Hill City Prevailer

I guess I’m a runner now?

Published by admin on Thu, 03/18/2021 - 11:04am

There’s something I’ve started doing that I hated when I was younger: running.

When I was younger, I hated running. I’ve always associated running with some sort of punitive thing from lacrosse. Nothing makes me have flashbacks to childhood terror like hearing a whistle and someone yell, “Get on the end line!” after we were goofing around too much at practice.

What a year it has been

Published by admin on Thu, 03/11/2021 - 9:34am

What a year! No, it’s not the end of a calendar year, school year, or fiscal year; but a COVID-19 year. March 13, 2020 is a day that will be seared into my brain forever. Our school district began to game plan for a potential COVID-19 disruption to our school district in early March 2020. We formed a committee of teachers and completed a series of “what if’s” and worst-case scenarios. The uncertainty of the next few days gave me anxiety that ultimately led me to clarity.

The Muppets and Dr. Seuss—what’s next?

Published by admin on Thu, 03/11/2021 - 9:33am

I know I have written about this before, but when “they” mess with Dr. Seuss it warrants being mentioned again.

The movement to “cancel culture” or as I like to call it “treat everyone the same” is flat out dangerous.

We are not all the same. Right now I am reading “Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus.” The basic premise of the book is that men and women are completely different in the language they speak. Men retreat into caves when they are stressed or having problems; women talk about things. Men want to fix problems, women want to be listened to.

What I learned during the pandemic

Published by admin on Thu, 03/04/2021 - 10:52am

It was 52 weeks ago this week that the words “coronavirus” and “COVID-19” graced the pages of this paper for the first time.

Since then, a lot has happened. I’ve written about the fallout a lot. We’ve talked about it together.

I’ve written about the negative implications, mostly — canceled school and events, panic buying and the economic impact in the spring and, more recently and on a personal level, the anxiety the pandemic has caused me. But what I haven’t addressed is the positive things to come out of this.

Out of respect please step aside

Published by admin on Thu, 02/25/2021 - 10:08am

Our state attorney general should step down. Not because he’s human and unintentionally killed a pedestrian.

We have all had traffic accidents; whether our fault or not, they happen. But Mr. Ravnsborg lied about the events of that evening. And he broke the law. And as our state’s highest attorney he should respect the great citizens of this state enough to step down.

Who is the GOAT of GOATs?

Published by admin on Thu, 02/18/2021 - 10:39am

Well, the Super Bowl is behind us, and we have a new champion of football. And when I mean new, I mean old. Tom Brady, once again, comes out on top of the football world.

This is his seventh Super Bowl championship. Whether or not you believe he came by them all honestly (I still maintain his Patriots cheated the Eagles out of a Super Bowl in 2005), he has now, in my opinion, cemented himself as the GOAT of GOATs in professional football, which got me thinking: in North American team sports, who is the GOAT of GOATs?

Who is afraid of Elon? Me

Published by admin on Thu, 02/11/2021 - 10:50am

Elon Musk terrifies me.

I know many of you think he’s a genius.

I think he’s a madman.

Maybe there’s no difference.

Based on what I read and see I’d equate him to a cross between The Music Man and Frankenstein.

A little bit of this, a little bit of that

Published by admin on Thu, 02/04/2021 - 9:58am

I’ve discussed music before — why “Old Town Road” is not a country song, what happened to country music and the fact that I cannot play an instrument or sing to save my life.

But I don’t think I’ve ever discussed why I like the music I like.

I’ll admit: I’m weird. I like everything. And when I say everything I mean mostly everything. I’m not a big fan of metal or hard rock or anything like that. But other than that, for the most part I like it. I feel just as comfortable listening to Beethoven as I am listening to the Wu Tang Clan.

Reading success begins at the library

Published by admin on Thu, 02/04/2021 - 9:58am

“In February there is everything to hope for and nothing to regret,” Patience Strong

The 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Program is available at the library for children from birth to kindergarten. The children are rewarded at every 100-book milestone and a grand prize is awarded when 1000 books read is reached. For more information or to register please stop in the library.

• Children that are read to are more successful in school.

 • A child’s brain develops most rapidly before the age of three.

Start of the second half

Published by admin on Thu, 01/28/2021 - 10:24am

We are in the fourth week of the second semester and we have been busy. At the time of submission, we are still without a positive student or staff COVID case in the second semester. I encourage everyone to stay vigilant to ensure that we continue to trend downward as a state by washing our hands, wearing a mask if you can’t social distance and staying home if you are even minimally ill. Our low COVID numbers have allowed our school district to keep our focus on educating our kids to the best of our ability, which is in-person five days per week.