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CHENEY – The Cheney Senior Center monthly potluck will be held on Tuesday. Food tables will be set up at 5:50 p.m., and dinner will begin at 6 p.m.

Extension There is a popular joke that involves young children and goes something like this: If you don’t get something you want the first time that you ask for it, then go ask grandma.

Middle-aged men often have a few things in common – a propensity to tell cringeworthy “Dad” jokes, a need for reading glasses and increasing pain in their joints.

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From August 1941 Charlie Walker, one of the outstanding “characters” of Argonia, will complete his service as a rural mail carrier on Saturday of this week and will retire. On Feb. 1, Mr. Walker completed his 35 years as a carrier, and he celebrated his 65th birthday on August 10.

From September 1901 There is a sort of counterfeit tailoring that undertakes to pass for the real thing, but when you place an order with F.L. Krebs, you are sure of getting a fall and winter suit or overcoat that will have the true tailoring stamp about it.

Editor's note: Monday, Sept. 2, is Labor Day.

10 Years Ago The ice bucket challenge has been sweeping the nation and our digital world, and our part of the world has been actively involved.

6 Years Ago The Haysville City Council got its first look at a possible city employee exit interview process at its Aug. 27 meeting.

Observed the first Monday in September, Labor Day is an annual celebration of the social and economic achievements of American workers.