Brownback budget would cut per pupil classroom funding
Kansas education funding faces a 6 percent base aid cut under Gov. Sam Brownback while total education spending rises. The plan shifts costs to pensions and debt service, risking larger losses for smaller districts and prompting concerns about local tax reliance and classroom opportunities. Readers are invited to comment online.
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Gctelegram.com
Quotes on racism and assimilation in King Day piece
A respondent to a Martin Luther King Day editorial on GCTelegram.com argues racism and segregation exist on both sides and urges assimilation to the established culture. The edition also features Dean Whitehill discussing education efforts in the 2011 Friends on the Farm program to teach students about agriculture.
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Finney County Extension
Dean “Whitey” Whitehill
Friends On the Farm
Letters Policy At Garden City Telegram
The Telegram invites signed letters under 500 words with writer address and phone for confirmation. Letters may be edited for libel and length. General thank yous are requested. Form letters poems consumer emails or business testimonials will not be printed. Write Attn Editor 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846 Online www gctelegram com
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Obama era critique of US policy and civil liberties
A concise, sharp critique targets the Obama administration on issues from rendition and assassinations to state secrecy and surveillance. It condemns military tribunals, indefinite detentions, expanded executive power, and the Patriot Act, while praising Petraeus and challenging foreign policy and human rights claims. It closes with callouts from critics and supporters alike.
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Leankatitio Bay
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Yemen
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Chip Pitts
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Law of the Land
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
Glenn Greenwald
Salon
Dick Cheney
China
Obama
Paul Karkiainen Honored as Tyson Plant Leader
Paul Karkiainen guided the Tyson Fresh Meats plant in Holcomb for 13 years while serving as a respected community leader. He championed United Way efforts, earned the Chamber of Commerce Award of Merit, and supported local needs, even as staffing challenges and immigration debates affected meatpacking. The Garden City commission declared January 18 Paul Karkiainen Day in recognition of his community stewardship and leadership.
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Tyson Fresh Meats
Holcomb
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Finney County
Garden City Area
Garden City Commission
Fame cannot fix what fame magnifies it exposes
Leonard Pitts reflects on the rapid rise and fall of a homeless man who became famous after a viral video. From panhandler to media darling to rehab, the piece questions fame as a solution to personal failure and urges a path toward wholeness over celebrity.
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Snooki
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Columbus Dispatch
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Jimmy Fallon
Dr. Phil
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