Be there, or be square! The Swing Into Summer Festival CAR SHOW is this Friday and Saturday, June 18th and 19th. Cruise Night kicks off the two-day event on Friday evening, June 18th with the vehicles to start cruising down Main Street beginning at 6:00 p.m.

During the first of this week 183 Lanes in Stockton was closed so the bowling lanes and approaches could be resurfaced. The process has several different phases, with the first phase the sanding of the wooden lanes. Depending on how many lanes need to be sanded, the work takes up to one or two days using machines that resemble either a large riding or push lawnmower. The large machines work on the lanes, while the small machine takes care of the approaches. Vacuum bags are attached so the dust from the sanding is minimal.

Those wanting to file for any open positions on the city councils, school boards or extension district in Rooks County had to do so by June 1. With that deadline behind us, the 2021 General Election, which will be held on Tuesday, November 2, is set with the following local citizens to appear on the ballot:

Washburn University has announced its Spring 2021 Dean's List honorees and included in the area list are three from Rooks County. To qualify for the Dean's List, a student must complete 12 graded credit hours and earn a semester grade point average of 3.4 to 3.99.

The Kansas Department of Transportation began a field survey for a proposed bridge replacement project on U.S. 36 in Smith County the week of May 24.

With the help of generous donations from Farm Bureau members in Kansas and Farm Bureau Financial Services agents, Kansas Farm Bureau’s End Hunger campaign donated nearly $100,000 to food banks and pantries across the state in 2020.

On April 30, shortly after 9:00 p.m., Judith L. Jones-Shootz, age 57, of Fruita, Colo., and her passenger, 54-year-old Dennis Shootz, were headed south on Highway 183 near CC Rd., when she struck a deer. Jones-Shootz was driving a 2020 Toyota 4Runner which sustained damage on the front and driver’s side front corner, but the vehicle was driveable. Both occupants were wearing seatbelts, and no injuries were reported.

In his annual address during the Memorial Day services at the Stockton Cemetery on Monday, May 31st, veteran and VFW Post 8873 Quartermaster John Berkley spoke as follows: “I want to thank you all for coming out this Memorial Day. This is a day in which we remember our friends and ancestors who have passed on.

GRAND MARSHALS OF THE 2021 PEONY FESTIVAL PARADE were Jane and Don Cuningham, who were even outfitted in their peony attire. The couple was escorted in the parade by Spencer and Kayla Hilbrink in the1960 Cadillac owned by the Hilbrinks.

In the early morning of Sunday, May 16th when the banks of Paradise Creek overflowed and flooded the town of Natoma due to the torrential rains, the damage did not stop there as the runoff and overflow made its way to other areas throughout the countryside.