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Rooks County Health Center in Plainville recently announced that it has been named among the 2025 Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. Chartis' annual Top 100 award program honors outstanding performance among the nation's rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX. 'This is our fourth year receiving this distin-guished honor, demonstrating our unwavering commitment to excellence. I'm especially proud that RCH ranked in the 97th percentile for quality of care, reflecting our dedication to providing outstanding healthcare to our community,' stated Jeff Van Dyke, Interim CEO.

Happy Friday from McReynolds Farms! It's another dreary day. The high is only going to be 44.

We are only a week or so into March and I have had my fill of wind—the first two roaring cold days out of the north and then from the south. We received a quarter inch of moisture in the gauge. On Tuesday evening last week, we lost power for over six hours. I finally gave up and went to bed early after trying to read by candlelight. Thankfully, Easter will be later into April, so hopefully, the weather will be warm and more springlike. With all the warnings for Spring Break in the popular Florida spots, I would not send my kids in that direction.

Come in and warm up with a good book and a hot cup of coffee. New books for adults are: • “Shadow Fire” by Christine Feehan • “Judgement Road” by Christine Feehan • “Shadow Storm” by Christine Feehan • “Rebel Rose” by Disney • “Courage Under Fire” by Lindsay McKenna • “Christmas Eve Cowboy” by Diana Palmer • “The Crash” by Freida McFadden • “Open Season” by Jonathan Kellerman • “Midnight Black” by Mark Greaney • “The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion” by Beth Brower Volume 1 – Volume 8 • “Scorched” by Jennifer Armentrout • “Fridged” by Jennifer Armentrout New books for children and young adults are: • “Onyx Storm” by Rebecca Yarros • “Dawn of the Light Dragon” by Tracey West • “Legend of the Star Dragon” by Tracey West • “Cave of the Crystal Dragon” by Tracey West Your library staff, Chris Sander, Crystal Dunlap, Beth Hazen, & Jaxon Dunlap.

(The following article is from the unapproved minutes of the February 10th Woodston City Council regular meeting.) The Council of the City of Woodston met in the Council Chamber at the City Hall on Monday, February 10th, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. Mayor April Yakish called the meeting to order with council members Kate Terry, Thomas Yakish, Bill Dibble, Charles O’Neill, and Larry Morgan present.

The Crossroads Quilt Guild met on January 20th and was called to order at 6:30 p.m. with refreshments brought by officers Toni Anderson, Betty Bedore, Diane Maddy, and Terrii Collins. The Roll Call was taken with a few items brought in for Show and Tell.

A small crowd was at the public meeting held on Monday, March 3rd, to ask questions about moving the Main Street USD #271 District Offices into the school buildings. The board members took notes and listened to the crowed as they asked questions about the possible move.