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Patrick Hoffman envisions an Ellsworth County that offers a good quality of life for his parents and grandparents — and also opportunities for his three young children to settle in their hometown as adults.

New Ellsworth resident Don McKnight brought something special with him in August when he moved from Colorado. McKnight is a master falconer who shares his home with six falcons. The beauty and grace of the birds were apparent on a training run during a recent Saturday morning in February.

Can you believe it is February 2020? I’m afraid to blink — time is going so fast. People, enjoy your lives, be the best you can be now, don’t put off what you enjoy till tomorrow because tomorrow will be gone and in the past and it will be too late!

The County Liners 4-H club met Jan. 20 at the Geneseo United Methodist Church. President Noah Goss called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Colton Habiger and Britta Goss led the Pledge of Allegiance and 4-H pledge.

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.