Week of December 19, 2024
Week of December 19, 2024
Slowly the Superior Police Department is returning to its authorized strength of four officers following an extended time with only one officer to cover the community 24-7. The newest member to join the force is Jonathan Spangler. He was graduated Thursday from the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center and was sworn in as a Superior office on Friday afternoon. The Grand Island course was 16 weeks long. Spangler comes to Nuckolls County from Holdrege where he worked as a correctional officer...
Hunger isn't something most Deshler Lutheran School students think about and especially when they dine on their noon meal prepared by Rachelle Jarchow, DLS cook. Just mention her name, and the students cheer! However, this school semester, students have become much more aware of hunger and that many children in the world do not have adequate food and nutrition. Each school semester, Deshler Lutheran Schools support a mission project which this fall has been Mercy Meals through Orphan Grain...
Members of the Superior Volunteer Fire Department responded to a call on North Central Avenue early Saturday afternoon after a dryer at the house apparently caught on fire and exuded smoke. After carefully checking, no evidence of additional fire damage was found. Photo provided by Martha...
After serving for 20 years as a member of the Nelson City Council, Chuck Tuttle has retired from the town board. He attended his last meeting as a councilman last Wednesday. Before leaving the meeting he was presented a certificate noting his many years of service. And Tuttle does have a long record of public service. He joined the United States Air Force in 1960 and continued serving with the Air Force into the 1970s. His association with the Air Force took him to many places. In 1961 he was...
Rock Hills Lady Grizzlies handily defeated the Thunder Ridge Lady Longhorns by a score of 55-29 in a pre-season tournament game held on Dec.10, in Stockton, dominating the offensive and defensive scheme of things from start to finish. Bethany Simmelink, the team’s leader, joined with her teammates in swarming the Longhorns enough with defensive pressure, including turnovers, along with a sharp offensive push, to prevent the Longhorns from scoring. Jenna Barnes of the Longhorns finally ended the scoring drought in the first quarter, when she...
The word, "Heartbreaker" is often used in sports reporting. It can give a connotation of many things, usually something sad, or something that was not supposed to happen. Well, that could maybe describe the Raider's game with BDS last Saturday. The boys had a chance to prepare for an extra day when the Friday night game with Franklin was postponed because of weather conditions. BDS is traditionally one of the stronger teams in small town basketball in south central Nebraska, but L-N had the...
Last weekend's basketball games got cut in half because of to an ice storm out west. Franklin did not make the trip on Friday night, so the only game for the Lady Raiders came on Saturday when BDS came to play. The girls played a great first period, but several components of the game came back to haunt the girls in the final three periods. L-N 12 2 7 12 - 33 BDS 7 17 12 12 - 48 Brynn Harrison scored the first two and the last two point of the first period. In between those points Kara Menke...
The Superior Wildcat girls won over the Fairbury Jeffs 50-24 last Tuesday at Fairbury for their second straight win of the season. Superior out scored Fairbury 17 to 7 the first quarter to set the tone of the game. However, the Jeffs rallied and both teams scored 10 points in the second quarter. Superior answered with 16 points during the third quarter while the Jeffs scored only two. Scoring slowed during the fourth quarter. Superior scored 7 and the Jeffs 5. Reagan Meyer lead the Wildcats by...
Superior Wildcat boys lost at home to Wilber-Claytonia in Superior Saturday, 36-58. Trenton Siebecker, coach, said, "We just had an off night. Sometimes those things happen." Turnovers and fouls in the first half were issues for the Wildcats, pared with Wilber-Claytonia's ability to consistently add points from the free throw line. Even though the Wildcat starters stand over six foot, Wilber-Claytonia had a height advantage. Wilber-Claytonia scored first. However, the Cats were only down two...
Lawrence-Nelson wrestlers traveled to Meridian for the Bob Oliver Invitational Saturday. The team earned 20 points. Leslie Corman was fourth place in the 150 pound class, Beck Grayhm placed fourth in the 165 pound class, Augustus Harrison placed fifth in the 165 pound class, Monte Hajny and Parker Ostdiek each placed eighth. Hajny in the 144 pound class and Ostdiek in the 215-285 weight range class. Ace Wulf placed tenth in the 190 pound...
Saturday the Superior boys competed at Meridian in the Bob Oliver Pin Invitational with 20 other teams. The Wildcats placed second with 225 points. Tri-County won the tournament with 240 points. Meridian was in third place with 160 points. Following is a list of Superior Wildcats who placed at the meet. It included each contestant’s weight class, placing, name and record. 126 1st Holden McDonald 10-1 157 1st Kamden Boyles 9-2 190 1st Kyler Boyles 9-1 120 2nd Rigley McDonald 2-6 150 2nd Carl Lupin 1-7 144 3rd Joe Kerrigan 6-5 215 3rd Montey...
