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I have always been thankful I live in a small populated rural community, but within the past two or three years, I feel doubly blessed to live where I do. Farming and ranching is a good life. There has been rioting with the terrible looting and destruction of property and businesses in cities on the east and west coasts. Though most of the political unrest shows up on television and on social media, around here it has been mostly respectfully shown. There are no suggestions of picketing or boycotting local businesses because of a difference of...
Ninety years ago businesses which belonged to the Superior Commercial Club joined together to sponsor Black Cat Days. The event attracted statewide attention and business owners reported the two-day sales event was responsible for their best two days of the year. The event demonstrated the power of advertising when a product the people want is combined with a price they can afford, The Express was one of the participating business firms and the results far exceeded expectations. The Express editor offered to trade a one-year subscription to...
Living in a ‘rural’ area of the United States, I suspect that many of us receive our National news from our TV. TV is not all bad, but it certainly is not all good either. I know of individuals who do not have a TV in their homes. Over the past many years I have received a few bits of advice: “don’t watch FOX news on TV . . .” or “Rush Limbaugh doesn’t know a thing . . .” Etc. What I have concluded from the well intentioned (if not sometimes silly) advice was that all accurate “News” come from the major networks: NBC, ABC or CBS, or even CNN...
I’ve been having a rough time with “adulting” the past few days. Maybe it’s the weather that’s got me in a funk, who knows! Robert was home for a bit Saturday and Sunday. He had gone with a friend to Wisconsin to pick up his car, and we happened to “make the cut” for a pit stop on the way back to the base. I miss the kid, and one of these days, I hope he can make a trip home without his tanker crew. Don’t get me wrong, I love those guys too, but I’d like to be able to have some one-on-one with my son from time to time. We’ve been workin...
To the unsuspecting, Sunday morning looked like an auction day in East Superior. There were people out in the yards and the streets were clogged with vehicles. But look closer, it wasn't a normal Sunday morning in a rural community. The vehicles were emblazed with words like "State Trooper" or "Sheriff." And many of the people were wearing vests but the blaze orange vests we associate with the hunter safety. They were hunters, all right, but their desired prey was not a trophy buck deer. The veh...
With COVID-19 vaccinations continuing, area residents seem to be relaxing and returning to their old habits and activities but the New York Times warned on Saturday that infections are plateauing at a troubling level as variants spread. By Saturday, officials in at least 20 states had committed to opening cornavirus vaccine appointments to all adults in March or April. Neither Kansas nor Nebraska were included in the list of states. But both states are opening appointments to a broader range of people. In the South Heartland Health District...
Perry Freeman is a retired police officer. He was Superior’s police chief for 17 years after he retired from the Colorado Springs police department. During his time with the Colorado Springs police force, he worked undercover and infiltrated an outlaw biker club. Freeman had the right meetings at the right times to meet the right people. He was actually able to meet at a table in a bar with club leaders and conduct business with them. They bartered on various levels over several months. At the time, Freeman was working with the DEA and was a sw...
The Superior High School gymnasium is having a new floor installed. Several years ago, a water pipe in the utilities room adjacent to the gymnasium broke in the middle of the night. The leak was discovered by a Superior police officer on routine patrol but the damage had been done. Water had infiltrated under the floor in the bleacher area as well as the performance area. The decision was made to resurface the floor. The original Wildcat logo in the center of the court was replaced. Fast forward...
Record setting rainfall may not be what we first associate with severe weather in Nebraska but that is what parts of the state received on Monday, the first day of Nebraska’s Severe Weather Awareness Week . The special week continues through Friday. For residents of the plains, spring often brings outbreaks of severe weather which may include thunderstorms, hail and tornadoes. Nebraskans now have multiple ways to receive weather alerts. One of the first ways was the civil defense sirens which most communities still have. Fifty years ago S...
Last we heard, the investigation into the fire which earlier this month burned over a large portion of the Jamestown Wildlife Area was continuing as investigators try to determine the cause of the fire. Though we have not learned of a confirmed cause, it appears the fire may have been started with embers from an earlier fire that was not located on wildlife area property. The fire burned over approximately 900 acres and was not part of a Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks area management plan....
The Jewell County Commissioners met March 15, with commissioners Brent Beck, Steve Greene and Keith Roe and Carla Waugh, county clerk, present. Beck said he visited with B-Green Lawn Care about changing the lawn care services provided for the courthouse lawn. Chris Petet agreed with the changes. B-Green will send a new maintenance agreement. Anthony Wyatt thanked the county for working with him to obtain the old truss bridge on Road 270 in Sinclair Township. Nancy Marihugh, health administrator, said the health department has provided 562 first...
The Jewell County Commissioners, Brent Beck, Steve Greene and Keith Roe met March 8. Carla Waugh, county clerk was present for the meeting. Shannon Meier, ambulance director, reviewed the billing and activity report for February. Nancy Marihugh, health administrator, provided an update on COVID-19 vaccines. She said that Jewell County had another positive COVID-19 case over the weekend. They provided 190 COVID-19 vaccines the prior week. She offered the registered nurse-home health position to an individual who accepted. The person is...
This is the last full week of Match Month 2021 in Jewell County. The drive ends March 31. There are 26 counties in the Dane G. Hansen territory and all of them but one have made their $50,000 goal this year. Jewell County is one of the last counties trying for that mark. As of the second week of March, donations were hovering right around $10,000. We are still looking for everyone to chip in to raise $50,000. This year Match Month was made interactive, by putting all of the past grant recipients on a Google Map of Jewell County and putting up...
