14 Years Ago

Body Loren Goodheart became a great-grandfather with the birth of Braelyn Rae Blackwill on November 18th.

Body Another gremlin is at work at the Stockton Sentinel because there is no 2009 December issue to be found to get information for this week’s “14 Years Ago” article. Hopefully, these gremlins are done messing with us for the rest of the year!

Body What Was Going On 14 Years Ago • For December 14th • The annual Parade of Christmas Trees celebrated its 25th year at the Stockton Public Library.

Body Janel Odle won the Farmers Union Elevator contest by guessing the closest to how many bushels of milo the facility took in during the harvest season. Janel’s guess was 136,492 bushes, with the correct number 140,878 bushels.

Body The David Reed family was named one of the ten Kansas Farm Bureau Families of the Year at the KFB annual meeting in Manhattan.

Body What Was Going On 14 Years Ago Father and son archery team Bob and Matt Ward of Arkansas brought down two deer with their bows and arrows, with Matt taking down a non-typical 16-point whitetail, which scored 196 5/8 SCI points.

Body What was supposed to have been a pleasant afternoon of horseback riding didn’t turn out that way for Victor Bird. The three-year-old colt he was riding did some crow hopping and bucking, and Victor fell and hit his left shoulder.

Body The FUSION Christian Youth Association was gifted a building for creating a youth center by the employees and directors of the Stockton National Bank to provide a fun, safe Christian environment for the junior high and senior high youth of Rooks County.

Body Stockton High School and Junior High/Grade Schools received the Spring 2009 Standard of Excellence building awards in all five test categories of Reading, Writing, Math, Science, and SocialStudies/History-Government.