February 7, 2018
Story by Micah Oelze

Barton freshman Dorian Lueth will participate in the Kansas Intercollegiate Orchestra during the 2018 Kansas Music Educators Association state convention February 22-24 in Wichita. He will be the only community college student performing in the 72-piece orchestra comprised of students from 11 colleges and universities throughout Kansas. Lueth plays bass guitar in Barton’s Pep Band and Jazz Band, double bass in the Prairie Winds Concert Band and viola in the Barton Community College Orchestra.

February 7, 2018
Story and photo by Brandon Steinert

CTE Month 2018: This feature is the third of four stories to be released by Barton Community College in February in celebration of Career Technical Education (CTE) Month.

Great Bend Tribune
February 4, 2018

First, there is nothing to report on the drought front.  The area growing from abnormally dry to moderate drought, as is the severe condition, is expanding north and eastward but overall little has changed.  With all the concern over possible wheat lost from cold temperatures combined with the drought, it might be helpful to understand how cool season plants such as winter wheat and canola adapt to survive winter.  First let’s tackle monocots, grasses, like winter wheat and then dicots, broadleaves like winter canola.