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Body No services were held at Cedar Christian Church on Sunday. The March 7th services were held by Robert Virgil, Norton, and Ila Virgil accompanied the hymns.

Body The Stockton Public Library Board met on Monday, March 8th and released the February statistics as follows: Patrons Using Library—1,006, Library Materials Checked Out—776, Adults Utilizing Library—479, Children Utilizing Library—297, Interlibrary Loans Sent— 54, Interlibrary...

Body The Stockton Fire Department was called out to 20 and J Terrace at approximately 5:15 p.m. on Sunday, March 14th for a grass and milo stubble fire. The cause of the fire was a burnt wire from a transformer.

Body Hello from Topeka. Praise the Lord for the rain. While it was quite a bit, we should never discourage precipitation in our area. The rain will bring along the wheat crop and give some muchneeded sub soil moisture to the soon-to-be spring planted crops.

Body Co. B, 111th Illinois Infantry Regiment Co.

Body The Kansas Department of Transportation planned to begin work on a shoulder improvement project along a portion of U.S. 281/24 near Osborne the week of March 15, weather permitting.

Body The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture provides technical and financial assistance to help Kansas farmers and livestock producers recover from damages brought on by winter storms Uri and Viola.

Body BRYAN GARVERT’S idea of storing solar cells to provide electrical energy (Solarwire) not only got him second place in the Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge, he also received the “Best Use of Technology” Award. (Photo Courtesy of Roger Hrabe)

Body ASHLYNN STAMPER and Brooke Nuss presented their business, “Don’t Blink Photography” at this year’s Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge. The two have been operating their photography business for over a year, and were awarded the “Ready to Go” Award. (Photo Courtesy of Roger Hrabe)

Body Annie and Bobby Pitts of Dana Point, Calif., are happy to announce the birth of their first child, a baby girl. She was born at 10:22 p.m. on Friday, January 21, 2021 and has been named Wilma Jean Pitts. She weighed 9 pounds, 6 ounces, and was 21 inches long.