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November 16, 2015
Story by Joe Vinduska
Photo by Brandon Steinert

Barton Community College’s Prairie Winds Concert Band and Jazz Band, featuring members of the community, will present their annual fall concert titled “It Is Christmas,” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23 in the Fine Arts Auditorium.

 
November 16, 2015
Story by Joe Vinduska
Photo by Brandon Steinert

The Barton Theatre Department will present “The Santaland Diaries,” starring Barton Theatre and Kansas State University Theatre alumnus, Great Bend resident Grady Bolding at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3 in the Fine Arts Auditorium. Donations will be taken at the door and will go toward new equipment and materials for the theatre program. The play was adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello.

 
November 11, 2015

Story and photos by Joe Vinduska

Barton Nursing student, 19-year-old Breanna Towers of St. John, started making strides toward her career during her sophomore year of high school by taking college classes online and her forward thinking made it possible to complete all her pre-requisites before she even set foot in a Barton Nursing classroom.

 
November 10, 2015
Story and photo by Joe Vinduska

Each year, as part of the Theatre Program at Barton, students are asked to take the reins and produce a show entirely by themselves.  This year, theatre Majors Caleb Rivera and Randyll Smith are co-directing “Said and Meant: Ten Short Plays about Language and Misunderstanding,” by Randy Wyatt with showings at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19 and 20 in the Barton Fine Arts Auditorium.

The show consists of 10 short plays delivered skit-style focused on how the use of language can affect the intended meaning very drastically.

 
November 9, 2015
Story by Joe Vinduska
Courtesy photos submitted

Some quilts aren’t made for warmth. Some of them are meant to be stared at in awe and wonderment. These are the types of quilts on display in the National Quilt Museum’s Exhibit that opened Friday in the Shafer Art Gallery.   

The annual traveling show’s title this year is “New Quilts from an Old Favorite 2015: Nine Patch.” The exhibit will be up through Dec. 13.  The Shafer Gallery is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Admission is free.

November 6, 2015
Story by Brandon Steinert 

Barton Community College has been designated a 2016 military friendly school by Victory Media, a “veteran-owned small business that connects classrooms to careers for the nation’s next generation of professionals,” according to a news release from the organization.

The designation requires institutions to submit data and information via extensive surveys to qualify.

Great Bend Tribune
October 25, 2015
Fall Weather

Speak with many older farmers and almost all of them mention how unusual this fall’s weather has been.  Since this is Kansas, most of us consider unusual weather usual, however, this year’s fall weather has been extreme so far.  How extreme has it been and potentially mean for crop and livestock producers?