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OUT OF THE MORGUE
Traditions and history of Great Bend celebrated in 1988
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Mr. Perfect Panther Eric Couch laughs while being crowned Mr. Perfect Panther by last years winner, Jason Weil, Thursday night at the Great Bend High School Auditorium. The event, a take-off on girls beauty pageants, was sponsored by the GBHS Kayettes to raise money for the Leukemia Foundation. - photo by Tribune file photo
Each week we’ll take a step back into the history of Great Bend through the eyes of reporters past. We’ll reacquaint you with what went into creating the Great Bend of today, and do our best to update you on what “the rest of the story” turned out to be. A lot was going on this week in 1988 throughout the world.