12/29/07
Barton Offers Computer Necessities Workshop

Barton County Community College will offer a basic computer workshop, “Computer Necessities.” The class will meet from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, Aug. 8 through Sept. 5, at the Great Bend Workforce Center, 1025 Main Center.
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12/4/07
Nursing Donor Appreciation Luncheon

10/25/07
Roadster Project to Boost Enthusiasm for Barton’s Auto Technology Program

A street rod project is building momentum to fuel the excitement of students in Barton County Community College’s Automotive Technology Program. The combined efforts of the BCCC Foundation, student mechanic earnings and several local businesses have made the project work.
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10/24/07
Cohens Named Benefactors for Their Gifts to Barton County Community College
 
Dr. Mary Davidson Cohen and her late husband, Bart Cohen, have been named recipients of the 2007 Benefactor of the Year Award by the Council for Resource Development.
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9/21/07
Barton Study of Roaring Twenties Focuses on Harlem Renaissance

Barton County Community College will offer a study of America in the Roaring Twenties, focusing on the Harlem Renaissance and including its art, music, literature and culture. Barton history instructor Linda McCaffery will lead the team-taught classes, introducing guest lecturers at various times throughout the course.
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09/06/07
Agencies Combine to Match KBOR Grant for New Nursing
Faculty Position at Barton

Four Barton County agencies have contributed funds to match a $38,280 grant awarded to Barton County Community College by the Kansas Board of Regents to provide one additional nursing instructor’s position at the college.
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8/15/07
Old Bill and Santa Keep Tradition Going at This Year’s Big Benefit Auction

What do Santa Claus and an old buffalo head known as Old Bill have in common? Both will help raise funds for scholarships at the Barton County Community College Foundation’s Big Benefit Auction.
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8/09/07
Old Bill Raises Funds for Scholarship Named in Honor of Keith and Marian Mull

The old buffalo head known as Old Bill will help raise funds this year for the Keith and Marian Mull Honorarium Scholarship. The Barton County Community College Foundation will auction Old Bill by asking for pledges for the honorarium during its 29th annual Big Benefit Auction set for Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Highland Hotel Convention Center.
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7/13/07
Barton’s 29th Annual Big Benefit Auction Goes ‘Crazy for Christmas’

The Barton County Community College Foundation will prove that Christmas wishes do come true at their 29th annual Big Benefit Auction set for Aug. 25, just four months to the day of Christmas 2007. Theme for the event is “Crazy for Christmas,” and Santa Claus himself has been named honorary chair of the event.
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5/22/07
BCCC Foundation Dedicates Cohen Center at College/Chamber Event

The Barton County Community College Foundation celebrated the completion of the new Cohen Center for Kansas History with a dedication ceremony May 18 hosted in conjunction with the Great Bend Chamber of Commerce

"After Hours" event in the college library.
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5/17/07
Barton Honors Kopkes With 2007 Distinguished Service Award

5/9/07
BCCC Foundation Allows Greensburg High School Seniors to Attend Barton at No Cost

5/01/07
Cohen Center Dedication Rescheduled for May 18

The Barton County Community College Foundation has rescheduled the Dedication Ceremony for the Cohen Center for Kansas History. The new date is Friday, May 18, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the college’s Learning Resource Center (library).
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3/26/07
Barton Library Seeks to Preserve History by Scanning Old Diaries and Other Pieces of the Past Kept by Area Families

3/1/07
Barton's Academic Enrichment Fund Campaign Says 'Give Today - Create Tomorrow'

3/1/07
Kopkes Donate Shafer Watercolors to Gallery

12/12/06
Friend of College and Community, Bart Cohen Dies Following Brief Illness

9/19/06
BCCC Foundation’s Big Benefit Auction Celebrates Star-Spangled Success

The Barton County Community College Foundation Board of Directors welcomed two new members as they assumed their new positions on the board July 1. In addition, the board elected new officers for the 2006-07 academic year.
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8/21/06
Three Agencies Combine Thirds to Match KBOR Grant for Patient Simulation Lab

