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This week I attended a memorial service honoring a fellow club member and friend of my mother’s. As her obituary was read, it was said she was a member of the Young Matron’s Club. Chuckles went up from those in attendance as a remark was made about the club continuing on for years. Why did they never change the name of the club as the members aged? I believe this honored woman was probably the last member of the Young Matron’s Club. My mother was one of the original members of the Young Matron’s Club as I believe the honored one was also on...
Good to see a group of volunteers taking hold of the Simic Skating Rink and working hard to reopen it. Community volunteers have done wonders with the Superior Auditorium and the Crest Theatre. Hopefully, the Simic volunteers will have the same kind of results. My Grandfather Wrench was part of a Superior investment group that tore down part of the Peddicord barn and used the material salvaged to build the Skatemor Rink located where the VFW Club is now. As a youngster I didn’t get to go there nearly enough. I was raised in the country and i...
Q: Where in the Bible does it talk about how to be more patient? A: Let me approach the topic of patience by beginning with it’s opposites: impatience and frustration. We often approach life with an expectation of how things ought to be. When these expectations are not met, we can become frustrated and impatient. Instead of adjusting our expectations to better fit with reality, we try harder to make reality line up with our expectations. And we all know how well that goes! This is the root cause of impatience. The good news is that there are a...
It was quite the weekend, on many items of interest. First off, the weekend included the fund raising “Dueling Pianos” at the American Legion Hall. The small group of citizens on the Community Building Committee did a lot of work in bringing the entertainment to the community to raise funds for the building. I’ve only heard good comments about the whole evening which seemed to end successfully. No matter how successful it was, the need for more monetary contributions to complete the project remains. The committee welcomes any contr...
Jacob and Jessica are getting married in a little more than six weeks. I don’t know much about the wedding plans, as I’m the mother of the bridegroom, and the boys don’t tell me anything… unless there is a problem. So for now I am resting easy, knowing that “no news, is good news.” I am however having problems finding something to wear to the event. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to wear sweatpants. That’s a bummer, and dresses aren’t really my thing. I’m shaped like an upside-down pear, wide at the top and skinny at the bottom, so shopping for...
The Nuckolls County Board of commissioners met at the county courthouse in Nelson, Monday. All three commissioners were present. The board accepted two bids for gravel for the county road department. Bidders were Mid-Nebraska Aggregate, Gibbon, and Deweese Sand and Gravel. The road department reported that a fireproof vault was required for road plans. The board advised them to seek information. The records are currently stored in the basement of the courthouse. Plans for all the county bridges are among the papers which are to be stored. Tami...
Visitors to Lovewell Lake will find something new this year, The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks utilized aquatic nuisance species prevention funding to purchase clean, drain and dry stations. The units are solar powered and provide vacuum equipment for draining boat hulls and live wells when leaving the reservoir. It is hoped the use of the equipment will help prevent the spread of aquatic nuisance species such as zebra mussels. It is recommended that boaters clean their boats thoroughly, drain all water and dry for five days before...
Deb Fischer, a United States senator from Nebraska, plans to be in Superior Monday. She will be speaking and visiting with constituents during the lunch hour at the Superior Estates Winery. Lunch will be served at 11:45....
The Bostwick Irrigation District Office in Red Cloud recently distributed a newsletter to farmers served by the district. At the time the newsletter was written, the elevation of Harlan County Reservoir was 1.939.3 feet above sea level which is near the current elevation. This elevation should provide 40,000 acre feet of irrigation water during 2024. At the current time, the district anticipates 7 acre-inches will be available for irrigation in 2024. However, if the spring turns wet, this allotment could be increased. The district in...
In March of 1918 plans were announced for roller skating rink at Nelson. In later years rinks were also opened in Hardy and Superior. By the 1970s all the rinks were closed and the community of Superior began a fund drive to build and equip a new rink which became known as the Simic Recreation Center. After being closed with the arrival of the COVID pandemic, a community group is again raising funds with the goal of making repairs and reopening the rink by the fall of 2024. Sunday a fund raising meal and open house is planned at the rink. For...
More than 70 people gathered in the Superior Auditorium Monday evening for the 2014 Community Needs Assessment Survey report. This was the fourth such summary to be conducted in Superior. The surveys are required every five years if the community is to participate in a number of grant programs. The survey was conducted by the South Central Economic Development District. District representatives, along with a representative from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, presented the report. Thirty percent of the Superior households...
Dollar Tree and Family Dollar announced that several area stores will be closing including the one in Superior. The closeout sale opened Monday morning. Customer vehicles filled the parking lot all day. With only one cash register working, the check out line was long and moved slowly....
Thirty-nine year old Bret Williams, from Formoso, refurbishes copper, horseshoes, wood and other natural resources into functional pieces. "What I do is make functional things, or just things that I want," Williams said. One year, Williams wanted a hunting knife, so he used a rasp and a horn he found that fit his hand, and he made a knife. Williams is from Jewell originally. After shoeing horses for 14 years, he decided to move to Formoso when he took a job with Jewell County as a road grader...
