The Stockton Sentinel will be closed Monday, July 4th. Please note that our deadline for the July 7th issue is this Friday, July 1st at noon. Thank you for your cooperation, and have a fun and safe Fourth of July!

Kyle Hull was contracted as Stockton’s new business teacher for the 2022-2023 school year at the special school board meeting held on Monday, June 27th. He will also serve as the coathletic director, taking over Marcia Hrabe’s position upon her resignation. Also hired in supplemental positions for the upcoming year are Don Moffet as the head high school football coach, Spencer Hilbrink as the head junior high football coach, and Heath Muir as the assistant junior high football coach.

(The following is taken from the unapproved June 7th Rooks County Commission regular meeting minutes.) The Rooks County Commission met in regular session. Commissioners present were John Ruder, Chairman, and Members Greg Balthazor and Tim Berland.

Heath, Shannon, Jayden and Kailyn Latham from Overland Park, and Lance and Sue Latham from Tulsa, Okla., were here this weekend to celebrate Dee’s birthday and Father’s Day with their parents, Dee and Sheila Latham.

The Kansas Department of Transportation has started a project to repair two bridges along I-70 in Trego County. Crews are repairing the westbound and eastbound I-70 bridges located near Ogallah at exit 135.

Appraiser Heather Poore was present at the Rooks County Commission meeting held on Tuesday, June 14th to ask for permission to hire an outside appraiser for the County for a business owner who feels his tax appraiser is too high. The cost is $2,000.00 with Poore stating she has the funds in her budget. The commissioners approved the request and will allow Poore to hire an outside appraisal service to look at the local business. Before leaving the meeting Poore requested a five-minute executive session to discuss non-elected personnel. Present for the session were the three commissioners, Tim Berland, Greg Balthazor and John Ruder, Poore and county clerk Laurie Montgomery. There was no further discussion when the commissioners came back to the open meeting.

Just when you think nothing much is going on in Stockton, a couple of art projects in the works will soon begin to brighten up the town! A large Mural and a Barn Quilt Wall are two projects planned by the RoCo Arts Council, Inc. that you will want to be watching for.

The area wheat harvest has begun with Mike and Glenda Jirak bringing in the first load of wheat to Stockton’s Farmers Union Elevator on Monday, June 20th. Moisture content was dry.

Solutions North Bank has been part of the Stockton community for decades and always finds fun and creative ways to give back to the communities they serve and love. So on Friday morning, June 17th, with the price of everything skyrocketing, especially gas, SNB surprised the people at the pumps at Stockton’s J-Mart and Alta by filling up their gas tanks!