Barton County Community College’s Nursing Program expects to increase its ability to enhance the supply of registered nurses in this area when it puts into place a new Patient Simulation Lab this fall.
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8/4/06
College’s 28th Annual Big Benefit Auction Tickets on Sale through Aug. 14
Tickets for Barton County Community College’s 28th Annual Big Benefit Auction, themed “Star-Spangled Night,” can still be purchased, but only through Aug. 14. This year’s auction is set for 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 26 at the Highland Hotel and Convention Center, Great Bend.
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7/28/06
Old Bill to Raise Funds for Tregellas Honorarium at Big Benefit Auction

Each year for the past four years, the Barton County Community College Foundation has named an honorarium for individuals who have generously supported the college. The old buffalo head known as “Old Bill” helps raise funds for the honorarium scholarship.
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7/14/06
College’s 28th Annual Big Benefit Auction Tickets Go On Sale Monday
Tickets for Barton County Community College’s 28th Annual Big Benefit Auction, themed “Star-Spangled Night,” go on sale Monday and are being sold through Aug. 14. This year’s auction is set for 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 26 at the Highland Hotel and Convention Center, Great Bend.
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6/21/06
Barton Library Receives Publications Scanner To Digitize Books

Barton County Community College’s Library has received a publications scanner that digitizes books. The scanner and accessories used to produce the digitized works was donated through funding by three sources: Dr. Mary Cohen, Leawood, Rob and Trisha Dove, Great Bend, and the estate of Quentin Dressler
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6/15/06
Leawood Couple Donate Extensive History Collection
New Cohen Center for Kansas History Being Added To Barton Library

Dr. Mary and Barton Cohen enjoy traveling to all parts of the world, but when they compare the exotic locations they’ve visited, there is still no place like home for the Leawood couple. The Cohens have spent the past 17 years collecting art and books by artists and authors who hail from the wheat state. They’ve collected more than 700 books, one dating back to 1849 and more than 40 predating 1900, but now they are planning to donate their vast collection to Barton County Community College. The collection will be housed in the college’s library in a newly constructed Cohen Center for Kansas History that the Cohens funded.
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6/5/06
Dr. Doug and Jane Ayre Co-Chair “Star-Spangled Night”
All-American Summer Picnic Planned for Barton’s 28th Annual Big Benefit Auction

Barton County Community College Foundation’s Big Benefit Auction is moving to summer. Scheduled a week before Labor Day weekend, the nation’s unofficial end of summer, the 28th Big Benefit Auction will provide one more opportunity for the public to participate in an old-fashioned, all-American summer picnic.
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5/11/06
Barton Honors Family of Monica Bell Reser With 2006 Distinguished Service Award

The Barton County Community College Foundation named the family of Monica Bell Reser recipients of the 2006 Distinguished Service Award at Barton’s 36th Commencement Thursday evening (May 11) in the college gymnasium.
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4/28/06
Benefactor’s Donation Makes New Video System Possible for Barton

Barton County Community College has been able to replace an antiquated video system in its Fine Arts Auditorium this year, thanks to the generous giving of a local benefactor more than two years ago. Before his death June 3, 2003, at the age of 100, Theodore Frank Deal willed one-third of his estate to the college and Barton’s Institutional Advancement Office received the bequest in December of that year.
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4/25/06
Barton Provides Training for Utility and Pipeline Workers

Barton County Community College hosts numerous training seminars each year for workers in the utility and pipeline industry since the new Midwest Utility and Pipeline Training Center was built on Barton’s campus in 2004.
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3/14/06
Bank of the West Donates Barton Sign on East 10th Street

Bank of the West, Great Bend, is sponsoring a new Barton County Community College sign that appears on a billboard on east 10th Street. Last December, Bank of the West acquired Commercial Federal Bank, which sponsored the previous Barton sign in the same location.
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3/7/06
Eagle Barber Shop Donates To La Oportunidad Fund

