14 Years Ago

School was cancelled on Monday and Tuesday of the week and paralyzed many normal operations with a wind chill of -27 and the wind blowing up to 38 mph.

The Stockton Tigers finished as the Mid-Continent League Basketball Tournament runners-up after losing to Plainville.

What Was Going On 14 Years Ago The Stockton Tiger eighth-grade boys finished the 2010-2011 basketball season undefeated and winning the Mid-Continent Elementary League Basketball Championship.

What Was Going On 14 Years Ago The groundbreaking for the new Stockton Medical Clinic was scheduled for January 19th, at the corner of Spruce and Main Street in Stockton.

What Was Going On 14 Years Ago The Stockton Public Library was marking its 100-year anniversary. The establishment had received a generous contribution from steel magnate, Andrew Carnegie, for its original construction a century ago.

The Parade of Christmas Trees winners were Crossroads Quilt Guild, Cuppas, and Stockton Mealsite in the Adult category. The youth winners were the Stockton High School Class of 2011, Ginger Kollman’s third-grade students, and Gina Dix and Beth Vrbas’ second-grade students tying for third.

SHS graduate Patrick Poore was to be on the sidelines coaching the next season for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football team. Poore had been the quarterbacks coach and wide receivers coach for Northern Illinois before taking on his new position.

Stockton’s new set of wheels, the VanHool 56-passenger charter bus, had arrived with the tiger mascot and school logo painted on the front, rear, and both sides of the white vehicle.

The Stockton Building Commission and the Rooks County Healthcare Foundation announced the contract to build the new health center in Stockton, which was awarded to local contractor Cornerstone Building and Design Inc. of Plainville.

Midland Marketing had purchased Clayton (Schult) Mobile Homes from Rooks County for $400,000.00.