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Grand Slam
Public art is a hit
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The boys and girls of summer may now be found year-round at the Great Bend Sports Complex, where a metal sculpture was unveiled Thursday.Seven life-sized figures of players catching, hitting and throwing baseballs can be seen in this 25-foot-long sculpture by Hoisington artist Bruce Bitter. The outline of a 5-foot baseball is suspended above them; the retaining wall at the base has metal cut-out letters that spell out: Great Bend Sports Complex.Great Bend is proud of its new venue for baseball and softball, and with good reason. The community can also be proud of this attractive new sculpture, and other public art that has been going up, particularly in the last two years.