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News From Lowell Township

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Phone: 785-994-6370 (home) or 785-476-5206 (cell) Happy Saint Patrick's Day this coming Sunday, March 17! Attending school at DCCHS (Chapman), the fighting Irish, this day was a big deal for wearing the green and a parade. One of my grade school teachers would pin a felt shamrock on any kid who had forgotten to wear green so they wouldn't get pinched.
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Mt. Pleasant 4-H Club

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The 4-H meeting for Mount Pleasant 4-H Club was called to order on January 7, 2024, at Harding Hall at 5:00 pm. Harper Lowry led the Pledge of Allegiance. Corbyn Glendening led the 4-H Pledge. Roll call was answered by 25 members, two leaders, 13 parents, and no guests. In our Treasurer's Report, we have $833.72 in our checking account. We received a check for the food stand for $2,037.17. In the Leader's Report, we discussed County Club Days, March 18, and Regionals. In the Leader's Report,, we discussed the next council meeting, January 8; we also have cleanup and fair setup for the fair. We discussed giving checks to every club working the food stand. Then we discussed the livestock committee; the next meeting will be February 12 at ; you6:30 pm can now go to the KJLS and State Fair and sell your animals through the local sale as well. The rules have also changed so anyone can fit your animal for the show, not just family members.
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Midland Marketing holds annual meeting

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Midland Marketing Coop Inc. held its 109th Annual Meeting on March 7th, 2024, in Hays, Kansas, at the Ellis County Fairgrounds. It was an evening, so the membership and employees could review the prior year’s business. Members voted for board members to serve a three-year term during the meeting. Those winning the election were Les Rogers from McCracken, Nathan Staab from Hays, and Ryan Griffin from Stockton. Board Member Brian Staab of Hays retired after 33 years on the Midland Marketing board. Members picked up their patronage checks as Midland Marketing returned two million dollars back to the members- owners.
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Stockton Baptist Church

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THE HEART. It truly is a mini but mighty marvel! It starts beating about four weeks after conception and never stops...until God says so. Although it's only about the size of a clenched fist, it tirelessly beats on average about 100,000 times each day. Over an 80-year lifespan, that amounts to roughly 3 billion beats! In just one day, our heart pumps a whopping 2,000 gallons of blood throughout a network of blood vessels that, if stretched out, would be an incredible 60,000 miles long and reach around the Earth about two and a half times! However, it's interesting that when the Bible talks about the heart, it's talking about the spiritual part of our being— both positively and negatively. On the negative side, many verses speak about the heart of the natural man in his sinfulness, i.e., of unbelievers or those who reject God's rule in their lives. God says of man that 'every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually' (Gen. 6:5), so much so that the 'heart is evil from his youth' (Gen. 8:21). The heart is described as 'stubborn' (Psa. 81:12), 'perverse' (Psa. 101:4), 'proud' (Psa. 101:5), 'deceitful' (Prov. 17:20), and 'incurably sick' (Jer. 17:9). It was Jesus who, in Mark 7:21-23, said, 'For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a man.' In God's infinite wisdom and design, even as our physical heart keeps beating until the end of life, so our spiritual 'heart' or sinful nature also continues 'beating.' That's true for Christians, too. Even the Apostle Paul grasped his sin nature, saying 'that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief' (1 Tim. 1:15). Of course, the most eternally critical need of the heart is trusting Christ...before God stops it from beating.
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Correction!

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The picture that appeared in last week’s paper of the young ladies who performed at the 4-1A State Wrestling Championships in Salina was of the Stockton High School Cheer Squad, not the SHS Striders. The Striders also performed at State, but at the Class 1A DII Basketball Championships held in Great Bend last Thursday night. The cheerleaders who performed were: Claire Plumer, Ava Dix, Ella Snyder, Bodye Stithem, Saj Snyder, Temprance Northup, Karleigh Horn and Shae Yohon.