Garden City men arrested on drug allegations
Alfredo Quintana 22 was arrested for no drug tax stamp and sale of cocaine after a Drug Task Force search of his mother's home and Quintana's residence produced money from cocaine sales. Rene Fierro-Lugo 24 was nabbed after a search of his home uncovered 12 bags of cocaine, 10 grams in a canister, scales, baggies and $1,600. A second canister with 18 grams of cocaine was found in a child’s bedroom. Fierro Lugo faced charges of possession with intent to distribute and paraphernalia plus no drug tax stamp.
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Garden City
Alfredo Quintana
U.S. Highway 50
Gibson Auten
Finney County
Quintana
Gibson Au
GCCC closes for Thanksgiving holiday
Garden City Community College will close Wednesday through November 26 for Thanksgiving break. Classes, offices and facilities resume November 29 with enrollment for fall semester starting that day. Enrollment hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday in the Administration Building and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Thursday at the Beth Tedrow Student Center. Finney County Community Learning Center programs also close. For information call 276-9608 or 800-658-1696.
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Garden City Community College
Beth Tedrow
Finney County Community Learning Center
Free Public Band Concert at GCCC
The Garden City Community College Concert Band conducts a free public performance at 7 30 p m on December 8 in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building auditorium. The 37 member group under James McAllister will play Sousa The Gallant Seventh Three Chorale Preludes Holst First Suite in E flat and Reed Russian Christmas Music. Band members come from Deerfield Scon Liberal Lakin Ingalls Ulysses Bucklin Copeland Gypsum Sublette Elkhart Holcomb and Garden City.
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Garden City Community College
James McAllister
GCCC
Pauline Joyce Fine Arts
McAllister
John Phillip Sousa
William Latham
Gustav Holst
Alfred Reed
Deerfield
Scon
Liberal
Lakin
Ingalls
Ulysses
Bucklin
Copeland
Gypsum
Sublette
Elkhart
Holcomb
Garden City
Bond set for couple in servitude case
In Wichita, US Magistrate Judge Donald Bostwick granted bond for Arlan Kaufman at 200000 and Linda Kaufman at 150000. They must have no contact with the alleged victims, now under state care, after federal agents raided Kaufman House in Newton, a group home for adults with mental disabilities, last month.
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Wichita
Newton
Donald Bostwick
Arlan Kaufman
Linda Kaufman
Kaufman House
Scott City moves to draft new comprehensive city plan
Scott City officials appointed EBH Engineering and Phillips and Associates to create a new comprehensive plan addressing zoning, growth, housing, schools, parks, natural resources, and business attraction. Meetings with civic groups, including a Chamber of Commerce session, gathered resident input on priorities such as a movie theater, mid priced clothing, and youth engagement as the plan aims for adoption by June.
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Scott City
Gary Honeycutt
EBH Engineering
Great Bend
Tom Phillips
Phillips and Associates
Manhattan
Ural
Honeycutt
Phillips
Scott City Chamber of Commerce
Main Street
Kansas
Chamber Board of Directors
Bill Fry
Chamber Board
Honeycutt and
Planning and Zoning Commission
Holiday festive weekend events in Garden City unfold
The 18th annual Fantasy Tree Festival at Southwind Country Club features decor trees and an auction to aid Russell Child Development Center with public viewing 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets 25 dollars for the auction. preview free with ticket. Also four homes host the Belles of St. Catherine Hospital Holiday Home Tour from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. with four addresses and 10 dollar tickets benefiting nursing scholarships and Benincasa. Santa visits Stevens Park and Downtown Vision Office from 2 to 4 p.m. Photos cost five dollars. Garden City High School presents Anything Goes at Clifford Hope Auditorium with shows tonight, Friday, and Saturday.
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Santa Claus
Garden City
Russell Child Development Center
Southwind Country Club
Southwind
ACDC
RCDC
Bank of America
Commerce Bank
Western State Bank
Belles of
Cora McCartney
Arapaho Drive
Shannon
Shelly Batman
Crestway
Dylan
Vicki Bulkley
Yellowstone Court
Garden City Community College Endowment Association For Nursing
Main
Dillons
Garland Funeral Chappel
Garden City Area
Garden City High School
Clifford Hope Auditorium
State seeks to quantify Kansas electronic waste in pilot program
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment runs a ten day e waste collection in Liberal Seward County and Emporia for Lyon and Chase counties to measure discarded computer gear cell phones and high tech items. Officials aim to shape disposal methods and form a public private task force next year.
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Liberal
Kansas
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Seward County
Emporia
Lyon
Chase Counties
Bill Bider
KDHE
Waste Management Bureau
Rider
Hugoton
Stuart Scott
US Environmental Protection Agency
Bider
Con
Clay Phillips
Phillips
Origin labeling law in jeopardy in Congress
U S lawmakers move to repeal country of origin labeling for meat fruit and vegetables as part of a 2002 farm bill spending package. Republicans argue costs outweigh benefits while supporters say labels keep products competitive and favor U S grown food. Ranchers Doran Junek Kansas Cattlemen's Association notes importance of origin labeling despite opposition from livestock producers and processors.
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Washington
U.S
Congress
House
Roy Blunt
Senate
Tom Daschle
S.D
Blunt
Bush
Daschle
Agriculture Department
Doran Junek
Brewster
Junek
Kansas Cattlemen’s Association
Rcalf United Stockgrowers of America
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