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Gordon’s three-run blast leads Royals to 11-2 win over Twins
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Leading by one in the eighth inning, the Kansas City Royals got an insurance run and then kept adding on.
Kansas shows improvement after spring practices
LAWRENCE (AP) - With a full year to get to know his program, Kansas coach Turner Gill came away from Saturday's spring game feeling much better than he did a year ago.
BCC to present Music Endowment Concert
Barton Community College's music department will present its Music Endowment Concert featuring both vocal and instrumental music groups. The concert is set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the college's Fine Arts Auditorium. Admission fee is $5; however, Barton students will be admitted free with their college IDs. The Endowment Concert is a showcase of the various Barton music groups directed by Vern Fryberger, director of choral activities, and Steven Lueth, ...
Grief support group sessions to start
Golden Belt Home Health & Hospice will sponsor a Tuesday evening grief support group in Great Bend from May 10 through July 5. It will meet each Tuesday from 6:30-8 p.m. in the Thelma Faye Harms Room in the basement level of St. Rose Ambulatory & Surgery Center, 3515 Broadway. Hospice Chaplain John Grummon and GBHH&H Social Worker Cathy Soeken will facilitate the support group. "Guided by qualified facilitators, group members ...
Great Bend Coffee opens at St. Rose
While the regular cafeteria will no longer be available, visitors at St. Rose Ambulatory & Surgery Center will still have access to food and drink.
On the record for May 1, 2011
Barton County Sheriff A security guard at Barton Community College reported finding a City of Nickerson bag that said "Inspector" on it in a room. Deputies contacted Kyle W. Smith, who lived in the dorm room, at 3:48 a.m. Thursday and found suspected marijuana and drug paraphernalia, a prescription bottle of pills and a City of Nickerson inspector badge. Smith was arrested and booked into the Barton County Jail on charges of unlawfully ...
Diana Lynn Larkin 1955 - 2011
SKELLYTOWN, Texas - Diana Lynn Larkin, 55, died April 29 in Pampa, Texas. She was born Aug. 23, 1955, in Great Bend. She married Gary Larkin on Aug. 25, 1973, in Hoisington. In 1974, she graduated from Great Bend High School. She was the postmaster at Briscoe Post Office for the past 15 years and had been employed with the U.S. Postal Service for the past 25 years. She had been a resident ...
Violetta Louise Karst 1930 - 2011
MESA, ARIZ. - Violetta Louise Karst, 81, died April 26, surrounded by her loving family, after a brief illness. She was a loving Wife, Mother, and Nana.
Mark Edward Smith 1953 - 2011
HOISINGTON - Mark Edward Smith, 57, died April 27 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita. Born May 8, 1953, in Hoisington, he was the son of Charles and Ruby (Payne) Smith. He was a lifetime resident of Claflin.
LaWanda M. (Batman) Farrell 1929 - 2011
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. - LaWanda M. (Batman) Farrell, 82, went to be with her Lord Jesus Christ in Heaven on April 7, at Corondelet Hospice in Tucson, Ariz. Born Jan. 14, 1929, in Great Bend, she was the daughter of Ralph E. Batman and Martha F (Batman) Williams. She worked 45 years in hospitals in Russell, Great Bend, and Sierra Vista Regional Hospital in Sierra Vista, Ariz. Her hobby was bowling.
Emerson MacDonald 1917 - 2011
Emerson MacDonald, 93, passed away peacefully at his home in Great Bend on April 28. He was born Sept. 3, 1917, at Hackettstown, N.J., the son of Emerson C. and Grace (Petty) MacDonald. He married Gladys Naoma Glass on May 29, 1941, at Winfield. She passed away Oct. 20, 2006. He was an English teacher at Great Bend High School for 47 years. He was a Great Bend resident since 1947, coming from Burlington.
Joseph R. McLaughlin
LAWRENCE - Joseph R. McLaughlin, 88, Lawrence, died April 30, 2011, at Brandon Wood at Alvamar in Lawrence.
Dr. Thomas D. Van Winkle 1923 - 2011
WICHITA - Dr. Thomas D. Van Winkle, 88, died April 28 at Life Care Center, Wichita. He was born Jan. 18, 1923, at Great Bend, the son of Albert and M. Ruth (McGinty) Van Winkle. He married Ann Wesley on Aug. 20, 1967, at Wichita. A Wichita resident most of his life, coming from Seward, he was a dedicated chiropractor for 39 years.
David N. Presley
David N. Presley HOLYROOD - David N. Presley, 65, died April 30 in Ellsworth. A memorial service will be held at a later date in Ellsworth. Parsons Funeral Home, Ellsworth, is in charge of arrangements.
Irsik named St. Rose administrator
It's not exactly like coming home for Leanne Irsik but there certainly is a lot that is familiar. She is a Kansas native who is acquainted with some of her new colleagues in the organization she had served for many years.
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Floral arrangements to be removed from cemetery
HOISINGTON - Hoisington Cemetery employees request that all arrangements and grave decorations on the ground and not at the head of the grave be removed to allow for maintenance of the grounds by Monday, June 10.
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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