Archive By Author - Chuck Smith
Time to break the egg hunt
Anyone who's helped with similar events can sympathize with the choice made in Colorado Springs this year.
We have to work to pay less
Everybody would like to blame someone else for the sky-rocketing at the gas pumps. Why? Because we can't figure out a way to get to work without our cars. We have to drive to the grocery store - and enjoy more inflation. And, let's be honest, we just enjoy getting behind the wheel of the good ol' "Wagon Queen Family Truckster" to cruise. Sure, we'd love to blame the president, or Congress, and we'd love ...
County looks for a planning volunteer
For anyone who's ever thought they'd like to have more of a say in local government, there's an opening that local officials would like to get filled.
Leave drunky monkey alone
Well, they got a pet monkey He likes to get drunky And sing boogie woogie and it sounds real funky Come on, your time boy, sing one monkey - Ray Stevens, "Gitarzan," 1969 Ray Stevens didn't mean anything bad with his classic comic suggestion of a drunk chimp. But it turns out that a drunk chimp isn't really all that funny. In fact an adult chimp on various drugs is absolutely terrifying - especially when ...
Health Department e-bids new equipment
Equipment that will speed high-tech communications that can prove critical in a health event was approved by the Barton County Commission Monday.
Hold still for your hug
"You are the same today as you'll be in five years except for two things, the books you read and the people you meet." - Charlie "Tremendous" Jones
Records staff fills in past for Ohio family
Barton County Records Department staff members continue to reach back into past lives of county residents.
Endorsement time is running out
It's coming up to that time of the election cycle again, the end of the endorsements. We have another local election, on Tuesday, April 3, and as is the Tribune policy in all elections, we shut off endorsement Public Forums before the election. The last day we'll run an endorsement is next Friday, and as is always the case, they run on a first-come, first-served basis so now is the time to submit them. Apparently, ...
Could be Junction City
Fans of the Mel Brooks comedy classic, "Young Frankenstein" still laugh at the wonderful scene when Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman are digging up their "corpse."
County addresses transportation projects
Barton County will buy 20,000 tons of asphalt at it still won't be enough. That will just be the start of what the Road and Bridge Department will use up as it works to renew the hundreds of miles of county roads this construction season. The Barton County Commission approved the purchase of 20,000 tons of cold mix asphalt from Venture Corp. at $7,23 per ton for a total of $144,600. Road and Bridge Director ...
Loan paves way for races
A bump in the road is no big deal when you're driving 30 mph, but at 200 mph, it's a different story.
Leaders are like eagles -- we don't have either here
When November rolls around and this country continues on its current status quo stumble to bigger and bigger government that spends more, employs more, and does less for those footing the bill, it might be worthwhile to look back to this week's news.
This danger is real
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a series of articles about severe weather awareness.) There are all sorts of weather threats that can be easily avoided, but experts warn us that lightning is not one of them. It is one of the more common aspects of the severe weather season, but one that is most commonly ignored. And we ignore lightning at our own peril, the National Weather Service warns. As we saw just this ...
They chose to break DUI law
Here's a guy who should have a statue erected. Kansas City, Kan. cop Kenneth Garrett made the Associated Press wire this past week for an incredible accomplishment. It's been estimated that over the past 20 years, Officer Garrett has make about 10,000 DUI arrests. Yeah. That's right. 10,000. He made more than 400 just last year alone. According to the AP report, it's almost like Garrett is a DUI magnet. "Three drunken drivers have collided ...
New lawn planned
Beautification Committee Chairwoman Linda Dougherty received permission from the Great Bend City Council to continue improvements to the grounds around the Great Bend Public Library that began with donations that provided for bronze statues.
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