Drug and Alcohol Abuse Drive Jail Population Rise
Finney County sheriffs report most inmates are intoxicated or on drugs, with 800 drug arrests and 2030 DUI charges in five years. Lawmen say substance abuse underpins crime, echoed by a CASA study linking crime and alcohol and drug misuse nationwide. See Narcotics, Page A5.
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Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Wheeler
National Center On Addiction and Substance Abuse
Columbia University
CASA
America
U.S. Department of
Prairie blaze tests several area fire teams
A large afternoon fire in the southwest Garden City area burned about 1,000 by 300 feet, forcing evacuations near the Arkansas River and closing Lee Richardson Zoo. Three firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion, with one still monitored. Reinforcements from Rockport, Pierceville and Sublette aided efforts to contain the blaze in 11/2 hours amid 101 degree heat. Several vehicles and outbuildings burned. no homes lost.
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Garden City
Paul Pauley
Finnup Drive
Lee Richardson Zoo
Finnup Park
Big Pool
Telegram Avenue
Arkansas
Buffalo Drive
Arkansas River
Allen Shelton
Holcomb
St. Catherine Hospital
Shelton
Rockport
Pierceville
Sublette
National Guard Army
Zoo
Municipal Pool
American Red Cross
Agreement with Kohl's could advance in city talks
A proposed agreement may pave the way for Kohl's Department Stores to locate in the city. It would use 900000 dollars in sales tax over a 20 year period and requires monthly reporting of sales tax to calibrate city budget impacts. The plan mirrors a tax increment financing model but uses sales tax instead of property taxes.
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Kohl's Department Stores
City Commission
Kohl’s
Kohl
Eighth St
Kohl's
Lee Kohls
Applebee's
Wal-Mart
New USD 457 Board Sees Three New Members Take Seats
The USD 457 board meets at 7 30 p m in the educational service center board room as three new members fill seats left by outgoing trustees. They will elect a president and vice president, set meeting times, approve the 1116 hour calendar, name depositories, and review plans for fiscal year 2001 2002 including overcrowding, learning communities, ESL and bilingual programs, and revised mission and vision statements. The session ends with an executive meeting to discuss non elected personnel contracts.
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USD 457 Board of Education
Educational Service Center
Donna Roush
Bill Clement
Kevin Sterling
Gail Dunford
Rocky Welton
Harold Perkins
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Jaclyn O’malley
Justice
State Prison
Federal Prison
Udy By
Natio
Commission
USD 457
Board Room
Fleming St
Sient
Sabe
Ann Landers
Donohue
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