A successful year It was a good year for the Ellinwood Knights of Columbus with its annual Tootsie Roll sales and pancake and sausage feed. The Barton County Storm Special Olympics program and Sunflower Diversified Services of Great Bend benefited from this success. Grand Knight John Clayton, center, presents a $1,004 check to the Storms Carol Edwardson and a $502 check Sunflowers Jim Johnson Tuesday afternoon at the Great Bend Tribune office. - photo by DALE HOGG Great Bend Tribune Latest Groundbreaking ceremony celebrates future IGNITE Innovation Center USD 428 looks at solar panels on some buildings Solar reg return to City Council for approval Work begins on Ellinwood’s Northwest Development housing project