Columns

Typically the beginning and middle of June is fairly easy-going. And then Dugout Days and EdgarFest weekend roll around, and then it’s Clay Center’s Fourth of July Celebration, and then the fair, and Harvard’s Veterans Car Show, and Fairfield’s Triple F Fest, and then BOOM...school starts.

You know how I mentioned that this year was going to be the best year yet and it didn’t get a choice? Well....so far, since turning 27, it’s been extra stressful and busier than usual.

I’m not sure if this is just an added “bonus” to getting older, or if God’s up there testing me every day to see how tough I am. Either way, it’s been a trying couple of months.

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Yep, I’m at it again! So you have all heard me rant about the social media stuff that I go off on. I realize that social media, in most people’s minds, is the way to go! I call uncle on that!

But....don’t demand that we know what is going on if you don’t come in and talk with us, call us or even email us. We do NOT have the time to spend on the over-the-top social media sites and/or blogs!

Thankfully and finally, the Nebraska Press Association and the News Media Alliance have teamed up to support a drive that supports what most don’t even get, or understand... see “AD” at the right.

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Ever since a large gathering for a town hall meeting was held in Sutton in October 2018, the Sutton Community Home and the Sutton Community Home Foundation have been hard at work coming up with a feasible and financially viable plan and upgrade to the Sutton Community Home and the Hillcrest View Assisted Living facilities in Sutton.

That hard work and dedication to keep the Sutton home a strong and lasting part of the community has come to life with the announcement last week of a new three-tier assisted living facility. This will be the eventual home of the 32-unit facility at its current location, 1106 N. Saunders Ave.

As many of you read in our last edition, the proposed facility will not include a skilled nursing care center, which has been the financial drain of the facility for the better part of three to four years now.

In July we (as in the CCN) will be printing a section specifically focused on the many businesses we have in Clay County.

The idea behind this section is to focus on everything the county has to offer, either for new people moving into the county or to simply remind everyone as to what we have.

Of course we have restaurants and auto repair shops and grocery stores, but all of those places are unique to our county because of the menu, the personality of each place, and the people who run them.

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By Ashley D. Swanson

There are some people in this world, myself included, who think they can do everything for everyone and be some sort of superman/woman without any consequences.

What these people (most of the time) don’t realize is that constantly being on the move and never taking time to just be still and not worry about how they can fix other people’s problems or never say “no” to favors is actually hurting them.

They need to know when enough is enough. That it’s OK to say you can’t take anymore on your plate, that you can’t help someone with something, that you just need a break.

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By Tory Duncan

Sometimes time can drag on, and yes, I’ll admit that over the past 10 years since beginning with the Clay County News, it has! But...as I began a reflective past couple of weeks, a lot has changed in my life over the these 10 years with this newspaper.

I decided to take a little deeper look, thanks to an online calendar calculator. It’s kind of eye opening when you take a look like this. There have been 523 weeks worked since I walked into the front door of the news office on June 1, 2009. That equates out to 3,654 days and 87,696 hours, which means this rendition of the Bull is the 523rd in my career at the Clay County News.

Some have been good, some have been emotional, some have been goofy and yet some have seemingly been just so-so, if that!

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