Hays weighs Home Depot incentive plan choice
Hays Chamber of Commerce members at a lunch discussed tax incentives to lure Home Depot, echoing Garden City’s mixed results with a $1.5 million sales tax plan that spurred the store but hurt a rival. Three years of falling sales tax revenue push officials toward nontraditional development strategies, signaling a high stakes test of willingness and impact.
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Hays Chamber of Commerce
Home Depot
Garden City Chamber
Hays Chamber
Hays Daily News
Garden City
Mary Street Home
Hays
Kurdish barber demands independence or federalism amid Iraqi turmoil
Omar Abdullah, a 45 year old Kurdish barber, declares independence or federalism as his children may die for it. Rebel leader Paul Arcelin in Haiti calls for more military aid and guns. The Solicitor General Theodore Olson argues the Web poses a serious threat to minors and supports a government interest to limit material not obscene to adults.
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Omar Abdullah
Paul Arcelin
Haiti
Theodore Olson
Finney County and City Admin Centers Listed in Garden City
The Finney County Commission and the Garden City Commission provide addresses for their administrative centers. Finney County Administrative Center is at 311 N. Ninth St, Garden City, KS 67846, and the Garden City City Administrative Center sits at 301 N. Eighth St. in Garden City.
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Finney County Commission
Ninth St
Garden City
Garden City Commission City
Eighth St
Reader Feedback Addressed to Garden City Telegram
The Telegram invites reader input via email fax or phone and provides contact details for the Attn Editor department at 310 N Seventh Street Garden City Kansas 67846 including email and extension numbers for feedback and submissions.
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N. Seventh St
Garden City
First Amendment text summary
The First Amendment forbids Congress from creating laws establishing religion or prohibiting free exercise. It protects freedom of speech and of the press and preserves the right to peaceably assemble and petition the government for grievances.
Serious times serious choice in the 2004 election
President Bush leads a high stakes campaign as Democrats Kerry and Edwards challenge his preemptive security stance and tax policy. The piece notes global terror threats, globalization, and a stark domestic duel over taxation health care education and social issues shaping the primaries and national mood.
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Olumbus
Ohio
Ken W.mehlman
Bush
Los Angeles
John Kerry
John Edwards
New York
California
Georgia
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Oval Office
America
China
India
Iraq
Kerry
Edwards
United States
NATO
United Nations
Plan B on drugstore shelf urged to reduce abortions
Ellen Goodman argues the FDA should base its decision on evidence and place Plan B emergency contraception on shelves without prescription. She notes the drug can prevent up to 75 percent of pregnancies if used soon after intercourse, contrasting scientific rationale with political opposition and calls for keeping politics out of science.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
John Ashcroft
Bush
William Pryor
Senate
Texas
FDA
Congress
Kirsten Moore
Reproductive Health Technologies Project
Virginia
Moore
Views on Marriage Rights From a Colorado Clergyman
Fred Norman Jr. of Lamar Colorado argues that legalizing same sex marriage strengthens equality under the Constitution. He asserts licenses protect public welfare, vows and religious practices remain separate, and extending rights to homosexuals will boost the nation's economic and social progress.
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San Francisco
United States
Fred Norman JR
C.pa Lamar
Colo
Defining moment in faith sparked by The Passion of the Christ
Nancy Teetzen from Garden City describes personal impact of the film As Scripture appears on screen she sheds tears over Jesus suffering and notes the visible Satan a reminder of his presence The ending’s message of resurrection is a defining moment urging readers to seek guidance in the Bible and Christ.
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Satan
Jesus
Nancy Teetzen
Garden City
Parking worries in city streets spark homeowner concerns
L T Garrison voices frustration over street parking dangers and city liability in Packinghouseville Juarez suburb. He recalls past vehicle thefts and damage from street parking and questions whether city can be held responsible, urging targeted action against offenders rather than broad fault.
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Packinghouseville
Juarez
Mexico
L.T. Garrison
Garden City
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