Using natural ingredients for cleaning

Being green doesn’t mean being a frog named Kermit or being Irish. It means helping the world we live in stay green and healthy.Most of us are already doing things to help, but we can do more than recycling.

Legumes healthy source of protein

Getting a leg(ume) up on better healthJust 12 percent of the U.S. population is eating 50 percent of the beef that’s consumed in a day -- and according to a study in Nutrients, a vast majority of those folks are teen and adult men.

Mogle teaches students Heimlich maneuver

Extracted from Newspapers at the Genealogy Library25 Years Ago November 9 - 15, 2000Doug Mogle, of the Cherokee County Ambulance Service, had the close attention of the majority of a group during an elementary school health seminar at Central School and demonstrated the Heimlich maneuver by using a...

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor:It is Thursday, November 6 and I am furious. Yesterday I wasn’t. I was grateful for the people who are volunteering their time to make plans for the county. They are Brett Warstler Chairperson, Scott Boyes, Roger Draeger, Randy Commons, John Lopp, and Secretary Lorie Johnson.

Cleaning with environmentally friendly products

Being green doesn’t mean being a frog named Kermit or being Irish. It means helping the world we live in stay green and healthy.Most of us are already doing things to help, but we can do more than recycling.

Summer bulbs can’t survive winter if left in ground

Garden Talk  With Cynthia Domenghini Summer flowering “bulbs” typically do not survive the winter if left in the ground. Though commonly lumped into the category of “bulbs” canna and calla lilies are actually grown from rhizomes. Caladiums and tuberous begonias are tubers.

Johnston Public Library Hours

Mondays 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursdays 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Fridays 9 a.m.-. 5 p.m. Saturdays 9 a.m. - Noon 210 W. 10th, Baxter Springs.

His people are born to build the Kingdom

From the Pastor’s PenRead Titus 3:1-11 For many, being a Christian means attending church on Sundays, perhaps on Wednesdays, and participating in various events. For others, Christianity is about doing the right thing, but they miss the essential understanding of redemption and grace.

KSU scholarship recipients named

Extracted from Newspapers at the Genealogy Library25 Years Ago November 2 - 8, 2000Kansas State University scholarship recipients include Michael Epler, James Robert Gaither, Brian Michael Rainey and Lauren Nicole Street, all of Columbus, and Rayanna J. Ezell of Galena.

God is served by giving to others

The Beginning of KnowledgeWaiters and waitresses sometimes do not get all the credit that they deserve. For instance, the first thing that they might say is: “How may I serve you today?” This is a vital question that every person should have on their lips.