Recognizing the importance of agriculture to the area the Columbus Chamber of Commerce held their annual “Feed the Farmers” program. With the farm workers in the fields harvesting from dawn to dusk the Chamber prepares hamburgers and sausages for those working the fields. Driver Nathan Morris gets a bag of burgers from Shamrock 4-H’er Eli Pritchett to take to the field workers..
The recent dustup over the operation of the Baxter Springs ambulance service was discussed Monday night at the city council meeting.
Commissioner Cory Moates told the Baxter Springs Council that the commissioners had discussed discontinuing the county subsidy to the service.
Baxter Springs City Council member Steve Dardene asked if this would mean Baxter Springs would not have ambulance service.
