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Tribune — actually print what I said
Dear Editor, I would really appreciate it if the Tribune could actually print what I said instead of what they want you to see just one time. At the League of Women Voters forum the mayor said that the local economy is great and that he got Red Barn located here and my response was that I was totally for Red Barn until I saw the clause in the city and county contract with Red ...
Honesty is such a lonely word
A sculpture on display at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minn., was stolen. The piece, by artist John Ilg, consisted of wire mesh over a frame, with 316 rolled-up dollar bills stuffed in the mesh. The piece was titled, "Honesty." Attitudes have changed in the two years since the piece was first presented, at the Minnesota State Fair, when visitors liked it so much that they added rolled bills to the display. Don't tell on ...
Money get tighter all over --- Hamilton
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody? Long Island in New York joined Los Angeles and Hawaii as the first places with $4-a-gallon gas Tuesday. The subway saves you no money. The $300 a month you save on gasoline is replaced by the $300 a month you spend on pepper spray. California's San Onofre nuclear power plant was cited by anti-nuclear protesters for earthquake and radiation risks. The scare-mongering is over the top. People ...
Virginia Commonwealth tops USC
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - It might not have looked pretty to others. It was a masterpiece for Virginia Commonwealth.
Shaky free-throw shooting terrifies teams in tourney
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Some of the nation's top teams face a dilemma late in close games: Keep a top player on the floor or bench him because he's a poor free-throw shooter.
MARCH MAYHEM
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - With most of its team coming back from last year's NCAA regional finals run, Kansas State built up big expectations in the Little Apple.
Texas-San Antonio wins play-in game over Alabama State
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Shot by shot, Melvin Johnson III played up to his penmanship. The smooth guard with "SWISH" scrawled on the side of each orange shoe scored a career-high 29 points Wednesday night, putting on the most scintillating show so far in the NCAA tournament while leading Texas-San Antonio to a 70-61 victory over Alabama State in the "First Four" round. The Roadrunners (20-13) and their smooth guard head to Cleveland for a ...
MARCH MAYHEM
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - With most of its team coming back from last year's NCAA regional finals run, Kansas State built up big expectations in the Little Apple.
Extra reward offered on window shootings
Crime Stoppers is seeking information about recent vandalism at LD Drilling in rural Great Bend. Police Chief Dean Akings reports that someone shot out windows on the business, located west of Great Bend at 7 Southwest 26th Ave., on Feb. 28 and again on March 9. Damage was $2,000. Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards for anonymous tips that lead to an arrest, and LD Davis has provided additional funds for ...
Shafer showcases talents of Barton County high school artists
For the second year in a row, Great Bend High School art student Catherine Nelson won Best of Show in the three-dimensional division of the Shafer Gallery's Barton County High School Juried Art Exhibition. This year she received the award for a stoneware piece titled "Would You Like to Hear a Story?"
For March 17, 2011
Kansas Highway Patrol Two people were taken to Pawnee Valley Community Hospital after a Buick went off a sandy road Tuesday in Pawnee County. The accident occurred at 4:25 p.m. on U.S. 183 at H Road. Brianna M. Blackwell, 15, of Herington was driving east with Beth E. Blackwell, 48, as her passenger. Both were wearing seat belts. The driver lost control of the car, which went into a ditch and rolled ...
Come out for GBHS Band’s “Hearin’ o’ the Green”
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day on Thursday in a little different manner this year as the Great Bend High School Band will present "Hearin' o' the Green."
Grant gets Clemson off to good start in NCAAs
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - As pleased as he was that his Clemson team had won an NCAA tournament game for the first time in 14 years, coach Brad Brownell was already concerned about what comes next.
It feels (YAWN) just great
Two hundred boredom "activists" gathered in London at James Ward's annual banal-palooza conference, "Boring 2010," to listen to ennui-stricken speakers glorify all things dreary, including a demonstration of milk-tasting (in wine glasses, describing flavor and smoothness), charts breaking down the characteristics of a man's sneezes for three years, and a PowerPoint presentation on the color distribution and materials of a man's necktie collection from one year to the next. Another speaker's "My Relationship With Bus ...
Daylight Savings inconvenient nuisance -- Hamilton
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody? Daylight Savings Time took effect Sunday, robbing people of one hour's sleep in exchange for an extra hour of sunlight. Chaos ensued. Millions of Californians forgot to set their clocks ahead and were late to the drugstore Sunday in the scramble for iodine tablets. President Obama prompted anger Saturday for playing a round of golf while Japan exploded and Libya imploded. What happens to these guys in ...
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Food Bank donation
On a recent afternoon visit to the Barton County Food Bank the volunteers were scurrying about trying to assist local residents who were overflowing the waiting room, many with children in tow, hoping for emergency food assistance. It clearly demonstrated the urgency of ongoing needs still existing for local families in Barton County as well as the critical commitment needed from the community for ongoing financial support for this worthwhile endeavor.
Full entry takes 8th at State
On Saturday May 4th the Great Bend Forensics squad traveled to Emporia High School for the 5A State Championship Speech Tournament. They competed in 16 events, which gave them a full entry. Placing 8th out of 25 schools, the team had five events break into semifinals.
Are we intervening in Syria yet?
Will Obama Beat the 6-Year Itch?
If the 2010 elections weren't bad enough for Democrats, here comes the "six-year itch." With the exception of Bill Clinton's second term, the party that controls the White House loses seats in congress six years into a presidency. But there's a gathering sense among Democratic consultants who work on congressional campaigns that their party could buck the trend in 2014 for a number of reasons, not least because Barack Obama is finally fired up and ...
No-Fault Internet Addiction
Online chat host: Good morning, cyber pals. As you know, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), the psychiatric "bible," is to be released this month. It will include "Internet-Use Disorder" - also referred to as Internet addiction - as a condition recommended for further psychiatric study. Our guest today is Dr. Adam Von Cybercruncher, America's leading authority on Internet addiction.
Power lines, homes damaged by storm
Power company and electrical contracting company crews were busy Wednesday morning cleaning up about a half-mile stretch of power poles north of Great Bend snapped and broken by violent winds that swept through the area Tuesday night.
Power Outage Causes Delays
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