Highway Maintenance Supervisor Merl Dunning officially retired from his position with the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) after 22 years of service. The six-month nationwide search for the new Rooks County Health Center (RCH) CEP culminated in the hiring of Michael Sinclair from Artesia, N.

Karen Spielbusch had an adventure of a lifetime when she bagged an elk at Star Mountain Ranch in Nephi, Utah. The SCI score was 365.7/8.

Stockton had voted for a $1,800,000.00 bond issue to enable the school district to finance the replacement of windows and doors at the high school with energy- efficient units, as well as replace the two pipe boiler unit with an energy- efficient forced air system in the junior high and grade school buildings. The heating and cooling system was installed the summer before, and the windows were in the final stages of being replaced before the school term.

JJ Oil Operations Manager Pat Lingg had announced that J-Mart would donate 1¢ from everygallonofgaspumped in September to the Stockton school system. The SHS Class of 1964 enjoyed their 45th reunion with a tour of the SHS Gymnasium.

Kevin States had won big when he purchased a Starry Night Bingo scratch ticket. The cost of the ticket was $2.00, and the jackpot was $10,000.00! Seven-time AMA Grand National Champion Chris Carr raced at the Rooks County Free Fair.

New figures from the Rooks County Appraiser’s Office showed the census of Rooks County was down 170 people since 2007. While working out at Don Lucky’s residence west of Stockton, Rick Bice saw a mountain lion behind the chicken coop, about thirty feet in front of him.

Headliners at the Rooks County Free Fair were Jamey Johnson and Heidi Newfield. Brian Waggoner, a Plainville High School graduate and a Cryptologic Technician (Networks) 1st Class office in the U.S.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States had announced that Alva Beck of Stockton had achieved All-American status as a Post Commander. Grand Champions of the 2009 4-H Style Review were Miranda Wildeman, Cecelia Beck, Erin Shaw, Haven Hamilton, Mark Riley, Amanda Diaz, Shaina Ott, and Chance Miller.

Barb Poore and Peter Bellerive began their duties as USD No. 271 Board of Education members at the July monthly meeting.

Sonic Equipment Company had installed the new digital movie equipment for the Nova Theatre. Allaire Homburg was Stockton’s new superintendent.