Giving more Employees at the two Dillons stores in Great Bend and the one in Larned have combined to increase their pledges to United Way of Central Kansas by over 50 percent, said Sheila Lourie, communications coordinator for the Dillons Corporate office. Pictured at top from the Main Street Dillons in Great Bend are Brenda Flynn, Michelle Brazda., Tim Williams, Vicki Weber., Julie Mitchell (store United Way champion), Richard Tittel, Julie Bugner Smith (UWCK director), Brian Ellis and Diana Sunley. Pictured directly above, employees from the 10th and McKinley Dillons are Carrie Amerine (store United Way champion), Lacy Richardson, Sherry Miller, Sam Root, Mandy Goddward, Derrick Courson, Jo Green, Shelia Sharp, Tami Branham, Greg Thorson, Jeremy Hildebrand, Kathy Goepfert, Dustin Smith, Prentice Weltmer, Dennis Strecker, Trista McGuire, Christi Wright and Kathy Livingston. Wendy Ibarra, not pictured, is the champion at the Larned store. - photo by PHOTO BY JULIE BUGNER SMITH Latest Deck the Walls: New paint job 'pops' at GBHS gym GBHS presents Vespers Candlelight Concert, more Christmas in Claflin - Dec. 8 market Innovation Center ceremony is this Thursday