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Golf club meeting set
The annual meeting of the Lake Barton Golf Club will be held Monday night at 7.
Clemson receiver worries Mountaineers in Orange Bowl
MIAMI (AP) - When Sammy Watkins first arrived on Clemson's campus last summer and reported for a workout with other incoming freshman receivers, quarterback Tajh Boyd sent him out for a pass.
Six employees celebrate anniversaries with Rosewood Services
Six employees from Rosewood Services Inc. were honored for a combined 35 years of dedication during the business's annual celebration in December. Five employees celebrated five-year anniversaries, while Rosewood Ranch Manager Eric Hammond achieved 10 years with the agency.
Local potluck had everything from soup to nuts
When members of the Central Kansas Partnership held a meeting with a potluck meal, the samples of hearty soups and sweet snacks were abundant. Afterward, Partnership member Janel Rose from the Barton County Health Department fielded requests for the sharing of some recipes, starting with her own recipe for Taco Soup.
Grief support group starts Jan. 16
Golden Belt Home Health & Hospice (GBHH&H) will sponsor a Monday evening grief support group in Great Bend from Jan. 16 through March 12. It will meet from 6:30-8 p.m. each Monday in Conference Room 103 of the Medical Building just south of St. Rose Ambulatory & Surgery Center, 3520 Lakin; the entrance is on Lincoln St.
Library announces free movies, teen game day
Great Bend Public Library, 1409 Williams St., will show "Kung Fu Panda 2" as the first after-school movie of 2012, at 3:30 p.m. Friday.
Woman reports using stun gun on assailant
A Great Bend woman spoke to Barton County Sheriff's Office deputies and a Kansas Highway Patrol officer at 11:19 p.m. Monday, after allegedly being assaulted by an unknown male as she was walking to her residence on Marla St. She said after she was grabbed by the assailant, she used a hand-held stun device to get away. She left the residence and contacted the KHP officer, who put her in contact with the deputies.
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Michael Schwager, driving while suspended, continued to Jan. 10
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Clara Barton Hospital employees above average on percent of health care personnel receiving the fl
HOISINGTON - Flu Season is upon us and the best way to prevent the flu is through annual flu immunization. In 2010, the Kansas Healthcare Collaborative started a four-year campaign to increase the number of hospital health care workers receiving annual influenza immunizations as a part of the effort to decrease health care associated infections.
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Statistics show county teen pregnancy rate improving
BARTON COUNTY - The Kansas Department of Health and Human Environment has released the 2010 statistics on teen pregnancy in the state, and the good news is that, following a nation-wide trend, the Barton County figures are falling and at nearly twice the rate as the state average.
Oklahoma State ekes past Stanford in OT
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Oklahoma State has its chance to be in the national-championship conversation.
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Foul Balls
Over in the sports section they greet each baseball season with rankings, predictions and detailed summaries of off-season roster moves. Here on the opinion page we usually prefer to wax about emerald green grass, the crack of the bat and the vernal reawakening of our Great American Pastime.
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