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In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Ellsworth Cutoff of the Chisholm Trail, enthusiasts gathered last weekend for the annual Chisholm Trail Conference.

Grain prices mixed for the week Prices paid for grain at the Ellsworth Co-op at the end of the business day Monday, Oct. 23, were:Wheat, bu. — $6.21, up 2 cents from Oct. 16 Milo, bu. — $5.10, down 10 cents Soybeans, bu. — $12.22, up 21 cents Corn, bu. — $4.70, unchanged.

PYW FCE OCtober meetingMembers of the Dorrance PYW FCE met Oct. 10 at the home of Mary Lee Bohnen. Roll call was taken and members in attendance were Bohnen, Rita Habbart, Betty Jo Lloyd, Donna Fay Major, Aubrey Ptacek and Mary Ann Thill.Minutes from the Sept.

WILSON LAKE — The body of a 58-yearold Salina man was recovered by search crews at Wilson Lake Oct. 12.According to the Russell County Sheriff ’s Office, Michael Wayne Larson was reported to have fallen out of a boat on the afternoon of Oct. 8 near the west end of the lake.

KANOPOLIS — Grow Ellsworth County Executive Director Stacie Schmidt hit the road Oct. 10 to discuss the 2024 Big Kansas Road Trip with residents around the county.Kanopolis was her first of five stops.The event is May 2-5, 2024.

At Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth County Commission, approval was given to contact Pattern Energy, owner of the Post Rock Wind Farm in Ellsworth and Lincoln counties, regarding a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes payment.

WILSON — Wilson Mayor Dan Taylor unexpectedly threw his hat in the ring for the upcoming Nov. 7 general election Monday, after giving permission to a request by Wilson resident Sandy Robinson to start a write-in campaign on his behalf.

The three words heard most above the bawling of the Texas Longhorn cattle across the southern plains of Texas in 1873 were “Head’ em up!”From Oct.

While Rick and Abby Seiler have owned the Coach and Four Bowling Lanes for almost three dozen years, Rick was never formally trained to repair the lane’s Brunswick pinsetter machines.“When we first started, we had a traveling pinsetter mechanic would come through once a year,” he said.

At Monday’s regular meeting of the Ellsworth City Council, action was taken to resolve conflicting city ordinances related to tree heights.According to City Administrator Dustin Stambaugh, Ordinance 12.28.