14 Years Ago

Stockton High School alumnus Cody Foster (Class of 1995) had gifted scholarship money to the school and named the scholarship after teachers Darrell and Shelia Latham. The Webster Dam Babes had enjoyed an evening and eats at the Dairy Queen in Plainville.

TV Personality Dave Watson had traveled to Stockton to take advantage of the turkey hunting in the area. He had met Dwight Schneider at the Safari Club International Show in Reno, Nevada, and the two struck up a friendship, with Watson planning a trip to Stockton when turkey season opened.

Stockton High school teacher Lee Lindsey, who had been diagnosed with throat cancer on October 2nd, 2008, was celebrating being cancer free by giving a $357.00 donation of their Prayer Team t-shirts to the Rooks County Cancer Council and Rooks County Healthcare Foundation.

The 2009-2010 Stockton Strider Dance team had been announced with Amanda Rubottom, Audrey Green, Delilah Griebel, Hannah Lindsey, Sara Saunders, Maggie Spires, Haley Dix, Rebekah Niblock, Molly Schleicher, Richelle Paulson, Mary-Lynn Griebel, and Carlee Lindsey selected.

Three fires during the week kept the Stockton, Plainville, and Woodston Fire Departments on their toes. The first was a controlled burn that got out of control when the USD 271 employees burned off the tall grass at the driving range near the fairgrounds.

Doug Conn gave two reasons why he decided to return to the workforce after retiring as General Manager/Controller at Wilkens Manufacturing, Inc. The first reason Conn had was that he worked every day of his life, and things he enjoyed doing didn’t fill up his days all the time.

Mark Billinger began work at Webster State Park in his official position as Natural Resource Officer I. Some of Billinger’s duties included administrating and participating in law enforcement activities in assigned state park areas, enforcing license and permit requirements, detecting violations,...

Kori Bigge was back home in the arms of her family, friends, and neighbors in Plainville. She had not been inside her home since September, when she had suffered a debilitating heart attack.

Stockton Interim City Manager Keith Schlaegel started in his position on February 12th. He was the Heartland Building Center Manager for many years.

Caitlin Lingg, daughter of Pat and Sandy Lingg of Stockton, was the Rooks County Spelling Bee Champion, winning the honors after spelling “planetarium” and “narthex” correctly. Caitlin would go on to represent the county at the State Spelling Bee in Great Bend in March.