NELIGH - The Cambridge football season came to a close Thursday with a 70-22 loss to third-seeded Neligh-Oakdale (8-1). Cambridge (4-5) got off to a stumbling start and fell in a 28-0 hole after a quarter.

PAXTON - Needing a road victory to clinch a spot in the playoffs, the Southwest football team made just enough plays to get the job done Thursday at Paxton. After trailing throughout much of the first half, Southwest (5-3) closed the second quarter with a flurry, scoring twice on long touchdown throws from Hunter Cunningham over the final three minutes to claim a 31-22 advantage at the break.

KEARNEY - Eleven local athletes, including two teams, took part in the Class D State Cross Country Meet Friday in Kearney. The Cambridge girls finished 15th and the Hi-Line girls were 18th in the girls race. Cambridge’s Brenna Deterding led all local individuals with a 29th place finish in the girls’ race. Deterding also finished 29th in the race a year ago. Her time of 22:00 was 46 seconds back of medal contention and 28 seconds back of the top 20. The Trojans’ Rachel Harris finished 74th with a time of 23:23. Harris was 44th after a 6:47 opening mile. Kori Koeppen rounded out the team score with 92nd place and a time of 24:20. JoLie Farr and Jensyn Weiss finished 113th and 114th with marks of 26:28.

The Sweet Adelines concert “Music, The Spice of Life” was held Saturday October 22 in Arapahoe at the high school with special guest Ginger tenBensel performing. They also performed at Kearney’s Merryman Performing Art Center that evening with special guests UNK Nebraskats. The MPCC Theatre in North Platte hosted the group on October 23.

Friday & Saturday: Tornado Alley has specials on bowling and pizza. Monday, October 31: Boo View from 3:00-4:00 p.m.

The 16th annual Nebraska Kids Fitness and Nutrition Day (NKFND) was held in McCook on Wednesday, October 5th at the McCook Community College Peter and Dolores Graff Event Center with around 280 fourth grade students. The event was also hosted at Perkins County Schools in Grant on September 29th with approximately 160 fourth grade students attending the Mountain Time Zone event. Students came from across the nine counties in Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) to participate in this fitness and nutrition event.

BEAVER CITY – On November 8, almost two decades after the first sales and use tax initiative was approved, voters will determine if the current program continues or will be replaced. A ballot measure was passed on November 2, 2004 to establish an Economic Development Program and impose a sales and use tax of 1%.

Each year, approximately 3000 of the best high school musicians in the state audition for the Nebraska All-State Band, Chorus, Jazz Band and Orchestra which are sponsored by the Nebraska Music Education Association. Selection as a member of one of these groups is one of the highest music honors attainable in Nebraska. Mr. Lynn Hall, Director of Choral Affairs for the Nebraska Music Education Association, is please to announce that Leah Downer (Soprano II), daughter of Derek and Maria Downer, and Micah Gerlach (Tenor II), son of Cody and Ashley Gerlach, will be amoung the 440 students selected to be a part of the 2022 All-State Chorus. Guest conductor for the group will be Dr. Sandra Snow, Professor of Choral Conducting and Music Education at the Michigan State University College of Music. The chorus will rehearse Wednesday, November 16th through Friday, November 18th on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, the host site of the NMEA Conference/Clinic. A final public concert will be held on Friday, November 18th, 4:30 p.m. at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center welcomed 1,273 new students this fall as they made a commitment to the health professions and began educational programs in Omaha, Lincoln, Kearney, Scottsbluff and Norfolk. Students are enrolled in programs for medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, allied health professions and graduate studies.

The Cambridge Museum is working on collecting memories and stories from the 2022 702 Fire. The stories of your experiences will be stored at the Cambridge Museum. A secondary copy hoped to be created and also made available at the Butler Memorial Library. Our future generations will be able to look back on, reflect, and reference when wanting not only to know more about the event itself but also about the people who witnessed and experienced the fire.