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Body Randall Benoit with the Rooks County Sheriff’s Department is one of 21 new law enforcement officers who graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on Aug. 28 at a ceremony held in KLETC’s Integrity Auditorium.

Body The Kansas Highway Patrol has released its Labor Day Weekend Holiday Activity Report. The reporting period for the holiday ran from 6 p.m. on Friday, September 4 through 11:59 p.m. on Monday, September 7, 2020.

Body On Friday last week, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), in conjunction with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT), updated its list of public health advisories for Kansas lakes due to blue-green algae.

Body Shirlee Muir hosted a Labor Day Fish Fry on Sunday, September 6, with her grandson, Kelly Muir, furnishing and frying the fish.

Body John Walker: “Our grandson, Leighton, is a celebrity. He’s gotten his picture on the front page of the Sentinel two weeks in a row.” Darryl Nichols (when asked how he is doing): “I do a ‘heck’ of a job doing nothing.”.

Body Governor Laura Kelly announced that in its second month of Fiscal Year 2021, the State of Kansas continued to see total tax collections performing above estimates. Total tax collections for August were $543.5 million. That is $40.2 million, or 8.0%, more than the estimate.

Body Week of September 21 Breakfast Monday—Breakfast stick, fruit, juice, milk. Tuesday—Poptarts, fruit, juice, milk.

Body On September 28, 2020, Philisene Probasco will be 102 years young. To help make her day special, her family is requesting a card shower. Please send cards to Philisene Probasco, c/o Barbara Williams, 2090 US Hwy 24, Stockton, KS 67669.

Body The Heartland Community Foundation, which serves Ellis, Rooks and Trego Counties, is accepting applications for fall grants. Online applications open September 15 and are due Sunday, November 15, 2020.

Body (The following article is taken from the unapproved August 10 Woodston City Council meeting minutes.) The Council of the City of Woodston met on Monday, August 10th, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. at the City Hall.