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

CURTIS - University of Nebraska President Jeff Gold, M.D. engaged in conversation with about 50 people at the Education Center auditorium on the Curtis campus on July 23.

Wilsonville Library story hour was held every Saturday in July. The theme was ‘Oh the places you’ll go’ we ‘camped, went to a farm, and went to ‘outer space’. Shown is Taylor Ballou, Camden Rice and Boone Ballou. Not shown is Miley Miller and Henley Ballou.

Dale & Brenda Oberg of Farnam will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary August 16, 2025. Family members have requested a card shower in honor of their special event.

Cambridge Area Rotary Club sent three attendees to the Great Plains RYLA Camp, July 7 – 11, 2025. They had the participants come to a meeting before they went to camp and visit with the club and tell them why they chose to apply for the camp.

Furnas County voters living in the Cambridge School District will be receiving new voting ballots in the mail for the August 12, 2025, Cambridge School Bond election following an error with the first batch of ballots.

Congratulations to this week’s Elwood Chamber of Commerce Yard of the Week, Perry Kotschwar! .

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After nearly twenty years of parish ministry, I entered the world of health care, which, I learned, abounds in acronyms. My first clue was in chaplaincy training, known as “CPE” (Clinical Pastoral Education), the required education for most hospital and hospice chaplains.

July 23, 2025 (Lincoln, Neb.) — The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) has announced hay harvesting permit applications for the public will be accepted through an online application portal beginning July 30 at 12:01 a.m. CST.