Baseball and softball practices have started, members of the Great Bend Recreation Commission’s board of directors were told Monday. The board meeting included pay raises for full-time employees and discussion on a master plan for the playground at the Great Bend Activity Center. GBRC Sports Director Chris Umphres said youth leagues will use the Great Bend Sports Complex for their games this spring and summer, and adult leagues will use the complex at Veterans Memorial Park.The Pony Tail League for girls who will be going into grades 7-9 this fall still needs participants; all of the other leagues are “off and going,” Umphres said.The new traveling Sunflower League has also started practices.T-Ball starts the first week of June.