Feb. 16, 2011

Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters made seven ambulance runs on Monday. There were no fires, but there was one false alarm. Barton County Sheriff A vehicle at Willy J's bar, 206 North U.S. 281, was allegedly hit by a known person, it was reported early Monday. It had not been determined whether this was an accident case or a criminal damage to property case. An aggravated assault ...

McCaffery and Brenner to speak at BCC trustees meeting

The Barton Community College Board of Trustees will hear a faculty presentation by history instructor Linda McCaffery, with Dr. Bill Brenner of Larned, when it meets at 4 p.m. Friday in room F-30, in the lower level of the Fine Arts Building. McCaffery has published her first book, "I'm Praying Hard for You," Love Letters to a Death Camp: The World War II Ordeal of Bill and Jo Brenner. This presentation ...

Sheriff shares VIN program info

Sheriff Greg Armstrong announced that the Barton County Sheriff's Office will be taking over the VIN program again, as noted in Tuesday's Great Bend Tribune. The sheriff's office will resume the service of checking Vehicle Identification Numbers next Tuesday, Feb. 22, with the hours of 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays and 1-5 p.m. on Thursdays. Bring vehicles to the Barton County Jail, 1416 Kansas Ave. the building south of ...

Fifth Quarter

Courtesy photo The Great Bend Youth Workers Alliance is sponsoring a free Fifth Quarter this Friday, for all Great Bend middle school and high school students. The event will take place after the Panther basketball games, from 9 p.m. to midnight at Faith Community Church, located at 293 Barton County Road. Video games, basketball, free food and a concert by The Lost Colors, a pop/rock band from Wichita pictured ...

Area briefs

Hoisington Library to close for holiday HOISINGTON -The Hoisington Public Library will be closed Feb. 21 in observance of Presidents' Day. The Library will reopen Tuesday, Feb. 22 at noon. EMS/HS prepares for Quality Assurance Review visit ELLINWOOD - Ellinwood Middle/High School's Quality Assurance Review will take place on Monday, Feb. 21. The review is led by a team of professionals from across the state. ...

CBHF seeks scholarship applications

HOISINGTON -The Clara Barton Hospital Foundation is currently seeking applicants for its 2011 healthcare career scholarships.

EHS forensics earns first place

ELLINWOOD - The Ellinwood High School forensics team earned a trophy for first place in team sweepstakes in the 1-2A Division in Salina on Feb. 12. EHS had the third highest team total out of all twenty 1-5A schools competing. Connor Birzer placed second in Original Oration, and Birzer and partner Hannah Maddy placed second in Duet Acting. Montara Johansen placed secod in Informative Speaking and fifth in Original Oration. Hannah Billinger ...

Patricia Lynn “Pat” Jones 1954-2011

GREENSBURG – Patricia Lynn "Pat" Jones, 56, died Feb. 13, 2011, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born Dec. 9, 1954, in Tyndall, S.D., the daughter of Lawrence James Sr. and Velma Kathryn Perkins Flakus.

Roger D. Shuey 1935 - 2011

Roger D. Shuey, 75, died Feb. 14 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Born Nov. 15, 1935, in Herman, Neb., he was the son of Bert William and Bessie Gertrude (Long) Shuey. A Great Bend resident since 1950, coming from Petaluma, Calif., he was a truck driver for BOC. On Dec. 7, 1952, he married Marion "Mickie" Fulkerson in Great Bend. Mr. Shuey was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles ...

Just a natural born salesman

The Cabral Chrysler dealership in Manteca, Calif., was so desperate for a sale that one of its employees picked up potential customer Donald Davis, 67, at his nursing home, brought the pajamas-and-slippers-clad, dementia-suffering resident in to sign papers.

Lohan learns you gotta have priorities

HOLLYWOOD — God bless America, and how’s everybody? Lindsay Lohan sashayed into Los Angeles court Wednesday to face felony charges of grand theft. She looked just sensational after 100 days of sobriety. Many of her closest friends are worried that her shoplifting is starting to get in the way of her drinking. Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller filed their final divorce papers Friday in L.A. The last straw for her was the ambulance call two ...

