As area fire departments are reflecting on recent deadly wildfires that claimed the lives of two firefighters and wreaked havoc throughout the area, the consensus among fire chiefs is that they hope the catastrophic events of this spring are a once-in-a lifetime occurrence.

Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Mike Foley visited Cambridge Wednesday to assist with a ribon-cutting on Cambridge’s newly-renovated pool as well as visits to other businesses. Nebraska’s Department of Economic Development provided a $310,000 grant otward the roughly $1.5 million pool project. Pictured with Foley (far right) are (left to right) Mark Harpst, Tobiann Springer, Sara Calvert and Ashley Gerlach.

On a sizzling weekend, Oxford’s Turkey Days brought the heat all weekend long with the temperatures outside and some other events indoors, such as the wing-eating contest pictured above-right at the Twirly Bird Cafe. More information can be found inside and more photos can be found on Pages B7-B9.