The Rooks County Conservation District had 147 students participate in the 2022 Rooks County Conservation District Poster Contest. It was down significantly from the 215 in 2022.

The Stockton school board members held an in-depth discussion about KSHSAA during a special school board meeting on Tuesday, January 31st. After the discussion, the board members voted to allow the administrators to explore League options for the District..

Roger Cooper (Monday morning): “I am just out here spreading cheer and sunshine!” Linda Morgan: “Colton Williams is the busiest young man in town!”.

The Stockton school board members held an in-depth discussion about KSHSAA during a special school board meeting on Tuesday, January 31st. After the discussion, the board members voted to allow the administrators to explore League options for the District.

Congratulations to Vernon and Diane Strutt on being presented the Windbreak Award at the Rooks County Conservation Annual Meeting held Monday, January 30. Congratulations to all the Spelling Bee participants.

Why do you go to church on Sunday? That is a question we should ask ourselves, simply because it is always a good idea to examine our heart now and then. That is exactly what Roger Cooper conveyed on Sunday as we continued to seek a closer walk with Jesus.

GOD'S WAYS. Many people like the Old Testament due to its narrative style and the emphasis on the lives of various people rather than the more doctrinal emphasis found especially in the New Testament epistles. As we read of events in the lives of various people that God included in His Word, we can relate and make spiritual application to our own lives today. Looking at the life of Joseph, one of the first lessons we see is that God can give grace even when we're hated despite doing nothing wrong. Jacob genuinely loved Rachel (Gen. 29:18), yet God withheld her from having children. God eventually remembered Rachel (Gen. 30:22) and she gave birth to Joseph in Jacob's latter years (Gen.