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After some heavy-duty work by the Clay County Roads Department, Road X in southeast Clay County has reopened between Roads 311 and Highway 74.

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The state has released the first draft of its new health education standards for schools—and Gov. Pete Ricketts is not happy.

“I am calling on the Nebraska Department of Education to scrap their proposed sex education topics that are included in their draft health standards,” Ricketts wrote in a March 11 statement.

The draft standards, available online at www.education.ne.gov, proposes a comprehensive framework for teaching K-12 students the knowledge and skills to promote lifelong health. This framework covers eight areas: personal health foundations, nutrition and physical activity, substance abuse prevention, disease prevention, injury prevention, social-emotional and mental well-being, human growth and development, and consumer health.

As students headed into their final class of the day an announcement came over the speaker system notifying students and staff that the building needed to be evacuated for a drill.

Harvard Public School, like so many schools across the U.S. today, follows the “I Love You Guys” standard response protocol to emergencies, which includes five secure notions of keeping students and staff safe.

In an emergency take action, a poster from the “I Love You Guys” Foundation website states; actions include HOLD!, SECURE! LOCKDOWN!, EVACUATE! AND SHELTER!.

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Many Easter egg hunts filled last weekend, with Sutton, Edgar and Fairfield hosting theirs Saturday, while Glenvil and Clay Center began Sunday afternoon.

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As announced in early March, Sutton’s annual Dugout Days, which has special meaning this year as it will focus on 150 years of Sutton’s history, has been moved to Thursday, July 1, through Sunday, July 4, in order to accommodate the need to change weekends for the Dugout Days carnival, Moore’s Greater Shows.

With the change, Sutton will see a big act country music performer, Ian Munsick, come to town on Friday, July 2, to perform music from his recently debuted album, “Coyote Cry.”

The concert will be held Friday evening, beginning at 8 p.m. on the north end of the Saunders Avenue business district.

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Sutton senior Melanie Minchow placed fourth in Informative Speaking during the Class C1 State Speech competition Thursday, in Kearney.

Nine students took on a strong field of competitors at Kearney High School, including four from Sutton and five from South Central.

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Monday, South Heartland District Health Department (SHDHD) reported 11 lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in the past four days (March 19–22), averaging 2.75 new cases per day and bringing the cumulative number of cases in the four-county health district to 4,561.

The new confirmed cases for the fourday period were eight in Adams County, one in Clay County, and one in Nuckolls County and one in Webster County. By county, the new cumulative totals are: 2,965 cases in Adams, 746 cases in Clay, 50 cases in Nuckolls, and 348 cases in Webster.

SHDHD Executive Director Michele Bever reported the 14-day rolling average of new daily cases decreased to 9.3 per 100,000 (100K) on March 21, from 10.4 per 100K reported the previous Monday.

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Protecting private property rights and local control are central values to the Clay County Board of Supervisors.

That’s why the board is considering how to avert potential land grabs by national interests, including one by President Joe Biden’s administration.

“What we want to do is put up a firewall to make it more difficult,” chairman L. Wayne Johnson said during the board’s regular meeting on March 23, at the courthouse in Clay Center.

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The Clay County Courthouse will soon be getting a facelift.

The century-old courthouse has been in need of updates both inside and out, though finding contractors with the right level of experience in renovating historic courthouses has taken time.

Clay County’s courthouse is one of 10 Nebraska courthouses designed by architect William Gernandt, who incorporated several historically specific architectural trends into his work, including the French Beaux-Arts style, Classical Revival county citadel building type, and the geographically rare glazed terra-cotta masonry form.

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A month ago, the average gas price in the United States was $2.507—that was regular. Mid-grade, premium, and diesel were all higher, averaging $2.833, $3.100 and $2.756, respectively. Another type, E85, cost $2.194.

As of Monday, AAA estimated the average cost of gas to be $2.864 across the nation, with the latter three—mid-grade, premium and diesel—rising between $3.078 and $3.449. E85 was again the lowest at $2.456.

According to a March 15 press release by AAA, American’s are paying 14 percent more per gallon today than in February. Jeanette McGee, AAA spokesperson, said “with increased demand and tighter gasoline supplies, we are looking at more expensive pump prices with little relief in the weeks ahead.”

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