The following article is taken from the unapproved minutes of the May 7th Stockton Unified School District Board of Education meeting.)

On behalf of our parents, Ray and Lou Kriley, we want to thank the Stockton community and the surrounding areas for their quick and immediate assistance, kindness and support following the fire and subsequent loss of their home on April 29, 2020.

Royce Williams: “Now I have to find out how to send a guitar to New Zealand.”

The Stockton Junior High cheerleaders for the 2020-2021 school year have been announced. Cheering on the Tigers will be Julianna Coleman, Ava Dix, Lucie Voss, Baileigh Balthazor, Caydance Carter, Joy Kelley, Temprance Northup and Saj Snyder. Go, Tigers!

The Board of Trustees of Prairie Land Electric Cooperative is pleased to announce the appointment of Kirk Girard as the cooperative’s next CEO.

THIS CHART OUTLINES GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY’S PLAN for Phase Two to reopen the state of Kansas. This will be in effect beginning Monday, May 18, if so ordered by the governor’s office.

MIDLAND MARKETING gave these valuable pieces of SCBA equipment to three different rural fire departments in the areas they serve which included Damar, McCracken and Plainville.

Fort Hays State University recently announced its plan to disburse emergency financial aid grants to students under the federal government’s Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

Solomon Valley Highway 24 Heritage Alliance 2020 Faye Minium Spirit Award recipient is Joan Nothern. The award is given annually by Solomon Valley Highway 24 Heritage Alliance and is named for Faye Minium, who gave so much to the Alliance as well as her hometown or Moreland.

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