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Welcome Inn board meets
LARNED - The regular monthly meeting of the Welcome Inn Leisure Center Inc. was called to order at 1 p.m. May 4 by President Charles Wonsetler.
Welcome Inn What Nots
Activities May 8-14 Carry in Dinner Potato Bar and Mothers Day - Sunday 12:30 p.m. Baked potatoes, toppings will be furnished. Please bring salads, vegetables or desserts and bring a friend or two. A card party will follow dinner. Blood Pressure check -Monday 11:30 a.m. We all need to know. Paraffin Spa - Monday and Thursday 11 a.m. Makes your hands feel great under the supervision of Byron Stilts. Balance and Flexibility Class - Tuesday ...
Fort Larned USD 495 to meet Monday
Fort Larned USD 495 to meet LARNED - The Fort Larned USD 495 school board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the district office for a regular meeting. The Student Spotlight will highlight I ratings for Larned High School band and choir students. Other topics on the agenda are University of Kansas 25-year certificates of service, LMS Stuco by-laws, acceptance of grants, summer usage and wide area network. Reports will be heard from the ...
EHS honors
Smith comes up big as Hawks level series with Bulls
ATLANTA (AP) - The Atlanta Hawks finally won a second-round playoff game at home. They can thank a guy who frequently gets booed by the home fans, and a young guard who wasn't supposed to be playing much at all. Josh Smith answered his critics with a huge game - 23 points, 16 rebounds and eight assists - and fill-in Jeff Teague came up with the Derrick Rose-like plays down the stretch to lead ...
Lakers are out; Jackson to retire
DALLAS (AP) - Phil Jackson walked off the court with a tight smile, shaking hands and accepting congratulations like he has after so many series-ending playoff games.
April Marriage Licenses and Divorce Filings
April Marriage Licenses Jaime Arroyo-Arzate, Great Bend and Guadalupe Tarin-Rodriguez, Great Bend Justin Wayne Campbell, Hoisington and Jessica Leigh Barlow, Hoisington Cody Allen Stone, Great Bend and Kaylene Laurine Marie O'Connor, Great Bend Auden Galindo, Great Bend and Alicia Segura, Great Bend Derek Randall Nicholson, Hoisington and Brittni Ray Nicole Brown, Hoisington todd Willis White, Great Bend and Melinda Jane Galliart, Great Bend Ever Holguin, Pratt and Nora Elia Leyva, Great Bend Pedro Arturo Valenciana, ...
Wise & Reber, L.C. announce associate
Wise & Reber, L.C. announces that Bret T. Christiansen has joined the firm as an associate attorney. Born in Great Bend, Christiansen grew up in Gering, Neb. and Hiawatha. He received his bachelor's degree from Kansas State University in 2005 and his law degree from California Western School of Law in San Diego, California in 2010. Before joining Wise & Reber, L.C., Christiansen practiced in San Diego. He is licensed to practice in Kansas and ...
PMC to celebrate 75 years with June Field Days
"The Manhattan Plant Materials Center (PMC) has been 'Delivering Plants with a Purpose' for 75 years, since 1936," said Eric B. Banks, State Conservationist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). "A field day with a tour and breakout sessions is planned to bring awareness of the outstanding Plant Materials Program and its accomplishments." "To celebrate this anniversary, the PMC staff is hosting a field day on Tuesday, June 7, 2011," said Richard Wynia, PMC ...
Ready to serve: Rotc Units have Commissioning Ceremonies
Kansas State University's Army and Air Force ROTC units will commission 30 cadets as second lieutenants at ceremonies May 13, in Forum Hall at the K-State Student Union. The Army ROTC ceremony will be at 10:30 a.m. and the Air Force ROTC ceremony will be at 2 p.m.
Garden Club
Twenty members of the Great Bend Garden Club along with two guests, Pam Sweeney and Kay Hallenbeck, met for their April meeting at the Barton County Extension Office.
