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Body Franklin Alvord Co. F, 95th Illinois Infantry Regiment Franklin Edwin Alvord was born 24 June 1845 in Mentor Township, Lake County, Ohio, the son of Elbridge D.

Body I spent part of this week hunting—not deer or birds—but three bulls. Thanks to Vernon Strutt they were finally captured. I never knew I was such a good tracker but decided you cannot stop a huge bull when he wants to go elsewhere.

Body The Stockton FFA recently swept the competition at the Northwest District Land and Homesite Judging Contest at Goodland. This qualifies both teams for the state competition next spring.

Body Deb Niermeier: “It was so much fun to get to watch my cousin’s son, Dalton Schoen, a K-State graduate, play in the Kansas City Chiefs’ pre-season games.” Linda Morgan: “Having moved here from Tennessee, I haven’t experienced a Kansas winter yet. What should I expect?

Body REPAIR WORK was done to the pour-in-place surface under the Stockton City Park’s playground equipment this past week. The surfacing was done approximately one year ago with it noted at that time that some work was still needed before it was completed.

Body STOCKTON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1986 held its 35th Class Reunion on September 18, 2021 at Webster Lake.

Body The first load brought into the Farmers Union Elevator in Stockton to start the fall harvest was by Don Lucky when he drove onto the scales on Monday, September 20th. Joey Bellerive was the first person to bring in a load at Woodston Coop on Friday, September 24th.

Body Did you know that some Stockton Grade School classrooms have class pets? Some classes have hermit crabs, others have guinea pigs; there are also hamsters in our building. Classes also have a bearded dragon, dogs and a fishless fish tank.

Body This is the first installment of “Our School” articles, written by Mrs. Andrea Dix’s fifthgrade study hall students. About every two weeks different students will write about what’s going on in school, from the students’ perspective.