Wake-up call on obesity as top preventable killer
Our View notes the CDC projection that obesity could surpass smoking as the leading cause of preventable death. It highlights rising taxes on tobacco, legal actions against cigarette makers, and steps toward healthier eating, including a McDonald’s portion- size change and a national anti obesity campaign.
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Obesity to top tobacco as leading preventable deaths
Health officials predict obesity will surpass tobacco as the nation’s leading cause of preventable death if current trends persist. A news conference cites CDC data and warns rising obesity rates threaten public health outcomes nationwide.
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Retary
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Garden City Addresses For County and City Offices
Finney County Commission Administrative Center is at 311 N Ninth St Garden City KS 67846. Garden City Commission City Administrative Center sits at 301 N Eighth St Garden City.
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Telegram obituary contact details and reader submission options
The Telegram lists ways to send feedback and obituaries by email, fax, phone, or mail. It provides editor contact numbers 620 275 2704 and 276 6862 and a mailing address 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846 Attn Editor.
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First Amendment text cited in constitutional rights excerpt
A concise restatement of the First Amendment’s core provisions prohibiting government establishment of religion and protecting free exercise, speech, press, assembly, and petition rights.
Law and judges clash over Roe and original intent
Cal Thomas surveys private Supreme Court notes by Harry Blackmun, noting attempts to influence rulings and the shift from original intent to personal beliefs. He contrasts Kennedy and O'Connor's Roe decision with ongoing debates on judicial philosophy, urging clarity on the proper use of law.
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Antonin Scalia
Clarence Thomas
Molly McAsh
Planned Parenthood
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Roe
McAsh
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Reagan
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O'Connor
David Souter
George H.W. Bush
Kennedy
Justice Scalia
John Kerry
George W. Bush
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Bush gay marriage amendment discussed and debated
Donald Kaul criticizes a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. He questions the logic and intent behind protecting marriage while allowing states to define other unions, argues for civil ceremonies and church-state separation, and urges rights protection over exclusion. Kaul reflects on religion, politics, and constitutional principles.
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Iwo Jima flag raising remembered by Garden City veteran
Garden City resident and former Garden City Community College president LC Crouch recalls the Iwo Jima flag raising on February 23 1945 as a 19 year old Marine quar termaster at Mount Suribachi. The piece notes battlefield losses and honors a local coach Bob Krug who was inducted into the Kansas Tennis Hall of Fame, with reader remarks from Ms Anonymous.
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Topeka
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Iwo Jima
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Navy
Garden City Community College
Garden City
Wichita
Bob Krug
Krug
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Kansas
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