September 16th, 1881: County Supt. Clark can now be found in the southwest room of the new courthouse and the register, clerk and treasurer in the east room. The offices are not all ready to occupy yet.

THE KAY WINTER FORMAL CROWNING.

The Hobart Homemakers FCE group met Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, at the United Methodist Church in Stockton at 7 p.m. Susan G. opened the meeting with the flag salute and Gail read the FCE mission. The treasurer's report was read and approved. Our profit from our greenery sales was $1,208.46, which was an increase from last year!

Queen & King.

In the final verse of John 16, Jesus, after being thanked by his disciples for speaking clearly and without figurative speech, tells them, “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” The verse can be comforting and disconcerting at the same time. After all, we all want peace, and we can certainly appreciate the fact that Jesus has overcome the world. But do we really have to experience trouble?

THE SCARIEST BIBLE VERSE. No, we can't prove that it's the scariest verse in the Bible. However, I sure wouldn't want Jesus to say it to me! First of all, we see from God's Word that Jesus knows everyone. He knows me. And He knows you. Jesus said in Matthew 7:21, 'Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.' Here we see that Jesus knows everyone and why we do what we do. He knows whether or not we're actually doing the will of His Father. Implied in this is that some people, bornagain Christians, do the Father's will because they truly know Him, love Him, serve Him, and desire to please Him. Also implied is that some people think they're okay with God but don't genuinely know, love, serve, or truly aim to please Him. They say with their mouth, 'Lord, Lord,' but they essentially say with their life, 'Not Your will be done, but my will be done.' Jesus continued in Matthew 7:22, saying, 'Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' In other words, not to be detoured from their belief system and hopes of heaven, this group of self-deceived

The Rooks County Commission approved the 2023 Rooks County Free Fair Board appointments at their regular meeting on Tuesday, January 17th. Fair board members for this year are as follows: Dean Hrabe (president), Kelly Muir (secretary), Ruthmary Muir (treasurer), Leonard Bristow (first vice president), Steve Cook (second vice president), Joe Becker, Rod Becker, Cade Beesley, Tom Benoit, Jody Barker Cole, Kirk Green, Jessica Iwanski, Doug Keas, Jeff Keller, Dan Kriley, Anna Luna, Dixie Miller, Jerry Miller, Laura Moffet, Jason Ochampaugh, David Pieper, Brian Pelton, Steve Riffel, Shawn Roy and Henry Sander.

Mary Smith of Stockton was among Washburn University's fall 2022 graduating class. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

This week started off badly but ended great due to the nice wet snow we received. I’m guessing we had a half inch of rain followed by 5-6 inches of snow. I didn’t care for the amount of mud accumulated on the pickup Thursday. I carried a lot of Rooks County soil to Salina on Friday and left it in a car wash. Steve drove a truck and trailer to Scott City, dropped off the trailer and returned to Salina. I spent the day shopping, running errands and having a short visit at Bennington with the Stillwagons. Steve returned to Salina covered partially in grease, and after cleaning him up, he was allowed in the pickup. When he walked into Freightliner earlier, a man asked if he had had a bad day!