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Monthly lab day coming up
Pawnee County Health Department is pleased to announce they will resume the Lab days beginning on Friday, January the 28th. The clinic starts at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 10:00 a.m. You need to fast from 12 midnight the evening before. The available lab tests are: Comprehensive Metabolic Panel - $30.00,
International Club has fundraiser for Valentine's Day
The International Club of Larned High School is conducting a Valentine's Day Fundraiser. The money raised goes to support exchange students and for special club events. People can pre-order a carnation for $2 or a bag of candy for $1 and have it delivered to a student within the school on Valentine's Day. A message to the recipient may also be included. Flower colors include orange, purple, red and pink. Orders are due ...
Monthly lab day resumes Friday
Pawnee County Health Department announces it will resume the lab days, beginning this Friday. The clinic runs from 8:30-10 a.m. Participants need to fast from midnight the evening before. The available lab tests are: Comprehensive Metabolic Panel , $30; PSA (prostate specific antigen), $20; and HGBA1C , $10. No insurance is billed and clients are responsible for following up on any abnormal results with their private medical provider. The Health Department offers this ...
Larned High School’s January Spotlight winners
Larned High School has announced January's Spotlight Winners. Academics: Brianne Smith, junior Brianne meets an academic challenge head-on in order to achieve her goals instead of running from something that may require extra time and effort. She uses time in the classroom wisely to either practice the concepts taught or to obtain guidance or clarification from the teacher and often takes charge in cooperative learning situations and refocuses the ...
Wednesday's AP Top 25 Capsules
No. 7 Texas 61, Oklahoma State 46 STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - Tristan Thompson scored all 14 of his points in the second half, Jordan Hamilton added 12 points and 11 rebounds and No. 7 Texas beat Oklahoma State 61-46 Wednesday night as the Cowboys marked the 10-year anniversary of a plane crash that killed 10 people with ties to the basketball program. The Longhorns (17-3, 5-0 Big 12) wore the same orange "Remember the 10" ...
Rodgers speaks about injury, NFC Championship counterpart
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Before the Green Bay Packers really start cramming to get ready for the Super Bowl, Aaron Rodgers wanted to make a few things clear.
Roethlisberger taking third trip to the Super Bowl lightly
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The new, comedic Big Ben debuted his Super Bowl material. Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers went back to work Wednesday after two days off following a 24-19 victory over the New York Jets in the AFC championship game. This is a familiar routine for the six-time champion Steelers, who are in the Super Bowl for the third time in six years. They'll face the Green Bay Packers in Dallas on Feb. ...
Singers to serenade sweeties
The Great Bend High School Madrigal-Pops Singers will deliver singing Valentines from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 14 for a $25 donation. The recipient will be serenaded with a choice of a love song or a song more appropriate for friends or work-place relationships. The recipient will also receive a decorated cookie.
Jan. 27, 2011
Barton County Sheriff An abandoned Ford Taurus was removed from Cheyenne Bottoms on Tuesday morning. A pickup reported stolen from Great Bend last weekend was located in a creek at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Great Bend Police Tuesday reports A vehicle was eastbound on Eisenhower and struck a parked vehicle on Cherry Lane shortly before 8 a.m. Jewelry and cash were taken during a burglary ...
Denise Lee Hayden 1957 - 2011
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Denise Lee Hayden, 53, died Jan. 25 at the Mennonite Friendship Manor. She was born June 14, 1957, in Great Bend, the daughter of Leo L. and Bertie Lou (Siefkes) Hayden. She worked seven years as a management analyst for the federal government in Frankfort, Germany, and also worked for the city of Hutchinson. She was a 1975 graduate of St. John High School, and received her bachelor's and ...
Carl F. Fry 1956 - 2011
Carl F. Fry, 54, died Jan. 22 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Born Aug. 26, 1956, he was the son of Max Eugene Fry Sr. and Esther Mae (Johnson) Fry. A lifelong resident of Great Bend, he graduated from Great Bend High School. In the 1990s Carl worked at the Brit Spaugh Zoo. He enjoyed animals and bird watching. Survivors include a brother, Butch and Luanne Fry of Dundee; a sister, ...
