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John Bunyan once said, “Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will make a man cease from prayer.” Some of the hardest words in the English language to say are, “I have sinned”. None of us like to admit it. It is easier to blame someone else or to just pretend it never happened. That is exactly the setting in Psalm 51. David has committed terrible sin and will not admit it for almost nine months. Finally, David prays and confesses his sin to God.
Read moreWill the Ellsworth Municipal Swimming Pool open as usual on Memorial Day Weekend? Will Cowtown Days dance down the streets of downtown as they have almost every year since anyone can remember?
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Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic that closed Kansas schools for the final weeks of the 2020-21 academic year, districts scrambled to find ways to recognize seniors in creative ways. At the top, Wilson High School’s five graduates are celebrated with downtown yard signs at the end of main street. Below, are a few photos of seniors from the Ellsworth High School Class of 2020 that hang as banners from the fence at Ellsworth Elementary School. At far left is the cover of this year’s Independent-Reporter salute to graduates. You will find it in this week’s edition. Photos by Alan Rusch, Ellsworth County I-R.
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The administrative team of the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo School District will have two new members starting Aug. 1. Both are veteran educators with a variety of experience that starts at the elementary level and continues through university.
Read moreKeith Haberer thinks Ellsworth County might have found a way to prolong the life of N-95 surgical masks in this time of short supplies.
Read moreHigh schools across Kansas expect school to open this fall, and with that may come Friday night football. Yet sports during a pandemic could look different.
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