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At Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth City Council, approval was given to a $48,083.35 bid from City Plumbing to complete the Evans Street sewer extension and to use TIF (Tax Increment Financing) funding to finance the project.

Every piece of Dryden pottery Pauline Zvolanek removes from the display case at Ellsworth’s Hodgden House Museum to dust and catalog, she wonders — Did I have a hand in making this? There is probably no answer to that question, but one thing is certain.

Three local state legislators — Rep. Steven Johnson, R-Assaria; Sen. Rick Wilborn, R-McPherson; and Rep. Troy Waymaster, R-Bunker Hill — began Saturday’s hour-long Legislative Coffee at Grandma’s Soda Shop in Wilson with a briefing on Medicaid expansion and other major topics.

Andrew Bair, chief executive officer of the Ellsworth County Medical Center, gave a brief update on possible participation in the proposed Ellsworth American Legion Community Center Feb. 19, during the monthly meeting of the hospital board of directors.

LORRAINE — The water table in Lorraine is rising. At the Feb. 18 meeting of the Lorraine City Council, Larry Klug, maintenance director, said the city’s water well has two more feet of water now than at this time last year.

Grain prices down for the week Prices paid for grain at the Ellsworth Co-op at the end of the business day, Monday, Feb. 24, were: Wheat, bu. — $4.14, down 13 cents from Feb. 14. Milo, bu. — $3.02, down 6 cents. Soybeans, bu. — $7.69, down 20 cents. Corn, bu. — $3.37, down 6 cents.

When I was a pastor in New Jersey some decades ago, two of my parishioner-families were from Nazi Germany. Ironically one couple and another lady both came to America to escape to a better life in America.

From the files of the November 14, 1991 edition of The Ellsworth Reporter. 139 YEARS AGO November 17, 1881 Mrs. John Tyler, wife of the Methodist minister at Sylvan Grove, Lincoln county, a few days ago, gave birth to four female children — all were born alive.

The 2020 Midway District 4-H Club Day will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, at Wilson High School. Top placing entries selected by judges will become eligible to participate Friday, March 13, in the regional competition in Great Bend..

Grain prices down for the week Prices paid for grain at the Ellsworth Co-op at the end of the business day, Friday, Feb. 14, were: Wheat, bu. — $4.27, down 2 cents from Feb. 3. Milo, bu. — $3.08, down 1 cent. Soybeans, bu. — $7.89, up 25 cents. Corn, bu. — $3.43, down 1 cent.