Garden City men indicted on meth charges in Finney County
Two Garden City men were indicted by a federal grand jury in Topeka on methamphetamine offenses. Jesus Galvin, 52, faces one count of distributing about 490 grams with a street value of 49000 dollars for an Aug. 31 Finney County incident. Ruperto Quintana Mandujano, 43, is charged with possession with intent to distribute about 465 grams valued at 46500 dollars for a May 26 Finney County case. Penalties may reach five to 40 years in prison and fines up to 2 million dollars depending on criminal history.
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Garden City
Topeka
U.S
Jesus Galvin
Finney County
Ruperto Quintana- Mandujano
Fiesta seeks entries for 79th Fiesta Parade
Fiesta Community Fiesta 2005 invites entrants for the 79th Annual Fiesta Parade on Sept 17 at 10 am starting from the Finney County Exhibition Building. Prizes honor best theme, best decoration, and most spirited. Folkloric dance by Grupo Folklorico Infantil Viva Mexico from Denver runs post parade.
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Finney County Exhibition Building
Grupo Folklorico Infantil Viva Mexico
Denver
Fiesta Courtyard
Fiesta Couryard
Lumbre
Temple
Texas
Abundio
Jesse Munoz
Community First Aid CPR Class Canceled for Saturday
The Community First Aid CPR class scheduled for Saturday is canceled. A new class schedule will be announced.
Kline seeks medical records in abortion clinic probe
Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline asks a Shawnee County judge for access to 90 patient medical records from two abortion clinics. He says the files may show multiple felonies and misdemeanors and extend the investigation to child abuse and rape.
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Topeka
Phill Kline
Kline
Eric Rucker
Kansas Supreme Court
Shawnee
Rucker
Teachers, USD 363 reach tentative pay and benefit deal
After six hours of negotiations the Holcomb Association of Teachers and USD 368 Board of Education reached a tentative contract including a 4 percent base salary increase and a $50 monthly health premium boost. The pact, covering Aug 1 2005 to July 30 2006, raises starting pay to 31069, adds at least a $300 one step rise, and offers options on unused sick days and cafeteria plan coverage plus supplemental insurance.
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Holcomb Association of Teachers
USD 368
Board of Education
Jay Powers
Powers
Matisha Stanton
Robin Walking
Julie Nemechek
Skip Landis
Anne Jones
Ers
Odyssey of the Mind
Landis
Kensie Geier Seeks Religious Life With Franciscan Sisters
Kensie Geier of Garden City plans to join the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal in the Bronx on Sept 22. She spoke after Sunday Mass at St. Dominic Catholic Church and invites donations at a free lunch to cover her first year health insurance, aiming for $2,000. Geier, a Benedictine College graduate, credits Father Bahr and Sister Catherine Therese for support and notes 12 friars will study at her school.
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Kensie Geier
Geier
Garden City
Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal
Bronx
N.Y
St. Dominic Catholic Church
Father Bahr
Catherine Therese
Benedictine College
Benedictine
God
Linda
Kensie
Linda Geier
Garden City High School
Governor opposes food aid cuts in Kansas
Governor Kathleen Sebelius warned Kansas faces a triple hit if Congress cuts food stamp funding this fall. She said fewer farm purchases and fewer people fed would harm thousands, including hurricane victims arriving in the state, while USDA commodities to farmers would also decline. The session followed an $800,000 grant for reducing food stamp fraud and errors.
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Topeka
Hns
Kansas
Congress
Kathleen Sebelius
US Department of Agriculture
Sebelius
USDA
Eric Best
Kansas Social Services
Congressional
Bush Administration
GOP insiders push for Myers gubernatorial bid
In Topeka a draft movement surfaces to recruit Air Force General Richard Myers, longtime Joint Chiefs chair, as Kansas governor. Donors and Sen. Sam Brownback discussed Myers at a Wichita meeting praising his caliber while Brownback reportedly declined another run.
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Topeka
Hns
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kansas
Air Force
Richard Myers
Bush
Myers
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Kansas State University
Kansas City
Kan
Merriam
GOP
U.S
Sam Brownback
R-Kan
Wichita
Nestor Weigand, Jr
Brownback
Weigand
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