The Great Bend City Council should be commended for two actions taken during its Monday night meeting this week. For the first time since the 1980s, liquor stores in Great Bend will be allowed to stay open until 11 p.m., and, for the first time ever, they will be allowed to be open on Sundays. The change in the liquor ordinance dates back to 1982 and a string of liquor store robberies that resulted in the murders of two people and the wounding of a third.