Stockton High School's Valedictorian was Kacey Scott, and Chrissie Cox was Salutatorian. Leadins were Audrey Green and Zach Lowry. Ushers were Miles Shetterly, Salla Saikkonen, Sierra Brown, and Koby Beougher.

* And So They Say: Hazel Larson: 'These people who are rioting and doing everything they can to tear down this country should talk to some who have lived behind the Iron Curtain. A refugee couple sat by Pudy and me on the plane coming home from Hawaii. They couldn’t find words enough to express their appreciation of this country, but were afraid too many of its citizens don't realize what they have here.' Bill Wyant, 'If that guy on the motorcycle was going as fast as the noise it was making, he'd be flying.' Alma Maddy: 'Time certainly goes fast. It doesn't seem like it can possibly be time for school to be getting out, and then it will be beginning again before we know it.' James Grimes: 'I'm still confused ever since the time has changed.' Irma Renner: 'I've heard of bats in the belfry, but I think squirrels in the furnace pipes must be worse. I found that out over the weekend.'

There was no May 14th issue in the 1926 Plainville Times. A Half Century Later—1976 Plainville News from the Past * After an unusually long negotiation process between the USD 270 school board and the District's teachers, the 12 percent increase in salaries and fringe benefits for the 1976-1977 school year was reached.

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* At the 57th annual Rooks County Health Center’s district meeting, incumbents Jeff Van Dyke and Sheila Hachmeister were elected in 2011. Voting was sparse, with only 15 votes for Van Dyke and 15 for Hachmeister.

* And So They Say: Roy Slansky, 'If I would die, I would probably be buried before anyone found out about it.' Betty Jacobs: 'I don't care much where I live just so I don't have to live in a big city.' Ivan Combs: 'I sure got my bald head sunburned Sunday.' Jess Riffe: 'Grandma Barbara and I babysat for the first time the other night, but gave up at 10:30 p.m.' Bill Bedore: 'We've sure been having a lot of short summers this year.' Olive Roy: 'This is the first year we've ever had any dandelions out at our place.'

The many friends of John Smith were much pleased yesterday evening when they learned he had been elected second vice president of the state association of funeral directors at the meeting held in Wichita. This is quite an honor, and the community should be proud to have a funeral director in their midst who can hold such an office.

At a special school board meeting, the Board hired Chris Graham as a new teacher and accepted the resignations of Adam North and Ashley Bedient. Goldie, a retired Kansas City Chiefs football player, and Vasa 'Peaches' Sellers, a retired school administrator, were the featured speakers at the SHS Awards Banquet.

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* The Markley Hardware Company has completed arrangements for the Knights of Columbus building on Mill Street, just across from the First National Bank, and will move its hardware store there. It will give them a good location for business, and they will have a complete line of heavy and soft hardware.