Garden City faces health plan hike in budget fight
Garden City commissioners balk at raising employee health insurance contributions to 5 percent while granting only a 2 percent pay raise. Mayor Reynaldo Mesa calls it a double whammy as private firms grapple with rising costs and higher deductibles. City employees pay 5 percent of costs, with single and family plans costing 120 and 360 yearly, after benefits were cut from free coverage a year ago.
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Birth of a new nation rooted in women's rights
Raja Habib al Khazaai, Iraqi maternity hospital director and one of three female members on Iraq's new governing council, says the country is delivering thousands of Iraqi babies and building a government on humanity, unity, and freedom. William Boone critiques Bush's Africa trip as disconnected from African and African-American concerns. Bill Fletcher Jr. condemns Bush's Africa visit as era of photo ops and an insult to Africans and African-Americans.
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Neighborhood Critique Opposes Home Depot Subsidy in Garden City
Barbara Hooper, former Garden City resident, argues tax dollars should not fund a Home Depot. She urges preserving 1930s to 1940s Main Street charm, public art, tree-lined medians, free parking, and arts tourism to protect community character and cultural legacy.
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Forum seeks reader feedback for Telegram Arts section
The Telegram invites reader input to the arts column and forum. Contact details include email and fax or mail to Attn Editor at 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846 with the subject line Forum feedback.
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Fragments of Free Speech Clause Text
The passage presents a portion of the First Amendment defending religious liberty free exercise of religion and prohibiting government interference with speech press assembly and petition for redress of grievances. The exact wording emphasizes protection of civil liberties and limits on governmental action.
Kansas evolution debate framed in board politics
The Kansas State Board of Education remains split 5-5 over reviewing science standards, with conservatives seeking renewed focus on Darwin and evolution. Mod erates warn media fuss could rally GOP primaries shaping future elections and board control, as debates loom into August and 2002.
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Dusty Baker heat remarks spark race debate
The exchange cites Bakers claim that heat favors minorities and Latins, with counterpoints noting race does not dictate performance in baseball. The piece contrasts his statements with Campanis and argues that physiology and upbringing, not race, influence heat endurance.
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Purse as a verb and word curiosities in a newsroom
A collage of language notes from Molly Ivins and others, exploring purse as a verb, megillah meaning, sodomy in police notes, and media slang. The piece recalls journalism past, email quips, and a reporter’s early career amid grocery skits and lexicon curios.
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