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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 2003
Page
3
The Telegram announces Steve Delaney as editor publisher continuing its 1906 established mission. Delaney leads coverage across local government schools and community events with newsroom leadership and digital presence through gctelegram.com.
The article traces Memorial Day's origins from Decoration Day in 1868 and Maj. Gen. Logan's order to decorate graves. It notes dates and claimants for birthplace, early Arlington ceremonies, and later national adoption in 1971 placing the holiday on the last Monday in May. It also covers Confederate remembrances and the broadening to honor all war dead.
The Telegram invites reader comments via email fax and phone and provides mailing address at 310 N Seventh St Garden City Kansas 67846 for Attn Editor. It includes contact options and a postal code 66062 for reference.
The 1996 welfare reform has helped many move off welfare but rural areas lack access to training, child care, transport, and job opportunities. As TANF reauthorization nears, experts urge recognizing rural differences, flexible work rules, longer time limits, and better child care to improve outcomes for rural recipients.
Ellen Goodman reflects on public appetite for victory in Iraq and the war's justification. She notes polls show belief in WMD doubts, yet tolerance for spin grows, while media mistakes and political rhetoric shape history. She asks who will demand corrections for the war narrative.
A journalist recalls a spring assignment filming an agricultural product commercial near Carroll. He confesses initial misstatements and a later correction mislabeling a pesticide as a herbicide. The piece underlines newsroom duties to accuracy, corrections, and high standards.
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