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Barton Community College will close for Easter break
Barton Community College will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday. Barton's Center for Adult Education and Shafer Gallery also will be closed. The college's regular class schedule and office hours will resume Tuesday, April 26.
BOSTON MARATHON RECORD
BOSTON (AP) - Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai ran the fastest 26.2 miles in history to win the Boston Marathon on Monday. Then his claim to a world record was swallowed up by the hills.
BCC cheer squad takes fourth at Nationals
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The Barton Community College cheer and dance teams competed over the weekend at the 2011 NCA/NDA Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championship with both placing in the top 5 of their respective divisions. The cheer squad finished in fourth place at the National Cheerleaders Association's championships in the junior college division.
NBA PLAYOFFS
BOSTON (AP) - Toney Douglas played well the last time he filled in for an injured Chauncey Billups. There's much more at stake now.
Postponements at Scott City rescheduled for different dates
The Great Bend High School baseball and softball non-conference games at Scott City that were postponed last Friday because of inclement weather have been rescheduled.
Barton 4x100-meter relay team sets meet record in Norman, Okla.
NORMAN, Okla. - The Barton Community College track and field men's team won three events and set a meet record at John Jacobs Invitational on Saturday at the University Oklahoma. Barton's 4x100-meter relay team set the meet record while Carmetrick Ross won both the long jump and triple jump for Barton at the meet. In addition, Barton took second in five events. The women's team placed in six events during the competition highlighted by a ...
Glenn E. Miller
Glenn E. Miller LARNED - Glenn E. Miller, 92, died April 18 at the Country Place Senior Living, Larned. Funeral services are pending with Beckwith Mortuary, Inc., Larned.
Betty J. Patterson 1948-2011
Betty J. Patterson 1930-2011 HOISINGTON - Betty J. Patterson, 80, died at the Woodhaven Care Center in Ellinwood. She was born May 5, 1930 at Beaver, Kan., the daughter of Henry and Mirla (Colhour) Phillips. She married Junior Lee Patterson Sept. 24, 1948, at Beaver. He preceded her in death September 9, 2010. She taught elementray school for 40 years in Barton County and Hoisington USD 431 before retiring in 1989. She was a longtime ...
Evelyn L. Tegarden 1921 2011
Evelyn L. Tegarden 1921-2011 Evelyn L. Tegarden, 90, died April 16 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. She was born March 10, 1921 at Stockton, Kansas, the daughter of Jessie L. and Lila (Fetterolf) Hulse. She married Glen O. Tegarden Dec. 17, 1949 at Russell. He died March 4, 2003. Mrs. Tegarden was a Great Bend resident since 1949 coming from Stockton. In 1949, she was the first female to work at the Great Bend Dairy ...
Gerald F. Menges 1929 - 2011
Gerald F. Menges 1929 - 2011 ELLINWOOD - Gerald F. Menges, 81, died April 15 at Ellinwood District Hospital. He was the son of Fred Menges and Martha Watson, born on April 28, 1929 in Wichita. He has been a resident of Ellinwood since 1953. He retired as asst. director of maintenance at Barton Community College in 1994. He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 4th Degree Knights of Columbus, Ellinwood Area Enterprises, ...
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Monthly lab day April 22
LARNED - The monthly Pawnee County health department's lab days is scheduled Friday, April 22. The clinic starts at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 10 a.m. at the 1st floor of the Pawnee County Courthouse, 715 Broadway. Patients need to fast from midnight the evening before.
Dr. Victor L. Martin
This week and next week all the classes in the agriculture program are taking tests. While writing these exams my mind wandered, as it occasionally does, to when I was a student taking similar course several decades ago and how much the science of agriculture has changed.
Military News
Navy and Marine Corps shipmates who served on the USS COLUMBUS CA-74/CG-12 from 1944 through 1976 and the USS COLUMBUS (SSN-762) past and present, that would like to share memories and camaraderie with old friends and make new ones, can contact Allen R. Hope, President, 3828 Hobson Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46815-4505; phone (260) 486-2221 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. eastern time; fax: 260-492-9771; or email: Hope4391@ frontieLcom
School Menu
USD 428, Holy Family, Central Kansas Christian Academy and HeadStart Schools The following meals will be served April 18 through April 22. 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 ...
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Toy Train play days in Luray
The Tomy trains will roll again at the Stone Church in Luray this week-end. Station doors open at 10 a.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday, giving railroad enthusiasts of all ages another chance to play with a large collection of battery-operated trains on loan from Bruce Libal; the last run of the day on both days is at 4 p.m. Free rail passes will be issued at the door, and concessions will be ...
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HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody?
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Learning From the Rise and Fall of Michelle Rhee
At some point, we need to stop believing in miracles, at least in education. While we're still getting over the RICO indictments handed down in the Atlanta cheating scandal comes the revelation that the success Michelle Rhee achieved as the "no excuses" superintendent of Washington, D.C.'s public schools was the product of massive cheating. Those asking why Rhee isn't under indictment just like her former colleague in Atlanta are missing the bigger question: If she's ...
Rozel tornado videos
A tornado developed six miles southwest of Rozel at 7:18 p.m. and moved one mile west of town before turning to the northwest and dissipating about three miles northwest of Rozel at 7:47 p.m. Five farms were damaged by this tornado, including one farm house that lost most of its roof and some of its exterior walls. The tornado intensity has been rated as high as EF4 based on measured winds of 165 to 185 ...
Huelskamp (R-Kansas) receives favorable review
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Tim Huelskamp (R-Kansas) reported the poll results from the monthly telephone town hall his office conducted Tuesday for constituents.
Task force member proposes changes in sex treatment program at state hospital
By Dave Ranney
The Santa Fe Road: An anachronism of the 21st century
By David Clapsaddle
