Randy Fuss named Practice Management Consultant at CUNA Mutual Group

CUNA Mutual Group has named Randy S. Fuss as a Practice Management Consultant. In this position he will provide support, coach and mentor financial advisors looking to take their practices to the next level and has 25 years of successful and diverse experiences in the financial services industry to tap into.

Advanced Therapy’s Food Drive contributes to community need

Advanced Therapy and Sports Medicine topped its inaugural food drive with a check donation to the Community Food Bank of Barton County earlier this month. "The Give Back Community Food Drive," held by ATSM through the month of October, netted a full grocery cart of food for the Food Bank.

Making a difference

Advanced Therapy and Sports Medicine owner Teresa Malone, left, presents a check donation to Community Food Bank of Barton County representatives Jennie Gordy and Evelyn and Bob Essmiller. Behind the group, donated goods sit on the shelves, ready to help those community members who are in dire need. ATSM held the Give Back to the Community Food Drive during the month of October.

Pathways and ResCare HomeCare Employees of the Month

Sara Bruce, LPN has been named Pathways Employee of the Month for November. Sara has been caring for Pathways clients for the past year. While she has not been at Pathways long, she has proven to be a valuable asset to the clients and agency. Sara is personable and friendly. She is willing to help out wherever she is needed and goes above and beyond her job duties. She is very motivated and has enhanced the health of Pathways clients through her expertise. Sara never complains, but instead is always cheerful, no matter what the circumstances.

CPI employees attain ASPPA’s TGPC designation

Theresa Leiker and Dianna Disque of CPI Qualified Plan Consultants Inc. have recently passed all of the required exams to attain their Tax-Exempt and Governmental Plan Consultant designation through the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries. These exams include the Tax-Exempt Governmental Plan Administration and Plan exams.

Cementing relationships

Members of the Barton Community College Board of Trustees, Foundation Board of Directors and faculty and administrators hosted CPI Qualified Plan Consultants last Thursday night at BCC. The dinner celebrated the long-running partnership between BCC and CPI, and was the final event recognizing CPI as the recipient of BCC's first-ever Workforce Partner in Education Award. Shown are, from left: Executive Director of Institutional Advancement Darnell Holopirek, Dean of Workforce Training and Community Education Elaine Simmons, Director of Human Resources at CPI Erika Brining, Employee Relations Coordinator at CPI Margaret Dirks, Executive Director of Business Technology Jane Howard and BCC ...

Zamarripa joins firm in Garden City

GARDEN CITY - Jaron Zamarripa, formerly of Great Bend, has joined the professional staff of Lewis, Hooper & Dick LLC, a certified public accountant firm in Garden City.

Prosser earns Registered Mass Appraiser designation

Wendy Prosser, sales/field appraiser in the Barton County appraiser's office, was recently awarded the professional designation of RMA (Registered Mass Appraiser). This designation is awarded to those individuals who have successfully completed at least 180 hours of tested course work, have at least three years (6,000 hours) of mass appraisal experience and successfully tested a four-hour residential and a four-hour commercial case study exam.

St. Rose takes another step in electronic records

Patients who check in at their doctors' offices on Dec. 1 will be in on the ground floor of a new program at St. Rose Ambulatory & Surgery Center. The program is the second of a three-part initiative that will result in electronic health records for each patient.

Reinke Recognizes St. John-Based Dealership with Gold Pride Award during annual convention

Reinke Manufacturing, Inc., a leading manufacturer of mechanized irrigation systems, announces that Raindrop Repair of St. John has received a Gold Reinke Pride award in recognition of the company's 2010-2011 marketing year success. The Reinke dealership was honored during Reinke's recent annual convention held Oct. 23-25, in Branson, Mo.

Nex-Tech Wireless kicks-off annual Toy Drive

Nex-Tech Wireless will be supporting local organizations this holiday season with their 6th annual toy drive. From Nov. 13 through Christmas, community members are encouraged to pick up an extra toy while shopping for the holidays and bring the new, unwrapped toy to any Nex-Tech Wireless location. Their efforts will be rewarded with free activation when signing up for service. Customers can also make a $10 donation in lieu of donating a new toy. All monies and toys will be donated to charities throughout 40 Kansas counties to brighten the holidays for many youngsters.

Wellness seminar 'Essential Living' features speaker Connie McDanel, Bimidgi, Minn.

Connie McDanel will speak at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 15 at The Front Door Facility, 1615 10th Street, in Great Bend. The public is invited to this free of charge event.

Loading up on success: Advanced Manufacturing Institute helps Sterling company boost product perform

With help from Kansas State University's Advanced Manufacturing Institute, a Sterling company has been able to optimize its product designs, strengthening the quality of its product line.

ARNP joins St. Joseph Family Medicine team

The new advanced registered nurse practitioner at St. Joseph Family Medicine (SJFM) is now available to see patients of all ages. Linsey Carter recently moved to Great Bend to share the SJFM practice with Cherie Morris, M.D. in family medicine with obstetrics, and Charise Oelger, physician assistant.

Cancer donation

Great Bend Board of Realtors present donation

One of the many ways that Realtors® strengthen communities and the lives of their neighbors is through volunteer work, and since 1983 the Great Bend Board of Realtors® has been doing such. Through either the Board as a group or as individuals, local charities have received a monetary donation or volunteer time from many members of the local Realtors® association. As part of the National Association of Realtors® efforts to help improve local communities the Great Bend Board of Realtors® is initiating a new program that gives local charities the opportunity to receive a $1,000 donation for their organizations ...

Password primer

News stories about data breaches have gotten common over the last few years, so much so that it can be easy to skip right over them and move on to the next news story. During 2013 there were 2,164 incidents exposing over 822 million records. Nearly 48% of those cases involved compromised passwords.

Tribune staff attend training

Ever since upgrading software this year, staff at the Great Bend Tribune have been learning the finer points of page design using the Adobe Creative Suite products. Last week, reporter Susan Thacker traveled to Topeka, where Russell Viers led a two-day Technology Academy at the Kansas Press Association office. The seminar was partially underwritten by a grant from the Kansas Newspaper Foundation.

Straub International earns Farm Equipment’s Prestigious 2014 “Best-in-Class Dealership” Award

Straub International in Great Bend has been selected as the 2014 "Best-in-Class Farm Equipment Dealership" by Farm Equipment magazine.

Farmers Bank & Trust at Barton County Fair

Sunflower Diversified representatives attend SACK meeting

Sunflower Diversified Services has participated in the Self Advocate Coalition of Kansas (SACK) conference for a number of years because it always promises to provide new and helpful information. Once again, SACK kept its promise.

Walmart supports Kansas charities, food banks

TOPEKA - Walmart and the Walmart Foundation announced that over the last fiscal year they gave more than $8.7 million in cash and in-kind contributions to charitable organizations throughout Kansas. Globally, the company and its Foundation donated more than $1.3 billion to non-profit groups, surpassing the previous year's total by more than $244 million.

EDC dancers travel to Tulsa nationals

Dancers from Euphoria Dance Center in Great Bend traveled to Tulsa, Okla. in June to compete in the Talent on Parade National Dance Competition where they performed a slate of solos, two duos, and a small group dance featuring several high placers from the regional competition held in Wichita in May.