The effort is similar to the Ellsworth County summer lunch program — only it’s mobile.
The effort is similar to the Ellsworth County summer lunch program — only it’s mobile.
Dayna Love, director of nutritional services at Ellsworth Junior-Senior High School — My job is completely different. We’ve had to rethink our whole way of serving food.
Aaron and Saraya Johnson served root beer sodas Friday night from their Douglas Street restaurant during a community ‘Cruise Main Street’ Friday night through downtown. Participants were cautioned to remain in their cars and maintain the six-feet physical distancing suggested by health officials in the wave of Covid-19. ANGIE FROESE/For the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter
Editor’s Note — Journalists live with one certainty — everybody has a story to tell — and that is especially true now. With that in mind, the staff of the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter will occasionally share their stories with readers. Have one you’d like to share. The telephone number is (785) 472-5085.
Central Plains USD 112 Superintendent Greg Clark had encouraging news for the district’s parents and students March 20, during a special board meeting at Central Plains Elementary School in Holyrood.
After 136 consecutive wins, it took a worldwide pandemic to slow down the Lady Oilers. Central Plains was well on its way toward a seventh-straight state championship after its 93-47 win over Ingalls Thursday evening in round of the Class 1A State Basketball Championships in Dodge City. Less than 90 minutes later, with the final teams still on the court, the Kansas State High School Activities Association announced the tournament and season would end at the conclusion of the quarterfinal round.
Your kids are home the rest of the school year and you’re looking for something for them to do.
yearbook students at Ellsworth Junior/Senior High School returned home from regional journalism competition with a dozen awards.
New Ellsworth resident Don McKnight brought something special with him in August when he moved from Colorado.
The COVID-19 crisis has caused fear of an unprecedented magnitude of our lifetime. How do you calm your fears?
From the files of the July 28, 1988 edition of The Ellsworth Reporter.
After 136 consecutive wins, it took a worldwide pandemic to slow down the Lady Oilers. Central Plains was well on its way toward a seventh-straight state championship after its 93-47 win over Ingalls Thursday evening in round of the Class 1A State Basketball Championships in Dodge City. Less than 90 minutes later, with the final teams still on the court, the Kansas State High School Activities Association announced the tournament and season would end at the conclusion of the quarterfinal round.
The Lady Oilers played Wheatland/Grinnell at Russell for the sub-state championship game and won solidly by a whopping 82-22 score.
Editor’s Note — This editorial appeared a year ago in an Indiana newspaper. We think it is more relevant now than it was then.
Two weeks and counting. That’s how long it has been since I’ve been behind my desk at the I-R. Instead, three of us have been working remotely from our homes. Two others continue to observe the six-foot distancing rule and other safety precautions and work at 304 N. Douglas Ave. A sixth is out and about delivering the weekly papers.
Members of the Ellsworth- Kanopolis- Geneseo School District met in special session Friday, April 3, to dot the Ts and cross the Is of a learning plan required in the wake of the coronavirus that causes COVID- 19.
With the close of the Civil War, a nation turned its eyes westward.
