By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
Years ago, Great Bend retail businesses determined they needed a winter sale to get rid of winter items and start making room for spring items. Names like icy sidewalk sale, cabin fever reliever sale and winter big bag sale have all been used, but this year’s “Beat the Winter Blues Sale” will take place Saturday, Jan. 13.
Great Bend Community Coordinator Christina Hayes said this year Great Bend Alive, the city’s Main Street organization, is hosting a snowball drop at the Crest Theater on Lakin Avenue.
"They are going to drop a whole bunch of "snowballs" that are maybe Styrofoam or squishy, bouncy balls," said Hayes. "Each ball will have a number it, and you will get to exchange it for a deal or prize. There will be 300 to 500 of them dropped inside the Crest."
Beginning at 10 a.m. inside the Crest, a pop-up shop and cocoa station will be set up and the snowball drop will start at 10:15 a.m. Citizens can also ride the Dolly Trolley from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Shoppers can take advantage of participating businesses’ special deals throughout the day.