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We haven’t counted, but probably no one has more photos in the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter archive files than Kermit Rush.
Read moreFarm dogs hold a special place in the day-to-day operations of many family farms and ranches. For my family, our dog serves many important roles. Very quickly after our dog Rosie Bo was brought home to the farm as a tiny puppy, she assumed the role of head of farm security. Over the last few years, she has worked hard to ensure opossums avoid our porches, deer stay out of our yard, birds are made aware of a strict no fly zone near her human’s house, and all shadows of the night get a good barking.
Read moreThe 1886 creation of Seward County in southwest Kansas brought immediate conflict over the location of the county seat.
Read moreWe like to think the women and men we select to represent us in public office go there to work in the best interests of their constituents. Not just their Republican or Democratic constituents, but their state and districts as a whole. Sometimes that means going along with the majority. Other times it means using common sense and experience to set an example for the voters who put you in office and even lead them in a different direction, if necessary.
Read moreJohnson County, Kan., was established by Kansas Territorial government on Aug. 25, 1855, in honor of the Rev. Thomas Johnson.
Read moreIn those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
Read moreBack in May of this year, I wrote a story of Robert Poisal’s “lost summer.”
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