Kansas Oil and Gas Museum sees new future By Russ Edem 530News – Russ Edem 530News –Students search for fossils while attending a summer science camp at the Kansas Oil and Gas Museum last summer. Over the past year, people of Great Bend may have visited or even had their ...
CASA chocolate auction helps children By Russ Edem 530News – Russ Edem 530News – Our volunteers work very hard to make these wonderful beautiful baskets that will be auctioned off,” Eakin said. “So many people in the community donate items for the auction and we are very grateful to them. ...
Local man pens baseball memoirs By Russ Edem 530News – Courtesy Photo –“Down To The Last Strike,” book cover. Great Bend postal worker Jim Scheider has turned his teenage memories of playing baseball, living on a farm in central Kansas and dealing with a father who did not understand him ...
UWCK shows passion for the elderly By Russ Edem 530News – Many Barton County seniors are living alone and are dependent on local agencies to help with food, socialization and basic human contact. But one local agency is striving to let them know people in the community care by giving ...
Local Crochet Club helps fight the cold Courtesy Photo –Pictured are some of the items that will be put in the care packages that the Warmth for Winter program will be giving out. By Russ Edem 530News – Fighting the cold is on everyone’s mind this time of year and ...
Community wishes and dreams for 2017 By Russ Edem 530News – New Year’s resolutions have been around for a long time and over the years countless people have made these promises for many different reasons. This tradition is no different today than it was 4,000 years ago and Great Bend ...
Soup kitchen hosts Christmas dinner Russ Edem 530News – A guest of the Hungry Heart Soup kitchen reads from the bible to the people before lunch is served. The soup kitchen serves lunch every day and all people from different walks of life are invited for a free hot meal ...
MOPS give gifts of hope By 530News Staff A group of Great Bend moms recently delivered gifts designed to be re-gifted: Hand-decorated plates filled with treats. Members of the Mothers of Preschoolers organization, or MOPS, recently hand-painted designs on white dinner plates, loaded the plates with cookies and sent them ...
Great Bend man reaches goals despite his disability By Russ Edem – 530News Courtesy Photo – Frank Wapelhorst is pictured here with his wife Sandy while attending the Over the Edge Victoria fundraising event. Wapelhorst repelled down a 12 story building while in his wheel chair during the event. Goals ...
By Russ Edem – 530News By Russ Edem 530News – Pearl white holds a special place in her heart for all Veterans. She is pictured here with a stone statue of a solder that she received during her surprise birthday party and the VFW. Local woman helps people for over ...
