Dodge City man jailed 30 years for drug trafficking
Felipe Bedolla Izazaga, 32, was sentenced in Topeka to 30 years in federal prison after a March guilty verdict on conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and multiple counts of using a communications facility to commit drug offenses. Investigators showed imports from California by train and car. undercover purchases supported the case. three co-defendants also convicted.
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Dodge City
Topeka
Felipe Bedolla-Izazaga
U.S
Sam A. Crow
Bedolla-Izazaga
Jim Cross
Eric Melgren
Bedella- Izazaga
California
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Mariano Bedella
Eloy Rosas-Salinas
Emporia
Juan Carlos Verducco- Camarena
Warrant issued in rape case as Gardens City man fails to appear
District Judge Robert Frederick revoked Daniel Ramirez’s $70,000 bond and set a new $700,000 bond after Ramirez, 19, did not attend trial on three counts of rape involving a child under 14 between July and December 2005. Ramirez, living at 65 S. Farmland Road, Lot 4, had appeared at two March hearings while out on bond since March 9.
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Garden City
Robert Frederick
Daniel Ramirez
Ramirez
S. Farmland Road
Lot 4
Lois Malin
Finney County
Malin
James Kuharic
LeapPad Leap in USD 457 BOB Program Expands Learning
The district's fifth year B.O.B. program adds LeapPad electronic books with Read aloud, word touch, and games. Over 150 LeapPad units circulate for a week and serve all ages up to eighth grade, supported by federal grants and migrant funds.
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Bob the Builder
B.O.B
Bob
Wendy
Shelly Schwatken
USD 457
Connie Deleon
Alta Brown
Martin Segovia
Office of Supplemental Programs
Starting Over Staying On Southeast Asians Exhibit in Garden City
A Finney County exhibit chronicles Southeast Asian refugees in Garden City from 1975 onward. It follows four stages of migration and includes first person testimonies from Vietnamese families now in Kansas. The project links local history with national immigrant studies and highlights pride in freedom among participants.
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Finney County Historical Society Museum
Garden City
Kansas
Shelly Dinh
Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Association
WenDee LaPlant
Finney County Convention and Tourism Bureau
LaPlant
Laurie Oshel
Oshel
Southeast Asia
Khanh Nguyen
Don Stull
University of Kansas
Janet Benson
Kansas State University
Ford Foundation
Regan
Dinh
Levita Rohlman
Catholic Agency For Migration and Refugee Services
Mitch Young
Garden City hosts 24th Great Race lunch stop
More than 100 vintage cars descend on downtown Garden City on July 1 as the Great Race makes a three hour lunch stop. Cars manufactured before 1962, some dating 92 years back, will be on Main Street with a free National Guard hamburger giveaway for the first 600 fans at Stevens Park. Street closures and an expected crowd of about 275 meals are planned as the cross country event travels from Philadelphia to San Rafael, California.
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Garden City
WenDee LaPlant
Finney County Convention and Tourism Bureau
Main Street
Kansas
Hotrod
LaPlant
Mike Ewing
Nascar
Ewing
National Guard
Stevens Park
Fulton Street
Spruce Street
Laurel Street
Eighth
Grant Street
Main
Pine Street
Seventh Streets
Bob Halloran
Dodge City
Lamar
Colo
Colby
Philadelphia
San Rafael
Calif
Weekend events blend food wine art with country music
Garden City hosts Fine Art of Food and Wine at Dennis and Bernie Clark’s home and gardens 2915 E Eagle View from 8 to 11 p.m. Carole Geier says funds support a Rivel Yankey sculpture project at Garden City Depot. Yankey will attend to explain his process. Tickets are $50 advance at Arts Center, with tax deductible portion. proceeds go to the Southwest Arts and Humanities Council Public Art Fund. Also this weekend the 23rd Annual Country Music Contest starts 4 p.m. at the Senior Center, with a carry-in supper at 6:30 and program at 7:30.
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Larry Steadman
Diane
St. ‘Thomas’ Episcopal
Main
Walnut Streets
Steadman
J.C. Penney
Hutchinson
Michelle Wells
Elias Riojas
Bernadine Sitts
Schwatken
Napa Valley
Garden City
Dennis
Bernie Clark
Eagle View
Carole Geier
Southwest Arts and Humanities Council
Yankey
Garden City Depot
Main Street
Wichita
Arts Center
N. Main St
Southwest Arts and Humanities Council Public Art Fund
Senior Center
N. 10Th St
Garden City Country Western Fiddlers
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Yunace
Brad Nading
S. Fourth St
Heaven
Melissa Luong
Vietnam
United States
America
John Luong
Kansas Humanities Council
National Endowment For the Humanities
Mary Regan
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