Johnson County Kansas

As we approach the winter holiday season, wearing a mask, washing hands frequently and keeping a safe distance (6 feet or more) from others you don’t live with will continue to be necessary.

The Johnson County Commission on Aging (COA) elected its annual officers in September.

Thanksgiving is wish-making time. It only needs a wishbone with the hope of ending up with the larger portion of bone and lucky enough to make a wish.

The Johnson County Veterans Day observance will carry on its traditional recognition of local veterans on Thursday, Nov. 11, beginning at 11 a.m. and be presented virtually online only in observance of health and safety guidelines for reducing/containing the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for approximately 70 million Americans will increase 5.9 percent in 2022.

Johnson County Department of Health and Environment wants to wish residents a “Happy Holidays” while helping the environment.

The flu activity this year may be high as businesses and schools open to full capacity and people begin to gather indoors during the colder months.

We’re told we should eat more vegetables, but if we don’t know how to treat them, and don’t like the foul-tasting consequences of ill-treated vegetables, then how do we overcome this situation?

Flu vaccines will not prevent COVID-19, but they will reduce the burden of flu illnesses on the health care system freeing up medical resources for the care of COVID-19 patients.

Read the November-December 2021 issue of The Best Times.