Author signs book about son for Veterans Day event
Evelyn Steimel of Wright signs copies of A Letter to Gregg at Hastings Books Music & Video on Saturday. The 100 page memoir about her son Gregg, killed in Vietnam in 1970, blends letters and memories to promote peace. Steimel, a longtime reporter, says readers describe the work as a book about peace.
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Dodge City
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Dodge City Globe
Poster contest winners to be recognized
Winners of the Finney County fifth graders poster contest What American Veterans Mean To Me will be recognized during the Veterans Day program at the Stevens Park bandshell. Treana Rodelas won first with a 300 Savings Bond, followed by Alejandro Serrano Jr 200 Bond and Jeanna Allen 100 Bond.
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Patricia Allen
Rachael Careathers
Julie Careuthers
Amanda J. Martinez
Rhonda Bailey
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Charles Stone Intermediate Center
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center
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Phil Schuck
Robert Allen
Phil Babcock
Dennis Mesa
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Panama
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Somalia
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Boy rewarded with cash for finding missing cash
In Leavenworth AP report Chase Gillaspie, 14, found a hidden stash of 26 hundred dollar bills two twenties and three ones totaling 2643 dollars after a man fled an apartment. Police held the money six months as found property and awarded him the full amount.
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Chase
Lee Doehring
Doehring
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Rand
Scott City selects new path after eight years with Barrett
Dr. Jim Barrett resigns as USD 466 superintendent effective June 30 2002 at age 53. He plans to aid bond planning and renovation talks for Scott City High School while urging careful, long term district planning. A public meeting at SCHS auditorium will gather input for his successor aided by McPherson and Jacobson LLC.
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Topeka
Linda Frick
Shallow Water School
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Kearney, Neb
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Frick
Kline Attacks Adkins As GOP AG Race Begins
Former state Rep. Phill Kline enters the Kansas attorney general race, clashing with Sen. David Adkins in a contest between Johnson County conservatives. Kline positions himself as tougher on crime while Adkins questions his motives as campaigns begin with a 13-city tour.
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Phill Kline
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Shawnee
David Adkins
Leawood
Adkins
Phill
Insurers face crisis after Sept. 11 attacks says Sebelius
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius told the Kansas Agribusiness Expo that insured losses from the September 11 attacks run between 35 and 40 billion dollars. She warned that expiring reinsurance treaties and terrorism exclusions threaten coverage, hindering bank loans for businesses.
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Veterans reflect on modern war and past conflicts
Three Garden City and Scott County veterans discuss today’s war on terrorism versus Korea and Vietnam. They note advanced weapons and strategy, fear a long fight, and emphasize public support and international help while acknowledging protests remain.
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Vietnam
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Albert Klaus
Garden City
Phil Schuck
Schuck
Bill Herman
Scott County
Herman
bin Ladin
Afganistan
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China
Great Britain
VFW
Center
Afghanistan
Veterans Day events scheduled in Garden City area
A list of events honors veterans including a parade at 10 a.m. Saturday starting at Finney County Fairgrounds and ending at the bandshell. A Veterans Day program follows. The Democratic Central Committee hosts a commemorative dinner Sunday at 5 p.m. in the VFW Hall with John P Wheeler Jr. as keynote speaker.
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Quote frames current conflict as non political like WWII
Klaus says this war mirrors World War II and insists it is not political while contrasting Korea and Vietnam as political conflicts.
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