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A TALL ORDER. I don't know of any man who goes around crowing of being the best dad in the world. We all fall short. Exceedingly so, at times. That's just the honest truth. However, it could be worse. God could have chosen to not give us children to rear for Him.

You may be familiar with the well-known hymn, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms. The hymn describes the joy, peace, and security the author, Elisha Hoffman, felt when leaning on the promises of God. If you assessed your foundation today, would you have those feelings?

Charles Alexander Brown was born 27 April 1846 in Troy, New York. At some point, his family moved to Missouri (date unknown), and when he was 16, Charles joined the 4th Regiment Missouri State Militia Cavalry in April 1862 at St. Joseph.

The Crossroads Quilt Guild monthly meeting was brought to order on Monday, May 17th at 6:30 p.m. with food provided by Terrii Collins and Jennifer Guffey. Motion made by Stephanie Hart and seconded by Lynda Falley to accept the minutes as printed. Motion passed.

A fire call went out over the radio on Thursday morning, June 10th at approximately 9:05 a.m. to the Woodston Fire Department. A second call for mutual aid to the Stockton Fire Department went out at 9:12 a.m. to help with a large spill of anhydrous ammonia east of Woodston.

Macy Odle of Stockton was named to the Cloud County Community College Spring 2021 Honor Roll. To be named to this honor roll, students must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 hours of college coursework and earn a semester grade point average of 3.6-3.899.

Joseph Sammons Co. B, 21st Missouri Infantry Regiment Joseph Sammons was born in Morgan County, Illinois, 14 December 1833, moved to Hancock, Illinois at the age of 12, and then to Missouri when he was 21.

On Tuesday, June 1, Steve Melton had cataract surgery at Hays. Thanks to Doug Melton and Steve Riffel for helping Wednesday afternoon with cattle for A.I.

Rooks County Health Center (RCH) is now recognized as part of a movement to improve health care for older adults, contributing to an initial goal of 20 percent of all U.S. hospitals and health systems becoming agefriendly.

Terry Odle: “After staying at the Hampton Inn in Hays for seven days, my room got sold out by accident. All the major motels sold out Memorial Day weekend. Stockton’s M Motel sold out due to the Youth Livestock Show. The Evergreen at Plainville sold out but forgot to change their vacancy sign.