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Letter to the Editor Policy

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Friday, January 13, 2023

Letters to the editor are welcome; the only requirement is they be signed by the writer. Names of writers can be withheld for valid reasons. Political endorsements will not be printed two weeks before an election.

Columbus wrestlers repeat championship

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Columbus wrestlers repeat championship

News Staff

Friday, January 13, 2023

Extracted from Newspapers at the Genealogy Library 25 Years Ago January 8 - 14, 1998 It all came down to the final match and a onepoint win in the final thirty seconds as Columbus Unified High School wrestlers repeated as champions of the Augusta Tournament.

Decorating with preserved animals fashionable by 1850s

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Decorating with preserved animals fashionable by 1850s

News Staff

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

What comes to mind when you think of Victorian antiques? Silver-plated tableware, delicate porcelain dinner services, early photographs and daguerreotypes, and souvenirs commemorating Queen Victoria herself? How about taxidermy?

Student discusses duties as BPA president

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Student discusses duties as BPA president

News Staff

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Extracted from Newspapers at the Genealogy Library 25 Years Ago January 8 - 14, 1998 Amanda Jones, a senior at Columbus Unified High School, reported at the USD493 Board of Education meeting on her duties and activities as national president of Business Professionals of America.

Basal cell carcinoma; the other skin cancer

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Basal cell carcinoma; the other skin cancer

Jill Kruse, Do

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

When people talk about skin cancer the type that most people think about is melanoma. This skin cancer follows the ABCDE rules for diagnosis. A – Asymmetry, B – irregular Border, C – more than one Color, D – Diameter more than six mm, and E – expanding in size.

Jimmy Suspenders wants a reboot

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Jimmy Suspenders wants a reboot

Clet Litter As Told To Bob Simpson

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

For the last month, nothing that Jimmy Suspenders tried had worked. He saw Doc Spicer to help shock his heart to make it stop, and then hit him with electricity paddles to restart his ticker. He figured he should try what some folks do to their computers. Reboot them and start them over.

Benders, fascinating name for restaurant

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Benders, fascinating name for restaurant

News Staff

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

My husband and I usually go out for breakfast following our Sunday Church services and this past Sunday was no different.

God promises to work with us

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God promises to work with us

Pastor Cheri Mccamey

Friday, January 6, 2023

Pastor’s Thoughts I ripped the new page of my calendar off this week, and what a feeling of victory went through me. We made it. We journeyed through 2022 with a brave heart and chin up while we cut through each day like a trek through a wild jungle.

Savage files for state representative

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Savage files for state representative

News Staff

Friday, January 6, 2023

Extracted from Newspapers at the Genealogy Library 25 Years Ago January 1 - 7, 1998 George Savage, of Riverton, filed as a candidate for Kansas state representative from the first district. The post of first district state representative is currently held by Tim Shallenburger of Baxter Springs.

All who believe become children of God

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All who believe become children of God

News Staff

Friday, January 6, 2023

Messages from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Christmas morning brings our thoughts to the child in a manger, the Christ child. But the Christmas reading is from the Gospel of John. There is no mention of the Christmas story at all in this reading. No baby Jesus. No Christ child.

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