The Oxford Food Pantry volunteers are on a campaign to raise funds for a new facility due to losing their current location in the near future. The Pantry has had several locations over the last decades after starting out of a closet at the Methodist Church in Oxford.

McCook, Nebraska— A night of great music is planned for this year’s Concert for Healthcare at the Kiplinger Arena, Red Willow County Fairgrounds, on Saturday, October 7 when Priscilla Block presents her Block Party Tour.

March 6, 2023 The moisture has been wonderful, but it is also nice to see some brown dirt. I’ve never seen the bottom go out of this yard like it did this year. And I’ve heard identical comments from lots of others. It is actually solid now and I’ve been able to get the drive somewhat straightened out. The old combine feeder house chain that Ray rigged up for me works great for a driveway drag.

When in life does one come to confront the tough truth that each of us will eventually die? In my years as an internist caring for young and old alike, some people understand this early, and some people never get it. In denying death, we intensify our fear of it. Usually, however, it is sometime during their 50s that people first look into the eyes of death. Put it off as we may, the hard certainty is that we are all aging and one day an end will come. Shakespeare described advanced age in his play As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII (All the world’s a stage):

This weekend, I had the opportunity to visit our southern border and see firsthand the chaos occurring there. Our trip to the Rio Grande Valley reaffi rmed that what is going on at our border is nothing short of a national security crisis. The Biden administration’s reckless disregard for border security has turned every state — including Nebraska — into a border state.

This week the Supreme Court heard arguments on Biden v. Nebraska and U.S. Department of Education v. Brown, two challenges to the Biden administration’s student debt cancellation proposal. The administration’s debt cancellation scam is just one example of a pattern of irresponsible economic policies that have resulted in ongoing inflation, exacerbated workforce woes, and increased financial hardship hitting American households. In our Commitment to America agenda, House Republicans made a promise to deliver a government that is accountable to taxpayers. To do this, we must conduct stringent oversight, stop reckless policymaking, and move forward proposals that will get our country back on track.

Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) will be offering Vaccines for Children at public clinics in March. Anyone two months of age and older are invited to get their vaccinations.

We all agree that our kids are our future. In every community across our state, no matter the size, we all want the same thing – a better future for our kids than we had. Our highest priority is to protect our kids and their adolescent minds until they are old enough to discern and make their own decisions.

On Saturday, the Furnas County Sheriff’s Office received a report that the communications tower south of Oxford, owned by Strayer Communications, had been toppled and completely destroyed. Upon investigation, preliminary findings indicated intentional damage to a guide wire anchor that resulted in complete structural failure of the tower causing it to fall to the east.

On Monday at 2:21 p.m., Furnas County deputies responded to a report of a twosemi accident near RD 721 and Hwy 283. A northbound cattle truck and a southbound house mover collided causing minor damage, however, the cattle hauler was unable to get off on the shoulder due to conditions and was blocking traffic for about 25 minutes. Special thanks to Arapahoe Fire for helping with traffic control due to all other deputies engaged in the pursuit at the same time.