🌱 What message Great Bend’s Class of 2026 heard before getting diplomas

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• What message Great Bend’s Class of 2026 heard before getting diplomas

Also on today's calendar: Unlock Your Chamber Benefits: Member Info Center & Marketing Opportunities Lunch & Learn and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Very warm with plenty of sun, with a high of 86 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 93, low: 60.
• Friday: Record-tying heat, with a high of 93 and low of 60 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Panther Pomp (gbtribune.com) — Great Bend High School celebrated its Class of 2026 with a Sunday evening commencement at Memorial Stadium, complete with band performances and student speeches. Principal Brock Funke urged graduates to work hard, avoid social media arguments, choose kindness, and remember that their Great Bend community will always support them.
   

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📸 Around Great Bend

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Great Bend

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★ Featured events ★

Friday May 15

• Dustin Sims LIVE! (Great Bend, KS) feat. Jesse Peyton →
  Rhythm & Brews, 1210 Main St, Great Bend
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday May 14

• Splash Pad Opens! →
  City of Great Bend Calendar, Veterans Memorial Park 2106 McKinley Street, Great Bend
• City of Great Bend SRCA Dragstrip Ribbon Cutting →
  City of Great Bend Calendar, SRCA Dragstrip 9951 B-29 Way, Great Bend
  3:00 pm

Friday May 15

• Dustin Sims LIVE! →
  City of Great Bend Calendar Great Bend, KS 67530
  9:30 pm

Monday May 18

• City Council Meeting →
  City of Great Bend Calendar, 1209 Williams St, Great Bend
  5:30 pm

Tuesday May 19

• Unlock Your Chamber Benefits: Member Info Center & Marketing Opportunities Lunch & Learn →
  Great Bend Chamber of Commerce, 1125 Williams St, Great Bend
  12:00 pm

Wednesday May 20

• Barton Community College Enrollment Day →
  City of Great Bend Calendar, Barton Community College 245 NE 30 RD, Great Bend

Friday May 22

• Dropping 22 Military and First Responders Night Out →
  City of Great Bend Calendar Great Bend, KS 67530

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📣 Great Bend Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• J-6th Grade Recognition
  Jefferson Elem Great Bend, KS 67530
  9:00 am
• Lincoln Field Day / Little Rascals Track Meet
  Hoisington USD 431 218 E 7th St, Hoisington, KS 67544, USA
  9:00 am
• LES Field Day
  Hoisington USD 431 Hoisington, KS 67544
  9:00 am
• Graduation Practice - Main Gym
  St John-Hudson USD 350 Saint John, KS 67576
  2:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• 𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: Part-Time Certified Personal Trainer (Afternoon/Evening)
  Iron Therapy Training is seeking a certified personal trainer to join our team in Great Bend, KS. This is a part-time position (𝟏𝟎–𝟏𝟓 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤… (Nextdoor Twin Lakes)

• Kroger Family of Companies posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk in Great Bend. Apply here.
• Arby's Restaurant posted a job opening for Team Member in Great Bend. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Great Bend here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Russell

• City of Russell Fire Department Reaches Gold Helmet Status (krsl.com)
• Russell Main Street Inc. Named a 2026 Main Street America Accredited Program (krsl.com)
• Barton Student, RHS Grad Selected as Kansas Farm Bureau Collegiate Fellow (krsl.com)

Hays

• Kansas attorney general misses annual law enforcement memorial event during trip to Ireland • Kansas Reflector (kansasreflector.com)
• Crupper Could Give Von Hemel Family First Triple Crown Race Winner (paulickreport.com)
• 28-Year-Old Woman Caught Posing as High School Student (hypefresh.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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