Condolences to the former Holloway family from Woodston. Robert E. Ahlstedt, Diana (Dan) Holloway’s father passed away Tuesday, September 7, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Robert, age 79, was a lifelong resident of Lindsborg, a self-proclaimed “Stubborn Swede,” former athlete, teacher, coach and sang with the Messiah chorus for sixty years. Dan and Diana have given him six grandchildren: Abby, Anna, Alley Adriel, Amy and Caleb.

Descendants of George and Amanda Dibble and Zeboeth Brittain gathered at the park in Alton September 4th and 5th to celebrate coming to homestead in Osborne County from Michigan 150 years ago. Over 100 descendants attended the celebration. Walking tours of the Woodston, Ash Rock, Sumner and Pleasant Valley Cemeteries were taken by many of the attendees. Bus transportation also took them to the Dibble farm and the Brittain farms in the Pleasant Valley area. Commerative binders with extensive Dibble/Brittain history put together by Lanny Brent, Jim Dibble, Patsy Noble, and Lisa Christener were presented to all families. Sunday church service was presented by Roger Cooper in the Alton park. A banner labeled, “Dibble Reunion 1871-2021” provided a photo op for many pictures. Food was served at the Front Porch, Alton. Ila Belle Hoar had looked forward to the celebration but she passed away August 28th. Edna McCall had also planned to attend but due to COVID restrictions, she was confined to the nursing home and could not attend. She is the last surviving child of Euphamie and Arthur Dibble. Eighty-three year old Patsy Noble was the oldest attendee. Dane and Drake Dibble, twin sons of Dylan and Kalie, were the youngest in attendance. Those attending were: Rodney and Lindsey Doane and family, Tony and Robbin Dibble, Marshall and Melany Dibble, Alton; Anita Conger and Bonita and Tony Wagner, Derry and Erin Dibble and girls, Stockton; Jim and Sherry Dibble, Kim Reel and sons, Hays; Jane Moore, McPherson; Darin Nelson, Galva; Dorin Nelson, Marquette; Lucille Dibble, Ben, Angela and Alyssa Dibble, Karen Nowlin, Vonda and Tym and Johnnie Bonilla and Daniel Bonilla, Salina; Max, Jason, Gracie, Parker and Emma Dibble, Phillipsburg; Ericka Werling, Solomon; Sarah Winkler, Hutchinson; Linda and Arnie Nicholas, Valley Center; Carol and Glenn Fogo, Manhattan; Andy and Kate Dibble and family, Overland Park; Dustin and Heather Dibble and Dexter, Shawnee; Damian Dibble and Misty and Andrew Phelps-Patterson, Cheney; Marsha and Keith Doane, Brett and Krina Doane, Shawna and Craig Doane and sons, Downs; Bill and Dixie Dibble, Dylan Dibble and Kalie Highland and Dane and Drake Dibble, Woodston; Ramona Dibble, Tonganoxie; Lisa and Joe Cornwell and Cami, and Burke Long and daughter, St. John; Michael and Julie Doane and family, Parkville, Mo.; Don Dibble, Spokane, Wash.; Tymony Bonilla and fiancé Lindsey Berve of Oklahoma; Lanny Brent, Springfield, Mo.; Ben Smith and Chris and Richard Kleuser, Woodword, Okla.; Helen and Larry Smith, Rancho Cordova, Calif.; Patsy and Craig Noble, Lisa Christener, and Marcia Dawson, Castle Rock, Colo.; Lanelle and Reggie and London Hunter of North Carolina; and Brittany and Noelle Bonilla of Minnesota; and Jenna Dibble, Ft. Worth, Texas. The next Dibble descendants reunion will be September 4, 2022, in Alton.—Sent In

“As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.” (Ephesians 4:1) What does it mean to live a “worthy” life? That was the question for us this week as we continued our look at the book of Ephesians.

Nina (Silvers) Smith, Lexington, Va.: “Seeing the ‘Best Friends for 80 Years’ ad in the September 2 issue of the Sentinel, made me think of the friendship I have had for the past 80 years with my classmate. We met as freshmen at Stockton High School in 1941 and have kept in touch since; for many years it was through the mail, but over the last 10 years we have talked on the phone to each other every day.”

The Kansas Food Bank received a combined gift totaling $15,000 from Midland Marketing and Land O’Lakes in an announcement made Thursday, September 16 at Midland Marketing in Hays, which will provide food for the communities served by Midland Marketing.

At the regular monthly meeting of the Stockton USD 271 Board of Education held on Monday, September 13th, after calling for three executive sessions to discuss administrative, supplemental and classified staff contracts, the board members voted to approve grade school principal Stacey Green and superintendent Bill Lowry’s contracts as presented. They also approved the supplemental contracts and classified salaries as presented, before they voted to hire Cathy Heckman as the new custodian.

THE SHS HOMECOMING ROYALTY was announced on Friday, September 17th at Tiger Stadium. Pictured are (front): crownbearers Alynn Bouchey and Dash Tso; (back row) Camden Iwanski, Olivia Dix, King Rylan Basart, Queen Maddy Moffet, Austin Mitchell and Delany Snyder.

Rooks County Emergency Management Director Butch Post was installed as the Kansas Emergency Management Association (KEMA) President at the annual conference held in Mulvane last week. Post served as president-elect for the past two years, which is unusual since the position is only supposed to be a one-year appointment. But due to COVID-19, a lot of things were changed up or postponed until this year’s annual meeting.

(The following article is taken from the unapproved minutes of the August Woodston City Council regular meeting.) The Council of the City of Woodston met in the Council Chamber at the City Hall on Monday, August 9th, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. Council Members present were Bill Dibble, Judy Turnbull, Caroline Manis, April Yakish and Annette Paulson.

The Woodston Fire Department was called out at 5:28 p.m. on Friday, September 17th for a pasture fire at Q and 27 Roads. The fire was caused by a lightning strike. The rainstorm that afternoon had put the fire out by the time the department had arrived, but the volunteers stayed on the scene to soak down the area to make sure all the embers were extinguished. Stockton had been called for mutual aid, but were called back since the fire was out by the time Woodston had arrived.