THE STOCKTON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1982 gathered June 17th and 18th for their 40-year class reunion. Besides the usual visiting and “catching up” with classmates, those attending enjoyed watching Cruise Night together at the home of Jeff and MaryAnn Dix on Friday and a delicious meal, catered by The Daily Grind of Stockton, on Saturday evening at the Stockton VFW. Those present for a picture included the following: front row, from left: Virginia (Look) Bice, Donnell (Schneider) Pfannenstiiel, Denise (Reed) Murchie, and Teresa (Atherton) Glendening. Back row, from left: Allen Kee, Dean Hrabe, Jeff Williams and Jeff Dix. Not pictured but attending were Scott Novotny and Downer Hull. (Courtesy Photo)

THE STOCKTON FFA MEMBERS attended the State Convention and State LDE Contests last week in Manhattan. The officer team competed in Ritual, Coryn Hahn competed in Prepared Public Speaking, and Bodye Stithem competed in Employment Skills. Jolee Sterling and Cappi Hoeting received their WLC Scholarships. The National Land & Homesite Team was also recognized on stage. Pictured are (from left, front row): Rachel Dryden, Ryan Mongeau, Zach Young, Jaxon Dunlap; (back row) Brin Muir, Rivver Long, Bodye Stithem, Jolee Sterling, Cappi Hoeting and Coryn Hahn. (Not pictured is their sponsor Shane Austin.)

(The following article is taken from the approved minutes of the June 7th City of Stockton Commission regular meeting.) The first regular meeting of the month was called to order at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 by Mayor Reesa Brown with the following commissioners being present: Jesica Kerr, Adam Bryant, and Nathan Glendening.

Hello, Friends! This last weekend, my friends and I were outdoors cooking and playing badminton in the back yard. You know, typical summer fun.

God uses messed up people. Do you find that statement to be curious, or even wrong? If so, you might want to spend some time in the New Testament reading the many writings of Paul. His story is one of being on the wrong side and then turning to become an apostle known for spreading the teachings of Jesus.

A STIFF-NECKED PEOPLE. That's the summary of God's covenant people, the Jews, by Moses. God had called Moses to come up Mt. Sinai to receive instruction for Israel and he stayed for 40 days and 40 nights (Exodus 24). At the end of that time, God gave Moses the two tablets of stone on which He had written the 10 Commandments. However, upon descending Mt. Sinai, Moses found that his brother, Aaron, had made a golden calf for the people to worship and they were also involved in drunken immorality. (Ex. 32:6; 1 Cor. 10:7-8). God called Moses back up Mt. Sinai and while there, he pled for God to be merciful and gracious "even though we are a stiff-necked people" (Ex. 34:9). These Jews had seen the plagues that destroyed Egypt and had seen Pharaoh and his army drowned by God in the Red Sea, yet they quickly stiffened their necks in rebellion against God. Through my study of God's Word over the past weeks, one truth that has especially been impressed on my mind is the utter sinfulness and stiff-necked rebelliousness of the human nature. Another example is that during the end times, as seen in Revelation 6, the Lord Jesus Christ will judge mankind for their rejection of Him as Lord and Savior. The setting at that future time will be that the Lord causes onefourth of the world's population to be killed, the stars to fall from the sky, and a great earthquake to move mountains and islands out of their places. However, rather than humbling themselves and savingly trusting Him, the people of that day will cry out to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!" In other words, they will know that Jesus is causing the catastrophic events and that He is the Lamb (the Savior), but they would rather die than trust Him. Incredible! The sin nature in the hearts of people is just as stiffnecked today. Thankfully, His grace is still sufficient to save!

The Sigma Phi ESA was in charge of the Swing Into Summer Festival games held on Saturday, June 18th and have posted the winners as follows: SACK RACE: (6 and Under) Brodie Kreutzer placed first and Lucy Strutt placed second; (7 through 12) Emery Peterson placed first and Addie Johnston placed second; (13 and Up) Zach Brown placed first and Kaleb McLain placed second. WATER BALLOON TOSS: (6 and Under) Hudson Horn and Grayson Brown placed first and Oaklynn Meuli and Annie Champagne placed second; (7 through 12) Emilee Brown and Henry Berkley placed first and Justice Stice and Kase Brown placed second; (13 and Up) Laura Moffet and Don Moffet placed first and Kyle Strutt and Bryce Meuli place second.

Thomas Hickton Co. G, 1st Connecticut Volunteer Cavalry Thomas Hickton was born in May 1832 in Great Britain and arrived at the New York Port 26 April 1851 at the age of 18.

Come in and check us out!! New titles in the library for adults are: • “Out of the Clear Blue Sky” by Kristen Higgins • “The Diva Says Cheesecake!” by Krista Davis • “The Boardwalk Bookshop” by Susan Mallery • “The Hotel Nantucket” by Elin Hilderbrand New titles in the library for children are: • “Get Well, Crabby!” by Jonathan Fenske • “JoJo Makoons: Fancy Pants” by Dawn Quigley • “Frank & The Bad Surprise” By Martha Brockenbrough • “Also” by E.B. Goodale • “Out of a Jar” by Deborah Marcero New additions to our Puppy Place Series by Ellen Miles include the following: Muttley, Baxter, Honey, Lucky, Bear, Noodle, Pugsley, Patches, Shadow, Bentley, Louie, Spirit, Edward, Bitsy, Jake, Angel, Bubbles and Boo, Champ, Bonita, Nala, Sugar, Gummi, and Lollipop, Gus, Daisy, Boomer, Stella, Cooper, Liberty, Molly, Oscar, Mocha, Teddy, Lucy, Rocky, Moose, and Ziggy.

The first order of business for the Stockton City Commission during their Tuesday, June 21 meeting was the approval of the Consent Agenda which included the Solomon Valley Manor gross payroll in the amount of $59,203.56, the Solomon Valley Manor warrants in the amount of $51,439.54, the City of Stockton warrants in the amount of $341,797.24, and the June 7th regular meeting minutes.