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The Ellsworth High School Alumni Banquet takes place at the Ellsworth American Legion building. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. for social hour, with the banquet at 6 p.m. The catered meal is by Maupin BBQ. A small cash bar will also be available.
Read moreThe rescheduled Ellsworth Jr./Sr. High School band and choir concert is at 7 p.m. in the school’s Performing Arts Center.
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Makenna Haas, Ellsworth Jr./ Sr. High School senior, is graduating from high school Sunday with a number of honors and experiences under her belt. She will walk across the stage as something no other young lady in her class can claim — she is a firefighter.
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In a previous adventure on The Way West, a young Phillipe St. George Cooke arrived at Cantonment Leavenworth, Fort Leavenworth’s earliest designation, in the spring of 1829. 2nd Lt. Cooke was with four companies of the 6th Infantry Regiment under the command of Maj. Bennett Riley. Within two weeks, he took the field in a campaign to protect freighting companies from marauding Pawnees along the Santa Fe Trail. The campaign kept the troops in the field throughout the summer.
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PRAIRIE VILLAGE — Ellsworth senior Brendan Anderson took 11th place at the state tennis meet May 10-11.
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BELLEVILLE — In their final regular season game of the year, the Bearcat softball team took two wins against Republic County May 9 on the road. The first game ended 9-3 and the second 15-6.
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