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County Liners 4-H The County Liners 4-H club met Feb. 17 at the Geneseo United Methodist Church. Maggie Bohl called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Colton Habiger and Britta Goss led the Pledge of Allegiance and the 4-H Pledge.

Grain prices up for the week Prices paid for grain at the Ellsworth Co-op at the end of the business day, Monday, March 2, were: Wheat, bu. — $4.23, up 9 cents from Feb. 24. Milo, bu. — $3.11, up 9 cents. Soybeans, bu. — $8.01, up 32 cents. Corn, bu. — $3.40, up 3 cents. Corn, bu. — $3.

The first we know of him, he was called Abram, and the Lord told him, “Go from your country, and your kindred, and your father’s house to the land I will show you ...” Abram went as the Lord had told him. There was no question, no hesitation, Abram went.

From the files of the March 10, 1877 edition of The Kanopolis Journal. ADVERTISEMENT If you would prosper in business — locate in the growing town of Kanopolis. The future city in Kansas and next important city of the West. Kanopolis is a railroad town on the K.P. Div. of the Union Pacific R.R.

HOLYROOD — Members of the Holyrood City Council agreed Monday night to contribute up to $3,500 to repair and seal the blue floor surface on the city’s new splash pad. Mayor Brandon Koch said the cover has worn down to the concrete in a couple of places.

Seeing through eagles’ eyes, extracting strawberry DNA, and a bingo scavenger hunt are among the activities created by the Kansas Wetlands Education Center to entertain and educate budding young scientists over the spring break in March.

WILSON — Children in Wilson have reason to smile. At Monday’s meeting of the Wilson City Council, Gary Everett and Larry Ptacek, representing the Wilson Foundation, proposed pursuing a grant to purchase new playground equipment for Jellison Park.

Ellsworth businessman and Kanopolis mayor Anthony Hopkins is among 40 Kansans from across the state chosen for the Kansas Chamber’s 2020 Leadership Kansas class. The six-month program begins in late April. More than 600 were nominated.

HOLYROOD — Holyrood received a good review when visitors from Cawker City came calling in October. The splash pad. The park. Good streets. Neat lawns. “They were impressed with the community and how it looked,” said Nadine Sigle, of K-State Research and Extension’s “First Impressions” program.

Games of chance and a lot of fun were served up Saturday at the Midland Railroad Hotel in Wilson as the Wilson Chamber of Commerce conducted the annual Casino Night. Courtesy photo by Kayla Cullens