Banner County News

Good morning! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2014 held many bad moments worldwide, some personal ones as well, but most years do. We as an optimistic society continue to look forward to each New Year with anticipated hope for the goodness it will bring.

Many celebrations begin the evening before with parties and family gatherings. Many times, I have stayed up with kids who wanted to watch the “ball” fall from Times Square in New York as the last seconds of a year were counted down.

I decided to look into the tradition of the New Year’s Eve ball and this is what I learned.

The original idea began as a “time b...