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If you have a love for your community, would like to do something spectacular for your friends and neighbors and have a few dollars to spare, there is still time to contribute to the Post Rock Community Foundation Action Fund, an unrestricted community grant fund that supports projects and programs focused on improving the quality of life in the Post Rock area.

Feb. 1st is marked as National Unclaimed Property Day, and the Kansas State Treasurers’ Office says there is quite a bit of money left unclaimed in Kansas. “Our office currently holds more than $500 million in unclaimed property for Kansans,” Kansas Treasurer Steven Johnson said in a news release. “It is estimated that one in 10 people nationwide has unclaimed property – so it’s worth checking regularly to see if you, your family, or friends have funds available to claim. The news release says the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators (NAUPA) estimates that nearly 33 million people in the United States have unclaimed property. This amount could be in financial accounts or items of value in which the owner has not initiated any activity for a number of years. When the company cannot locate the owner, the assets are given to the state. Some of those assets could be unpaid life insurance benefits, forgotten bank accounts, safe deposit boxes, and unused rebate cards. It is free for Kansans to search for and claim unclaimed property, and the news release says to be wary of third-party individuals offering to assist in filing claims for a fee. While some operate legally, there are also bad actors who use the promise of assistance as a hook for scams. Feel free to call my office in Topeka to check for your name or visit https://www. kansasstatetreasurer.com.

Two hundred bulls and female Gelbvieh (Gel-fee) cattle are heading to the Post Rock Cattle Company’s annual auction Feb. 25. Leland Clark, senior partner in Post Rock Cattle Company, said between the DNA testing, the Genomic Enhanced Expected Progeny Differences, and ultrasound technology they use on their cattle should give people confidence the breeding bulls they are purchasing are top quality. A list of prestigious awards presented in the past few years also validates the quality of the company’s resident sires. They won seven banners in the American Gelbvieh Foundation Scale and Rail contest and had two resident sires awarded the Grand Champion Pen of Carcass Value Steers, Probity in the Balancer division and 32F9 (Roy) in the purebred division. This brings to four the number of resident herd sires to have achieved that honor.

Lincoln County Spelling Bee winners

The Kansas State Historic Preservation Office (KSHPO) announced the seven recipients of the 2023 Heritage Trust Fund Grant Awards. The Old Sylvan State Bank building on Sylvan’s Main Street will receive $100,000 to aid in renovation costs for the building. The grant funds will be used to help stabilize and reconstruct portions of the roof and floor structure after a collapse occurred last spring.

The Sylvan Speech and Drama team captured second place at the Norton Invitational Tournament Saturday, February 4, qualifying eight events for the State Championship.

While the exact number varies, researchers put the average number of women-owned businesses across America at about 40 %. That number takes a leap in Lincoln’s downtown where nearly all are women owned and/or managed.

The months of January and February are often slow months in the retail business. No one wants to go outside when Mother Nature brings Antarctica to our town. Some of us are still broke from Christmas. It’s often a stretch to figure out something fun to do to celebrate Valentine’s Day.