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County appraiser Heather Poore was at the Rooks County Commission meeting held on Tuesday, December 7th to ask if one of her employees could work on Friday afternoons to make up her time when she was out of the office for doctor appointments. The office will still be closed to the public on Friday afternoons. The consensus of the commissioners was to allow her to work at that time. Poore also noted that there is no maternity leave in the County’s policy at this time.

Our much anticipated Christmas feature, including Santa’s ‘Deer Ones will be in next week’s issue. Don’t forget to stop in on Wednesday morning next week to pick up your copy! This is our 25th publishing of Santa’s Deer Ones, now a Christmas tradition for many families.

Stockton City Commissioners Reesa Brown, Jesica Kerr, Nathan Glendening, Adam Bryant and Bob Becker met on Tuesday, December 7th for the regular commission meeting. Also at the meeting were city clerk/manager Courtney Flower and assistant city clerk Kayla Hilbrink.

“Everybody is Somebody” and “You can make a difference.” These were the main messages that Kirk Smalley shared with Stockton 8-12 grade students on Dec. 9. Stand for the Silent was started in 2010 by a group of Oklahoma high school stu- dents after they heard the story of Kirk and Laura Smalley’s son, Ty Smalley.

It’s no surprise that the biggest increase in the County’s tax revenue for the 2021 year is in Oil with an increase of $599,143.13 for a total of $1,853,122.55. The 2020 total was $1,253,989.42. Real Estate also increased from the 2019 figure of $8,546,491.71 to $8,631,831.47 for a total increase of $85,339.76. Specials make up the last in crease from the 2020 figure of $31,034.88 to $35,191.05, an increase of $275,153.83. (The Specials tax is imposed on city cleanup of property (lots, for instance, to enable irrigation by the irrigation district; or for such projects and sewer, curb and gutter improvements.)

AINSLEY AND RYKER WHITNEY remind Santa what’s on their Christmas list this year during the Olde Tyme Christmas festivities held on November 26 in Stockton..

The Kansas Highway Patrol is releasing its Thanksgiving Weekend Holiday Activity Report. The reporting period for the holiday ran from 6 p.m. on Wednesday, November 24 through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, November 28.

Governor Laura Kelly has announced that total tax collections for November were $626.8 million. That is 3.1%, or $18.9 million, more than the estimate. Those collections are $70.1 million, or 12.6%, more than last November.

Most of the Rooks County Commission meeting held on Tuesday, November 30th was spent reviewing and signing vouchers, end-of-the-month vouchers and payroll, but before the commissioners turned their attention to that they conducted the business segment of their meeting.