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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.

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.

(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.

Governor Laura Kelly has announced beginning Wednesday, September 9, the state will begin to release the names and locations of active outbreaks in Kansas.

JOHN BUNYAN (b.1620-d.1688). Though a tinker by trade, Bunyan was an English Puritan who spent most of his life as an itinerant preacher, pastor, and author. He is especially remembered for his allegory of the Christian life called "The Pilgrim's Progress.

The menus for the week beginning Monday, September 21, are as follows: Monday—Chicken strips, scalloped potatoes, seasoned carrots, bread, mandarin oranges. Tuesday—Waikiki meatballs, rice, broccoli, bead, rosy applesauce.

Dr. Ross Kee, the son of Stockton High School graduate Allen and Marcy (Newell) Kee of Beloit, recently purchased a dental practice in La Crosse from Dr. Barry A. Paige. Paige had dedicated 42 years of service to Rush County before making the decision to retire and move to Tucson, Ariz.

The Kansas Department of Transportation began a resurfacing project on 10 miles of I-70 in Thomas County Friday, Sept. 11.

A total of 706 students completed associate, bachelor’s or graduate degrees at Fort Hays State University in the summer 2020 term. The university conferred 169 graduate degrees (master’s, Education Specialist and Doctor of Nursing Practice degrees), 526 bachelor’s degrees, and 11 associate degrees.