From our early files
Eighty Years Ago
Clara Fair, 71, died. She came to Jewell county in 1893. William Matthews, 73, died. He was the operator of the Superior water works for 27 years.
Mrs. M. J. Troudt was heartbroken when she found her bed of choice tulips had been raided and every blossom pulled.
Niels Nielsen, 53, died. He was a resident of Abdal.
Beer was not yet legal in Superior as Chester Cooper discovered. He was serving home made brew at his eating place on East Fourth when he was arrested. He was fined $50 and costs. His eatery remained open sans the home brew.
C & H Powdered Sugar was selling for 15 cents for two pounds.
The Lyric Theatre was showing "20,000 Years in Sing Sing," starring Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis
Seventy Years Ago
Leo Paul, 37, died. He was a Burr Oak native and had been discharged from the Army just three weeks prior to his death
Hardy High School graduated its 50th class. Two of three members survive of the first graduating class.
Vera Hurley, 20, died. She was a Hardy High School graduate in 1940.
First Lieutenant Oswin Keifer was serving in North Africa with an engineering battalion. He was a Superior High School graduate.
A five pound jar of Kraft Malted Milk was $1.59 at R. J. Stephenson's Superior grocery store.
The Lyric Theatre was showing "Stand By For Action," starring Robert Taylor and Brian Donlevy.
Sixty Years Ago
Superior High School graduated 47 seniors.
George Kruse, 73, died. He was a long-time Superior resident.
Fourteen men with tractors, plows, discs and harrows assembled at the Arnold Streit farm to assist with his farm work. Mr Streit was seriously burned recently.
Ferdinand Andersen, 77, died. He was Nuckolls county resident for 53 years and lived in the Nelson area.
Sofa beds were on sale at the John A. Mullet store in Superior for $59.50.
The Crest Theatre was showing "Titanic," starring Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck.
Fifty Years Ago
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Robinson celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They have lived in Superior since 1918.
Thieves visited 20 cabins at Lovewell Lake and made off with several thousand dollars worth of goods.
Charles Wheeler, 86, died. He had been a Superior resident since 1912.
Superior High School graduated 50 seniors.
Home made bologna was 49 cents per pound at the Consumers packing Company in Superior.
The Crest Theatre was showing "Who's Got The Action?," starring Dean Martin and Lana Turner.
Forty Years Ago
The Superior Composite Civil Air Patrol squadron sent four members to Brady to assist with sandbagging operations.
The Carson and Barnes Circus gave two shows under the big top at the Superior Municipal Airport. Attendance at the first show was 3,200 and 900 attended the evening performance.
Superior High School graduated 67 seniors. Nelson High School graduated 34 seniors. Guide Rock High School graduated 15 seniors. Hardy High School graduated 11 seniors. Ruskin High School graduated 21 seniors. Lawrence High School graduated 30 seniors.
Sliced bacon was 89 cents per pound at the Superior Safeway.
The Crest Theatre was showing "Up the Sandbox," starring Barbara Streisand.
Thirty Years Ago
Voters of the Sandy Creek school district defeated a proposal to build a new grade school on the site of the high school. The margin was 96 votes.
Superior High School graduated 58 seniors.
Carol Duncan, 58, died. She was the wife of former Hardy coach, James Duncan.
John Wilson, 81, died. He was a long-time Nuckolls County resident.
A package of 100 paper plates was selling for 59 cents at the Superior Ben Franklin Store.
The Crest Theatre was showing "Lone Wolf McQuade," starring Chuck Norris and David Carradine.
Twenty Years Ago
Superior High School graduated 47 seniors.
Construction was underway on a 450,000 bushel expansion to the Superior sub-terminal elevator operated by Agrex, Inc.
Marie Christiancy, 79, died. She was a long-time Superior resident.
Alvin Gray, 60 , died. He was a life-long Superior resident.
Hamburger and French Frys were $2,90 every Friday at the Do Drop Inn in Hardy.
The Crest Theatre was showing 'Cop and a Half," starring Burt Reynolds and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
Ten Years Ago
Superior High School graduated 42 seniors. Lawrence-Nelson High School graduated 30 seniors.
The Superior City Council adopted a sound ordinance which stipulated Superior residents shouldn't hear music more than 75 feet from its source.
Nina Bruce, 101, died. She was a long-time Nelson resident.
Nitrate contamination closed a second Superior water well.
The Crest Theatre was screening "the Lizzie McGuire Movie."
Five Years Ago
Superior High School graduated 37 seniors. Lawrence-Nelson High School graduated 20 seniors.
Fire destroyed a 1996 Peterbilt truck at Hiatt and Sons Trucking, Superior.
Danny Corman advanced to the general election after winning the second district Democratic primary for county commissioner. No Republicans were entered in the primary.
Leo Grueber, 83, died. He farmed in the Byron and Nelson areas.
The Crest Theatre was playing "Nim's Island" and "Prom Night."
One Year Ago
Nuckolls County voters rejected the agricultural society's tax levy depriving it of funds to stage the county fair.
Superior High School graduated 41 seniors. Lawrence-Nelson High School graduated nine seniors.
The City of Superior set up a trash disposal site in conjunction with the nuisance abatement program. Large roll-off dumpsters were at the site.
Viola McCord, 91, died. She was a long-time Superior resident.
The Crest Theatre was showing "The Pirates! Band of Misfits."

