Highland Elementary Teacher

Highland Elementary Teacher Bekah Hutto’s class participated in the school’s Read Across America Spirit Week last week. The boys and girls showed up to school in all kinds of fun, colorful hats on March 3. Photo by Jacob Spencer.

Eagles Club to hold benefit for cancer research

Thanks to the West Mineral Eagles upcoming benefit dinner, lots of locals can have a full belly while being a serious blessing. The group is holding a meal on behalf of the American Cancer Society Saturday March 12 starting at 1 p.m.

Several new staffing changes

Several new staffing changes have taken place within the Cherokee County Courthouse recently.

It was the perfect day

It was the perfect day to go outside and read about snowmen. Children from the Johnston Public Library Story Time group take in the library’s winter Story-Walk®, ‘Snowmen All Year’ by Caralyn Buehner. Pages of the story are posted along the sidewalks throughout the library grounds.

Democrats seek precinct volunteers

The Cherokee County Democrats will be meeting March 10, starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Columbus Community Building, there will be a social with hors d’oeuvres for 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. with the meeting beginning at 7 p.m. All Democrats and like-minded citizens are invited and encouraged to attend.

Five exceptional students

Five exceptional students were selected by their teachers for the student of the month at Central School in Columbus last month.

Cotton becomes viable Kansas crop

Across the state, small-town grain elevators painted with corn ears and wheat heads stand as monuments to the crops’ economic and cultural significance in rural Kansas. Cotton gins? They’re a bit harder to come by. Farmers have grown cotton in Kansas for more than 100 years.

Nineteenth century sees furniture innovations

The 19th century was a time of innovation in wooden furniture. New inventions, such as the jigsaw, and construction methods, such as mass production, opened up previously unheard-of possibilities for architects and designers.

CALENDAR

Monday, March 7 •CUHS Blood Drive in the gym 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. •Cherokee County Commissioners meet in Room 109 of County Courthouse 9 a.m. This meeting will be livestreamed over citylinktv.com on the News Report Channel and archived for later viewing. This is an in person meeting only.