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(The following article is taken from the unapproved October 10th Woodston City Council regular meeting minutes.) The Council of the City of Woodston met in the Council Chamber at the City Hall on Monday, October 10th, 2022 at 7:20 p.m. Council members present were Bill Dibble, Kate Terry and Thomas Yakish with Charles O’Neill absent from the meeting.

The third-grade students of Martha Fleck and Brooke Werner at Stockton Grade School are featured in individuals ads in this week’s Sentinel. Each student was given a letter of the alphabet. They were then asked to create a poster representing what they are thankful for this Thanksgiving, which begins with their assigned letter.

The 42 members of the SHS KAY Club hosted the Area 4 Regional Conference on Tuesday, November 8th. The Stockton Club received the Gold award recognizing their student leadership and service to their school, community, nation and world for the 2021-2022 school year.

Performing at the Northwest District KMEA Mini Convention I Concert on Saturday, November 5th were Stockton Junior High music vocalists Pierce Gray, Sierra Jackson, Christine Jurgens, Lincoln Keller, Camille Lowry, Brenna Odle, Mia Odle, Isaac Thayer and Shae Yohon as well as instrumentalists Lyric Snyder, Skylar Amlong, Meredith Moffett and Vincent Thayer. The concert was held at Hays High School with Shana Lander the guest clinician for the Honor Choir. The students from throughout the northwest district performed the following song selections “Laudate Dominum,” arranged by Cristi Cari Miller; “Throw Open Your Shutters” arranged by Amy Bernon; “Riversong” arranged by Andy Beck; and “How Can I Keep From Singing?” arranged by Greg Gilpin.

History isn’t simply the study of famous people or important events. History can be found through dimensions and length. Measurements established both infrastructure and everyday transportation. The history of movement melts down to one simple measurement, 4 feet, 8½ inches. This became the standard railroad gauge used throughout the United States. But even that size had its own historical establishment.

The family of Robert E. “Bob” McCall would like to invite you to a Come-&-Go Reception to help celebrate his 100th birthday, which is November 29.

Many people: “We have really enjoyed looking at the collages Jean Lindsey made to commemorate Stockton’s 150th birthday anniversary.” Deanna Roach, Alton (When placing an ad): “Your paper is good, your ad layouts are good and you have a good subscription list. Add your Facebook page on top of that and an ad in the Sentinel is worth a lot.”.

We have talked in the past about how God can use us individually to accomplish his purposes. God may use us in the position we are currently in, or He may lay it on our heart to do something different or to go somewhere new. It is incumbent upon us, though, to first have that personal relationship with God.

The Stockton High School Choir chose for their school performance at the MCL North Division Vocal Clinic held on Monday, November 7th at Smith Center were “I’m Still Standing,” arranged by Pete Schmutte; and “Waves,” arranged by Alan Billingsey.