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Nuckolls County Courthouse News

County Traffic Court
Thomas R. Garner Jr., Colorado Springs, Colo., speeding, $10.
John V. Post, Deshler, speeding, $75.
Jolene M. Boyle, Hastings, speeding, $25.
County Civil Court
Credit Management Services vs. Niki Peters, Hardy, judgment entered.
Wakefield & Associates, Inc. vs. Tamara Gruszka, Superior, judgment entered.
District Civil Court
Brad S. Sack vs. Jonnie M. Sack, petition for dissolution of marriage, granted.
Real Estate Transfers
Steven Henderson to Tipton Holdings, LLC., Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in Block 48, Original Town of Superior.
Kris Nicholson to Rempe Farms, a Nebraska general partnership, NW 14 and N 12 SW 14 33-1-6.
Robert Press and Betty Press to Betty H. Press, trustee for the Betty H. Press Revocable Trust UA, 12-16-1997 SW 14 25-1-5.

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County Clerk attends tax equalization workshop
Jackie Kassebaum, Nuckolls County clerk, attended a workshop in Kearney on May 4 presented by the Nebraska Association of County Officials (NACO).
The workshop was intended to provide information and specialized training for commissioners, supervisors, clerks and other elected county officials as they prepare to begin board of equalization hearings.
Among the equalization-related topics addressed were the roles and responsibilities of county officials and others involced in the process; constitutional, statutory and regulatory provisions for real and personal property valuation; recent court cases; and legislative changes in the tax equalization process.

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Superior students among 'Big Red Stars' honored at UNL

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln recognized Nebraska eighth-graders for their academic excellence, leadership and perseverance at the 2013 Big Red Stars recognition ceremony on April 30.
Big Red Stars is a special recognition program designed to recognize outstanding eighth-grade students in Nebraska. The students were nominated by school principals as students who showcase strong leadership skills and academic promise.
The Big Red Stars nominees were recognized at an award ceremony sponsored by UNL and EducationQuest at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. Highlights of the event included individual recognition and awards for the Big Red Stars nominees and special remarks from Governor Dave Heineman.
Superior Junior High School students Evin Miller, daughter of Kevin and Juliane Miller, and Ethan Freeman, son of Perry Joe Freeman, Jr., and Cheri Durham, were both honored at this event for their accomplishments.

