HOLDREGE, Neb. – Fires raged through Gosper County and into Furnas County on Thursday, April 7, devastating the area. High winds and dry conditions caused the fire to move rapidly and made it extremely difficult to contain. Elwood Fire Chief Darren Krull lost his life and others were injured. Property and livestock have been lost. The western portion of the Tri-Basin Natural Resources District (NRD) has a long road to recovery.

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The meeting was called to order at 12:05 p.m. Open meeting laws noted in the City Office.

Week Apr. 25 – Apr.

FROG (Fitness Reaching Older Generations) classes are held Tuesday and Fridays in Cambridge at the Congregational Church from 9:30 am – 10:30 am. “No requirements, come and have fun.” Call Marty Teter at 308-697-4299 with any questions.

St. Paul's Lutheran Church, LCMS 719 Park Ave, Cambridge, 308.697.3725 Paster Dan Wiese Sunday Worship 9:00 a.m.; Adult Bible Study and Children's Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

Extension Educator, Elena Stout, teamed up with the kindergarten classes at Southern Valley to facilitate the 4-H Embryology project. This is an exciting opportunity for young children to discover how an embryo develops inside an egg to become a chick. The kindergarteners spent 21 days caring for their eggs in an incubator before they hatched. Students even had the opportunity to look inside the eggs to see the developing embryos when Elena visited their classroom with a special flashlight to candle their eggs. This agriculture literacy project is incredibly important for young children to help them understand that agriculture products, like eggs, don’t just come from the grocery store.

A resolution to increase lifeguard wages for the Oxford swimming pool was approve at a meeting of the Board of Trustees on Monday, April 18. The board also approved raising the price of a season family pass from $85 to $100. Both of these items had been discussed at the previous meeting. The board also approved a bank account for pool concession money.

Oxford's annual Easter Egg hunt sponsored by the Oxford Chamber of Commerce and organized by the Haag family once again drew a nice crowd to the Geo. Mitchell park on Saturday, April 16. The Easter Bunny made a stop and was brought in by the Fire Department. Egg hunters from age 0 up to 6th grade scoured the park and ball field and had all the eggs and candy picked up in minutes.

Hopes were high for a rain on Easter Sunday, thinking that the old adage, if it rains on Easter Sunday it will rain for the next seven Sundays, might hold true. Well, it didn’t rain but we can still keep the prayer bones polished for rain any day of the week. A full week of slow rain would be perfect.