The Labor Day holiday is a time of celebration and marks the achievements of the labor movement and the unofficial end of summer. It’s traditionally celebrated with barbecues, outdoor recreation and road trips. But all too often, this travel brings tragedy for those involved in traffic crashes.

Once again, families met to hold the Annual Jerby Family Reunion on August 16, 2020, at the Senior Center in Phillipsburg. With COVID-19 still making it dangerous for families to meet, several members risked meeting and joined others for a great meal. When the last matrarch, Mary Henrotte Jerby, passed in March 1914, the siblings decided to meet annually to keep brothers and sisters informed of each others’ lives of what took place during the year before. Each year, as the tree grew, new relatives came and met with the siblings. In order to to do so, they chose the third Sunday in August to gather and share happenings and how their families had grown in new additions or share in the loss of relatives.

2020 SHS GRADUATE SHELBY BOND sports her “Stockton Class of 2020” facemask prior to Commencement in July..

Roy Orr & Geraldine Vohs were united in marriage on August 11, 1960 at St. Aloysius Church in Osborne, KS. Please join us in a Card Shower to honor our parents. Cards can be sent to: Mr. and Mrs. Roy Orr, 8082 State

PARKER KROB OF STOCKTON (left) won this year’s Rooks County Men’s Association Golf Tournament held August 14 & 15 at Rooks County Golf Course after shooting an impressive 4 under 136 for the tournament. Kelly Stewart, right, last year’s winner, presented Parker with the trophy.

AZ MOLINA OF PLAINVILLE (left) was this year’s Rooks County Men’s Association Handicap Champion at the Club Championship held this past Saturday and Sunday, August 14 and 15th at Rooks County Golf Course. Presenting Molinda with his trophy is last year’s champion, Kelly Stewart of Stockton.

RYAN MONGEAU hopes to impress the judges during the Beef Show held on Thursday afternoon of this year’s Rooks County Free Fair..

(The following article is taken from the unapproved minutes of the August 13th special meeting of the Stockton USD No. 271 Board of Education.) A special meeting of the Stockton Unified School District No.

The regular weekly meeting of the Rooks County Commission held on Tuesday, August 11th was held at the meeting room at the Rooks County Jail. The commissioners John Ruder and Greg Balthazor met with emergency management director Butch Post, treasurer Kim Northup, clerk Ruthmary Muir, sheriff Gary Knight, health nurse Lori Eichman, Stockton City Manager/Clerk Courtney Hrabe, and Troy Rudman representing the City of Plainville for a Zoom meeting with Kayla Joseph and Alicia Trawick with the Witt O’Brien company, the County’s facilitator for the SPARK allocation of funds. Joseph and Trawick went over the breakdown of request of funds for the County, the cities of Stockton and Plainville, the county schools, and the two nursing facilities located in the county dealing with COVID-19 related purchases or services they can utilize the money for. Joseph presented the various charts and breakdown of numbers through Zoom, and after answering some of the questions from those present dealing with timelines and paperwork, will send an updated version of the charts before the County gives its final approval. Another meeting was scheduled to review the charts for Wednesday morning.