BLUE HILL - Unofficial election results from the Webster County clerk's office Tuesday night show that Blue Hill City Council incumbents John Schwab and Keri Schunk and challengers Ed Wademan and Tim Eiseman will move on from the primary election.

Those were the top vote getters after the initial counts with the official results to be certified later in the week.

Schunk received 203 votes, Schwab 183, Ed Wademan 57, Tim Eiseman 46, Jerry Hamik 37 and Michael Hall 16.

Wet Harvest: With last week's nice weather and more forecasted for this week, crops have rapidly been coming out of fields. Paul Jasa wrote an article in this week's CropWatch addressing harvest ruts due to the wet fields. Producers may want to return to their fields after harvest to fill in the gullies and resolve compaction problems, but first they need to evaluate soil moisture conditions. Producers should wait as long as possible for the soil to dry before lightly tilling very shallow to smooth the ruts-wait until spring for the soil to dry more before using shallow tillage. The soil may appear dry on the surface, but it's probably still too wet at tillage depth to effectively reduce compaction.

“Letters to the Editor” are the opinion of the writer and not necessarily the opinion of the newspaper. “Letters” need to be submitted by Friday at 5 p.m. the week before print and should be kept at a minimum of 200 words to appear in the newspaper. Longer letters will be printed on our website, which is www.bluehillleader.com.

Letter to the Editor,

I was very excited to see the numerous letters to the editor in the May 7, 2008, Blue Hill Leader. I applaud the recent enthusiasm expressed by community members in regards to the direction and future of Blue Hill.