Water future debated in Kansas as ethanol and sunflowers rise
Southwest Kansas faces a shrinking Ogallala Aquifer supply while Sunflower Electric plans an expansion at Holcomb. Ethanol plants and water intensive crops draw concern about future water availability. Wind energy offers a less water dependent option, with Kansas urged to explore crops like switchgrass and sugar cane and to research long term environmental impacts.
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Kansas
Ogallala
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Holcomb
Sunflower
Telegram seeks signed letters to editor policy
The Telegram invites readers to submit signed letters with address and phone number. All letters are confirmed before publication and may be edited for libel and length. Letters should be 500 words or less. thank you notes must be general. Contact options include email, fax or phone, and mail at Attn Editor 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846.
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Seventh St
Garden
Landmark First Amendment Text Fragment
The passage cites the First Amendment bar to government establishment of religion and protects free exercise, speech, press, peaceable assembly, and petition for redress of grievances, highlighting core rights in a concise quotation from the Bill of Rights.
High school bills as bridge to politics in Western states
Montana representative Jim Keane details a program where Butte High School students propose bills, research them online, testify, and monitor progress, as a way to curb youth alienation. Other lawmakers cite Politicopia, TVW coverage, and public access rooms to boost civic engagement amid distrust in government.
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Ackson Hole
Wyo
Jim Keane
Montana
Council of State Governments
West
Keane
Butte High School
Logging Association
Marcus Oshiro
Hawaii
Steve Urquhart
Utah
Politicopia
Urquhart
Daryl Zenker
TVW
Washington State Senate
House of Representatives
Oshiro
Idaho
Teens Celebrate Library Life and Teen Read Week
A teen reader extols Finney County Public Library offerings from Lock-Ins to free books and online tutoring Kansas Homework Helper. The piece urges teens and parents to use the library, notes Teen Read Week October 14 to 20 and a October 19 dance with cash prizes for best costumes while praising library programs and resources.
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Finney County Public Library
Garth Nix
Kansas
Venus Rowland
Brittney Yates
Garden City
Ignorance and Entertainment Dominate News Media Critique
A critic decries broadcast news for prioritizing entertainment over serious reporting. The piece urges Americans to insist on reporting over opinion, blaming corporate executives and toy recalls on offshore manufacture while praising domestic production and living wages. It argues cheap labor damages prosperity and calls for media reform to uphold First Amendment responsibilities.
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Paradise
Britney Spears
O.J. Simpson
University of Florida
Congress
New Time
Matter
Mattel
Africa
America
Western
Europe
China
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Washpost.com
Washington Pos
Finney County
Deb Fief
Eighth
Emerson
Kansas Avenue
Rhonda Vigil
Charley Reese
King Features Syndicate
P.O. Box
Orlando
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