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From 1963 Groundbreaking ceremonies opened construction of the Argonia high school plant located on a nine acre tract of land on the east edge of town. School was dismissed and the student body joined a crowd of persons from Argonia and the surrounding area to watch the high school board members, Harold Harper, Keith Mortimer, and John Olmstead turn the first spadefuls of dirt to begin the project.

6 Years Ago The Haysville Sun-Times and its sister newspapers brought home numerous awards from last weekend's Kansas Press Association Awards of Excellence, held in conjunction with the association's annual convention in Topeka. The Sun-Times won three-first place awards and a second-place award.

From the archives of the Cheney Sentinel, Clearwater Times and Goddard News Sentinel.

130 Years Ago Rev. Barton and his family have moved to Mt.

Ingredients 2, 16-ounce packages of pound cake mix all ingredients called for on the pound cake mix box food coloring (whatever shade you want) 2 teaspoons peppermint, vanilla, almond, or etc., extract Directions Preheat the oven to whatever temperature the pound cake package calls for. Grease a nine-by-five-inch loaf pan (regardless of what size your final cake will be).

Spring is arriving in Kansas, and severe weather along with it. If it has been several seasons since you last reviewed your homeowners insurance policy, the next round of storms could bring an unwelcomed surprise.

One of my favorite types of recipes is the kind where people look at what you made and immediately ask, “How did you do that?” That was the case with this week’s recipe, which I baked for a St. Patrick’s Day-themed get together we had.

Insight My phone alerted me to a four-year-old photo a few days ago, or rather it alerted me to a photo taken four years ago of a newspaper clipping from decades ago. The clipping was a photo of a much younger version of me proudly standing next to a giant pumpkin I had grown in our garden.

Random Thoughts It is spring in Kansas, which means we're likely to experience any one of about a dozen weather types or climates. Inconsistency is the only consistent part of our weather.

From the Editor’s Files If I could hit the redo button and go back to Monday, I would respell my day S...P...R...I...N...G. I know, I know.