Of special interest in this year's Primary Election was the Constitutional Amendment on abortion rights. The amendment would determine whether the state constitution should include a provision that says it does not provide access to abortion. Although voters in Rooks County were in favor of the proposed amendment by a vote of 1151 Yes, 3602 No, it was rejected across the state by an approximate 60%-40% vote.

Marlene Caroline (Schoenthaler) Deutscher, age 98, of Ellis, Kansas, passed away July 28, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Society, Ellis.

She was born February 26, 1924, on the family farm north of Ellis to Jacob W. and Mary (Ast) Schoenthaler. She was the last of nine children born to this union.

Harry Crawford Purdum IV passed away on July 28, 2022, at his home in Stockton at the age of 56.