Officer Killed in Houston Narcotics Bust Shootout
Houston police say a drug suspect shot and killed Officer Albert Vasquez while wounding Officer Enrique Duharte-Tur during a late Tuesday narcotics arrest at a Houston apartment complex. Three suspects were in custody and one with a leg injury was hospitalized. Police chief Clarence Bradford noted the off duty officers were working security.
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Albert Vasquez
Enrique Duharte-Tur
Robert Hurst
Vasquez
Duharte-Tur
Hurst
Clarence Bradford
Night meeting weighs affordable housing and utilities policy
Garden City commissioners debated extending electric service costs for the Wilson III subdivision raising a $2,000 per lot expense and a $43,000 total. They discussed municipal utility profit and potential rate impacts while aiming to foster affordable housing amid waning residential growth.
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John Chappel
Chappel
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Halloran
Child care licensing basics for providers and centers
A licensed provider must complete training on child care topics. Group day care homes may care for up to 12 children with two supervising adults. Annual fire safety approval is required. Child care centers may care for 13 or more children. Staff and program director education and training depend on license capacity and child count.
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Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
SRS
Garden City
11Th St
Fleming St
Jackie Davis
Care Connection
N. 8Th Street
1804 E. Kansas
Peoples Natural Gas
Contact
S. 9Th Street
City weighs financing options for retailer expansion
Garden City officials discussed tax increment financing options and alternatives to aid a major retailer expanding in Finney County. They considered a developer's agreement funded by sales tax rather than property tax, with estimates showing a $110000 annual city payment could require about $22 million in annual sales to justify. The retailer plans a mid 2002 opening with 50 to 100 employees.
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Finney County Economic Development Corp
Halloran
Jeff Whitham
Kansas
IRB
Kansas Avenue
Wal-Mart
Tim Cruz
Cruz
Wrinkle Cream Triumph Promises Youthful Skin
Pharmacist Robert Heldfond unveils EBS Facial Cream touted by millions of seniors and Baby Boomers. The product claims to address wrinkles crow's feet crepey skin throat lines and dry sensitive skin with five creams in one jar a 24-hour moisturizer makeup base and throat and firming benefits. Sold with a money back guarantee at JCPenney and backed by a toll free line and online inquiry.
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Robert Heldfond
Jcpenney
Summer childcare options expand across Garden City
Parents can choose YMCA or Salvation Army SAYAC programs with varied schedules, while Care Connection offers free referrals and a statewide SRS database lists 60 local providers. SAYAC is open for first graders and up, with no meals provided and free access, and YMCA charges weekly rates.
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YMCA
Salvation Army Youth Activity Center
Eighth St
Robert de Leon
Sayac
Johnny
de Leon
SAVAC
Care Connection
Garden City
Finney
Davis
Mike Utz
Utz
SRS
Hispanic population grows as Census 2000 highlights needs
Sonia Perez of the National Council of La Raza notes Hispanic children will shape the future workforce and tax base. Ray Miller, a rural high school principal, discusses four Hispanic students arriving next year requiring English support, while analysts link rising Hispanic numbers to immigration trends.
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Sonia Perez
National Council of la Raza
Ray Miller
Millenia
Miller
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