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BCC history instructor to sign copies of new book
Barton Community College history instructor Linda McCaffery will sign copies of her first book, "I'm Praying Hard for You," Love Letters to a Death Camp: The World War II Ordeal of Bill and Jo Brenner, from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, during the Shafer Gallery's Holiday Open House. McCaffery spent three years researching and writing her book about the World War II ordeal of Dr. Bill Brenner and his ...
Barton’s Shafer Gallery to host Holiday Open House Sunday
Barton Community College's Shafer Gallery's annual Holiday Open House is set for 1-5 p.m. Sunday. The gallery now has its holiday trees lighted and decorated, thanks to the efforts of area school children and community organizations, in anticipation of the open house. The trees have been decorated by Holy Family School students, Ellinwood Grade School students, Claflin and Quivira Heights third graders, Park Elementary School ...
Chamber Coffee
This weeks Chamber of Commerce Coffee will be hosted by Great Bend Health and Rehab Center, 1560 K-96 Highway, at 9:30 a.m., Thursday. Ambassador in charge will be Eric Gotsche with greeters Ron Koelsch and Mark Schuckman. Coffee, doughnuts and door prizes will be available.
Black Friday leaves folks cranky -- Argus Hamilton
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody? Black Friday beckoned Americans to the mall to help save the economy Friday. It's a cranky day. You are never more indignant than when you're shopping in a store you feel is beneath you and one of the other customers mistakes you for a salesperson. Beverly Hills put up its Christmas lights Friday, luring shoppers from all over the world to Rodeo Drive. It's not a very ...
Dad is welcomed to 'the hole'
Donald Denney and his father - also named Donald Denney - concocted a plan on the telephone for dad to smuggle the son a ball of black-tar heroin into his Colorado prison (for eventual resale) during visiting hours, to be passed through the mouth by a deep kiss from a female visitor.
Irene C. Boos
ELLIS - Irene C. Boos, 90, of Ellis, died Nov. 26 at her home. She was born Jan. 14, 1920, in Pfeifer, to Anton and Barbara (Unrein) Leiker. She married Paul P. Boos on Aug. 9, 1938, in Hays. He preceded her in death on Oct. 18, 2004. Irene lived most of her life on a farm south of Ellis where she was a homemaker and a partner with her husband working on the family farm.
Barbara Olene Keeley
Barbara Olene Keeley, 78, died Nov. 28 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Born Sept. 6, 1932, in Geneva, Neb., she was the daughter of Edgar B. and Lettie (Peugh) Foster. She graduated from North Platte High School in Nebraska and received her RN license from St. Luke's Hospital in Denver, Colo. She later attained her Bachelor of Science degree from Fort Hays State University. She served in many capacities as a nurse for more ...
Marcella Stitt
HUTCHINSON - Marcella Stitt, 94, died Nov. 28 at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson, after a lengthy illness. She was formerly a resident of Ellinwood.
Delores V. Waggoner
Delores V. Waggoner, 79, of Great Bend, died Nov. 27 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend. She was born Dec. 12, 1930, at Great Bend, the daughter of Edward and Eva Mae (Cole) Raab. A homemaker, Mrs. Waggoner was a lifelong resident of Great Bend.
Linda S. (Monroe) Schlegel
HOISINGTON - Linda S. (Monroe) Schlegel, 57, died Nov. 28 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born May 31, 1953, at Hoisington, the daughter of Glen Robert and Rosemary (Chambers) Monroe. She married Denton Schlegel on Oct. 27, 1972, at Hoisington. She was the owner of Schlegel Realty and a lifetime Hoisington resident.
Adelaida Viegra Perez
LARNED - Adelaida Viegra Perez (Lile) (Abby), Larned, died Nov. 26 after a long and courageous battle with illness. Born in Garfield on Dec. 16, 1940, to Pasqual and Basilia Vieyra, Abby was a 1958 graduate of Garfield High School and lived all of her adult life in Larned.
Johnson, Finnegan fined $25,000, avoid suspensions
NEW YORK (AP) - Houston's Andre Johnson and Tennessee's Cortland Finnegan each were fined $25,000 but avoided suspensions by the NFL on Monday, the day after slugging it out in the fourth quarter of the Texans' 20-0 victory.
Stanford, Wisconsin all but lock up BCS berths
NEW YORK (AP) - Stanford was the big winner in the latest BCS standings. The Cardinal, along with Wisconsin, all but locked up bids to the Bowl Championship Series, and Oklahoma earned a spot in the Big 12 title game by outpointing Oklahoma State and Texas A&M on Sunday. Auburn and Oregon also switched places at the top of the standings, with the Tigers slipping by the Ducks into first place - but that hardly ...
Longtime powers to meet in conference game
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - No. 9 Oklahoma is headed back to the Big 12 championship game to face No. 13 Nebraska after winning a tiebreaker based on the Bowl Championship Series standings.
Chiefs pass their way to easy win over Seattle
SEATTLE (AP) - Six years later, Matt Cassel got a chance to show Seattle head coach Pete Carroll firsthand how good he can be as a starter.
