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It’s Kansas Day! Happy 163rd birthday to our favorite state! We are lucky enough to live in the 5th largest county in the beautiful state of Kansas – and these are the 5 things you should know that You Are Here Agriculture Education teaches us about Greenwood County: 5. GW County is the 5th largest in Kansas 4. Only 4% of the Tallgrass Prairie remains in the world, and the majority of that is in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

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Patience is a virtue. That’s what we always hear anyway. Well it’s a virtue that can be hard to hold on to sometimes. At least in my experience. We have big plans that we can’t wait to come to fruition. We set goals and sometimes it’s hard to accept a slow go waiting for that goal to become a reality. We often think it’s all or nothing when it comes to goal-setting. We think we have to do this or that and stay hyper-focused. Well that’s not always necessarily the best or most successful way to achieve what you’re looking for.

One unique quality of farmers and ranchers is they work together as a family. Taking care of livestock and crops requires everyone in the family — even small children doing chores like feeding bucket calves, collecting eggs and feeding chickens — to be a part of the work.

The Fancy Mustangs 4-H Club held their monthly meeting on Dec. 28. A joint meeting will be held with the Harmony Sunflowers and the date is to be determined.

As in the past, the Eureka Knights of Columbus Chapter No. 7291, held their annual “Tootsie Roll” sales promotion to secure funds to support other community projects. Last week, local Knights of Columbus members presented two checks to area schools. On Thursday, Grand Knight Brook Mitchell and Kurt Seiter presented a check, in the amount of $237.08, to Hamilton USD 390 Superintendent Mike Ronen and Principal Stephanie Nelson. On Friday, Mitchell presented a check, totaling $301.72, to Scott Hoyt, Superintendent of USD 389 Eureka, for the Special Education Program.

The air temperature outside is two degrees and the snow flurries are beginning to accumulate. In times such as these, my Grandmother Lane would tell me that it was too cold to snow. I looked out my window and watched the dry snow float down, then blow across the sidewalks until it caught on a grassy surface. It would be a good morning for a nap if I

The family and friends of Lois French are requesting a card shower and best wishes in honor of her 99th birthday on Jan. 30.

The bi-monthly meeting of the Greenwood County 4-H Council was held on Jan. 15, at 6 p.m. via Zoom due to the extremely cold temperatures with 11 members, five leaders, one agent and one program assistant in attendance.