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The Central Plains High School Oilers football team lost another road game Nov. 1, being defeated by Kiowa County at Greensburg, 48-0 in eight-man, Division One play. Oilers head coach Chris Steiner and the green and black finished the season with a 2-7 record for 72nd place in the state.

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LORRAINE — The second time proved to be the charm for the City of Lorraine. At the Oct.

Eight local and area students are among those chosen for the Kansas Honor Scholar Program, a long-standing tradition of the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment.

At the Oct. 15 meeting of the Ellsworth County Medical Center board of directors, Tina Davis, director of the rural health clinic, presented a population health strategic plan based on the Community Needs Assessment results from 2013, 2016 and 2019.

Ellsworth’s First Bank Kansas conducted its annual pumpkin decorating contest Nov. 25.

The Frank (Frantisec) Doubrava Sr. and J.J. Barta family reunion gathered Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019 at the Ellsworth Senior Center. Joe Doubrava led the group in prayer before a potluck dinner with some ethnic food that was enjoyed by all. A short meeting following.

Extension Focus National Domestic Violence Awareness Month is recognized in October. It first began in 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence as a Day of Unity to connect battered women’s advocates across the country.

Dorrance Homemakers Dorrance Homemakers met Oct. 8 at Woelks Expresso in Russell. Members recited the Flag Salute and KAFCE Creed. Roll call was answered by Joyce Langhofer with a joke, exercising 60 hours and 40 minutes of exercise and her favorite game is Dominoes.

The Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act requires all foreign owners of U.S. agricultural land to report their holdings to the Secretary of Agriculture. The Farm Service Agency administers this program for USDA.