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From the files of the January 26, 2012 Conservation Issue of the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter.

It is time to celebrate Kansas’ birthday and the Smoky Hill Museum will be doing it up right. Take the whole family to the museum in downtown Salina and enjoy the fun at the free Kansas Day celebration, from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1.

Grain prices mostly up for the week Prices paid for grain at the Ellsworth Co-op at the end of the business day, Friday, Jan. 17, were: Wheat, bu. — $4.56, up 1 cent from Jan. 13. Milo, bu. — $3.19 down 1 cents. Soybeans, bu. — $8.17, down 12 cents. Corn, bu. — $3.54, down 1 cent.

The Hays-based Sunflower Electric Power Corporation has merged with Mid-Kansas Electric Company Inc. The marriage of the two cooperatively operated, wholesale electric utilities incorporates Mid-Kansas into Sunflower.

The Ellsworth County Medical Center board of directors is looking for a new board member. Tammy Moore, who had been on the board six months, announced her resignation at the end of the Jan. 15 board meeting, effective immediately.

Larry Pacey of Ellsworth, will celebrate his 80th birthday Jan. 27. Larry was born Jan. 27, 1940 in Clay Center, Kan. He moved to Ellsworth in 1948 with his parents and sister, Phyliss. He is owner of Pacey Construction Co II.

Thyfault receives national scholarship Wilson High School student Brandalyn Thyfault is one of 548 students nationwide and only seven in Kansas to receive a scholarship for $10,000 from the Horatio Alger Association. Over 35,000 students applied for the scholarship nationwide.

THURSDAY, JAN. 23 USDA COMMODITIES: USDA Commodities will be distributed beginning at noon at the Ellsworth County Medical Center Administration building. Information: Anita Hoffhines, (785) 531-0160. NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY: The Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce conducts an after hours at 4:30 p.

At the Jan. 15 meeting of the Ellsworth County Medical Center board of directors, chief executive officer Andrew Bair offered preliminary estimates on the cost of a proposed 8,000 square foot “Physical Medicine Outpatient Gym”, which could be used by the community as a wellness center.