Thanksgiving Day marks the start of the Christmas holiday season — traditionally known as the season of giving. In that spirit, the Independent-Reporter visited food banks in Ellsworth County to update our readers on their status. Here is what we found:
As toy store owner Deborah Briggs gets ready for the grand opening of Trollslända Toy Store on Saturday, Nov. 28, she talks about how people often ask her background, and what led her to open an independent toy store, now a rarity in the midwest.
Above, before the Veterans Day presentation at Kanopolis Middle School, U.S. Navy veteran Bob Raney, middle, talks to Army veteran Dave Koralek, right, as Raney’s brother, Jack, listens.
The Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo School Board tackled athletic uniform replacement at Monday’s meeting at the district office in Ellsworth. Ellsworth Junior/Senior High School principal and former athletic director Ken Winhold submitted a plan from current athletic director Ron Davis Jr. to rotate uniform replacements — much like the board’s five-year capital outlay plan.
