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(Continued From Jan. 28th Issue) Sept.

Last year, Stockton Grade School second grade teacher Jennifer Kesler and Shane Austin, Agriculture Education, were recognized as the District’s Kansas Teacher of the Year (KTOY) nominees for USD 271 for Region 1.

Eight volunteer fire fighters from the Stockton Fire Department attended a fire school put on by the Kansas Fire Fighters Association in Kirwin over the weekend. The two-day event was held on Saturday, February 5th and Sunday, February 6th.

The Rooks County Commissioners began their weekly meeting on Tuesday, February 1st by approving Plainville High School’s After Prom request. The commissioners will donate $400.00 to each of the County’s three high schools as long as they receive requests from the schools.

The Stockton Area Chamber of Commerce has announced that Ravin States Leake is the new Executive Director of the organization. She has begun her training with outgoing director Jayne Prockish to transition into the new position by March 1st.

Stockton fourth-grade student Corbyn Glendening won the grade school spelling bee, held on Wednesday, January 26th, by correctly spelling the world “invasions.” Second place and third place were decided by a spell-off between Hudson Kriley and Jayana Creighton.

WITH JANUARY BEING SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH, the U.S.D. No. 271 Board of Education was recognized last Tuesday, January 25, during halftime of the Stockton vs. Northern Valley basketball game by the Stockton High School and Junior High Student Councils.

The Stockton Sentinel is always looking for pictures for our “Yesteryear” page. If you have a picture that you’d be willing to share with our readers (preferably at least 20 years old), send it to Stockton Sentinel, P.O. Box 521, Stockton, KS 67669, e-mail it to: stkpaper@ruraltel.

Last Sunday was wall-to-wall sunshine with the high nearing the 60-degree mark. Monday was sunny to partly cloudy with the high in the low 50s.