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Editor’s note: Mark Inman Seitz worked for the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter for many years. He was a journalist, sports writer and all round funny guy. He passed away May 12, 2022.

In the fall of 1862 the U.S. fleet operated relatively unopposed in the Confederate-held territory on the Mississippi River, and the river’s larger tributaries. In response, Confederate Major General Theophiles H.

The Kansas Legislature shields itself from public scrutiny through secrecy, confusing shell games and silenced opposition.

The analysis elsewhere on this page from Sherman Smith and the Kansas Reflector is a much longer story than we had space to print. However, the long version can be found on the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter website at www.indyrepnews.com or on the Reflector site at kansasreflector.

I offer a point of consideration for proponents of antiabortion laws. Do you agree that men have a role in the pregnancy of women? Of course, you do. Given that truth, if women are forced to carry the burden of birth, what burden should the father be forced to carry?

In the April 21 edition of the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter, we published a cartoon that prompted an outcry from Wilson residents and several e-mails.

Since 1984, the first full week of May has been known as Teacher Appreciation Week. Since then — and rightfully so — the staff who support our teachers and students have been included.

To the Wilson residents —Several years ago, your Wilson USD 112 board members voted to close the high school at Bushton. We didn’t hear any comments from you how sorry you were that we lost our ONLY school in Bushton. We weren’t fortunate to still have our K-6 in Bushton, as you still do.

The Kansas Legislature returned for session the last week of April. The key item was to finalize the budget as well as finish up some policy initiatives and consider whether to override vetoes from the governor.

Like so many who had served in the terrible Civil War, Warren Young Jenkins returned to Illinois from the Civil War in 1864, and “went to housekeeping” with his new bride, Sarah V. (Boone).