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After having to cancel the 2020 Annual Bailey Family Reunion (due to COVID), the descendants of Martin Luther and Annetta (Livingston) Bailey were able to gather June 13, 2021 at the Ellsworth Senior Center for the annual Bailey Family Reunion.

It was a regular meeting of the USD 327 Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo school board, yet it also was a time for goodbye. During Monday night’s meeting at the district office, board member Peggy Svaty recognized Superintendent Dale Brungardt who was attending his last meeting as superintendent.

WILSON — Monday’s meeting of the Wilson City Council only lasted a little more than 30 minutes due to the absence of several council members. That absence, however, didn’t keep the council from action. After a 15-minute hearing on inoperable vehicles at 203 25th St.

LORRAINE — A proposed community garden at city hall was the main topic of discussion during the June 17 meeting of the Lorraine City Council. The brief meeting lasted 30 minutes.

CLAFLIN — Members of the Central Plains USD 112 board of education were presented with several options for the future configuration of the district Monday during their monthly meeting at Central Plains Junior-Senior High School in Claflin.

Kenny Beneda, Chairman of the Ellsworth County Medical Center Board of Trustees, is pleased announced June 9 is pleased to announce the selection of James ( Jim) Kirkbride as the new chief executive officer.

Team Finke pauses for a picture Friday during the start of the annual Ellsworth County Cancer Fund Triathlon. This year’s theme was “Hope Soars.” About a dozen teams took part in the event, which was canceled last year due to COVID-19.

First Kansas to close Lorraine branch   Paul Snapp, president/chief executive officer of First Kansas Bank, has announced the last day of operation at the First Bank Kansas in Lorraine will be Sept. 3.

Budget requests for 2022 were once again on the agenda during Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth County commissioners. Stacie Schmidt, executive director of the Ellsworth County Economic Development, requested $75,000 for 2022. That is a 15 percent increase from the $65,000 she received for 2021.

As of the noon Tuesday, June 1, deadline, several candidates had officially filed for election to open seats on the Ellsworth County’s two school boards and five city councils. The names of these candidates will be on the Tuesday, Nov. 2, general election ballot.