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SUMNER COUNTY – A Kansas Turnpike Authority project on the U.S. 166 bridge over I-35/ Kansas Turnpike will soon close U.S. 166 at the bridge and result in a detour. This is at the South Haven Exit, just north of the Oklahoma border.

Members of Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc., will receive ballots by mail later this month to vote for trustees for the first time in cooperative history.

Argonia Saturday PTO family fun night, 6-8 p.m., Argonia Elementary. Thursday Pancake breakfast, 7:30 a.m., Argonia Elementary.

TSnews CONWAY SPRINGS – This weekend, theater students at Conway Springs High School will present “The Brothers Grimm Spectaculation,” written by Don Zolidis. The show will be staged at 7 p.m.

TSnews CLEARWATER – Theater students at Clearwater High School will stage the play “Steel Magnolias” this weekend. Show times are 7 p.m.

TSnews HAYSVILLE – Campus High School theater students will stage the play “Rough Magic” by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa this weekend. Shows will be at 7 p.m.

More than 250 high school students attended the 35th annual Sterling College Theatre Workshop last week. The event included two workshop sessions and a special matinee performance of the play “Baskerville.” Students from 18 schools from Lawrence to Liberal attended.

GARDEN PLAIN – The City of Garden Plain is holding a design contest to create a city flag/logo. The winning design will be a brand that serves a symbol for the community, representing the past, present and future.

Extension Seed tape is a method of preparing seeds for planting that reduces the amount of time spent bending over the ground. Kansas State University horticulture expert Cynthia Domenghini said seed tape makes it easier to handle small seeds and get proper seed spacing.

ARGONIA – This Saturday and Sunday, college rocketry teams from across the country will converge in a field south of Argonia to compete for the annual Argonia Cup, one of the events hosted by the KLOUDBusters rocketry group. The Tripoli Rocketry Association, Inc., is co-hosting the Argonia Cup.