Bison to celebrate 125th

The city of Bison will celebrate its 125th anniversary on Saturday. The festivities will begin by digging up the time capsule at 2 p.m., which was buried near the old City Hall on Main Street during the towns centennial. This will be followed by a firemans water fight between the Bison and Timken volunteer firemen.

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Watch the High Stakes Political and Media Credibility Game

Forget the political "blame game." The biggest game in town now is the credibility game -- a high-stakes exercise that will end with America's political middle deciding who is trustworthy and who isn't. Some key players:

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Job Fest deemed huge success – laptop winner announced

For the seventh year in a row, local job seekers were given a unique opportunity to network with area employers at the community Job Fest event held May 9th at the Best Western courtyard in Great Bend.

KSHSAA state softball results

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KSHSAA state baseball results

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Ryan Hugh Dunlap Memorial Scholarship awarded

The Dunlap family recently awarded the fourth scholarship from the Ryan Hugh Dunlap Memorial Scholarship Fund. Dunlap's family created a scholarship fund for students wishing to enter the fields of education and/or sports medicine. As a graduate of Great Bend High School, Barton Community College, and Southwestern College, Dunlap was tirelessly dedicated to his students and athletes. His lifework was as an athletic trainer and physical education teacher. He took pride in the camaraderie of ...

Society sponsors new mural to promote Ellinwood

ELLINWOOD -The Ellinwood Community Historical Society made the decision to sponsor a new and different promotion of Ellinwood. Plans are to have a mural painted on the south side of the Dick Building, which is on the northwest corner of Main and Santa Fe. The mural will depict the past and present of Ellinwood. Several different styles and types of murals were submitted for study. The one chosen will have a postcard motif featuring different scenes.

CBHF and Auxiliary partner to fund flat screens, patient comfort

HOISINGTON - Clara Barton Hospital patient rooms are now all equipped with a LED flat screen television mounted on the wall. A flat screen television in each patient room has been a goal and project of the Foundation and Auxiliary for the past several years, with these two organizations purchasing a few units each year through donations. At the end of this past year, all but five patient rooms had flat screen televisions.

Great Bend prepares to honor vets

The Great Bend Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 3111 is organizing the Great Bend Memorial Day service this year. It is set for 10 a.m. Monday at the Veterans Circle, Great Bend Municipal Cemetery

Sagging Royals allow trio of homers in loss to Angels

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Joe Blanton got some backing from the Los Angeles Angels' bats and bullpen, and finally got his first win of the season.

First Baptist Church to host revival

First Baptist Church, 1600 19th St., Great Bend, will host a three-day revival May 29-31. The meeting start at 7 each evening with area pastors speaking. The theme for the revival is "no boundaries." The public is invited.

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Call it a progression.

You won't be sorry

Several years ago, radio commentator Paul Harvey wrote a column about a vandal he'd known.

Obama supports secession ... in Sudan -- Argus Hamilton

PALM SPRINGS - God bless America, and how's everybody? President Obama supported Southern Sudan's secession from Sudan Sunday to form South Sudan. It reveals his ruthless side. Backing Southern Secession on Martin Luther King weekend shows the president will do whatever it takes to beat Sarah Palin. Obama greeted Hu Jintao at the White House Wednesday and treated him to an official state dinner. The other state dinner he hosted was for India. We've re-adopted ...

British health system is a nightmare -- Susan Stamper Brown

Another dreamer quietly joined the Obama administration last summer without Congressional approval. Despite resolute promises that Obamacare would not include rationing or result in a single-payer system, please give a hearty and belated welcome to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services director, Dr. Donald Berwick.

It’s their money to waste

The collapse of the economy in 2008 might have reached the far corners of Earth, but evidently not to Planet Calypso, the make-believe asteroid containing make-believe real estate in the multiplayer online game Entropia Universe, where resort entrepreneur Jon Jacobs recently cashed out his properties for $635,000 - in real (not make-believe) U.S. dollars.

Otis-Bison drops tournament opener to La Crosse

BY KEVIN PRICE kprice@gbtribune.com HOISINGTON - Throughout the first half, it looked as though every time the Otis-Bison High School boys' basketball team got close to tying the game, La Crosse would drop in an open 3-pointer to spread the score out again. However, the La Crosse gained some wiggle room after the third quarter and went on to win the first-round game in the Hoisington Winter Jam, 49-37. The Leopards record improves to 3-5, ...