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Photo ID to vote bill brings threat of lawsuit
By Demetria Stephens, Nebraska News Service
March 7, 2013
LINCOLN ­ Nebraskans want some kind of voter ID law, but a senator's second attempt to bring such a bill misses the mark, according to Secretary of State John Gale.
Larry Dix, executive director of the Nebraska Association of County Officials, read Gale's statement during Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee hearing on Legislative Bill 381, Thursday, March 7. The bill, introduced by Sen. Charlie Janssen of Fremont, would require Nebraskans to show a photo ID when voting. Janssen, a candidate in the 2014 governor's race, introduced a similar bill last year, which failed.
Former senator Brenda Council of Omaha said LB381 might be unconstitutional. Amy Miller, ACLU Nebraska legal director, and Adam Morfeld, the Nebraskans for Civic Reform executive director, agreed. Morfeld said his group of 27 Nebraska organizations would sue the state if the bill passes.
"Voting is a fundamental constitutional right, not only the U.S. constitution," she said. "But I urge the members of this committee and the Legislature as a whole to not forget the Nebraska Constitution."
The Nebraska constitution prohibits anything hindering a qualified voter, which is a registered voter, she said.
Thirty-three states now have voter ID laws, with one of the strictest being Indiana. Janssen based LB381 on that law. His bill would make the Department of Motor Vehicles offer a state identification card at no cost to a voters who can't afford another government photo ID. Mail ballots wouldn't require a photo ID, unless it was the person's first time voting. Anyone who doesn't provide the ID at the polls would have to cast a provisional ballot, which means voting officials have to verify the person's identity.
Janssen was amending the bill to allow election officials in rural areas to vouch for the identity of voters if they forget to bring their ID to vote. He cited a 2012 report by the Pew Center on the States that found 24 million U.S. voter registrations, or one out of eight, were no longer valid or significantly inaccurate.
"The report also found 1.8 million dead people listed as voters and 2.75 million people registered in more than one state," he said.
But because Nebraska hasn't had widespread voting fraud, Gale said the bill might not be appropriate for the state. Gale's statement was read in a neutral position. Other opponents said the bill could reduce the amount of people who vote by putting up barriers. Some groups who might be hurt included students and adopted children who might be on the move, and people who can't easily travel such as the elderly and disabled, including veterans.
Former judge Jan Gradwohl said veterans might be in homes or hospitals and not able to go to the Department of Motor Vehicle to get the ID required by this bill.
"Here are people who have fought for the right to vote and who would be themselves unable to vote," she said.
Supporter Marty Brown, vice president of Nebraska Taxpayers for Freedom, said the American flag in the hearing room reminded him of his service in the military in 1965. People spit on him when he returned from service, he said.
"We don't have any respect for that flag," he said. "In reference to LB381, we'd give some of that respect back."

March. 6, 2013

Tax breaks for wind energy could attract development, revenue
By Joseph Moore, Nebraska News Service
LINCOLN ­ Nebraska would become one of only two states in the country that offer tax credits for renewable energy generation under a bill introduced by Sen. Jeremy Nordquist of Omaha.
The Legislature's Revenue Committee heard testimony March 6 on LB 411.
The bill would offer a new tax incentive for solar, wind, biomass and landfill gas energy producers just as the federal tax credit on renewable energy production is set to expire at the end of 2013.
"Us having something like this in place would make us a magnet for renewable energy developers," Nordquist said. He said the tax incentive would give Nebraska a competitive advantage over other states in attracting investment in renewables.
Currently, only Oklahoma offers a production-based tax credit on renewable energy.
Despite covering several categories of renewable energy, Nordquist said the bill's goal is to attract wind developers.
Nebraska currently ranks fourth in the nation in wind resources, according to the American Wind Energy Association. The state had 260 wind turbines operating in 2012 with a total capacity of 459 megawatts, providing 2.9 percent of Nebraska's power.
By comparison, Iowa, which ranks seventh in the nation in wind resources, had a total wind energy capacity of 4,536 megawatts and generated more than 18 percent of its power from wind in 2011, according to the American Wind Energy Association.
Even with plentiful wind resources, Nebraska is falling behind neighboring states in wind energy production.
Nordquist's bill would provide a tax credit of .5 cents for each kilowatt-hour of electricity generated from a renewable source. That amount would increase to a peak of 1.5 cents between 2015 and 2017, dropping back down to .5 cents after 2019.
Producers would be eligible for the credit for up to eight years.
The estimated cost to the state for these tax credits is about $2 million for the fiscal year 2014-2015.
Sen. Paul Schumacher of Columbus asked if the tax credit is necessary to attract developers considering Nebraska's abundant wind resources.
Richard Lombardi, representing the Wind Coalition, a nonprofit group that advocates for wind energy production, responded by saying that the energy market is heavily subsidized and energy producers are forced to go where the incentives are greatest.
"Tax policy is everything in energy policy," he said.
Lombardi said the state, and particularly rural areas, would benefit from an increase in wind energy production. "Wind projects become one of the largest taxpayers," he said.
David Levy, representing Midwest Wind Energy, a wind farm development company with operations in Nebraska, agreed that the tax credit is necessary to attract more investment.
"Other states' tax incentives put Nebraska at a disadvantage," he said.
Levy said Midwest Wind Energy projects in Custer, Knox and Boone counties would generate an estimated $66 million in local and state tax revenue over the next 10 years, adding, "We would like to build more projects in Nebraska."
No one testified against the bill.
Nordquist said the committee would hear testimony on a number of related bills and encouraged members to consider some form of incentive for renewable energy development.