Eagle Barber Shop, Great Bend, donated $250 to the La Oportunidad Fund recently for an annually funded scholarship to be awarded to a Hispanic student attending Barton County Community College.
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3/1/06
Barton’s Academic Enrichment Fund Campaign Gets Under Way for Scholarships

The Barton County Community College Foundation launched its annual Academic Enrichment Fund Campaign March 1 to raise money for academic scholarships. Being conducted by direct mail for its third year, the AEF Campaign will continue through March 31. The goal of the 2006 campaign is $45,000, with the theme, “Unlock the Future; You Are the Key,” said Darnell Holopirek, Executive Director of Institutional Advancement at Barton.
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2/27/06
Espinosa Provides Effort, Money to Scholarship Cause
The Natural Alternative Donates to La Oportunidad Fund at Barton

Great Bend business owner and Hispanic Advisory Council member Michael Espinosa has been instrumental in helping establish La Oportunidad Fund, a scholarship program aimed at helping Hispanic students attend Barton County Community College. He secured donations that helped establish a $10,000 endowment for La Oportunidad Fund more than a year ago, and since then, he’s gathered money from five businesses to grow an annual fund.
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2/14/06
Kansas Section of NACE International Establishes $1000 Annual Scholarship at Barton

Kansas Section of NACE International established a $1,000 scholarship for a Barton County Community College student during its 21st Annual Corrosion Control Seminar at the College last week. The annual scholarship will be awarded in $500 increments next fall and spring, preferably to a traditional-age student majoring in pre-engineering or science. Kansas Section of NACE International will also gift conference fees for the scholarship recipient to attend next year’s three-day corrosion control seminar where the student will receive track I training.
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2/08/06
Landmark National Bank Donates To La Oportunidad Fund

Landmark National Bank, Great Bend, donated $500 to the La Oportunidad Fund today (Wednesday) for an annually funded scholarship to be awarded to a Hispanic student attending Barton County Community College.
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1/06/06
Lois Alban Ryan Honored Nationally for Gifts to Barton County Community College

Longtime Barton County Community College supporter and former Great Bend resident Lois Alban Ryan was among 10 individuals or companies honored nationally last month in Washington, D.C., as benefactors to community colleges.
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11/18/05
Great Bend Tribune Donates To La Oportunidad Fund

Great Bend Tribune, 2012 Forest, Great Bend, donated $250 to the La Oportunidad Fund today (Friday) for an annually funded scholarship to be awarded to a Hispanic student attending Barton County Community College.
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10/4/05
Brooke Insurance & Financial Services Donates To La Oportunidad Fund

Brooke Insurance & Financial Services, 1520 Main, Great Bend, donated $250 to the La Oportunidad Fund in late September for an annually funded scholarship to be awarded to a Hispanic student attending Barton County Community College.
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9/27/05
BCCC Foundation’s Big Benefit Auction Sails With Success

The Barton County Community College Foundation went sailing and came back with a bounty of funding for Barton’s 2006-07 scholarships. The Big Benefit Auction with the theme “Sailing for Scholarships” set sail Sept. 10 at the Highland Hotel and Convention Center.
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9/12/05
Lois Alban Ryan Honored With Regional Benefactor Award

Longtime Barton County Community College supporter and former Great Bend resident Lois Alban Ryan has been recognized for her generosity to the college with the 2005 National Benefactor of the Year Award for Region VII of the Council for Resource Development. The BCCC Foundation will honor Lois locally with a reception at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, at the Highland Hotel Poolside.
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9/6/05
Donor Appreciation Dinner Gives Barton Students Chance to Say Thank You

The Barton County Community College students who have received Foundation academic scholarships will have the opportunity to thank their donors in person on Sept. 29 when the BCCC Foundation hosts its first Donor Appreciation Dinner.
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8/15/05
Old Bill to Raise Funds for Don and Phyllis Whelan Honorarium at Big Benefit Auction