Lady Panthers clean up at home bowling match

BY KEVIN PRICE kprice@gbtribune.com The Great Bend High School bowling team met mixed results at its home match against McPherson and Garden City on Tuesday at Walnut Bowl. The Lady Panthers prevailed, finishing on top of their opponents, scoring 2,185. The Great Bend boys finished in second with 2,315, topping McPherson, which scored 2,253, but losing to Garden City, which amassed 2,365. "The girls did awesome," Great Bend head ...

LADY PANTHERS BITE BACK

BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com The Great Bend High School Lady Panthers weren't about to allow the Western Athletic Conference loss to the Dodge City Red Demons stick a fork in their season. Great Bend bounced back from last Friday's setback to the Demons by avoiding an upset bid in upending Larned 57-51 Tuesday night at Panther Fieldhouse. Cassidy Tutak, a senior forward, scored a season-high 15 points and senior guard Kalie LeShore added 12, leading ...

Crime Stoppers seeks help solving burglary

Sometime on Jan. 3 or 4, a shed behind the Highland Hotel at 3017 10th St. in Great Bend was burglarized. Stolen were a roto-rooter, sink cable cleaner and a bundle of cables. Loss was $3,800. Police Chief Dean Akings asks anyone with information about this crime or any other crime in Barton County to call Crime Stoppers, 792-1300 or 888-305-1300.

Barton Community College to hire cheerleading coach

The Board of Trustees of Barton Community College is scheduled to approve hiring of new personnel, including Stephanie Joiner, a candidate for head cheerleading coach, when it meets at 4 p.m. Thursday in room F-30, on the lower level of the Fine Arts Building. Other items on the agenda include approval of new policy statements on service regions and on strategic planning.

Ferguson wins Sunflower charity poker tourney

Daryl Ferguson of Great Bend went home with the first-place prize of $750 at Sunday's Sunflower Diversified Services poker tournament. Arlene Manning of Ellinwood took second for $300, and Dwight Nett of Kingman won $150 for third place. The fourth through eighth-place prizes of $75 down to $25 went to Trey Schartz of Great Bend, Ben Niethamer of Great Bend, Al Soukup of Dorrance, Roger Bunn of Great Bend and Marvin ...

Barton Community College offers medication aide update

Barton Community College will offer a Certified Medication Aide Update to provide CMAs with continuing education and a review of medications and delivery styles. The class will meet from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday Feb. 8 and 9, in the college's Learning Resource Center, L-136. Instructor is Linda Runge. Pre-registration is required and students must make pre-payment for the class prior to the first class session. ...

'Barton County's Got Talent' raises over $10,500 for Habitat for Humanity

The area Habitat for Humanity organization raised more than $10,500 for its next building project during last Saturday's second annual "Barton County's Got Talent" dinner theater, according to Habitat cochairman Rachel Mawhirter. "We moved the event to Grace Community Church this year to accommodate more people, and were only a few dozen seats away from being sold out," Mawhirter said. "We had over 375 people in the audience, and it seemed ...

Jan. 19, 2011

Great Bend Police A hit-and-run vehicle struck a PT Cruiser in the 1600 block of 10th St. at 5 p.m. Monday. Someone reportedly broke into a residence at 5907 Eisenhower Court last Saturday and stole approximately $7,000 worth of jewelry. Barton County Sheriff Criminal use of a financial card was reported. Theft of a door from a rural Pawnee Rock address was reported Monday. <p ...

Monks Feast serves Twain with a twist

The writings of Mark Twain, with a twist, will be served with venison stew and coarse bread at the 2011 Monks Feast, Sunday at the Barton County Arts Center in Great Bend. A vegetarian stew will be available as an alternative to the venison, said George Martin. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. This fundraiser turns the Arts Center at 1401 Main into the refectory of ...

Donald V. Fabricius 1930 - 2011

Donald V. Fabricius, 80, died Jan. 18 at Kansas Medical Center in Andover. He was born Aug. 26, 1930, at Graham County, the son of Victor and Alice (Chalfant) Fabricius. He married Rosalie P. "Rosie" Billinger Sept. 26, 1959, at St. Anthony Catholic Church at St. Peter. He was owner and operator of Arrow Testing, and had been a Great Bend resident since 1962. Mr. Fabricius was a U.S. ...