Participants in the Sedalia Kiwanis Club Trivia Night can breathe a sigh of relief — the Sedalia history category has been retired, for now at least.
“People said it was too tough,” said Bob Milner, who organizes the event and comes up with the questions. He had worked with local historian Becky Imhauser to devise the local trivia.
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