14 Years Ago

SPC Andy Williams, a 2005 SHS graduate and son of Stephanie Pfeifer of Stockton, had returned from a tour of duty in Iraq. A surprise reception was planned for him on February 28, and everyone was invited. Andy was on leave and would be stationed at Fort Sill in Lawton, Okla.

The Stockton Fire Department was called out Sunday, Feb. 10 at noon to aid the Plainville Fire Department in extinguishing a house fire at 335 O Road, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Galen Thyfault, in rural Plainville. The family was not at home at the time the fire broke out.

Sponsored by the Stockton National Bank, and coming to Stockton from their Branson engagement at the Caravelle Theatre were the Liverpool Legends, for a one-night-only performance at Stockton’s historic Nova Theatre on March 13th.

With the closing of Schult Mobile Homes in Plainville announced on Jan. 21, 2008, Chick Selbe of Plainville scheduled a town meeting at the Plainville VFW. Approximately 40 local and surrounding-area people were present for the meeting.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.