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Body As of Monday, November 1st, the harvest of soybeans in the area is done. The Farmers Union Elevator in Stockton took in 133,000 bushels and the Woodston Coop took in 190,000 bushels. This is a little over 20% more than last year’s crop.

Body The Dedication of the Veterans Memorial at the Stockton City Cemetery will be held on Thursday, November 11th at 2:00 p.m.

Body The Stockton Area Chamber of Commerce membership meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 9th at Farmers National Bank. Social time will begin at 5:15 p.m. and the meeting will start at 5:30 p.m. Olde Tyme Christmas will be discussed. See you there!

Body Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce for the State of Kansas, David Toland, came to Stockton on Friday, Oct. 29, and met with Stockton City Commissioner Bob Becker at the city office.

Body The Hobart Homemakers FCE group met Monday, October 25, 2021, at 7 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Stockton. Janie opened with the flag salute. The roll call was, "What is your favorite thing about fall?" It was answered by seven members.

Body Nutritional flushing of ewes/does is the technique by which we can increase the plane of nutrition, most commonly by increasing the energy available in the diet, likely increasing ovulation rates during breeding time, leading to higher lambing and kidding rates.

Body Reader’s advisory! Sometimes, in doing the research for these biographical sketches, little information can be found. George Carter is a case in point. No matter how many times or how many permutations and variations of Mr. Carter’s name I punched into Ancestry.

Body On average, families have less than three minutes from the time the first smoke alarm sounds to escape a fire. Working smoke alarms provide the early warning and critical extra seconds needed to escape and cut the risk of dying in home fire structures in half.

Body This year Halloween was a quiet one with lots of trick-or-treaters out and about getting their bags filled with candy around the neighborhoods in Stockton. Other than the usual smashed pumpkins, no tricks materialized throughout the evening hours.

Body THE SHS STRIDERS competed in the Midwest Showcase held on Saturday, October 30th at TMP in Hays, competing against high school teams from across Kansas. They came away with a I Rating and a Best In Creativity Award for their performance to “Astronaut in the Ocean.