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Back to school with allergies

Back to school with allergies

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Back to school with allergies

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Tuesday, August 23, 2022
For students with allergies and asthma, back to school means more than getting their backpacks filled with paper, pencils, and any needed odds and ends. Keeping your child safe and healthy involves creating a proactive plan to be implemented both at home and at school.
Fourteen new instructors in USD 493 schools

Fourteen new instructors in USD 493 schools

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Fourteen new instructors in USD 493 schools

News Staff
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
25 Years Ago August 21-27, 1997 As school started this week in Columbus USD493, there were 14 new instructors in the district’s classrooms. Michele White, of Pittsburg, is teaching Central Elementary fifth grade reading and writing. Michele J. Teel, of Columbus, is teaching Highland third Grade.
Rooted in spiritual truth first

Rooted in spiritual truth first

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Rooted in spiritual truth first

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Friday, August 19, 2022
Who am I? What is my purpose on this earth? Is there a heaven or hell? Why was I born? How do I have more faith? I love how I recently heard it said, “Natural truth should be carried in the arms of Spiritual truth.
Certain milestones mark the passage of time

Certain milestones mark the passage of time

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Certain milestones mark the passage of time

News Staff
Friday, August 19, 2022
From the time that a person is born, until the moment in which their physical existence ceases, certain milestones are passed along the way. Learning to walk, heading off to school, marriages, and other notable occasions enter the record of an individual’s accomplishments.
Baxter Springs 12 year old All Star team state champs

Baxter Springs 12 year old All Star team state champs

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Baxter Springs 12 year old All Star team state champs

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Friday, August 19, 2022
25 Years Ago August 14-20, 1997 Fred and Carey Federspiel, of Santa Fe, N.M., announce the birth of their son, Henry Clay, on August 13, 1997. Maternal grandparents are John and Carmeta Mills of Columbus. Theodore “Ted” Michael Hauser, of Frontenac, Kan.
Wellness exam time to talk health promotion

Wellness exam time to talk health promotion

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Wellness exam time to talk health promotion

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Tuesday, August 16, 2022
The annual wellness exam is one of my favorite things to do as a doctor. It’s a chance to talk about one of my passions: health promotion. As most patients expect, our health promotion discussion includes smoking cessation, diet, and exercise.
Teachers welcome students to new year

Teachers welcome students to new year

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Teachers welcome students to new year

News Staff
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
School doors are opening this week and teachers are welcoming students as a new year begins. Our family has five generations of teachers going back to the first one in our family, my grandmother Ida Meyer who began teaching in Little River before 1900.
What’s her’s is her’s, what’s mine is her’s

What’s her’s is her’s, what’s mine is her’s

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What’s her’s is her’s, what’s mine is her’s

News Staff
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Jimmy Suspenders is starting a lawn care service, so he won’t have to work in the winter. This all started cause of something he told me a few weeks ago. He said, “I need to find more work. I gotta cash flow problem. Sara makes a pretty fair income, but she’s got the attitude of most smart women.
Doug Gatewood for State Representative

Doug Gatewood for State Representative

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Doug Gatewood for State Representative

News Staff
Thursday, August 11, 2022
By Ella Buzzard & Marilyn Schmitt Extracted from Newspapers at the Genealogy Library 25 Years Ago August 7-13, 1997 Doug Gatewood, of Columbus, announced his intention to run for state representative of the First District in the Kansas House of Representatives.

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Legislature hotline

News Staff
Thursday, August 11, 2022
The Kansas Legislature is only a phone call or chat away. Kansas residents can access information about the Kansas Legislature, bill status, legislative process and more by calling 1-800-432-3924 Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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