Coberley is January Lion of the Month

Columbus Unified High School senior, Andrew Coberley, has been named the Lions Club Lion of the Month for the month of January.

Fort Hays announces fall 2020 Deans List

Fort Hays State University has announced that Shannon M. O’Hara, sophomore from Weir, majoring in psychology, has been named to the Deans Honor Roll for the fall 2020 semester. The Deans Honor Roll includes undergraduate students only.

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 4.00 scale while carrying a minimum of 12 credit...

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.