When it gets to be December, baking cookies for the Holidays is an activity for the whole family. One of my favorite things to do is making sugar cookies with my grandchildren for Santa. We cut out many shapes and frost them. They don’t look like the cookies on the baking shows, but that is not why we do them. This is a special time with grandma and hopefully the tradition will continue long after I’m gone.

Rooks County continues to see new COVID-19 cases throughout the county. The absenteeism rate is decreasing and is at 3.9% above the baseline from 2019-2020. The positive testing rate has decreased  to 19.9% this week. We continue to monitor numbers closely. 

Brenda (McLaughlin) Moote, age 57, Windsor, Colo., passed away peacefully comfortably December 12th, 2020, in her own home with her family surrounding her.

She was born on September 11th, 1963, in Plainville, Kansas, to Gerald and Gean McLaughlin. 

With COVID-19 still an issue, this year’s open house at Farmers Union Coop Open House will be drive-thru style. The event will take place on Tuesday, December 22. Customers are asked to drive through the scales to receive your goodies. Merry Christmas to you all!