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GBRC releases annual report
The opening of the GBRC Activity Center last October tops the list of highlights for the Great Bend Recreation Commission, which released its 2009-10 annual report this week. The recreation commission is funded by user fees, grants and property taxes collected in its service area, which corresponds to Great Bend Unified School District 428. A total of 15,484 people enrolled in recreational activities. In this report, a person is counted ...
College to host 'Dancing with the Barton Stars'
Local stars will shine when Barton Community College uses a friendly dance competition to propel plans to renovate its 40-year-old Fine Arts Auditorium. Ten community members have signed on for "Dancing with the Barton Stars," to be held at 7:30 p.m. April 19 in the auditorium. Admission is $5, with proceeds going to the $400,000 renovation project. The teams are busy raising money and training with local dance instructors, who are ...
Only the name has changed
New name, same mission. What was known as United Way of Barton County has changed is now United Way of Central Kansas.
VIN inspections will continue in Barton County
County officials, who have been discussing options since it was announced earlier this year that the Barton County Sheriff's Office would drop VIN inspection, agreed Monday to use other county funds to offset BCSO expenses for the VIN program.
Parks and recreation offers economic benefits
BY SUSAN THACKER sthacker@gbtribune.com A new study shows money spent on parks and recreation program offers substantial economic benefits - $1.70 for every $1 invested. Diann Henderson, executive director of the Great Bend Recreation Commission, shared the highlights of the study conducted by Jayhawk Consulting, University of Kansas School of Business. Among other things, Henderson told her board of directors Monday, the study shows 73 percent of ...
Stadium name plates still available
When the original Great Bend High School Memorial Stadium was razed last summer, Unified School District 428 personnel salvaged 881 brass name plates.
Winter royalty
GBHS Winter Homecoming King Josh Prescott and Queen Karla Reza were crowned Friday.
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 ...
