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Courthouse Snippets

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(Continued From February 16th issue of the Sentinel) The following headline appeared in the April 26th, 1923, Rooks County Record: HOW IT CAME TO BE - Plans were laid six years ago, in 1917, for the construction of a building that would stand for a long time as a monument to the enterprise of our people. We had occupied the old building for 35 years, good for its day, and serving admirably its purpose until it outgrew it and it began to decay.
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Birth

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January 20, 2023 Eric and Anna Biggs of Stockton are happy to announce the birth of their third child, Wyatt McCoy Biggs. Wyatt was born at 3:21 p.m.
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Stockton Fire Department helps fight house fire in Plainville

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The Stockton Fire Department was called at approximately 6:00 p.m. to Plainville on Wednesday, February 15th, for mutual aid to battle a house fire at the Ryan and Kaiden Van Schuyver residence. When Stockton arrived, the flames were coming out of the roof. Nine volunteers brought over a tanker, the pumper, and a City pickup. The volunteers drove the pickup back and forth to Stockton to fill the air bottles for the firefighters' air packs of firefighters. They were on the scene for over five hours. Fire and water damage were extensive. The possible cause of the fire was an outlet.
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And So They Say

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Lana Odle (Thursday): “Am I missing part of my paper? I can’t find the snippets or the conservation pictures.” Nadine Dugan, Plainville: “God bless your boys’ basketball team. It takes a lot of courage and stamina to go out on the court with only seven team members, when you are playing teams with at least twice that many.
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News From Lowell Township

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Phone: 785-994-6370 (home) or 785-476-5206 On January 30, the Sunflower Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose purpose is improving the health of Kansans, hosted a Trail Appreciation Day on the second floor of the Capitol Rotunda in Topeka. Approximately twenty-five recreational trail organizations set up exhibits highlighting their trails, sharing ideas with their elected officials. It was an impressive and beautiful setting.
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First Christian Church of Plainville

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You may remember the Robin Williams line from the movie, Dead Poet’s Society, where he tells his students, “Carpe Diem,” meaning “seize the day.” Roger Cooper used that introduction to his message this week in encouraging us toward our own personal revival. We need to look for opportunities to get closer to God and then make the most of those opportunities.
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Stockton Baptist Church

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DON'T JUDGE. How many times have you heard or read of someone essentially quoting what Jesus said in Matthew 7:1, 'Judge not, that you be not judged.' They might not know where it's found in the Bible. And they often don't realize that it was Jesus who said it. But they are quick to make the comeback to someone who 'judges' someone else. So, what did Jesus mean? The context makes it clear. Basically Jesus was telling His disciples to make sure their own lives were squared away with God before being concerned about 'the speck' or minor sin problem in someone else's life. He essentially said, 'Remove the telephone poll from your eye before trying to remove the little splinter from the eye of another.' In the same chapter, Jesus also warned His disciples, saying, 'Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits.' IOW, Jesus told His disciples that they must judge others. Implied in the context is that we must be able to discern the false teaching of false teachers by comparing their lives to God's Word. We judge the fruit of their lives comparing it to Biblical truth. God exhorted Christians through Peter in 2 Peter 2:1-2, 'But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.' If someone claims to be a Christian, but their life doesn't match up with God's Word, then there is reason to be concerned about them, about their teaching, about their eternity, and also about the influence they could have on others. In John 7:24, Jesus said, 'Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.' The imperative is knowing God's Word!