ROOKS COUNTY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DIRECTOR DENZIL MCNEAL (left), dispatcher Jo Phlieger (center) and Rooks County Sheriff Dave Denton (right) were pictured beside the County’s new 9-1-1 system, which was installed in December of 1994 at a total cost of $109,845.71.

GAYLYN ANDREWS (left) and Veda Miller (right) decorated Smith’s Christmas Tree in anticipation of the annual Parade of Christmas Trees at the Stockton Public Library in December of 1994..

THE STOCKTON KIDS who placed in the top three in their age group at the 1997 NFL/Gatorade Punt, Pass and Kick sectional competition held in Quinter were (from left: Sara Crosby, Heather McNulty, Alexa Rogers, Blaise Kriley and Tyler Bacon. (Not pictured were Logan Bennett and Austin Thayer.)

STOCKTON HAD LOST A LANDMARK in the Fall of 1997 when the liquor store located just south of the Stockton National Bank (where the marquee now stands) had been demolished. Margaret Kendall had operated it for years, but many may remember it being owned and operated by Pudy Larson.

MEMBERS OF THE 1997 STOCKTON JUNIOR HIGH FOOTBALL TEAM included (front row, from left): James Post, Damian Dibble, John Rogers, Jeremy Green, John Crandall, Matt Seip; (second row) assistant coach Quentin VanEaton, Brett Gartrell, Tyler Muir, Brian Berkley, Cody Miller, Chauncey Baxter, Wade Inglsbee, Chase Look: (third row) manager Travis Seip, Kris Keller, Eric Mies, Doug Yoxall, Bryan Morgan, Tyler Bacon, Tyler Smith; (back row) athletic trainer Scott Winslow, Blake Maddy, Austin Thayer, Tyler Hahn, Chris McNulty, Stephen Bigge, Cassidy Palmer, John Schreiner and head coach Alan Steinle. (Manager Dusty Walker was not pictured.)

THE STOCKTON HIGH SCHOOL’S 1997 GOBLIN’S GLORY KING AND QUEEN were Bobby LeFort and Alicia Rothe. The Royal Court consisted of Bob Kriley, Laura Gasper, King Bobby, Queen Alicia, Chad LaBarge and Angie Kriley.

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THE STOCKTON USD 271 LUNCHROOM LADIES had been honored during National School Lunch Week in October 1997. Pictured are Edna Mae Stithem, Carol Serefko, Karen LaBarge, LaMoyne Trarbach and Cheryl Atkisson.

ENTERTAINMENT was at its best when Leta Bouchey, Betty Smith and Myrna Kincaid entertained the audiences during the Stockton United Fund Telethon with humorous commercials throughout the years. This picture is from 1997 when the trio did advertisements for Waller Motor Company, Shorty’s Service, the Stockton Sentinel and Webster’s Food Pride during the annual October event. Lucia Hamilton wrote the commercials for the ladies.

THE 1997 SHS HOMECOMING ROYALTY CANDIDATES were (from left): Seph Bellerive, Misty Bice, Josh Perez, Laura Gasper, Joey Casad, Sarah Moll, Chris Look and Shelly Lewis. Seniors Misty Bice and Seph Bellerive were crowned queen and king that year.