Royal tea party a hit with Park Elementary students

A Royal Tea Party was held to coincide with Park Elementary’s kings and queens reading unit March 31. Students were treated to snacks and were entertained by kings, queens, princes and princesses. Columbus Unified High School drama students performed as royalty for the party. Photo by Jacob Spencer.

LCC radiography students compete at conference

The Labette Community College second year Radiography Students, Director of Radiography and faculty attended the 85th Annual Kansas Society Radiologic Conference and Competitions in Lawrence March 31-April 1. Several LCC students earned a top three place during the conference.

Happy Anniversary

April 11 Dana and Jan Hilderbrand Mike and Frieda Colbert

Community groups gather to plant fruit trees in Columbus City Park

Julie Thomas and Dale Helwig carry one of the new fruit trees to it’s destination. Many hands made quick work of planting the new trees in Columbus City Park. Photo by Jacob Spencer. Streets and Parks director Randy Coble helped carry supplies and plant trees recently.

Happy BIRTHDAY

April 8 Ernie Barrett Glenn Bennett Jim Coffee Bob Duffin Sue DuRoy Jennifer Hargis Colton Kessler Judy Leighty Zachary Musgrove Cheryl Vanatta Daphnene Webster April 9 Lottie Bass James Carlson Blake Matthew Holmes Donna Winter April 10 Nancy Edson Rich Elmore Nancy...

FRIDAY APRIL 8, 2022 CALENDAR

Friday, April 8 •Knights of Columbus Fish Fry St Bridget’s in Scammon. Drive through. Begins at 6 p.m. $15. •Titan Track at Pittsburg State 3 p.m. •Titan JV Baseball tourney at Commerce 2 p.m. •Hunters Safety Course at Cherokee County Sportsmen’s Club 6 p.m.

Columbus Saddle Club presents awards

Getting together for a meal and awards ceremony, the Columbus Saddle Club held its annual banquet at the city’s community building. Members had a chance to chow down on their chicken dinners before President Jason Wells handed out a number of prizes and plaques to some of the distinguished guests.

The 1964 eighth grade class

The 1964 eighth grade class of West Mineral paid their respects to living and fallen veterans at the Columbus Veteran Memorial recently. Nancy Harrison paid respects to her father, Paul Bergant. Veteran John Johnson was honored and paid respects to his father, T. K. Johnson.

Smith is March 2022 Lion of the Month

Meeting goals and maintaining a positive reputation are important to the March Lion of the Month. Trent Smith, was recently honored by the Columbus Lions Club. Smith, a senior at Columbus Unified High School is active in both sports and academic endeavors.

FCC youth accepting donations for Ukraine

First Christian Church youth are collecting for Ukraine. “For us, like for many others, every day Ukraine is on our hearts,” a quote from a local paper. The youth of First Christian Church were asking a question that many of us have asked recently,” How can WE best help these peoples?