Week of October 17, 2024
Week of October 17, 2024
Abby Elkins, community mobilizer for Jewell County Health 365, was selected to serve on a panel for the Kansas Prevention Conference. Elkins was chosen because of her commitment to prevention efforts in the state and for the work she has demonstrated the past two years. She has worked to develop and sustain a coalition of community members with representation from 12 key sectors of the community. Members from various organizations are working together to impact youth and to empower them to make...
Last Wednesday, Mrs. Kylee Haba and art students from Lawrence-Nelson High School attended the 9th Annual Hastings College Mural Competition hosted by the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center on the Hastings College Campus. The mural competition is a day of artmaking for students across the state. Teams arrive on campus in the morning, set up their station, and prepare to receive the theme for the day. This year's theme was "Opposites," where students had to visually capture the beauty and...
Superior Elks Lodge No. 2197 and the Superior FFA collaborated to provide a "Touch a Truck" event at the SCOR ball field Saturday morning. People of all ages were invited to ask questions and closely inspect a variety of mobile tools. Included in the display was a nearly new Nebraska Department of Transportation dump truck with a blade used for snow removal; Cash Wenske's race car; the City of Superior street cleaner; a City of Superior utilities basket truck and a truck used to put in...
Anniversaries are often intended to celebrate "happy" occasions and are accompanied with celebrations of many kinds. Other anniversaries observe occasions, important, but not always happy. However, they both often pass without any recognition. The people of Lawrence are familiar with both occurrences. The tornado of 1990 anniversaries have not been met with happenstance of any kind. They just come and go. So was the October 12, 2024 anniversary of the fire in Sacred Heart Church in Lawrence. It...
The 82nd Corn Show was a success! The weather was so delightfully cooperative. The Faith•Farm•Family theme was used to develop several eye-catching booths. There was a giant pumpkin and beautiful flower arrangements among other things in the exhibits. On Friday, the "Pair-a-Dice" Ride had a record-breaking number of entries, 109! More than one person commented, "There were golf carts all over!" The High Point Winner of the event was Jeff Cady, Jewell, and the Low Point Winner was Michelle...
The Sueprior High School football team claimed a convincing 40-14 win over the Hastings St. Cecilia Bluehawks at Brodstone Memorial Field Friday. The Bluehawks bore no resemblance to their once dominating teams from the past. This version of the Bluejawks remain winless after this embarassment. Superior opened up a 33-0 lead at the half and never looked back. They extended the lead to 40-0 after three quarters of play. The Bluehawks managed to score two touchdowns in fourth quarter garbage time...
The Rock Hills High School volleyball team continued their amazing season by winning the Northern Plains League Tournament at Tescott Saturday. The Grizzlies kicked off their week with a triangular match at Lincoln last Tuesday. They swept Lincoln in two sets, 25-14 and 25-19. They handled arch-nemesis St. John’s-Tipton in two sets, 25-19 and 25-20. `They played a grueling five match Northern Plains League tournament, Saturday, at Tescott, and emerged with the championship trophy after winning all five matches. The Stockton Tigers extended...
The Lawrence-Nelson High School volleyball team picked up two much needed wins against D1 teams with winning records. The Raiders sent the Nebraska Lutheran Knights back to their castle with a 25-20, 20-25- 25-18 and 25-22, loss last Tuesday at Lawrence. They handed the Red Cloud Warriors a 11-25, 25-15, 25-16 and 25-22., four set loss at Lawrence Thursday. Kara Menke held the net for 22 kills against Nebraska Lutheran. Brynn Harrison and Hanna Skinner added five kills apiece. Josie Hajny...
The Nuckolls County Knights, a cooperative program between Superior and Lawrence-Nelson Middle Schools, hosted the Exeter-Milligan-Friend Bobcats at Lawrence last Monday. After a hard fought first half, the Knights roared back for a 66-26 win. The Knights held a tenuous 18-12 lead at half time. They came out inspired and quickly took care of business with their smothering defense and fast acting offense. Mike Sander, head coach of the Knights, said, “This team is such a blessing to coach. They played their best game of the season against a...
The Rock Hills High School football team returned to their winning ways, Friday, with a 54-6 win against Washington County, at Washington. The Grizzlies roared out to a 42-6 lead at the half and never looked back. They added 12 points in the third quarter. The mercy rule was invoked and Rock Hills improved to 4-2 for the season. The Grizzlies travel to Clyde, Friday for a contest with the Clifton-Clyde...
