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Kansas’ 28 state parks, 63 state fishing lakes, and more than 100 wildlife areas remain open to the public and will be popular destinations over the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

The Smoky Hill Education Service, along with the Kansas State Department of Education and HY- PERLINK "https://www.character.org/" \t "_blank" Character.org, announced the 2020 Kansas Schools of Character recipients in a virtual ceremony on Tuesday, May 12th. Kansas Commissioner of Education, Dr.

Beatrice Griebel of Stockton High School, was recently recognized by Kansas Governor Laura Kelly as a 2020 Kansas Governor’s Scholar. Typically, students receiving this recognition are invited to an awards program held in Topeka at the invitation of the Governor.

The Sentinel will require early copy for next week’s issue because of the Memorial Day holiday on Monday.

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly signed Executive Order 20-32 last Thursday, May 14th, which establishes a new phase to the “Ad Astra: Plan to Reopen Kansas.” The new “1.

Anyone interested in running for one of the Rooks County elected official positions or state position being filled in this fall’s elections may be interested to know what their starting, base salary would be if they were elected.

The Stockton High School Alumni banquet and reunion that was scheduled for Sunday, May 24th has been cancelled for this year due to the COV- ID-19 pandemic. And along with the cancellation of the reunion, the Stockton VFW Post #8873 has cancelled all Memorial Day services for Monday, May 25th.

There will be a government surplus commodities distribution this Friday, May 22, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., at the Stockton VFW (please enter through the front door at 314 Main Street).

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly will sign Executive Order 20-34, which moves Kansas into Phase 2 of “Ad Astra: A Plan to Reopen Kansas.” Phase 2, effective Friday, May 22, 2020, will be modified to include data-driven restrictions necessary to prevent community transmission of COVID-19.