The old buffalo head known as “Old Bill” again will help raise funds for an honorarium scholarship at Barton County Community College. The BCCC Foundation will seek donations to this honorarium through bids for “Old Bill” during the 27th Annual Big Benefit Auction Sept. 10.
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8/12/05
BCCC Foundation Names New Members, Elects Officers

The Barton County Community College Foundation Board of Directors welcomed six new members at its board meeting June 1. In addition, the Board elected new officers for the 2005-06 academic year. The new members assumed their positions on the Board July 1.
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8/11/05
Sunflower Bank Donates Prize Shafer Bronze For Auction

Sunflower Bank has donated a valuable L.E. Gus Shafer bronze to be auctioned at the Barton County Community College Foundation’s 27th Annual Big Benefit Auction, Sept. 10. The bronze is such a find for collectors that the College’s Shafer Gallery, which bears the name of the late famous Western artist, doesn’t even have “Sundown” within its extensive collection of Shafer bronzes.
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8/3/05
College’s 27th Annual Big Benefit Auction Tickets Now On Sale Through Aug. 21

Tickets for Barton County Community College’s 27th Annual Big Benefit Auction, themed “Sailing For Scholarships,” went on sale Monday and are being sold through Aug. 21. This year’s auction is set for 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Highland Hotel Convention Center, Great Bend.
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6/22/05
Barton Launches Plans For 27th Annual Big Benefit Auction, Set For September 10

Seven years ago, Great Bend resident Shellie Thill would not go on a cruise, even though it was something her husband David was keenly interested in doing.
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5/12/05
Barton Honors Keith and Marian Mull With 2005 Distinguished Service Award

The Barton County Community College Foundation named Keith and Marian Mull, Larned, recipients of the 2005 Distinguished Service Award at Barton’s 35th Commencement Thursday evening (May 12) in the college gymnasium.
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5/9/05
Rotary Centennial Celebration Contribution

Great Bend Rotary Club members stand earlier this month with Barton County Community College Institutional Advancement Director Darnell Holopirek next to a recently placed plaque that marks their $5,000 donation to the College’s Child Development Center for its playground update. Standing left to right are Great Bend Rotary Club Past President Dr. Bill King, fellow Rotary Club member Marion Lightfoot, Holopirek, and Great Bend Rotary Club President and Barton Agriculture Instructor Steve Pottorff. The $5,000 donation was made by the Great Bend Rotary Club to commemorate its centennial, in honor of 100 years of Rotary International. Rotary International was founded in February 1905.
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5/9/05
Town and Country Racquet Club Donates $250 for La Oportunidad

Town and Country Racquet Club, 3806 Broadway, donated $250 to La Oportunidad Fund for an annually funded scholarship to be awarded to a Hispanic student planning to attend Barton County Community College.
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4/12/05
Playa Azul Donates $500 for La Oportunidad Annually Funded Scholarship

Playa Azul Mexican Restaurant, 4909 10th, Great Bend, donated $500 to La Oportunidad Fund for an annually funded scholarship awarded to a Hispanic student planning to attend Barton County Community College.
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3/24/05
Barton Announces Death of Philanthropist Eva Shafer

Barton County Community College has been notified that Eva C. Shafer, 96, widow of the late Leonard E. “Gus” Shafer, died March 23, 2005, in Overland Park, following a short illness. Eva Shafer was responsible for establishing the L. E. "Gus" and Eva Shafer Memorial Art Gallery at Barton. She turned the first shovel of dirt to begin the gallery project on Sept. 22, 1991 and the grand opening was held Nov. 1, 1992. Approximately 7,000 visitors annually come to view the gallery, which has been called the "Gem of the Campus."
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3/3/05
Barton's Academic Enrichment Fund Campaign Runs Through This Month

