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Baxter Springs USD508

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Baxter Springs USD508

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Friday, December 1, 2023

Baxter Springs Unified Schools USD 508, breakfast and lunch menus for Monday December 4 through Friday, December 8, Items served daily: fruit juice, 1-percent low fat milk, chocolate milk.

Columus USD 493 School Menus

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Columbus Unified Schools USD 493, breakfast and lunch menus for December 4 to December 8, 2023. Prices: Breakfast $2; Grades (K-6) lunch $2.80; Grades (7-12) $3. Breakfast is served with choice of 100 percent juice and choice of milk.

Meals On Wheels Lunch Menu

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Meals On Wheels Lunch Menu

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Friday, December 1, 2023

Meals are for those 60 years or older. Consultation with SEK-AAA dietitian may be arranged. This institution is an equal opportunity provider. To order or cancel a meal, please call your site between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. on the day before.

Southeast School District 247 Breakfast & Lunch Menus

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Southeast School District 247 Breakfast & Lunch Menus

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Friday, December 1, 2023

Lancer breakfast and lunch menu, for Monday, December 4 thru Friday, December 8. Breakfast prices K-12 $1.75, Adult $2.35. Lunch Elementary $2.70; Junior High $2.70; High School $2.85; Adult $3.80.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

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Friday, December 1, 2023

December 1 Connie Abernathy Cody Rennie Megan Rennie Zach Stover December 2 Kim Carpino Kelly Correll Linda Hobson Laura Lowry-Greene Twila Peak December 3 Rebecca Buchanan Jim Bull Mike Clark Connie Sarwinski Marilyn Schmitt December 4 Tom Goettel George Kasten Linda Merryman Larry...

Count your blessings, not your problems

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Count your blessings, not your problems

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Friday, December 1, 2023

The world is full of problems, and not a day goes by that we don’t have to deal with some of them, whether it is mechanical devices not working, or people getting sick, or problems caused by natural disasters like storms or earthquakes.

Holiday Market set for Sunday

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Holiday Market set for Sunday

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Friday, December 1, 2023

Three classes have joined together in a fundraising event planned for Sunday (December 3) in the Centeral School New Gym, located at 810 S. High School in Columbus. It was mis-stated in Tuesday’s paper that it was on Saturday.

Country Gardens set to close at years end

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Country Gardens set to close at years end

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Friday, December 1, 2023

One of the things holding small communities such as Columbus together is the small businesses. Last week was small business Saturday, which was an afterthought sandwiched between Black Friday and Cyber Monday and receiving little fanfare compared to the other two shopping days.

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Cattle truck overturns on US400

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Friday, December 1, 2023

A semi containing 65 cattle rolled over on US400 west of Baxter Spring Wednesday night. There were no injuries to the driver or the cattle. The incident was investigated by the Baxter Springs Police Department, Cherokee County Sheriff and Cherokee County EMS.

Southeast students making the “Truman 23” trip to the Truman Library included Kinzey Cassidy, Storm Miner, Layton Reynolds, Tanner Wiles, Keaton Harrison, Eliz White, Brooklyn Edwards, Rowdy Robertson, Makenzey Green, Ethan Becker, Michael Smith, AJ Gray, Colten Jameson, Emery Wilbert, Brookelyn Butler, Zayne Gabern, Macie Herron, Kilynn Banke, Teagan Warner and Eric Burns. Not necessarly in order. (Photo by Gary Leiker)

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Southeast students making the “Truman 23” trip to the Truman Library included Kinzey Cassidy

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Friday, December 1, 2023

Southeast students making the “Truman 23” trip to the Truman Library included Kinzey Cassidy

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