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 Undersheriff Stephen Billinger, left, and Lieutenant Bryan Volkel from the Barton County Sheriff’s Office receive 14 sensory kits from Great Bend Pilot Club member Chris Rippel, center. Sensory kits calm children with autism. Kits contain sunglasses (donated by 10th Street Eyecare Center), squeezable brain (donated by The University of Kansas Health System - Great Bend campus), soothing cloth (sewn by Pilot member Billie Bonomo), headphones, fidget spinner, and toys. The Pilot Club is giving kits to police departments in Claflin, Hoisington, Ellinwood, and Great Bend. Above: Barton College Security Officer Dave Brown receives sensory kits from Pilot member Billie Bonomo.