Alita Keys, Mound City, is the lucky winner of a giant stocking filled with Christmas goodies; the drawing is part of Avery Lumber’s yearly Christmas for the community event.

STARS students install musical instruments outside the Mound City Library Tuesday, Dec. 10. The instruments were built by the welding and construction classes and installed by students in the small equipment class. Each color on music bars represents a school district that participates in the STARS program.

Busy Bugs 4-H recently went to the Residences at Pleasanton and handed out Christmas cards and visited with one of our very own alumni members, Ellie Davey. Pictured here are: backrow, Chloe Riley, Baylee Hall, Jamie Hall and Courtney Lanham and, front row, Ellie Davey, Elizabeth Swearingen, Anna Coe, Neila Venable, and, kneeling, Ryker Denman.

Santa arrives for the Pleasanton Christmas event on a fire truck, surprising all in attendance at the event on Saturday, Dec. 14.

Rolland and Karen Grigsby’s granddaughters pose for a photo while telling Santa everything they hope to get for Christmas this year during his visit to Prescott on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 14.

Kids of all ages enjoyed creating crafts as the Grinch wreaked havoc and kept them entertained at the HIVE Library in Pleasanton early Saturday afternoon.

More than 200 people, children and adults alike, attend the annual Parker Christmas event on Saturday, Dec. 14.

Students in the second and third grade at Jayhawk Elementary perform a variety of Christmas songs for a full house during their Christmas program at the school on Thursday, Dec. 12.

Telleah Cox speaks to those gathered at Pleasanton for the Wreaths Across America ceremony on Saturday morning, Dec. 14. Wreaths were laid in Pleasanton, Trading Post and other cemeteries to honor veterans.

The following 4-H members earned the following awards: Grayson Schwarz, Junior Plant Science; Cierra Lindsey, Senior Plant Science; and Emylee Barthelme, Junior Visual Arts. See these and more on Page A6 of this week's edition!