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Heading up the Stockton Peony Parade this Saturday, May 29th at 1:30 p.m. will be this year’s Grand Marshals, Jane and Don Cunningham. When Stockton Chamber Director Jayne Prockish asked Jane if they would be the Grand Marshals, Jane said, “It would be an honor.

At the Stockton City Commission meeting held on Tuesday, May 18th, clerk Courtney Flower informed the commissioners that the City will need to change out the waterlines to provide better flow to the proposed site of the new Solomon Valley Manor.

The Stockton High School students and athletes were honored at the SHS Awards Night held on Thursday, May 6th. A slide show of the students participating in activities throughout the year, and set to the school song, was shown prior to the program.

MidAmerica Nazarene University recently announced its President's, Dean's List and Honor Roll for the spring 2021 semester. A total of 360 students qualified for one of the honors.

Quilting clubs, sewing circles and quilting bees have been part of our country’s history for generations when family, friends and neighbors would get together to sew a quilt for a new baby, a wedding or just to spend a cold winter afternoon together.

The Sentinel will require early copy for not the next issue dated Thursday, May 27th, but rather for the one dated Thursday, June 3rd because of the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, May 31st.

The Smoky Hill Education Service Center held a virtual ceremony on Tuesday, May 11th recognizing the State School of Character for the 2020-2021 year as well as other awards. Stockton was selected as this year’s recipient. Criteria for the selection was based on Character.

May is National Nurses Month, and Rooks County Health Center (RCH) is proud to honor the nurses of Rooks County who have shown so much compassion, commitment and courage over the past year.

After several executive sessions were held towards the end of the meeting held on Monday, May 3rd to discuss non-elected personnel relating to supplemental and certified staff, the USD No.