Middle age power, seize yours today

At age 74, late-bloomer Edwina Brocklesby became the oldest women in the U.K. to complete an Ironman triathlon. “I didn’t do any exercise at all until I was 50,” says Edwina, who was born in 1943. “One day, I went to see an old friend ... who was running a marathon.

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.

Vagrancy ordinance directed at miners

25 Years Ago January 2 - 8, 1997 Mr. and Mrs. Billy Sharp, of Columbus, announce the arrival of their daughter, Delanie Lynn, born December 23, 1996 at Mt. Carmel Medical Center. Grandparents are Louis and Lori Lloyd and Joe and Beth Sharp, all of Columbus.

Johnston Public Library Hours

Mondays 9 p.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursdays 9 a.m.-5 a.m. Fridays 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays 9 a.m.-Noon Masks are encouraged, but not required. 210 W. 10th, Baxter Springs.

Resolution, do more acts of kindness

Welcome the the New Year, 2022. What will it bring? As in past years there will be ups and downs, good and bad, happy and sad things happening in our personal lives as well as in our nation and the world. So keep your head up. When I went to church on New Year’s Day, the sermon was on Kindness.

Protect your heart, eliminate ultraprocessed foods

In a 1964 episode of “The Lucy Show,” Lucy takes a job as a process server, and her first assignment is to serve another main character in the show, bank president Mr. Mooney. But after trailing him all over town, she somehow ends up as a stowaway on a ship headed for a 28-day cruise.

Smallpox vaccination given at high school

25 Years Ago January 2 - 8, 1997 Shamrock 4-H Club members donated boxes of face tissue, hand lotion, combs and other items to be used by residents of Medicalodge in Columbus. Accepting the items for the nursing home were Mae Peters and her sister, Ella Rummer.

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.

Brought in New Year but still holding our breath

We brought in the New Year, but folks are still holding their breath. We’re poking out of our homes like cautious prairie dogs after a buffalo stampede. We’re trying to appreciate what we have, even though what we have to buy is appreciating faster than we can keep up.

No time for meaningful interaction with patients

What does it mean to practice humanity in medicine? The phrase is used as a tagline and in book titles. Humanity and compassion in medicine is touted as something to aspire to, a noble accomplishment.