Candidate to speak

Democratic Congressional candidate Eli Woody, a Topeka educator, will speak at 10 a.m. Saturday at Peabody Elementary School, 506 N. Elm St.

A business meeting of Marion County Democrats will follow his presentation, which will be open to the public.

Attendees are being asked to enter through the school’s southeast door.

Additional information is available from Eileen Sieger at (620) 382-7091 or sesieger@gmail.com.

At a meeting Oct. 14 at Carriage Manor in Florence, the group heard from Elias Merkle, chairman of Kansas High School Democrats, and Caleb Newfer, that group’s development director.

County Democrats donated money to the group afterward.