Archive By Author - Susan Thacker
Shrinkage
While Congress was trying to ease the pain of the so-called fiscal cliff, Representatives were apparently throwing their constituents under the bus.
OTR for Jan. 4, 2013
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters made 12 Emergency Medical Service runs on Wednesday. There were no fires. Other fires A controlled burn in the 2000 block of NE 30 Ave. got out of control Wednesday afternoon and burned down an old barn. Firefighters were asked to make sure the fire did not spread to a farmhouse at in the 200 block of NE 200 Road. Kansas Highway Patrol A motorist was injured Thursday morning when ...
OTR for Jan. 3, 2013
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters had six Emergency Medical Service calls on Monday and six on Tuesday. At 7:44 p.m Tuesday, burning food on a stop stove caused a fire alarm to go off at the High Rise. There was no fire. Barton County Sheriff At 4:54 p.m. on Friday, two vehicles collided at NE 40 Road and NE 10 Ave. Hope Chubb was reportedly driving east on NE 200 Road around 12:01 a.m. Saturday ...
Barton County Sheriff's Office works injury accidents
The Barton County Sheriff's Office responded to three minor injury accidents on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. The first occurred at 4:17 p.m. Monday on SE 60 Ave. at SE 20 Road. Gustavo C. Delgadillo, 60, of Pawnee Rock, was westbound in a Buick Century, and Tyler L. Reeves, 17, of Great Bend, was northbound in a Ford Taurus. Reeves was reportedly driving too fast for road conditions and was unable to stop ...
Zoo News: Zoo director gives year-end report
Great Bend's Brit Spaugh Zoo received eight new animals in 2012, not counting rehabilitation birds. The year-end report from Zoo Director Scott Gregory also notes that three agoutis were born at the zoo. An agouti is a burrowing rodent. The newest animal is an arctic fox from Assiniboine Park Zoo in Canada, which arrived in December. It will be several weeks before it is ready to move to a public exhibit area, Gregory said. Other ...
Trees accepted at compost site
Great Bend residents looking for a place to dispose of Christmas trees can use the city compost site, but they need to remove all tinsel, hooks and decorations, said Street Superintendent Mike Crawford. If the tree is in a bag, the bag also needs to be removed.
New Year's Eve taxi available
Those who need a ride home after celebrating on New Year's Eve can call 620-639-TAXI (639-8294). Once again, Great Bend Police Chief Dean Akings and Officer Gary Davis will drive people home for a $5 donation to the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program. The service is available from 10 p.m. Monday until 3 a.m. Tuesday, said Scott Donovan with radio station Eagle Country 100.7 FM. The Eagle Radio stations have coordinated the New Year's ...
Bill of Rights
In a novel by Umberto Eco, a character comments on the long list of rules imposed on the Knights Templar in the Middle Ages. "From prohibitions you can tell what people normally do. It's a way of drawing a picture of daily life."
Critter Ministries expanding in 2013
ALBERT - The Rev. Arthur Crider doesn't have a congregation, but he and his wife Mindy do have an evangelical Christian ministry in Barton County. In January they plan to launch a series of public events that will let more people know about "Critter Ministries." The first one will be at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 11 at the Best Western Angus Inn Courtyard at 2920 10th St. in Great Bend. That Friday evening meeting will ...
Fireworks lead to injury
A teenage boy suffered major burns Sunday night after playing with fireworks inside a Barton Hills residence. The Barton County Sheriff's Office reports the fire at 646 North Homestead started around 10:20 p.m. when Brennen Donovan, 13, and a 15-year-old boy were playing with fireworks and caught a mattress on fire. Donovan was taken to Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington and transferred to Via Christi's St. Francis Hospital in Wichita with burns to his right ...
Rec Commission celebrates the holidays
From children to senior citizens, the Great Bend Recreation Commission has been helping people stay active and get ready for the holidays since Thanksgiving. Last week at the Great Bend Senior Center, Kay Hallenbeck helped anyone who was interested make a Santa ornament from a pattern book. Starting with a felt triangle for the cap and a semicircle for a face, she added a doily for the beard, a fuzzy red pom pom for the ...
