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Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas is proud to announce the receipt of a $20,980 grant from the Beach Family Foundation.

It’s the 37th annual Parade of Christmas Trees at the Stockton Public Library! The creative designs/themes of the trees just keeps getting better and better! Decorations on the treesinclude doves, reindeer, stars, gnomes, and yes, even flamingos taking center stage.

Madison Reed was honored at the IMCA National Banquet held in the Cornhusker Marriott in Lincoln, Nebraska (the IMCA national headquarters) on Saturday, November 27th as the Kansas State Champion in the Sports Compact Division for the 2021 racing season.

The Sacred Heart Home and School is presenting a New Year’s Eve Escape Celebration set for Friday, December 31, 2021 at the Sacred Heart Grade School in Plainville. The doors will open at 5:00 p.m. with the evening’s lineup including a meal, drinks and stage entertainment followed by a dance.

The third-grade students of Martha Fleck and Tricia Hemphill at Stockton Grade School are featured in individuals ads in this week’s Sentinel. Each student created a poster representing what they ae thankful for this Thanksgiving.

Governor Laura Kelly congratulated Rooks County for receiving $1 million in Cost Share funds as administered through the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT). The funds will be used for improvements to County Road 10.

At the Rooks County Commission meeting held on Tuesday, November 16th, commissioner John Ruder informed commissioners Greg Balthazor and Tim Berland that the Plainville Community Foundation has a matching grant for Redbud Village if the City of Plainville and the County could match the funds.

Governor Laura Kelly congratulated Roger Hrabe, Rooks County Economic Development Director, on receiving the Governor’s Tourism Award on Monday, November 15. The Governor announced the prestigious award during the annual Kansas Tourism Conference in Liberal.

STOCKTON’S THIRD-GRADE CLASSES of Ms. Tricia Hemphill and Mrs. Martha Fleck combined their efforts to construct an amazing paper chain American flag, with the purpose of displaying it during the Veterans Day program which was going to be held at the school.

This year’s Grand Marshals for Stockton’s Olde Tyme Christmas Parade are Sandi and Mike Rogers, two familiar faces in our community. When they were asked to be this year’s Grand Marshals Sandi said, “We were surprised and honored.”