WAITSBURG – The College Football National Championships played second fiddle for community members concerned about the fate of the proposed 2018-19 Dayton-Waitsburg full athletic and activities combine. Local sports took precedence as more than 50 people skipped the NCAA game in favor of speaking their mind at a community meeting held at the Waitsburg Elementary School library on Jan. 8.

One of the most repeated and passionate sentiments expressed at the meeting was that parents should bow out, trust their elected officials, and allow both school boards to determine what is best for stude...