Club Calendar
Sunday Cheyenne Stamp Club - 2:30 p.m. at the North Main Pizza Hut Christian Motorcycle Association Rapture Riders - 2 p.m. dinner at Montana Mike's. 3 p.m. meeting Monday Great Bend Optimist - noon at the Highland Hotel Heritage Room Great Bend Rotary - noon at the Highland Hotel South Heritage Room Evening Quilt Guild - 6:30 p.m. at the CPI Annex, 1809 24th. Informational Meeting Bungalow FCE - 11:30 a.m. at the Highland Hotel. ...
League of Women Voters
League of Women Voters of Great Bend will hold the monthly meeting at noon on Tuesday, at The Club at Stone Ridge. Lunch will be from the menu. The program will be provided by Karen Neuforth, who will be speaking on the importance of the arts in our lives. All of the innovation that have come from artisan and what we would not have in our lives if we didn't have the cultural arts for ...
School Menu
USD 428, Holy Family, Central Kansas Christian Academy and HeadStart Schools The following meals will be served May 9 through May 13 The secondary schools also have available daily: Main dish second choices, chef's salad, combo lunches and choice of vegetables and dessert. The breakfast menu is offered only to students in USD 428. Menus are subject to change without notice. Milk served with all meals. All meals as offered meet USDA nutritional guidelines. Lunch ...
Special Needs Calendar
Monday Lite and Lively - 6:30 p.m., Burnside Room Clay Heart Pockets - 7:30 p.m., Meeting Room Tuesday Bowling - 4 p.m., Walnut Bowl Wednesday Lite and Lively - 6:30 p.m., Burnside Room Friday Picnic in the Park - 6 p.m., Veterans Lake - Big Shelter
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Kansas State punches ticket to first NCAA Super Regional
MANHATTAN - Kansas State needed a little help to win the school's first NCAA regional championship.
Wildcats to play Oregon State on Saturday
MANHATTAN - The NCAA and ESPN have announced the Super Regional schedule for this weekend as Kansas State's best-of-three series at Oregon State will be played Saturday through Monday at Goss Stadium in Corvallis, Ore.
McMullen, Duvall are top overall winners for MDA Run
The Great Bend Fire Department played host to the 11th annual Firefighters Run for MDA on Saturday at Fire Station #1.
Stephenson out at WSU
Gene Stephenson knew the end was near when he got on the phone with Twins pitcher Mike Pelfrey, one of his best players during 36 years as baseball coach at Wichita State.
Colleen Ann Houser
NEW HOPE, Pa. - Colleen Ann Houser of New Hope, Pa. passed away at home, surrounded by family, on Dec. 27, 2012.
John Carmon Ellison 1955-2013
John Carmon Ellison of Allen, Texas, 57, passed away on May 30, 2013. He was born on Sept. 3, 1955, in Fort Stewart, Ga., the son of John and Dee Ellison. On Nov. 28, 1995, John married Phyllis Taylor in Great Bend. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army. John was also very proud of his police work; he started the SWAT program in Great Bend. John loved barbecue and cooking out, but most of all, he loved his family. He had a great sense of humor and loved to laugh.
EMS Week
Floral arrangements to be removed from cemetery
HOISINGTON - Hoisington Cemetery employees request that all arrangements and grave decorations on the ground and not at the head of the grave be removed to allow for maintenance of the grounds by Monday, June 10.
Chamber Coffee
This week's Chamber of Commerce Coffee will be hosted by Clara Barton Foundation, 250 W. 9th, Hoisington, at 9:30 a.m., Thursday. Ambassador in charge will be Jim Vopat with greeters Jan Westfall and Jill Fitzsimmons. Coffee, refreshments and door prizes will be available.
Pit bull committee to hold first meeting
The City of Great Bend's newly formed committee to study the banning of pit bulls will hold an organizational meeting at 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 12, at the City Council chambers, 1209 Williams. The meeting is open to the public.
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