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– Aaron Sanderford Nebraska Examiner

Members of the Feilmeier family got together last week to celebrate the Dec. 13 birthdays of twins, Charlene Meyer and Chuck Feilmeier, and triplets, Ann Walz, Aggie Hochstein and Alice Klug. The triplets and twins were born exactly one year apart, 84 and 83 years ago, respectively.

The Hartington Volunteer Fire Department was called out Saturday morning to this car fire at West Hoese Street. The fire completely destroyed a Corvette in the driveway of the home and damaged the garage.

WAYNE – Dylan Dendinger, Hartington, will join 13 other students in an art exhibit featuring works created by students in Dr. Carolyn Albracht’s Art 316 course, Secondary School Art, at Wayne State College.

FORDYCE – LifeServe Blood Center held a blood drive in Fordyce Dec. 12 and had a great turnout, with eight donors were able to donate and 10 units of life saving blood were collected. The units donated at the blood drive can help save up to 30 lives.

ACTIVITIES: Wednesday, Dec. 20: Catholic Communion, Bean Bag Toss, Linen Helpers,Open Centers, Card Club.

T wo local athletes earned First Team All State status for their prowess on the football field this season.

HARTINGTON – Two mainstays and key figures of the 2022 Cedar Catholic state volleyball title team will continue their playing careers at the collegiate level.

WYNOT – The Lady Blue Devils dominated in three of the four quarters Friday night against the Wausa Lady Vikings as they rolled to the 60-28 win.

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PIERCE – The Pierce Tournament was the last action for the Cedar Catholic wrestling team before the Christmas break and it went well for the trending Trojans.

WYNOT – The Wynot Blue Devils used a stifling defense and big first and third quarter scoring runs to dispatch the Homer Knights on their home court Tuesday night. The Blue Devils held the Knights to single digit scoring in all four quarter as they cruised to the 65-26 win. This one was not in doubt from the start as Wynot went on 21-6 first quarter and added a 21-2 run in the third quarter.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – A 1987 Coleridge high school graduate is on coaching staff for a football team that just won a national championship for the second year in a row.

ALLEN – The Hartington-Newcastle Wildcats won their second game of the young season with a win here over Tri County Northeast 52-35 on Dec. 12 before dropping a Lewis & Clark Conference match up with undefeated Walthill, 71-57 in Hartington on Dec. 15.

HARTINGTON – The Hartington-Newcastle bowling team had split results last week in its lone dual on the schedule.

HARTINGTON - The Cedar Catholic Lady Trojan basketball team is in the middle of a threegame skid which left them 2-5 on the young season with losses to Crofton and West Holt this past week.

HARTINGTON - The Cedar Catholic boys basketball team outlasted Crofton here at the Monsignor Werner Activities Center Dec. 12, 53-47 to improve to 3-1 on the season heading into this week’s Knight Classic in Fremont Dec. 19 and 21.

HARTINGTON - The Hartington-Newcastle Lady Wildcat basketball team reeled off three wins over the past week.

Christmas carolers may not be as visible as they once were, but holiday celebrants who still engage in this fun tradition will have many songs to choose from as they inspire their neighbors with holiday cheer. No song may align with caroling better than “Here We Come A-Caroling” (or “Here We Come A-wassailing”). Though it’s hard to pinpoint the precise origins of this beloved song, historians believe it dates back to the mid-nineteenth century. Since then, the song has been performed by many notable groups, artists and even rodents, as distinguished entertainers such as the Boston Pops, Perry Como and Alvin and the Chipmunks have recorded the tune.

Pastoral Points

Armchair linguists might know that the Latin word “decem” means “ten,” which is a little curious given that December is the twelfth month of the year.