Safety of marijuana use uncertain

Tom Dean, M.D.There are so many questions. Is it safe? Does pot smoking lead to the use of hard drugs? What is the risk of pot smoking during pregnancy? Does marijuana have medical value in treating disease? Does smoking pot relieve the side effects of cancer treatment?

Flag speaks to all in different ways

My mother kept almost everything from organizations she belonged to. Recently I came across an article from a 1954 Grange newsletter. (Grange was a farm organization.) It is as timely now as it was then as we celebrate our Nations Birthday.

Finding rest in Christ alone

Read Hebrews 4Have you ever worked so hard that once you got the chance to sit down you fell asleep? Or, have you ever been so tired, didn’t realize it, that once you sat down you woke up from a four hour nap? This is how some people imagine our lives in Christ to be.

Rely on God’ promises, not excuses

The Beginning of KnowledgeThere are many tasks and responsibilities that are waiting in the very near future. No one can escape the fact that life comes with many requirements for action. A person’s duties can be enjoyable, or they may be distasteful but, either way, they cannot all be avoided.

Daily walks help prevent heart attacks, strokes

Your steps countWe have long advocated walking, with an ultimate goal of 10,000 steps or step equivalents a day, every day, no excuses, as a consistently good way to protect your health.

Benefit wrestling match held in City Park

Extracted from Newspapers at the Genealogy Library25 Years Ago June 23 - 29, 1999Kayla Holding and Lauren Hale, both of Columbus, will exhibit Angus cattle at the 1999 National Junior Angus Show at the Tulsa State Fairgrounds in Tulsa.

Several options for treating incontinence

As husband-and-wife urologists, we talk a lot about the urinary tract and how it affects our patients.In women, the most common urinary concern is incontinence, or the involuntary leakage of urine. There are several causes, and many treatment options exist depending on the type.

New scoreboard at Little League field

25 Years Ago June 23 - 29, 1999Kylee Robison and her llama, Chall-n-ger, were named grand champions in the youth costume division of the Cherokee County Llama Show.

Valens one of first great Latino rockers

This is the final column about the three rock ’n roll musicians that perished in that wintery fatal plane crash just outside of Clear Lake, Iowa on February 3, 1959.I think most of us have a “bucket list” of things we would like to do while we are still on this earth.

Kansas Legislative hotline

Information about the 2023 Kansas Legislature is only a phone call or chat away, the State Library of Kansas reminds residents. The toll-free number for the Legislative Hotline is 1-800-432-3924. Calls are answered by experienced reference and research librarians at the State Library.