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Aleta Ehrlich receives Extension Appreciation Award
Each year, the Extension Executive Board selects a supporter of the Extension programs to receive the Extension Appreciation Award. The 2011 award was presented recently to Aleta Ehrlich, Great Bend.
Use the gift of memory
If I could request but one gift during the holiday season, I'd ask for a book. Books abound with a wealth of knowledge and wisdom. They provide hours of adventure and entertainment rarely found anywhere else in today's culture.
Vespers marks of 75 years of Christmas tradition
The Great Bend High School A Cappella Choir could be singing "I'm Dreaming of a White Diamond Christmas" at its annual Vespers Concert later today. After all, it is the diamond anniversary of the traditional religious concert that began in 1936.
Moving doesn’t cancel probation
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Janice Boyd 1928-2011
LARNED - Janice Boyd, 83, passed away Thursday morning Dec. 15, 2011 at Sapulpa, Okla. with daughter Heather at her side.
Shell gambles billions in Arctic Alaska push
NEW ORLEANS (MCT) – Standing in front of a brightly colored, 3-D image of the geology far below the floor of the Chukchi Sea, Steve Phelps pointed to the "giant opportunity" that has prompted Shell Oil to pour billions of dollars into the Alaska Arctic.
Oil and gas briefs
API applauds passage of new pipeline safety legislation
MARSH MUSINGS
CHEYENNE BOTTOMS - I will never forget my first experience with a pheasant in Kansas. I was nervous, my voice sounding like a pre-pubescent teenager as it cracked and cut out during conversation. I was already on edge riding back from my interview for the Educator position at the Kansas Wetlands Education Center with my future boss, Curtis Wolf. Was I doing OK? Did I seem like a good fit? Random thoughts were going through my head when smack! The sound was piercing and abrupt. What in the world did we run into? I reluctantly peered forward to see a large ...
NCYC: The trip of a lifetime
Editors note: Kayla Schartz is a student at Ellinwood High School.
Check It Out!
ELLINWOOD - "I am Number Four" and "The Power of Six", two titles by Pittacus Lore. Nine alien teenagers are hiding on Earth. Three are dead, leaving only six to complete a desperate mission. They are living anonymously, and waiting for the day when they will find each other to make a last stand. If they win, they are saved, and so is all of humankind.
Fort Larned Lions Club Christmas Basket Project will help Pawnee County
By Jim Misunas
Jordaan Library Talk
LARNED - The Jordaan Memorial Library Book Club will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20. Come join the lively discussion. There may be a new book you just have to check out before you go home.
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Chamber Coffee
This week's Chamber of Commerce Coffee will be hosted by A440 Music, 1207 Main Street, at 9:30 a.m., Thursday. Host will be Brian Ewing with greeters Cindy Parr and Candice Moeder. Coffee, refreshments and door prizes will be available.
Gloria Hernandez presents Vegan Cooking
Gloria Hernandez's name is becoming synonymous with vegetarian cooking in Great Bend. After teaching classes at the Parent Resource Center and also the Great Bend Recreation Center she now is offering a one-day vegan vegetarian cooking class from 1-6 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 25, at the Great Bend Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1 mile west of 10th and Patton in Great Bend.
Singers wanted for Central Kansas Community Choir
The Central Kansas Community Choir, which is sponsored by Barton Community College will begin rehearsals next week for its 2015 concert, "God and Country."
Community Concert Features Paul McDermand on Steel Drum and Marimba
Not often does the Golden Belt Community Concert Association feature a steel drum and marimba percussionist in concert. In fact, this month's performer is the first. Paul McDermand, Caribbean/pop performer on steel drum and marimba, will present the association's first concert of 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, at the Great Bend Municipal Auditorium, Lakin and Stone.
Scam phone calls reported
On Monday, the Barton County Sheriff's Office received calls from individuals in rural Great Bend and rural Pawnee Rock, both reporting attempted fraud via telephone scams.
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