JALIA CREIGHTON, a Mt. Pleasant 4-H Club member, proudly shows off the Purple ribbon she won with her entry at this year’s Kansas State Fair. Creighton’s entry, “Grandpa’s Vanishing Cookies,” comes from the undeniable fact that, whenever there is a plate of these cookies around her grandpa, they “vanish.” The cookies are made from a basic cookie recipe of oatmeal and raisin. She tweaked them by adding chocolate chips and walnuts. Jalia stated, “I felt like they needed a little… something. I recommend trying these with a cup of coffee.” The virtual judge’s comments she received on the cookies were as follows: These look tasty; I can see why Grandpa would enjoy them! Uniform in size, light golden color overall, good texture, good portion size. Wish I could taste them!

DELANEE BEDORE, a member of the Spirit Squad, performs during halftime of the Stockton vs. Rawlins County district football game held last Friday at Tiger Stadium..

ALL EYES ARE ON THE VOLLEYBALL as Stockton’s Kaelyn Means goes up for a spike against the Hill City Lady Ringnecks in action last week. Also pictured are Chloe Plumer #4, and Cappi Hoeting #12..

SPIRIT SQUAD member Taigen Kerr perfoms during halftime of Friday night’s Homecoming game..

STOCKTON HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING king candidates, Jace Hull, Markeis Spiller and Troy Rogers, gathered on the track prior to the ceremony held on Friday at Tiger Stadium. Rogers was crowned Homecoming king for 2020.

CROWNBEARERS FOR THE 2020 HOMECOMING festivities were cuties, Kaisyn Muir (top) and Cohen Muir (bottom). Despite dealing with a sore foot, Kaisyn, and her partner Cohen, performed their duties to perfection.

THE ROOKS COUNTY NEW YEAR’S BABY QUILT for 2020 was finally presented to the precious baby, Ezra Michael Kriley, born in February to Dustin and Dayna Kriley of Stockton. The cute quilt was made by Crossroads Quilt Guild members, Betty Bedore and Elaine Hrabe.