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Body SUMNER COUNTY – Cowley College’s Sumner Campus in Wellington will host the fourth annual Robotics Challenge on Thursday and Friday. The event has grown every year, and this year it will expand into a two-day event.

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Body Argonia Friday Senior trip, Argonia High School. Monday Argonia City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall.

Body Following is next week’s menu for Friendship Meals and Meals on Wheels. Monday: Mexican lasagna, pinto beans, confetti rice, Mandarin oranges, milk.

Body News of our folks in the service- Corp. Robert L. O’Conner, stationed at Maxwell Field, Ala., expects to be transferred from there at the last of this month. Bill Genemaras is taking special work in radio at the University of Wisconsin; he can already type and receive code.

Body Oatville Elementary School will see another round of work this summer as the Haysville School District’s bond projects move toward completion.

Body April Love, theme of the Argonia High School Junior-Senior Banquet, was attractively carried out in the decorations in the dining room held at the grade school. Wayne Johnson assumed duties as postmaster of the Argonia post office.

Body 130 Years Ago Chas Brown and Harvey Trezler started Tuesday for a trip overland through the western counties of the state. 120 Years Ago William Parham has rented the room between Zimmerman’s and Campbell’s stores and started up a harness shop.

Body Earth Day is not the only date on the calendar in April to honor the environment. Another spring holiday with many of the same ideals has been around for a lot longer, though few notice today.

Body • The first US Arbor Day was celebrated in Nebraska on April 10, 1872, after being proposed by the secretary of the Nebraska Territory, J. Sterling Morton.