Mary Soukup is appointed to Ellsworth City Council

By Mark Gardner

Ellsworth resident Mary Soukup will replace Ellsworth city council member Holly Fries and finish out her term, which runs through November of 2019. The decision came Monday night as Fries said good-by. She and her family plan to move to Salina.

After seven years on the council, Fries has decided to close one chapter of her life as Soukup begins a new one. Soukup has been in policy making since graduating from Kansas State University, including a stint working in Washington D.C..

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