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Maag Park in Jewell is all dressed up for the holidays! New lights on the park trees plus a 30-foot-tall light tree give the park quite a bit of sparkle. There is also a new nativity in the center of the park and a grouping of reindeer on the corner. Across the street, by the door to the Jewell Community Center, a lighted snowman welcomes all to Jewell. Also, in case you don't know how many days until Christmas, there is a sign that tells any and all when to expect Santa! These decorations are...
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...
During the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas is an oft heard song. But those 12 days don’t really occur until after Christmas. They are the days between Christmas and Epiphany. Epiphany, Jan. 6, being the traditional day, the Three Magi gave the baby Jesus their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. But have you ever considered what the “true love” actually gave? Totally it would have been 12 drummers drumming, 22 pipers piping, 30 lords a leaping, 36 ladies dancing, 40 maids a milking, 42 swans a swimming, 42 geese a layin...
Friday was a special day in Jewell. Two businesses opened! Both are located at 213 Main Street in Jewell. The building is often referred to as "the old Merc." The owners of the businesses are Ryan and Ashton Wilson Cates. Ryan Cates, owner of Neb-Kan Consultant Service, has moved his office from his home to the Jewell location. Cates graduated from Belleville High School with the Class of 2005, then graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in agronomy. He has been involved with...
November is National Family Literacy Month. Libraries and literacy organizations are promoting family literacy and Family Literacy Month. Why a Family Literacy Month? Because early involvement of parents and family, talking reading, writing, and thinking with young children is key to developing solid literacy skills. The stronger those skills are the stronger a child’s language, literacy and reading skills will be. Success in literacy and reading spills over into success in other academic areas. Need another reason to emphasize Family Literacy?...
November is National Family Literacy Month. The national event began in 1994. Desire Tobey Sears Chapter NSDAR joins with libraries and literacy organizations in promoting family literacy and Family Literacy Month. Why a Family Literacy Month? Because early involvement of parents and family, talking reading, writing, and thinking with young children is key to developing solid literacy skills. The stronger those skills are the stronger a child's language, literacy and reading skills will be....
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 Doughe...
The 82nd Jewell Corn Show with the theme “Faith*Family*Farm” has literally, something for everyone. The four days, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday (the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th) are packed with a large variety of activities. Just look it over and choose your favorites. Thursday starts the event off with Exhibits – the long-time staple of the Corn Show. Enter your exhibits from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Jewell Community Center. If you bring something they don’t have a category for, they will make one. Garden, Farm, Arts, Crafts, Quilts,...
The Jewell Chamber of Commerce named Jason and Billi Arasmith as the 2024 Corn Show Parade Grand Marshalls. They are the owners and managers of Jewell Implement and active in their community, church and family. As grand marshalls, they will lead the Corn Show Parade at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12 They have been "from Jewell" their entire lives. Jason's parents are Roy and Amy Wilson Arasmith and Billi's are Bill and Becky Oplinger Loomis, all Jewell residents. They are about as "home grown"...
The Glen Elder Lions Club Tractor Cruise has been touring Mitchell County since 2006. On Saturday, 29 tractors, drivers and support personnel met for the 18th annual event at Hopewell Church on the north shore of Waconda Lake. The church has been the starting point of the Tractor Cruise for the past several years. By 8 a.m., the area around the church was filled with tractors of many colors, Farmall red, Ford gray, Centaur yellow, Minneapolis Moline yellow, John Deere green, Oliver green and...
3th Annual "Day in the Frank Herrmann Park" By Kerma Crouse For 30 years the residents and friends of Webber have celebrated "A Day in Frank Herrmann Park." The picnic has great food, good conversation and musical entertainment. This year, Mayor Lisa Boyles, welcomed participants to the event on Saturday, a beautifully cool summer evening. The town of Webber has existed since the railroad came through the area in 1887. The Webber Post Office started in 1889 and is still serving patrons. Frank...
It was rocket science at the Jewell Public Library on Friday morning. Steve Arthur, director of the Ellis County Library, presented information about rockets and space during a two-hour workshop. Arthur's hobby and passions are rockets, rocketry and Big Creek Rocketry. The seven attendees were eight to 12-year old boys and girls. They were learning "applied science" as they used chemistry and physics plus some math to build their rockets. "It is STEM." said Marsha Ericson, director of the...
"It's old," said Arden Russell. Russell, with Doug Paige as sexton, plus John Price Sr, Ed VanMeter and Brett Behrends are the five board members who care for Montana Cemetery located along the northern edge of Lovewell Lake. Or officially, Jewell County Cemetery District No. 12. The cemetery is located on Jewell County's Y Road ("the Lake Road') just a half mile east of Highway 14. Montana Cemetery is the most commonly used name but the cemetery has also been referred to as the Tibbetts...
The Desire Tobey Sears Chapter NSDAR recently honored the late Lorena Dunning Clingman with their "Women in American History Award." Clingman was a long-time educator in Superior. The award was given at the chapter's April 15 meeting held at the Superior Public Library. "Rena" as she was known, was born on Jan. 7, 1883, in Polk County, Nebraska, to William and Lydia Coleman Dunning. She grew up in Polk and Butler Counties north and west of Lincoln, Nebraska. Her parents had married in Guthrie, I...
