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At 73 years of age, rural America has been in distress nearly my entire life. For most readers, few can remember true good times other than an occasional year or two. Stringing three good years together has proven to be so rare that I truly don’t recall it happening. Stories are told of the farmer who bought an 80 or a quarter-section of land in the 1950s and paid for it with his first wheat crop. Ah, those were the days!
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The Bearcat football season came to a close against the Norton Bluejays in the sectional round of playoffs Nov. 10 when the Cats lost 20-6 at home.
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KANOPOLIS — Veterans from the Ellsworth VFW Post 6485 presented the annual Veterans Day program Nov. 10 to students at Kanopolis Middle School.
Read moreCLAFLIN — The Central Plains USD 112 Board of Education met Nov. 8 to discuss what the public had to say about the superintendent search. Kansas Association of School Boards Field Specialist Gary Sechrist met with board members and disseminated information he had gleaned during his meetings with school representatives as well as an online survey.
Read moreMurmurs of excitement rippled through spectators during Monday night’s Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo USD 327 board of education meeting as updates to Ellsworth Jr./Sr. High School were discussed.
Read moreCLAFLIN — The Central Plains Board of Education USD 112 held a hearing and subsequently passed a resolution regarding enrollment of nonresidential students.
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