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Phone 308-824-3381 Monday 2 pm - 7 pm Tuesday 2 pm - 7 pm Wednesday 2 pm - 7 pm Thursday 2 pm - 7 pm Friday 9 am - 12 pm & 1 pm - 5 pm Saturday 10 am - 2 pm.

The Cambridge Memorial Hospital Auxiliary met July 20th and enjoyed a noon lunch provided by the hospital. During the business meeting, the Auxiliary approved funding applications from Tri Valley Health System totaling $36,854.12 for the following three items:

Women, Infants & Children Program (WIC) is the nation’s most successful and cost-effective public health nutrition program. We provide wholesome foods, nutrition education and community support for income-eligible women who are pregnant or postpartum, infants and children up to age five.

Getting news sent this week has been exasperating to say the least. Last week I had the column all typed and ready to send on Monday night. I decided to wait until the next morning to send it, thinking I might get more news. The next time it hit my mind was about the time the paper hit the street on Wednesday. So, I just saved it to send in this week. Well, I added this week’s news and sent it on its way. I don’t know what happened, but it just disappeared. So, grrrr, here’s my attempt to recreate the column.

Oxford - The Golden Generation Center was presented $10,000 from the Oxford Area Foundation on Friday, July 23. Director Heather Linden said this puts them over the top for their much needed roof repair. A project they have been raising money for over the last couple years. The roof repair is now set to begin this week.

Saturday evening, thunderstorms developed in Gosper and Furnas Counties and the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning. The storm redeveloped in the area Sunday through midday. Total two-day rainfall as reported by the National Weather Service in Hastings:

Last Wednesday at 5:46 pm, the Gosper County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a 3-year-old child riding on a floatation toy that had drifted out to the main area of Johnson Lake from the swim beach area in Gosper County.

A motion to grant a new trial for an Oxford man convicted of 13 felonies in a sex trafficking investigation has been turned down in Furnas County District Court. Billy Quinn had moved for a new trial and in a telephonic hearing last week, his defense counsel argued that comments made during the course of the trial by Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse improperly prejudiced the jury’s deliberations and the verdict.