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The next time you eat eggs for breakfast, you might want to thank Dallas Nikkel and his Mennonite family at Fifth Ave. Farms south of Marquette.
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An area pilot has now given more than 200 young people free demonstration airplane rides as part of the Experimental Aviation Association’s “Young Eagles” program. As a result, his volunteer work is introducing a new generation to the world of flight.
Read moreEugene Malir will celebrate his 90th birthday Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 with an open house for the public from 1-4 p.m. at The Barn at the Midland Hotel in Wilson, Kan. He requests no gifts but cards are encouraged. Refreshments will be served.
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From the files of the February 11, 1988 edition of The Ellsworth Reporter.
Read moreI have a policy at the I-R — if we have only enough space in an edition of the newspaper for Letters from Readers or an editorial I’ve written, the advantage almost always goes to the reader letters. That’s why you’re just now reading my thoughts on the passing of Bob Dole. As an employee of the Salina Journal, I first met Sen. Dole in the 1970s, when I moved to Kansas from Indiana. I remember calling my father, who was a huge fan, with the news. Later I would cover Sen. Dole’s three bids for the presidency and many other issues important to his constituents.
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Edwin Tyler was a new arrival to the Walnut Creek valley in the spring of 1871. Near the big bend of the Arkansas River in central Kansas, the new town of Great Bend had just been platted.
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Have we forgotten? We’re all Americans. We’re all in this together.
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