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SHOWING OFF THEIR MAD HULA HOOP SKILLS during the ESA kid games at the Peony Festival were (from left) Emery Peterson, Remy Muir and Camille Lowry..

THE TRUSSES are now being installed on the new Solomon Valley Manor building in Stockton. All of the wooden framework is up with siding to begin this week as well..

Hello, Friends! I remember when I was a kid, and the commercials on TV told me that margarine was better for me than butter. Low and behold, we later found out that partially hydrogenated vegetable oils found in margarine were not nearly as good for us as are the fats in butter.

CARD OF THANKS Thank you to my family and friends—especially my sister, Jonita, Colton Williams, Susan Schneider, and Kinsey Post— and the Stockton EMS for responding in my time of need. Your expert care in getting me to the hospital truly saved my life.

CONNER STAHL FROM PLAINVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is shown receiving a Scholarship from the Red Line Cruisers Car Club in Plainville. Conner will be attending North Central Kansas Tech in Hays this fall pursuing the trade of Automotive Technician.

PLAINVILLE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT BRYAN GARVERT was a first-tier winner at the Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge, which put him among the top contestants at the state level.

HAVEN HAMILTON was among the graduates from Fort Hays State University Friday last week. She received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology. She has already begun graduate school in the Accelerated School Psychology Program where she will be studying toward her Master’s and Ed.S.

The Rooks County Commissioners met with Sheriff Gary Knight on Tuesday morning, May 10 during their morning session. Knight informed the commissioners that he had ordered new electronic door openers for the jail at a cost of approximately $1,000.00 a piece.

GENTRY JENKINS of Hays adds another egg to her basket at the Sigma Phi ESA Easter Egg Hunt last month..

THE ST. THOMAS PARISH CENTER underwent a transformation for Stockton High School’s Junior-Senior Prom held in April..