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Heart help
Published 7/4/2009 in Commentary : Editorial
Time is everything for someone suffering a heart attack.
But when such medical emergencies occur in rural settings, patients often must be flown elsewhere for care. Too often, time isn't on their side.
Now, residents of Garden City and the area can rest a bit easier knowing more cardiovascular care will be available starting Monday at the new Heart Center at St. Catherine Hospital.
The new ...
Murphy: Oddities aside, Jackson's body of work worthy of King of Pop
Published 7/4/2009 in Commentary : Columns
The first album I ever owned was by The Jackson 5.
My sister gave it to me for my birthday, and that was my introduction to Michael Jackson.
Over the years, I never really kept track of his career until he released the record "Thriller," and everyone in the world knew about him then.
It had be ...
What they're saying
Published 7/3/2009 in Commentary : Editorial
San Antonio (Texas) Express-News, on readmitting Cuba to the Organization of American States:
The United States has no argument with the people of Cuba. It's the government of Cuba that five decades of American leaders from both parties have opposed. And the reason for that opposition is the C ...
Tyson: A crash course on primates
Published 7/3/2009 in Commentary : Columns
If you have a child who is attending Zoo Camp this summer, hopefully they are bursting with all sorts of newfound primate knowledge. In an effort to help you keep up with the campers in your life, here is a refresher course on primate basics.
For those of you without campers, store this away f ...
Gray: Tweeting news as it happens
Published 7/3/2009 in Commentary : Columns
America lost a music icon last Thursday. Our infatuation with the music and personal life of Michael Jackson made him a pop staple through the '80s, '90s and start of the 2000s. His death left a few generations of us devastated.
Fans around the world gathered to create outdoor shrines. Famous a ...
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- Moving over - 7/2/2009
- YOU Docs: What's your stomach trying to tell you - 7/2/2009
- Whitehill: Time to take control of bagworms, spider mite - 7/2/2009
- Flood relief - 7/1/2009
- Austin: Smokers should consider others - 7/1/2009
- Isham: Common sense in Sunflower deal - 7/1/2009
- Nichols: Honoring the Stars and Stripes - 7/1/2009
- Building ranks - 6/30/2009
- LaPlante: Kansas needs charter schools - 6/30/2009
- Citizens' voice - 6/29/2009
- Building trust - 6/27/2009
- Murphy: Riding the fence is the best way to watch a baseball game - 6/27/2009
- Jones: Take precautions when dealing with parvovirus - 6/27/2009
- What they're saying - 6/26/2009
- Sexson: 'Cat Tales' helps raise awareness - 6/26/2009
- BBBS boost - 6/25/2009
- Some offenders deserve a break - 6/25/2009
- YOU Docs: Where the germs hide - 6/25/2009
- Whitehill: Staying on top of grasshoppers - 6/25/2009
- More protests - 6/24/2009
- Nichols: Important to safeguard against fraud - 6/24/2009
- Quakenbush: String camp offers music on GCCC campus - 6/24/2009
- Windy future - 6/23/2009
- Messenger: Need details on flood plain - 6/23/2009
- Fuller: Changes could ground flights - 6/23/2009
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