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HOLYROOD — A brief preliminary review of insurance choices for the former Central Plains Middle School building in Bushton was given to the Central Plains USD 112 board of education Monday during the monthly meeting at Central Plains Elementary School in Holyrood.

Family Reunion Bailey Family The descendants of Martin Luther and Annetta (Livingston) Bailey gathered June 9 at the Ellsworth Senior Center for the annual Bailey Family Reunion. Memories, pictures and food were shared throughout the afternoon with the 77 family members in attendance.

Ellsworth Junior/Senior High School also will benefit from a construction project at Ellsworth Elementary School.

For more than two decades, lots east of Evans Street in east Ellsworth have stood empty, never living up to the development potential envisioned by the land’s original owner. However, there are no guarantees that development won’t take place in the future.

Two more budget requests for 2020 were presented to Ellsworth County commissioners Monday during their weekly meeting. Sheriff Murray Marston submitted a 2020 budget request of $1,492,195.20 — nearly 13 percent higher than the $1,300,000 budget presented for 2019.

Danielle Rohr always seemed to know her place in this world was center stage. But as a teenager in a small, central Kansas town located more than 1,400 miles from either coast, she never thought it was possible.

On mornings that it hasn’t rained, three members of the Ellsworth Kiwanis Club can often be found at the new spray pad in Preisker Park, using a nozzle and hose they borrowed from the Ellsworth Volunteer Fire Department to water the grass around the pad.

Pastor’s Podium The parable of the Good Samaritan is often understood as Jesus is the poor guy laying in the ditch, bloodied and beaten and left for dead by evil people, and we’re the Good Samaritan, who comes along and loves and serves Jesus with our gifts, our mercy, and our compassion.

Courtesy Photo Biking Across Kansas traveled through Dorrance June 11 and several community children set up a lemonade stand in the Dorrance City Park near the recently added Veterans Memorial.