New business owners or those wanting to start a business can learn about key components of running a business from area experts on a variety of topics at Barton’s “Start, Run and Grow: Business Ownership Basics” seminar from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Thursday evenings from Sept. 22 to Nov. 10 at the Great Bend Events Center.
With a successful year of business in Pratt completed, the co-owners and providers at Fulfill Med Spa, 111 E. 4th, are excited to share an open house celebration with friends, supporters and those interested in what they are doing. On Thursday, August 25 from 5-8 p.m. Jessica Creadick, Dr. Rachel Hauser and Laura Ballard, co-owners of Fulfill Med Spa, along with co-workers Taryn Conkle and Elly Fowler will open their doors for some fun giveaways, light refreshments and even a live hydro- facial demonstration. “We’ve been open a year here and are just so grateful for the wonderful community support we’ve been given,” Creadick said. “We want to celebrate with our customers and friends this year of success.”
Sponsored by The Pratt Tribune Check out our resident big boy! Augustus is around 2-years-old and we are guessing he could be a Saint Bernard mix. He loves attention and scouting out everything around the play yards.
“FOLLOWING THE LIGHT OF THE SUN, WE LEFT THE OLD WORLD.” Christopher Columbus Having been a Private Detective, the experience taught me new skills that help me as a historian and writer. My books require a lot of research and just plain asking questions because I write about Kansas and Kansans that are largely forgotten.
Special to the News I read Brandon Case’s article last week. If you had read it, you would know that it was about his grandfather writing letters.
Ever thought why our current United States Constitution has lasted longer than any other in the world? Maybe prayer is the answer. Benjamin Franklin noticed the deal locks and quarreling at the Constitutional Convention.
By Lyn Fenwick Macksville author Special to the News As I explained at the opening of my book, Prairie Bachelor, I wrote “for readers not terribly different from Isaac and his neighbors, ordinary Americans who care about our history.” The author who has greatly inspired me, David McCullough, passed away August 7, 2022. His quote appears on page xxvi of my book: “No harm’s done to history by making it something someone would want to read.” Academics do not own history, although one critic who reviewed my book seemed to think so, basing his primary criticism not on what I had written but rather on how he wished I had written in a more academic style.
A little bit of rain fell over the weekend, aiding the growth of local cotton plants in fields in Pratt County and neighboring counties. It was a lucky stroke for those who got the needed moisture, almost as lucky as the payout last month for a local farmer who sold a batch of cotton held over from last year.
The Bayer Fund and Kiowa County farmers Denny and Charlotte Ross teamed up to direct donations to rural nonprofits and schools The Ross’s recently directed a $5,000 Bayer Fund America’s Farmers Grow Communities donation to Barclay College in Haviland. Barclay will use the funds to help with the costs of the new School of Nursing.
There was some laughter and many groans on National Tell a Joke Day, August 16 at the Kiowa County Senior Center. There were lots of laughs, and even a few “boo’s” for the senior center jokesters, but a great time was had by all! Our friend Randy Rinker was the grand champion, with Jack Carson and Farrell Allison tied for runner up.