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Columbus Public Library Hours

The Columbus Public Library will be open to the public, with a five person limit. Mondays 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday 9 a.m-6 p.m. Thursdays 9 a.m.-6 a.m. Fridays 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays 10 a.m.-noon. Curbside service will be available upon request.

A visit to International Crane Foundation

On our recent bus trip one of the stops we made was a visit to the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, Wisc. I think we have all observed the Sandhill Cranes that are so prevalent at different times of the year as they migrate through our area and enjoy our wetlands area.

Former Columbus resident publishes first novel

25 Years Ago July 10 - 16, 1997 Sheriff’s Department dispatcher Kori Thomas displayed Cherokee County’s new storm warning system which is now in use in the county. The Scammon Civic Club yard of the moth for June was that of Jeff Blake and Linda McLean at 200 East Naught.

God answers prayer with frogs

One spring I had been given several flats of flowers to plant in my garden. I was a single parent and had very little money to buy flowers, which I loved, so I prayed for them. God answered my prayers daily so I believed He would give me flowers.

Perfect peace desired by everyone

There is one thing that almost all people everywhere truly desire to possess. That item is peace. Peace comes in many forms. Some may consider the concept of quiet and tranquility to be the definition. While others, not incorrectly, think of peace as being an inner calm.

Legislature hotline

Up-to-the-minute information on the 2020 Kansas Legislature is only a phone call or chat away.

Columbus Public Library Hours

The Columbus Public Library will be open to the public, with a five person limit. Mondays 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday 9 a.m-6 p.m. Thursdays 9 a.m.-6 a.m. Fridays 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays 10 a.m.-noon. Curbside service will be available upon request.

Students cycle five hundred miles of Ozarks

25 Years Ago July 3 - 9, 1997 Nineteen youngsters, three years and under, have entered the 29 th annual Cowtown Days Baby contest.

Just couldn’t get the pet food to light

Hope you had a great Independence hollerday. We had us a parade sporting pretty gals riding floats and old geezers in jeeps pulling the floats through town. There were fireworks on Independence Day, once it got dark in the town rectangle.