The menus for the week beginning Monday, August 23rd, are as follows: Monday—Swiss steak with tomatoes, rice, mixed vegetables, bread, pineapple. Tuesday—Pasta salad with ham, cantaloupe, crackers, pudding. Wednesday—Oven-baked chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, bread, peaches. Thursday—Sloppy joe, tater tots, green beans, bun, mixed fruit. Friday—little smokies, baked potato, broccoli, bread, pears.

THE DEMO DERBY held on Saturday, August 14th at the Rooks County Free Fair brought the week-long event to a close with lots of action! Winners of the three categories were: COMPACT TOP 3: 1. Matt Ramsey, 2. Jerrod Alvord and 3. Jakob Church; OLD SCHOOL COMPACT TOP 3: 1. Adam Murchie, 2. Brandon Waggle and 3. Danny Martin; and SUPER STOCK TOP 3: 1. Nate Pasek 2. Kaiden Jeffery and 3. Trey Grismore. There were 32 cars that participated in this year’s event. The results of the car races held during the week will be printed in next week’s edition.

Bonita Oliva left home Thursday morning, July 21, heading to Manitou Springs to participate in a six-day bicycling event in the area. Bicycling friends Cathy Scott and Signe Geist flew from Florida to the Colorado Springs Airport where Bonita picked them up. The three had signed on to the Amazing Bicycle Colorado in the mountains of Colorado and had rented electric assist bicycles or ebikes.

(The following article is taken from the unapproved July 12th Woodston City Council meeting minutes.) The Council of the City of Woodston met in the Council Chamber at the City Hall on Monday, July 12th, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. Council members present were Bill Dibble, Judy Turnbull, Caroline Manis, April Yakish and Annette Paulson.

In what has been a constant reminder throughout the past several months, Webster Reservoir remains in a Active “Warning” Advisory for blue-green algae. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Department of Wildife and Parks released their latest list last Thursday, August 5th..

The 2021 Rooks County Ranch Rodeo kicked off this year’s Rooks County Free Fair on Sunday, August 8th, beginning at 4:00 p.m. Spectators braved the extra hot and humid temperature to watch some of their favorite cowboys perform several different tasks which included: Trailer Loading, Doctoring, and Double Muggin’.

FAIRBOARD MEMBERS Brian Pelton and Joe Becker help with the entries for the Open Class crops for this year’s Rooks County Free Fair..

Last Sunday the temperature was in the high 80s with partly cloudy skies. Monday was another day of partly cloudy skies and temperatures hovering around the 90-degree mark. Tuesday was a mostly cloudy day with the high in the low 90s. Wednesday was partly cloudy with a high in the mid 90s. Thursday was a sunny day with the highs again in the mid 90s. Friday was a sunny day with the temperature creeping up into the 100s. Saturday was mostly sunny with the temperature again up into the low 100s. A thunderstorm also greeted the area in the early morning hours, with another light shower in the evening. There was an accumulation of a half inch of rain for the day.

BROTHERS MAVERICK AND TANNER POST with Woodston 4-H were getting ready to enter their craft items for judging at the Rooks County Free Fair!.

Madison Alexander Wylie Co. B, 89th Indiana Infantry Regiment Civil War veteran Madison Alexander Wylie lived a very short time in Rooks County, but he will spend eternity in the Spring Branch Cemetery northeast of Woodston (3016 E Road).