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Ellsworth City Administrator Scott Moore met with the Ellsworth County commissioners Monday to determine the future of a 10 feet-wide by 150 feetlong strip of county-owned ground known as the north half of Lot 22 in Block 15 in the City of Ellsworth.

Soukup receives scholarship Natalie Soukup is a 2019-20 Golden Plains Credit Union scholarship recipient. She will receive a $500 scholarship. Soukup is the daughter of Jean Soukup and Rick and Deanna Soukup and an Ellsworth High School graduate.

The fourth annual High School Forensics Showcase, presented by Sterling College was held Thursday, Sept. 12, in the Hansen Auditorium on the Kansas State fairgrounds and was hosted and organized by the Sterling College Debate and Forensics team.

Ellsworth County Medical Center chief executive officer Andrew Bair gave kudos to the hospital’s staff during the Sept. 25 meeting of the hospital’s board of directors. Bair said when it comes to quality and providing services to patients, ECMC is in the top 10.

Garden City native Kali Barnett, 34, told voters Sept. 26 she would fight for policies that help farmers and teachers if she is elected to represent the Kansas First Congressional District in the U.S. House in 2020.

Pastor’s Podium Bill McKibben, an important American environmentalist, is coming to Salina to address how the hotter summers and more intense and frequent storms are threatening our Midwestern livelihoods.

4-H Focus National 4-H Week is Oct. 6-12 and the theme is,“Inspire Kids To Do!” Coinciding with National 4-H Week is 48 Hours of 4-H which is a service-related weekend for 4-H members to give back to their communities. Nothing says “Doing” like community service and civic engagement.