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Strickland - Scott
Randy and Tobi Strickland announce the engagement of their daughter, Kayci Ann Strickland, to Aaron David Scott, son of David and Doris Scott of Ness City.
Thomas baby boy
Jason and Melinda Thomas announce the birth of their son, Bryson Dean Thomas, on Nov. 4 at Promise Medical Center. He weighed 7 lbs. and was 20 1/2 in long. He has a big brother, Cale Robert Thomas, who is three.
Yeakley twins
Brandon and Kelsey Yeakley of Hoisington announce the birth of their twins on July 16 at Hays Medical Center. Brock Jeremy weighed 6 lbs. 9 oz. and Baya Grace weighed 6 lbs. 15 oz.
Briggs - Williamson
Amy Briggs and Jacob Williamson announce their engagement. Amy is the daughter of David Briggs of Huffman, Texas, and Katherine Running, of Rio Medina, Texas. Jacob is the son of Kim Guesnier, of Great Bend.
Special Needs Calendar
Special Needs Calendar Monday Santa's Workshop - 6 p.m., City Auditorium REACH - 6:15 p.m., St. Pats Tuesday Bowling - 4 p.m., Walnut Bowl Thursday Easy Cooking-Cookie Cutters - 7:30 p.m., Kitchen
Senior Menu
Senior Friendship Meal The following well-balanced and nutritious Friendship Meals will be served for lunch at the Great Bend Senior Center, 2005 Kansas Ave. Meals are served with milk; donations for coffee and tea are accepted. Choice of means you have the choice of entree but you have to sign up ahead of time for choice. Coffee, tea, and hot chocolate are not included in suggested contribution for meal. For those 60 years and over, ...
Senior Activities
Monday Birthdays and Anniversaries - noon, Senior Center Santa's Workshop - 6 p.m. City Auditorium Tuesday Coffee and Doughnuts - 8:30 a.m., Senior Center Potluck - 5:30 p.m., Senior Center Wednesday Pitch - 7 p.m., Senior Center Tour of Santa's Around the World - 1 p.m. 1901 Lakin Thursday Friendship meals Christmas Dinner - noon at the Senior Center Senior Center Open House - 1:15 p.m., Senior Center Friday Bridge - 1 p.m. Recreation Center Bingo ...
USD 428 School Menu
USD 428, Holy Family, Central Kansas Christian Academy and HeadStart Schools The following meals will be served Dec. 6 through Dec. 10. The secondary schools also have available daily: Main dish second choices, chef's salad, combo lunches and choice of vegetables and dessert. The breakfast menu is offered only to students in USD 428. Menus are subject to change without notice. Milk served with all meals. All meals as offered meet USDA nutritional guidelines. Lunch ...
Santa to visit VFW
Santa will be at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3111, 504 Washington Street at 2 p.m. on Dec. 11. The public is invited to bring children and grandchildren to visit Santa. Holiday treats for all that attend.
CKLS Retirement party
Joanita Doll Masden, CKLS Talking Books Department Head, retired after 21 years. She began her career in 1989 with the department. Joanita was an influential force for Talking Books advocacy, and worked continually to promote the service. While with Talking Books, Jo was a witness to the evolution of changing technology; from records, to cassettes, to Digital Books. The medium may have changed, but the quality of service that Joanita strived to achieve remained a ...
Kansas Farm Bureau Annual Meeting
The Kansas Farm Bureau annual meeting was held Nov. 19-20 in Manhattan.
Rick Snell Ag Roundup
ANALYZE YOUR FIELDS NOW We may still have a field or two of grain sorghum to harvest in Barton County, where the crop was planted late and the grain moisture has not dropped sufficiently. However, harvest flew by this year for most crop producers and with the open fall weather; we were finished much earlier than normal. You now have some time to give your fields some much-needed (TLC) tender loving care. This is one ...
KFAC, KFB host Be Ag-Wise workshops
KFAC, KFB to host 4th annual Be Ag-Wise educator training workshops this winter Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom (KFAC) and Kansas Farm Bureau (KFB) will host the fourth annual Be Ag-Wise educator training workshops in early 2011. The workshops, which are designed especially for agricultural education presenters at the county level, will give participants the opportunity to receive training for a variety of agriculture-based, hands-on learning labs; receive resource materials; share ideas; network ...
Family Crisis Center receives check
Family Crisis Center in Great Bend recently received a check from Great Bend Regional Hospital to the organization's mission over the holidays. Each year at this time is especially hard for the agency to keep up with the demand of families needing help.
A Christmas list for keeps
The end of the year is a time for everyone to assemble their "best of" lists. Last Sunday's Kansas City Star had a collection of top 100 books of the year. Today, I join the fray - engaging in intellectual exploration for the serious reader. My reading list has two parts – instructive yet interesting books that assist parents raise normal, healthy, happy children and historical non-fiction. Here are a couple books that I suggest ...
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