What's Happening

School is in session and what better way to kick off the year than a Back-to-School Bash!! Please join in the fun at Palco's Rooster Football Field at 5:30 p.m. this Friday, August 28th!

Labor Day weekend is just around the corner, and in Logan, that means it’s nearly time for the much-anticipated 48th Annual Hansen Museum Labor Day Celebration!

With the start of school, the Nova Theatre in Stockton is changing its Sunday showtime back to the fall schedule of 2:00 p.m. starting this Sunday, August 23rd. Friday and Saturday showtimes will remain at 7:00 p.m. The Nova will be showing “Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie.” See you at the movies!

The menus for the Senior Centers in Rooks County for the week beginning Monday, August 24, are as follows: Monday—Chicken strips, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas and carrots, bread, pineapple. Tuesday— Closed for HNP Annual Meeting. Wednesday—Chef salad with ham, cookie, crackers, fruit cobbler.

Plainville Week of August 24 Breakfast Monday—Yogurt, cereal, apricots, juice, milk. Tuesday—Confetti pancakes, cereal, banana, juice, milk.

The Dane G. Hansen Foundation will make scholarships available in four categories to students in 26 Northwest Kansas counties for the 20262027 academic year.

The regular monthly meeting of the Rooks County Health Center Board of Directors will be held on Tuesday, August 25th, at 6:00 p.m. in the hospital’s meeting room.

With the start of a new school year, the Sentinel-Times is introducing a new way to help readers keep up with activities taking place throughout our area schools. In past years, we published Stockton’s complete school activities calendar at the beginning of each month.

Everyone is invited to come together as a community for the Back-to-School Bash and Prayer Walk on Wednesday, August 26th, starting at 6:00 p.m. at River Valley Church (120 South Spruce).

Leo Oliva’s popular column, “It Happened In Kansas,” returns to the pages of the Sentinel-Times this week. After a brief hiatus, Leo is back with his signature blend of storytelling and Kansas history— much to the delight of our readers.