Garden City Citizens Academy to educate residents
Garden City invites residents to its Third Annual Citizens Academy an eight session program starting February 20 at multiple city facilities. City department heads will present tours and group activities with an January 16 deadline to apply by calling 276-1166. The course aims to reveal how city operations run and how tax dollars fund services while encouraging questions and constructive criticism from participants.
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Garden City
Citizens Academy
Rice cites Egyptian-driven talks shaping Gaza cease-fire
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged support for Egyptian efforts after the United States abstained in a Security Council vote. She said durable cease-fire and sustainable peace in Gaza depend on progress in Egypt mediated talks with Hamas and Israel.
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Ehud) Olmert
Mahmoud) Abbas
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Letters to the editor policy for eAsk Telegram
The Telegram invites signed letters with writer address and phone number. All letters are confirmed before publication and may be edited for libel or length. Keep under 500 words. thank you letters should be general. Form letters poems consumer complaints or business testimonials will not be printed. Email or mail to the Garden City KS address.
First Amendment Text Summary Card
The First Amendment prohibits Congress from establishing a state religion and protects free exercise freedom of speech a free press and the right to peaceably assemble and petition the government for grievances.
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Bush looks back in exit interview in West Wing
Cal Thomas records Bush’s reflections near the end of his presidency. The interview covers Gaza and Iraq ties, Palestine state hopes, bailout politics, Social Security and Medicare, and Obama’s incoming tenure. Bush defends limited spending, praises conservative values, and predicts Obama will reassess preemption while seeking credible counsel.
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Reid
America’s sixth child and the poverty call to action
Marian Wright Edelman urges attention to child poverty in the wealthiest nation, arguing one in six children lives in poverty and extreme poverty costs 500 billion annually in lost productivity and health. She cites the Poor People’s Campaign rhetoric of Martin Luther King Jr. and calls for investment in all children, health coverage, and educational equity as essential to the nation’s future and soul.
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Martin Uther King, Jr
America
Eastwood film Gran Torino probes sensitivity and race
Leonard Pitts argues Gran Torino exposes how American speech and attitudes have grown overly sensitive. He notes Kowalski’s bigotry, Eastwood’s caution with slurs, and the nostalgia for freer banter among whites fading in a multiracial city.
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