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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 2002
Page
1
Nicole Coates is pictured as Stonestreet clinches the High Plains golf tourney at a local course. The event crowns Stonestreet as champion with Coates turning toward the camera in a posed moment.
A local feature ties regional trafficking through Garden City to a meth epidemic in Iowa and Nebraska. Officers cite cross‑border supply and addicts share ruined lives. The series explores how meth use rewires the brain and causes physical decay, while labs in farmland areas misuse ammonia and threaten nearby residents amid drivers chasing longer shifts.
US Attorney quotes Iowa and Nebraska law enforcement warning that stopping meth import via Garden City Kansas could curb regional meth problems. The DEA notes Garden City as a trafficking choke point in the Midwest HIDTA, which includes Iowa Missouri Nebraska North Dakota and South Dakota. Mexican operations reportedly target rural Midwest areas benefiting from agricultural economies and migrant labor.
A 1999 survey shows 4.3 percent of the U S population or about 9.4 million had tried meth. The 18 to 25 age group shows 5.2 percent lifetime use, while 1.4 percent of 12 to 17 year olds and 4.5 percent of 26 plus had used the drug. Among high school seniors in 2000, 7.9 percent had tried meth, with eighth and 10th graders at 4.2 and 6.9 percent. About 27.8 percent of seniors said meth was fairly easy or very easy to obtain. In 1998 meth ranked ninth in Drug Abuse Warning Network death investigations.
Garden City authorities say a 1988 used car lot served as a stopping point for a West Coast meth operation routing drugs to Iowa and California. Law enforcement shut it down in 1991 after seizing $1.2 million worth of meth, the engine of a pickup destined for Iowa and California. A 2001 Omaha meth delivery led to arrests of Garden City residents, highlighting a persistent four state trafficking network.
A month before proceedings resume, Colorado and Kansas remain millions apart in a restitution agreement and future water allocation from the Arkansas River. Kansas sued Colorado in 1985, alleging overuse beyond the 1949 compact. The Supreme Court backed Kansas in 1995, and the dispute over damages and water shares continues. The case returns to court for further action.
City commissioners move toward final approval of an $8 million Kansas Department of Health and Environment loan to fund a long‑planned water supply project. The ordinance outlining loan acceptance and repayment terms will be discussed at 1 p.m. Tuesday at 301 N Eighth St, with previous steps approved along the way.
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