Six area college students attending Washburn University have been named to the fall 2020 Dean’s List. To qualify for the Dean’s list, a student must be enrolled in 12 hours of graded credits and earn a semester grade point average of 3.4 to 3.99.
Starting off the regular weekly meeting of the Rooks County Commission held on Tuesday, January 19th, was a meeting with noxious weed director Mike Klein. Klein presented the commissioners with the annual KDOT contract with the County. The commissioners signed the contract as written.
The menus for the week beginning Monday, February 1st, are as follows: Monday—Chicken and rice casserole, brussel sprouts, bread, hot cinnamon apple slices. Tuesday—Ground beef vegetable soup, orange/ pineapple salad, crackers, cookie.
WORKING OUT. There's no doubt about it. Exercise does the body good. The Apostle Paul even told Timothy, "while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come" (1 Tim. 4:8).
Time is short. Knowing that, how do you spend your 86,400 seconds each day? Each person on earth has the same exact amount of time each day, but for the Christian believer, each day should have some sense of urgency. That was the message of brother Darrel this week at FCC.
The Woodston United Methodist Church held services on Sunday, January 24, 2020. Joan Balderston played, “Just A Closer Walk With Thee” for the special. Pastor Michelle Byerly chose scripture from Jonah 1, 3: 1-5, as the scripture. The sermon was titled, “When God Calls: When We Don’t Want To Go.
Rooks County continues to see new COVID-19 cases throughout the county. The absenteeism rate remains the same as last week at 1.1% above the baseline from 2019- 2020. The positive testing rate continues to decline and is at 18.8% this week.