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Body At the Rooks County Commission meeting held on Tuesday, July 11th, commissioners John Ruder, Kayla Hilbrink, and Tim Berland held a Public Hearing for the Covid Resiliency Program Allocation Fund Grant application process.

Body An unusual chain of events occurred early last month involving a one-vehicle accident along Highway 183 in the north city limits of Plainville.

Body More than $4 million in Community Service Program (CSP) Tax Credits have been awarded to 36 nonprofit organizations in Kansas.

Body The difficult decision was recently made to disband the Stockton Lions Club due to low membership. The organization has been part of this community since the 1950s, and through the years, it has contributed to the town in hundreds of ways. Their presence will be sorely missed.

Body At the regular monthly meeting of the Stockton Unified School District No.

Body For the past year, Humanities Kansas has had the pleasure of working with Angela Bates, Ashley Adams, and LueCreasea Horne at Nicodemus Historical Society to bring the Smithsonian traveling exhibition, “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America,” to Nicodemus.

Body The Pride of Texas Shows Carnival is going to be at this year’s Rooks County Free Fair and now is the time to buy your tickets for the rides! Advance armbands are $25.00 apiece and can be purchased at the Rooks County Free Fair Office. During the Fair, the armbands will be $30.

Body The Nova Theatre’s next FREE summer movie is Wednesday, July 19th, at 1:00 p.m. The movie is “The Secret Life Of Pets,” rated PG.

Body The Rooks County Free Fair is coming up fast, so the Fair Office is now open in anticipation of the annual event! Office hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please go to www.rookscountyfreefair.

Body Sign up now for the Main Street Christian Church Vacation Bible School at 602 Main Street in Stockton! The event will be held Wednesday, July 26th through Friday, July 28th from 5:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.