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Red Sox shut out Yankees 6-0
NEW YORK (AP) - Adrian Gonzalez homered for the fourth consecutive game and Josh Beckett shut down the skidding New York Yankees for the second time this season, sending the Boston Red Sox to a 6-0 victory Saturday on a bizarre night in the Bronx.
GBMS track team concludes season
The Great Bend Middle School track and field team concluded its season on Tuesday after seven meets this season.
START YOUR ENGINES
The start of the NHRA Lucas Division 5 race season kicked off this weekend with the National Hot Rod competition at Great Bend's S.R.C.A dragstrip. The Sunflower Rod and Custom Association is hosting the event, which concludes today after two days of qualifying, for the eighth year.
Hoisington boys take first at Mid-Central Activities Association meet
ELLINWOOD - The Hoisington High School track and field team won the boys' division of the Mid-Central Activities Association meet at Ellinwood on Thursday with 102 points.
Durant, Thunder return home for Game 7 against Memphis
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Kevin Durant had trouble sleeping, trying to shake off the worst playoff performance yet in his young NBA career.
Stafford hosts league track & field meet
STAFFORD - Stafford High School hosted the Hearts of the Plains League track and field meet on Thursday.
Kansas, Kansas State move on from scandals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Within days of one another, two unrelated and very expensive scandals have finally wound down at Kansas State and Kansas.
Claflin hosts league meet in Hoisington
HOISINGTON ­- Claflin High School hosted the Central Prairie League track and field meet on Thursday at Hoisington.
Rain delay slows Players Championship
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Nick Watney and Graeme McDowell were atop the leaderboard after a short day of work Saturday in The Players Championship. The winner of golf's richest prize will have to work overtime.
Everything Rosey for Chicago going into East finals
DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) - On the night of the big "Decision" last summer, Luol Deng was at the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya with no TV, and no one was asking if LeBron James would sign with the Chicago Bulls.
TIGERS TOP KC
DETROIT (AP) - One day after being shut down by Justin Verlander, the Kansas City Royals fared no better against Brad Penny.
Larned finishes in fourth place at Class 3-1A state tennis tourney
HILLSBORO - The Larned High School boys' tennis team took fourth place while Claflin's Benn Kirmer took seventh place as the highest individual medalist at the Class 3-1A state tennis tournament on Saturday.
On the Record for May 15, 2011
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters made five ambulance runs on Tuesday, six Wednesday and seven Thursday. At 6:37 p.m. Wednesday they responded to a false alarm at 1723 Baker Ave., and at 8:12 p.m. responded to a possible smoke smell at 2012 32nd St. but found nothing. Great Bend Police Thursday reports: A bicycle was stolen from 1314 Morphy St. A bicycle was stolen from 2535 ...
Muriel Mildred Gould 1917 - 2011
Muriel Mildred Gould, 94, of Great Bend, died May 13 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita. Born Jan. 11, 1917, at Detroit, Mich., she was the daughter of Elisha Samuel and Minnette Elizabeth (Rice) Taylor. She married Louis Nathan "Nat" Gould on Nov. 1, 1937, at Angola, Ind. He died March 6, 2010. A Great Bend resident since the mid-1980s, coming from Gunnison, Colo., she was a nurse in Gunnison. <p ...
William "Glenn" Flickinger 1920 - 2011
ABBYVILLE - William "Glenn" Flickinger, 90, died May 13 at Mennonite Friendship Manor, South Hutchinson. He was born June 12, 1920, in Abbyville, the son of William H. and Laura Warner Flickinger. He was a 1939 graduate of Nickerson High School. He married Mabel J. Disque on May 7, 1961 in Holyrood. She died April 9, 2011. A resident of Abbyville all of his life, he was a farmer, a custom cutter, ...
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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.
Military Secrets
Obama and the Media: Biting the Hand that Feeds Him
Since the Obama administration has confessed to spying on journalists at the Associated Press and Fox News, have you noticed there are more stories about the Obama scandals in the news?
What Is a Journalist?
As amateur news hounds gain power and influence through social media, the definition of "journalist" has ripened for philosophical debate. But now it's becoming a legal issue – one that could hamper efforts to protect the news profession at the very time federal lawmakers are awakening to the need to do so.
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