Mary Ann Minear is unassuming — a sweetheart by nature who is pleasantly nice to everyone she meets. Those traits are exactly what make her the consummate host at Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar in Great Bend. It’s a position the 32-year-old has held for more than a decade, and one that she has become so proficient at doing that for several years now, she carries the designation as “Neighborhood Expert,” assigned to training the other hosts on staff.