Barton County Community College's Foundation is conducting its annual Academic Enrichment Fund Campaign this month. The AEF Campaign theme for this year is “Keep the Dream Alive in 2005,” with the campaign drive running from March 1-31.
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1/11/05
Used Bookstore To Open Feb. 1
Cougar Tales Bookstore Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Held Thursday

A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday for the soon-to-open Cougar Tales Bookstore, located in the Zarah Mall, 1214 Main Street, Great Bend. The used bookstore, operated by the BCCC Foundation, officially opens Feb. 1. The not-for-profit entity entered its for-profit venture to raise funds for academic scholarships and to fund various program enhancements for Barton County Community College. But the used bookstore will also provide a service to a niche market that hasn’t existed within the community for several years.
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11/23/04
Robbins Memorial Library Provides Book Drop-Off For Cougar Tales Bookstore

Barton County Community College is reminding people in the Ellsworth area that it is accepting used books, audio books and VHS movies for the soon-to-open Cougar Tales Bookstore. Anyone with items to donate to the bookstore is encouraged to take them to Robbins Memorial Library, 219 N. Lincoln, Ellsworth.
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11/23/04
Jordaan Memorial Library Provides Book Drop-Off For Cougar Tales Bookstore

Barton County Community College is reminding people in the Larned area that it is accepting used books, audio books and VHS movies for the soon-to-open Cougar Tales Bookstore. Anyone with items to donate to the bookstore is encouraged to take them to Jordaan Memorial Library, 724 Broadway, Larned.
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11/16/04
Harms Trust Commits $80,000 to Barton Wellness Center to Fill Student Fitness Needs

Barton County Community College students will have a place to train and maintain their physical fitness, starting in January. The Thelma Faye Harms Charitable Trust has donated $20,000 and has committed another $20,000 each year for the next three years to help pay for the recently built wellness center, located in the east hallway of the College’s Physical Education Building.
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11/10/04
Hoisington Public Library Provides Book Drop-Off For Cougar Tales Bookstore

The Hoisington Public Library Board voted unanimously this week to allow use of its facility as a drop-off point for used books that will be donated to Cougar Tales Bookstore. Anyone having books to donate in the Hoisington area is encouraged to take them to the Hoisington Public Library, 169 Walnut.
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11/1/04
BCCC Foundation Seeks Used Book Donations For Cougar Tales Bookstore

Don’t know what to do with those used books cluttering your bookcases, shelves and closets? You could donate them to the BCCC Foundation. The not-for-profit entity that raises academic scholarships and funds various program enhancements for Barton County Community College is entering a for-profit venture. In January, the Foundation plans to open a used bookstore, Cougar Tales, which will be located in the Zarah Mall, 1214 Main Street, Great Bend.
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10/19/04
Western Ag, CKMC Help Endow ‘La Oportunidad Fund’ With Donations

Western Ag Enterprises Inc. and Central Kansas Medical Center, both of Great Bend, donated money to La Oportunidad Fund last week, pushing the Barton County Community College scholarship beyond the magical $10,000 endowment status. Western Ag donated $500 and CKMC followed with $250, moving the fund total to $10,250.
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10/14/04
Lt. Gov. Visits Barton’s Pipeline Training Center

Lt. Gov. John Moore visited the new Midwest Utility and Pipeline Training Center at Barton County Community College on Wednesday, Sept. 29.
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10/6/04
BCCC Foundation’s Big Benefit Auction Succeeds Thanks to Community’s Generous Spirit

The Barton County Community College Foundation celebrated the College’s 35th anniversary with the theme, “Remember When,’ at its 2004 Big Benefit Auction. Now, the Foundation is celebrating the community’s generosity in making the auction a success.
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9/20/04
Limited, Unique Cougar Jewelry Up For Grabs at Barton’s Big Benefit Auction

