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Brad Nading/Telegram Garden City High School juniors Jacyn Dawes, left, and Alex Villagran will be competing in the national debate tournament.

Brad Nading/Telegram Garden City High School juniors Jacyn Dawes, left, and Alex Villagran will be competing in the national debate tournament.

Two GCHS juniors headed to national debate tourney

Published 2/8/2012 in Local News

By RACHAEL GRAY

rgray@gctelegram.com

Jacyn Dawes and Alex Villagran have views on different ends of the political spectrum.

But their different opinions are what makes them great debate partners, the duo say.

Dawes and Villagran, both 17 and juniors at GCHS, have qualified to participate in the National Forensic League debate tournament June 10 through 15 in Indianapolis.

The two qualified ...

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City amends fowl zoning regulations

Published 2/8/2012 in Local News

By SHAJIA AHMAD

sahmad@gctelegram.com

City commissioners have agreed to an inarguably fowl decision.

That play on words came from city officials at Tuesday's commission meeting, after commissioners unanimously voted to amend zoning regulations that will now allow keeping of limited numbers of s ...

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City talks golf course irrigation upgrades

Published 2/8/2012 in Local News

By SHAJIA AHMAD

sahmad@gctelegram.com

A nearly $1.7 million much-needed investment in the Buffalo Dunes Golf Course's aging irrigation system could provide significant water and long-term monetary savings on top of repairs and technology upgrades.

That, according to Erik Christiansen, president ...

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Explosive ordeal: Sublette victims recovering with community aid Audio file with this story

Published 2/8/2012 in Local News

By KATHY HANKS

Special to The Telegram

SUBLETTE — Twisted ties of yellow police tape keep John Lundblade from going any further onto his property

The grim-faced man can pick out the metal headboard of his son Tyson's bed and a picture window still in its wooden frame. Nearby sat the blackened ...

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AP: GOP: Lawmakers can't be forced to give evidence

Published 2/8/2012 in News

TOPEKA (AP) — Republican leaders in the Kansas Legislature told a Democratic district attorney Tuesday that lawmakers can't be forced to turn over their records or answer questions in the investigation of private meetings at Gov. Sam Brownback's official residence.

House Speaker Mike O'Neal, a Hut ...

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