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Grace Community to hold Christmas Eve candlelight service
Grace Community Church, 210 McKinley St., Great Bend, will hold its Christmas Eve Candlelight Service this evening at 5:30. In honor of "Glad and Simple Heart Sunday," there will one combined worship service at 10:45 a.m. on Sunday. There will be no Sunday school, Adult Bible Fellowship or youth meetings that day. Visit the church website, gracegreatbend.org, for more information. The regular Sunday schedule resumes on Jan. 2.
Classic Christianity study starts Jan. 4 at First Presbyterian
Beginning Jan. 4, First Presbyterian Church with conduct a seven-week Bible study titled "Classic Christianity - Life's Too Short to Miss the Real Thing," by Bob George. The group will meet each Tuesday from 6:30-7:45 p.m., at the church, located at 24th and Washington in Great Bend. This study is devoted to helping you develop assurance and confidence in your salvation in Jesus Christ. It also explores topics such as ...
Peace on Earth
This creche is one of several on display at the Barton County Historical Society Museum. Holiday trees and other winter touches have been added to exhibits throughout the museum, located just south of Great Bend on U.S. 281.
Prepare for winter weather this Christmas holiday
Many parts of the nation have been hit hard with bad weather recently and now snow is in the forecast for Kansas. Local and state safety officials are urging everyone to check their emergency supplies in their home and automobile, particularly if you are planning to travel over the holiday weekend.
Dec. 24, 2010
Barton County Sheriff A vehicle swerved to miss a deer at 51 NE 110 Road at 10:13 p.m. Wednesday. The vehicle went in a ditch and rolled, but the driver was not injured. At 4:27 a.m. Thursday, a resident at 5004 Third Ave. said his 2001 Chevy pickup was stolen out of the driveway as he slept. The keys were in the vehicle. Great Bend Police <p ...
Fitzgerald continues to sparkle for one of NFL’s worst-passing teams
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Arizona wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald is just 14 yards shy of his fifth career 1,000-yard receiving season, quite an accomplishment considering the Cardinals are next to last in the NFL in passing offense.
No. 3 KU stands firm, beats Cal
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Kansas coach Bill Self was happy with how his team responded after leading scorer Marcus Morris was ejected for a flagrant elbow to the head.
Well-traveled Luck staying put
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Andrew Luck has been traveling around enough the past few weeks. He's going to spend Christmas in a hotel room near the Stanford campus instead of flying home to Houston.
Syracuse suspends two players for bowl game against K-State
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Syracuse has suspended defensive tackle Andrew Lewis and linebacker Brice Hawkes for the inaugural Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium for violating team rules.
For Paterno, it’s back to the future
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - Penn State coach Joe Paterno is looking at the Outback Bowl as a combination of this season's final game and the opener of the 2011 campaign.
Gardners needed
Do you like to make things grow? Do you love fresh vegetables? Does it make you feel good to know you helped another person? If your answers to all these questions are yes we need you! Gardeners of the Hoisington Community Garden will be meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 28th in the back room of the Pizza Hut. Come and join us as we talk about how we will get started with the garden ...
Gardners needed
Do you like to make things grow? Do you love fresh vegetables? Does it make you feel good to know you helped another person? If your answers to all these questions are yes we need you! Gardeners of the Hoisington Community Garden will be meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 28th in the back room of the Pizza Hut. Come and join us as we talk about how we will get started with the garden ...
Hospital retirement celebratiom for Mr. Chuck Waters
Mr. Waters has served as President and CEO of Clara Barton Hospital for the last four years and is retiring after 38 years in Hospital Administration. A special reception is being held in his honor from 2 to 4 p.m. today in the Turnbull Safe Room at Clara Barton Hospital.
We're more like Cratchit than Scrooge
Ever been stuck in holiday traffic fighting to be stuck in a holiday cashier's line so you can purchase low-price presents on your high-balance Visa listening to high-volume holiday music and think, "Why am I doing this to myself? I don't even really like Christmas. It's just a scheme to get me to gain more weight and gain more debt."
Brady passes Vick to top final fan Pro Bowl voting
NEW YORK (AP) - Tom Brady has overtaken Michael Vick to lead all players in the final fan voting for the Pro Bowl.
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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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