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The Village of Oxford Board of Trustees approved contracting with 5 Rule Rural Planning during their meeting on Monday, October 9. The $28,000 contract was approved by the board upon approval of the village attorney and sign off of board chairman Mike Minarik. Minarik was absent from the meeting.

ELWOOD - Speed kills, especially when it’s running down hill. The Hi-Line football team has made big plays a specialty all season, beating teams around the edge a variety of ways.

CURTIS - The Medicine Valley volleyball team had one of its best nights of the season Thursday, sweeping past both Arapahoe and Paxton in a home triangular. Arapahoe dropped a pair of hard-foght matches to complete an 0-2 night.

CAMBRIDGE - In a challenging triangular that featured three teams coming in with winning records, host Cambridge took down both Hoxie (25-3) and Maywood-Hayes Center (12-9) in straight sets, improving to 16-3 on the season.

People often think they need to lose weight. The hard part, of course, is following through on that desire in a sustained and successful manner.

It’s that time of year in the 4-H world when the dust has settled after grueling, hot weeks at county fair and state fair. From an outsider it begs the question, “why do you do it?” Spending months preparing and sweating over animals for the culmination of fair and a ribbon seems implausible. Those involved in 4-H have the same ponderings at times. So why 4-H? The answer lies in their future endeavors.

This weekend, Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown. After a turbulent week, the House of Representatives passed a shortterm bipartisan spending bill.

By Andela Taylor, NCTA News Aspiring agricultural and animal health students with dreams of pursuing higher education have reason to celebrate as the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA) strives to remove financial barriers. With a low, one-rate (same rate for resident and non-resident students) tuition at $144 per credit hour and affordable campus housing and dining rates, the full-price tag at NCTA is competitive from the start.

Memorial Services for Phyllis L. (Broeker) Thulin will be held at a later date.