10 years ago On December 14, a vehicle driven by Lynn Rakes, 55, Cambridge left the pavement near the intersection of the Cambridge Lake Road and County Road Renee Holtze was the winner of Pinpoint’s “Ugly Sweater Contest” donated the proceeds to the Cambridge Food Pantry. Don Harpst, Jr.

10 years ago Winners of the Arapahoe Chamber of Commerce “Chamber Bucks” Christmas Giveaway were: 1st week Lora Rhinehart $100, 2nd week Ginny Park $50; 3rd week Angie Moore; 4th week Ashley Moore $300. The winner of the home lighting contest and $100 chamber bucks was Dave and Leisa Beat.

BEAVER CITY - At a brief regular meeting Monday, the Beaver City Council chose the design for its new water tower that is included in the City’s upcoming water project.

CAMBRIDGE - Mayor David Gunderson presided over the Cambridge City Council regular meeting on Monday, December 21 with all six council members present.

The Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) is pleased to announce the student recipients of the Fall 2020-21 Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association (NCPA) Academic All-State Awards.

CAMBRIDGE - Southwest took second at the Fran Jorgensen Invite hosted at Cambridge Saturday, Dec. 19. As a team the Roughriders earned 128 points behind leader Atwood-Rawlins County with 140. Arapahoe finished fourth and Cambridge 14th with 103 and 39 points, respectively.

Southern Valley boys swept this week’s games versus the Ravenna Bluejays and the Superior Wildcats with a 45-36 win and a 56-44 win respectively.

The Southwest Roughriders dominated at the South Loup invite on Friday, Dec. 18, hosted at Arnold earning 120.5 total points for the firstplace finish. Anselmo-Merna followed with 104 points and Palmer with 82.5 points for second and third, respectively.

SUMNER - The Hi-Line girls basketball team seemed to play the same game three times last week. While they competed to the end, they dropped each, falling to 2-5 this season.

BARTLEY - The Arapahoe girls basketball team dropped a pair of contests last week as their comeback fell short against WilcoxHildreth and an second-half offensive drought was costly at Southwest.