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Walk Kansas 2020 will introduce you to nine shared lifestyle traits of the Blue Zones, places across the world where people live measurably longer and healthier lives.

The Ellsworth Singers sing “Kiss the Girl” Feb. 14 at Gambino’s Pizza/Coach and Four Bowling Lanes in Ellsworth. The lunch stop was one of several singing events the students made in Ellsworth County on Valentine’s Day. ALAN RUSCH/Ellsworth County I-R

Barton students earn honors Almost two dozen students from Ellsworth County and the area have been named to honors rolls at Barton Community College at Great Bend.

Kansas employers are invited to registration for the second annual Give Back Kansas Challenge, now through March 30, and encourage their employees to participate in community volunteering during the eight week competition that runs April 6 through May 31.

WILSON — The anticipation in the Wilson School commons Feb. 12 was almost palpable as students took seats to await the start of the day. Soon, Ted Long, the school counselor, arrived. Then a chorus of young voices began to chant — “kiss the pig, kiss the pig, kiss the pig.

Continued from Page A7 “I think we should hang tight until we see what he (Jordan) comes up with,” board member Josh Hurley said.  Hurley said he wants to see what the district enrollment is for the next couple of years. “That could be  up, but that could be down too,” he said.

Many people aspire to live as healthy a lifestyle as possible, and regular exercise is an essential component of such a lifestyle. One of the hidden benefits to regular exercise is that it presents numerous opportunities to benefit the planet.

WILSON — The Central Plains USD 112 board of education went into several executive sessions during a Feb. 10 board meeting at Wilson School.

A deed published in the Feb. 6 Independent-Reporter was incorrect. It should have read Michael D. Foran conveys and warrants to the Richard A. Farney Living Trust the south half of the southwest quarter of Section 5-14-9 in Ellsworth County, Kan.

During Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth County commissioners, Paul J. Kasper, county attorney, briefly reviewed a proposed road maintenance agreement with Enel North America for work planned at the Smoky Hills Wind Farm. Enel plans to install new generators and blades in the wind turbines.