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A volunteer places a Christmas wreath on the grave of a veteran at Ellsworth’s east cemetery Sunday, as part of the Ellsworth VFW’s effort to place a Christmas wreath on the grave of every veteran in Ellsworth County.
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Merry Christmas! The weather outside is beautiful but in the library it’s so delightful, if you want a good place to read, come get a coffee, turn on the fire and get cozy! Not quite the same as the song but, hey, it works.
Read moreReality doesn’t follow promise
President Joe Biden’s campaign slogan, when running for President in 2020, was “Build Back Better”.
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The Fort Scott Daily Monitor published some interesting statistics related to the cattle business in their Nov. 21, 1869, edition. The information illustrates why the demand for beef in the eastern United States drew so many Texas cattl up the long trail to the cattle depots along Kansas railroads.
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Do looks really matter? This topic is better suited to philosophers, but a series of observations from my trip to the Baltics earlier this year with Kansas Farm Bureau’s Casten Fellows Program has had me questioning my belief that if something works, it does not matter if it looks good. I have pondered the value of aesthetics in the spaces where we spend our time and the possessions with which we fill them.
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