By MIKE COURSON
Great Bend Post
Los Cabos Fajitas House in Great Bend does more than serve Mexican food. In November, the restaurant flashed some community pride by installing metal letters spelling "Great Bend" along its Main Street entrance. That art inspired Park Elementary Principal Kelsey Sciacca to do something for her school in downtown Great Bend.
"We took that to our Site Council and they thought it was a great idea," Sciacca said. "Janis Link actually took on finding out how she could get those made, where they came from. She did some research and ended up having Scott's Welding build them here in Great Bend. Janis went ahead and donated those to Park School."
Link was a longtime secretary at Park School. So far, the letters have been a big hit with students and staff since being installed midway through summer school.
"It was a big surprise," said Sciacca. "They did not know we were doing that. Our staff did not know we were doing that. We've had a lot of positive reaction from them. A lot of schools want to get them now. It just added a little bit to our school and made it a real positive, inviting environment out there."
Park School was one of five elementary schools in the district offering free lunches during the summer. Round one of the program ends on June 30. Round two of free meals runs weekdays from July 10-28 with grab-and-go meal packages from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Eisenhower, Jefferson, and Riley schools.