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From the files of the April 28, 1988 edition of The Ellsworth Reporter.
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The parable of the Wicked Tenants is very disturbing. The response of the people who heard this parable tells us that this is disturbing. When Jesus told this parable to the people, they responded with the words, “Surely not!”. They responded with these words in the hope that there was still time to avoid the dire prophecy in the parable.
Read moreWe relearned a hard lesson earlier this month — one that after so many years of covering county commissions, city councils and school boards should be stenciled on the wall in front of our desk at the newspaper. Our mistake? We failed to attend a special meeting of the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo School District board. There were several reasons for this, but the bottom line is that the newspaper should have had a representative there. And we didn’t. For that we apologize.
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I have often been tempted to publish a newspaper article in its entirety, but have always felt that the reader deserved more research on my part. But in this case, I didn’t think I could do better than Eli Perkins had done in his wonderful piece “Fun on the Plains,” originally published in the New York Daily Graphic and copied by the Omaha Daily Bee in its March 30, 1874 edition. I hope that you agree that in this case, Mr. Perkins has given us everything we need to know.
Read moreCounty employee leave dominated discussion at Monday’s meeting of Ellsworth County commissioners.
Read moreThe Kanopolis City Council meets at 5:30 p.m. at city hall.
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