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The menus for the week beginning Monday, October 26, are as follows: Monday—Chicken and rice casserole, California blend vegetables, bread, hot cinnamon apple slices. Tuesday—Oven-baked chicken, scalloped potatoes, peas, bread, peaches.

The regular monthly meeting of the Rooks County Health Center board of directors will be held Tuesday, October 27, at 6:00 p.m. in the hospital’s meeting room.

Stockton’s District Leadership Team, represented by teachers Andrea Graham, Andrea Dix and Jenny Niblock, were at the regular monthly meeting of the Stockton USD 271 Board of Education held on Monday, October 5th to give the board members an update on the status of Redesign, data keeping and...

The wind came up forcefully on Sunday evening and caused some fires to pop up around the county. The first call for the Stockton Fire Department was for mutual aid by Nicodemus where burned trash in a barrel had blown out causing a grass fire in the area. Stockton firefighters went out at 7:30 p.m.

The regular monthly meeting of the Crossroads Quilt Guild was held at Stitch and Chatter Quilt Shop in Stockton on September 21st, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments were served by the hostesses, Judy R., Jean B. and Diane M.

The menus for the week beginning Monday, October 19, are as follows: Monday—Beef fritter, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas, bread, mixed fruit. Tuesday—Ham and beans, carrot raisin salad, cornbread, Ambrosia salad. Wednesday—Chicken dressing casserole, sweet potatoes, green beans, bread, pears.

Rooks County continues to have significant COVID-19 activity, including new positive cases and deaths since our last update. While we have some students who are quarantined at home, we have no known transmission of COVID in our schools.

God created each of us for a reason. You have a purpose. That was the message this week as Pastor Brian returned with an emotional talk about why we are here on earth. God created us in his own image (Gen.1:27), which would indicate that you look like God and you are special.

THE APPLE AND THE TREE. It generally is very true...whether positive or negative. Thoughtful, kind, patient, magnanimous, Jesus-loving parents typically turn out a generation that follows in their footsteps. And that "tree" turns into a godly lineage and legacy.