Annual Meeting and Board Elections set for Friday, May 2

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Five candidates running for two open seats; Complimentary transportation services available ANNUAL MEETING: When: Friday, May 2 Where: Rooks County Health Center Time: 6 p.m. The Rooks County Health Center (RCH) will hold its Annual Meeting and Board of Trustees election on Friday, May 2, 2025, at the hospital in Plainville.
Annual Meeting and Board Elections set for Friday, May 2

Matthew Benoit

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I’m Matt Benoit, and I was lucky enough to grow up in Damar, where community really means something. Both of my parents were first responders and active in just about everything around town, so I learned early on the value of giving back.
Matthew Benoit

Jay Casey

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Jay Casey has been a lifelong resident of Rooks County, being proud of the fact that his Great Grandparents were Irish immigrants to Rooks County homesteading in 1878. The Casey’s have continued to Farm and Ranch in the Corning Township area for now 5 generations.
Jay Casey

Chuck Comeau

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Chuck Comeau is a restaurateur and managing partner of Breaks Food Concepts Hays LLC, operating Breaks Eatery and Bar in Hays, Kansas. With over 25 years of service on the Board of Directors for Rooks County Health Center—currently as Chairman— Chuck brings extensive leadership experience in rural healthcare governance.
Chuck Comeau

Randall Hrabe

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I have been a lifelong resident of Rooks County, graduating from Plainville High School in 1971 and from Fort Hays State University in 1975 with a degree in Business Administration and minors in Accounting and Agriculture. After farming for about 10 years, I joked about having to go get a real job, in which I worked at the Pioneer Credit Union in Stockton for four years and then as a Business Finance Officer at the Northwest Kansas Planning and Development Commission 1994, I was promoted to Executive Director.
Randall Hrabe

Anna Muir

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Anna Muir has served K-State Research and Extension for over 25 years as a Family and Consumer Sciences and 4-H Youth Development Agent. She has demonstrated a strong commitment to community well-being throughout her career by implementing innovative educational programs.
Anna Muir

County Commissioners hire new courthouse custodian

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After the Rooks County Commission held a thirty-minute executive session to discuss negotiations at the start of the weekly meeting on Tuesday, April 8th, they returned to the open session. They voted to hire Derry Dibble as the Rooks County Maintenance Supervisor, effective April 25th.
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Memories made on Senior Trip

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The Stockton High School seniors took their senior trip to Kansas City in March, packing in quite a few fun places to enjoy during their time in KC. After planning out all the details of the trip, they headed out early on Sunday, March 23rd, after stopping in Salina for breakfast and shopping before arriving in Kansas City at noon.
ENJOYING THEIR SENIOR TRIP to Kansas City were: (front row) Katlyn Couse, Shyanne Balthazor, Ryleigh Gardner, Rivver Long, Jozie Ludy, Breanna Fast, Lillie Ferguson; (middle row) Aubrey Kesler, Brin Muir, Ella Snyder, Ava Dix, Bodye Stithem, Ashlyn Hahn, Emerson Lowry, Cason Iwanski, Holden Burton, Deacon Creighton; (back row) Taylor Inglsbee, Kagan Dix, Jaxon Dunlap, Jack Gasper, Ryan Mongeau, and Kayden King.
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