Tuesday Kansas voters were asked to go to the polls to cast their ballots in a presidential primary election. As the polls closed after this issue was printed, we are unable to report the election results in this week’s printed newspaper. Jewell County voters had an opportunity to go to the polls on Tuesday and cast a ballot to show which candidate they would like their party to nominate as a candidate for President of the United States. We will be generous and say the turnout was light. A total of 220 votes were cast. Of these, 213 were R...
Mankato City Library has just received a gift of 100 new children’s storybooks, ranging from pre-kindergarten through early readers. These books were a donation from the Brownstone Book Fund, a private foundation in New York City, interested in fostering early reading, a love of books and encouraging parents and children to read together. Come to the library to explore and enjoy the new collection! The next storytime will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 6, on caterpillars in the library. Families of children pre-K to 3rd grade are encouraged t...
The Mankato Chamber of Commerce March monthly meeting was last Wednesday, at the Buffalo Roam Steakhouse. Eleven members were present. President Jason Ortman called the meeting to order. Heather Thompson gave the treasurer’s report which was approved. Haley Nelson gave an update on the membership drive for 2024. So far there are 58 members, one trade and one new business with a ribbon cutting bringing the dues total to $3,460.00. There was a discussion about having a separate category for the dues that nonprofits, like the churches, should p...
Mankato Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD) recently received a donation of canned emergency drinking water from Anheuser-Busch to help keep its responders hydrated as they battle wildfires this season. A pallet of canned drinking water was dropped off by local Anheuser-Busch wholesaler partner, Pestinger Distributors. The water will help maintain firefighters' hydration during long incidents or disasters such as wildfires, which is a major safety concern for many departments. "Firefighters lose a...
The Mankato Community Clean-Up will take place April 15 to 17. Jason Ortman and Brian Shulda will be taking reservations for pickups until Thursday, April 11. Then the City of Mankato will come and pick up items. Routine household trash will not be picked up and trailers will not be unloaded....
On Monday, President Marc Grout called the regular meeting of the Board of Education for USD No. 107 to order. Those present were, Marc Grout, Kenny Mizner, Brandon Hollerich, Bobi Fogo, Wayne Frost, Justin Angleton, Brenden Wirth (Zoom), Jeff Sells, Sam Meyers, Cassi Bozarth and Janet Higer. The facility and grounds report was given. At the junior-senior high school spraying for weeds in the Ag-Woods Shop parking area has begun. Custodial staff are working on closets, fixing toilet paper dispensers-paper towel dispensers and toilet seats....
The St. Patrick's Day supper at the Nelson American Legion, sponsored by the Legion Auxiliary, drew a bigger crowd than was expected and the food ran out before all hungry patrons were served. Auxiliary members were pleased with the response and will plan to hold the event again next year and to cook more corned beef, cabbage, potatoes and carrots. Dinner rolls and a variety of yummy desserts decorated in green were also included in the meal....
". . . and a good time was had by all . . ." (To use an old quote.) That was a common emotion by the (just under) 200 people who attended the St. Patrick's Day theme 'Fund Raiser' dinner and social event at the Lawrence American Legion Hall last Saturday evening. Another approximately 25 people from the community were working to make sure everyone attending enjoyed their evening. The results of the evening was that an additional $40,000 plus or minus will be added to the building fund for the...
The Lawrence-Nelson boys and girls track and field teams opened the season at the Doane University Class D Invitational meet at Crete Thursday. Teams from Dorchester, Fullerton, Hampton, Heartland Christian, Heartland Community, Kenesaw, McCool Junction, Nebraska Lutheran, Neligh-Oakdale, Pender and Shelton competed. Addi McCloskey and Danyelle Church ran the girls 60 meter dash preliminary heats. Natalia Wehrman, McLoskey and Hadley Ostdiek competed in the 200 meter dash. Paige Huston was ninth in the 400 meter dash. Hanna Skinner ran the 400...
The Lawrence-Nelson boys golf team was scheduled to open their season with a quadrangular match at Superior Tuesday. The match has been postponed because of the impending threat of inclenet weather....
The Superior High School boys golf team opened their 2024 season Tuesday the Fillmore Central Invitational at Geneva. Efforts were being made to schedule a match at Superior today (Thursday). No further information was available at press time. A quadrangular match at the Superior Country Club course scheduled for Tuesday was postponed because of the threat of impending inclement weather....
The Superior High School girls and boys track and field teams kicked off the 2024 season at the Doane University Class C Invitational at Crete Friday. Teams from Bishop Neumann. Conestoga, Cornerstone Christian, Exeter-Milligan, Falls City, Grand Island Central Catholic, Johnson County central, Louisville, North Bend Central, Sutton, Tri County, Twin River, Wilber-Clatonia as well a student athletes from unattached teams. Khloe Mundorf finished in 11th place in the girls 60 meter dash preliminary heat. Ariana Heusinkvelt took 14th with Sadie Co...
