Chris Umphres was elected president of the Great Bend USD 428 Board of Education on Monday, and Lori Reneau was named vice president.It was a relatively short meeting as board members finished the 2016-2017 fiscal year and organized for 2017-2018, but board member Kevin Mauler took the time to ask Superintendent Khris Thexton about the availability of defibrillators at sporting events. His questions came following the death of umpire Eric Shannon, who collapsed last week during a baseball game in Hutchinson. Although they were unable to save his life, Great Bend residents at the game performed chest compressions and provided cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) assistance until emergency personnel arrived.