Our View: Kansas Sampler Festival Returns to Garden City
The Kansas Sampler Festival returns to Garden City at Lee Richardson Zoo for its second year, drawing thousands and highlighting rural culture through exhibits, performances, and tastings. The piece praises community spirit, economic boost, and Garden City’s welcome while noting the festival moves to Concordia every two years.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Concordia
Sunflower State
Iran Talks Stir After State Dinner Exit
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack noted ambiguity over which woman prompted Iran Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki to leave a state dinner where he sat opposite U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Mottaki said he departed because a female violinist was dressed too revealingly.
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Sean McCormack
Iran
Manouchehr Mottalzi
U.S
Condoleezza Rice
Mottaki
Telegram invites signed letters to editor
The Telegram invites readers to submit signed letters with the writer's address and phone number. All letters will be confirmed prior to publication and may be edited for libel or length. Thank you letters should be general. form letters, poems, consumer complaints, or business testimonials will not be printed. Attn Editor 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846
First Amendment text on religion and free expression
A summary of the First Amendment clause describes Congress forbidding laws respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting free exercise. It also protects freedom of speech and of the press, and shields the right of the people to assemble peacefully and to petition the government for redress of grievances.
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Between Bush and Congress a hard Iraqi choice
Columnist Leonard Pitts weighing the Iraq war dilemma 50 months after invasion. He contrasts Bush push for surge with Reid call to withdraw, cites the Iraq Study Group, and argues for accountable policy and orderly withdrawal to avoid empowering al Qaida and prolonging civilian harm.
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Donkey Party
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al-Qaida
Thomas Jefferson
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Tobias Resigns Over Hypocrisy Amid AIDS Policy Critique
Ellen Goodman critiques Randall Tobias resignation over paying for sexual services while praising AIDS relief but condemning hypocrisy. She notes abstinence policies and funding failures, linking private immorality to public policy and urging accountability for ideological-driven programs.
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Mark Foley
Ted Haggard
Jeane Palfrey
Government Accountability Office
Institute of Medicine
Washington
Iraq
George Tenet
Hectic months of travel art and IRS notices in Garden City
Duane West recounts a busy period including selling Jessie Montes artwork in Tucson and a trip to Kitt Peak, plus producing a Buffalo Jones musical and an IRS mail audit. He notes visits, shows, and aging health, honors community friends, and reflects on life’s daily aims.
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Garden City
Zane Grey
Jones
Grey
Carolyn Klassen
IRS
Hastings Books
Australia
Mary Lou Hays
Carl Myers
Louis Mendoza
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