Move over, Tiffany & Company. That goes for Cartier; House of Winston, too. Only one location in the world will offer unique jewelry designed around Barton County Community College’s new cougar logo and it’s not any of those renowned stores. The rare jewelry is not sold anywhere on New York City’s Fifth Avenue or on Beverly Hills’ Rodeo Drive. Rather, these special pieces can be won at Barton County Community College’s 26th Annual Big Benefit Auction. Dawson Jewelers Designs by Dana, Great Bend, designed and donated three customized pieces of jewelry to be awarded in three drawings, which will be held intermittently throughout the night of the auction.
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9/20/04
Old Bill To Raise Funds for Dale and Donna Oliver Honorarium at Big Benefit Auction

The Barton County Community College Foundation has created an honorarium scholarship this year in honor of Dale and Donna Oliver. At its 26th Annual Big Benefit Auction, the Foundation will seek donations in the form of bids for the old buffalo head known to auction-goers for many years as “Old Bill.” The auction is set for 6 to 9 p.m. followed by a dance Saturday, Oct. 2, at the Highland Hotel and Convention Center.
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9/15/04
Blast From the Past: Collectible '77 Monza to be sold for Barton's 35th anniversary

Barton County Community College will celebrate its 35th anniversary when the college foundation holds its Big Benefit Auction on Oct. 2. To get bidders in a retro mood, Dove Buick Olds Cadillac Inc., Great Bend, has donated a 1977 Monza Towne Coupe, said Darnell Holopirek, Barton's director of institutional advancement.
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9/9/04
Marmie Chrysler/Marmie Ford Donates $1,000 To ‘La Oportunidad Fund’

Hispanic students who attend Barton County Community College are closer to receiving extra scholarship assistance in coming years because of recent donations made to La Oportunidad Fund. The fund is within $500 of reaching its endowment goal – thanks most recently to a $1,000 donation made last week by Marmie Chrysler/Marmie Ford, Great Bend.
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8/16/04
"Remember When" Promises Nostalgia

Tickets for Barton County Community College’s 26th Annual Big Benefit Auction, themed “Remember When,” go on sale Friday through Sept. 24. This year’s auction, which commemorates the College’s 35th anniversary, is set for 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 2 at the Highland Convention Center, Great Bend. Dessert , coffee and a dance will follow the auction until 11 p.m. The silent auction begins at 6 p.m. and the live auction follows an hour later.
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8/10/04
Barton Foundation Elects New Members, Names Officers

Four new members were seated on the Barton County Community College Foundation Board of Directors and the Board elected new officers for the 2004-05 academic year during its June 1 meeting. The new members assumed their positions on the Board July 1.
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8/5/04
Dorothy Moses Morrison Chapel Dedication Set For Aug. 22

Barton County Community College will host an open house for the public to view the newly renovated Dorothy Moses Morrison Chapel on Aug. 22. A half-hour Moses Chapel dedication ceremony is set for 2 p.m. in the College’s Fine Arts Auditorium. Following the dedication until 4 p.m., the public is invited to tour the Morrison Chapel, also located in the Fine Arts Building.
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7/29/04
Barton's 26th Annual Big Benefit Auction Set For Oct. 2 to Commemorate 35th Anniversary

Remember the gold ol’ days when Barton County Community College consisted of a few buildings in the midst of a massive construction zone, surrounded by mountains of dirt in what previously served as a 160-acre wheat field? Longtime Great Bend residents Kevin and Nancy (Lindholm) Sundahl do. They were among nearly 850 students who trekked across unpaved walkways, snowdrifts and mud to attend Barton that first year in 1969-70. They also participated in commencement activities with the rest of Barton’s first graduating class in spring 1971.
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7/6/04
Utility and Pipeline Industries Plan To Build Training Center at Barton

As a new corrosion control technician with Hays Midwest Energy 17 years ago, De Sultzer remembers how difficult it was to learn his trade. At that time, Midwest Energy was a small gas system and not the large company it is today, serving 48,000 customers. With few hands-on training opportunities, Sultzer struggled in the school of hard knocks as he learned his new trade.
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5/13/04
Eva Shafer Honored For Distinguished Service to Barton County Community College

