The Peoples Bank celebrated 135 years of service on Friday with a special outdoor picnic lunch for the community at the corner of Third and Main streets last Friday in Pratt. Colorful canopies filled the blocked-off street providing shade for those who stopped by for a free lunch and visiting with bank employees, as well as neighbors and friends.
Giving Tuesday is fast approaching and will be on Tuesday, November 29, 2022. Planning for this year’s Giving Tuesday has started at the Golden Belt Community Foundation office in Great Bend. Again, this year the foundation is inviting all qualified charitable organizations in Barton, Pawnee, Rush, and Stafford counties to participate in the giving campaign and celebration.
Century Business Technologies, Inc is pleased to announce the addition of Office Solutions, Inc., currently headquartered in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, effective June 1, 2022. This expansion into Western Kansas territory will allow Century to further meet the needs of customers and surrounding areas.
The Kiowa County Senior Center will host Kansas Quilt Speaker: Deborah Divine — President at the Quilters Hall of Fame in Marion, Indiana, Friday, July 1 at 1 p.m. at the center in Greensburg.
South Central Community Foundation (SCCF) is excited to announce their schedule for the 2022 Summer Listening Tours. Hoping to gain insight into the counties they serve, these meetings will start with a quick overview of the Foundation before moving into discussion with the attendees about their community’s successes and difficulties.
The 5.4.7 Arts Center in Greensburg is pleased to announce that Alliance Ag & Grain has partnered with the 5.4.7 Arts Center in the purchase of a Grasshopper commercial mower. The mower will be used for upkeep of the M.T Liggett Art Environment at Mullinville.
The Greensburg City met Monday, June 6 to discuss multiple items of business. The council opened with prayer over their decisions and then went on to roll call. Council persons Pam Reves and Chance Little were absent, but the council still met in order to hear the 2021 audit report. This audit report was presented by Jim Kennedy from Kennedy and Mckee. He reported they had minimal problems when conducting the audit, and had no disagreements with management either. Kennedy stated that the financial condition of the city improved during 2021 with increases in revenue and unencumbered available funds.
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St. John native Taylor Clark has come to the end of her reign as Miss Kansas 2021, but it is not as bittersweet as one might think. Looking back, she has seen her own growth as a person in maturity, and looking forward she still has drumming to spur her on. This weekend Clark will be part of the Miss Kansas 2022 Competition, but this time she will not be judged, she will be performing, encouraging and celebrating accomplishments made as a successful title holder.
More than a dozen businesses hosted artists and musicians for the annual Pratt Art and Music Walk held Friday, June 3 in the downtown area. The Vernon Filley Art Museum on Jackson Street was a starting, or ending, point for many who came out to enjoy the community connections on a lovely early summer evening.