Author Jim Gray will be featured 9:45 a.m. Feb. 21 at Tabor College’s Lifelong Learning program in Tabor’s Shari Flaming Center for the Arts.

Executive director of Ellsworth’s National Drovers Hall of Fame, Gray will discuss the ties between cowboys of the past and today’s large, evolving beef industry.

He will detail ranching and trail driving’s early days, delving into the challenges of facing nature’s elements while herding cattle across the plains.

Registration for the program is $5 per session or $15 per individual for the full semester and $29 per couple.