Lawrence-Nelson students plan to celebrate Earth Day by helping out members of the community. Residents of both Lawrence and Nelson can request assistance with all types of yard work and community clean-up. Lawrence-Nelson has been observing Earth Day in this fashion since 2015. Students can use this as community service when applying for some scholarships. Several scholarships require they have community service hours outside of school association or the school day. This activity helps...
Changes often come about at the end of years and to many farmers and ranchers in the Lawrence – Nelson area, the end of 2020 brought about another change that will affect many of the area farmers. An area business, H & H Hay, was sold and Mr. Bill Hofstetter ended a close to 30 year business service to farmers, ranchers and feed lots in the area. The H & H names indicated the "Hofstetter and Hofstetter" family owned corporation of Bill and Lynette Hofstetter. Mr. Hofstetter noted he reached r...
Coleen Marie Burgess, the daughter of Mildred (Appl) and Charles Watson, was born May 15, 1938, at Leota, Kan. She died Thursday, March 18, at her home at Esbon. Coleen received her formal education attending schools at Leota and then Karval, Colo. She was married to Bobby Baker on July 14, 1956, and to this union four children were born, Roy, Ray, Deborah and Robert Baker. This marriage later dissolved. In 2000, Coleen joined Gale Burgess and they were blessed with 21 years together, making their home on the farm northeast of Esbon. Coleen...
Claudine Jeanette Graves, 83, died March 10, at Jewell County Hospital, Mankato. Burial will take place at Rose Hill Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif., next to her husband, Harry Graves. She is survived by two sons, Kurt Graves, Jewell, and Randy Graves, Los Angeles. Kleppinger Funeral Home in Jewell, is handling arrangements....
Former Hastings resident Marjorie Lucile Lake was born on Feb. 17, 1925, in Mankato, Kan., to Andrew (Andy) and Amy Ozella (Marshall) Smith. She died Friday, March 19, in Solomon, Kan., with family by her side. Marge was raised in North- branch, Kan., attended Northbranch Friends Academy and graduated in 1942. On March 7, 1947, she was united in marriage to Ralph Lake in Mankato. They were blessed with two sons, Michael and Scott. Marge was an active member of Lakeside Community Church of the...
Lorene Doris Loop, 93, died Saturday, March 20, 2021, at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice of the Ascension Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wich- ita, Kan. She was born in Republic, Kan., on Dec. 22, 1927, the daughter of Harry Vernon and Hester Mae Mahagan Stenson. Lorene graduated from high school in Hardy, Neb., in 1945. She later attended the Bryan Memorial School of Nursing through the U.S. Army Cadet Nurses Corp in Lincoln, Neb., where she graduated in 1948 as a...
Dwane Rice died in his home in Jewell March 21, 2021. Dwane was born Feb. 21, 1938, in Exeter, Neb., to Wayne E, Rice and Eva L. (Derry) Rice. He was one of 13 children. On March 1, 1955, at the age of 17 years, Dwane enlisted into the Army. Dwane spent 20 years in the Army to serve his country. On May 13, 1957, he was united in marriage to Hollie Faye Taylor. In this union three children were born: Dwane E. Rice Jr., Milburn W. Rice and Kathy M. (Rice) Mallory. Hollie and the two boys traveled to several of the places where Dwane was...
Clayton Edward Myers, the son of Barnes and Elizabeth (Sinn) Myers, was born Oct. 9, 1936, on a farm in rural Thayer Coun- ty between Gilead and Heb-ron. He died March 18, at the Parkview Haven Nursing Home at Deshler, at the age of 84 years, 5 months, 9 days. Clay attended Hebron Public Schools. He was inducted into the United States Navy serving during the Korean War from September of 1954 to October of 1957. Returning home, he received his welding certificate from Milford Technical College....
For the past several years the Superior High School boys and girls track and field teams have opened their season with indoor Nebraska-Kearney High School Track and Field meets at the Cushing Coliseum on the University of Nebraska-Kearney campus. The meet was cancelled last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Current COVID protocols dictated that the meet be held outdoors this year. The Class C and D schools took to the track Saturday under fair skies with moderate temperatures. This meet...
Inclement weather caused the Superior High School golf team to delay their season opening match to today (Thursday). The team was originally scheduled to play Tuesday. The team opens the season with a match at Hidden Hills Golf Course, Geneva, hosted by Fillmore Central High School. The team returns home, Tuesday, when they host a match at the Superior Country Club. Lawrence-Nelson, Red Cloud and Shickley will be competing. Every member of the team, varsity and junior varsity will be on the course for this event. Tee time for both matches is 4...
The Rock Hills High School boys and girls track and field teams travel to Bennington, Friday, for the Bennington Invitational. The meet begins at 3 p.m. Members of the 2021 boys track and field team are seniors Caden Slate, Seth Pennell, Mason Higer, Kenny Sterling, Trystyn Brown, Jerrod Gillett and Davion McDonald. The junior class is represented by Buck Luedke, Kit Wagner and Sonny Johnson. Sophomore class members are Grant Meyers, Davin Coil and Wyatt Evert. Colton Neilson is the sole freshman member of the team. The 2021 girls track and...
Along with a newly installed floor, the Superior High School gymnasium will feature a state-of-the-art video score board. The main video board, located on the northwest wall, is 11'9" wide by 6'10" tall. It is more than a scoreboard though. The board will feature in-game highlights, instant replays as well as student created content. The board will be connected to the gymnasium sound system. The control panel boasts a HDMI connection which allows computers to connect to the board for video...
