Bogert, Hicks to attend boys state

Sam Bogert of Dix, sponsored by Dix American Legion Post 292, will join nearly 400 high school juniors from across Nebraska by participating in the American Legion Cornhusker Boys' State, which will be held May 31 through June 6 at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. The annual citizenship program, sponsored by the Nebraska American Legion, is designed to provide youths with a better understanding of how city, county and state governments operate. Each boy is sponsored locally by an organization such as an American Legion Post or by some other patriotic, civic, fraternal or religious group...