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Body Week of May 3 Breakfast Monday—Donuts, fruit, juice, milk. Tuesday—Ceral bar, fruit, juice, milk.

Body At the start of the Rooks County Commission meeting held on Tuesday, April 20th, the commissioners approved the bid from Hill City Roofing at a cost of $19,950.00 for the replacement of the east side of the roof at the Redbud Village facility.

Body Terry Odle (following last week’s snow): “I left Hays at 6:15 a.m. and it took me an hour to get to Plainville because no one had even begun to clean the roads. Thankfully the road from Plain-ville to Stockton had been cleaned.

Body April is National Occupational Therapy Month and Rooks County Health Center (RCH) would like to shine a spotlight on this important patient service.

Body Governor Kelly recently announced that ten-digit dialing will begin soon in Kansas area codes 785 and 620. This change will make it easier for persons in crisis to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

Body THE STOCKTON FFA HORSE JUDGING Greenhand Team of Cheyenne Carlson (19th), Zachary Young (20th), and Kymberle LeiVan (2nd), placed third as a team at the Northwest District Contest in Hays on April 21.

Body THE STOCKTON FFA HORSE JUDGING Senior Team of Jolee Sterling (20th), Cappi Hoeting (13th), and Coryn Hahn (3rd), also placed third as a team at the Northwest District Contest on April 21 in Hays..

Body Fort Hays State University will hold its spring commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 14, and Saturday, May 15.

Body Condolences to the Breckenridge and Bartholomew families in the passing of their aunt, Elma Auchard, 100 years of age, of Bryan, Ohio. Elma graduated from Woodston High School with the Class of 1938. Her sister, Wilma Bartholomew, preceded her in death.

Body Rooks County currently has no active cases of COVID-19 in the county. This week the absenteeism rate is at 0.0% above the baseline from 2019- 2020. The positive testing rate is at 3.1% this week.