It was 30 years ago today that the Great Bend Senior Center served its first meal.Site manager Rozena Tomlin said that with grants secured by the city, the former Phillips Sporting Goods store at 2005 Kansas Ave. became a gathering place for senior citizens on Dec. 15, 1987.The site opened with few frills, Tomlin recalled.“It didn’t have carpet. It just had a painted cement floor.”On Thursday, the center held its annual Christmas party, serving a lunch of baked ham, sweet potatoes, Prince Edward vegetables and pumpkin pie cake. Sixty people eat lunch at the center on an average day, but more than 130 were there for the party, which included drawings for prizes, refreshments and music presented by the two fourth-grade classes at Lincoln Elementary School.Lincoln music teacher Sharon Jelinek led the children through several Christmas tunes, including “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.”