Archive By Section - Letters to the Editor
Put it out for bid
Dear Editor, I have been trying for well over a year and probably two years to get the city to shop around for health insurance for the city employees so that we get the best possible insurance for the employees and their families. City hall refuses to do this and will only get quotes from Dennis Call at BMI and Blue Cross and Blue Shield. I believe the reason for this is that the buddy ...
Consider the real meaning of Christmas
Dear Editor, What is the real meaning of Christmas? Having lived many Christmases, I'd like to ask all people reading this paper to stop and think - what is Christmas to you? It's supposed to be about Jesus; His birth; a Christian holiday. What does spending money we have - or don't have - have anything to do with Christ? Why not take the money to help an older person rake their yard; cut a ...
Merry CHRISTmas to all!
Dear Editor, As the holiday season has begun and the shoppers are out in force we must be careful not to forget the reason for the season. The secular world has already x-ed Christ out of Christmas and replaced Him with good ole' St. Nick. Now, the church must be careful in their direction also. Many have already turned Christianity into Churchianity by placing their doctrines and traditions above Christ. Churchianity offers the church as ...
Sunflower event a success
Dear Editor, Sunflower Diversified Services and its Early Education Center wish to thank the many friends and supporters who have helped make our Invest in Kids Campaign so successful. To date, businesses, families and individuals have helped us raise $56,287 to replace the funding cut from our 2011 budget for services to infant, toddlers and their families. A portion of these dollars also will be used to provide scholarships for children ages 2 1/2 to ...
Holiday Tables was a success
Dear Editor, The recent Holiday Tables fund raiser was a great success. The Beautification Committee would like to thank everyone who displayed a table, made a contribution, or attended. The funds we raised will allow us to complete our landscaping and bronze project at the city library. Linda Dougherty, Beautification Committee, Great Bend
Blood drive was a success
Dear Editor, The American Red Cross would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to you and your community for continuously supporting the Red Cross blood program. Your support is a wonderful example of how to give back to your community and help patients in need, The Red Cross blood supply relies on the generosity of volunteer donors. People commonly underestimate the need for blood and the difference that even one donation can make to ...
Thanks for remembering Karlins
Dear Editor, My name is Joe Karlin. I grew up and spent my entire childhood in Great Bend, attended St. Patrick's School and graduated from high school in 1985. My parents are Leroy and Arlene Karlin. Our family recently lost a son/brother to suicide. I have learned that suicide is becoming more of a problem in communities such as Great Bend and Lenexa. My mom shared with us the out pouring of love, support and ...
Lincoln had it right -- be thankful
Dear Editor, A thank you to Chuck Smith and the Tribune for the Nov. 18 column: "Let's be thankful." The use of Abraham Lincoln's original Thanksgiving message from 1863 is a splendid reminder to us in 2011. Lincoln's knack of using words is a gem for the ages and his words of then still apply today. Especially meaningful was the conclusion: "in each time of challenge, the people of Christ continue to find their only ...
Thanks for the coverage
Dear Editor, Thank you for the article Karen La Pierre wrote about us ("Hiking Humanitarian" walks through Great Bend). I want to add that after leaving Great Bend we encountered one of the highlights of our entire journey, the Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area. This is an international reserve for a major migratory route. The most numerous wayfarers are geese, both Canadian and Snow, but we encountered ducks, sandpipers, herons, pheasants, hawks and blackbirds as well. ...
Remember hospice this month
Dear Editor, Having visited a number of friends at our local hospice house in Manhattan, I have come away with a great appreciation for the mission of hospices all across our state. The concept that hospice focuses on quality of life and one's dignity towards the end of life is so evident when you see such caring people provide such an amazing service to patients. It truly warms my heart to see those with limited ...
Thanks for the help
Dear Editor, The Annual Mission Benefit Bazaar of the Dominican Sisters of Peace in Great Bend was a wonderful success on Nov. 12! We Dominican Sisters thank each of you for your tremendous response to this effort to raise funds for our foreign mission and for the economic poor where our sisters minister in Kansas and Colorado. Because of your generosity, the grateful people of Nigeria, West Africa, and those we can assist here in ...
Desert is blooming today
Dear Editor, Today, the desert blooms just as Isaiah 35:1,2 said it would. The Israelis have made this happen and, coincidentally, flowers are Israels second largest export. During the time the Turks controlled this area, they taxed the people according to the number of trees they had on their land. Consequently, landowners cut them down. It's been stated that there was a time when there were only around 1,000 trees throughout the land-today there are ...
Thanks for the chili help
Dear Editor, Sunflower Diversified Services would like to express our thanks to the business and individual teams as well as the public that participated in the second Annual Charity Chili Cook Off. Due to your generosity as cooks, judges, chili tasters, and volunteers a donation of $305 will be made to the Food Bank. Sunflower Diversified Services congratulates all the winning teams and individuals and looks forward to sponsoring this event next fall and for ...
Let's be really thankful
Dear Editor, I read several articles in the Great Bend Tribune on the importance of Veterans' Day. Now, we are in-between that holiday and the Thanksgiving Day holidays. I think we as a society need to come to grips that military honors are to be cherished in the most solemn of ways and other distinctions of merit, regardless of whether they be academic awards, sports medals, or employee of the month awards need to be ...
Thanks for support of fire program
Dear Editor, The members of the Great Bend Fire Dept. Social and Chairty group would like to give a very big thank you to the businesses and indviduals from Great Bend and the local area that donated and attended our spaghetti feed. To everyone that donated prizes we say thanks, without your help this activity would not be possible. Brad Deschner, Great Bend Fire Department, Great Bend
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Keep city safe, humane place for citizens and dogs
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