The third Tuesday of each month you will find a group of women known as the Cheer Group meeting with residents of Riverview Estates, Marquette. The group of Lindsborg women, consisting of Karen Leaf, Maridene Lundstrom, Doris Swenson, Margaret Eddy and Ave Anderson formed the group after their friend, Nancy Nelson, passed away.

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On June 28 the Great Plains Flat Track Series Motorcycle races took place six miles south of Marquette. The races, originally scheduled for May 16, were rescheduled due to wet conditions. John Rawson, who created the track, reported that he sprayed water on the track into the early hours of the morning hoping to cut down on some of the flying dust.

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By Alan Rusch Ellsworth County I-R WILSON — Lara Brockway of Salina was crowned the 2015 Miss Kansas Czech- Slovak Queen Saturday, during the 27th annual pageant conducted as part of the Wilson’s After Harvest Czech Festival. “I feel great,” she said. “I’m really excited to keep doing this for another year.” Brockway was crowned by Sara Vytlacil of Belleville, the 2014 MissKansas Czech-Slovak Queen. During her one-year reign, Brockway hopes to promote the Czech heritage within the younger generation. She also plans to stress the importance of education.

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By the I-R Staff Ellsworth resident Linda Strella hadn’t planned on participating in the first “Passport to Amazing Ellsworth.” But then she remembered the promotions that took place when she and her husband, John, owned their downtown shoe store. And how disappointedthey were when hardly anyone showed up. Strella quickly changed her mind. “I visited a lot of places,” she said. “It was fun and I did some shopping along the way.” Strella will have an opportunity to repeat her 2014 experience.

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By LINDA MOWERY-DENNING Ellsworth County I-R U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran visitedWilson Saturday morning  and voiced his concerns about a proposed agreement involving the United States and a nation thousands of miles away. An audience of more than three dozen crowded into the Senior Center to hear Moran, a Manhattan Republican who used to represent western Kansas in Congress, talk about the proposed nuclear arms treaty with Iran. The treaty, negotiated by Secretary of State John Kerry and others in the Obama

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