From budgeting woes to shortages in house, workforce and childcare, there are many daunting issues facing both the Great Bend City Council and the Barton County Commission. But, both bodies meeting in their second-annual joint meeting Monday night said cooperation will only make these challenges easier to overcome. “It’s up to everyone to make this county a good place,” said Ward 2 Councilwoman Jolene Biggs. “We have a lot of good things going.” “Your constituents are our constituents,” District 2 County Commissioner Barb Esfeld said, echoing Biggs’ sentiments. “We’ve just got to keep working together.”
Source: GB Tribune

Dr. Christine Sanders recalls seven or eight years ago experiencing a wildfire near her home for the first time after moving into the Spyglass subdivision northeast of Hutchinson. “I came home from work to get the dogs,” she said. “Ashes and embers were landing everywhere, I realized that I didn’t know how to turn on the sprinklers.” It ended up not being a problem be on the winds blew the fire north, but Sanders decided she needed to be better prepared…. She asked the fire department to assess her property and then hosted an educational session, which was attended by about two dozen people and put by the fire department, Kansas Forestry Service and Natural Resource Conservation Service…. Sanders also set up a text group with her neighbors, so they can communicate when there are fires in the county and look out for each other.
Source: Hutch News

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