July 3, 2019
Story and photos by Joe Vinduska
The Barton Community College Theatre Department will present “The Flowering of Chastity or Chaste across the Stage (An Old-Fashioned Melodrama)” by Dutton Foster in Great Bend, Larned and St. John at 7:30 p.m. on July 23, 24 and 25 respectively. The Larned performance will be west of the Haas Building at Jordan Park, the St. John performance will be in the city square, and the Great Bend performance will be in the band shell.
July 1, 2019
Story by Joe Vinduska
The Great Bend City Band will be playing in honor of Barton Community College at their concert at 8:15 p.m. on July 16 at the band shell in Jack Kilby Square to commemorate Barton’s 50-year anniversary. Barton administrators will be handing out free hot dogs, chips and water from 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Barton’s 50-year anniversary celebration will span the 2019-2020 school year and will feature multiple events, which will kick off with a campus-wide celebration on September 28.
Great Bend Tribune
Published June 30, 2019
June 27, 2019
When Andrea Aguilera was a student at Chase High School, she knew she wanted a career in the medical field. Then, she learned about the Emergency Medical Technician course at Barton Community College.
“I completed the class and then Hoisington EMS hired me,” Aguilera recalled. “I was hooked. They roped me in from the beginning.”
That experience encouraged Aguilera to take the next step and today she is a paramedic at Hoisington and in Rice County at only 20 years old.
June 24, 2019
Story by Joe Vinduska
Barton Community College will be closed Thursday, July 4 for Independence Day. Classes will resume and offices will reopen Monday, July 8.
Great Bend Tribune
Published June 23, 2019
The current “active” weather pattern doesn’t appear to be in the mood to go anywhere. On the plus side, for those with corn, beans, and grain sorghum in the ground, we are starting to see some heat. You may have heard producers and analysts saying we need heat, lots of it for corn and grain sorghum, and a late frost. Today let’s explore that statement and the importance of planting date for these three crops. We are leaving aside insurance considerations and any FSA programs here.
June 19, 2019
After leaving his hometown and studying for a couple of years at a four-year university, Mitch Johnson decided he needed a fresh start. He found it at Barton Community College.
The results are an associate’s in applied science degree in computer networking, and a solid job at a Kansas City, Mo., engineering firm.
The Great Bend native had studied computer engineering at Kansas State University for five semesters before deciding to transfer to Barton.
June 17, 2019
Story by Joe Vinduska
Courtesy photo submitted
The Shafer Art Gallery’s new exhibit, Anomalous Sites: The Photography of Dr. Paul Rudy, will open June 24. However, the official reception will be held at 6:30 p.m. on July 19, which will include a music concert and artist talk by Rudy.
Great Bend Tribune
Wet Weather Wrap-up – Part I
Published June 9, 2019
June 12, 2019
Story by Brandon Steinert
Photo by Joe Vinduska
Barton Community College graduate Mary Anderson of the Fort Leavenworth campus is only 17 years old, but she has an associate degree in hand putting her more than two years ahead of her peers.
