Yesteryear

IN THE FALL OF 1994 Brad Turnbull was kept busy chipping loose concrete from the joints of the south retaining wall that surrounds the Rooks County Courthouse. Turnbull worked for a Nebraska company that had a contract to restore the wall to its original condition.

* And So They Say: Virgil Bird (paying his taxes): “I think they assessed all the taxes in Rooks County to me this year.” Butch Ostmeyer: “I wish I had a lot of things done already that I haven’t got done, and what is worrying me is when I am going to get time to do them.

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

FIFTEEN-YEAR 4-H LEADERS recognized at the 4-H Achievement Celebration in October of 1997 were Janet Languein, Elaine Hrabe, B J Poore and Larry Poore..

Six people suffered broken bones, cuts and burns during Fair week. Auto race car driver, Richard Richardson, one of the contestants, lost control of his car and it shot from the track, through the barbed wire fence and landed in a deep gulley, turning over and pinning him to the ground.

THE 1994 SHS HOMECOMING CROWN BEARERS were Luke Kriley and Courtney Hrabe. Tara Hahn and Joe Gasper had been crowned queen and king that year with attendants Jean Baxter, Casey Maddy, Rich Bouchey and Todd Kriley.

* And So They Say: Red Hagan: “It made me very happy when so many of the boys around town stopped by to tell me goodbye before leaving for college.” Rhada Hutton: “I can tell you one thing, the cooler weather has had no effect on the mosquitoes out at the dam.”

The Solomon Valley Antique Engine & Machinery Association, Inc. was proud to announce its 30th annual Antique Machinery Show, set for Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15-16, 2007.

* And So They Say: Hazel Larson: “My hands are beginning to lose their garden look and getting to look like city hands again.” Trooper Bob Norton: “The trouble is too many people think highway signs are something for other people to observe.

For the first time in recent history, the number of students attending USD 271 had increased over the previous year, though it was a modest increase. Enrollment for the 2007- 2008 school year in the district was 346, adding nine students over the previous year.