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Baring illness or some other unexpected calamity, there’s little doubt where Ellsworth’s Marvin Bush will be the morning of Thursday, Nov. 21. You can expect him to be at the Lincoln Avenue crossing, waiting for the world’s largest steam locomotive to arrive in town.

• ADVANCE VOTING — Residents can vote in advance until noon, Nov. 4, at the office of Ellsworth County clerk and election officer Shelly Vopat at the courthouse. • ELECTION — Nov. 5. • DID YOU KNOW — Kansas has a constitutional question on the ballot.

Three candidates for Ellsworth City Council — Michael Hunt, Darcy Peschka-Hansen, and incumbent Wayne Scritchfield — answered questions on a variety of topics Oct. 10 during a candidate forum at Room 900 at the Ellsworth Golf Course.

From the files of the Aug. 29, 1991 edition of the Ellsworth Reporter. 138 YEARS AGO September 1, 1881 Charley Griffee has the thanks of the Reporter office force for a fine lot of watermelon. Sensible man.

KANOPOLIS — What started as a 15- to 20-minute video has ended as an almost 57-minute documentary on the history of Fort Harker. “Fort Harker. Gateway Post to the Frontier” is set for its first public screening at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct.

KANOPOLIS — As a girl growing to adulthood in Colorado, Lynn Scates Adams had heard vague stories of her great-grandfather’s twin brother, Charles Sternberg, the fossil hunter. It wasn’t until later that she started researching her family’s history and discovered more than she ever expected.

The 2020 Census will take place April 1. Not only is the census easy and safe — it is important that everybody be counted. “In the State of Kansas, approximately $6 billion comes into the state each year based off of the census count,” Emily Kelley, U.S. Census Bureau said.

Pastor’s Podium At the end of the month the Lutheran Church commemorates the Reformation which began Oct. 31, 1517. This year will be the 502nd anniversary of Martin Luther posting the 95 Theses on the church door in Wittenberg.