Wrestling fans may have noticed, there are some rule changes this season. Take downs are scored differently this year. A take down is now worth three points. Last year, a wrestler earned only two. Another scoring change relates to seconds a wrestler keeps their opponent’s back on the matt. Two seconds earns two points, three seconds - three points and four seconds earns four point. Last year three seconds earned a wrestler two points and five seconds earned three points. A third major change related to boundary rules. This season if either...
Carlee Hinz placed first in the 145 pound class to score 26 points at the Crete girls tournament Saturday. Cheyenne Stacy (120 pounds) placed second and scored 20 points. The pair compete for the Superior - Deshler-Lawrence-Nelson wrestling cooperative. Hinz has a 4-0 record and Stacy a 3-1...
Many families have special foods they prepare for Christmas and this time of year newspapers often publish holiday recipes. My mother had a recipe drawer in her kitchen on Blauvelt’s Hill. That drawer was filled to over flowing with cookbooks and advertising pieces chock full of holiday food ideas. Since my father’s oldest brother was a Gas Service Company manager, we always got copies of the recipes promoted by the company’s home agent who promoted natural gas ranges as the best cooking device. I’m not sure any of those recipes. were...
Through the years receiving Christmas cards and greetings, I have looked forward to them but I’m wondering if they are becoming a thing of the past. For many years, our Christmas card basket sat proudly on our kitchen table filled to the brim with Christmas cards we received. Last year the basket was only one-fourth filled. This year we wonder how many cards will be received and placed in the basket. Receiving Christmas cards is appreciated, especially those containing notes and letters reporting on family news. These are really welcomed....
Q. Is there a need to study the Old Testament since the teachings of Jesus are in the New Testament? Great question! The Bible is divided into Old Testament and New Testament (see the table of contents in your Bible). But many people struggle with reading the Old Testament since many passages do not seem to relate to our lives as easily as those of the New Testament. However we must be careful not to think that the Old Testament lacks the teachings of Jesus. In fact, when teaching his disciples after being raised from the dead, Jesus revealed...
For years we’ve heard the phrase in high school sports: “It’s hard to beat a team three times in a season.” In rural areas in particular, it is easy to play a team three times and quite often that phrase seems to come true. To be honest I never heard it said in college sports. Until last weekend . . . It changed when a number of sports commentators on TV used that phrase during the volleyball game between the Nebraska Cornhusker Volleyball team and the Wisconsin University Volleyball team. Nebraska had already defeated Wisconsin the...
As you age, Christmas presents change. Babies may get a stuffed animal or a rattle, but often the bulk of the gifts are items for the nursery like lamps, blankets or pictures. Some new outfits are normally part of the mix, too. As the toddler stage approaches, there are push toys, ride-ons and skill building items. Often books are part of the gift pile, and there always seems to be a few clothes sneaking into the offerings. In fact, as we age, clothes seem to take over most of the gift stack. One of the family traditions of times gone by is...
Many who are observant have noticed some newer buffalo in Jewell. Beginning in early October, buffalo statues started to join the other 15 buffaloes in the herd around Jewell. (Yes, there are also four "calves" in the herd.) "Bernie" was the first to come alongside the others. "Bernie" sits atop an 8-foot pedestal just north of the fire fepartment. He is sponsored by the Jewell Fire Department. Mayor and Fire Chief Darrell Bohnert said the buffalo "needed to be different." All the other buffalo...
Leslie Lemke had a busy weekend, as she held her final Christmas sale located south of Lawrence. Many turned out for this fun-filled holiday event. The sale was scheduled for Saturday, but because of the forcasted nasty weather conditions, Leslie decided to extend the sale through Sunday. Leslie was born in Hastings and moved to the Lawrence area when she married her husband in 1993. They raised three children, all of them graduating from Blue Hill High School. With more free time on her hands,...
Last Sunday was the lighting of the third candle of the Advent wreath, a pink candle meaning joy. A present personally given to each one of us, by our Lord and Savior. What does this mean? How do I get this gift of joy? We find joy throughout our lives, in different ways and levels. When people of their own free will choose to do loving things for us, this pure love act brings us great joy and happiness. God feels the same way. He wants love that has come from someone of their own free will. How do I receive this gift of joy from Jesus? By...
Special activities have long been associated with the Christmas season. One hundred years ago on Dec. 18, 1924, the Hardy Herald published the following story: History repeats itself and again this year the merchants and citizens of Hardy have opened their pocket books and made possible another Community Christmas tree. Christmas night, Dec. 25, there will be a free band concert and program at the Hardy Hall awith candy for the kiddies. Ten years ago Hardy was host to 2,000 people who ate, drank and danced free and proclaimed it a royal...
A workshop series for women in agriculture will offer strategies to evaluate and improve farm estate and transition plans. “Leaving a Lasting Legacy for Midwestern Farm Women: A Succession Planning Series,” will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays, Jan. 21, Jan. 28, Feb. 4 and Feb. 11, at two locations in the Post Rock District; First Bank Meeting Room in Beloit and the Smith County Courthouse basement meeting room in Smith Center. The workshops will also be hosted at 61 other sites across Kansas, Nebraska and Indiana. The series is...
