By Tory Duncan

This is National Newspaper Week in the United States. In some cases this might not mean one bit of difference to most readers, but when you’ve spent most of the past 53 years associated with the industry, as I have, it definitely means something to me.

The days of hard work, long hours, and I don’t just mean hard work, I mean laborious work, physical work.

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Driving through the highway and county roads it’s easy to see that harvest has officially begun, as tractors, combines, and semis have taken to the thousands of acres of land throughout Clay County.

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BY JORDYN HULINSKY

In order to promote positive leadership in the Southern Nebraska Conference events, students from all 11 conference schools met in McCool Junction for the ninth Southern Nebraska Conference Sportsmanship Summit Wednesday, Sept. 20.

Sutton’s Secondary Principal Brandy Thompson, along with Thayer Central Community Schools principal Tom Kiburz, coordinated the 2017 event.

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BY ASHLEY D. SWANSON

It’s been more than 100 years since the AAA Revival Glidden Tour roamed through the streets of Nebraska, but on Wednesday, Sept. 20, that all changed.

One hundred and twenty- five antique cars made their way into Clay Center, causing double-looks as they veered toward the fairgrounds, and pulled in quite a bit of visitors from the local area.

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Clay Center City Council approves 21 percent decrease in mill levy

BY ASHLEY D. SWANSON

After several years of higher levy rates, with the 2016-17 levy being set at .95 per $100 assessed valuation, the Clay Center City Council voted to decrease the 2017-18 levy to .75, a drop of 21 percent during its Sept. 19 meeting.

Mayor L. Wayne Johnson said, “This levy decrease comes from several years building the restricted funds budget and not using it...We’ve also taken a hard line on a fiscal conservative approach to planning and spending.”

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BY JORDYN HULINSKY

The South Central Unified cross country teams battled the weather at the Thayer Central Cross Country Invite at Hebron Thursday.

“There are only two words to describe this meet: hot, windy,” Head Coach Randi Fox said. “The kids and myself are getting tired of this warm and windy weather, but even with this weather, the kids continue to run improved.”

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BY ASHLEY D. SWANSON

Going into Friday’s signature six-man game, Harvard, the second ranked team in the Six-Man rankings, and Deshler, the fourth ranked team in the league, shared identical 3-0 records on the season.

Throughout the first half, it looked as if the Dragons were going to add another win to the season; however, in true Harvard fashion, the Cardinals weren’t about to go down without a fight, and ended the night with a comeback 32-20 win.

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By Tory Duncan

Husker fans took another big breath this past Saturday when the Big Red “got by” the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers.

Tweets were blowing up my phone from those inside Memorial Stadium and from people far far away from the stadium during what we’ll just call a “sluggish first half.”

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FALL PESTS This time of year, we often receive questions on a variety of pests, especially “bugs” entering homes or around the house. Extension horticulturist, Elizabeth Killinger provides great information on how to prepare your house to keep these invaders from living in your house.

Some of the more common nuisance pests include occasional invaders like boxelder bugs, multicolored Asian Lady Beetles, millipedes, and crickets. These pests don’t do any harm once inside the home; they are just looking for a cozy place to spend the winter.

Nov. 8, 1945 - Aug. 7, 2017