Tuesday, Jan. 29, was Kansas Day. Kansas, having become a state on Jan. 29, 1861, was 162 years old. President Abraham Lincoln signed the law which made Kansas the 34th State in the Union. During all those years, Kansas has acquired many symbols. Twenty-two symbols in fact. Many are well known, the buffalo (state animal), the meadowlark (state bird), the sunflower (state flower), the cottonwood (state tree), the ornate box turtle (state reptile), the barred tiger salamander (state amphibian)...
Yes, it has been cold outside! Temperatures well below zero at night with wind chill readings even colder. It doesn’t seem the days are much warmer. I am staying in as much as possible, I don’t need to go outside just to see how cold this cold feels. This stretch of cold weather is a “cold spell.” A cold spell is defined as a series of days with temperatures below 20 degrees. A cold spell is colder than a “cold wave.” A cold wave means the weather is below freezing for several days. Both are colder than a simple “cold snap” which is just a...
The two principals in this tale of early Jewell County, were homesteaders in Odessa Township. Their names are Patrick Carrigan and Benjamin F. Hall. Carrigan, an Irishman, was born somewhere in Ireland, perhaps Kilkenny, in about 1810. When he came to the United States is not certain, but he married Ellen Ferne in Adams County, Illinois, on Jan. 20, 1847. Ellen, 20 years his junior, was also Irish. The family, which eventually included 11 children, lived in Illinois until the early 1870s. Patrick and Ellen, with nine of their children, are foun...
Bob Burda, Cawker City, said “You can’t argue with a homemade noodle.” He loves homemade noodles. One might not be able to argue with a homemade noodle but there can certainly be lots of “discussion” about how to make one. Noodles should be simple – just three ingredients. Eggs, flour and salt. Okay, here is the first “discussion.” One local noodle maker who told me, “Don’t put that in the paper!” does not use salt. Actually, there could be several flying under the radar who don’t use salt. So, back to the beginning – noodles should be simple,...
Memorial Day, Armed Forces Day and Veterans Day all have to do with honoring our military service personnel but they are not at all the same. The days celebrate those “who died wearing the uniform,” those “who are currently wearing the uniform” and those “who have worn the uniform.” Memorial Day, celebrated on the last Monday in May, is a federal holiday in the United States. It honors those service personnel who died in the service of their country. They died “wearing the uniform.” The observance began as “Decoration Day” after the Civil War...
Carl Weeks (1927 – 1995), who was born in Missouri and died in Florida, seemingly had no connection with Jewell County, Kansas. However, he owned a painting created in Jewell County by a Jewell County artist. The painting, “Mother” by Serena Cleveland was created in Harrison Township, Jewell County. It is dated Feb.10,1926. Weeks was born Oct. 26, 1927, in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. He is found in Jackson County or Clay County, Missouri, for most of his life. His military service is basically the only thing that took him out of th...
“The first post office in the Jewell County was established here.” This fact was part of Mayor J. W. Berry’s speech at the Old Settlers gathering held in Jewell 1898. That first post office, according to the Sept. 9, 1910, Jewell County Republican and the Sept. 9, 1921, Republican, was called “Garley.” It was manned by the first postmaster in Jewell County, John B. Hoffer. Jewell County’s first mail was received from Lake Sibley on July 1, 1870. July 1 was also the date given in Winsor and Scarbrough’s “History of Jewell County, Kansas....
It is time for the Jewell Corn Show – the 81st Annual Corn Show. This one has something for everyone. If you like exhibits – they will be in the Jewell Community Center – see them on Thursday evening, Friday afternoon and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2:30p.m. What about food and vendors? Grab-N-Go will be Friday evening at the North Wings Lodge and Restaurant. Grab a bierock, hot ham and cheese or cheeseburger. Vendors will be in downtown Jewell from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Come and shop! Also, food and drink vendors starting at 3 p.m....
Jewell County has several authors – ones from the past like, M. Winsor and James A. Scarbrough who wrote The History of Jewell County, Kansas in 1878. Or more recent ones like Erma Parsons Dillon (Burr Oak High School Class of 1952) and Jeri Davis Shute (Esbon High School Class of 1952) who wrote Prairie Jewels in 2002. Then there is Rosie Eilert Bosse (Jewell High School Class of 1974) whose latest book, To Pay a Debt, carries a 2023 copyright. But there is another recent author with Jewell County roots, the late Iva Lea Fullerton Metz (...
Jewell County was organized on July 14, 1870. Twenty- three days later, on Aug. 6, 1870, the first white child was born in the new county. The baby girl was appropriately named, Jewell Bell. Jewell Bell Thomas. She was born near White Rock, Kansas, to Eli and Barbara Willis Thomas. The location, according to various newspaper accounts was "where the Old Settlers of White Rock hold their reunion." The reunion location is thought to be in the area where Section 12 abuts Section 13 in Sinclair Town...
Jewell County has at least 58 named creeks. The 1884, 1908 and 1921 Jewell County Atlases were used to locate and identify named creeks. However, flowing water in Jewell County isn't confined to creeks. There is also the Republican River which moves through and along the northern borders of Montana and Jackson Townships in the northeastern part of Jewell County. Some remember major flooding on the Republican River in 1935 and 1947. Another Jewell County River is noted on the 1921 Jewell County...
