New officer joins Columbus PD

Extracted from Newspapers at the Genealogy Library 25 Years Ago September 17 - 23, 1998 Local businessman Jack Johnson has set two goals for the upcoming weekend. The first to raise $5,000 for the National Kidney Foundation and the second is to ride 40 miles on horseback.

Breast cancer can affect anyone

My mother had 6 siblings, 16 aunts and uncles, and innumerable cousins. She was the first of them all to be diagnosed with breast cancer. I think of my mom every time one of my patients tells me they aren’t concerned about breast cancer because it doesn’t run in their family.

Kansas State Fair is experience

Back years ago when my sister and I were in 4-H we would sometimes hear the mention of the Kansas State Fair in Hutchison.

Turfgrass, lawn seeding time

Although September is typically the preferred month to reseed cool-season lawns, such as tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass, with the heat we have been experiencing throughout the state, postponing may be a good idea.

Back the Badge BBQ fundraiser set October 7

Support Baxter Springs Police and Cherokee County Sheriff’s Reserves Saturday, October 7. A Back the Badge barbecue fundraiser is planned from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the American Bank parking lot in Baxter Springs. For a donation diners will receive a barbecue sandwich, chips and a drink.

How many grown men can fit into a Toyota Prius?

Looking Between the Barb Wire You are probably aware of how small a Toyota Prius is. It is basically a Cracker Jack Box with wheels. But you do not appreciate how compact automakers can make a car, until you actually ride in one.

Midget Gold season opener ends in tie

25 Years Ago September 10 - 16, 1998 Columbus Midget Gold third and fourth grade football team played Galena to a tie of 6-6 in the first game of the season.

You will always reap what you sow

A farmer goes out to sow his field, he plants corn. He fertilizes properly and irrigates appropriately. He tends to and cares for his crop. He reaps a harvest of corn.

There is value in talking to God

Abraham did it. Moses did it. David, Daniel, and Elijah did it as well. In fact, numerous men and woman described in scripture did it. What is “it?” Prayer. No one person within the pages of the Bible refused to pray. They knew the value of taking to God.

Truth about unpasteurized milk

Although pasteurization of milk (it’s heated to kill microbes) didn’t become widespread in America until the 1930s, Purdue University professor of pharmacy John Newell Hurty had been sounding the alarm about raw milk teeming with bacteria and toxins for decades.