14 Years Ago

Body SPC Kristen Dinkel, who was serving a tour of duty in Iraq as a ground ambulance medic for the Army Reserves, never told her parents, Vicki and Allen Dinkel of Plainville, a lot about what goes on over there because she didn’t want her parents to worry.

Body The assembly for the Stockton High School’s “Be An 11” program was held on Dec. 21 to honor all of the students who exhibited the core values of the program.

Body A fiery plane crash Saturday night, Dec. 15, near Phillipsburg Municipal Airport, injured two New York men. The pilot of the plane, Darren H. Mesibov, 32, Potsdam, N.Y., was in critical condition at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus in Wichita.

Body One of the suggestions from the 2006 Children’s Advisory Project for Stockton was to have the area children paint a wall mural on the side of one of the town’s buildings.

Body Rooks County taxpayers were to be digging deeper next year, as the new tax figures for 2007 showed an increase of $543,358 over 2006. Nila Denton’s Nativities were on display at the library during the Christmas season.

Body The Stockton community was shocked and saddened at the news of the death of Kimberly Michelle (Lowe) Ray, 45, who was killed in a car accident on the Saline River bridge south of Plainville. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, four vehicles were involved in the accident.

Body A ribbon-cutting event was held to celebrate the opening of Main Street Gallery.

Body The Stockton Grade School 3rd graders and their teachers, Mrs. McReynolds and Mrs. Kollman, visited Joe Bellerive’s Pumpkin Patch. They each got to choose a pumpkin to take home, thanks to Joe!

Body The Stockton High School Theater Department was presenting, “Is There A Doctor In The House?” on November 9 and 10, 2007 in the high school gymnasium.

Body It was almost perfect—almost. The evening was a cool, crisp one with no wind; the stands were filled with enthusiastic fans on both sides; and the Tigers were taking on their county foe, the Plainville Cardinals, in the Tigers’ final 11-man game, at least for the next two years.