Guardianship crisis looms as elder care costs rise
In Florida and nationwide guardianship courts face overburdening caseloads as the elderly population grows. Experts warn due process and oversight may worsen, prompting calls for court investigators and alternative protections. Proposals include stronger safeguards and expanded protective services to avoid defaulting to guardianship.
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Florida
Repensek
Tendrich
United States
Associated Press
Area Woman Testifies on Guardianship Subcommittee Spotlight
Minnie Monoff an 82 year old Greeley widow testified in Washington before a House aging subcommittee about guardianship after a 1984 stroke. Lydia Cunningham defended her seven year guardianship saying she acted with good heart while Monoff recalls memory gaps and legal actions surrounding the case.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Minnie Monoff
Greeley
Washington
House Select Committee
Monoff
Lydia Cunningham
Cunningham
Anderson County
Gulf tensions rise as Iraq says raid hits ship in Persian Gulf
Iraq claims its warplanes hit a large maritime target in the Persian Gulf near Iran while Tehran reports Basra shelling continues with seven civilian deaths and damage to a hospital. Iran denies earlier Basra strikes. analysts foresee escalation as shipping vessels face mines and ambushes in the Gulf region.
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Manama
Bahrain
Iraq
Iran
Basra
Cyprus
Persian Gulf
Ali Khamenei
United Nations
Tehran
U.S
United States
Cabinet Member Entangled in Travel Reimbursement
Kansas Secretary of Transportation Horace Edwards was reimbursed $584.85 for a March trip to Stillman College in Tuscaloosa Alabama. Records show air fare $439 car rental $122.49 and one night hotel $23.36.
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Topeka
Kan
Horace Edwards
Alabama
Board of Trustees
Edwards
Stillman College
Tuscaloosa
Ala
H. Edward Flent
Arco Pipeline Co. of Independence
Associated Press
Kansas City
Birmingham
Tulsa
Okla
Edward
Jet
Transportation
Flentie
Ottawa Pioneer With A Touch Of Infamy
The first of a two part series on Martha Etta Donaldson Killmer Semple an Ottawa woman seen as unforgettable yet largely forgotten after death In 1855 born in Quincy Ill she left the church debated fiercely supported the poor and homeless and ran a freethought paper She championed free speech press and religion opposed blue laws and capital punishment and helped found the Kansas Freethought Association with Ottawa hosting state conventions Continued on Page T
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Ottawa
Etta Semple
John Mark Lambertson
Franklin County Historical Society
Franklin County
Martha Etta Donaldson Killmer Semple
Quincy
Ill
Etta
Etta Killmer
Illinois
Matthew Semple
Wendel Phillips Semple
The
Ottawa Herald
U.S
Kansas Freethought Association
KFA
Forest Park
Paget
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Scott McCartney
IAMI
More Tendrich
Frank
Frank Repensek
Dade County Inc
South Bend
Ind
Mike Barnes
Indiana
Barnes
Ralph Raymond
Concerned Friends
House
Regency
Osawatomie
Hermann Loepp
Garnett
Loepp
Monofff
California
Gulf
Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence Service
London
Kansas
Department of Administration
Flentje
Hayden
Department
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