It’s difficult to grab kids attention when it comes to the perils of social media. I’m going to share a story of what happened to my house this week, albeit a little embarrassing, in hopes that it might hit a little closer to home, thus making those warnings mean a little more.

I was talking to my Grandpa earlier this week about what Wednesday’s looked like for him when he was younger and he said they were always for church nights, matter of fact everyone up till this decade will say the same thing. What changed? The world did and Cambridge, Nebraska is going right along with it. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve asked someone “Missed you at church” to which they would reply with “I had this mandatory thing for a club that I’m in” or “I had a game today.” You see, the problem is it’s always church or school, church or grades, church or this activity I’m involved in. Students go to school five days a week for 8 hours for 4 of those days and 7 hours one of those days. That’s 39 hours per week of school. That’s not including the two to three hour practices most of us have every day. That adds 17 and a half hours which makes it 56 hours spent doing things school related. Let’s say a student tries to go to bed by 10. That leaves on average 3 1/2 hours to eat, do homework, shower, and do other nightly routine steps. On average less than 1 hour is spent connecting with family. I think I can confidently say that those of you who are parents can agree that 1 hour connecting with your kids isn’t enough. So, I’m not only fighting for an open Wednesday night for church, I’m also fighting for family time as well. I may be presenting this alone but I do not stand alone. I feel compelled to bring this to attention and to have it resolved for not only the current students of CHS but also the generations to come. I have taken my concerns to many of the students’ trusted authorities that are able to help, but I wasn’t satisfied with their answers, so now I’m bringing it to you to fight my case. I propose that we adopt as a school to reserve Wednesday nights as an event free night from school and club activities. By doing so, we show our community that our school values our students and their families. That CHS won’t become like every other school, we will stand apart and hold firm to our small town roots. MadaLynn Benson, CPS Student

BARTLEY - The challengers keep coming for the Roughriders, but the Southwest football team keeps passing with flying colors. Southwest welcomed 4-1 Wauneta-Palisade Friday and jumped the Broncos at the outset, blitzing them with 36 points in the first half on their way to a 55-12 win to improve to 6-0 on their season.

ELWOOD - The Arapahoe football squad leaned on its defense and special teams while getting just enough offense for a 20-14 win at Hi-Line Friday night. The Warriors rushed for 225 yards, 75 of that coming on a second quarter touchdown run from Hayden Sich, who lead the team with 159 yards on 16 carries.

ARAPAHOE - At the always-challenging Arapahoe Golf Course, Medicine Valley’s Kael Garrett and the Hi-Line girls cross country team took first place at the RPAC Meet Thursday. Garrett ran a 17:44, which was 40 seconds better than second-place Max Hanson of Wallace.

NORTON - It’s not always pretty or efficient, but the Arapahoe volleyball team is finding ways to get the job done. With five-set road victories over Axtell and Norton the past two Tuesdays, sandwiched around sweeps of Northern Valley and Hi-Line, the Warriors have won sixstraight and have pushed their record to 14-8 entering Thursday’s RPAC Tournament.

OXFORD - After a week’s stay in an Omaha hospital healing from injuries from a dog attack, Oxford 7-year-old Drake Schellpeper returned home Thursday to a welcome from family and friends. Schellpeper went out riding his scooter on the afternoon of October 2.

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ARAPAHOE - At its regularly-scheduled monthly meeting, the Arapahoe Board of Education met Monday and made the anticipated decision to cease busing before and after school for students that in the City of Arapahoe, effective in mid-November.

The Village of Oxford Board of Trustees met on Monday, October 13 at 5:30 pm for their regular meeting. On the agenda was discussion on dog ordinances, wages, and updates from Bobbi Pettit with Five Rule Rural Development.