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Andrew Bair offered a sobering glimpse Dec. 16 into the daily work lives of employees at the Ellsworth County Medical Center as they deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
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In a normal year, the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter would have published its winter high school sports previews several weeks ago. This has been anything but a normal year.
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The Lady Bearcats, coming off a 5-16 season, are looking for a new lineup to step up and replace five senior starters lost to graduation.
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Buck and Joyce Strong of Ellsworth celebrates their 70th wedding anniversary Dec. 24.
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Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Meier of Lincoln, Kan. will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Jan. 2.
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Dear Santa,
How do you deliver all those toys? I take my dishes to the sink. Please bring me PikMi Pops. I like your elves.
Love,
Madelyn
In 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.
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