rights
A concise statement of the First Amendment protections guarantees religious freedom free exercise of belief freedom of speech and press the right to peaceably assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances.
Freedom should not be traded for fear and wartime powers
Leonard Pitts argues against eroding constitutional rights for security. He compares past presidents who curtailed freedoms with George W Bush and notes the NSA eavesdropping without warrants, citing FISA norms and warrant norms, urging that fear not erode liberty. He condemns the drift toward dictatorship and calls for preserving rights.
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Abraham Lincoln
White House
Lincoln
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bush
King George
New York Times
National Security Agency
U.S
FISA
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Buffalo
Foreign Intelligence Court
the Times
Feds
Franklin Roosevelt
Britain
George III
America
George I
Sunflower clarifies ownership in Aquila assets deal
L Earl Watkins Jr of Sunflower Electric Power Corp explains to readers that Sunflower did not acquire Aquila assets. Instead Mid Kansas Electric Company LLC, owned by six member cooperatives including Wheatland Electric in Scott City Pioneer Electric in Ulysses Lane Scott Electric in Dighton Victory Electric in Dodge City Western Cooperative in WaKeeney and Prairie Land Electric in Norton, will own the assets and Sunflower will operate generation and transmission for MKEC owners.
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Neil Norman
Wheatland Electric Cooperative
Bob) Halloran
Sunflower
Holcomb Station
Aquila Inc
Aquila
Mid- Kansas Electric Company
LCC
MKEC
Wheatland Electric Cooperative Inc
Scott City
Pioneer Electric Cooperative Inc
Ulysses
Lane-Scott Electric Cooperative Inc
Dighton
Victory Electric Cooperative Association
Dodge City
Western Cooperative Electric Association
WaKeeney
Prairie Land Electric Cooperative
Norton
L. Earl Watkins JR
Hays Watkins
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
In Appreciation of Small Town Life and Loss of Self
Aubrey Streit, born in Tipton population 235, writes of small towns as places of community and constraint. She recalls leaving for education, facing stereotypes, and realizing the value of connection, caring, and shared stories in sustaining rural life.
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Upstate
New York
America
Aubrey Streit
Tipton
The
Prairie Writers Circle
Land Institute
Bethany College
Lindsborg
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