SWAGºÏ¼¯ Theatre Production of "The Thin Place" (First Weekend)

August 24, 2016
Story and photo by Brandon Steinert

About 1,000 people per year benefit from the Central Kansas Educational Opportunity Center (CKEOC), which exists to promote educational awareness by helping community members find a pathway in which to identify and meet their educational, personal and career goals.

August 24, 2016
Story by Brandon Steinert

The Shafer Art Gallery has chosen to highlight local talent in its next exhibit, the SWAGºÏ¼¯ County Arts Council Friends and Acquaintances Art Festival, in conjunction with the SWAGºÏ¼¯ County Arts Council.Ìý

An array of work from 3D to oil painting and water color will be on display beginning Friday through October 7 in the Shafer Art Gallery at SWAGºÏ¼¯. The show is underwritten by the Bill J McKown Memorial Endowment and the Golden Belt Community Foundation.

Shafer Gallery "Light of Future Past: Photography by Blair Hayes" Opening Reception

August 8, 2016
Story and photo by Brandon Steinert

Industry demand has driven continued expansion of the SWAGºÏ¼¯ Commercial Driver’s License Program. SWAGºÏ¼¯ is now an official test site and a second truck has been acquired from Doonan’s Peterbilt with bodywork and paint from Jeremy’s Paint and Body Shop in Sterling.

Great Bend Tribune
Published August 14, 2016

Another summer is essentially over with Labor Day just around the corner.Ìý A sure sign summer is over is the start of another school year.Ìý SWAGºÏ¼¯ starts this Wednesday with another crop of incoming freshman in the agriculture program.Ìý But let’s take a step back and examine what education it takes to succeed in today’s agricultural environment as a farmer and/or rancher. ÌýÌý