Letha D. Wells

WOOSTER, Ohio - Letha D. Wells, 81, passed away quietly early Monday morning, Dec. 14, 2010, following a short illness at Fairview Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.

Delores Jean Piper

MISSOURI CITY, Texas - Delores Jean Piper, 75, died Dec. 14 at Atrium Medical Center in Stafford, Texas. She was born Feb. 23, 1935, at Great Bend, the daughter of Harley Ray and Ruth Ann (Alefs) Evers. She married Ronnie Piper on Sept. 25, 1955, at Great Bend. She was a nurse. A Missouri City, Texas, resident since 1988, she moved from Great Bend in 1962, living in Tulsa, Okla., and New ...

KWEC guided tours of Cheyenne Bottoms

To better educate visitors on the unique Cheyenne Bottoms history, management, wetlands and wildlife, the Kansas Wetlands Education Center of Fort Hays State University's Sternberg Museum of Natural History is now offering guided van tours.

Chamber Coffee

This weeks Chamber of Commerce Coffee will be hosted by Community Bank of the Midwest, 2220 Broadway, at 9:30 a.m., Thursday. Ambassador in charge will be Jim Vopat with greeters Rebecca Ford and John Sullivan. Coffee, doughnuts and door prizes will be available.

Kiwanis Fundraiser

The Kiwanis are raising funds to build a cabin at the Victory Junction camp being built in Kansas City. This is a camp to serve children that have chronic and serious illnesses. At this time, the only camp exists in Randleman, N.C. and was built in 2004 on honor of Adam Petty. It cost $250,000 to build a cabin and the cost to send a child to camp is $2,500, but no child or family incurs that cost thanks to generous donors.

Terrorist ruins life for comedians, too -- Tom Purcell

Julian Assange, the lead WikiLeaks perpetrator, has ruined my career. I write light, humorous pieces for a living - offbeat perspectives that offer a respite from everyday woes. Humor, says Webster's, is "that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous." It is "designed to be comical or amusing." There is no harder writing than humor writing. The humor writer toils for hours to achieve the perfect turn of phrase, the ...

Health bill is unconstitutional -- Argus Hamilton

HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody? President Obama's health care reform bill was ruled unconstitutional Monday by a U.S. judge in Virginia. It probably is. To the layman's eye it violates the Equal Protection Clause for a black president to impose a 10 percent tax on tanning booths. John Boehner broke down crying again Sunday in a CBS 60 Minutes interview. He's very emotional. Last week Congress voted to make April National Peach ...

Lee makes decision, returns to Philadelphia

NEW YORK (AP) - At some point, it seems, Cliff Lee figured it wasn't about the money anymore.

BCCC students, teacher exhibit art at Hays gallery

Photography students of Barton Community College art instructor Steve Dudek had their work accepted in the 27th Annual Five-State Photography Competition Exhibition at the Hays Arts Center Gallery, 112 E. 11th, Hays.

Barton Community College Bookstore closed today

The Barton Community College Bookstore will be closed today. The bookstore will resume its regular hours at 7:30 a.m. Thursday.

Scams program canceled

The "Scams" program that was to be at the Senior Center on Friday afternoon has been canceled due to speaker conflict.

BCC trustees to hire new RSVP director

The board of trustees at Barton Community College is expected to hire a new head men's soccer coach and a new director of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program when it meets at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Seminar Room, F-30 of the Fine Arts Building. Other items on the agenda include early childhood education certificate programs and an admissions and recruitment presentation by Todd Moore, director of admissions and marketing.

Dec. 15, 2010

Barton County Sheriff A Great Bend police officer was in his patrol car, stopped at the stop sign at 10th and the U.S. 281 Bypass, when another vehicle rear-ended the car at 4:45 p.m. Monday. There was no damage to either driver or vehicle and no case was filed. Daniel Immediato, 16, Great Bend, was driving a 1995 Ford Ranger in the 600 block of East Barton County Road at 7:22 a.m. ...

