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Annual tax sale wrapping up
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The Barton County Commission Monday morning heard an update on the 2014 tax sale. The county recently took judgment on the parcels remaining on the sale.
Owners are able to redeem parcels until 3:30 p.m. Friday. The sale will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, in the courthouse conference room. At this time, two parcels remain, County Treasurer Kevin Wondra said.
One of the properties is an abandoned trailer house on Frey Street in Great Bend and the other is a vacant commercial property on Main Street in Hoisington.
County Administrator Richard Boeckman said when he first started with the county, there were over 500 properties on the tax sale. That number declined to the 300s, to the 200s and to the 100s before winding up where it is today. The county has made a lot of progress in dealing with delinquent taxes and has a very low delinquent tax rate.
Wondra agreed. The tax sale is a big reason for this as it prompts property owners to pay their bills.

Krystall Barnes' art featured at Sandzen Gallery
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Pictured is one of the many beautiful representations of wildlife as portrayed by Barnes in her show “Emergence.”
LINDSBORG — Great Bend watercolorist and Barton Community College Coordinator of Workforce Training Events Krystall Barnes is a featured artist through October 21 at the Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery in Lindsborg. Her exhibition of original watercolor paintings is entitled “Emergence.”
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