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Perfect Panthers
The 27th-annual Mr. Perfect Panther Pageant will be at 2 p.m. today at the Great Bend High School auditorium. Doors open at 1 p.m. Tickets are $2 at the door, but all other donations will be accepted. Senior contestants include Greg Hildebrand, Dakota Ellis, Dakota Zecha, Ian Sheppard, Louis Burley, Josh Prescott, Austin Morgan and David Monceaux (not pictured). The Mr. Perfect Panther contest is a Kayette-sponsored service project and this year proceeds will ...
Regehr wins county spelling bee
BY SUSAN THACKER sthacker@gbtribune.com Allison Regehr from Jefferson Elementary School won this year's Barton County Spelling Bee, Saturday at Great Bend Middle School. She and runner-up Ethan Woodcock from Hoisington Middle School will represent the county on March 12, at the Great Bend Tribune's Sunflower Spelling Bee. Miss Regehr, a sixth grader from Great Bend, was also the 2009 county champion. At Saturday's bee, she outlasted the ...
'Widow's Mite' fundraiser will help Emergency Aid
BY SUSAN THACKER sthacker@gbtribune.com Local churches are collecting money for the poor, during the weeks leading up to Easter. The Widow's Mite fundraiser will start on Ash Wednesday, which is March 9 this year, and continue through the season of Lent, to Easter on April 24. This is one of two fundraisers conducted each year by the Barton County Association of Churches, on behalf of the Emergency ...
GBFD contracts to help protect rural areas
Great Bend Fire Department will provide fire protection to four townships in Barton County for 2011, according to contracts approved by the Great Bend City Council this week.
Million dollar track awaiting final touches
By SUSAN THACKER sthacker@gbtribune.com Regional track and field championships may one day return to Barton Community College, coaches said recently. With all but the finishing touches done on the new track and soccer field, coaches took time at the last board of trustees meeting to thank the administration and college trustees. Bryan Sailer, head women's soccer coach, called the new facility "awesome," and David Schenek, head track ...
Flower sales benefit cancer fight
With the bitter cold and drifts of snow, it may not be easy to think about spring. But, that is exactly what Debbie Finn wants folks to do.
Oakley firm will open next landfill phase
An Oakley construction firm has the contract to create the next phase of the Barton County Landfill.
County attorney appeals to higher court
BY SUSAN THACKER sthacker@gbtribune.com Barton County Attorney Douglas Matthews argued a case before the state Court of Appeals, Tuesday in Topeka. Matthews is appealing a ruling by Barton County District Judge Ron Svaty, who tossed out a case in which Delbert Adams Jr. was charged with driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Svaty had ruled there was no probable cause for the traffic stop or ...
Two charged in fatal wreck
BY SUSAN THACKER sthacker@gbtribune.com Felony charges have been filed against two people involved in the Feb. 2 accident that claimed the life of Casey Ann Goodwin, Barton County Attorney Douglas Matthews said. Lee Brett Jacobs and Joni D. Margheim, both of Great Bend, had their first court appearances on Wednesday. District Judge Hannelore Kitts read the charges and set dates for their preliminary hearings. Jacobs, 30, ...
Digging Out: Area emerges from blizzard, eyeing warmer temps
BY SUSAN THACKER sthacker@gbtribune.com Break out the poodle skirts, because the fifties are coming back. The National Weather Service predicts Great Bend will see high temperatures return to the 50s by Monday, a pleasant change from this week. Not only was the temperature in single digits, Great Bend received 13 inches of snowfall on Tuesday, according to WeatherStreet.com. Many people spent Wednesday morning digging ...
Kings of the Mountain
Ellinwood firefighters host area wide conference
The Ellinwood Fire Department hosted an area-wide firefighters conference on Rapid Intervention Techniques to rescue trapped firefighters on Monday night at St. Joseph Parish Hall in Ellinwood.
Feb. 10, 2011
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters made two ambulance runs Monday, and five Tuesday. They also performed on carbon monoxide check on Tuesday, at 2511 walnut drive. Barton County Sheriff Someone shot three holes in the east door at LD Drilling, 7 SW 26 Ave., it was discovered Tuesday morning. It appears to have been done by a rifle or pistol of a higher caliber. ...
County helps fund RSVP transport program
A local program that helps get senior citizens to out-of-town doctor appointments will get almost $6,000 in county funding, the Barton County Commission decided this week.
Levee erosion could cost Great Bend plenty
Local officials are being encouraged to "work with" ATV riders in their recreational use of the local flood control levee system, but they were also warned that if damage to the levees continues unabated, it could end up costing many local residents - and costing them a lot, whether they enjoy ATV riding or not.
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PEDAL POWER
In July 2011, Rhiannon Becker's 13-year-old cousin Mikal Bond was severely injured when a vehicle collided with her bicycle near Lawrence.
Butterflies
Monarch butterflies alight on wire mesh at the Great Bend Brit Spaugh Zoo Butterfly Garden. Various species of butterflies in all stages of live can be found in the garden.
Cale sculpture going up at Historical Society
The history of Barton County, from unbroken grassland to modern wind turbines, is the latest subject for Great Bend artist Chet Cale. A series of bas relief panels by the sculptor is going up at the Barton County Historical Society. Bev Komarek, executive director of the historical society, said the artwork – 8 feet wide and 6 feet high – will be the focal point of the museum's new recognition wall. Names of significant donors ...
Study: Drought impacting fish populations
MANHATTAN – The Plains-parching drought gripping North American has caused dramatic changes in native fish communities, including those that call Arkansas River home, a Kansas State University researcher said. These changes could have a damaging impact on the health of the Ark as it trickles around Great Bend. "A couple of key species that we have been studying have virtually disappeared where they historically were abundant," said Keith Gido, a KSU biology professor who studies ...
Barton County doing well, for now
Three local lessons can be gleaned from a new Kansas State University report outlining the fiscal health of the 105 counties in the Sunflower State.
Great Bend sends two to Miss Kansas
PRATT - The next Miss America could come from Barton County. The next step toward the title is the Miss Kansas Pageant, which starts today at Pratt and concludes Saturday. Twenty-five women will compete, including two from Great Bend.
Keeping memories alive
The Memorial Parks Advisory Committee is on a mission.
Volleyball tournament honors Klug
Sixteen teams participated in the Rhonda Klug Memorial Volleyball Tournament held Sunday afternoon at Vets Park. It was only one of the activities planned for that day for the final day of the second June Jaunt festival in Great Bend that got residents out and about enjoying the attractions the city has to offer.
June Jaunt lives up to hype in Great Bend
Overwhelming success!
A SPECIAL RIDE
The American Legion Riders will once again lead the way in the opening ceremony as they have for several years. This year, the ride will have special meaning for J.P. Postlethwaite, who has been the lead rider. This year he will be the featured speaker for the opening ceremony.
Vets Lake looking good
The Great Bend Water Department has begun testing for nutrients at Veterans Memorial Lake which has, in the past, been plagued by toxic blue-green algae.
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