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Ever made a New Year’s Resolution? Ever kept one past January 31? If you have, celebrate! Many resolutions don’t make it that long and many more aren’t the permanent change the resolvers sought. How can we make a resolution and keep it? One way is to make a SMART resolution. SMART goals, objectives, plans or resolutions have been around since the acronym originated in a 1981 Management Review publication. In the acronym SMART, the S stands for Specific. A resolution needs to be specific not vague. “Lose weight” is not specific but “I will l...
December 7, 1941, was a long time ago – 80 years to be exact. Hopefully President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's words still ring true. "Yesterday, December 7, 1941-a date which will live in infamy-the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." The attack and the President's speech rallied a previously neutral country. War against the Empire of Japan was declared, Dec. 8, 1941, the day he made his oft quoted speech. On D...
It was "Corn Picking Days" in Jewell, Kansas Saturday and Sunday. It started out a bit chilly on Saturday morning but Saturday afternoon and Sunday saw great corn picking weather. The event was organized by Jr. Vandergiesen (Smith Center) and Calvin Bohnert (Jewell). There were other "old timers" around too - Robin Edmonds (Berryton, Kan.), Dan Emmott (Beloit), Brian Cockroft (Mankato) and Dusty Covault (Tucumcari, N.M.). But, as usual, Corn Picking Days also saw some new faces. Merritt Blain...
The 2021 Corn Picking Days are just around the corner. Hosts, Calvin and Peg Bohnert (Jewell: 785-738-7589) and JR Vandergiesen (Smith Center : 785-282-0591) are the ones to call for information about harvesting corn like it was done in "The Good Old Days"! Corn Picking Days will be held Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 13 and 14, on H Avenue at the northwest corner of Jewell. You will find corn, tractors, one row pickers, trailers and maybe a two-row picker just a quarter of a mile west of Highway...
There are three days in the year the United States honors its military service men and women. They are Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Armed Forces Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in May. The day’s purpose is to honor all men and women who are serving in the Armed Forces, have served in the Armed Forces or died serving in the Armed Forces. It is for all who have ever worn a uniform in the Armed Forces of the United States. Memorial Day, the fourth Monday in May, is the day to honor all those who died in the service of t...
The Odessa Post Office, the "flourishing" community of Odessa, Odessa Township, Odessa School District No. 130, the Odessa Cemetery and the Odessa Methodist Episcopal Church were all named after Odessa, Russia, the large Ukrainian port city on the Black Sea. That Odessa still exists. The Jewell County namesakes are not so fortunate. Today the township and the fading and forlorn church building with the cemetery on K Road are all that remain. Where exactly was the Odessa Post Office and the...
Athens Rural High School was truly one-of-a-kind. No town, just a township seeking to have a high school for their students. It was organized by the citizens of Athens Township, independent of any other district and was not connected with any other township. There was no town of Athens at the time the school was organized. There had been a community developed around the Athens Post Office in the late 1800s but that did not last. The post office was discontinued Aug. 31, 1901. The township,...
Monday, Nov. 1, is the 28th annual National Family Literacy Day. The day was designated in 1994, by a joint resolution of the 103rd Congress of the United States. Celebrated every year since, the event kicks off National Literacy Month. This year Desire Tobey Sears Chapter NSDAR is joining with libraries and all interested in literacy to promote the event. Area families are encouraged to ReadWriteThink on Monday, Nov. 1st. Then keep reading and writing and thinking each day during the entire...
During the late1800s, near where Jewell County's Limestone and John's Creeks come together, the town of Rubens flourished. Today that area lies under Lovewell Lake. Rubens began on Jan. 31,1871, when the Rubens Post Office was established. It was named for the first Rubens postmaster, William Rubens Scott. The Rubens Post Office served patrons, with one very short interruption, until Oct. 5, 1900, when the post office was discontinued. At that time, the Mankato Post Office began serving the...
The Ionia Bazaar is back! A bit different but back. Please check for an ad in this newspaper next week for complete details. The Ionia Bazaar will be held on Saturday, Nov. 13,at the Ionia United Methodist Church in Ionia, Kan. This year the event will be a free will donation “Carry Out” only meal from 5 to 7 p.m. Sadly, there will be no live auction this year. The church hopes to have a full-fledged bazaar next year! Plans are to call in reservations, drive up and get your meals. There will also be the opportunity to purchase pork! Bun...
By Kerma Crouse The 2021 Corn Show Parade Grand Marshalls are about as "Jewell" as the Jewell Corn Show. Calvin Bohnert grew up on a farm just outside the city limits on the west side of Jewell. The same farm where he and his wife, Peg Griffeth Bohnert, now live. He went to Jewell Elementary School and graduated from Jewell High School, USD 279 with the Class of 1968. Peg's family moved to Jewell in time for her fifth-grade year. She finished elementary school in Jewell and like Calvin...
Today, Thursday the 7th of October, the 2021 Jewell Corn Show really gets started. The exhibits are on display in the Jewell Community Center today from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. They can be seen Friday from 1 to 6 p.m. or Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Remember everything comes down at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. On Friday evening get those golf carts, ATVs and mowers running and head out to Lake Emerson for the 6 p.m. start of the “PAIR-A-DICE” Ride. Follow a route around Jewell and roll those dice to win a cash prize. Friday isn’t over – Grab-N-...
