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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Barton ‘Bleacher Buddies’ filling seats with cardboard fans BCC trustees look at COVID-19 sports protocols Barton Community College Head Tennis Coach Lyle Stickney appears in a video promoting “Bleacher Buddies,” a fundraiser in which cardboard cutouts will be created to fill the seats in the gym at home basketball games.
Fans won’t be able to attend sporting events at Barton Community College until Feb. 6 or later, Athletic Director Trevor Rolfs told college trustees Tuesday as he reported on Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference COVID-19 protocols. The protocols were updated on Jan. 5.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Counselors see rise in depression, anxiety among local children, teens COVID-19, other factors contribute to rise in mental health issues Courtesy art by Isabelle Gonzalez - “Isolation” is a charcoal drawing by Isabelle Gonzalez. She used a sketch style to create a feeling of anxiety and isolation. The drawing was assigned by Mrs. Lamoureaux for the Drawing II class at Hoisington High School. The art assignment was to take a self-picture portrait and then draw it during quarantine lockdown in the spring of 2020.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. The death of Rhonda the monkey at Brit Spaugh Zoo is a loss of a rarity
To the editor,
I read the article in the Great Bend Tribune: “Zoo says goodbye to Rhonda, the Grivet Monkey” (Dec. 17 issue). It is obvious that as all animals ‘age’ and develop health problems, they grow progressively worse, and that death is quite sad. It is a fact of life, whether it be animals or humans who endure long lives with natural ailments.