Archive By Author - Susan Thacker
Great Bend Fire Chief Mike Napolitano said a cigarette is the suspected cause of a small grass fire reported Sunday morning at 2545 Sunset Place. Firefighters were dispatched at 11:11 a.m. and arrived to find a small area of grass that had burnt near the back door of the residence. The resident said she had put a cigarette out near the back steps.
October 19, 2015
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Susan
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On the Record
A four-vehicle injury accident occurred Sunday afternoon when a motorist noticed a spider on her lap and lost control of a car on U.S. 56, a mile east of Great Bend.
October 19, 2015
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Susan
Thacker
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Local News
Buying a pumpkin for a jack o'lantern can be as simple as adding it to the family shopping list, or it can become an event.
October 17, 2015
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Susan
Thacker
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Local News
The Great Bend Fire Department's annual run-walk for MDA will add chipped timers this year, Community Coordinator Christina Hayes said. The Nov. 7 event, which offers 10K, 5K and one-mile distances, also has a fun new name: The Stache Dash, and participants are encouraged to wear or grow mustaches. Additional awards will be given for the best real and fake mustaches.
October 15, 2015
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Susan
Thacker
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Local News
Senator Jerry Moran is a "Champion of Science."
October 15, 2015
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Susan
Thacker
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Viewpoint
A support group for recently widowed women will form a new group later this month.
October 15, 2015
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Susan
Thacker
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Local News
Were you at Jack Kilby Science Day? Here are some photos taken Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015.
October 15, 2015
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Susan
Thacker
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Local News
Taking selfies was encouraged Thursday at Barton Community College, where some 400 guests – most of them high school students – attended the 12th annual Jack Kilby Science Day.
October 15, 2015
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Susan
Thacker
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Local News
The three trumpeter swans at the Great Bend Brit Spaugh Zoo were removed from public display last week to protect them from an increase of avian influenza that is sweeping across the country, Zookeeper Sara Hamlin said. Meanwhile, the zoo's alligators have been moved to their fall/winter quarters.
October 14, 2015
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Susan
Thacker
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Local News
There's no telling where Humphrey the hamster will turn up next. On Monday night, school board member Susan Young brought a hamster in a pink cage to the Great Bend USD 428 board meeting.
October 13, 2015
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Susan
Thacker
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Local News
Taken at the "Winged Aspiration" dedication, Oct. 13, 2015, Barton Community College.
October 13, 2015
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Susan
Thacker
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Local News
L.E. "Gus" Shafer is best remembered for his bronze sculptures of Old West cowboys, but a new abstract piece inspired by the artist was dedicated Tuesday outside Barton Community College's Shafer Art Gallery.
October 13, 2015
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Susan
Thacker
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Local News
For the past 11 years, Great Bend Middle School instructor Greg Wells has been leaving sticky notes is classrooms throughout the school district. In addition to his teaching duties, Wells serves as the USD 428 energy manager, overseeing a conservation program. The notes may remind a teacher to turn off a computer or the light at the end of the day.
October 12, 2015
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Susan
Thacker
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Local News
Photos taken Saturday, Oct. 10, at the Barton County Young Professionals YP5K and Half Marathon.
October 10, 2015
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Susan
Thacker
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Local News
The Barton County Young Professionals group championed the cause of fitness Saturday by sponsoring the first YP5K and Half Marathon at Veterans Memorial Park. Twenty participants started the half marathon at 7 a.m. An hour later, 56 more runners/walkers started the 5K event.
October 10, 2015
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Susan
Thacker
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Local News
