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Greenwood County Appointee Sheila Koup, and Sue York of Fall River Public Library were among the 90 members of the Southeast Kansas Library System (SEKLS) who attended the Fall In-Service and Revenue Neutral Rate Hearing held August 25 at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, in Iola. Wulf Roby, Communications Coordinator for the State Library of Kansas, presented as keynote speaker. They shared information about how libraries statewide can best share their stories and market their services and programs. Attendees could attend two of these four afternoon workshops: Easy Marketing or Cut the Craptivities and AI for Public Libraries or a Library Trustee Orientation panel.

The Madison City Council approved a new island sign during their regular meeting on Monday, September 4.

Interim Road and Bridge Supervisor John Schouten provided the Road and Bridge report Monday, September 18. Schouten shared that the bridge at 250th and DD Road was needing assessed. He noted that this could potentially be moved to the top of the priority list due to the condition. Schouten shared that he had found a 2017 International truck, located in Topeka and listed on Purple Wave Auction, that he is looking into. He noted that no employee had been to look at this as of Monday morning. Schouten shared that progress continues at the Tadpole Creek crossing. Bids from Everitt Concrete for the Snell Bridge and Short bridge (located near Hamilton) were provided to commissioners for review. Discussion of plans for the Short bridge included work to prevent washouts. Work has been completed to the 140th Street bridge project. The crossing is currently in the curing stage. Commissioners approved the bid of $26,000 from Drew Ramsey of Everitt Concrete for repair of the Short bridge. Commissioners will continue reviewing the proposal for the Snell bridge. Schouten shared that forestry head was received and has been utilized in operations.

2x7.25=$105.13 I don’t know why I ever felt like summer was the best time of year. Although, I guess we are technically still in summer, that is until Saturday, when Autumn begins. These past few days have been amazing! Warm enough to not need the heater and cool enough to not need the AC. Can it be any better than that?

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Bring your friends and family to Eureka Public Library for the next Game Night on Friday, September 22, from 6 to 9 p.m. The library has several dozen board games to choose from Friday, September 22

J.R. Farmer came to Greenwood County in 1923 as the Greenwood County Agricultural Agent after graduating from Kansas State University. He held that position until 1938 when he took a job as a conservation contractor. During the time he was the Ag Agent, he took hundreds of pictures of agricultural and 4-H activities related to Greenwood County. The pictures and captions in this article are but a few that the Greenwood County Museum has for viewing. If you are interested in seeing more of the J.R. Farmer collection contact the Greenwood County Museum.

Addison Westerman recently competed at the Kansas State Fair on September 8-10, in Hutchinson. 4-H and FFA members from across the state of Kansas exhibited all species of livestock to showcase their projects from this year. Westerman is a sophomore at Eureka Junior/Senior High School and is a member of both the Eureka FFA Chapter and the Racing Wranglers 4-H Club.

Fall begins slightly after the midpoint of September. The arrival of fall may be met with joy that cooler temperatures and vividly colored leaves will soon be the norm. For others, the arrival of fall is met with some trepidation that shorter days will soon pave the way for less sunlight and the inevitable arrival of winter.