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HOPE. It seems that many people tend to live life with their "glasses halfempty." We all have times in life when we're there, too. That's certainly not my norm. But I've "been there, done that." Probably the epitome of hopelessness in the Bible is Job. He made multiple statements about life.

The Plainville Fire Department called for mutual aid from surrounding towns to help with a pasture/fencepost fire one mile north of K-18 Highway on Thursday, September 23rd at 2:22 p.m. Stockton and Woodston were two of the seven fire departments that responded to the call.

Flexible—According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, flexible is: characterized by a ready capability to adapt to new, different, or changing requirements. This term applies to not only our school districts but also our families who are impacted by COVID- 19.

Franklin Alvord Co. F, 95th Illinois Infantry Regiment Franklin Edwin Alvord was born 24 June 1845 in Mentor Township, Lake County, Ohio, the son of Elbridge D.

I spent part of this week hunting—not deer or birds—but three bulls. Thanks to Vernon Strutt they were finally captured. I never knew I was such a good tracker but decided you cannot stop a huge bull when he wants to go elsewhere.

The Stockton FFA recently swept the competition at the Northwest District Land and Homesite Judging Contest at Goodland. This qualifies both teams for the state competition next spring.

Deb Niermeier: “It was so much fun to get to watch my cousin’s son, Dalton Schoen, a K-State graduate, play in the Kansas City Chiefs’ pre-season games.” Linda Morgan: “Having moved here from Tennessee, I haven’t experienced a Kansas winter yet. What should I expect?

REPAIR WORK was done to the pour-in-place surface under the Stockton City Park’s playground equipment this past week. The surfacing was done approximately one year ago with it noted at that time that some work was still needed before it was completed.

STOCKTON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1986 held its 35th Class Reunion on September 18, 2021 at Webster Lake.

The first load brought into the Farmers Union Elevator in Stockton to start the fall harvest was by Don Lucky when he drove onto the scales on Monday, September 20th. Joey Bellerive was the first person to bring in a load at Woodston Coop on Friday, September 24th.