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. School and college will be starting soon so now is the perfect time to get your kindergartner, 7th grader, college student, or any child who may be behind on their shots up to date before school starts.

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. This week, Matthew and Kassidy came back to their meeting and told about their experiences at the camp. They both said it was a once in a lifetime experience and they highly recommend any upcoming Sophomores or Juniors from area schools to apply in March 2026 for next summer’s camp. The Great Plains RYLA attendees are (l to r) Matthew Allen, Jillian Smith and Kassidy Vaughan. The Cambridge Rotarians pictured are Sam Jaeger and Reg Warner.

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. The County Clerk’s initials were not printed on the first batch of ballots, and therefore, those ballots cannot be used as is.

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. CNA, SoB (Shortness of Breath), PRN, HoH (Hard of Hearing), and a myriad of other acronyms are now part of my own vernacular. QoL (Quality of Life) is the ‘big’ one in hospice, sometimes called “comfort care.” When quantity of life becomes diminished, it’s all about quality.

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. Individuals must have a permit to harvest hay on State Right of Way.