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Creek Valley's Lady Storm Basketball team opened on Friday in Chappell against the Hyannis Lady Longhorns, and what turned to be a tight battle at halftime was only settled by a strong fourth quarter to hold off a surging Lady Storm team. Hyannis was able to shut down Creek Valley in the early going, opening up a substantial lead going into the second quarter, and Creek Valley was unable to narrow the gap, trailing by 17 at half and ultimately losing by 17, 47-to-30. Sophomore Alexxa Fletcher...
Nestled in a white building on Illinois Street is a chance to challenge your skills and take a break from the day. It has similarities to other athletic challenges, but with sharp differences. Most people don’t think of an ax as a tool for relaxing and even competing with your neighbor or best friend. However, that is available at Chill-Axe. The concept started during a road trip to Colorado when Aaron Beyer and Krista Pittam stopped at a place in the Northern Front Range with a very unique v...
Chancellor Ronnie Green believes the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) is racist. Under his leadership, UNL recently released a plan to address “institutional racism” as part of its “Journey for Anti-Racism and Racial Equity.” From racially motivated hiring practices to divisive trainings, the plan would inject Critical Race Theory (CRT) into every corner of campus. At the foundation of UNL’s plan are the writings of Ibram Kendi, who has openly called for discrimination on the basis of skin c...
What started as an accident involving a wayward truck has developed into a community event for the village of Gurley. About three years ago, a truck-trailer collided with a tree, and the cemetery. In removing the damaged tree, the suggestion was made children be invited to decorate the new tree. A Blue Spruce tree was located between the Community Center and the elementary school. Each year students and children of the community are invited to decorate the tree. This year, their work and...
When children are young, most parents encourage them to diligently wash their hands. It is an effort to keep the children from getting sick, and from spreading any illnesses they might have to other children. The practice has become even more important with the introduction of COVID in society. Medical officials have said personal cleanliness is one of the easiest ways to stop the spread of the virus. Bomgaars and True Value partnered for their Educational Heroes program. The program provides...
When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, World War II was already raging in Europe. It had begun more than two years earlier, after Hitler invaded Poland in 1939. And just months before Pearl Harbor, Nazi Germany had turned on its former ally, the Soviet Union. We offered the allies aid in response, but we didn’t enter the war. Most Americans simply didn’t want to: In May of 1940, after Hitler invaded France, only seven percent of Americans said we should declare war on Ger...
