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Body On Wednesday, December 15th, the dreadful day of extremely high wind and “The Four County Fire,” the first fire siren sounded at 12:50 p.m. for a call to Highway 24 and 8 Roads due to a pasture fire near Bryant and Danielle Muir’s residence.

Body The Rooks County Commissioners voted to allow road and bridge superintendent Rich Bouchey to purchase a 1224 volt jump starter and generator with air for the approximate cost of $12,000.00 (installed), at the weekly meeting held on Tuesday, January 11th.

Body Students and teachers from Stockton USD #271, Plainville USD and Sacred Heart School toured the MEGA Lungs display on Wednesday January 12th in Stockton and on Thursday, January 13th in Plainville.

Body The Stockton Area Chamber of Commerce’s first meeting of the year was held on Tuesday, January 11th at the new location of the Rooks County Farm Bureau Financial Services building. Before the meeting a ribbon cutting was held for the business.

Body THE RIBBON CUTTING for Rooks County Farm Bureau Financial Services took place on Tuesday, January 11th prior to the Stockton Area Chamber of Commerce meeting.

Body (Continued From Last Week) May 6—The SHS football field, Dibble Creek and the field west had flooded from the runoff of the thunderstorm on Sunday, May 2nd.

Body New board members BJ Hoeting and Chad Sterling attended their first USD 271 School Board meeting on Monday, January 10.

Body In recent years there has been a steady decline in the attendance of the annual Stockton High School Alumni Banquet on Memorial Day Weekend. Many classes have opted to hold their own reunions.