Obama Flaunts Sport Metaphors in Labor Day Speech
On the eve of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte Obama jabs Romney for “unnecessary roughness” on the middle class and accuses him of backing higher taxes to fund the 2009 auto bailout. He touts a new ad while heading toward hurricane aftermath in Louisiana and a Labor Day march highlights union frustrations with NC’s public employee limits.
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Dry spells threaten wheat in drought hit Kansas farm
In northern Kearny County farmer Gary Millershaski digs into parched soil amid a two year drought. Only six inches of rain since January and no fall moisture endanger the wheat crop, invoking memories of the Dirty Thirties and warning of blowing dust if rain does not come.
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Playground program helps keep kids out of trouble
In Garden City the Summertime Playground program run by the Garden City Recreation Commission with Finney County United Way funding reduces juvenile intake. United Way provided 8022 this year and staff say referrals from Sister Janice Thome helped target at risk children. The program runs June to July and has grown from about 50 participants to nearly 300, with police data linking a drop in juvenile intake from 64 to 7.79 per year between 2006 and 2009.
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