Head Start funding faces cuts despite proven benefits
The House panel weighs 12 percent reductions across human services, risking 65,000 Head Start children. Head Start began in 1965 to aid needy kids, improving school readiness, self esteem, and social skills, while reducing absenteeism and delinquency. Locally 450 children served across Saline Dickinson Ellsworth counties, with 135 on waiting list. The program argues for increased funding to sustain aid to the poorest families.
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House of Representatives
House Labor, Health & Human Services and Education
Head Start
Saline
Dickinson
Ellsworth
Editorial note on guest editorials and views
Guest editorials are published to offer readers a variety of opinion. Views expressed are not necessarily those of The Herald or its editor.
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Religion, peyote rites and Native rights debated
George M. Sayers argues in favor of peyote use in shamanism as legitimate religion, linking Native oppression to alcohol issues, urging open debate to protect religious freedom and preserve ancient practices amid colonial harms and legal restrictions.
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Roger Lawrence
Mr. Lawrence
America
George M. Sayers
Lawrence Gsayers
Kanza
Political contact list for Kansas and federal officials
A compact roster of addresses and phone numbers for President Bill Clinton, U S senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback, U S Representative Jim Ryan, Governor Bill Graves, and Kansas state legislators Robert Tyson Ralph Tanner and Bill Feverbom, plus related state and federal offices in Washington and Topeka.
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Bill Clinton
White House
Washington
D.C
Whitehouse
U.S
Pat Roberts
Hart Senate
Washington, D.C
pat_roberts
Roberts
Senate
The Cancer Scare That Changed a Life Forever
A woman recounts a frightening medical visit where a solid mass, not a fluid cyst, sparked fear of cancer. She reflects on family cancer history, the desire for time with loved ones, and how the possibility of cancer reframed values, perspective, and what matters in life. The doctor later says it isn’t cancer, but the impact remains profound.
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Hawaii
Waikiki Beach
Earth
Life, death, and the Kennedy loss across time
The writer weighs JFK Jr and family tragedy against Buddhist and samurai philosophy. He argues celebrity fades, death is universal, and media creates fame. He cites Hagakure and Mishima to reflect on present moments, then criticizes the Kennedys and public adulation while expressing sympathy.
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John Kennedy Jr
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Kennedy
Marcus Aurelius
Yukio Mishima
Japan
Hagakure
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Wei Cim
Criandlesentine
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Hull
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Camelot
Ted Kennedy
Charley Reese
Osoreese
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King Features Syndicate
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Garry Trudeau
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