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You don’t need to tell folks in western Kansas that it can get hot there. And sometimes windy. And sometimes really dry. But when all three conditions happen at the same time – and especially for a long period of time – droughts develop, crops produce less grain, and wildfires are sparked more easily.
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Above and at top, Disc golf players sling their discs Oct. 17, during the sixth annual disc golf tournament at Ellsworth’s Krizek Park. Proceeds, which are still being tabulated, went to the Ellsworth American Legion Riders. ALAN RUSCH/Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter
Read more Donna M. Wooten, 86, passed away Oct. 25, 2020 in Ellsworth, Kan.. She was born Feb. 22, 1934 in Red Rock, Okla., to Max and Mildred (Driesel) Mathis.
Donna married Horace G. Wooten, on June 15, 1951, in Shidler, Okla.
Anna Verna Bath, age 88, passed away on Oct. 11, 2020 at Columbine West Health Facility in Ft. Collins, Colo. of complications from a stroke.
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