Bush urges Congress on education and patient rights
President Bush pressed Congress to pass education reform and a patients rights bill before the summer recess. He seeks school testing plans and managed care protections, while vowing a veto of Senate health bills unless a GOP alternative passes the House.
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Senate
Ari Fleischer
8 year old shark attack victim in Pensacola update
An 8-year-old boy attacked by a bull shark at Gulf Islands National Seashore remains unconscious with kidney failure and possible brain damage. The reattached arm is healing. dialysis continues as doctors hope for stability over the next days. Uncle Vance Flosensier helped wrestle the 7-foot shark to shore.
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Pensacola
Fla
Rex Northup
Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital
Ocean Springs
Miss
Gulf Islands National Seashore
Florida Panhandle
Vance Flosensier
Mobile
Ala
John Bandurski
Todd the Syracuse Artist and Ex-Marine Narrates a Life of Sobriety
A Syracuse man recounts a turbulent life from youthful crime in Chicago to Korea service as a U S Army sniper and later sobriety. He describes his guardian angel in Colorado, multiple marriages, work on highways and a city council bid, plus his love of painting and singing.
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U.S. Army
Veteran’s Hospital
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Garden City
Darlin
Fundraiser Talent Show Aims to Restore State Theatre
The Saturday fundraiser, led by SAHC, raised about 1100 dollars toward the $3.2 million State Theatre renovation in Garden City. Volunteer organizers said the event showcased diverse acts from Laotian dances to pop songs and featured notes of community unity and arts revival downtown.
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Carole Geier
Judy Garland
Mickey Rooney
SAHC
Geier
Garden City
Dickinson Theatres
State Theatre
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Stacy Regan
Mercy
Fulton Street
Ene Phetdara
Amy Keokhampho
Carrie Xaisongkham
Jan Gian
Alicia Gian
Kay Logan
Judea
Larry Hannon
Principle Voices Southwest
Jorge Rodriguez
Graciela Santiago
Victoria Munoz
Skip Mancini
Jenny Regier
District faces heavy vacancies in special education hiring
USD 487 administrator Lentz says the district struggles to fill special education roles plus art positions. Despite 81 resignations this summer, officials push ongoing recruiting and hope a tentative teacher contract with a $1000 supplemental for new special education teachers, plus Grow Your Own tuition aid up to 2000, will ease shortages.
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Lentz
Syracuse girl found dead after four day search
In Bent County a six year old girl Vanessa Avila was found drowned after a boating accident at a 40 foot reservoir. Bud Spurgeon and volunteers searched by boat while family members waited in a shaded picnic area. The public defender argued the driver was not impaired. The La Junta Tribune-Democrat contributed.
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Tad Overturf
Avila
Bud Spurgeon
Hasty
Colo
Garden City
Vanessa
Spurgeon
la Junta
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