Rachel Skidmore 1913 - 2011
Rachel Skidmore, 98, died Jan. 25 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Born Jan. 1, 1913, in Bison, she was the daughter of John C. and Kathryn E. (Steitz) Scheuerman. A resident of Great Bend since 1938, she was a homemaker. She completed nine years of school in Rush County. On Oct. 1, 1939, she married William F. Skidmore in Otis. He died in January 1996. Mrs. Skidmore was a member of ...
AP Top 25 Capsules
Seton Hall 90, No. 9 Syracuse 68 SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Jeremy Hazell led a long-range Seton Hall barrage with 28 points and the Pirates handed Syracuse its third straight loss. Syracuse (18-3, 5-3 Big East) had lost two straight to top 10 conference foes, on the road at Pittsburgh a week ago and on Saturday at home to Villanova. Seton Hall (9-12, 3-6), which had lost three straight, torched Syracuse's zone defense for seven ...
NFL delighted to see Pro Bowl returning home after spending 2010 in Miami
HONOLULU (AP) - Atlanta Falcons coach Mike Smith figures it shouldn't be too difficult to draw up plays for his NFC stars in the Pro Bowl this Sunday.
No. 6 Kansas holds off Colorado
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - No. 6 Kansas built a big lead with 3-pointers, then won it at the free throw line, scoring their last nine points from there to hold off Colorado 82-78 on Tuesday night.
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Heart Association declares GBRH Emergent Stroke Ready
Great Bend Regional Hospital has been documented as able to adequately care for a stroke patient brought to the facility, the American Heart Association and the Kansas State Stroke Task Force announced last Wednesday. GBRH was added to a list that already included Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington as hospitals that provided the necessary documentation to be named as Emergent Stroke Ready as part of the Kansas Initiative For Stroke Survival (KISS).
'Brain Weather' topic for free cancer talk
The role of emotions in day-to-day life after a cancer diagnosis is the topic for the next Interactive Television (ITV) presentation at St. Rose Ambulatory & Surgery Center. The event, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for 3 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 22 in the basement-level St. Dominic Room.
Arthur Lewis Mostrom 1925 - 2013
BURDETT - Arthur Lewis Mostrom, 88, died May 8 at Larned Healthcare Center. Born March 16, 1925, in Spearville, he was the son of Clarence H. and Merion E. North Mostrom. On Aug. 17, 1952, he married Faye Schadel in Alexander. She survives. A longtime resident of Burdett, he was a retired mechanic and custodian.
Dr. Sotelo expands practice to include more shoulder surgeries
Alice Walter acknowledged that if she had to do it over again, she wouldn't wait so long. Hindsight tells her she could have returned to her daily activities much sooner.
Brown Mackie students experience hippotherapy at Rosewood Ranch
Two Brown Mackie College occupational therapy assistant students spent four days last week involved with the equine therapeutic riding program at Rosewood Ranch. It's the second consecutive year that Rosewood Ranch has welcomed first-year OTA students from the Salina college to its award-winning therapeutic ranch so that the students can complete fieldwork required for their OTA practicum. Brown Mackie OTA students Megan Collins and Ashley Overbey attended the ranch from April 29 through May 2, ...
Myers explains actions at meeting
Yes I walked out of the council meeting. I should not have even sat there to begin with as I had told them I would not play their childish game and then I did. This was a planned rehearsed orchestrated attempt to discredit me with the voters. I wonder how many if not all of the council members discussed this with each other prior to the meeting.
Great Bend falters at conference track meet
DODGE CITY - The Western Athletic Conference track and field meet was not kind to Great Bend High School on Thursday evening.
Lady Panthers drop game 4-0 at Junction City
JUNCTION CITY - The Great Bend High School girls' soccer team finished their regular season with a 4-0 loss against Junction City on Thursday evening.
Royals hit three home runs, handle Orioles 6-2
BALTIMORE - Jeremy Guthrie's incentive to win had nothing to do with beating his former team.
Edmonds signs Civility Pledge
CONCORDIA - Rep. John Edmonds, R-Great Bend, has signed the Civility Pledge, a spokesman for the Concordia Year of Peace committee announced.
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