CLAY CENTER - Clay Center High School held is graduation ceremonies Saturday afternoon as the school graduated its second to last class ever.

Twenty-two students received diplomas as the class listened to words of wisdom from principal Jim Bovee, former teacher Ellyn Lines, salutatorian Ashley Boman and valedictorian Morgan Woodbury.

The class motto was "We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other with us."

OMAHA - South Central freshman Austin Hoy at 103 points, Sutton freshman Derek Bailey at 103 pounds and Harvard-Clay Center freshman Shane Keasling at 112 pounds receive medals at the State Wrestling Meet.

CLAY COUNTY – The National Weather Service is forecasting a drier pattern this week -- good news for anyone whose livelihood depends on how the weather treats his crops. But Bruce Johnson, Extension forage specialist for the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, thinks the break in the rain may be coming too late for alfalfa growers.

“Over most of the alfalfa-growing region in the country, it’s been a very, very difficult first cutting,” he said. “Most producers either tried to cut it and it got rained on, or they’ve decided to wait until it stops raining to cut and have been seeing the quality go down.”

Typically more profitable than later cuttings because of its higher quality, this first cutting is predicted to be quite lucrative for alfalfa growers who do have a good harvest.