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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.

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.

BE LIKE JESUS. The first verse of an old hymn says, "Oh! to be like Thee, blessed Redeemer, This is my constant longing and prayer; Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures, Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Condolences to the former Holloway family from Woodston. Robert E. Ahlstedt, Diana (Dan) Holloway’s father passed away Tuesday, September 7, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.

Descendants of George and Amanda Dibble and Zeboeth Brittain gathered at the park in Alton September 4th and 5th to celebrate coming to homestead in Osborne County from Michigan 150 years ago. Over 100 descendants attended the celebration.

“As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.” (Ephesians 4:1) What does it mean to live a “worthy” life? That was the question for us this week as we continued our look at the book of Ephesians.

Nina (Silvers) Smith, Lexington, Va.: “Seeing the ‘Best Friends for 80 Years’ ad in the September 2 issue of the Sentinel, made me think of the friendship I have had for the past 80 years with my classmate.

The Kansas Food Bank received a combined gift totaling $15,000 from Midland Marketing and Land O’Lakes in an announcement made Thursday, September 16 at Midland Marketing in Hays, which will provide food for the communities served by Midland Marketing.

At the regular monthly meeting of the Stockton USD 271 Board of Education held on Monday, September 13th, after calling for three executive sessions to discuss administrative, supplemental and classified staff contracts, the board members voted to approve grade school principal Stacey Green and...