🌱 How Great Bend’s Panthers dominated Dodge City to stay undefeated

Good morning Great Bend! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Great Bend’s Panthers dominated Dodge City to stay undefeated
• Meet the Great Bend women reshaping leadership and youth advocacy
• Which new KDOT projects will be built by Great Bend’s Venture Corp?

Also on today's calendar: West Regional Bowling.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Pleasant with plenty of sun, with a high of 75 and low of 55 degrees.
• Sunday: Pleasant with plenty of sun, temps: high: 77, low: 47.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 74 and low of 55 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Panthers' Smiley sparks 49-21 victory over Dodge City (gbtribune.com) — Great Bend fans can celebrate another big night as the Panthers stayed unbeaten with a 49-21 road win over Dodge City, powered by quarterback Maxson Smiley’s four touchdown passes and a scoring run. The offense piled up 430 yards and seven straight touchdowns, extending Great Bend’s regular-season win streak to 22 and keeping them atop both the Western Athletic Conference and 4A West standings.
   

• Empowered, minority Kansans now writing their own stories (klcjournal.com) — Great Bend residents will recognize their community in this look at how Hispanic and other minority neighbors are stepping into leadership roles in local business, health care, and youth advocacy. The story highlights Great Bend Chamber president Megan Barfield, community health worker Flor Sanchez, and youth advocate Jasmine Figueroa as they work to bridge language, cultural, and generational gaps while shaping policy and services across Kansas.
   

• KDOT Announces Approved September Bids (sunflowerstateradio.com) — Several major Kansas highway and bridge projects were just awarded to Venture Corporation of Great Bend, including multimillion‑dollar resurfacing work on U.S. 83 and U.S. 36 in northwest Kansas. These contracts mean steady construction activity and likely ongoing employment and business for Great Bend‑area workers tied to the company’s operations.
   

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📸 Around Great Bend

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Great Bend

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday October 20

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

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Other local events

Friday October 9

• J-2:30 Early Dismissal
  Jefferson Elem Great Bend, KS 67530
  2:30 pm

Saturday October 24

• West Regional Bowling →
  Walnut Bowl, 3101 Washington St., Great Bend
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• MS VB A Team Tourney @ Ellsworth
  Ellinwood Middle\/ High Ellinwood, KS 67526
  8:00 am
• HS Tennis @ Dodge City (Ashland host)
  St John-Hudson USD 350 Saint John, KS 67576
  9:00 am
• CPL JV VB East @ Ellinwood
  St John-Hudson USD 350 Saint John, KS 67576
  9:00 am
• HS Volleyball @ HOME (Ingalls/S. Central)
  St John-Hudson USD 350 Saint John, KS 67576
  10:00 am

Monday October 5

• VB vs Great Bend & Liberty
  Hoisington USD 431, 1200 Susank Rd, Hoisington
  4:30 pm
• HS VB vs Phillipsburg
  Ellinwood Public Schools USD 355 Ellinwood, KS 67526
  5:00 pm

Tuesday October 6

• HS JV Tennis @ Ashland
  St John-Hudson USD 350 Saint John, KS 67576
  1:00 pm
• HS VB @ Macksville Macksville/Chase)
  Ellinwood Middle\/ High Ellinwood, KS 67526
  4:00 pm
• HS Volleyball @ HOME (Otis-Bison/Ness City/Kinsley)
  St John Jr.Sr High Saint John, KS 67576
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Merchandising Sales Associate in Great Bend. Apply here.
• O'Reilly Automotive posted a job opening for Assistant Store Manager in Great Bend. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Great Bend here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Russell

• Applications Now Being Accepted for Russell County Storefront/Signage Grant Program (krsl.com)
• A Russell Tradition: Bricks, Broncs & BBQ is Friday and Saturday (krsl.com)
• ‘Polo' pummels plains: Hurricane-remnant storms bring tornadoes, flooding across central Kansas (kwch.com)

Hays

• Porterville College CHAP continues 'L.O.V.E.' series with presentation on frontier sex work (ourvalleyvoice.com)
• Oktoberfest Hays Set for This Weekend (krsl.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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