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CARTON CREATION
Park Elementary School second grade teacher Deena Smith hatched a plan with her students to build a milk carton igloo in class last winter. She urged the kids and other teachers to save the opaque white plastic bottles for the class.
Weather forces Service Day postponement
Due to the winter-like weather, organizers decided Tuesday to postpone the first-ever Great Bend High School Community Service Day that was scheduled for today. The new date is Wednesday, May 1.
Card provides medical benefits to county residents
It's free to Barton County residents. It can save them hundreds of dollars. All they have to do is ask.
Kansas Honor Flight departing on first trip of 2013
HUTCHINSON - Honor Flights are still going on in Kansas, and 27 World War II veterans will be headed to Washington, D.C., Wednesday morning. They'll be flying from Wichita and Kansas City courtesy of the Hutchinson-based Kansas Honor Flight program, for an expense-paid two-night stay in the nation's capital. Kansas Honor Flight President Mike VanCampen said the latest flight includes some veterans who applied as far back as 2008 through the Central Prairie Honor Flight ...
Barton County runners brave incoming cold to show support for Boston
Runners of Barton County facebook page invited area runners to participate in an impromptu three mile run around Vets Park Monday evening to show support to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing that happened a week ago on April 15.
Commission gives nod to waste tire processor
A Ness County tire recycling company is one step closer to opening a facility near the Great Bend Municipal Airport after the Barton County Commission Monday morning agreed that the firm's plan meets the county's Solid Waste Management Plan.
Police investigate widespread vandalism
Several vehicles in various parts of Great Bend had windows broken over the weekend. In most cases, police reports show they were shot with BB guns or pellet guns, according to Lt. Bill Browne at the Great Bend Police Department. There were also reports of broken windows on buildings, and other damage, including a vehicle at 2607 Forest Ave. that was keyed on Friday.
Fire disrupts Trinity Methodist Church service
Fire interrupted the service Sunday at Trinity United Methodist Church. The congregation was signing "Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us" when the Rev. Jeff Slater heard a noise. He thought it might be feedback coming through the new sound system, but church member Leroy Hensley stepped out of the sanctuary to check. It was coming from smoke alarms. Slater said two acolytes lit the church candles a few minutes earlier and placed the candle lighters ...
Fundraiser gives CAC a boost
Saturday morning, Applebees parking lot began to fill at 8 a.m. when winners of a silent auction held over the past few weeks arrived to pick up their treasures. Sarah Schenek , director of the Children's Advocacy Center, said the non-profit stands to receive around $12,000, at least three times as much as they anticipated when they learned they'd been chosen by Applebees as the local charity of choice.
Early start for Shine and Show
There was a time when automobile windows had to be opened and shut with handles that operated like a crank, and air-conditioning was a luxury addition. But body styles were made to be admired at slower speeds, and engines were made for power. Those were the days. Mid-America Mopar's Shine and Show free car shows offer a glimpse into the past. This year, the monthly shows got off to an early start Saturday, ...
GBHS first-ever Community Service Day Wednesday
Nine-hundred students will be out of class and helping the Great Bend Community on Wednesday. From 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., the students and teachers will be scattered throughout Great Bend working on different projects that includes everything from painting houses, rebuilding tables, working on city, church, and school grounds, helping nonprofits and local businesses.
Tips offered to avoid long lines for a driver’s license
TOPEKA – The school year may be winding down, but business is gearing up at driver licensing offices statewide.
BOUND FOR NATIONALS
It was a great showing at regional competition and an even better one at state. After placing high at regionals, more than three dozen Great Bend High School students travelled to the state Future Business Leaders of America leadership conference in Topeka last weekend. Ten scored high enough to move on to national competition in Anaheim, Calif., this summer. Cody Lee, Great Bend High School business teacher and FBLA sponsor, also noted that Sophomore Sarah ...
Different date, same great cause
Red high heels may be in fashion this spring, but organizers of the forth-annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes are still waiting for spring to arrive.
GBHS senior Delgado hangin’ on for wild ride
Colton Delgado started buying horses and breaking them at 15 years old. That same year, he entered his first rodeo event in Salina, and by age 16, he travelled to Salina for his first bareback event. He came in first at a Park City rodeo in 2010, but he feels he started to "finally get decent" last year, winning a buckle for qualifying for Nationals, another for winning at State, and another for winning at ...
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PARTNERSHIP NIXED
For the City of Great Bend and its Convention Center, it's back to square one – sort of.
Job Fest offers chance for networking
People looking for full- or part-time work will have an opportunity to meet employers during Job Fest 2013, taking place from 4-7 p.m. Thursday at the Best Western Courtyard, 2920 10th St.
Letting the dogs out
Saturday morning, leashes will be rattling and tails will be wagging all over the Great Bend area. Pooches will bound out the door and into the car as their owners make their way to Veterans Memorial Dog Park for the first ever Bark for Life Festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event, sponsored by local Relay for Life teams, precedes the annual event coming up on June 7.
RSVP selling flowers for Memorial Day
This week marks the fourth-annual Senior Corps Week, an opportunity to thank Senior Corps volunteers for their service, said Donna Baugh, Volunteers in Action director. One way folks can become involved is by purchasing their Memorial Day flowers from the Retired Senior Volunteer Program this year. The flowers are on display at the RSVP office, 1025 Main, room D114 in Great Bend, and at the RSVP Thrift Store at 158 S. Main in Hoisington.
Myers walks out of meeting
After an often heated exchange between Great Bend City Council Member Randy Myers and several fellow council members over his alleged ethics violations, Myers stood up and walked out of the governing body's Monday night meeting.
GBFD roundup: Fire marshal investigates basement fire
An investigator from the Kansas State Fire Marshal's office was in Great Bend Monday to determine the cause of a fire Sunday afternoon at 2011 Jackson St. It was one of several fire calls over the weekend, Great Bend Fire Chief Mike Napolitano said. Firefighters received the report of a basement fire at 4:37 p.m., at the house owned by James and Krissy Jackson. The first truck arrived to find heavy smoke and fire coming ...
TOUTING TOURISM
It is fitting that Barton County celebrate Kansas Tourism Week this week, Great Bend Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Cris Collier told the County Commission Monday morning.
OF RISK AND REWARD
Three weeks ago, a fertilizer storage facility in West, Texas, not all that different from plants in many, small, rural communities, exploded. It killed 14 people, leveled much of the tiny town and rocked the nation.
CINCO DE MAYO
The weather did not exactly cooperate, but Joe Hernandez and his friends didn't let it interrupt their celebration.
Cooking up great soil
Gardeners may finally catch a break after unexpectedly cool weather last week. It's finally time to start digging and planting, and that means its the perfect time to think about soil health. For gardeners in Great Bend, the city provides plenty of rich dark compost free for the taking.
City of Great Bend cooking up great soil for local gardeners
Gardeners may finally catch a break after unexpectedly cool weather last week. It's finally time to start digging and planting, and that means its the perfect time to think about soil health. For gardeners in Great Bend, the city provides plenty of rich dark compost free for the taking.
Job Olympics celebrates abilities
Students from 13 schools demonstrated their life skills and vocational abilities Friday during the Job Olympics at Great Bend High School's Panther Activity Center. This competition, open to any special education student in Kansas, is sponsored by the Barton County Transition Council and the Special Services Cooperative. Events at tables throughout the arena mimicked real job situations and life skills, such as food preparation, office work or automotive checking. There was event a contest for ...
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