By Guyla Mills For the past four years, retired veteran Don Nitzel of Oxford has spearheaded efforts to distribute fir wreaths on the graves of veterans in several area cemeteries as part of National Wreaths Across America Day. Held on the second or third Saturday in December, this year’s events took place on December 16.

Phil and Janice Bamesberger operate an annual live nativity scene. This year’s performances were last weekend. The Bamesberger family has been doing this for seven years, and each year it has progressed and expanded.

CAMBRIDGE - The Cambridge Park Board is looking into replacing the north playground equipment of McKinley Park. The new playground will be all-inclusive, meaning it accommodates the needs of children with a range of disabilities.

For the first time, the Oxford Cemetery has wreaths displayed on the graves of veterans during the holiday season from Wreaths Across America. The Museum of Oxford took on the task this year selling 48 wreaths. Volunteers from the Museum distributed the wreaths on Saturday, December 16 including this one on the grave of Ronald Stafford. Stafford’s plane went down in Vietnam and he was never recovered.

Cambridge Lions helped at the Wreaths Across America service and placed wreaths on the graves of fallen servicemen. .

Cambridge Lions, with the help of the Holbrook Lions and Indianola Knights of Columbus, were able to deliver 10 pickup loads of food, gift cards, and toys to 50 families in the surrounding communities this past Saturday. This annual event has been going on since the 1980’s and this year provided support to 178 individuals in those 50 families. Thank you to the Cambridge Supermarket for boxing up all the food ahead of time and for community members who have supported this project with their generous donations of funds and toys. It’s a great example of our community helping each other out, and Lions are grateful to be a part of that equation. Merry Christmas! Tri Valley Health System Auxiliary Thrift Shop volunteers Pat Downer and Sharon Lightle also presented four totes of new toys and games to Lions Club members for the annual Lions Christmas project. They also shared 50 ten dollar gift certificates to the Thrift Shop for the Lions to include in their gift baskets. Merry Christmas from the TVHS Auxiliary.

LINCOLN, NE (12/18/2023)-- The University of Nebraska-Lincoln conferred 1,172 degrees during commencement exercises Dec. 15 and 16 at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Volunteers from the Stockville area put out 60 wreaths on Saturday for Wreaths Across America at the Arbor Cemetery. .

BEAVER CITY – The city council met for just under two hours for this final meeting for 2023. The council voted to reject all bids for the lagoon repair at this time because the expense is much higher than the original estimate.

The Village of Oxford Board of Trustees met on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 5:30 pm for a special meeting. The board held their reorganization, keeping all officers and appointments as they were. Mike Minarik will remain as Chairman with Chase Quinn as Vice Chair.