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THESE STOCKTON MEN participated in the Grand Island Bowling Tourney at the end of February in 1997. The men brought home $1,956.23 in prize money out of a total payout of $10,485.25.

* And So They Say: Les Eckart: “You haven’t tried anything till you’ve tried to get a passport photo.” Butch Ostmeyer: “I don’t think it will be too long until we have the 1964 Fair lined up pretty well.”

At the Rooks County Commission meeting held on Tuesday, February 18th, sheriff Gary Knight, emergency management director Butch Post and road and bridge supervisor Rich Bouchey met with the commissioners to finalize cost details for the radio antennae installation for the County.

GREGG GARTRELL, left, was recognized recently at the annual meeting of the Rooks County Conservation Service by Chairman Gregg Whisman, right. Gregg is a current member of the Rooks County Conservation District Board of Supervisors, serving as Vice Chairman.

Do Mobile Wallets Make You Spend More Money?

Federal funds make their way to Northwest Kansas in the form of lunches children eat at school, Medicaid dollars paid for nursing home care, road and bridge projects and a variety of other ways. The level of federal funding many of those programs and services receive is directed by census data.

A recent whirlwind trip took me to both Gettysburg and Washington, DC in the same week. Both sites were good places to reflect on people, politics and the ideals that guide our actions.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced February 19th that the U.S. Department of Transpor tation will award $20.

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