On Monday, January 29, 2023, four Ainsworth Community Schools students participated in the UNK Honor Choir Festivals. There were three select choirs at this event and our singers were selected into two. Makenna Pierce participated in the Honor Choir and Breanna McLeod, Kaitlynn Inbody and Kyla Pierce participated in the Treble Choir. Chloe DeBusk was also selected for the treble choir, but was unable to attend. Both choirs had roughly 100-120 students from across the State of Nebraska. The Treble Choir and the Honor Choir each performed four pieces in their final performances. –––––––––––– On Friday, February 3, 2023, two students traveled to Wayne, NE to participate in the Wayne State College Honor Choir Festival.

# OES Offers Scholarships Bethany Chapter #113, Order of the Eastern Star of Ainsworth, is making available three scholarships in the amount of 1 - $500.00 and 2 - $300.00 for three high school seniors from the following schools - Ainsworth High School, Rock County High School, Keya Paha County High School, West Holt High School, O’Neill Public Schools or St. Mary’s High School and Stuart High School.

The Ainsworth Wrestling Team traveled to Southern Valley in Oxford, NE for the NSAA Class D District 2 Wrestling Meet on Friday and Saturday, February 10th and 11th. As a team, Ainsworth took 15th place out of 23 teams.

Brown County Report February 5 - 11, 2023 Sunday, February 5th Responded to a report of an intoxicated driver on Highway 20. Deputies were able to locate the vehicle near mile marker 227.

“They’re trying to build a prison They’re trying to build a prison For you and me to live in Another prison system Another prison system For you and me.” --The Prison Song by System of a Down (2001) To the surprise of none and the consternation of many, me included, a new report says that before 2030, Nebraska will need another 1,500 prison beds, even after building a $350-million, 1,500-bed replacement for the aging State Penitentiary in Lincoln.

I am a defender of the Second Amendment. I firmly believe it is the one constitutional amendment which guarantees all the others. The first role of government is to defend our rights, not pass laws that further infringe upon them. The Second Amendment is already the only constitutional “right” we have to ask permission to use.