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* The Plainville FFA Livestock Judging team had placed first in the Kansas FFA contest in Manhattan. The team members were Mark Westhusin, Aaron Markley, and Pat Burton with sponsor Marvin Hackmeister.

* Placing at the State Solo/Ensemble Music Festival were Dustin Chew with an I Rating for his baritone saxophone solo, Danielle Sherraden with an I Rating for her flute solo, and Amber Hageman with an I Rating for her vocal solo.

Within the next two weeks, drilling is expected to start on another oil test well near Stockton. It is located in the northeast corner of section 26-7-17 on the E. C. Stebbins land. J. A. Shoemaer of Wichita is making the location, and R. E. Hess is the contracting driller.

* And So They Say: Richard Pinnick: 'You wonder if there isn't something they can do with empty beer cans. Well, there is, you can throw them out the car window.' Efford Lowe: 'If you could get all the people to tell you the news they don't want in the paper, you'd have real juicy reading for your subscribers.' Judge James Gilbert: 'With my new glasses, out of my left eye, I can see a bird building its nest across the street.' Bill Dixon: 'The daylight saving time change didn't fool the cows any.'

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Receiving high ratings at the State Solo Competition in Wichita were music students Morgan Beougher, Delilah Griebel, Anna Hahn, Nicholas Henry, Chrissie Cox, MaKayla Reed, and Rebekah Niblock. Alexa Rogers was hired as Stockton's Assistant Recreation Director.

* The school year of 1926 is drawing to a close, and the boys and girls of the high school are keyed up to the fullest point. They are having quite a number of events, of which the Seniors are the predominant figures.

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* The Booster Fan of the Year award was given to David Becker during the Plainville High School Activities Banquet. * At the Plainville City Council meeting, Mayor Kelli Hansen was sworn in, as were council members Jim Mesecher, Suzie Lidstrom, and Shelley Haas.