610 Central St. Oxford Hours: Winter hours are by appointment Call 308-655-1185.

Phone 824-9177 Monday – closed Tuesday – 1 pm - 5 pm Wednesday —1 pm - 5 pm Thursday – 1 pm - 5 pm Friday – 1 pm - 5 pm Saturday – 11 am - 3 pm.

Available Tuesday and Thursday by appointment only. An An opportunity provider Contact phone numbers include 991-1064, 991-7331, 655-1922, 991-6911, 999-9418.

Phone 308-824-3381 Monday 2 pm - 7 pm Tuesday 2 pm - 7 pm Wednesday 2 pm - 7 pm Thursday 2 pm - 7 pm Friday 9 am - 12 pm & 1 pm - 5 pm Saturday 10 am - 2 pm.

A week into February and my fingers still aren’t in the automode of typing 2021. Maybe by November.

BARTLEY - The Southwest Board of Education met briefly Monday for a regular monthly meeting. The Board swore in Brooke Brooks as a newlyelected board member.

The Regional Academic Decathlon (ACADECA) competition was held online January 9. Cambridge and Southwest Public Schools both participated, but neither team qualified for state. The virtual decathlon is a 10-event scholastic competition for teams of high school students. Each high school enters a team of nine students: 3 Honor students (3.80 - 4.00 GPA), 3 Scholastic students (3.20 - 3.799 GPA), and 3 Varsity students (0.00 - 3.199 GPA).

Leora Mae Messersmith, 83, of Farnam, Nebraska, died January 31, 2021 at the Elwood Care Center. She was born September 6, 1937 in North Platte, NE, daughter of Mike and Sylvia Knoll.

Dorothea Clara “Dorothy” Hoefs, age 82, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2021 at Phelps Memorial Hospital, in Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born on November 27, 1938 at Gosper County, Nebraska to Cornelius and Clara (Ziebell) Wendland. She was the fourth in line of five girls. She attended country school at Immanuel Lutheran School until high school. She attended Arapahoe High School and graduated with the class of 1957. On July 6, 1958, Dorothea married Garrett Hoefs at Trinity Lutheran Church in Arapahoe, Nebraska. The marriage was blessed through Lutheran Family Adoption Services with two children: Monica Ann in October of 1967 & Alan Terry in September of 1969.

Ward Clarence Urbom, age 99, of Arapahoe Nebraska passed away on Thursday, February 4, 2021 at the CA Mues Good Samaritan Center, in Arapahoe. Ward was born on February 2, 1922 at Atlanta, Nebraska to Clarence Andrew Urbom and Anna Myrl (Irelan) Urbom.