14 Years Ago

A ribbon-cutting event was held to celebrate the opening of Main Street Gallery.

The Stockton Grade School 3rd graders and their teachers, Mrs. McReynolds and Mrs. Kollman, visited Joe Bellerive’s Pumpkin Patch. They each got to choose a pumpkin to take home, thanks to Joe!

The Stockton High School Theater Department was presenting, “Is There A Doctor In The House?” on November 9 and 10, 2007 in the high school gymnasium.

It was almost perfect—almost. The evening was a cool, crisp one with no wind; the stands were filled with enthusiastic fans on both sides; and the Tigers were taking on their county foe, the Plainville Cardinals, in the Tigers’ final 11-man game, at least for the next two years.

Ground was broken October 20, 2007 in Plainville for the new Redbud Estates Assisted Living complex. The ceremony was attended by many county, city, state and even federal elected officials, including hometown boy, U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran.

Redbud Village invited the public to attend the ground breaking ceremony of the new assisted living, Redbud Estates, on October 20, 2007. The ceremony was to be held behind the southwest corner of the nursing home.

As classical music played softly in the background, Linda Cross welcomed customers and friends into the old world feel of her new business, Main Street Gallery, located at 412 Main in Stockton.

The City of Stockton received a pleasant surprise—a $120,000 unsolicited grant from the Dane G. Hansen Foundation, “to be used exclusively for public purposes in Stockton in whatever manner and for such purposes as your governing body determines advisable.”

Crowned SHS Homecoming King and Queen before the Tiger football game on Friday, Sept. 21, were seniors J D Baughman and Katy Carsten. J D is the son of Dave and Lorraine Baughman, and Katy is the daughter of Deb Carsten and the late Terry Carsten.

At the regular monthly meeting on Sept. 10, 2007 of the Stockton USD 271 Board of Education, after a lengthy discussion, a motion was made, seconded and voted upon favorably to go to 8-man football, beginning with the 2008 season. Tiger Homecoming