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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 ...
Out of the Morgue
Delete Each week we'll take a step back into the history of Great Bend through the eyes of reporters past. We'll reacquaint you with what went into creating the Great Bend of today, and do our best to update you on what "the rest of the story" turned out to be. This week in 1953, readers of the Great Bend Tribune were learning daily of the atrocities Prisoners of War in North Korea had faced ...
A is for Art
Randall Tousley carries a ladder in the Shafer Art Gallery, Wednesday at Barton Community College. Tousley was hanging lighting for the BCC Student Juried Exhibit. The opening reception for this exhibit will be from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, April 21. There will be refreshments and juror's talk by Fort Hays State University Art Instructor Linda Ganstrom. The exhibit will run through May 8.
Life gets an open mic
Today is "Poem In Your Pocket Day." Even though it's not an official holiday, Barton Community College English instructor Jaime Oss hopes some of us will carry copies of poems in our pockets and give them to other people throughout the day.
Hoisington High art students exhibit at Earth Day event
The Hoisington High School art class will be displaying their environment-oriented class work from 1:30-5 p.m. Sunday, during the Earth Day Fair at the Kansas Wetlands Education Center, on K-156.
Software switch taking more time than envisioned
The county's conversion to a new commercial software system is proving time consuming, according to Barton County Information Technology Director John Debes. His report on the switch came as part of County Administrator Richard Boeckman's bi-weekly update to the County Commission Monday morning.
Sales tax special proves successful
Great Bend Community Coordinator Christina Hayes has been keeping busy of late, City Administrator Howard Partington reported to the City Council Monday night.
Run Angry
BOE and GB-NEA meet to talk about time in school
The USD 428 Board of Education and Superintendent Tom Vernon met with the Great Bend chapter of the KNEA teachers union on Monday afternoon for a session of Interest Based Bargaining (IBB) over the upcoming school year calendar. At issue is how to balance the required number of hours of instructional time while having a desirable ratio of days off for Winter, Spring and Summer vacations.
It will get warmer
With yet another cold front pushing into the area, it may be tough to think about splashing around in Great Bend's Wetlands Aquatic Center, but the City Council Monday night learned that plans are under way to get the pool facility ready for summer.
It’s time to think weather safety
March began with the Annual Severe Weather Awareness Week being observed March 4-8, Barton County Emergency Management Director Amy Miller reported to the County Commission Monday morning.
All school sixth grade band showcases budding musicians
The Great Bend sixth grade citywide concert drew parent of musicians from each of the city's elementary schools to the Great Bend High School auditorium Monday night for a showcase of skills learned over the past year. Retiring middle school band teacher Kurtis Koch and high school band teacher Mark DeWald directed the students through nine pieces many former band students will recognize. There were marches, like the "Here we go March", Beethoven's "Ode to ...
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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.
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