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Ephrata teen drowns in irrigation canal

by CHERYL SCHWEIZER
Staff Writer | June 7, 2021 1:00 AM

EPHRATA — An Ephrata teenager died Thursday night, a day before his graduation, when he was swept away by the current in an irrigation canal about four miles south of Ephrata.

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