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The Rooks County Free Fair begins this Sunday, August 6th, with a few changes in the lineup for the week, starting with the grandstand entertainment.

As is our custom, the Sentinel will publish on Tuesday instead of Wednesday during Fair Week, which this year runs from Sunday, August 6th through Saturday, August 12th. Postal patrons will get their newspapers a day early, and the paper will hit the newsstands on Tuesday morning.

It's beginning to be the same story, umpteenth verse when reporting accidents within the county. Unsurprisingly, five of the seven accidents this week involve deer—three of which occurred just south of Webster Reservoir on 10 Road.

The Stockton area wheat harvest is finally in the books with a total of 345,000 bushels taken in at the Stockton Farmers Union Elevator (227,000) and the Woodston Coop (118,000).

Chelsey Foerster, the youth pastor at the River Valley Church in Stockton, was called to serve God when she was a teenager. “God put this path on my heart at a very young age,” she said.

183 Lanes in Stockton will be open on Monday through Thursday (August 7th through August 10th) from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and from 4:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday during the Rooks County Free Fair week. There will be no bowling during the fair!

Come support the Rooks County youth at the 4-H and FFA Livestock Sale on Friday, August 11th. The event will be held at the Sutor-Blauer Arena at the Rooks County Fairgrounds. The Buyers’ Hospitality Hour will begin at 5:00 p.m. with the sale to start promptly at 6:00 p.m.

Make plans now to participate in the 4-H Silent Food Auction to be held during the Rooks County Free Fair. The ten items for auction will be on display in Harding Hall and ready for bids by Monday evening, August 7th.