The Red Willow County GOP will meet on January 25 at Bedore Barn, 3 miles north of McCook, NE. The doors will open at 6:30 for coffee and the business meeting will begin at 7:00. It is nearing the time for the annual county Convention so dates and details will be presented. Several items of business will be discussed. All are welcome. For information call/text 308- 350-3155. Multi-county GOP groups will come together on January 29, 2022 at Bedore Barn to host some special events. The Nebraska Audit Chat group will present a live zoom presentation concerning voter integrity past/present/ future. Also, a documentary entitled “Mind Polluters”will be presented. Several area residents have previewed the documentary and want to make it available to the public. The time of each presentation has not been finalized. Some of our gubernatorial candidates have visited the area and others are making plans for a visit. It is hopeful that a date will be set soon for Charles Herbster to visit the area. Breland Ridenour will be presenting an evening live stream the night of January 29. Details are available on his website.

Week Jan. 24 – Jan.

Week Jan. 24 – Jan.

Cambridge City Council met in regular session on Monday, January 17, 2022. Council members Tony Groshong and Derek Raburn were absent from the meeting. Consent Agenda Items were approved. A discussion was held about the contract with Hydro-Klean for sanitary sewer closed-circuit television inspection. A motion was made and seconded to authorize Mayor David Gunderson to sign the contract for the amount of $126,395.00. The motion passed. Council then approved payment number 5 to Hackel Construction for the pool project for $131,601.36.

St. Paul's Lutheran Church, LCMS 719 Park Ave, Cambridge, 308.697.3725 Paster Dan Wiese Sunday Worship 9:00 a.m.; Adult Bible Study and Children's Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

According to Christine Weaver, the CCC Camp at Beaver City brought over 200 young men together to work the radius of about 15 miles of Beaver City. The camp was located just north of the old high school on what is now the fair grounds. The camp consisted of five barracks for the enlisted men. There was a recreation hall, bath house, hospital, mess hall, kitchen, head quarters building, foreman's quarters, officers quarters building, a garage, and a technical service building. There were also two army trucks and an ambulance. The Soil Conservation Service also furnished 15 to 20 trucks. One of those buildings was later moved into town and served as the American Legion for a number of years. The building was sold and used for a house for a short time and then in 1981 became the Friendship Center Church.

The Beaver City Public Library holds story time on Fridays at 10 am. During story time, preschool age children can hear a story, do crafts, sing songs and have a snack.

In 1874, My great grandfather came to Furnas County in a covered wagon and purchased homestead from a man who was afraid of the Indians for $450. How would you like to buy a section of land for that price today?? There was already a log house on the property so my great grandfather did not have to live in a soddie or a dugout as many of the early settlers to Furnas County did. Recently, I came across a poem written by Emanuel Peters from Guide Rock, Nebraska entitled Early Day Dugout that I thought I would share with you.

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

Monday, January 24 - Sloppy Joe Tuesday, January 25 - Pork Tenders Wednesday, January 26 - Fried Chicken Thursday, January 27 - Breakfast Casserole Friday, January 28 - Salmon Loaf.