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The countryside is in winter resting mode. The tree branches are bare allowing views over the creek bank into the neighboring field. The grasslands have turned from a rich green to a dry brown and tan. The only green that can be noted are the cold green early blades of the planted wheat in the fields. Cattle are being moved to the home lots to winter or taken to pasture in brown, harvested corn and milo fields. The only survival plants in some of the no-till fields are cover crops that were planted to help save soil moisture. The wild flowers...
With the weekend’s winter weather, this writer stayed home. I went straight home after work on Friday and didn’t leave the house until I walked to the office on Sunday afternoon. Throughout the pandemic I’ve been keeping pretty much to myself and trying to avoid coming in contact with the virus. If our newspapers are to maintain legal status, we must print an issue every week. And for the last 19 years I have been the press operator. I must not miss a press day. Without lots of social contact, I spend more time thinking about past events than...
Presenting Biblical answers to tough questions Q: Knowing my days are numbered, where in the Bible can I find comfort and the courage to accept my death? A: Probably one of the best passages for overcoming the fear of death is 1 Corinthians 15:20-58 (especially vv. 50-58), which describes Christ’s victory over death and the grave on behalf of those who believe. I especially like verses 54-57 that describe death as a defeated enemy and a conquered foe. Death is rightly terrifying for many (Luke 16:19-31), but believers in Christ can rest in t...
Happy New Year, folks. I hope everyone survived both the New Year starting and the snow storm that never quite got going in spite of a week’s worth of warnings. The cold and wind came, but not as much snow as predicted. We at the Ostdiek household had a great time as we combined Christmas with Nancy’s birthday. I went outside only twice over the weekend: to attend Mass and to grill steaks for the Holiday meal. Both events were ‘filling’ in their own way. A O While reading, whatever you read, do you sometimes come across words put togethe...
Wow, 2022, that’s going take a minute to get used to, I’ll be writing 2021 on everything until at least March. George installed the washer and dryer on Friday, and I’ve been doing laundry ever since. I am slowly but surely getting things unpacked and finding new homes for all our belongings, and we still can’t find anything. At least this week, I found the charger for my laptop computer! Last week, I was on a wild goose chase for about an hour trying to find it. I had given up and was headed to Superior in hopes The Express would have a spare w...
October 17,1951, was a big day in Superior. Both the Crest Theatre and the new J.C. Penney store were having grand openings. The J.C. Penney Company arrived in Superior in 1929. The store was moving to a new downtown location and expanding its inventory. The community was thrilled to know James Cash Penney, the founder of the company, was going to make an appearance in Superior. J.C. Penney and three partners opened their first Golden Rule store in 1902 in Kemmerer, Wyo. Mr. Penney's idea was to...
A former resident of Superior and 1968 graduate of Superior High School, Caryn Geiger, is among thousands of Colorado residents who on Thursday fled from a wildfire in the Boulder, Colo., area. Most had little time to gather their important belongings before having to flee. Employed as a Realtor, her home is in Superior, Colorado, a town of about 12,500. She told friends on the weekend that her house was spared and she was being allowed to return, however, the house was without heat and the town was devastated. Nearly 1,000 homes and other...
When walking into Carolyn Jensen's Superior home, a wooden butterfy captures one's attention. It was made by Fred Kapperman, her late father. After Fred retired in 1984, he liked tinkering in his shop in Chester with wood scraps. He made lamps, candelabras and butterflies. Carolyn's butterfly is one of four he made for the family. When he looked at the wood and saw the knot holes, they reminded him of the spots on a butterfly which inspired its creation. The other three butterflies were made...
The Nuckolls County Board of Commissioners met at the county courthouse in Nelson Monday. The meeting was the annual reorganizational meeting. Tim Zikmund continues as board chairman. Ken Rempe was appointed acting chairman. The board approved a resolution designating Superior’s Farmers and Merchants and Central National Bank, Commercial Bank, Nelson, and NAPIT as depository banks and authorizing the county treasurer to invest county funds. Dr. Timothy Blecha was appointed county physician. The Superior Express was designated the official count...
Rural residents of North Central Kansas will have increased access to health-related services, resources and education provided by local clinicians when Pivotal Health & Wellness Inc, a nonprofit community-based center, opens on Jan. 18, at 314 Main Street, Courtland. Equipped with a fitness center, resource center and physical therapy clinic, Pivotal Health & Wellness hopes to build a stronger community physically, mentally and emotionally across the lifespan through compassionate, individualized care and services. Bethany Wallin, founder,...
The first confirmed case of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant in a South Heartland resident has been reported to South Heartland District. Michele Bever, executive director, said the positive sequencing test was detected in a fully-vaccinated and boosted individual who had traveled outside of Nebraska in December. Symptoms were extremely mild and no additional spread from this case to others has been identified. Bever said evidence demonstrates the Omicron variant is more contagious than the Delta variant and vaccination is still protecting...
Monday, Dec. 20, several of the Rock Hills FFA students participated in a service project to deliver hay to those who lost theirs in the 4 County Fire. Organized by Lauren Whelchel, students loaded and unloaded two trailers of small square bales of straw, grass and alfalfa for Paradise, Kan. Students donated bales from their own SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experiences) and others donated their time to help load and unload. The 4 County Fire affected Russell, Osborne, Rooks and Ellis counties....
Physiographic features of Jewell County By Kerma Crouse In a relatively obscure 1955 publication, "Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Jewell County, Kansas," authors V. C. Fishel and Alvin R. Leonard included a map of the physiographical features of Jewell County. These features include the Greenhorn Hills, the Jewell Plain, the Mankato Upland as well an area of Chalk Pediments. The Greenhorn Hills are in the southeast corner of the county – Allen Township. With the exception of a few scant a...
