Grain prices mixed for the week

Prices paid for grain at the Ellsworth Co-op at the end of the business day, Monday, Dec. 26, were:

Wheat, bu. — $4.33, up 10 cents from Dec. 19. Milo, bu. — $3.21, up 1 cent. Soybeans, bu. — $8.32, up 17 cents. Corn, bu. — $3.54, up 2 cents.

The co-op has locations in Ellsworth, Black Wolf, Farhman, Hitschmann, Holyrood and Kanopolis.

4-Hers to share favorite foods

Everyone has their favorite dish. Take the opportunity to see the Midway District 4-H youth share their favorite dishes at the annual Favorite Foods Show. This is a fun event that gives 4-H members an opportunity to decide on a theme and a related place setting, plan a menu and prepare their favorite item from the menu for a judge. The Favorite Foods Show will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, at the Russell County 4-H Building. The public is welcome to watch the event and support local 4-H youth, as well as sample the Favorite Foods after judging is complete around 4 p.m. If you have any questions please e-mail Marcia Gier, Midway District 4-H Youth Development agent, at marciagier@ksu.edu, or call your local extension office.

Kasper’s work featured at KC gallery

Avery Kasper, an artist who teaches in the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo School District, has been accepted into an art show at the Jones Gallery in Kansas City. She will have two works on display. A First Friday open house from 5 to 9 p.m. will coincide with the show’s opening Friday, Jan. 3. A profile on Kasper, who lives on a farm near Wilson with her husband, Paul Kasper, and their three daughters, will be featured in the Jan. 9 edition of the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter.