Cambridge City Council met in regular session on Monday, July 17, 2023. In the Utilities Supervisor report, Dave Houghtelling said they have been running the generators and informed the Council that they have got to 4 megawatts, which will increase their contract with Twin Valleys Public Power District.

James C. Morris age 56 of Bartley, NE passed away at his home on July 17, 2023.

Summer is here! We’ve had unusually nice weather for this time of the year and for sure we enjoyed it. Well, the worm has turned and we are into our traditional July weather. Hot! We are spoiled and not tolerating it well at all.

Over the last 21 years, former coaches Dennis Troester and Richard Wilson have taken almost 340 local athletes as part of volleyball teams to the NoKaOi Volleyball Showcase in Honolulu, Hawaii. Last week, nine local high school volleyball players returned from this year’s showcase, successfully brought on by Troester and Wilson.

1933...FDR was President, the US had only 48 states, and a LEGEND was born. Help Loyd Matthies celebrate! He turns 90 on August 4, 2023.

Clara Heumphreus is celebrating her 90th birthday on August 13, and her family is inviting you to join in with a card shower. Please address your letters to 820 Shole Avenue, Cambridge, Nebraska, 69022-3545

Emma Amelia Crawford, 103 years 10 months and 14 days, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away in her home on July 23, 2023 surrounded by family and friends. Emma was born on September 9, 1919, on her parents farm near Hordville, Nebraska to John and Ida (Peterson) Bush. She had 4 brothers and 3 sisters; Wilma “El Nora”, Howard, Andrew, Helen, Nora, Max and Robert.

Front row (left to right): Jami Garey, Victoria Hanzlick, Cadence Carpenter, Haiden Garey, River Einspahr, Anna tenBensel, Janae Hammond, Juliana Hanzlick, Emma Strand, Annaka Wasenius, Johnathan Deisley. Back row (left to right): Heidi Thomas (chaperone), Marcia Foley (group leader), Miranda Carlson, Ander Wasenius, Addie Jeffcoat, Lizzie Jeffcoat, Nolen Garey, Joel Rathbun, Lael Rathbun, Patrick Rathbun, Reid Stagemeyer (chaperone) While in London the students toured major sites such as Buckingham Palace, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Piccadilly Circus, and Covent Garden. They also enjoyed a bird’s eye view of the city while riding on the London Eye. In addition to the city sites, the group went on excursions to Bath, Stonehenge, and Windsor Castle. After a trip on the Eurostar train, the students’ Paris adventure included a city bus tour, a Seine River cruise, strolls through the Latin Quarter, and of course a visit to the Eiffel Tower. While there, the group also toured the palaces and grounds of Versailles and the Louvre Museum. The next adventure took the students to Brussels and a delicious dinner of Belgium waffles. The next day they visited the European Union buildings, La Grand-Place (old town square), the Atomium from the 1958 World’s Fair, and learned about and tasted delicious Belgium chocolate. The final part of the trip was a visit to Amsterdam to tour “The Anne Frank House” and to take a bus tour of the city. Later the group ventured into the country-side to see windmills, traditional villages, and to learn how Dutch wooden shoes and cheese are made.

LINCOLN, NE – Today, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen announced his appointment of Bryan McQuay of Alma as a county court judge in the Ninth Judicial District of Nebraska. That district includes Hall and Buffalo counties.

The Furnas County Genealogical Society paid a visit to the Museum of Oxford on Thursday, July 20. They toured the Museum taking interest in the resource room and the 1935 Republican River Flood display. Gary Schroeder and Nancy Knuth were the museum hosts for the afternoon, giving the group a personalized tour with a lot of information on the items housed in the museum.