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Body At the monthly meeting of the Stockton Area Chamber of Commerce held on Tuesday, June 8th at Malee’s, the members present approved the bills paid to date. It was noted that there were 15 listed garage sales for the Highway 24 Garage sale.

Body KHP personnel assisted 748 motorists over the holiday reporting period. The Kansas Highway Patrol has released its Memorial Day Weekend Holiday Activity Report.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.