CALENDAR

Friday, May 20 •Splash Pad grand opening 4 p.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, May 21 •CUHS graduation 5 p.m. •Special USD493 school board meeting at 4:14 p.m. Sunday, May 22 •Riverton High School Baccalaureate 5 p.m. Graduation at 6 p.m.

Columbus Valedictorians, Salutatorian

Jaxson Haraughty Valedictorian Lily Mooney Valedictorian Trent Smith Valedictorian Nathan Stice Valedictorian Paige Hunt Salutatorian

Riverton Valedictorians, Salutatorian

MiKayla Berry Valedictorian Shelby Daniel Valedictorian Courtney Ross Salutatorian

Columbus USD

Columbus USD 493 English Teacher Mashea Shultz served as the guest speaker during Columbus Unified High School’s baccalaureate program on May 15. Above, Shultz signs a copy of her book, “The Ultimate Choice,” for graduate Casen Garcia.

Judging success is Baccalaureate topic

An emotional evening was recently had by several community members during Columbus Unified High School’s baccalaureate service on May 15.

Feds ban Oswego cattle trader for life

A lifetime ban and over a quarter-million dollars in fines has been entered by the U.S. District Court against cattle trader, John Rife, of Oswego, for his violations of federal law. He was also found guilty of breaching prior injunctive orders previously entered by the federal court Ṫhe U.S.

Baxter museum gets state grant

Local tourism is expected to be on the rise soon as Baxter Springs Historical Society was just awarded $40,000 to apply towards their upcoming Route 66 Roadside Park. Now that the organization has met their $200,000 target goal, locals can expect to see the project constructed around April of 2023.