Kansas should extend smoking ban to state casinos
Kansas legislators consider closing a 2010 exemption that left state owned casinos off the statewide smoking ban. The editorial urges a comprehensive ban to protect casino workers and patrons in Dodge City and across the state from secondhand smoke and to align with broader public health goals.
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State of
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Gctelegram.com
Dodge City
Garden City
Kansas Senate
Quote sparks debate on youth drinking and nontraditional students
A reader on GCTelegram.com reacts to a local youth alcohol story saying the issue involves all kids, not only a particular group. Lenora Cook of Garden City Community College is profiled in today’s edition for her work in nursing and technical education.
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Gctelegram.com
Lenora Cook
Garden City Community College
Cook
Letters Policy Notice From The Telegram
The Telegram invites signed letters with full writer contact details and confirms scores before publication. Letters must be 500 words or less and are subject to editing for libel and length. Thank you letters should be general. form letters poems complaints or business testimonials will not be printed. Write Attn Editor 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846 editor gctelegram com Online www gctelegram com
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Women Rally Against Hip Hop Influence In Harlem Event
In Harlem mother Lisa Black Cohen hosted a morning program at Barnes & Noble Tribeca for about 50 children featuring Marvin Hamlisch and Wycliffe Gordon. The event promoted high quality music and civil messaging, while highlighting responses by mothers and groups against misogynistic hip hop. Black Cohen and Danielle Moss Lee praised protecting children from violent culture, citing Watoto From the Nile and a critical view of Lil Wayne.
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Harlem
Lisa Black- Cohen
Trinidad
New York
Barnes & Noble
Tribeca
Lloyd Moss
Marvin Hamlisch
Wycliffe Gordon
Hamlisch
Gordon
Cohen
Lil Wayne
Spelman College
Atlanta
Nelly
Danielle Moss Lee
Harlem Educational Activities Fund
Black Cohen
Byron Hurt
Peace prize and a real peace keeper for the president
A reader urges the Nobel Committee to require a Special Counsel to the President on Advocating for Peace. The letter criticizes the Libya intervention, questions leadership and calls for a Mandela like peacekeeper, naming Maria Hinojosa as a media figure and urging accountability.
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Nobel Committee
Libya
Hillary
Samantha Power
Susan Rice
Barack Obama
Condoleezza
Michelle
Congress
Republican Party
Nelson Mandela
Elie Wiesel
Aung San Suu Kyi
End of regular season marks Kansas Legislature wrap up
Burdett Loomis analyzes Kansas legislative cycle comparing regular season sparring to an NBA like playoff push. He notes House Senate tensions, Tea Party influence, climate on abortion and tax bills, and the uncertain wrap up as budgets guide compromise, with risk of bold, long shots failing or sticking.
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Kansas
House
Senate
Joe Aistrup
Kobach
Steve Morris
Chamber
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