CAMBRIDGE –Railroads serve as a backdrop to our collective small town experience. There’s something nostalgic about abandoned tracks, reminding us that all journeys eventually reach the end of the line.

LOOMIS - After both teams suffered lopsided losses on Friday to open the Area 6 Tournament, the Hi-Line and Cambridge-Arapahoe senior legion baseball teams squared off in an elimination game Saturday.

It was a toasty weekend for legion baseball with games in the middle of the afternoon Friday, ------- Saturday and Sunday. After the completion of Saturday’s game, my family scattered to enjoy an evening out, but I had to race home because our old sow, Lizzie sure picks the best weekends to farrow.

We are celebrating Charla’s 90th birthday on August 2nd from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the First Congregational UCC of Cambridge, Nebraska Cards can be sent to Charla Mehaffie P.O. Box 514 Cambridge, NE. 69022 Charla was born August 11th, 1936, to William (Bill) and Holly (Kerst) Case.

The family of Shirley Gengenbach is celebrating her 90th birthday on August 2, and we’re inviting her friends to join in with a card shower. Please send any greetings to her at: Shirley Gengenbach, 75191 County Rd 418, Eustis, NE 69028.

Thank you for the cards, thoughts and prayers through my recovery and thank you to my children for staying with me and for all your help. I am so thankful.

Shelia Irene (Herbert) Pruitt, age 76, of Holdrege, Nebraska formerly of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, July 11, 2026 at the Grand Island Regional Medical Center surrounded by her loved ones.

Clara Catherine Heumphreus passed away on July 10, 2026, in Decatur, Alabama at 92 years of age. Clara was born on August 13, 1933, to Paul and Opal Grosch in rural Danbury, Nebraska.

Ruth Elaine (Helms) McGhghy of Greeley, CO passed away peacefully on July 13, 2026. Ruth was born to Henry and Bertha Helms in the family’s farmhouse on May 14, 1928, at Arapahoe, NE.

On July 4, 2026, we celebrated 250 years of the greatest experiment in self-governance the world has ever known—the United States of America.