Community

Chase and Gabriel Kuhlmann are excited to announce the birth of their baby sister, Avery Lynn Kuhlmann, at 5:05 p.m. on Monday, February 8, 2021, at Hays Medical Center in Hays. She weighed in at 7 pounds, 6 ounces, and was 20 inches long. Her parents are Mitchell and Shelby Kuhlmann of Stockton.

The January meeting of the Star 4-H Club was called to order on January 10, 2021, at 7:30 p.m., via Zoom by president Ryan Mongeau. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Oliva and the 4-H Pledge by Jonathan.

The menus for the week beginning Monday, February 22, are as follows: Monday—Pork cutlet, hashbrown casserole, California blend vegetables, bread, applesauce. Tuesday—Chili, Ambrosia fruit salad, crackers, cinnamon roll.

Through the generosity of the VFW Post 8873 Auxilary, four wheelchairs were purchased from Sizewise Home Care in Ellis. These wheelchairs were donated to the VFW home health equipment loaner program that is provided through the Rooks County Health Department.

The Stockton Fire Department was called out on Tuesday, February 2nd at approximately 11:00 p.m. to 16 Road between E and F Roads for a control burn in a rubbish pile that had flared back up. It was quickly contained.

The Rooks County Conservation District had over 200 county-wide students participate in the 2020 Rooks County Conservation District Poster Contest. This year’s theme was “Healthy Forests = Healthy Communities.

The 2020 Rooks County Windbreak Award winner is Larry and Stephanie Vohs of rural Plainville. They have worked diligently to establish windbreaks on their property. Larry’s family homesteaded on the property in the early 1900’s and there have been five generations caring for the land.

In 1985 the Food Security Act was passed into law. Within this law there are two important provisions to producers who participate in USDA programs: the Highly Erodible Land Conservation (HEL) Compliance and Wetland Conservation (WC) Compliance provisions.