Museum of Oxford receives special visitor

Gary Schroeder, of the Museum of Oxford, hosted Chris Weide from Glenwood, Iowa last Wednesday, August 25. Weide and his wife Catherine stopped by the museum to see some particularly rare glass soda bottles that he had never seen the likes of before.
Gary Schroeder (right) stands with Chris Weide (left) next to a rare collection of bottles displayed at the Museum of Oxford last Wednesday, August 25. Weide stopped at the museum specifically to see the bottles.

Eager Beaver Day September 18

Beaver City – Eager Beaver Day is on track with some minor changes this year. The changes will accommodate Husker football and allow people to support vendors after the game.

WEATHER

The weekly weather report is courtesy of National Weather Service Cooperative Weather Observer Troy Fletcher. Readings are taken at 7:00 a.m..
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Furnas County Court News

COURT CALLS 08/23/2021 Zachary S. Bowers of Beaver City - Third degree assault, Plea: Not Guilty, Pretrial September 13, 2021 @ 9:30 A.M.

Woodruff Takes Dream Flight

On September 8 Don Woodruff turns 100, and what better gift for a WWII veteran than a flight in a Boeing Stearman biplane. He took the flight on Friday, August 27, 2021 as part of the Dream Flight program.
Woodruff Takes Dream Flight

Understanding Property Tax in the Good Life State

What is the greatest impediment to Nebraska’s Good Life? Most likely a statewide poll of home and landowners would reveal a simple twoword answer—Property Tax. Here in the Cornhusker State, property tax is applied to both real and personal property.
Understanding Property Tax in the Good Life State

OXFORD

100 Years Ago August 25, 1921 Highland defeated Oxford 9 to 0 in a ball game. Rankin the Highland pitcher allowed only four hits.

Some things stay the same

From the Oxford Standard August 30, 2001 – “It’s just a hobby with us. Maggie and I like getting up early and working in the garden,” Oxford resident Tony Thulin said.
Pictured left – Tony Thulin in an Oxford Standard photo from 2001. Pictured right – Tony’s watermelons downtown Oxford on Saturday, August 21, 2021. They still sit for sale using the same honor system used twenty years ago. Thulin has said this might be his last year growing his locally famous watermelons.
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