The Rock HillsEE High School cross country team had a successful outing at the Lincoln Invitational , at Lincoln, Thursday. The boys team took third place in the 5 K varsity. Tristyn Reynolds took third place. Spencer Lindberg crossed the finish line in 13th place. Kobi Bowers was on his heels in 14th place. Noah Eakins cruised in at 18th place. Cruz Navarro was in 21st place. Nolan Grout held down 25th place. Kiplee Kussman took 28th place. Blake Fultz was in 31st place. Treyton Reynolds was in 33rd and Owen Mizner in 34th place. Alivia...
Late season games often are given more importance than maybe they should have, but then again, maybe they should have the attention they get. Last Friday, the Raiders played High Plains High School in Clarks. Both teams carried a 4-2 record into the game and for a while it seemed the game would live up to the potential of a "good" game. But, then again there is that old adage: "There's good luck . . . there's bad luck . . . and sometimes there is just no luck at all." The game will go into the...
The Superior High School volleyball team downed the Heartland Huskies at Henderson Thursday, 25-12, 25-13 and 25-14, in three sets. They won their opening round Southern Nebraska Conference match over Sandy Creek, 25-12 and 25-13, to advance to a match with Fairbury at Milford Tuesday. Reagan Meyers dominated the net against Heartland with 23 kills. Hallie Bargen contributed eight kills. Ava Kirchhoff plowed down four kills. Chloe Mundorf and Cora Schnakenberg put away three kills. Sadie Cornell and Jordan Duncan pounded away for two kills...
The Superior High School girl golers competed at the Class C district match, played over the Hidden Valley Golf Course at Lincoln. Bella Henderson shot an 18 hole round of 143. Rayne Biltoft shot around of 86 for a second place finish a place in the fiel at the state championship Class C match at North Platte. The Fullerton Invitational was the final regular season match. for the golfers. Henderson competed in the varsity field for the first time this year and shot a round of 114. Biltoft carded a round of 94, good for 14th place. Biltoft was...
Monday morning a former resident of Superior stopped by the newspaper office with questions about past happenings. Some I could answer and some I couldn’t. He’s not the only one with questions about what may have happened. I have some of my own. For example, while skimming the Nebraska News column in an 1884 newspaper published at Nelson, I read of a fire which destroyed a store at Warwick. I’m familiar with what is now a ghost town in Republic County’s Big Bend Township named Warwick. I once took pictures of a Mobil Oil Company’s...
Apple picking season is upon us. One never knows for sure if their apple trees are going to produce or not. Sometimes there comes a frost upon the apple blooms and this can mean there will be a no or low yield. This year, there is a bountiful yield of tasty apples. Some apples are made into delicious treats such as jellies, applesauce, apple cobblers, apple cakes, apple breads, apple muffins, apple salads, cider and, of course, the all American dessert — the Apple Pie. Simple things like a baked apple, a candied apple or a juicy caramel...
I pray daily, but silently. I was told I need to pray aloud. Is this so? A: Prayer can be out loud or you can pray just thinking the words in your heart. We know that Hannah prayed without talking when she asked God for a son because it made the High Priest think she was drunk (I Samuel 1:12-14). Yet her prayers were answered. God knows the thoughts of our heart (Jeremiah 17:9-10; Mark 2:6-8) and every detail of our lives, both seen and unseen (Matthew 10:29-31). Jesus even advised his disciples to pray secretly so no one could hear (Matthew...
The “Common Good.” That is a phrase you don’t hear often in today’s political sphere. Over the years, I remember reading those two words often about the early days of American history. I was recently reminded of those two words when reading comments on the writings of Saint John Paul II. Although the two words are not in this part of his writing, the writing reminded me of those two words. In today’s world profound thoughts and words are often lost in all the banter we receive from so many different sources. Sometimes really...
September was an enlightening month for me this year. On a recent trip through Medicine Bow Mountains in Wyoming, there was a turn off with a plaque on a huge rock that read "In memory of the 66 passengers and crew that perished on Medicine Bow Peak Oct. 6, 1955." Intrigued, I Googled the story. The story of the 66 passengers on a plane. Two of them infants. Some of them servicemen headed home after a deployment. Choir members. Moms. Dads. How that plane had changed its course and ended up...
Nebraska Extension will host a crop insurance workshop for agricultural producers and agribusiness professionals from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, at the Heartland Events Center in Grand Island, 700 E. Stolley Park Road. The event will help attendees improve their risk management strategies and boost their understanding of crop insurance. Crop and livestock producers, insurance agents, marketing consultants, agricultural educators and other risk management service providers are encouraged to attend. “Understanding crop insurance can...
They used to call them corn husking bees but corn husking is no more so perhaps we should call it a corn picking bee. Whatever, the name friends and neighbors of the late Richard Corman, am Edgar-Davenport area farmer, are gathering at 8 a.m. Friday to harvest approximately 400 acres of corn. The noon lunch will be provided by nearby business...
