News

January 30, 2019
Story by Brandon Steinert

The Barton Theatre Department is calling for original plays from the community for its Original Playwright Series. Playwrights will have until Feb. 14 to submit their script. Three of the submitted shows will be chosen for the series.

Plays must be:

• 20-30 minutes in length
• contained on one set with two to five characters
• free of profanity
• original and never produced

Community members, including those at Fort Riley and Fort Leavenworth, are encouraged to submit their work.

January 30, 2019
Story by Brandon Steinert

Barton Community College’s annual literary publication, Prairie Ink, has begun accepting entries for its tenth edition. 

Editor Scott McDonald said the aim of the publication is to provide a venue for local authors to showcase their creative writing talents.

The editors are looking for the following types of original work to be considered for publication:  fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, drama, and graphic short stories.  They will be accepting submissions until April 1, 2019.

Great Bend Tribune
Published January 27, 2019

We have spent the first few weeks of the new year discussing water in Kansas.  With this background, today let’s discuss the problem.  A dilemma affecting all of us whether we are involved in agriculture or not.  First, how did the state find itself in this situation?

January 24, 2019
Story by Brandon Steinert

Barton Community College will host a blood drive from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1 in the Technical Building in room T-186, the Case New Holland Training area.

January 24, 2019
Story and photo by Brandon Steinert

Barton Community College will offer transitioning Fort Carson Soldiers, and family members with DOD ID cards, a grant-funded two-week certificate program at no cost to participants.

The Hazardous Waste Worker Training (HWWT) program gives Soldiers credentials to help them find work after their tenure in the US Army ends. The next course is set from Feb. 25 through March 8 at 5905 MaGrath Avenue BLDG 1282, Fort Carson, Colo.

January 23, 2019
Story by Brandon Steinert

The Barton Community College Board of Trustees gathered Tuesday evening for its regular meeting and discussed one of its nine overarching goals, known as ENDs, one of which is “Regional Workforce Needs.”

This END states, “The college will address regional workforce needs,” which is supported by four indicators. The College will:

January 23, 2019
Story by Brandon Steinert

The late Steve Dudek left his mark on the hearts and minds of countless students during his forty-year career as an art instructor at Barton Community College.

Great Bend Tribune
Published January 6, 2019

January 16, 2019

Story by Brandon Steinert

Barton Community College will be closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 21. Barton's Center for Adult Education and the Shafer Art Gallery also will be closed. Offices will reopen and classes will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 22.

January 16, 2019
Story by Brandon Steinert

Barton Community College is offering woodworking courses from 6-10 p.m. on Mondays from February 4 to through April 22 at Ellsworth High School, 211 W. 11th St. in Ellsworth.

The instructor will be David Weeks. Classes of various levels will be available including Woodworking I, Woodworking II and Individual Woodworking Projects. Each course will count for three credit-hours.  The cost is $336 per class and fees for materials used.