In May, the USD 428 Board of Education received the first reading of the Bullying Prevention Plan. In June, the school board passed the revised plan to reflect current bullying prevention guidelines.

USD 428 Assistant Superintendent John Popp says there are not many changes except the district now provides more resources to those that feel they’re being bullied. Many cases of reported bullying may be labeled something else once examined.

“Almost every situation that comes to a principal or teacher is that a kid is being bullied,” Popp said. “Many times when we investigate we find out it is two kids that have a conflict. Less than half or a third is actual bullying.”

(Read more: Great Bend Post)

By CORINNE BOYER

Every summer since 1922, locals and tourists have flocked to Garden City’s Big Pool. Once promoted as “the world’s largest outdoor free concrete municipal swimming pool,” it holds around 2 million gallons of water. “Holds” might now be an overstatement.

The Big Pool leaks. A lot.

 

Garden City’s Big Pool, nearly a century old, loses 200,000 gallons of water a day.
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Around 200,000 gallons of water from the pool seep into the ground per day — even after renovations that replaced pipes and sealed cracks in the concrete.

Even for a pool of its size, the water loss is “excessive,” according to Fred Jones, Garden City’s water resource manager. “It’s kinda to the point where we feel like it’s probably nearing the end of its service life.”

As the pool’s centennial nears, concern over costs and repairs have grown. The city has been asking residents this year about replacing it, though nothing’s been decided yet.

(Read more: Great Bend Post)

 

The new sign is up at 169 S. Main Street in Hoisington for Kans for Kids Fighting Cancer.

Kans for Kids Fighting Cancer Foundation announces the grand opening of their new office at 169 S. Main, Hoisington,  on Thursday, June 27 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. The 501-c-3 organization, founded by the Duane Reif family in 1994, has operated out of the Reif home for the past 25 years. According to director Debbie Reif, the organization had outgrown the small space in their home, “The time had come that we needed to find a space for Kans for Kids to continue to grow and thrive in. The opportunity arose to purchase the old Subway building from the City of Hoisington. It’s absolutely the perfect place for Kans for Kids.”

The grand opening will include hourly giveaways (need not be present to win), cookies, bottled water and a live remote radio broadcast by Eagle Radio from 11-1. Also featured will be the unique work of Jeff Clawson, Larned. Butterflies, angels and snowflakes cut by a press from aluminum cans and made into magnets will also be available for a $3 donation to Kans for Kids.

(Read more: Great Bend Post)