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No, your dog didn’t eat part of your paper, nor did your husband misplace the last two pages. We received several calls last week from subscribers wanting to know if part of the Sentinel was missing.

There was no Old Business for the Stockton City Commission, which met on Tuesday, February 7th, so they moved directly into New Business. The first item on the list was the approval of a building permit for a privacy fence at 221 North Cedar.

A familiar face has taken over the position as Rooks County EMS Director. Megan Niblock has been employed by the City of Stockton since she acquired her EMT license in the spring of 2016 during her senior year of high school.

Conservation Awards Received.

Chuck Comeau with the Senior Services Board and Plainville Mayor Quintin Meyers were at the Rooks County Commission regular meeting on Tuesday, February 7th. A few weeks prior, Comeau had emailed the commissioners Redbud Village financial information for them to review.

The top four spellers from Stockton Grade School and the top four from Damar/ Palco Grade School, Sacred Heart (Plainville), and Plainville Grade School competed in the Rooks County Spelling Bee held at the historic Nova Theatre in Stockton on Wednesday, February 8th.

A young Stockton man was sentenced to more than three years in prison for a DUI crash that killed a 16-year-old Plainville girl in 2021. Zebulon Thomas Cole was sentenced January 18 in Rooks County District Court to a prison term of 41 months with the Kansas Department of Corrections.

A DELEGATION FROM THE CITY OF STOCKTON.

The Osborne, Rooks, and Graham County Conservation Districts will host a Local Working Group (LWG) meeting on February 14th at 2:00 p.m. at Stockton City Hall, 115 S Walnut, in Stockton, Kansas.

The Heartland Community Foundation’s Twice as Nice is back—the annual Match Month campaign when donations to the foundation are matched by the Dane G. Hansen Foundation. All donations must be postmarked by Feb. 28 in order to be eligible for matching.