Congratulations to the 2022-2023 Stockton High School Dance Team! Ready to perform before and during half-time games will be Delanee Bedore, Tierra Yohon, Claire Plumer, Ruthie Voss, Ava Dix, Ella Snyder, Baileigh Balthazor, Karleigh Horn and Saj Snyder.

The Stockton FFA members attended the Northwest District Entomology Contest at Hays on Tuesday, March 8th and came away with a first and second place showing for the day. The Greenhand team placed first as a team with several members placing in the Top Ten individually.

At a special meeting of the Stockton Unified School District No. 271 Board of Education, which was held on Thursday, March 10th, the board members offered Sarah Armstrong a two-year-contract as Superintendent of Schools starting July 1st, 2022.

Here’s a question for you: If you went to jail for preaching the Word of God, would you still be preaching the Word when you got out? While we would all like to think that we would, it begs the question of how far we are willing to go to bring others to Christ.

GOD RULES. The book of Daniel is popularly used as fun stories to tell children. The first six chapters focus on six historical events. The remaining six chapters are mostly prophetical. What a blessing it's been spending hundreds of hours over the past two months re-studying and chewing on these historical chapters! A major take-away is that this book is really not so much about Daniel and his friends. The real focus is the God of Daniel. Anyone who spends sufficient time in this book will come away with the reality that Daniel was absolutely and consistently faithful to Jehovah God - amongst a pagan people - in a pagan land - for over 70 years. What a challenge that is to anyone who claims Jesus as Savior! He never got snarky, never attacked others with foul words, never doubted God, etc. He certainly serves as a great role model for both young and old. However, the real treasure found in the book of Daniel is God Himself. He shows Himself to be the faithful God who is the Sovereign of the universe. In short, God rules! God ruled in delivering the 3 young men unharmed from the fiery furnace (ch. 3). God ruled in stopping the blasphemy of Belshazzar and ending his life and the Babylonian empire (ch. 5). And God ruled in keeping the lions from devouring Daniel when he was likely in his mid-80s. It was Darius, though, who really focused attention on God, declaring, "I make a decree that in every dominion of my kingdom men must tremble and fear before the God of Daniel. For He is the living God, And steadfast forever; His kingdom is the one which shall not be destroyed, And His dominion shall endure to the end. He delivers and rescues" (6:26-27). Solomon is the one who said, "The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD" ( Prov. 21:1). For us today, Putin is nothing more than a puppet in God's hand. Despite all his bluster, it is God who rules. Do you know Daniel's God? If so, take comfort, for He rules!

Eleanor “Ellie” Bellerive of Stockton, a sohomore majoring in Dietetics and Nutrition at Fort Hays State University, has been named to the Dean’s Honor Roll. She is one of 1,666 who earned the distinction.

Natoma Lions announced great success in a pancake supper benefiting the Four County Wildfire Relief Fund, Saturday, February 26, in Natoma. The community spirit in helping neighbors provided $2,796.00 in donations.

Co. D., 60th Indiana Infantry Regiment Felix Caliouette has been a veteran difficult to track down because his name on the Wall is Galionette and public records of his life contain several other variations of the spelling of his name.

We currently have three active reported cases of COVID-19 in the county and zero individuals in the hospital due to COVID-19. Rooks County and USD 271 are following the KDHE guidelines.