Hannah Berland, the Valedictorian of her Hill City High School Class of 2015, was a student at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Salina, and is now preparing for her residency. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Kansas, and was listed, along with Dorothy Hughes, PH. D., as authors of an article recently published in the “Kansas Journal of Medicine.”

During Teacher Appreciation Week on May 3-7, Kansas Commissioner of Education Dr. Randy Watson gave shoutouts— and a Golden Delicious apple —to several Kansas educators who were recognized by their peers for going above and beyond during the pandemic. The teachers recognized really stretched themselves during this difficult time, which only emphasizes the outstanding educators they already are.

Mary Miller: “After reading about Nancy winning the Rec Center’s NCAA bracket challenge, and that no one picked Baylor, I had to laugh. My eight-yearold grandson in Kentucky actually picked Baylor to win, and won a Happy Meal for choosing the champion.”

The sixth- through eighth-grade music concert and awards night was held on Monday, May 3rd at the Stockton High School gymnasium. The night began with the academic and athletic award presentations to the students.

Bonita and Leo Oliva traveled to the Cancun Mexican Grill in Hays on Tuesday last week to have lunch with nephew Captain Tim Maresch, USAF, and Tim’s parents, Daryl and Shirley Maresch, Aunts Judy Coen and Sharon and Uncle David, Hays. Tim had returned from serving three and a half months at the Bagram Base, Afghanistan. He flies an F-16 and usually flew three days a week with each flight lasting 5 hours. On leave, he traveled to Dubai, United Arab Emirate and visited the local tourist attractions. He will be based briefly at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada for continued flight training. Then he will participate in military exercises in Alaska before being deployed to South Korea. The family gathered in the lobby of Ellis Estates for more conversation and dessert in the afternoon.

ABBY JOHNSON received her diploma from Stockton High School last Saturday..

BE SOBER. No, the Apostle Peter is not talking about drunkenness. But God did lead Peter to write, "Be sober, be vigilant (watchful); because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour." The realization of Satan's efforts to lead souls into eternal judgment should be like strong, black coffee. It should wake us up to the possibility that some people claim to be followers of Jesus, but their faith is vain. God led the writer of Hebrews to put it this way, "Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God" (3:12). It's clear that this is addressed to those who are called "brethren." IOW, these people claimed to be Christians. However, these "Christians" were warned that it was possible some of them had "an evil heart of unbelief." The reality for some of them was that they were departing from worshiping God and from faith in Jesus Christ. That's pretty serious. That's reason to be sober-minded. God led the Apostle John to write, "...even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour" (1 John 2:18). That might not mean much by itself, but John went on to say, "They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us" (2:19). Why do some "Christians" seem to not really want anything to do with Christ or with living for things eternal? As a Bible-believing Christian, it's extremely concerning to have known people with whom we have worshiped the Lord in the past and hear they no longer believe the Bible is true, that God exists, that Jesus died to bear the sin of the world. Peter was right. Satan does continually seek to devour people. That's sobering. What's encouraging, though, is that "He who believes in the Son has everlasting life" (John 3:36).

The Stockton Public Library board met on Monday, May 10th and announced the statistics for the month of April as follows: Patrons Utilizing Library—1,208, Library Materials Checked Out—764, Adults Utilizing Library—475, Children Utilizing Library—289, Interlibrary Loans Sent— 112, Interlibrary Loans Received—99, Story Time/Out Reach Programs Served—88 Children and 42 Adults, Computer Users —105, Newspaper Readers—122, Reference Requests—51, Computer Training of Patrons—10, New Cards—1, Sunflower e library—34 and hoopla—39.

Since The Daily Grind opened March 29th, 2021, owner Chelsey Peterson has been overwhelmed with the tremendous support she has received from the community of Stockton. So much so, she was finally able to find the time to give this Sentinel reporter the finishing touches so this story could appear in this week’s pages of the Stockton Sentinel.