Tickets are now available for purchase to the USD 428 Education Foundation dinner/auction. The fundraiser is set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22 at the Highland Convention Center. Tickets are $50 each.

The Western-themed evening will include a barbecue buffet, silent auction, old-time photographs, country music provided by the Great Bend High School Madrigal Pops Singers and an opportunity to learn line dancing.

This Education Foundation event helps fund the mini-grant program, in which teachers apply for grants to help supplement their programs that would otherwise be unfunded.

To purchase tickets, call Jennifer Schartz, USD 428 public information director, 793-1500.