Correct boots important for winter safety

Winter weather has finally arrived this year. Getting outside for some activity, even in winter, is great for your overall health. However snow, ice, and cold can turn a stroll in the park into an obstacle course.

Mailboxes; receptacles of commerce

I have a few questions for you. See if you can guess what I am talking about. What is over 100 years old and used by most people every day? If you live on the outskirts of a town or if you live in the country you are sure to have one.

Explosion at feed mill investigated

Extracted from Newspapers at the Genealogy Library 25 Years Ago February 4-10, 1999 The Columbus Fire Department along with Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department responded to an explosion at the Butterball Feed Mill located at 6410 SW Hallowell Road, about six miles west of Columbus on new Highway...

Amethyst, highly sought after glassware

Amethyst, a variety of quartz with a vivid purple color, is the birthstone for February. It’s also a highly sought color for decorative glass. Colored glass is made by adding metallic oxides or salts to the raw material.

Bible has unlimited supply of wisdom

Almost everyone has played the game of “hideand- seek” during childhood. Trying to find someone who has put a lot of effort into concealing their location can be difficult; especially if the one doing the seeking has no idea where to begin looking.

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.

Riverton girl plays in Hawaii tourney

25 Years Ago Jan. 28 - February 3, 1999 Alin Golden, a Columbus city employee, helped to remove the old cast iron drain pipes from the city pool. The lines will be replaced with new plastic lines.

View others as God sees them

I was 18 when I went on my first mission trip. It was hard seeing these people as equals. Most of these people had literal dirt floors. Houses built entirely out of tin. Most of the people in the guest church lived in poverty.

Opinion: Happy birthday Kansas

“When anything is going to happen in this country, it happens first in Kansas,” said William Allen White, Kansas’s most famous resident (barring Paul Rudd and Superman).

Memories of good old days

I begin this week with a correction in last weeks column. I said Abraham Lincoln was the president who signed the bill for Kansas statehood. However, a friend of mine pointed out that was incorrect. It was actually President James Buchanan.