The General Council of the Assemblies of God presented Chelsey R. Foerster with her Certificate of Ministry on August 14th. This is to certify that Chelsey has given evidence of a Divine Call to the Ministry. She has attained the scriptural standards prescribed by The General Council of the Assemblies of God. The presbytery has approved her of the Assemblies of God Kansas Ministry Network. Chelsey is now authorized to perform all essential functions of a certified minister, subject to the laws of the state.

With the $700,000.00 grant the City of Stockton was recently awarded from the Kansas Department of Transportation’s City Connecting Link Improvement Program (CLLIP), the funds will be combined with the $1,100,000.00 the City received during the last grant round in 2022 to go towards the Pavement Restoration on U.S. Highway 24. The restoration project for Stockton will now encompass highway work beginning at Elm Street and will be extended east to Pleasant Street. The project is tentatively slated for the fall of 2024.

On August 25th, Dr. Anthony Cole, Stockton High School science teacher, was notified that he had been selected for promotion to Colonel in the U.S.

SENATOR JERRY MORAN.

Celebrating 30 Years!

Due to the rising cost of procuring movies for the Nova Theatre, movie ticket prices have been increased. The new prices are $7.00 for Adults, $6.00 for Children 12 and Under, FREE for Children 3 and Under, and $60.00 for Family Passes.

At the Rooks County Commission meeting on Tuesday, September 12th, the commissioners voted to terminate Rich Bouchey as road and bridge foreman and landfill foreman, effective immediately. They had held an executive session before the decision, with Bouchey in attendance during the session. The commissioners will now look for new leadership in that position, with more details to follow on the job description.

Governor Laura Kelly announced last Wednesday, September 13, that 27 cities across Kansas, including Stockton, would receive a total of $22 million for projects to improve intersections and state highways extending through towns as part of the Kansas Department of Transportation’s City Connecting Link Improvement Program (CCLIP). “My administration is committed to preserving and improving Kansas highways by investing transportation dollars in the projects where they can do the most good,” said Governor Kelly.

It’s almost Homecoming Week at Stockton, with the students ready to pump up the spirit throughout the halls and downtown beginning Tuesday, September 26th. Since there is no school on Monday due to a Teacher Inservice Day, the theme dress-up days will start on Tuesday as follows: Tuesday is Decades Day; Wednesday is Tourist/ Vacation Day; Thursday is Zoom (Business on Top/Casual on Bottoms) Day, and Blue Out Day on Friday! Events during the week will take place on Thursday, September 28th, with the KAYS class games at Tiger Stadium at 7:00 p.m.

Information from the Rooks County valuation chart printed elsewhere in this issue shows that the 2023 Rooks County valuations increased $4,047,185.00 from 2022. The most considerable increase was in real estate, with a total of $2,980,275.00.