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Central Plains jazz band performs at Hutchinson Jazz Festival
CPHS jazz band
Members of the Central Plains High School jazz band, pictured here at the 2020 Hutchinson Jazz Festival, include: Mark DeWald, director; Riley Thompson, flute; Kristi Weeks and Chyanne Warta, clarinet; Kailynn Depperschmidt and Dawson McNeal, trumpet; Andrew Maier, trombone; and Kerrick Benavidez, drumset.
Published: Feb 13, 2020, 4:36 PM

CLAFLIN — The Central Plains High School Band played in the Hutchinson Jazz Festival on Jan. 31. The festival was in the Stringer Fine Arts Building. Approximately 18 schools participated in the two-day event. Each band received critiques from three adjudicators and a personal clinic after their performance. 
Groundbreaking Work: Streetscape, daycare among GBED projects
Innovation Center site work starts
innovation center dirt work 2025
Excavators are doing groundwork at the site of the Great Bend Innovation Center on Farmers Plaza Lane, just off 10th and K-96 and across the street from the new Bright Beginnings daycare center. - photo by photo by Susan Thacker/Great Bend Tribune
Susan Thacker
Published: Apr 4, 2025, 8:04 PM
With groundwork going on at the future site of the Innovation Center on Farmer’s Plaza off of 10th St., Great Bend Economic Development Executive Director Sara Arnberger updated Great Bend Chamber members on several of the organization’s projects Thursday during a Chamber Coffee.
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