The Jewell County Cinema met Dec. 27. The meeting was held by ZOOM and in person. Members present were Thadd Hinkle, Lisa Goodheart (ZOOM), Belinda Jeffery and Phyllis Christie. Minutes of the November meeting were approved by consensus. Janis McDill e-mailed the treasurer’s report to the board prior to the meeting which was presented via screen share. In old business, Belinda Jeffery brought in the last check from the NCK Health survey results. She said she could step in as a projectionist if needed. Thadd said the Rock Hills Elementary S...
You can't turn on the television today without seeing advertisements for Ancestry.com or hear about how DNA is connecting people from all over the world. You may not have an interest in genealogy, but maybe you have in your possession an item or story that might help someone researching the ancestors of your family. I contacted Bill Blauvelt to see if I could submit a small article about preserving our past and he graciously agreed to publish my article in this newspaper. I consider myself a fam...
Throughout 2022, Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) will celebrate 50 years of protecting lives, property and the future. “In the past 50 years, NRDs have adapted while facing changes in technology, funding, legislation, agencies and society,” said Jim Eschliman, Nebraska Association of Resources Districts president. “Nebraska’s locally led conservation model has been a successful legacy because of our ability to adapt to the local needs of our communities.” After the devastation of the Dust Bowl, special purpose districts w...
The Nuckolls County Human Interagency Services’ Giving Tree was successful again this year. Superior Pharmacy, Dollar General, Brodstone Memorial Hospital, Nelson Post Office, Farmers & Merchants Bank in Lawrence displayed tags and collected the returned gifts. Bob Trapp and staff at Ace Hardware collected Toys for Tots. This year about double the amount of last year’s donations was collected! Several people helped wrap the food boxes and gifts. The Senior Leadership Team at Brodstone Memorial Hospital helped fill the boxes with food, org...
The Red Cross is coming to Nelson again on Thursday, Jan. 13. If you haven’t donated since Nov. 18, and they were in Nelson on Nov. 12, you are eligible to donate again. Whole blood donors can donate every eight weeks or 56 days. Power Red Donors can donate every 16 weeks or after Sept. 23. They were in Nelson on Sept. 17. Go to www.redcross blood.org to schedule an appointment or give the Red Cross or Sally Uhrmacher a phone call. 1-800-733-2767 or 402-225-4292 or cell number 402-621-0434 and leave a message. For questions about e...
The forecast for New Year’s Day was for cold, fridge even, snow and wind. It was enough for the Lawrence American Legion to move all events to Sunday, Jan. 2. And it all went well. Legion members and Sons of The American Legion offered the public a chance for a Breakfast Buffet in the morning and a Lamb Fry in the evening. A drawing was also held in conjunction with the events. The winners of the drawings were: 1st and 2nd place prizes: Rich Faimon, a Samsung A7 Tablet; Lisa Peterson: AirPods Pro version. 3rd and 4th place prizes: $50 gift c...
The Nebraska Legislature will began Wednesday. This will be a “short” 60-day session scheduled to end on April 20. A number of bills from last year that did not pass will “carryover” to this session, and senators will have 10 legislative days to introduce new bills. A big area of interest for the session will be the use of federal stimulus dollars provided to Nebraska under the “American Rescue Plan Act of 2021” (ARPA) through multiple funding streams. While the total money eligible to be awarded to all 93 counties, four metro cities, 525...
Holiday tournaments are popular for most all high school sports and the South Central Red Raiders Wrestling team traveled to the Fillmore Central High School Holiday Tournament on Dec. 29, to take part in the 21 team event. Bishop Neumann won the tournament with 155 points. The Red Raiders placed 12th with 28 points. The breakdown for the Red Raiders was as follows: 113 pound division: Rowan Jarosik, 16-7, placed 3rd and scored 15 team points. Rowan won four of his five matches, losing in the Championship round, but winning the 3rd place...
"Go west young lady . . ." never seemed to catch on the same way the phrase worked for young men. And . . . in this year's High School basketball season for the L-N High School Lady Raiders, it did not work at all. The Lady Raiders went west to Hershey, Nebraska to play a couple of games in their Holiday Tournament and came home with two losses to add to their record. The opponents were from larger classes, but the Lady Raiders just could not keep up. The game summaries: L-N – HERSHEY: 30-59: L...
Holiday Tournament are popular with basketball coaches and L-N took a trip out to the sand hills this year as they played twice at Hershey, Neb. They took a step up with opponents in Class C-1 and Class B, but did make an account for themselves winning one and losing one. The games were pretty well played, but the boys were just a little out-of-step in the first game. L-N – HERSHEY: 29-45: This reporter isn't sure of heights, but it appeared Hershey had a couple of tall players, capable to c...
The Lawrence-Nelson girls basketball team losing streak ran to five games with their 55-22 loss to the Shelton Bulldogs at Nelson last Tuesday. The Raiders competed at the Hershey Holiday Tournament at Hershey Tuesday and Wednesday with game results unavailable at press time. The Raiders were no match for Shelton as the game was never close. Sydney Biltoft led the Raiders offense against Shelton with eight points. Emma Epley and Elsa Jorgensen contributed six points apiece. Aleah Heikkinen added two points. Epley grabbed eight rebounds....
The Lawrence-Nelson boys basketball team lost a heartbreaker in overtime, 40-39, to Shelton at Nelson last Tuesday. The Raiders competed at the Hershey High School Holiday Tournament Tuesday and Wednesday with game results unavailable at press time. Poor field goal shooting, nine percent, in the final two quarters and the overtime period doomed the Raiders. Lawrence-Nelson held a 23-12 lead at the half. Shelton kept nibbling away and outscored the Raiders over the final two quarters, 23-11, to force overtime. This was the third loss of the...
