The menus for the week beginning Monday, December 13, are as follows: Monday—Polish sausage, scalloped potatoes, peas and carrots, bread, mandarin oranges. Tuesday—Chicken dressing casserole, corn, sweet potatoes, roll, cranberry fluff. Wednesday—Sheperd’s pie, green beans, bread, hot cinnamon apples. Thursday—Smothered chicken, mashed potatoes, tropical fruit, bread, birthday cake. Friday—Baked fish, creamed potatoes, peas, bread, peaches.

Everyone is invited to stop by the Farm Bureau Financial Services Open House (410 South First Street in Stockton) on Wednesday, December 15th to take a tour of the new office, and maybe schedule a meeting. You can also meet some of the team to learn more about what they can do to help you plan for your future and ensure that you are protected.

RESTING ON MAIN STREET — This house was on the move from the corner of North First and Ash and will eventually be set on a basement foundation on South Fifth when the concrete work is completed. Andy and Melissa Saaranen purchased this house, which is temporarily parked in the campground where it looks like an oversize camper. Several weeks ago, another house on Ash, just one block north of where this house came from, had been purchased by Steve and Deb Hahn and was moved east of Stockton to be set on some Alvy Beck land. Doing the painstaking job of moving both houses were the Bigge brothers: Doug, Stephen and Curt.

FALL MIGRATING BIRDS make some interesting seating arrangements such as these birds perched on the antennae on top of the courthouse..

The Olde Tyme Christmas parade winners from last Friday’s event have been announced as follows: Individual—Laura King, first place; Ed and Addie Foster Family, second place; and Terry Hamit, third place. Organizations—Webster State Park, first place; Star 4-H, second place; and Sigma Phi ESA and RoCo Arts Council, tie for third place.

THE NEW WHITE STEEPLE AND CROSS sits majestically on top of Stockton’s Assembly of God Church calling in its parishioners. The crowning glory to the church was installed on Thursday, November 18th with Reif Welding and Construction of Plainville setting the eighteen-foot steeple and three foot cross on the building.

Braden and Kacey Mayes of Wichita are happy to announce the birth of their first child. Caroline Renee Mayes was born at 5:23 p.m. on August 18, 2021 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. She weighed 8 pounds, 5.5 ounces and was 20 inches long.

The numbers may change a little on the milo as a few farmers are still bringing in their crop, but as of Monday, November 29th,the Stockton Farmers Union Elevator’s numbers for this year’s harvest are 205,000 bushels of corn, 56,000 bushels of soybeans and 572,000bushels of milo. Woodston Coop’s numbers are 288,000 bushels of corn, 134,000 bushels of soybeans and 275,000 bushels of milo. The corn is down from last year’s crop by approximately 20% with soybeans up 20%. The milo is up 7% from last year’s crop.

An earthquake was recorded early Monday morning in central Rooks County, according to the Kansas Geological Survey. The 3.2-magnitude quake was observed at 1:32 a.m.