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More than 26,000 people in Kansas have contracted COVID-19. Roughly 350 of them have died. While that’s a low death rate, survivors talk of the brutality of the disease, and how full recovery can prove elusive even months after getting infected.

Alan Cobb, CEO of Kansas Chamber of Commerce, recently penned a column to explain how his organization decides who to endorse in political campaigns. He made the claim that their campaign efforts are 100% fact-based.

Late in July, 1853, the Cheyenne and the allied tribes of Arapaho, Sioux, Kiowa, and Plains Apache gathered to seek revenge on the Pawnee, a tribe the Cheyenne called the Wolf People.

Action taken by an active political candidate and letters previously published in the Ellsworth County Independent Reporter have prompted this letter.

Facing a horrifying midsummer surge of coronavirus cases, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly wanted to delay the start of the school year for three weeks. It seemed reasonable. Everyone wants things to get back to normal. Parents want to send their kids back to school.

Several weeks ago, the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter featured a story on Page A1 about the summer meal program that serves Wilson, Ellsworth, Kanopolis and other Central Kansas communities by providing free lunches to more than 400 children and volunteers.

My university colleagues in China, except for three localities, have gone back to full regular classes. They usually have two months of summer vacation, but this year it will only be three weeks.

Medicine Water was a renowned Cheyenne warrior and head man of the Crooked Lance warrior society in the early 1800s. In battle Medicine Water wore a coat of Spanish armor that was made of “little iron scales” the size of half dollars. Medicine Water’s oldest son was Alights on a Cloud.

Dose of common sense Dear Editor, I would like to respond to your editorial “Wear Your Mask”. I would first like to Thank our county commissioners for NOT following the governors mandate. I believe I am able to make decisions for myself about my safety.

Wichita, Kan., in 1870 was just coming into its own. The confluence of the Arkansas River and its little sister, the Little Arkansas River, provided a rich oasis of water, groves of timber, and tall prairie grass anchored in deep fertile soil.