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Five of our Rooks County 4-H youth competed at the 90th Kansas Junior Livestock Show held September 30 to October 2 in Hutchinson, bringing home many Top 5 placings in their respective classes.

Rooks County Emergency Management Director Butch Post served as the Kansas Emergency Management Association (KEMA) President for the past year.

The goal for this year’s PRIDE project was to focus on Stockton’s Main Street cleanup just in time for the town's 150th celebration. The Stockton High School students, teachers, staff and volunteers were out in full force on Wednesday, October 19th, during the PRIDE Work Day.

Stockton is one of 34 cities in Kansas selected to receive a total of $28.65 million for improvements to the State Highway System located within city boundaries.

Four sophomores attending the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis have each received a $500.00 scholarship as team members of the NCTA Crop Judging Team.

To start the Stockton Unified School District No. 271 Board of Education meeting, which was held Monday October 10th, in the District Conference Room, the Stockton second grade students recited the Pledge of Allegiance with those in attendance.

At the regular weekly meeting of the Rooks County Commission held on Tuesday, October 11th, several road and bridge employees were at the morning session to talk about wages in the department.

The Kansas Department of Transportation has started a field survey for a proposed project to replace the Beaver Creek bridge along K-9 in Smith County. The bridge is located near the west city limits of Gaylord.

The Rooks County Commissioners listened to the proposals from Dave Luke with K-Camp and Jesse Pfannenstiel with K-Worcc dealing with a self-insured property and casualty plan as well as a workers compensation plan for the County.

The Fall Turkey Season began on Saturday, October 1st and will run until Thursday, November 10th in units 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6. Unit 4 is closed. This is for archery and shotgun with the shooting hours to begin one-half hour before sunrise to sunset.