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Touched by Cancer support group meets Tuesday
Heartland Cancer Center's Touched by Cancer Group will hold a sharing meeting at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, and a Thanksgiving sharing meeting at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, at the center, 204 Cleveland St. Group meetings and activities are open to individuals currently fighting the disease, cancer survivors, or families and friends of those involved in all phases of the fight with cancer.
Secretary of Revenue to visit Great Bend for Tax Plan Listening Tour
Kansas Secretary of Revenue Nick Jordan will visit Great Bend on Tuesday as party of his listening tour on Kansas' tax policy. This program is set for 8 a.m. in the Spray-Holt Family Board Room of the Great Bend Chamber of Commerce & Economic Development office at 1125 Williams St. This meeting for chamber members is open to any Kansas citizen who would like to provide input and get questions answered on the state's tax policy. Coffee and donuts will be provided.
Roethlisberger leads Steelers past Patriots, 25-17
PITTSBURGH - Ben Roethlisberger passed for 365 yards and two touchdowns as the Pittsburgh Steelers finally found a way to beat Tom Brady and the New England Patriots 25-17 on Sunday.
Clemson, Kansas State fall in AP Top 25 rankings
NEW YORK (AP) - Clemson and Kansas State tumbled in The Associated Press college football poll after losing for the first time this season, and the top five teams in the rankings held their ground heading into the showdown between No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Alabama.
GBMS Band Concerts
The Great Bend Middle School Band Department will be having their fall concert on Nov. 3. The 7th Grade Band and the GBMS Jazz Ensemble will perform at 6:45 p.m. in the middle school gym and the 8th grade band and the GBMS Jazz Ensemble will perform at 8:15 p.m. Both concerts are free and will feature a wide variety of concert and popular band selections. The bands are directed by Kurtis Koch assisted by Mark DeWald.
Doing a lot with a little
This last Tuesday Barton Community College held the 8th Annual Jack Kilby Science Day (JKSD). Most everyone in the area is familiar with who Jack Kilby was and his huge contribution to our modern society and its reliance on computer technology. You likely have read about the JKSD in this paper. "Hands-on" topics ranged from Forecasting Severe Weather, Music, Physics and Technology, and Physics Magic to Crime Scene Analysis, Internet and World Wide Web history since 1960, Soils, and Duck Wing Identification. Let's discuss a bit about what the students learned in soils.
St. Rose earns accreditation, award
The inspection of St. Rose Ambulatory and Surgery Center came in two sections and it earned top grades in both.
Dr. Fesen expands service in partnership with CCCC and Heartland Cancer Center
Dr. Mark Fesen, medical oncologist, will be seeing more patients and spending more time at the Heartland Cancer Center (HCC) as a result of a new affiliation with a cancer treatment group and his long-standing relationship with St. Rose Ambulatory and Surgery Center.
Gorney baby boy
Shane and Mindy Gorney of Gardner announce the birth of their son, Samuel David Gorney, on July 25 in Overland Park. He weighed 8 lbs. 15 oz. and was 21 1/2 in. long.
Bailey 50th
Jack and LaDean Bailey celebrated their 50th anniversary on Oct. 25 with a card shower. Jack Bailey and LaDean Cooley were united in marriage on Oct. 25, 1961 at the Christian Church in Cunningham. The couple celebrated in July with a family trip to Kansas City. They have three children, Ron and Nancy Bailey of Franklin, Ind., Aleisha and Tom Bragg of Gordon, Neb., and Wendy and Mike Howe of Castle Rock, Colo.; and eight grandchildren.
Bernice P. Widener 90th
Bernice P. Widener of Hudson, will celebrate her 90th birthday with a card shower.
Fraternal Order of Eagles hold Kansas/Missouri Conference in Great Bend
The 2011 South Central Regional Conference was held in Great Bend, Oct. 21-23. Presidents for the Region are Bill Nelson of Norton, and Ellen White of California, Mo. Grand Representatives present were: Grand Madam President Gwen Stallkamp from Albert Lea, Minn., Grand Aerie Inside Guard James Burnham of St. Marys, Ga., and Grand Auxiliary Trustee Judy Johnson of Lawrence, Auxiliary.
K-State President Kirk Schulz to visit BCC - Public reception to celebrate BCC’s longstanding agreem
The campus at Barton Community College exhibits a certain unassuming demeanor. Though, there's more to BCC than meets the eye.
Marge Prosser 90th
Margaret (Marge) Vigna Prosser celebrated her 90th birthday on Oct. 22 with a family dinner and party in Great Bend. Margaret and her great-grandson, Gunner Clark Walker, were the guests of honor. Gunner's first birthday was Oct. 20. On Oct. 29, her children and some of her grandchildren will spend the weekend in Pueblo, Colo. Her children are hosting a reception and dinner in her honor for her nieces, nephews and their families.
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O’Linda E. Orr
O'Linda E. Orr, 99, died April 5, at the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital in Larned. Services are pending with Bryant Funeral Home.
Edward “Butch” Sanders 1945 - 2014
AKFIELD, Tenn. - Edward "Butch" Lee Sanders, 68, died Feb. 12. He was born in Great Bend in 1945. He graduated from Great Bend High School in 1965. In 1967, he married Maggie Van Horne in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was a computer programmer at Northwestern Bell from 1970-1994.
Louise Dryer
Louise Dryer, 97, died April 7 at Scott County Hospital, Scott City. Services are pending with Bryant Funeral Home.
Lyle Kent McDermed 1936 - 2014
CLAFLIN - Lyle Kent McDermed, 78, was born Jan. 17, 1936, in Lyons, to Carvin and Wilma (Kent) McDermed. Lyle passed away April 6, 2014. Lyle spent his childhood in Kansas where he was a graduate of Claflin High School and Emporia State University.
Author visit planned for Library Week
In the coming week, the Great Bend Public Library will join libraries in schools, campuses and communities nationwide in celebrating National Library Week - April 13-19.
The Premature Obamacare Victory Lap
President Obama took a victory lap on Tuesday, celebrating 7 million Obamacare enrollees.
I’m Batman - And I’m 75!
According to DC Comics, March 30 marked the 75th anniversary of the first appearance of Batman (in "Detective Comics" #27).
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