Due to new Franchise Agreement requirements, Pizza Management Company made the decision to close the Stockton Pizza Hut on Monday, October 31st. The business had been in operation since 1998, serving the community with dine-in and take-out orders, as well as their lunch specials.

Stockton USD 271 presented “A Salute to our Veterans” on Veterans Day, Friday, November 11th. The morning began with a reception of coffee, cookies and doughnuts hosted by the KAY organization before the program at 9:00 a.m.

A second major art project in Stockton has just been completed with the “Greetings From... Stockton” postcard mural getting its final touches last Tuesday. RoCo Arts Council is so pleased to present this amazing mural to the community which symbolically represents so much of our life here. There is something for everyone to identify within the design elements, making a personal connection with the art. In many ways, that’s what makes it such a great design.

In last Tueday’s General Election, Republican Kayla Hilbrink, Stockton, defeated Independent incumbent Gregory Balthazor, Stockton, for the County Commissioner-District 1 seat. It was a close race between the two candidates with Hilbrink tallying 379 votes to Balthazor’s 376— a difference of just 43 votes.

Stockton’s annual Olde Tyme Christmas and the town’s 150th Birthday Celebration will be held on Friday, November 25th. The day will start out with the Stockton Fire Department’s Pancake Feed at City Hall from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Zebulon Thomas Cole, 22, of Stockton, plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter while under the influence of alcohol when he struck a vehicle that claimed the life of 16-year-old Plainville girl. On April 29, 2021, at approximately 9:30 p.m., Cole was westbound on K-18 when the pickup he was driving hit an SUV that was disabled on the side of the road.

It is a Kansas tradition to open pheasant and quail season on the second Saturday in November. If you are a bird hunter, you have been waiting for this day for a long time! The Kansas pheasant and quail seasons are November 12th, 2022 to January 31st, 2023.

Two more from Rooks County, Cady Pieper of Zurich and Cole Flower of Stockton, exhibited at this year’s 90th anniversary of the Kansas Junior Livestock Show. Two weeks ago, five of the seven youth from Rooks County were featured among the more than 700 exhibitors entering 1,422 animals in this year’s show.

The Rooks County Commission met on Monday, October 31st instead of its regular Tuesday weekly meeting to conduct business and review and sign end-ofthe- month vouchers and payroll. Present for the meeting were commissioners Tim Berland and John Ruder. Commissioner Greg Balthazor was absent from the meeting.