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There are some creatures God created that I often wonder why? Mice are one of those creations. To me, they have no purpose except to be an unwanted rodent. There are those lovable cartoon character mice such as Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse but they never won me over. There is even the hero cartoon mouse, Mighty Mouse, but a mouse could never be a hero in my thinking. I never felt sorry for the children’s song characters, Three Blind Mice, and I approved of their demise. There is even a computer “mouse” but I never could figure out why. Living...
Sadly, this issue contains the last Panorama column, a popular feature written by a loyal and dedicated Jewell County resident, Fawna Barrett. I don’t know when the column first appeared in a newspaper but I suspect it originally was written for the Jewell County Republican newspaper published at Jewell. Fawna and Karen McIntyre were responsible for gathering the news, features and advertising for the informative newspaper. Through a series of consolidations and ownership changes, they eventually both came to work for Superior Publishing C...
Presenting Biblical answers to tough questions Q: I sometimes hear of well-known Christians renouncing their faith. How can this happen? Are they still saved? A: When a professing believer renounces the faith and walks away from God there are several possible reasons for it. It may be this person never actually trusted in Christ but lived among Christians as a pretender (I John 2:19). While practicing good works and trying to blend in, they never experienced genuine regeneration and fell away once they could no longer keep pretending (Matthew...
The weather . . . “Everyone likes to talk about it, but nobody can do anything about it.” For many years I was unhappy with the weather forecasters on television and the radio when the forecast they gave was wrong. Now . . . I just feel sorry for them as they have an impossible job. I thought I’d start this week with a little bit about the weather. Again, for many years I had listened to many folks talk about how “great” the scenic views were in the mountains or along the seashore. They were correct, there are tremendous sights in those pla...
By Teraesa Bruce Well, it’s been another mess of a week. Nicholas, the youngest of our two Omaha boys, was here this weekend. We finished his room just in the nick of time. George and Jacob brought his bed in and set it up just an hour before I arrived home with him. We had a good visit, and my sister-in-law and youngest nephew were down Saturday, and the two boys got along well. In the past, our relationship with Nickolas has been difficult. He went through a phase where he didn’t want to come to visit, and there were a few visits where he...
The draft Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) for Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Jefferson, Nuckolls, Saline, Thayer and Webster counties is ready for public review. Draft copies of the document have been mailed to county offices and are available to the public online at https://nfs.unl.edu/documents/CWPP/SCECWPP.pdf. Comments will be accepted until February 18. This plan is intended to enhance collaboration and communication among the various agencies and organizations who manage fire in the south central east region of Nebraska, and to help...
The Superior Family Medical Center is currently administering Pfizer Pediatric COVID vaccines for ages 5 to 11, Pfizer COVID vaccines and boosters for ages 12 and up, and Moderna COVID vaccines and boosters for ages 18 and up at scheduled times throughout the week. To schedule a vaccine or booster, contact the Brodstone COVID hotline at 402-207-1083, leave a message and a member of clinic staff will contact you to get your vaccination or booster shot scheduled. With the recent surge of positive COVID cases in our communities, Brodstone...
Residential households in the United States may order one set of four free at-home COVID-19 test kits from the United States Postal Service. The rules limit one order per residential address but each order will contain four individual rapid antigen COVID-19 tests. Orders will ship free starting in late January. Order forms may be found at www.special. usps.com/testkits. It is estimated the free tests will cost the federal government about $4 billion....
South Heartland District Health Department (SHDHD) is upgrading the COVID-19 Advisory for Adams, Clay, Nuckolls and Webster counties to Health Alert status. Michele Bever, SHDHD executive director, cited record-setting case numbers and extremely high community transmission as reasons for the heightened status in the four-county health district. A COVID-19 Advisory was first issued on Sept. 15, 2021, and has been in effect since. SHDHD’s Health Alert serves as a way to notify the public about the high community transmission and the risk of COVID...
Reinke Manufacturing has invested $2.5 million in fiberoptic lasers to increase and further improve production and automation in their Deshler facility. Reinke hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Jan. 12 to celebrate the advancement and show first-hand how the technology enables the company to speed up the delivery of precision irrigation systems and parts to growers around the world. Chris Roth, president of Reinke, said, "These new lasers will allow our company to not only shorten delivery tim...
The Nuckolls County Board of Commissioners meeting, scheduled for Tuesday because of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday was cancelled. Two of the three commissioners were unable to attend. Dave Mussman was recovering from surgery and Ken Rempe attended a funeral for a family member. The meeting has not been rescheduled. The board will meet for its regularly scheduled meeting at 8:30 a.m., Monday, Feb. 7. All the agenda items from the Jan.18 meeting will be addressed at the Feb. 7 meeting....
It may be winter, but construction is progressing rapidly on the new store being constructed along Superiorʼs West Third Street. It appears the store will face the east with a large parking lot in front. This week workers have been closing in the buildingʼs metal frame work....
Jewell County was named and the boundaries established by the Kansas State Legislature on Feb. 26, 1867. The government of the county was organized on July 14, 1870, when James Harvey, Kansas governor, appointed C. L. Seeley, E, T. Gandy and A. I. Davis as county commissioners, James A. Scarborough as county clerk, and Jewell City as the county seat. In the beginning, Jewell County had only five townships, Big Timber, Buffalo, Limestone, Vicksburg and White Rock. There were 207 residents counted on the 1870 U. S. Federal Census. Today there is...
