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McPherson Arts Alliance Artists, previously known as the VAAM Gallery Artists, will be returning for the 17th Annual residency at the Red Barn Studio Museum, 212 S. Main St., Lindsborg, from July 21 through July 27. The artists will work simultaneously in a variety of mediums in the Red Barn Studio.

LINDSBORG — Holly Lofton stood inside the meeting room of downtown Lindsborg’s J.O. Sundstrom Conference Center Wednesday, July 10, and quietly questioned the seven people around her. What does prosperity look like in rural Kansas? she asked.

Topping the short agenda during Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth County commissioners was a report on the efforts to eradicate musk thistle in the county.

KANOPOLIS — The Kanopolis Men’s Club received the Volunteer of the Year Award Saturday night in Kanopolis City Park to cap off the two days of food and fun known as Fort Harker Days. “Being a small town, we all have to pitch in and help keep this town looking good,” said Mayor Anthony Hopkins.

WILSON — The Parish Hall in St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church is hot and crowded in the days leading up to the Wilson After Harvest Czech Festival.

From the files of the July 18, 1957 Ellsworth Reporter. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY Sometime between Monday night and early Tuesday morning the small brick structure back of the Flanders & Horejsi Insurance office was broken into, but as nearly as can be ascertained no merchandise was taken.

From the files of the July 11, 1957 Ellsworth Reporter. LEGEND SLEEPY HOLLOW COULD CONCERN US By George Jelinek In recent years much has been said and suggested but very little done in promoting the welfare of our community.

Grain prices mostly up for the week Prices paid for grain at the Ellsworth Co-op at the end of the business day, Monday, July 8, were: Wheat, bu. — $4.11, up 2 cents from July 1. Milo, bu. — $3.60, up 24 cents. Soybeans, bu. — $7.33, down 11 cents. Corn, bu. — $4.10, up 24 cents.