Great Bend News

Tracy Miller of Great Bend is this year's Birdhouse Scavenger Hunt winner of $100.

Great Bend Fire/EMS Firefighters made four ambulance runs Monday. There were no fires.

Lillian Josephine Pryor, 105, died June 17, at Deseret Care Center in Pratt. Born July 28, 1907 at West Salem, Wisc.

In other business Monday morning, the County Commission: Approved an access agreement for use of the South Central Region Back-up Center at the Hutchinson Community College South Campus near Yoder.

Georgia J. Crosley, 75, passed away on Saturday afternoon, June 15, at Cherry Village Residential Care in Great Bend.

George Veprus, 97, died June 16 at Cherry Village Nursing Home in Great Bend. He was born on Feb. 18, 1916, in Lithuania.

The Barton County Commission Monday morning approved a proclamation honoring Ellinwood and Great Bend high school students in the Future Business Leaders of America Career and Technical Education Student Organization.

Publisher's note: this article originally appeared in the June 2013 issue of the on-line magazine Drum Corps World, pages 94 and 96. Should a banjo replace the second violin in the Budapest string quartet? After all, it is a string instrument.

At approximately 11 a.m. Friday morning, Great Bend Police apprehended Brandon Dannebohm.

Randall Lewis Walters 1952 - 2013 HARRISONVILLE, Mo. - Randall Lewis Walters, 61, died June 9 in Harrisonville, Mo.

The Comfort Inn hotel is ideally located one mile away from Brit Spaugh Zoo. This hotel is close to many area attractions including the Ellinwood's Underground Tunnels, Great Bend Municipal Airport and Wetlands at Great Bend water park.

The City of Great Bend's committee studying the banning of pit bulls will hold its next meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, at the City Council chambers, 1209 Williams.

The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, & Tourism is currently accepting updates and listings for Official Kansas Visitors Guide.

Gambino's Pizza of Great Bend, 1309 Main, recently launched a website, www.getgambinos.com.

Surrendered Family Ministries invite will host a Prairie Fire meeting starting at 5 p.m. this Saturday, June 15, at the Barton County Courthouse Square in downtown Great Bend.

Daniel James "Danny" Otipoby, 37, of Ellinwood, died Monday, June 10, 2013 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, from injuries received in a motorcycle versus deer accident, two miles east of Great Bend.

Melvina Mary Francis, 85, died June 10 at Catholic Care Center in Bel Aire. Born Feb. 7, 1928 in Liebenthal, she was the daughter of Adam and Mary Kreutzer.

Youth Academy schedule: 8-8:20 a.m. City Hall - Donuts and orange juice will be served 8:30-8:55 a.m. Waste Water Treatment Plant 9:05-9:55 a.m. Street Department 10:05-10:35 a.m. Park Department 10:40-11:15 a.m. Police Department 11:25 a.m.-noon Lunch with the mayor and City Council members at 10th Street Pizza Hut 12:15-1:05 p.m. Fire Department ... (more)

A 38-year-old Ellinwood man died Monday night after the motorcycle he was driving hit at deer on U.S. 56. Daniel J. Otipoby was transported to Great Bend Regional Hospital.

A celebration of life memorial gathering for Melvin L. Krom will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday at the First Southern Baptist Church in Great Bend with Pastor Doyle Smith officiating.