The Stockton City Swimming Pool one-cent sales tax began on January 1st, 2017, with the new pool opening that summer on Tuesday, July 25th. It was anticipated at the time that the generated one-cent tax increase would be between $13,500.00 to $14,500.00 a month, and would more than cover the bond payments for the pool. Since then, the monthly sales tax has been more than sufficient to cover the payments, with the extra funds set aside at this time in a special pool fund.

'A RAVING LUNATIC.' That's what everyone thought. As a young servant girl, all she did was go to see who was knocking at the gate.

The total rain accumulation for Stockton, as recorded at the Stockton Power Plant during the 2023 year, was 18.25 inches, with a total of 13.5 inches of snow..

Nina Smith, Lexington, Va: “I was disappointed to see you had to change from ’98 Years Ago’ to ’94 Years Ago,’ because I have been waiting to see my birth announcement in that section. I will be 97 years old on June 30.”

Snow Geese at Webster Reservoir.

Five students from Rooks County are among the more than 4,480 Kansas State University students earning semester honors for their academic performance in the fall 2023 semester. Students earning a grade point average for the semester of 3.75 or above on at least 12 graded credit hours receive semester honors along with commendations from their deans.

The 2024 Stockton Area Chamber of Commerce Board members have been announced. They are Payton Keller as director, Trisha Kriley as president, Anna Biggs as vice president, Sidnee Brown as secretary, Chelsey Peterson as treasurer, Jason Creighton as memberat- large, Reesa Brown as city representative, and Sarah Armstrong as school board representative.

The2023StocktonJunior High School (Grades 6-8) Semester 1 Honor Rolls have been released. The Stockton Jr/Sr High School has three levels of honor roll.

(The Stockton Sentinel received this email from Blakemarie Martinez, the daughter of Aronda Strutt of Stockton, who wrote an article for her Johns Hopkins University’s MA in Science Writing Program. Martinez is originally from Wichita but has lived in Hawaii for the last ten years as her spouse is military. She wanted to write a piece about how ancient Kansas was connected to the oceans, with a spin on how Kansans make ecofriendly switches to protect the environment. As a shark safety diver, Martinez sees the harmful effects of pollution daily. Ecoconsciousness was instilled in her by her mother, so for this project, she wanted to honor Kansas and all it taught her about keeping the planet healthy, no matter where we live. She asked if she could share it with our readers. We will print her article as space and time allow. Enjoy.)

If someone asked you, 'What is the purpose of your church?' what would your answer include? How would you define people's roles within the church, including leaders such as deacons and elders? We know, of course, that we are to win people to Christ, but we must also grow in grace and knowledge.