Recognized as Kansas Honor Scholars at the annual dinner at Hays High School were Stockton High School students Jameson Nyp, Brenna Schlaegel, Alex Henry, and Scott Voss. Tad Felts and Larry Poore were the emcees for the United Fund Telethon.

A Retirement Open House was held for Sandi Rogers, who had served as the Stockton City Clerk since 1994. A Retirement Open House was held at the Rooks County Courthouse for Denzil McNeal, who had served as the County’s emergency management director for 13 years.

Valley View was celebrating its 30th anniversary with an Open House on September 27th. The public was invited to stop by, tour the facility, and meet the tenants, board members and director Nancy Becker.

Highway Maintenance Supervisor Merl Dunning officially retired from his position with the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) after 22 years of service. The six-month nationwide search for the new Rooks County Health Center (RCH) CEP culminated in the hiring of Michael Sinclair from Artesia, N.

Karen Spielbusch had an adventure of a lifetime when she bagged an elk at Star Mountain Ranch in Nephi, Utah. The SCI score was 365.7/8.

Stockton had voted for a $1,800,000.00 bond issue to enable the school district to finance the replacement of windows and doors at the high school with energy- efficient units, as well as replace the two pipe boiler unit with an energy- efficient forced air system in the junior high and grade school buildings. The heating and cooling system was installed the summer before, and the windows were in the final stages of being replaced before the school term.

JJ Oil Operations Manager Pat Lingg had announced that J-Mart would donate 1¢ from everygallonofgaspumped in September to the Stockton school system. The SHS Class of 1964 enjoyed their 45th reunion with a tour of the SHS Gymnasium.

Kevin States had won big when he purchased a Starry Night Bingo scratch ticket. The cost of the ticket was $2.00, and the jackpot was $10,000.00! Seven-time AMA Grand National Champion Chris Carr raced at the Rooks County Free Fair.

New figures from the Rooks County Appraiser’s Office showed the census of Rooks County was down 170 people since 2007. While working out at Don Lucky’s residence west of Stockton, Rick Bice saw a mountain lion behind the chicken coop, about thirty feet in front of him.