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Dear Editor and Citizens of the Ellsworth area: Memorial Day. For many years, the Ellsworth American Legion and VFW, have together, honored our fallen warriors that rest in the hallowed rounds around the central Ellsworth County area, including the cemetery in Carneiro, the Kanopolis City Cemetery and Buckeye Cemetery and the Ellsworth area, including the East and West cemeteries, the War Memorial at the county courthouse, the river bridge and the Old North Church. It has been an honor and privilege to do this year and after year.
Read moreContrary to what some of the pundits may say, America is a land of benevolent, compassionate and giving people as is evidenced by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Actually, this spirit is nothing new to our nation.
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Covid-19 has certainly heightened our awareness of the potential for deadly disease to run through the population. The very idea of a pandemic seemed far away from American shores until it wasn’t.
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When we, as teenagers, leave our homes to pursue our future careers in college or begin our time in the workforce, we tend to forget where our lives truly began.
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“Prior to 1870, Barton County was the home of the buffalo, antelope, elk and deer, and for several years after the county began to be settled, these kings of the plain roamed over the prairies of the county in countless numbers. Buffalo were even killed on the town site of Great Bend long after the first settlers had located there, and antelope were seen by the hundred as late as 1875. As the county became more populous all these disappeared.”
Read moreKerianne Ehrlich plans to begin looking at the festivals and other large gatherings this summer in light of the COVID-19 crisis, the supervisor of the Ellsworth County Health Department told commissioners at their weekly Monday meeting.
Read moreFor the most part, we’ve been impressed with the efforts of local government entities to follow the Kansas Open Meetings Act.
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