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Class 1A regional track & field roundup
MONTEZUMA - Macksville High School's boys' track and field team won a Class 1A regional championship.
Class 4-2A regional track & field roundup
GREENSBURG - The Ellinwood High School girls track and field team finished runners-up at a Class 2A regional on Friday.
I’ll Have Another wins Preakness with Triple Crown chance ahead
BALTIMORE (AP) - I'll Have Another had Bodemeister in his sights again, a shot at the Triple Crown hanging in the balance.
Check It Out!
ELLINWOOD - There are new books at the Ellinwood School/Community Library. They are:
Doris May Amerine 1923 - 2012
Doris M. Amerine, 88, of Great Bend, passed away at Cherry Village Residential Care in Great Bend on Thursday evening. Doris was born on Nov. 7, 1923 in Great Bend to Emery Blaine and Katie E. (Brocher) Burris. A life-long resident of Barton County, she graduated from Great Bend High School in 1941. On April 11, 1942, she was united in marriage to Maurice D. Amerine at Great Bend. He preceded her in death on Sept. 23, 1981. Doris was a devoted homemaker, wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.
Aaron Wade Fisher 1973-2012
WICHITA - Aaron Wade Fisher, 38, passed away following a car accident. He was born June 12, 1973, the son of Karl LeRoy Fisher and Connie (Clark) Fisher.
Myers’s facts disputed
I am writing this letter in response to Councilman Randy Myers' 2 letters of April 15th & May 13th.
Human (e)Motion promotes fitness, helps Family Crisis Center
People stepping to the line or straddling their bicycles to compete in the Human (e)Motion Bike, Run, Walk event on June 2 will be competing together to stamp out area domestic and sexual violence. All of the proceeds for the Great Bend Regional Hospital event, now in its second year, go to Family Crisis Center, which is located in Great Bend and serves 10 counties.
Camp Hope seeks volunteers for golf tourney, scavenger hunt
While their friends are trying to sink a golf ball, younger participants in Camp Hope will be off on a scavenger hunt for a number of prizes. Camp organizers are seeking volunteers for both the golf outing and the hunt, which are scheduled for Wednesday, June 20.
St. Rose Ambulatory & Surgery Center celebrates Healthcare Week
St. Rose Ambulatory & Surgery Center recently showed its appreciation to employees, volunteers and board members by serving up a barbecue lunch during Healthcare Week, May 6-12.
Early Ed Center specialist Gonzalez earns home visitor designation
The program itself was a first for community colleges in Kansas and now one of its participants is the first in Great Bend to fulfill its requirements.
Donation to women's shelter
The Elementary Youth Group from First United Methodist Church is shown with blankets the boys and girls made and donated to the Daniel R. Trickey Memorial Life Giving Center's women's shelter.
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Merlyn L. Andres 1942-2015
NEW CAMBRIA - Merlyn L. Andres, Sr., 72, died Tuesday, March 2 at Enterprise Estates, Enterprise. Born Sept. 21, 1942, at Larned, he was the son of Herman and LaVeda (Moore) Andres.
Arla McElhaney 1924-2015
On Sunday, March 1, our dear mom, Arla Faye McElhaney, 90, joined our dad Carl in Heaven. Arla was born on March 12, 1924 in Pittsburg, to Arthur and Odessa Jones. She graduated from high school in Magazine, Ark., and attended business college in Chillicothe, Mo. She married Carl McElhaney and started a family in Wichita. In 1952 they settled in Great Bend with their two sons, Kenneth and Phillip. They were both active leaders in Cub Scouts, where Arla was a den mother and Carl was a scoutmaster. She loved her flower gardens and was very proud of the ...
Cougar women come up short in upset bid
WICHITA – A repeat effort was not in the cards for the Barton Community College women's basketball team.
Ellinwood Eagle boys win first sub-state tourney game
The Ellinwood Eagles Boys team won their first sub-state tournament game versus Ell-Saline on Monday with a final score of 59-37. It was a back and forth game in the first half with neither team really finding momentum. Ellinwood held just a one-point lead going into the half at 20-19. However, out of halftime the Eagles cranked up the full court pressure and exploded in the third quarter. Ellinwood won the 3rd quarter 22 to 4 and pushed out the lead for good. Eagle scorers were lead by Senior Marc Waite who poured in 16 points. Waite hit the boards ...
To Defeat ISIS, Win the Peace
After huddling with his war council in Kuwait, Defense Secretary Ash Carter says we've got the "ingredients of the strategy" to achieve a "lasting defeat" over ISIS. Some Senate Republicans claim that ISIS is going to kill us all in our sleep even as the U.S.-led coalition has the Islamic State forces playing defense for a change, but killing bad guys is the relatively easy part. As we learned in Iraq and Afghanistan, the hard part is to win a peace that can last, and the strategy Carter outlined last week seems like a smart way to ...
Message. Message. Who's Got the Message?
Don't look now, but the Democratic Party is undergoing an identity crisis of such monumental proportions, the Dissociative Identity Disorder people have called and are requesting artifacts for their Hall of Fame. They're going to put Obama's basketball hoop right next to Sally Field's purple crayon.
ROCK CHALK RALLY
LAWRENCE (AP) - Frank Mason III capped one of the biggest comebacks in Allen Fieldhouse history by scoring the last eight points in overtime to lead No. 9 Kansas past No. 20 West Virginia 76-69 on Tuesday night for the Jayhawks' 11th consecutive Big 12 championship.
To tag or not to tag an NFL quandary
NFL games have begun for 2015.
Chiefs place franchise tag on All-Pro OLB Houston
The Kansas City Chiefs signaled they have no intention of parting ways with Justin Houston on Monday, moving swiftly to place the franchise tag on their All-Pro pass rusher.
