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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 2011
Page
4
Local motorists face higher fuel costs as AAA's Fuel Gauge Report records Kansas average for self serve regular unleaded at 3.45 dollars per gallon. The spike mirrors global turmoil driving up prices across the United States.
The piece notes AAA current average $3.56 per gallon nationwide with Kansas prices about 73 cents higher than a year ago and 36 cents more than a month prior. EIA forecasts rises through spring with potential peaks over $4 this summer as policymakers debate energy policy and production. The column urges workable domestic energy policies to curb oil dependence while readers brace for possible worst. it cautions the economy remains fragile and consumer pockets stretched.
Online comment on GCTelegram com responding to a Kansas state pension story notes a class action loss would harm all. The post follows a report that by 2009 the pension system held only about 60 percent of needed assets, among the nation’s worst shortfalls. Navy Petty Officer Peter Gould recalls feeling chances were gone after earning the Silver Star for bravery in Afghanistan.
The Telegram invites signed letters up to 500 words include writer address and phone number. Letters will be confirmed before publication and may be edited for libel and length. General thank you letters welcome. form letters poems consumer complaints or business testimonials will not be printed.
Kathleen Parker honors David Broder as a gracious, unpretentious dean of political journalism. She recalls his humble, non celebrity stance, his hobbit hole office, and the tactile world of newspapers that shaped his craft. The piece laments the shift from print to screens and preserves Broder as a reminder of journalism’s human core.
An editorial lamenting barriers to information in Kansas cites Sunshine Week March 13 to 19 and criticizes officials for withholding documents in a scrap metal theft case. It urges transparency as essential to democracy, warns against shifting official notices to websites, and quotes Brandeis on sunlight as a disinfectant. Doug Anstaett of the Kansas Press Association is cited.
Leonard Pitts discusses a Texas based scholarship for white male students by the Former Majority Association for Equality. He notes the broader context of demographic change and perceived loss of privilege among white Americans while highlighting the diversity of other scholarships.
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