The Jewell County Record has received reports of a weekend break-in at Kiers. The incident is being investigated by the Jewell County Sheriff’s Office. No additional information was available for this issue....
The Jewell City Council met in regular session at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 3, at City Hall. Those in attendance were Mayor Darrell Bohnert; Council Members Josh Burks, Max Burks, Gaye Daniels and Derek Birdsell, Bob Freeman and City Clerk Kristie Anderson. Don Jacobs, sheriff, was present and discussed the city’s activities. James Reed, code enforcement officer, presented his monthly report. Reed continues to work with property owners to abate nuisances. Krisitie Anderson presented the monthly clerk’s report. Anderson mentioned only 15 dog...
Two young women, hired by the US Highway 36 Association, will be spending one day in Mankato and surrounding areas. Sarah Broers and Melody Pittman are the bloggers and they will then publish their experience on their blog “Wherever I May Roam.” Meals have been scheduled for the women. Saturday lunch will be at Sweden Creme, Saturday dinner at Buffalo Roam and Sunday breakfast at Bob’s of Mankato. At the annual Mankato Chamber of Commerce meeting, a number of places were discussed about where the bloggers should visit while in the area. A lis...
On Monday, Jan.17, there was a high school basketball NPL tournament. Post Prom Pop a Shot was held during halftime of the boys A team game. On Tuesday, Jan. 18, the high school basketball NPL tournament was continued. A high school basketball game against Tescott was added to be played at Sylvan because of a game cancellation. On Wednesday, Jan. 19, a Ft. Hays representative was at the school at 1:30 p.m. Today (Thursday), Jan. 20, there is a junior high basketball game vs. Southern Cloud at Rock Hills. Post Prom Pop a Shot will be during...
Fifth grade teacher, Libby Duffy, and her husband, Zach Duffy, elementary physical education teacher and high school basketball coach, met at the University of Nebraska Kearney. They have been married for three years. They have also been Jewell County residents for three years. Mrs. Duffy is originally from Franklin, Neb., where she attended kingergarten through twelfth grades. She then went to college at the University of Nebraska Kearney where she obtained two bachelor's degrees; one in elemen...
Thirteen members and two guests attended the 2022 annual meeting at the Mankato Chamber of Commerce last Tuesday, at the Buffalo Roam Steakhouse. President Jason Ortman called the meeting to order. Brian Shulda gave the treasurer's report which was approved. Jason Ortman gave a report for Mankato Cares. $5,930 was paid out to All Weather Roofing to help cover the cost of repairing the Pizza Hut Lot wall. This money was previously gifted to Mankato Cares and ear marked for this purpose. A total...
Last Tuesday, Jan. 12, Jewell County Community Development met at the Buffalo Roam to hold its annual meeting. Kyra Lampe, economic development agent at JenRus Freelance, presented the 2021 Year Report to the JCCDA board about the organization’s accomplishments in 2021. The presentation was divided into four categories– major news-programs, new businesses-renovations, quality of life, and Hansen-Jewell County Community Foundation. Under the category of major news and programs, Jewell and Formoso established land banks and similar dis...
As many of you know, last week’s paper carried Mom’s final Panorama. She died Wednesday, Jan. 12, at peace with her life and faith, surrounded by family. She loved writing this column and would watch for something to catch her eye that she could write about to share with all of you. Her joy came in capturing “snapshots” of ordinary moments and making them special. Thank you for reading and enjoying her column over the years. She will be missed by all of us. – Fawna’s family...
The Jewell City Council met in regular session at 7:30 p.m. on Monday Dec. 6, at City Hall. Those in attendance were Mayor Darrell Bohnert, Council members Max Burks, Gaye Daniels, Derek Birdsell and Bob Freeman and City Clerk Kristie Anderson. Representatives from Slates Wasteco and Chief Disposal were present to provide a bid for the city’s trash services. Chief Disposal was hired for the city’s trash services for the years of 2022-2026. James Reed, code enforcement officer, presented his monthly report. Reed continues to work with pro...
Hastings, Neb – In the weekly COVID-19 update on January 11, South Heartland District Health Department (SHDHD) reported daily records of new COVID-19 cases on Monday and Tuesday. SHDHD also reported logging increased numbers of cases associated with long-term care facilities in the past two weeks. Executive Director Michele Bever said the department is receiving record numbers of reports confirming COVID-19 infections in the four-county health district. On Monday and Tuesday, there were 106 and 114 positive lab reports, respectively, for a t...
"One step forward, and two steps back" gives a description of last week's L-N boys' basketball experiences. The lineup of games for last week was to play three D-1 teams. They were able to defeat old rival Rock Hills, Kan., but then ran into one of the better teams in the state when they played Kenesaw and then lost to Axtell as well. The game summaries. L-N – ROCK HILLS: 46-16: The first game of the week saw the Raiders entertain Rock Hills, Kan. High School. (RH). L-N had little trouble w...
The L-N Lady Raiders picked up one victory in a busy week, defeating Rock Hills in the first game of the week. However, games against Kenesaw and Axtell were not as good. The game summaries: L-N – ROCK HILLS: 54-35: Going for their 3rd victory of the year and 2nd win in a row, the L-N Lady Raiders had a little trouble getting started in this game as Rock Hills jumped out to a first period lead. However, once L-N got their feet solidly on the ground they never looked back. Score by period: L-N 1...
