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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 $30.00 apiece.

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.

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.

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. Parents can sign up children ages PreK through fifth grade this fall by email at mscc602@gmail.

There’s a new queen in town! Cheyene Carlson of Stockton began her year-long reign as Plainville Rodeo Queen when the coronation ceremony was held to open the Plainville Rodeo on Saturday, June 10th.

The Stockton Recreation’s 4th annual 3-Man Scramble Golf Tournament is Saturday, July 22nd, at the Rooks County Golf Course. Now is the time to sign up for $150.00 per team.

The Swing Into Summer Festival and Car Show was held in Stockton on Friday, June 16th and Saturday, June 17th. The vintage cars, trucks and motorcycles were lined up under the canopy of shade trees at the Stockton City Park on Saturday for the public to enjoy.

Midwest Energy was recently awarded $580,800 for upgraded natural gas leak detection devices through a federal grant under 2021’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Before Rooks County Commissioners Kayla Hilbrink, Tim Berland, and John Ruder worked on the 2024 County budgets at the June 27th meeting, they conducted the business portion of their morning session.