Norma Lee Garrett

LAKE CHARLES, La. - Norma Lee Garrett. 82, died Dec. 4 at Christus Saint Patrick Hospital, Lake Charles, La. She was born May 10, 1928, at Great Bend, the daughter of Harry M. and Mary Anna (Weber) Schartz. She married Thomas Burke Garrett Dec. 29, 1948, at Ellinwood. He died May 19, 1982. Mrs. Garrett was a Lake Charles, La., resident since 1982, coming from Great Bend, moving to Corpus Christi, ...

Chad Rex Roberson

Chad Rex Roberson, 22, died Dec. 13 at his home in Great Bend. He was born Nov. 10, 1988, at Great Bend, the son of Norman Rex, Jr. & Faith (Wagner) Roberson. A lifetime Great Bend resident, he was a brick tender for Devine Masonry. Mr. Roberson was a member of First Street Church of God, Hoisington. Survivors include his father, Rex Roberson of Ellinwood; mother, Faith Jacobs of Augusta; ...

Sienna Michelle Meeks 2013 - 2013

Sienna Michelle Meeks, 3 months, died on May 21 at her home in Great Bend. Born Feb. 22, in Great Bend, she was the daughter of Nolan and Collette (King) Meeks.

Paul J. Linenberger

Paul J. Linenberger, 90, died May 21 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Services are pending with Bryant Funeral Home, 1425 Patton Road, Great Bend.

Kansas State's first baseball championship reaps several rewards

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - Kansas State reaped the rewards of its first-ever Big 12 baseball championship season as a school-record seven players earned all-conference first-team honors on Tuesday. Wildcats head coach Brad Hill was named coach of the year for the second time.

Unique art treasures shown at gallery

Unique artwork and ceramics will be shown at a gallery opening at 7 p.m. Friday at Petr's Frame House, 2009 16th St. The show features the work of Darnel Row, Joshua Garret and Lili Vialacres.

Chamber Coffee

This week's Chamber of Commerce Coffee will be hosted by Sunflower Bank, 3600 10th Street, at 9:30 a.m., Thursday. Ambassador in charge will be Ronda Sjogren with greeters Connie Oetken and Karmi Green. Coffee, refreshments and door prizes will be available.

Claflin Community/Fitness Center

Peter named 2013-14 KMU president

Bob Peter, city administrator and city attorney for Ellinwood, was named the 2013-14 Kansas Municipal Utilities president at a recent conference.

Claflin set to open Community/Fitness Center

CLAFLIN - Numerous volunteers have put their hands together and established a new Community/Fitness Center for the Claflin area. The project involved refurbishing the old Claflin Elementary School for the new purpose.

"Second-Term Curse"

IRS Scandal another Reason Why We Need the Fair Tax

"It will create a bureaucracy with the efficiency of the Post Office, the frugality of the Pentagon and the compassion of the IRS."– Mantra of those who opposed HillaryCare in the 1990s.

The Government Can’t Be Trusted With Our Health

"We have a large government," political consultant David Axelrod offered as a plea of ignorance to all of the scandals swirling around his boss. "Part of being president is there's so much beneath you that you can't know because the government is so vast." And yet, thanks to Axelrod and Obama, we now stand on the precipice of the largest expansion of government power in almost half a century: Obamacare, officially known as the Patient ...

Black transfers to Kansas with one year of eligibitliy remaining

LAWRENCE - Memphis forward Tarik Black is transferring to Kansas and will be eligible to play immediately.

Red Wings take 2-1 second-round series lead with victory

DETROIT - Gustav Nyquist and Drew Miller scored 31 seconds apart midway through the second period and Pavel Datsyuk restored a two-goal lead in the third to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in the second round series.

Reyes wins national track title for Barton

HUTCHINSON - The Barton Community College track and field teams wrapped up their season Saturday at the National Junior College Activity Association Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championship.

Grizzlies look to rebound after Game 1 loss

SAN ANTONIO - Zach Randolph's miserable Western Conference finals debut led to a sleepless night and a long film session.