Barton County Community College and the BCCC Foundation honored Eva Shafer, Overland Park, with the 2004 Distinguished Service Award during the college's 34th commencement ceremony May 13. Accepting the award on Shafer's behalf was Dan Bonine, chairman of the BCCC Foundation Board of Directors.
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3/8/04
3i Golf Tournament To Be Held In Memory of Community Leader Jerie Davis

Former community leader Jerie Davis didn't play golf, but the inaugural 3i Show Golf Tournament next month is being held in her memory. Davis, who died last December at 49 years old, was an active promoter of the 3i Show. She also enthusiastically championed other causes throughout the Barton community. Proceeds from the tournament will go toward at least one academic scholarship at Barton County Community College where Davis’ two sons, Josh and Jake Wilkens, began their college educations.
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2/17/04
Barton's Academic Enrichment Fund Campaign Runs Through March

Barton County Community College's Foundation will conduct its annual Academic Enrichment Fund Campaign next month and it’s counting on the community to open the door of opportunity for students in need of academic scholarship aid. The AEF Campaign theme for this year is “Opportunity – Open the Door in 2004,” with the campaign drive running from March 1-31.
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10/14/03
BCCC Foundation's Big Benefit Auction Succeeds Thanks to Community's Generous Spirit

The Barton County Community College Foundation celebrated the silver with the 25th anniversary of its Big Benefit Auction. Now, it’s celebrating the community’s generosity in making the auction a success.
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9/19/03
Ticket Sales End Sept. 26 For Barton's 25th Annual Big Benefit Auction

Tickets are still available for Barton County Community College's 25th Annual Big Benefit Auction, but only for a short time. People wanting to attend this year's auction need to purchase their tickets by Sept. 26. This year's auction, with a theme of "Celebrate The Silver - 25 Years of Success," is set for 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Holiday Inn Convention Center. The silent auction begins at 6 p.m. and the live auction follows an hour later.
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9/17/03
Artist Bet Moses Turns Author With Published Recipe Book

Bet Moses is best known in Great Bend for her artwork and her involvement in art in this community. Aside from her art, the one aspect friends and family have always appreciated about her is her love and unique talent for entertaining. This former Great Bend resident, now living in Sun City West, Ariz., has been planning parties and entertaining friends most of her life.
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9/15/03
Old Bill To Raise Funds for Heaton Scholarship at Big Benefit Auction

The Barton County Community College Foundation has recruited Old Bill's help with another special project in this year's Big Benefit Auction. The old buffalo head will garner donations this year to honor Jim and Jo Heaton fortheir strong ties of service to the college.
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8/22/03
'Celebrate The Silver'
25th Annual Big Benefit Auction Tickets Go On Sale Monday

The Barton County Community College Foundation has recruited Old Bill's help with another special project in this year's Big Benefit Auction. The old buffalo head will garner donations this year to honor Jim and Jo Heaton fortheir strong ties of service to the college.
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7/10/03
Bill and Yvonne Robbins Named Co-Chairs
Barton's Big Benefit Auction Celebrates Silver Anniversary with Oct. 4 Event

Barton County Community College Foundation's annual auction is turning silver this year. To commemorate the affair, "Celebrate The Silver – 25 Years of Success," is the theme for the 25th Annual Big Benefit Auction. The event is set for Saturday, Oct. 4, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Convention Center.
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5/15/03
Dorothy Morrison Honored For Service to Barton County Community College

Barton County Community College and the BCCC Foundation honored Dorothy Morrison with the 2003 Distinguished Service Award during the College's 33rd commencement ceremony today (May 15). Accepting the award on Morrison's behalf was her friend, Great Bend attorney Glenn Opie. The Distinguished Service Award was created in 1981 to recognize individuals who have shown genuine regard for, and have performed outstanding service to the College.
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