It’s time once again to scare up some spooky fun at the Stockton PUMPKIN PATCH, which will pop up in the Stockton City Park located on West Highway 24, on Saturday, October 14th, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on Sunday, October 15th from 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m.

Week of October 2 Breakfast Monday—French toast sticks, fruit, juice, milk. Tuesday—Mini bagel, Go-Gurt, fruit, juice, milk.

Following two executive sessions at the regular Rooks County Commission meeting on Tuesday, September 19th, the commissioners appointed county employee Tim Colburn as interim supervisor for the road and bridge, and landfill departments. They also accepted the application from Rich Bouchey as the rock production and dozer operator.

Governor Laura Kelly announced Tuesday, September 19, that the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is awarding $10 million from the agency’s Small Town Water and Sewer Infrastructure Assistance (STWSIA) grant program to help 18 small communities improve water and wastewater services.

Two Kansas veterans, Bruce L. Stewart of Wichita and Everett Ross of Arkansas City returned to Wichita on Wednesday, September 20, on the latest Kansas Honor Flight #96. They were among 98 veterans (73 Vietnam vets and five Korean vets) who departed Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita on Monday, September 18, for a two-night, threeday adventure.

The 2023 Stockton High School Homecoming event is featured in this issue of the Sentinel. A special pull-out section is devoted to individual photos of the football, volleyball, cross country, cheer and dance teams, and Homecoming royalty candidates and their sponsors.

Downtown Parade & Pep Rally at 2:30 p.m.; and crowning at 6:30 p.m. It’s Stockton’s Homecoming! The Stockton Tigers will take on the Rawlins County Buffalos in a gridiron matchup this Friday evening at Tiger Stadium.

The General Council of the Assemblies of God presented Chelsey R. Foerster with her Certificate of Ministry on August 14th. This is to certify that Chelsey has given evidence of a Divine Call to the Ministry. She has attained the scriptural standards prescribed by The General Council of the Assemblies of God. The presbytery has approved her of the Assemblies of God Kansas Ministry Network. Chelsey is now authorized to perform all essential functions of a certified minister, subject to the laws of the state.

With the $700,000.00 grant the City of Stockton was recently awarded from the Kansas Department of Transportation’s City Connecting Link Improvement Program (CLLIP), the funds will be combined with the $1,100,000.00 the City received during the last grant round in 2022 to go towards the Pavement Restoration on U.S. Highway 24. The restoration project for Stockton will now encompass highway work beginning at Elm Street and will be extended east to Pleasant Street. The project is tentatively slated for the fall of 2024.

On August 25th, Dr. Anthony Cole, Stockton High School science teacher, was notified that he had been selected for promotion to Colonel in the U.S.