Great Bend youths got a behind-the-scenes look at how the city works on Friday during the Youth Academy.Approximately 65 middle school students watched a K-9 demonstration by the Great Bend Police Department and saw how stun guns work. They saw how thermal cameras work and participated in an obstacle course at the Great Bend Fire Department. They got to drive high loaders at the Public Works Department, pet animals at the Great Bend Brit Spaugh Zoo and learn how water is filtered at the Wetlands Waterpark.