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At 4:30 p.m., on Dec. 24, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 1334 N. Sunnyside Road, in Kent will hold their annual Christmas Eve Service, weather permitting. We will light the fourth Advent Candle and then proceed to our Christmas Eve Worship. Taylor Broshous will be our lector. Deb Winning will provide organ music. “O Holy Night” will be sung by Pastor Carole Andres. Holy Communion will be celebrated. An antiphonal reading of Old Testament prophecy and selections from the first chapter of John will be read, emphasizing the relationship of prophecy to the birth of Christ. The lights will slowly go out until the sanctuary is bathed in candlelight. “Silent Night” will be sung, and we will return to our homes to wait for the coming of the Christ Child. There will be no Christmas Day Worship. All are welcome at the little church with the big heart. Come join us in the suburbs of Kent. For more information, please call 232-4010.
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Lady Blackhawks stare down Regional Champion By Chris Johnson
Stockton is strong and stands near the front of the pack with area rival Pearl City, as the NUIC-West gets an early picture of which teams are going to be even tougher in the second half. Eastland is perfect in the West. They are in front at the turn and so far have collected a double-digit wins on their journey. The season started the week before Thanksgiving. Th Lady Cougars are 10-1 and 6-0 in the West with a week to go before Christmas. They have already taken down some of the areas best teams, including East Dubuque, Galena and Pearl City. But, they have had trouble with Stockton. On Nov. 21 the Lady Blackhawks beat Eastland in an out-of-conference affair. The Lady Cougars collected their only loss of the season on that late November day. It was by four
points, 52-48. They redeemed themselves a little over a week later as they took down Stockton 60-50. The second win is what separates the Lady Cougars with the rest of the West. It gave Stockton its only conference loss. The Lady Blackhawks will have to handle business through the Christmas break and well into January, to compete for the West Title. They will have to win on the road at East Dubuque on Jan. 5 and follow it up four days later with another jaunt west, to Galena, for a Jan. 9 meeting. They will get home once, before they have to deal with Eastland, Pearl City and Lena-Winslow, as well as a handful of others trying to track down the NUIC-Crown. Their home visit comes with River Ridge/Scales Mound being extended an offer to play. Lady Wildcats look to get stron-
ger The Lady Wildcats are champions already this year, but they have struggled lately. They won the Dakota Turkey Tourney and that included matches against NUIC-contender Freeport Aquin and the two-time defending State Champion Byron. River Ridge/Scales Mound is 2-2 in the West this year. They, like many other NUIC-familiars,have an above .500 season mark. They entered play with a 6-4 tally this week, but are coming off a three-game losing streak. Dakota started the unfriendly tactics last Saturday, Dec. 9, in a 41-32 decision.
Pearl City won its match in its own Holiday Classic Invitational over the Lady Wildcats, but were held well below their season offensive-point total. They won by four points, 29-25. East Dubuque took the Dec. 13 tournament meeting in the Holiday Classic on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 46-23. The Lady Wildcats will work through holiday schedules, like many other West contenders and will have to find a way to get even stronger in areas of their game. Other teams in the West will be doing that. A lot of great teams sit with River Ridge/Scales Mound chasing Eastland. The top five teams
in the west have a collective 49-15 season going. It doesn’t include Galena, which sits with Lena-Winslow, two losses behind the front-runner. This week’s games began for the Lady Wildcatss with a Tuesday night visit to Freeport for a showdown with the runner-up in the Dakota Turkey Tourney, Aquin. The Lady Bulldogs started this week’s games with a 6-0 record in the NUIC-North. They, like Eastland, also carried a season record of 10-1. They have a one-loss lead over the Pecatonica Lady Indians and are two games ahead of Dakota in the North.
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