The Stockton Tigers finished as the Mid-Continent League Basketball Tournament runners-up after losing to Plainville. Members of the team were Micha Moll, Chandler Nyp, Peter Sabell, Zach Lowry, Brady Page, Michael Dix, Kody Niblock, Chance Miller, Jon Bellerive, Jesse Prockish, Dustin Kriley, Koby Beougher, Austin Smith, Austin Widen, assistant coach Rick Bice and head coach Adam North.

What Was Going On 14 Years Ago The Stockton Tiger eighth-grade boys finished the 2010-2011 basketball season undefeated and winning the Mid-Continent Elementary League Basketball Championship. Members of the team were Casey Deutscher, Jaden Williams, Justin Wiltfong, Andrew Bellerive, Kale Kuhlmann, Richard Schleicher, Cayden Conyac, Tyler Williams, Erik Scott, Christian Hamel, assistant coach Ron Storz, and head coach Joe Weidenhaft.

What Was Going On 14 Years Ago The groundbreaking for the new Stockton Medical Clinic was scheduled for January 19th, at the corner of Spruce and Main Street in Stockton. On hand to celebrate the Stockton Carnegie Library’s 100th birthday were board members Doug Conn and Betty Bedore, Judy Schroeder, Jess Iwanski, Jane Cunningham, Christina Blackford, Stockton Librarian Chris Sander, Central Kansas Library System Director Harry Williams, and Kansas State Deputy Librarian Marc Galbraith.

What Was Going On 14 Years Ago The Stockton Public Library was marking its 100-year anniversary. The establishment had received a generous contribution from steel magnate, Andrew Carnegie, for its original construction a century ago.

The Parade of Christmas Trees winners were Crossroads Quilt Guild, Cuppas, and Stockton Mealsite in the Adult category. The youth winners were the Stockton High School Class of 2011, Ginger Kollman’s third-grade students, and Gina Dix and Beth Vrbas’ second-grade students tying for third.

SHS graduate Patrick Poore was to be on the sidelines coaching the next season for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football team. Poore had been the quarterbacks coach and wide receivers coach for Northern Illinois before taking on his new position.

Stockton’s new set of wheels, the VanHool 56-passenger charter bus, had arrived with the tiger mascot and school logo painted on the front, rear, and both sides of the white vehicle. Denae Denio-Odle, Jamie Snyder, and Shannon Mongeau were voted in as the new chamber board members, taking the places of Chris Sander, Michelle Storz, and Marian Conyac.

The Stockton Building Commission and the Rooks County Healthcare Foundation announced the contract to build the new health center in Stockton, which was awarded to local contractor Cornerstone Building and Design Inc. of Plainville. The new clinic’s groundbreaking was expected to occur in late December.

Midland Marketing had purchased Clayton (Schult) Mobile Homes from Rooks County for $400,000.00. At a special meeting of the Stockton Unified School District, the main focus was to listen to representatives Dan Walker (Lincoln), Don Weins (Thunder Ridge), and Paul Prewo (Palco), from the Northern Plains League (NPL), to give information and answer the Board’s questions about the newly- formed league that Stockton was considering joining.

What Was Going On 14 Years Ago A ribbon cutting for Sand Creek Mercantile was held with Vince Williams, Rebecca Creighton, Stockton City Manager Keith Schlaegel, Stockton Area Chamber of Commerce President Chris Sander, Sand Creek Mercantile owner Cheryl Calvin, David Calvin, Virginia Bice, Jayne Prockish, and Linda McLaughlin posing for the picture. Originally from Rogers City, Michigan, John Abbey was traveling across the Midwest to his final destination of Tucson, Arizona, on his velomobile.