Community

The community extends sympathy to the Robert Dix family on the death of Robert on Thanksgiving Day. Graveside services were at Ash Rock Cemetery at 2 p.m. Monday, November 30, 2020. Robert was a 1948 graduate of Woodston Rural High School.

Kansas hunters are urged to remain vigilant to the dangers harmful algal blooms can pose to hunting dogs. Every summer, dogs in Kansas get sick or die from exposure to harmful bluegreen algae, but potentially deadly algal blooms can still occur into fall and winter.

The 2020-2021 recipient of the Wilbur Hartzler Scholarship is Jayde Hosier, a Plainville High School graduate. Jayde is a Freshman at Fort Hays State University majoring in Elementary Education.

The Hobart Homemakers FCE group met Monday, November 23, 2020, at the United Methodist Church at 7 p.m. We opened with the flag salute. We had seven ladies present. We watched via zoom the lesson from Anna Muir on, "The Science of Family Meal Time: A Child and Family Development Perspective.

Bob and Helena Saunders of Stockton would like to announce the marriage of their daughter, Sara Saunders to Bradey Chard, son of Rod and Carrie Chard, and Gina and Ben Errebo. The couple were married on October 10, 2020 at Simply Unique Events in Shawnee, Kan.

Finnegan Paul Larson, age 2 1/2, Stockton, is excited to share the birth of his baby brother, Sullivan Daniel, born Thursday, September 24, 2020, at 6:36 p.m. at Hays Medical Center in Hays. He weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces, and measured 20 inches long.

A story in last week’s Sentinel shared from the Hays Post about a Hays woman who was found guilty for her role in the February 27th, 2018 murder of former Stockton resident, Diego Gallaway, should have been 2019. We apologize for the error.

During the Rooks County Commission’s regular weekly meeting held on Tuesday, November 17th, custodian Zack Brown met with commissioners John Ruder and Greg Balthazor to request permission to purchase a Doodle scrub deluxe buffer at a cost of $1,180.00. The money would come out of the equipment fund.