JEFFERSON, JAYANA AND JALIA CREIGHTON showed dogs at the 2025 Rooks County Free Fair. Jefferson and Elly received a Blue ribbon in Showmanship, and a Green ribbon in Obedience. Jayana and Rocky received a Blue ribbon in Obedience, and a White ribbon in Showmanship, while Jalia and Sam got a Red ribbon in Showmanship, and a Green ribbon in Obedience. Everyone is looking forward to next year!

KATHY CREIGHTON and her German Shorthaired Pointer, KC, participated at this year’s Rooks County Free Fair. In Adult Showmanship they won a Blue ribbon with a score of 99 out of 100. In Obedience they also received a Blue ribbon with a score of 194 out of 200. The duo received Grand Champion Overall and a ‘Top Dog’ cutting board sponsored by Kenny and Betty Hrabe.

Life as a farm wife is a whirlwind of unpredictable adventures, hilarious moments, and endless chores that keep me on my toes from dawn till dusk. Well, not dawn. Because I'm not getting up that early unless I need to visit the bathroom, but every day begins with the rooster's early morning crow. Well, we don't have a rooster. If we did, the day would start with it crowing, which I would swear is to remind me that sleep is a luxury I can't afford anymore. But, since we don't have a rooster, I usually get up about eight o'clock a.m. As I stumble out of bed, I'm greeted by the familiar sights and sounds of the old farmhouse coming to life. The back door creaking, the AC turning off and on because it's already 85 degrees outside, and the thin trail of dirt The Farmer has already tracked inside. It's a symphony of rural life that, after a while, feels like a comforting lullaby even when it's just noise.

Stockton High School Class of 1970.

The island of Cyprus, located in the Mediterranean Sea, had a large Jewish population at the time of Acts 13 and was home to Barnabas. It was in Cyprus that Saul (Paul) and Barnabas encouraged new believers, but also ran into challenges from leadership influenced by Satan.

Fair Shots!

Denise Schmitz (adminstrative assistant for Bainter Construction Company Inc. in Hoxie): “You are very good to us. It is through your ad that we rented the apartment (Stockton Estates) in September, so the ads work!”

I never expected to report any rain, so the .75 coming late Sunday evening was a good surprise. The one inch or so rain occurring last Monday evening over the hill at Woodston and even up in the Ash Rock area with angry looking dark clouds then produced a rainbow before sunset.

For the second week in a row, the Sentinel is the printing of the Delinquent Tax List for Rooks County in this week’s issue. Required by state law for publication in the final three weeks of August, the annual delinquent tax list contains the names of those Rooks County taxpayers who have not paid their property taxes in 2025.

COOLING OFF, COUNTRY STYLE — kids splash and play in a stock tank at the Rooks County Free Fair, a scene captured by a reader hoping to stir fond memories of fairs gone by. Do any of you remember these days?