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There are days when everything goes as usual, then the unexpected begins and suddenly a normal day has turned into a wonderful day. The Rooks County Historical Society experienced a day that should make the entire county proud.

This issue of the Stockton Sentinel features our twenty-sixth edition of our special holiday sections, “Santa’s ‘Deer Ones.

The 2022 Rooks County Vision Leadership Class celebrated the completion of their leadership skills class with a dinner and program at Chesapeake Roadhouse on Wednesday, December 14.

The Rooks County Commission’s regular weekly meeting held on Tuesday, December 13th had a short agenda for the morning session. Commissioners Tim Berland and John Ruder were in attendance with commissioner Greg Balthazor absent from the meeting.

Whoo! The day of the Pony Express was gone and post offices were established across Kansas. The first post office to be established after the organization of the Kansas Territory was at Marysville on November 11th, 1854.

The Stockton City Commission opened its regular meeting on Tuesday, December 6th with the approval of the Consent Agenda. Included in the Agenda were the Solomon Valley Manor gross payroll in the amount of $94,249.20, the Solomon Valley Manor warrants in the amount of $94,685.

At the Rooks County Commission meeting on Tuesday, December 6th, the commissioners approved the bid from K-Camp for a self-insured property and casualty plan for the County as well as a workers compensation plan with K-Worcs for the 2023 year.

There may not be any snow on the ground yet for this holiday season, but Stockton is creating its own Winter Wonderland with snowflake-themed banners and lights utilizing a $3,000.00 grant from the Heartland Community Foundation for new Christmas decorations.

183 Lanes (906 South Cedar) in Stockton will be closed for the remaining weekends during the month of December: Saturday and Sunday, December 17th and 18th; Saturday and Sunday, December 24th and 25th; and Saturday and Sunday, December 31st and January 1st, 2023.

Jesse and Anna Luna, rural Plainville, received one of Kansas Farm Bureau’s (KFB) Farm Family of the Year awards at their annual meeting held December 3-5 in Manhattan.