14 Years Ago

What Was Going On 14 Years Ago Larry and Narine Barnett of Stockton were host parents of Seonjin Na, from the city of Guang-ju, in the town of Unnam Dong Country, in the country of South Korea.

Nathalia Santos Cruz was one of two foreign exchange students who was living in Stockton for the 2008-09 school year. Nathalia, age 16, was from Maringa, Brazil (pop. 380,000). Host family for Nathalia was Dale and Heather Winklepleck and their girls, Lexie and Logan.

Rustin and Holly Odle had the most unusual pumpkin patch this season, the result of a May 29th flooding rain. The Odles had just planted their garden a week or two before the rains and had planted pumpkins, watermelons, tomatoes and onions.

It hadn’t happened since 2000, but the Stockton Tigers finally got the monkey off their backs as they won a Homecoming football game, defeating the visiting Wilson Dragons by a score of 50-36.

World War II Veterans from northcentral Kansas were honored at the WWII memorial in Washington, D.C. on September 10, 2008. U.S. Representative Jerry Moran posed for group and individual pictures and spent the day with the heroes. Moran’s father was one of the members on this Honor Flight.

Rooks County Health Center board president Jeff VanDyke cut the ribbon amid thunderous applause, as the new facility was dedicated on Sunday, Sept. 7.

The new 59,410 sq. ft. Rooks County Health Center (RCH), located one mile north of Plainville on U.S. Highway 183

Ronald McDonald was posed with Larry and B J Poore at the Ronald McDonald House auction in St. Louis.

What Was Going On 14 Years Ago A whole new set of administrators was featured in a color photo on the front page of the Aug. 21, 2008 Sentinel.