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47th annual Hansen Museum Arts and Crafts Fair set for Sat., August 21st

4 years ago By News Staff

The 47th annual Hansen Museum Arts and Crafts Fair in Logan will be held on Saturday, August 21st from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Activities include a 5KRun/2 Mile Fun Walk, chain saw artist demonstrations with two sculpture giveaways, drawings for Hansen Bucks, quilting machine demos by Stitch and Chatter, quilter Janie Lowry to present “More Disappearing Quilts,” and kids activities including bungee trampoline, obstacle course, jump/slide combo, dunk tank and face painting.

Sentinel closed in afternoons for Fair Week

4 years ago By News Staff

The Stockton Sentinel office will be closed Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons during Fair Week. We will still be open all day Monday, from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, from 10:00 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, and from 9:00 a.m. to noon Thursday and Friday. Get out and support the Fair.

Sentinel publishing early during Fair Week

4 years ago By News Staff

As is our custom, the Sentinel will publish on Tuesday instead of Wednesday during Fair Week, which this year runs from August 11-17. Postal patrons will get their newspapers a day early and the paper will hit the newsstands on Tuesday morning. Please help us better serve you by turning in all your ads and news for our August 12th issue by 5 p.m. this Friday, August 6th.

And just a reminder, the Sentinel will be closed in the afternoons Tuesday through Friday during Fair Week.

Webster Lake remains in a “Warning” Advisory for blue-green algae

4 years ago By News Staff

Webster Reservoir continues to be in an Active “Warning” Advisory for blue-green algae, according to the latest report released Thursday, July 29th, from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

Commissioners discuss ARPA funds at meeting

4 years ago By Virgi Laska

The regular weekly meeting of the Rooks County Commission began with a discussion session that included the three commissioners, John Ruder, Greg Balthazor and Tim Berland, as well as sheriff Gary Knight, treasurer Kim Northup, emergency management director Butch Post and clerk Ruthmary Muir dealing with the ARPA funds the County had received. The total amount of the funds will be $950,000.00. There is no set requirements as yet as to how the funds can be dispersed, so at this time those present talked about hiring an outside agency to administer this second round of funds as they did with the SPARK money. They will also make a list of ideas as to how the money might be able to be utilized using the general outlines as suggested by the government.

Names on the Wall

4 years ago By Susan D. Mcfarland Rooks County Museum Coordinator

Recently, I was reminded that some people who are now following this series might have missed the first column that introduced the series. “Names on the Wall” refers to the names of Rooks County Veterans engraved on the Memorial Wall on the east side of the Rooks County Courthouse in Stockton.

KDHE shares steps to protect health amid potential air quality impacts from wildfires

4 years ago By News Staff

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) wants to alert Kansans to potential air quality impacts from Western wildfire smoke. Ongoing wildfires across the Western U.S. continues to produce dense smoke that is being transported into Kansas by the atmospheric winds.

Governor Kelly announces July Tax receipts

4 years ago By News Staff

Governor Laura Kelly announced Kansas’ July tax receipts. In total, Kansas’ State General Fund saw its total tax receipts for July perform $60.0 million, or 11.0%, better than the estimate with $602.6 million collected. Comparing this July’s total tax receipts to the previous July’s would not be a meaningful comparison as last July included receipts from tax returns from the extended filing period.

See you at the Rooks County Free Fair

4 years ago By Virgi Laska

The Rooks County Free Fair is just around the corner with the big event to start this Sunday, August 8th, with the FREE Ranch Rodeo to start at 4:00 p.m. at the Frank Smith Arena.

New electric generator for Stockton

4 years ago By Stockton City Clerk Courtney Flower

On Tuesday, July 27th, the City of Stockton received the delivery of the new C175-16 Caterpiller Generator Set. The generator is a 4376-brake horsepower V-16 diesel engine which is rated at 3100 kwh per hour. This will cover Stockton’s electric load 95% of the time by itself. This unit is rated for emergency use only. It is a quick start and will improve the City’s response time and reliability, if there is an incoming power outage. The unit should be fully connected and ready for service in late fall to early winter of 2021.