News

Tue

22

Nov

Christmas in the Valley

Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus are all set to make a special trip to Marquette Dec. 3 to open the annual “Christmas in the Valley”. They will appear at the Fine Arts Center from 2:30-4:30 p.m. to visit with the good little boys and girls. Food is always abundant at most festivals and Christmas in the Valley is no exception. Cookies will be for sale by the Starlight Club in the Fine Arts Center.

Wed

16

Nov

Ellsworth student to perform at NYC’s famed Carnegie Hall

by Adreinne Danner

New York City’s Carnegie Hall has provided a stage for iconic performers such as Isaac Stern, Louis Armstrong and Judy Garland.

In February, Ellsworth High School senior Natalie Soukup will have something in common with them when she sings with the Honors Choral Performance All Women’s Choir at the famed venue.

The honor is a great accomplishment and for Natalie Soukup, “a dream come true.”

Wed

16

Nov

Across the Generations

April Krishner, Colton Krishner and Stephen Krishner share a Veteran’s Day lunch with U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran Gary Williams at Wilson High School. Below, Kanopolis Middle School students thank the veterans for their service to the country at an assembly in Kanopolis.

Wed

16

Nov

Giving Thanks

Reservations due Monday for Ellsworth community dinner at Senior Center

By Linda Mowery-Denning

Turkey. Mashed potatoes and gravy. Green beans. Those traditional Thanksgiving dishes will all be on the menu Thursday, Nov. 24, when volunteers dish up Ellsworth’s community holiday dinner.

Organizers are prepared to serve about 250 guests at the Ellsworth Senior Center and for the first time serving will take place in two shifts — at 11:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.

Volunteers also will deliver meals to homes in Ellsworth and Kanopolis and carry out is available.

Wed

16

Nov

Three sisters remember a brother

Editor’s Note — We received the following e-mail from Sharen Resendes: Having grown up on a farm outside of Marquette and a 1963 graduate of Marquette High School, I am proud to continue to call Marquette “My Hometown.” I have subscribed to the Marquette Tribune over all these years and enjoy reading about Marquette. I thought perhaps it would be of interest to some who still remember the Atkinson family to read about the Atkinson girls latest gathering.

Special to the Tribune

Wed

09

Nov

Milo harvest is bin buster

By Mark McCoy

The combines, grain carts and trucks continue to roll across Ellsworth County as the 2016 fall harvest gears down. “It’s going slow,” Ellsworth Coop general manager Larry Sheridan said Tuesday morning. “We are probably about 95 percent done. Not everyone started all at once this year. Some have it all wrapped up, others are in the process of cutting and some haven’t even started yet.”

Wed

09

Nov

COLUMN OF FIRE

Members of the Ellsworth Fire Department knock down a blaze Friday at the home of Dave Koralek, 8 miles southeast of town. The fire, which started when a lawn mower backfired and caught nearby dry grass on fire, destroyed most of a shelter belt and fencing east of the Koralek home.

Wed

09

Nov

Honor and Respect

It was a relationship that started in 2002 outside Ellsworth’s First Presbyterian Church and eventually landed overseas at Normandy. This past spring, Lt. Col. Jim Hathaway traveled to France with the ashes of Tommy and Chris Zouzas. His mission — to scatter the ashes at Normandy in honor of Tommy, whose military career followed the major European campaigns of World War II.

Wed

09

Nov

Clerk’s race goes to the wire

The outcome of the race for Ellsworth County clerk could be decided Monday when commissioners review 68 provisional ballots. With all 25 precincts and advance ballots reporting, incumbent Shelly Bettenbrock Vopat, D-Ellsworth, was ahead of challenger Marie E. Ranker, R-Ellsworth by 64 votes, 1,349 to 1,285.

Wed

09

Nov

Christmas celebration set for Marquette

By Karen Teague