Ambulance ethics flap prompts EMS policy talk
County Commissioner Alan Fankhauser faced criticism after remarks about EMS personnel dining out while on duty during a June 14 meeting on ambulance purchases. The episode revealed no current policy on dining away from stations and spurred discussion on shift changes to cut mileage and fuel use. Fankhauser apologized for the Wendy's comment and disclosed an inappropriate conversation with an EMS employee.
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Inney
Alan Fankhauser
Fankhauser
Wendy’s
EMS Department
Holcomb Ems
Garden City
Holcomb
EMS
Commissioners’ Code of Ethics
Kerry Edwards campaign quotes and North Korean abduction reunion
The text pairs Sen. John Kerry and Sen. John Edwards praising a ticket and a separate note on Hitomi Soga preparing for a reunion with her family in Jakarta after repatriation from North Korea. It highlights political rhetoric and a human-interest moment in Indonesia.
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America
Sen
John Kerry
John Edwards
Hitomi Soga
Jakarta
Indonesia
Telegram forum readers invited to send feedback
The Telegram invites letters and feedback via email fax and phone. Readers can address Attn Editor at 310 N. Seventh for submission and publication consideration.
First Amendment text reference
The excerpt presents the First Amendment’s core clauses on religion free exercise speech press assembly and petition. It states Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting free exercise and abridging freedom of speech or of the press, or the right to peaceably assemble and petition the Government.
Fourth of July on a dairy farm with family and fish
A memoir of a 1960s Fourth of July on a 100 cow dairy farm near Ste. Genevieve Missouri. Family gatherings numbered near 40 with cousins and unlinked relatives. Great Uncle Honey led a pond seine, harvests fish for a backyard feast with Jell-O salads and Lutheran Church potluck fare.
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Honey
Dad
Ation
Grandpa
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Ste. Genevieve
Mississippi River
Sealed divorce records stir privacy versus public right to know
Kathleen Parker argues the Ryan and Kerry divorces test the public right to know versus privacy. She notes Ryan opened records under Tribune pressure revealing sexual conduct details and questions why Kerry’s records should remain sealed. Privacy protections for families, especially children, merit respect despite calls for openness.
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U.S. Senate
Jack Ryan
Chicago Tribune
Ryan
Sen
John F Kerry
Kerry
California
Robert Schnider
Ryans
the Tribune
Bush budget cuts threaten education programs
A White House memo reportedly shows the 2006 budget would slash funding for key education initiatives including Title I, IDEA, Head Start, Pell Grants, and after school programs, despite President Bush campaigning on education gains. Critics call the plan a parlor trick and warn impacts on states and disadvantaged students.
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White House
Budget Office
Washington Post
Bush
Department of Education
Clinton
Center For American Progress
Topeka
Kansas
Massachusetts
Montana
Begi
Telegram Letters Policy For Submissions
The Telegram invites signed letters to the editor with the writer’s address and phone number for confirmation before publication. Letters may be edited for libel and length and should stay under 500 words. Thank you notes, form letters, poems, consumer complaints, or business testimonials will not be printed.
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