Harper Camperland gives to zoo, humane society
Children of the staff at Harper Camperland in Great Bend greeted representatives from the Golden Belt Humane Society and the Brit Spaugh Zoo on Thursday, presenting each with a $5,000 check from the business and its owners, Dan and Alicia Lear. "Camperland wanted to give back to the community, and we chose these two organizations," Dan Lear said. Bobbi King, president of the Golden Belt Humane Society, said, "This comes at a very good time. ...
It's the End
If you're reading this, the world isn't over. But, anyone who believes the world will end today – because of "predictions" in the ancient Mayan calendar – must not be expecting to receive the next Great Bend Tribune on Sunday. Either an asteroid, or aliens, or maybe a supernova, are scheduled to bring on our destruction by midnight, or by 2018 if you factor in all of the leap years that the ancient calendar missed. ...
Madrigals put wraps on 2012
Great Bend High School's Madrigal Pops group gave its final public performance of 2012 on Wednesday, singing at the noon Kiwanis meeting. The final song, as always, was "Reach Out and Touch." "This is what we wish for your Christmas," vocal music instructor Susan Stambaugh told the audience. The signed and sung version of "Reach Out and Touch" was chosen as the group's signature song by Jenny Allford. Stambaugh became the vocal music director after ...
Santa wears a badge
Several area children were treated to a holiday shopping spree at Walmart on Wednesday, courtesy of Great Bend police officers. Members of the Fraternal Order of Police handed out $40 gift cards and helped children make their selections. Detective Scott Bieberle said the money for the annual "Cops and Kids" event came from donations to the FOP during the fall telephone solicitation. "They can buy for themselves or for their family," he said. Several of ...
Articles By Author - Susan Thacker
Cool/Not Cool
The Imagination Playground is coming to Great Bend and will make its public debut during June Jaunt. The portable playground is a set of oversized blocks, lightweight but sturdy enough to build with. They were designed by award-winning architect David Rockwell, who was inspired by watching his own children play.
These masterpieces have wheels
Barton County Historic Society is celebrating the 60th anniversary of organized drag racing in the Golden Belt with a new exhibit and a car show during its open house this Saturday.
GBRC shares Blue Ribbon Award to promote health
Several people working to make Barton County a healthier place received some recognition and financial assistance Monday during the Great Bend Recreation Commission Board meeting. Doug Vance, executive director of the Kansas Recreation & Park Association, visited the meeting along with representatives from BlueCross BlueShield of Kansas, to present a $2,500 facsimile check and a banner in honor of Great Bend winning the Blue Chip award.
Trash talk
The senior class president of Heights High School in Wichita was suspended for the rest of the school year after posting a bit of trash talk about the school football team on Twitter.
BCC may opt out of conceal carry law
Barton Community College trustees may request an exemption to a new gun law taking effect July 1.
German Wedding Roast a family tradition
One way to keep Mom out of the kitchen this Mother's Day is by taking her to lunch. Jeannie Munsch will be cooking German Wedding Roast to serve this Sunday at the Great Bend American Legion Post 180, 1011 Kansas Ave., from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
GBFD roundup: Fire marshal investigates basement fire
An investigator from the Kansas State Fire Marshal's office was in Great Bend Monday to determine the cause of a fire Sunday afternoon at 2011 Jackson St. It was one of several fire calls over the weekend, Great Bend Fire Chief Mike Napolitano said. Firefighters received the report of a basement fire at 4:37 p.m., at the house owned by James and Krissy Jackson. The first truck arrived to find heavy smoke and fire coming ...
Job Olympics celebrates abilities
Students from 13 schools demonstrated their life skills and vocational abilities Friday during the Job Olympics at Great Bend High School's Panther Activity Center. This competition, open to any special education student in Kansas, is sponsored by the Barton County Transition Council and the Special Services Cooperative. Events at tables throughout the arena mimicked real job situations and life skills, such as food preparation, office work or automotive checking. There was event a contest for ...
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