By Ashley D. Swanson

I was very ready to write my column about being a Grinch while everyone else is setting up Christmas trees and other decorations and fluttering through the streets singing Fa La La...but then Sunday happened, and I changed my mind.

My Christmas spirit level has been pretty low, I’ll admit. I change the station when a Christmas song comes on, and I shuddered when someone said they put their Christmas tree up already.

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By Tory Duncan

Well, I had my column all set and completed already on Sunday and felt that it was a decently good piece of Bull!

Scott Frost, of course, was the topic, after officially hearing that he has become Nebraska’s new head football coach.

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June 28, 1945 - Nov. 28, 2017

Aug. 6, 1953 - Nov. 29, 2017

Oct. 18, 1941 - Nov. 27, 2017

A meer three-tenths points separated the champion and runner-up of the C1-4 District One Act Competition on Wednesday, Nov. 29, at Fillmore Central in Geneva.

Fillmore Central, who performed "The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland," earned the title champion over Sutton's "Peter Pan," with a 2.3 score over Sutton's 2.

Rankings from the judges for Sutton's runner-up placing were a first, second, and third, while Fillmore Central earned two first-place rankings and a third place.

Also competing at the C1-4 competition was Sandy Creek, who performed "Wizard of the Mall," and earned sixth place from each of the three judges, finishing sixth place overall.

Other competitors were Superior, third; Hastings St. Cecilia, fourth; Wilber-Clatonia, fifth; and Doniphan-Trumbull, seventh.

David J. Maser, a long time attorney who has been a partner with Sutton firm Bottorf & Maser since 1965, passed away Monday, Nov. 27, after battling lengthy issues, following a fall in late September. Maser, a 1964 graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law, was admitted to the Nebraska Bar in 1964 and joined Don A. Bottorf in 1965 in Sutton. Maser served in the military, serving in the Nebraska Air National Guards’ legal section from 1964 through 1970, while practicing with Bottorf in Sutton. Maser was the Clay County Attorney from 1971-74, then added an office to the firm’s business, opening an office in Henderson in 1974. His resume also shares that he served as the city attorney for both Sutton and Harvard and was honored in 2014 as a 50-year member of the Nebraska State Bar Association. In an interview with the Clay County News in November 2016, Maser noted how he joined John A.

BY ASHLEY D. SWANSON

Harvard’s Math Team is continuing its winning ways by earning the Math Bowl Division V Champions at the UNL Math Day. Also earning a top spot in a highly-competitive exam was senior Ray Nierman.

Nierman earned first place in the Probe 1 exam, which gives a student 25 questions of different types of math, everything from the most basic of algebra, to geometry, and on up to trigonometry.

Nierman said they even add problems that students don’t see in math class. Students are given 60 minutes to answer all of the questions, if they choose.

Correctly answering a question awards the student four points; incorrectly answer a question awards no points; and not answering a question awards one point.

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Mary and Erik Meyer know first-hand how scary a seizure can be, as their daughter, Sandy Creek ninth grader Mikaela, is prone to them. Monday, Sandy Creek Middle School students were taught by Mary and three members of the Midwest MedAir crew what epilepsy is and how to help someone having a seizure. With the help of pilot Spencer Noack, flight paramedic Albert Hauschild, and flight nurse Sheryl Bakare, Mary talked with the students, explaining what to do and not to do if someone is having a seizure, and what it means to be epileptic. Mary said she hopes that by bringing the MedAir crew to SC, students will have a better understanding of epilepsy and how it affects the patient, as well as the family, but also have a better understanding of the different types of seizures.

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BY JORDYN HULINSKY

Two former Sandy Creek students and two former Harvard students are continuing their athletic careers at college this winter sports season.

Brendan Lipovsky, a 2015 Sandy Creek graduate, is part of the University of Nebraska at Omaha men’s basketball team for his junior year this season.

Logan Searle, also a 2015 Sandy Creek graduate, is on the University of Nebraska-Kearney’s wrestling team for his sophomore season.

Jennifer Callahan, a 2015 Harvard graduate, is on Hastings College’s women’s basketball team for her junior season.

Cassie Roberts, a 2017 Harvard graduate, joins the York College women’s basketball team for her freshman year this season.

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