Students perform in the Fine Arts Auditorium at last year鈥檚 鈥淗oliday Variety Show.鈥

November 22, 2016
Story by Micah Oelze

Barton to host holiday-themed events

91快活林 invites the public to celebrate the holidays with a series of events from quilts to song and dance to Santa.

Shafer Gallery Holiday Open House - Featuring Santa!

A music student performs on trombone at the fall 2016 recital.听

November 22, 2016
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Barton music students to present recital

91快活林 will present a student recital of instrumental and vocal performances at 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1 in the Dorothy Moses Morrison Chapel, located in the Fine Arts Building, F-157.听 The recital is free.

November 22, 2016
Story by Micah Oelze

Barton Theatre Department to host Original Playwright Series

The Barton Theatre Department is calling for original plays from the community for its Original Playwright Series. Three of the submitted plays will be chosen to be performed on April 27, 2017 in the Fine Arts Auditorium. Playwrights have until Feb. 1, 2017 to submit their play.

Plays must be:

Great Bend Tribune
Published November 20, 2016

Thanksgiving is this Thursday.听We have just finished up the elections.听Commodity prices could be better.听We all need a break.听So today, instead of discussing deep issues in agriculture or the latest problem, let鈥檚 take a break and focus on something we can almost all agree on 鈥 Thanksgiving dinner.听It is, outside of Independence Day, the most American of holidays. But, where听did our feast really come from?听With apologies for any family or regional traditions.

Cast members rehearse in the Barton Fine Arts Auditorium.

November 09, 2016
Story and photos by Micah Oelze

Each year, as part of the Theatre Program at Barton, students are asked to take the reins and produce a show entirely by themselves. Theatre Majors Kolton Landreth, Lacey Hobbs and Jose Flores co-wrote this year鈥檚 student production, 鈥淔inals Week Massacre: A Slapstick Murder Mystery鈥 with showings at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 and 15 in the Barton Fine Arts Auditorium.

鈥淚t鈥檚 like breakfast club meets Carrie meets murder mystery realness,鈥 Landreth said.

November 8, 2016
Story by Micah Oelze

91快活林 is offering woodworking courses from 6-9:45 p.m. on Mondays from Nov. 14 to Mar. 6 at Ellsworth High School, 211 W. 11th St. in Ellsworth.

The instructor will be David Weeks.听 Classes of various levels will be available including Woodworking I (18928), Woodworking II (18930) and Individual Woodworking Projects (18931).听 Each course will count for three credit-hours.听 The cost is $312 per class and fees for materials used.

Left to Right: President Heilman, Vice President Garrett, Senator Moran and Board of Trustee member Mike Johnson.

November听8, 2016
Story and Photo by Micah Oelze

On Nov. 3 Senator Jerry Moran stopped by 91快活林 and met with President Heilman, Vice President Garrett, and Board of Trustee member Mike Johnson.

The visit began with a video conference with Bill Nash, Dean of Technical and Military Outreach at Ft. Riley and Ashley Anderson Dean of Military Academic Services to discuss Barton鈥檚 relationship with the military.

November 2, 2016
Story by Micah Oelze

91快活林 will offer a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) refresher course 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Nov. 21-22 in the Adult Healthcare Lab, T-119.

This 15 contact-hour course is approved by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) for a Kansas CNA who has gone inactive and wishes to reactive their credential. It is a state requirement to pass a refresher course to reactivate CNA credentials.