August 8, 2018
Story by Micah Oelze

Tickets for the Barton Foundation’s 40th Annual Big Benefit Auction, themed “Clownin’ Around," are available until Aug. 13. Tickets are $45 each or $360 per table of eight. No tickets will be sold at the door. Doors open at 6 p.m. Aug. 25 at the Great Bend Knights of Columbus with free beer and food served until 8 p.m. The live auction will begin promptly at 8 p.m.

Coleen Cape, Executive Director of Institutional Advancement, said the donated items up for grabs should be a draw this year.

Great Bend Tribune
Published August 5, 2018

 
August 2, 2018
Story by Micah Oelze
Courtesy Photos Provided

The Shafer Art Gallery’s latest exhibit “Topographies: Installations by Bliven and Heimbaugh” will be on display from Aug. 10-Sept. 8 with an opening reception on Aug. 10 at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments will be provided and an artist will walk visitors through the gallery. The gallery is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Admission is free.

The Shafer Art Gallery moto “where the old west meets the future” has never been more true than with the gallery’s newest exhibit.

 
August 2, 2018
Story by Micah Oelze

Barton Community College has announced its list of graduates who earned associate degrees or certificates for career training during the spring semester of 2018.

Agra
Kathleen Wilson, Dietary Manager Certificate

Albert
Spencer Ewy, A.S.

Assaria
Kannen Haist, A.S.

Auburn
Trenton Miles, Automotive Technology Certificate

Great Bend Tribune
July 15, 2018

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Published July 29, 2018

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July 22, 2018

 
July 18, 2018
Story and photo by Micah Oelze

The Barton Community College Theatre Department will present two absurd one-act comedies, “The Proposal” and “The Bear” by Anton Chekhov, in Larned, St. John and Great Bend at 7:15 p.m. on July 24, 25 and 26 respectively. The Larned performance will be west of the Haas Building at Jordan Park and the St. John performance will be in the city square. The short tour will close at the Great Bend Downtown Bandshell in Jack Kilby Square. All performances are free, but donations are welcome.