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Once calves are born into a beef cattle herd, there is no better sight than watching them get up and begin to nurse their mamas.

Holm Automotive Center, Inc. of Abilene has been awarded a 2020 DealerRater Dealer of the Year Award, which recognizes auto dealerships across the U.S. and Canada who deliver outstanding customer service, based on consumer reviews written on DealerRater.com.

Failing to plan for long-term care expenses may leave aging men and women with little or no assets late in life. AARP says that the cost of long-term care continues to rise and the array of options can make it difficult for families to find the best, most affordable care.

KANOPOLIS — Jon Halbgewachs of Ellsworth’s Kirkham Michael & Associates presented information to the Kanopolis City Council Feb. 11 on a new cost share program available from the Kansas Department of Transportation. “It is a competitive grant program for transportation related projects,” he said.

Ellsworth County’s Josh Svaty will be the speaker at Sunday’s 2 p.m. annual meeting of the Ellsworth County Historical Society at the Senior Center.

Courtesy Photo These four students from Ellsworth Junior/Senior High School were pages with Rep. Steven Johnson Thursday, Feb. 6. Shown are, from left: Isabelle Lindsley, Rebekah Vague, Lt. Gov. Lynn W. Rogers, Rep. Johnson, Zoe Wimmer and Peyton Coonrod.

Editor’s Note — The first installment of 2019 — The Year in Review appeared January. This second installment will be followed in a future edition with more stories from this past year.

WILSON — Six-year-old Jonathan Soukup of Wilson helped his parents, Justin and Jocelyn, raise 12 chickens from the time they were chicks in hopes of someday entering them in the Ellsworth County Fair. Unfortunately, those hopes have been dashed.

Kansas is unmatched in its tracking of ex-convicts, resulting in more than 21,000 people convicted of sex, drug or violent crimes being registered on a public database. One of them is Marc Schultz, who was convicted of manslaughter for hitting and killing a cyclist while driving drunk in 2010.

Although there was no school for Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo USD 327 due to President’s Day, 60 Ellsworth Elementary School second through fourth graders spent Monday at the school learning leadership and having fun at the Bearcat Youth Leadership Academy.