Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas is proud to announce a grant award from the Heartland Community Foundation in the amount of $6,990.00 to benefit DSNWK’s Custom Creations new downtown store.

Madison and Sierra Reed, and David Reed were heading home to Stockton from the Thomas County Speedway races on Saturday evening, June 19th, since they had been called off due to severe weather in the area. Madison was driving the pickup and enclosed trailer for his IMCA Sport Compact. They were about nine miles west of Hoxie with the wind getting increasingly stronger with gusts clocked at 80 miles per hour. The plan was to drive to Hill City for shelter. It was at the time, with the storm raging all around them and the visibility very limited, when Madison saw low-hanging power lines blowing across the highway. There was little time to react with Madison slowing down as fast as he could while saying a few choice words. Three, 115,00-volt power lines hit high on the top part of the cab, shattering the windshield before skimming across the roof and hitting the enclosed trailer dead center. Madison, who already had his foot on the brakes continued to try and stop, and with the power lines hooked onto the trailer, some utility poles were yanked out of the ground, and the force of the power lines cutting into the trailer pulled the truck and trailer backwards before it came to a complete stop.

The communities of Stockton and Plainville and the surrounding area are saddened to learn of a twovehicle crash which occurred at approximately 7:29 a.m. last Wednesday morning, June 16th, that claimed the life of a Stockton man and sent another to the hospital with suspected minor injury.

At the regular meeting of the Stockton City Commission held on Tuesday, June 15th, the commissioners signed the yearly updated law enforcement contract with Rooks County, noting a 3% cost of living increase as the only change. They then approved the contract for the sale of the City’s lots on North Fourth in the amount of $3,900.00.

Emergency management director Butch Post was at the Rooks County Commission meeting held on Tuesday, June 8th to inform the commissioners that the State Emergency Declaration for COVID-19 would expire on June 15th. He will get the information for the County’s emergency declaration that was passed last spring, so they can vote to have it expire at the next meeting. Post will also check into what the American Recovery Act money can be used for that the County has received and report back at the next meeting.

At the regular monthly USD 271 School Board meeting held on Monday, June 7th, the members present voted to allow the superintendent Bill Lowry and clerk Annette Look to pay the year-end bills and make transfers as allowed by law. They also allowed for the use of Contingency Reserve Funds if necessary to pay the required bills to close out the year.

At the monthly meeting of the Stockton Area Chamber of Commerce held on Tuesday, June 8th at Malee’s, the members present approved the bills paid to date. It was noted that there were 15 listed garage sales for the Highway 24 Garage sale. At this time there are 49 paid memberships.

KHP personnel assisted 748 motorists over the holiday reporting period. The Kansas Highway Patrol has released its Memorial Day Weekend Holiday Activity Report.