Our View Equal access at Kansas State Fair
Kansas State Fair officials plan to appeal a judge’s ADA ruling and push a $36 million master plan that would modify the 70 year old grandstand to add 125 wheelchair seats. critics say vertical dispersion requires access on all levels and threaten costly elevator and ramp work. Attorney General Phill Kline will defend the fair at a Denver appeals hearing.
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District Court
J. Thomas Marten
Wichita
Fair
Kansas
Phill Kline
10Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Notable quotes from Powell and Williams kin in mixed remarks
Secretary Powell defends the Iraq mission saying a responsible government is essential and caution against rushing. The Williams family recalls Yetunde Price as the stabilizing eldest sister and adviser after her death in Compton. A Slovak crowd of 200,000 at Pope John Paul II Mass expresses disappointment at a frail pope reading only three sentences.
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Colin Powell
Iraq
Yetunde
Williams
Yetunde Price
Venus
Serena Williams
Compton
Calif
Sidonia Sedlackova
Pope John Paul II
Slovakia
Garden City Officials Contact Addresses and Phones
Finney County Commission at County Administrative Center 311 N Ninth St Garden City KS 67846. City Commission at City Administrative Center 301 N Eighth St Garden City KS. Board of Education USD 457 Educational Support Center 1205 Fleming St. Phone 316 275 5110 Fax 316 276 5220.
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Finney County Commission
Ninth St
Garden City
Garden City Commission City
Eighth St
Telegram seeks reader feedback and contact details
The Telegram invites reader input via email fax or phone and provides mailing address at 310 N Seventh St Garden City Kansas 67846 Attn Editor. The notice lists ways to send comments including online and postal options and a contact line for the editor.
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N. Seventh St
Garden City
Fragmentary OCR Quotation of the First Amendment Text
Partial transcription presents the core First Amendment protections including religion speech press assembly and petition. The fragment notes free exercise rights and prohibition on abridging these freedoms as essential to a functioning democracy.
Sunday liquor sales loosen Kansas long held taboo
John Hanna reports that northeast Kansas communities including Kansas City and Lawrence have allowed Sunday liquor sales since a 2002 court ruling, with a legislative study panel urging state wide Sunday beer in groceries. The shift reflects fading temperance influence, demographic change, and pressure to stay competitive with Missouri.
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Peka (Ap
Carrie Nation
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Kansas
Kansas City
Lawrence
Lenexa
Overland Park
Shawnee County
Robert Smith Bader
Neosho Falls
Wyandotte
House
Senate
Kathleen Sebelius
Missouri
Bill Mason
R-E
Dorado
Bader
U.S
Race card politics in California election clash
The piece argues both parties accuse the other of using the race card while noting legitimate questions for Bustamante and Schwarzenegger. It discusses Prop 187, MEChA, and Arnold’s campaign choices, urging direct denouncement of extremist views and clarification of motives to voters.
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California
Cruz Bustamante
Southwest
Mexico
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Pete Wilson
GOP
John Q
Jesse Helms
Sharpton
Bustamante
Schwarzenegger
Arnold
Wilson
Ilar
Mecha
el Plan Espiritual de
Aztlan
It's cool to be different and diversity in schools
The piece argues diversity is now welcomed in public schools and society. It cites Garden City USD 457 and Liberal districts embracing student ability over ethnicity, notes NCLB as driving change, and shares observations from St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City about varied staff and cultures. It reflects on evolving views of mixed marriages and societal acceptance, acknowledging resistance to diversity.
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Julie Ford
Garden City
USD 457
Nancy Foster
Hutchinson
Ford
Liberal
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
Pierre Castera
Lina O'Brien
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Steve Delaney
Delaney
Ansas
the Pulse Reader Forum
Getelegram
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Ess
Temperance
Alf Landon
Wyandotte County
U.S. Census Bureau
John Hanna
Roger Hernandez
King Features Syndicate
Dolores Hope Garden City Telegram
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