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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 2006
Page
4
A historic notice highlights the Telegram brand established in 1906 emphasizing its mission to inform people. The piece frames the newspaper’s long-standing role in delivering timely updates to readers across communities.
Garden City leaders plan a Citizen Academy to explain city government operations from City Hall complaints to airport management. The program echoes the Citizen Police Academy and aims to boost resident understanding, engagement, and tax dollar accountability, with an orientation in December and classes starting January.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid warns future generations will see the bill as a grave error after Congress approves part of President Bush’s anti-terror package. NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer stresses alliance solidarity and forceful troop deployment to southern Afghanistan where Canadian, British, American, and Dutch troops have borne heavy fighting.
Garden City agencies Finney County USD 457 and local colleges are identified with addresses at Garden City locations. The list includes Garden City Commission, Finney County Commission, USD 457 Board of Education, Garden City Community College Board of Trustees and their respective street addresses.
The First Amendment prohibits establishing a state religion and protects free exercise of religion, freedom of speech and of the press, and the right to peaceably assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances. It defines foundational civil liberties of individuals.
The week’s defining news is not Clinton’s clash with Fox but a National Intelligence Estimate warning that the Iraq war has not made America safer. It suggests the conflict has attracted and radicalized more Muslims, creating terrorists rather than quelling them, with 23,000 American casualties to date.
Darius Ross argues against claims that estate tax harms African Americans by forcing sale of family businesses. He cites SBA data on business failures, notes low median Black net worth, and states only 0.25 percent pay the tax this year. He stresses planning, philanthropy, and the tax as a public good supported by multifaceted wealth.
Letter writer Sonja Wooldridge accuses Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline of ethical lapses including using official websites to solicit campaign funds from churches and pushing for church appearances to identify donors. She urges voting for Paul Morrison in the upcoming election.
Leanna Norton of Garden City thanks those who reopened C and D's World on Wheels for Finney County kids. She notes limited local recreation options, hopes lower prices attract repeat visits, and recalls prior high costs and the park’s closure. Her 8 year old daughter prefers parks or the zoo for weekends and school breaks.
The Telegram invites signed letters with writer address and phone number and will confirm before publication. Letters may be edited for libel and length and should stay under 500 words. General thank you notes are accepted while form letters, poems, consumer complaints or business testimonials will not be printed.
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