Straub’s Powersports, a local business that promises to take your four-wheeler adventures to a new level, is now a CFMoto ATV/UTV dealer, Kristy Blakeslee told guests at the Feb. 13 Great Bend Chamber of Commerce Coffee.
That’s not all they do at Straub’s Powersports, located at 200 South Patton Road. The business offers used cars and trucks, auto accessories and services, and barbecue grills. They also do: windshield replacement/repair, spray-in bedliners, wheels and tires, tool boxes, lift kits, exhaust, airbags, front/rear bumpers, grill guards, flatbeds, bed covers, running boards, lightbars, winches, 5th wheel hitch, receiver hitches, trailer repair, remote state, side mirror repair and intoxalock.
CFMoto is quickly rising as a leading manufacturer of all-terrain vehicles and utility-terrain vehicles, Blakeslee said. The company was started in China but now has a U.S. headquarters in Minnesota. The vehicles are designed in the USA and built in Mexico.
Straub’s Powersports is a family oriented dealership company that pledges to operate with honesty, integrity and loyalty. For more information call 620-617-0406 or visit the website www.straubpowersports.com.
Chamber announcements
• Legion Soup Supper at the VFW, 5:30-7 p.m. Monday.
• Veronica Coons, Barton County Conservation District manager, invited land owners to the 2025 annual Locally Led Work Group for Barton and Pawnee County from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, at the American Ag Credit Building, 800 South Patton Road, Great Bend. RSVP now by calling 620-792-3346 so they can have a head count. To participate virtually, contact her office for a Zoom link. Call 620-792-3346, ext. 303 or email bcconservation.dis@gmail.com.
Coons also noted that the annual nursery tree sale is going on now through March 20. Check the Barton County Conservation District’s Facebook page for details.
• Kimberly Becker with Move Your Mountain Coaching & Consulting has some free workshops coming up.
“When Everybody Leads” is a one-day event for nonprofits on March 4. It runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Chamber Office and lunch is provided. The deadline to sign up is Feb. 24.
A free lunch & learn program, “The Power of Vulnerability,” will also be March 4 from noon to 1 p.m. at the Great Bend Chamber. The deadline to register is Feb. 28 with a maximum of 15 registrations. For either of these programs, call or text Becker at 620-282-8970 or email moveyourmountain19@gmail.com.
“Embracing You: The Journey to Self-Love and Empowerment,” takes place at 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 22, at The Fieldhouse. Limited seats are available and the deadline to register is Feb. 17. Call or text Becker at 620-282-8970 or presenter Dina Morales at 620-617-2993.
• The 2025 American Heart Association Heart Walk, sponsored by Heart of Kansas Family Health Care, will run from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Great Bend Rec Activity Center. Breakfast will be provided at this fundraiser for the Heart Association.
• It’s not too early to sign up for Red Shoes and Bunco & Bags on March 28 or the Men’s Night Out Cornhole on March 29, both fundraisers for the Family Crisis Center in Great Bend. Find details on the website https://www.familycrisiskansas.com/.
• The next Chamber Coffee will be at 9 a.m. Feb. 20 at the Chamber Office, hosted by Freaking Delicious Cheesecake Company.
