Girl Scout cookie time is here

Members of Girl Scout Troop 71303 are ready to sell some cookies. Dressed as some of the favorite cookie flavors are Kaydence Lassiter, Lilly Linam, Braylea Fox and Raygen Spoonemore. Photo from Cassy Carter. Kayla Fox was set to order some famous Girl Scout cookies from Troop 71303.

Reserve spots for blood drive

A community blood drive is scheduled for Monday, February 8 in the Columbus Community Building. Appointments are strongly encouraged to manage donor flow. Call 417-227-5006 to schedule your appointment. You may also go to www.cbco.org/donate-blood Masks are required for donors and staff.

HAPPY birthday

January 25 Kathy Doherty John Pryor Darrel Shumake David Lee Schenker January 26 Fonda Cudney Eva Forkner Majorie Henderson Missy Johnson Crystal Noble Joe Sarwinski Larry Tedlock

Iowa State announces Dean’s List

Iowa State University has announced that Easton Walker Dean, from Oswego, a junior in Industrial Technology has been named to the fall 2020 Dean’s List Students named to the Dean’s List must have earned a grade point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.

Happy Anniversary

January 25 Clyde and Lillian Atterberry Richard and Karen Karsten January 26 Steve and Cherrie Foster

Homemade soups, chili make hearty wintertime meals

Every home chef should have a rich and filling soup recipe in his or her repertoire. These hearty meals are perfect for cold days spent shoveling snow or after coasting downhill on a sled. Baked potato soup is a creamy soup that is reminiscent of a loaded baked potato.

Ideal lunch combo soup, sandwich

Few things are better together than hot soup and a favorite sandwich for lunch or a light dinner. This combination is the ideal comfort food, and the variations are as endless as a person’s imagination.

Chicken soup good for more that the soul

Cold season never seems to take a year off. Experts estimate that colds are so widespread that very few humans escape infection. Some people come down with colds more than once per year.

Vegetarian or vegan chili soup

People choose to adhere to a vegetarian or vegan diet for various reasons. Some people avoid animal products because of ethics, while others want to control their weight with lowcalorie foods. Still others may have food allergies or intolerances that make a vegetable-based diet their best option.

HAPPY birthday

January 20 Judi Grant Aubrey Holmes Joshua Reed Rob Robison Roberta Simpson Jonas Stover Jacob Trayer Connie Wary January 21 Anne Collins Dustin Damrill Sharon Draeger Tom Epler Debra Froebe Dona Hilderbrand Randy Tinker