Garden City man arrested on cocaine charges near school
Garden City police and the Drug Task Force arrested 43 year old Angel Manuel Ruiz of 950 Jennie Barker Road Lot 68 on April 19 after an undercover buyer obtained 6.5 grams of cocaine from his home and investigators said Ruiz sold cocaine within 1000 feet of a school. Police say he also possessed a controlled substance without a Kansas drug tax stamp and the street value of the seized cocaine is about 650 dollars.
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Garden City
Angel Manuel Ruiz
Jennie Barker
Mike Utz
Utz
Ruiz
Finney County
Kansas
YMCA After-School Program Opens At Local Elementary Schools
Garden City Family YMCA offers an after-school enrichment program at Edith Scheuerman Florence Wilson and Victor Ornel elementary schools for 2005 06. Each site has a director overseeing activities homework time and tutoring. Swim lessons safety courses snacks and a scholarship option are available at 1224 Center St weekly. Cost 12 for members 24 for nonmembers space limited to 60 per site. Contact Greggory Hendricks 275 1199 for details.
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Garden City Family Ymca
Edith ‘Scheuerman
Florence Wilson
Victor Ornel
YMCA
Center St
Greggory Hendricks
Return of unit to Fort Riley drives student influx
Fort Riley will see thousands of soldiers and family members move to the area as the 1st Infantry Division headquarters returns, with 11,500 troops rising to about 18,000. About 55 to 60 percent bring spouses and children, yielding hundreds of new schoolchildren across 15 districts including Junction City and Manhattan.
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Junction City
Ronald Walker
Geary County
Walker
Fort Riley
Base Realignment and Closure Commission
Pentagon
1St Infantry Division
Germany
Fort ‘Campbell
Fort ‘Riley
Army
Junction ‘City
Manhattan
HHS secretary touts drug benefit in Kansas tour
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt toured Topeka with Sen. Sam Brownback and Attorney General Phill Kline to promote new federal Medicare prescription drug benefits set to begin enrollment November 15. About 70 seniors attended a public forum. 400,000 Kansans will be eligible. Some state officials warn the plan may create a Kansas budget issue, as federal rules push state savings totaling $16 million in 2006 and $37 million in 2007.
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Topeka
Kansas
Sunflower
Health and Human Services
Mike Leavitt
Sam Brownback
Phill Kline
Sandy Praeger
Pamela Johnson-Betts
Leavitt
Oklahoma City
Medicare
AARP
Mary Tritsch
Family friendly events headline Garden City weekend
The 14th Annual Tumbleweed Festival at Lee Richardson Zoo features jazz honors for Frank Mantooth with two jazz artists, plus jugglers, puppeteers, and multiple stages. Balloon Classic launches, farmer's market, and rides available, with details on schedules, venues, and admission.
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Garden City
Lee Richardson Zoo
Dave Sweley
Frank Mantooth
Mantooth
Sweley
Margaret Carlson
Bob Bowman
Commerce Bank
N. Main St
Western State Bank
E. Kansas Ave
el Remedio
E. Fulton St
Garden City Area
Dillons
Buffalo Jones Ave
Finney County Fairgrounds
Freeman
Exhibition Building
the Chamber
Westlake Hardware
Fleming and
Harding Streets
Kansas board member resigns at governor request
Dr Howard Ellis, 52, of Leawood, resigned Wednesday from the Kansas Board of Healing Arts at Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’s request amid controversy over retiring his Missouri medical license. The board will continue an investigation into the matter, with a special investigator possible, focusing on potential violations of the Healing Arts Act. Ellis previously served as board president and had faced Missouri allegations related to altering records and submitting erroneous documents.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Howard Ellis
Kansas Board of Healing Arts
Missouri
Larry Buening
Ellis
Buening
Leawood
Sebelius
Missouri State Board of Registration For the Healing Arts
Missouri Board
Kansas
Corcoran
Holcomb seeks 420000 grant for street upgrades
Holcomb City Council officially applied for a $420,090 Community Development Block Grant to pave Henderson Lynch and Douglass streets in the southwest area, with $112,090 city funds. The plan targets low to moderate income residents and faces state review in the competitive process. The council also approved pledging future revenues from a quarter cent sales tax toward Finney County economic development, contingent on a November 8 vote, and accepted maintenance employee Larry Baier’s resignation effective Aug 19 after starting in September 2004 at $11.50 an hour.
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Holcomb
Holcomb City
Henderson, Lynch
Douglass
Kansas Department of Commerce
Faye Trent
Great Plains Development Inc
Dodge City
Finney County
Larry Baier
Baier
Garden City Commission backs quarter-cent sales tax plan
The City Commission pledged that if voters approve a quarter-cent tax in the November 8 election, future revenues would fund economic development for ten years starting 2008, yielding about 1.2 to 1.4 million dollars annually.
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Garden City Commission
Finney County
Garden City Commissions
Holcomb City Council
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