Balanced diet and exercise cited as key to cutting obesity
The editorial urges personal responsibility for weight loss through healthy diet and regular activity. It notes rising Kansas adult obesity from 15 percent in 1995 to 30.1 percent in 2010, cites Gov. Brownback backed obesity summit goals, and praises weight loss efforts while urging ongoing commitment and community support.
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Kansas
Sam Brownback
Council On Fitness
Sunflower State
Bulge
Quotes on GC candidate trust and honesty from readers
Online remarks selected by the editorial staff respond to Garden City Commission plans to replace Commissioner John Doll. A separate Senior Showcase excerpt by Barbara Jensen promotes Senior Center services with a bus option.
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Gctelegram.com
Garden City Commission
John Doll
Barbara Jensen
Senior Center
Finney County
Telegram letters policy and submission guidelines
The Telegram outlines letters to the editor requirements signing with writer address and phone number. Letters will be confirmed before publication and may be edited for libel and length to 500 words or less. Thank you letters should be general. form letters, poems, consumer complaints or business testimonials will not be printed. Attn Editor 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846 Online gctelegram.com.
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Seventh St
Garden City
Double standard in gender and race in U S politics
A columnist discusses perceived double standards in treating female and minority lawmakers. It cites 20 female senators, remarks by Barbara Mikulski and Barbara Boxer, muses on Michele Bachmann and Susana Martinez, and contrasts reactions to Tim Scott with civil rights critiques, arguing ideology, not gender or race, drives political evaluation.
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United States
Diane Sawyer
ABC
World News Tonight
Barbara Mikulski
D-Md
Senate
Barbara Boxer
Calif
Michele Bachmann
R-Minn
Bachmann
Marcus
Susana Martinez
New Mexico
Sen
Dianne Feinstein
D-Calif
Sawyer
Lisa Murkowski
Alaska
Congress
Tim Scott
South Carolina
Jim DeMint
Scott
NAACP
Legisla
Tors
Claire McCaskill
D-Mo
McCaskill
Democratic National Committee
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
D-Fla
Cleopatra
Catherine the Great
Harriet Tubman
Bella Abzug
D-N.y
Margaret Thatcher
Thatcher
Kansans Target Tim Huelskamp in Hostile View Letter
Leonard Rodenbur of Ingalls denounces U.S. Representative Tim Huelskamp for alleged inaction and voting against a UN disability treaty. The letter accuses the congressman of ego, opposing wind tax credits, and impairing Social Security and Medicare reform while criticizing Kansas Tea Party influence and senator votes.
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Kansas
U.S. House
Tim Huelskamp
Koch Brothers
Huelskamp
Mr. Huelskamp
U.N
U.S
Bob Dole
Dole
Leonard Rodenbur
Ingalls
Senator Frank for temporary Massachusetts seat plea
A syndicated column pleads with Gov. Deval Patrick to appoint Barney Frank to fill the U S Senate seat briefly after John Kerry moves to Secretary of State. The piece praises Frank’s reform stance, mocks Senate decorum, and argues his presence could shift civility and effectiveness during the fiscal crisis.
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Massachusetts
Deval Patrick
Congress
Barney Frank
United States
John Kerry
House of Representatives
MSNBC
Frank
Senate
Supreme Court
Antonin Scalia
Washington
Congressman Frank
Dodd-Frank
U.S
Sen
al Franken
Minnesota
C-Span
Gov. Patrick
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