AP Top 25 poll

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 13, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:

Six Pack Champs

Area club volleyball team "Six Pack" traveled to Topeka on Feb. 12 for a tournament with 20 other teams from all over Kansas and Missouri. The team played 17 games and placed first overall.

Moore ‘very excited’ about Royals’ spring training

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) - General manager Dayton Moore can finally see the Kansas City Royals turning the corner.

NFL files charges against player’s union with labor board

WASHINGTON (AP) - The NFL filed an unfair labor practice charge against its players' union with the National Labor Relations Board on Monday.

Guess who is Behind ‘Conservative’ Radio and TV Ads

You've seen them on television and heard them on the radio, those commercials boasting that "conservatives" like Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan are working to make sure we have a tough, enforceable immigration system that closes our borders and makes all those illegals go to the back of the line to await possible future citizenship. Well, here is my solemn pledge to you: if you believe that, then I want to sell you an iconic ...

Democrats OK With Obama Spying on You, not Bush

Liberals are slurping at a new yet familiar theme trough: Republicans are hypocrites because they're against NSA surveillance now but were all for it during the Bush administration.

Car Tech

Chamber Coffee

This week's Chamber of Commerce Coffee will be hosted by Roadway Inn and Suites, 57 W. Kansas Highway 4 and 281 in Hoisington at 9:30 a.m., Thursday. Ambassador in charge will be Shay Kasselman with greeters Marty Steinert and Matt Hiss. Coffee, refreshments and door prizes will be available.

Be Well Barton County receives grant from KHI’s Healthy Communities Initiative

Be Well Barton County, a advisory group dedicated to promoting healthy lifestyles countywide, has been awarded an implementation grant through the Kansas Health Foundation's Healthy Communities Initiative worth up to $75,000 over the next three years. Be Well, one of 12 grantees in the state to receive this funding, will use the funds in support Complete streets and Safe Routes to school, nationally recognized programs that encourage local governments to consider bicycle and pedestrian traffic ...

Pit bull committee meets tonight

The City of Great Bend Pit Bull Committee will meet at 6 p.m. tonight at the City Office, 1209 Williams. The purpose of meeting is to hear comments from the public.

Royals score on wild pitch in ninth inning for 2-1 win

CLEVELAND - Pinch-runner Elliot Johnson scored from third base on a wild pitch by reliever Matt Albers in the ninth inning, giving the Kansas City Royals a 2-1 win over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night.

Oregon State advances with 11-4 win over Louisville

OMAHA, Neb. - It's one down and three to go for Oregon State.

Golden Belt Swim Squad claim second place at Leoti swim meet

LEOTI - The Golden Belt Swim Squad finished second at a Leoti swim meet on Saturday.

George Veprus 1916 - 2013

George Veprus, 97, died June 16 at Cherry Village Nursing Home in Great Bend. He was born on Feb. 18, 1916, in Lithuania. He was a longtime resident of Great Bend.

Georgia J. Crosley 1938 - 2013

Georgia J. Crosley, 75, passed away on Saturday afternoon, June 15, at Cherry Village Residential Care in Great Bend. Georgia was born on June 1, 1938 at Mountain View, Ark. to Harvey Andrew and Tolva Leona (Finch) Chatman, and had been a resident of Great Bend since 1992. In addition to being a homemaker, she provided in-home caregiver services for the past ten years to a number of individuals.

Kay George 1946 - 2013

LA CYGNE - Kay George, 66, passed away June 12 at her home. Born on Dec. 4, 1946 in Parsons, she was the daughter of William and Ava Kinne George. Kay graduated from Emporia State Teachers College receiving her Masters in Mathematics. She taught briefly in Alma before moving to La Cygne where she taught for 32 years at the Prairie View High School, teaching math and computers. She was also a cheerleader sponsor, Senior ...

Ribbon cutting

Hoisington VFW Auxiliary meets

HOISINGTON - The Hoisington VFW Auxiliary met on June 12.

FINALS COUNTDOWN

MIAMI - The Miami Heat weren't supposed to be in this situation. Not now, anyway.