It is Show Time! Corn Show time! Beginning on Monday, and running through Sunday, Oct. 10, there will be many things to do in Jewell. Monday sees the beginning of the “A ‘Maize’ing Corn Race.” Just check the Jewell City Office door or the Jewell Chamber of Commerce Facebook page for clues that can lead you to the hidden ear of corn. Each day at 4 p.m. from Monday through Friday (or until the corn is found) a new clue will be posted. If you decipher the clues and are the first to locate the corn – the $100 prize is yours! Wednesday evening t...
Ionia High School It was early in the history of Jewell County, Jan. 28, 1871, that the county's first school district was formed. Citizens met at the county clerk's office in Jewell City and formed District No.1, Jewell City. From that beginning, the county eventually made provision for some 165 school districts. The idea being students wouldn't have to go far from home to receive an education. By 1877, there were 125 districts formed. Jeri Shute and Erma Dillon's book Prairie Jewels tells the...
Twelve light poles with solar LED lights have recently made their appearance at Lake Emerson on the west side of Jewell. The poles follow the walking path around the lake. Increased lighting will allow increased use of the area and will be appreciated by area residents and visitors. The idea had been around for a time but came to fruition when the City of Jewell wrote and received two grants. The first was from the Jewell County Community Foundation. This grant of $7,131, was awarded during the...
Before last winter's bitter spell, a flock of tame geese lived on and around Lake Emerson. They had been there since last summer when the lake was drained for dredging. They stayed during the dredging. Tame geese can't fly. But when it got cold, really cold, the entire lake froze over. Some of the flock did not survive the elements and the predators. However, there was one gray goose that started for home. As a goose waddles, it was about a half mile. Home was Dale Willmeth's back yard in...
With historical equipment crawling, rolling, moving or being displayed about as far as the eye could see, arriving at the site of the "Big Dig" was a bit of a "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore" experience. "The Big Dig" is a simple moniker for the event's official title, Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA) International Convention and Old Equipment Exposition hosted by Prairie Plowing Days. The Big Dig sprawled over a larger than half-section area of the Kurt...
After a "Long Wait" (the event was cancelled in 2020 because of COVID-19) the "Big Dig" will be here Friday through Sunday! The full name of the event is the 35th Annual Historical Construction Equipment Association International Convention and Old Equipment Exposition hosted by Prairie Plowing Days – familiarly known as "The Big Dig." The event will be held on the Kurt Kocher farm south of Concordia. Find the site nine miles south of Concordia on Highway 81 and 2 1⁄2 miles west on Hawk Road, or...
The March 11, 1886 Burr Oak Herald proclaimed, "It is stated upon good authority that Ibaton, in this county, and Cora, in Smith, were named for Iba and Cora, two daughters of Thomas Comstock, one of the first settlers above Burr Oak, on White Rock Creek." Both Ibaton and Cora were post offices as well as communities. Comstock was a postmaster but didn't serve as the postmaster at either of the post offices named for his daughters. He served as White Mound postmaster from June 15, 1871 to Jan....
Sunday evening saw "Meal and Movie with the Mayor"in (where else?) Maag Park in Jewell. A fun event on a marvelous evening had a crowd munching on a meal of hotdogs and chips hosted by Jewell'smayor Darrell Bohnert and his wifeDeb Moyer Bohnert. To go along with the "drive-in movie," area youngsters made cardboard motor vehicles. There were cars, Gators, tractors and fire trucks to "drive" to the movie. The Moyer family from Salina provided the popcorn for the movie goers. There was also ice...
The Jewell Library Board sponsored a summertime social Thursday. Conversation, food, music, games - several different activities went together to comprise the event. Firemen were grilling hamburgers and hot dogs outside the Jewell Community Center as they were serving a free-will donation meal with salads and all the "fixins." For dessert the Jewell Youth Group served up homemade ice cream. Some claimed the lemon was the best but others said "nothing beats homemade vanilla ice cream." Library...
The 7th Jewell County Plow Day By Kerma Crouse Friday, July 16, was a good day to plow in Jewell County! Twenty-nine men and one woman showed up to do just that on a farm owned by Joe Eilert. The land was located one mile south and three west of Jewell. Joe said those familiar with the area know it as "An old Hipolite place." Eilert, along with Calvin Bohnert (Jewell), are the organizers of the event. They have been part of planning since the first event was held eight years ago. Last year's...
The Randall Farmers Co-op Union (RFCU) is making a bit of a change in the skyline of Jewell. The Jewell location, managed by John Herrmann, is adding to their grain handling capacity. Next to the "old" concrete grain silos is a new, 72 foot in diameter, 120 foot tall, silo. This new addition to the Jewell elevator location will hold 400,000 bushels. The first bushels will not be wheat from the soon to be harvested fields. The structure is complete but the machinery infrastructure is still being...
It had been 150 years in coming but Burr Oak celebrated “150 Years Along the White Rock” this past weekend. The celebration actually kicked off in March of 2019 with Cal McNichols depicting “the essence of the town” in his mural of Burr Oak’s history. The mural is in the Burr Oak Community Center and it watched over the Friday night events beginning the weekend celebration. Friday night saw community, area friends and family joining together in a meal organized and provided by the Guarantee State Bank. Sloppy joes and all the fixings!...
Because of the weather, the Esbon 2021 Memorial Day Ceremony was moved indoors to the Esbon Community Center. The event has been an annual one since before most of those attending could remember. The Perry L. Lamb Post 368 of the American Legion, under Commander Joseph L. Pashia, was in charge. Edgar Marihugh of Esbon was the speaker, reminding those in attendance of the number of lives it has taken to keep the United States free. The Civil War cost the United States more lives, some 625,000, than nearly all other wars combined. Just a couple o...
