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House candidates Wolf and Stein express views
Incumbent Republican Bill Wolf and challengerDemocrat Christina Stein, both of Great Bend, are facing off in next Tuesday's general election to fill the 112th District Kansas House seat. Each took time recently to respond to five questions posed by the League of Woman Voters of Great Bend.
Here’s how to PASS the fire test
While it has been the point of Fire Prevention Month in October to keep fires from happening, it is also important to know what to do in case there is a fire, and how to be prepared with the right equipment.
Sparking Curiosity: Science Day lights the fires of imagination
First came a sizzle/whoosh!, like a firework launching into the air. That was followed by the sound of running feet, as two high school students came around the Fine Arts Building. "Did you see where our rocket landed?" Approximately 600 Kansas high school students and their science teachers descended on Barton Community College on Tuesday for the college's seventh-annual Jack Kilby Science Day. They could compete in math and ...
Library hosting ‘World Series’
The World Series is set to begin Wednesday and the Great Bend Public Library is having a World Series of its own.
K-96 highway meeting is Thursday
City and county officials are planning to travel to Hutchinson, Thursday, for an important highway meeting and they are encouraging more local residents to go also.
County has to make other plans
Barton County Commissioners approved a new contract with a juvenile detention center in Finney County, though it's hoped the center won't be needed, due to the distance from Barton County. One reason an alternative detention area is needed is because the juvenile section that was designed for the county jail taxpayers funded wasn't designed correctly, commissioners were told. Sheriff Greg Armstrong told commissioners that the agreement with the Finney County juvenile detention facility is ...
Chocolate heaven
STAFFORD – It's all about the chocolate as the second-annual Chocolate Sampler AFair is set to tickle taste buds Saturday is Stafford.
Kans for Kids hold informational event
CLAFLIN - Kans for Kids held an informational meeting for Claflin High School students last Wednesday, providing information about childhood cancer victims in Barton County.
Lee Turner Lectureship takes a look at two ‘Officer Down’ investigations
A Barton Community College program for law enforcement officers will examine two real-life cases as it reviews what happens when an officer is attacked. Barton's Lee Turner Lectureship Series will present the seminar, "Officer Down," from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16, in the college's Learning Resource Center. Speakers will be a team of officers, investigators and prosecutors, speaking about the murder case of Greenwood County Sheriff ...
Great Bend Zoo joins ferret hunt
Great Bend zoo staff headed to western Kansas in September for the Fall 2010 Ferret survey. Marge Bowen, curator at the Brit Spaugh Zoo, and zookeeper Trish McKinley traveled to Logan County, where conservationists have reintroduced the black-footed ferret, bringing the species back from the brink of extinction. The black-footed ferret differs from tame ferrets sold at pet stores, which are mostly of European descent, McKinley said. They are brown ...
Science entertainer is keynote speaker at Jack Kilby Science Day
Students attending Barton Community College's seventh annual Jack Kilby Science Day will meet Bret Mahoney, a man who takes science literacy very seriously. As the Academic Networking Coordinator for Science Museum Oklahoma, he works to ignite passion and inquiry in students and teachers.
Howl of screams
Toxic algae still plagues Vets Lake
Toxic blue-green algae continues to be a problem at Great Bend's Veterans Memorial Lake, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported Friday. The lake remains closed to recreational activity as the agency continues to monitor the water.
Whooping cranes spied at Cheyenne Bottoms
Whooping Crane fall migration is here in central Kansas. Each year during late October and early November, the endangered birds can be seen at Quivira National Wildlife Refuge and Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area, and in marshes and crop fields around the region. At Quivira, the best areas to look for them are at the south end of Little Salt Marsh (where there is an Observation Tower from which to scan the marsh) and the west side of Big Salt Marsh.
County approves tower project
County officials moved ahead this week on plans to improve county emergency communications. The Barton County Commission approved $3,550 for Hayden Tower Service to install radio equipment and cables on a Kansas Department of Transportation tower in the north part of Barton County. In September, County Administrator Richard Boeckman told commissioners that the county would have to move some of its emergency equipment, because an aging tower it had used is about to be demolished. ...
