Oxford News

Megan Talbert works on her laptop in Miss Lisa Deal's class at Oxford High School in Oxford Kansas.

Amber Hull, Donovan Higgins Gary Palmer and Sam Leis work on their laptops provided by the school during class Friday afternoon at Oxford High School in Oxford Kansas.

Special to THE TRAVELER After a year that was anything but normal, organizers of this year's 38th annual Walnut Valley Festival are looking forward to a festival that is more like the 36 festivals prior to the 2008 event.

It was suppose to be a trip to celebrate a year in the United States - graduation, school out for the summer and a celebration of all that is good with America.

A thunderstorm in the Oxford area Tuesday night produced a wall cloud and several funnels that moved southeast and hovered over the Strother Field area for nearly two hours, officials said.

Projected loss of state funds to USD 465 school district is $619,000 By DAVE SEATON and ROY GRABER Winfield Publishing Co.

Aug. 8 is the wedding date selected by Lynn Hamilton and Justin Hofeldt. Parents of the couple are Shelley Patterson of Wichita, Kan., and Terry Hamilton of Oxford, Kan.; and Betty Hofeldt of Havre and Mike Hofeldt of Helena.