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County Courthouse reopening
we did it
The final order of business at Tuesday’s Barton County Commission meeting was to celebrate the completion of the renovation project at the courthouse. Commissioners then assisted with the move from the temporary location, back into the courthouse at 1400 Main in Great Bend. Pictured here, from left: Commissioners Tricia Schlessiger, Barb Esfeld and Shawn Hutchinson. Not pictured, Duane Reif and Donna Zimmerman. - photo by Susan Thacker
Barb Esfeld didn’t have a gavel to bang Tuesday as she called the Barton County Commission meeting to order. If the chairwoman has a gavel, it was likely in a box headed for the courthouse as county offices move back in this week. The commissioners met for the last time in their temporary chambers in the former JC Penney Building at 1500 Kansas Ave.