Phil Kerpen

Syria has taken over the top of the agenda, but very soon Congress will necessarily return to high stakes fiscal negotiations, not just over the continuing resolution to fund the government, but also over the federal debt ceiling. Speaker John Boehner is committed to the principle that has so effectively constrained discretionary spending since the historic summer 2011 deal: debt ceiling increases must be matched dollar-for-dollar with new spending cuts. At the top of the spending cut priority list should be elimination of the most widely hated aspect of the new health care law: the individual mandate.

Hanging Together

To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, "If we do not all hang together, we will surely all hang separately." So how does that relate to agriculture? The answer lies in the 20th Annual Kids Ag Day held this past Wednesday at the Mauler farm just north of Great Bend.

Hangover from wars

USD 428, Holy Family, Helping Hands and HeadStart Schools

The following meals will be served Sept. 9 through Sept. 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.

Special Needs calendar

Monday

Keller Real Estate and Insurance Agency addition

Keller Real Estate & Insurance Agency announces the addition of Jeremy and Mandy Keil as realtor associates in their office. Jeremy is a lifelong resident and he and Mandy have called Great Bend home since 2008. Being parents of two young girls, they feel this helps them especially understand families and their housing needs. The Keils are both members of the Great Bend Board of Realtors, the Kansas Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors. Even though they are new to real estate, they are seasoned in the area of sales and customer service. Kevin keller, broker, commented that ...

Senior Activities

Monday

Senior Menu

The following well-balanced and nutritious Friendship Meals will be served for lunch at the Great Bend Senior Center, 2005 Kansas Ave. Meals are served with milk; donations for coffee and tea are accepted.

Daughters of Isabella meeting

The Daughters of Isabella will have an Open Meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday at the St. Patrick Parish Center. All ladies of the parish are invited to come and see what D of I is all about.

Great Bend High School Band

Perez hits two-run blast as Royals edge Tigers

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Salvador Perez is on a power surge and the Kansas City Royals keeping hanging on in the wild-card race.

Saturday's AP Top 25 capsules

NO. 2 OREGON 59, VIRGINIA 10

Sims, Heap shine as Jayhawks win season opener against Coyotes

LAWRENCE - For the first time in his coaching life, Charlie Weis saw one of his running backs might be open for a touchdown pass and thought, in effect, "Oh, no."

LOPSIDED WIN

MANHATTAN - It didn't do Kansas State coach Bill Snyder any good to yell into his headset for Tramaine Thompson to let the second-half kickoff land out of bounds Saturday night. There was no way the wide receiver could have heard him across the field.

Crites rifles Oilers past Trojans in season opener

STAFFORD - In his first game as starting quarterback for the Central Plains High School football team, Braedan Crites completed 12 of 16 passes for 257 yards and five touchdowns.

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