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Sunday I had just finshed dinner and was sitting in my living room sipping a cup of hot tea and making afternoon plans when members of the Superior Volunteer Fire Department were called to Webber. Rita and I gathered our cameras and headed to Webber. All we knew was a fire was threatening a trailer and spreading along the railroad track. The fire call gave us reason to get out of the house, and do a little exploring. As we drove toward Webber, we reviewed previous times we had followed the fire department to that area. I recalled the night I...
Writing has been a main interest of mine for many years. As a high school senior at ole Burr Oak High, I took a journalism class. Our teacher was Mrs. Mildred Mullins and she ran a “tight ship.” Everything went by the “book.” I don’t know if all high schools now offer a journalism class , but I hope they do for anyone who has an interest in writing. We had a snappy school paper that came out weekly. It was called “The Tomahawk,” which fit in with our school mascot, the Braves. A senior classmate of mine, Donna Dye, was the editor of the paper....
Progress . . . The dictionary says the word means “to move forward, to develop to a higher, better, or more advance stage.” Sounds simple enough. The word has historically been applied to material things. For example the average automobile today is the result of the “progress” made in technology as in steel, plastics, electronics, over the past 100 years or so, etc. The TV of today is the result of the “progress” made in many fields that allows us to watch things happen around the world day or night. Progress has historically been associated...
This week’s addition to Love my Crazy life is all about bloopers in DIY! DIY is short for Do It Yourself and has become all the rage since HGTV and the DIY channels made it popular. I don’t know about you, but I was a DIYer before it was popular, and I don’t see what all the fuss is about. Anymore DIY is all about home renovations. My entire life, it has been an everyday occurrence. The car needs a tune-up, DIY. Roof leaks, DIY. Sewer backed up, DIY. One of my favorite all-time DIY bloopers was helping Mom plumb her house in Colorado. This...
Sunday afternoon the Formoso and Superior volunteer fire departments were called to fight fires in the neighboring communities along the former Santa Fe railroad line. While the Formoso department was in Lovewell working to contain a fire which destroyed a pole shed belonging to Lane Ehlers, the Superior Department was fighting a grass fire that had started near the southern edge of Webber. It was about 1 p.m. when the Superior department was sent to Webber. There it appeared high winds had...
The Nuckolls County Board of Commissioners met for their regularly scheduled meeting, Monday, at the county courthouse in Nelson. All three commissioners were present. The board approved a bridge inspection contract with Mainelli, Wagner and Associates to inspect 84 bridges in the county. Jim Bolte, foreman of the county highway department, reported the new front end loader and skidsteer had been delivered. The board approved an interlocal agreement with Clay County for adjoining county road maintenance. A number of designated liquor licenses...
When it comes to COVID-19, the South Heartland Health District has encouraging news to report this week. With three COVID-19 vaccines widely available in Nebraska, the department can foresee the day when other issues capture a greater share of the public attention. For the four days ending Monday, there were nine new lab-confirmed cases in the district. The cases were eight in Adams County and one in Clay County. The new cases brought the total 3,003 in Adams, 751 in Clay, 505 in Nuckolls and 347 cases in Webster. Overall positivity decreased...
A Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) is being organized to jointly serve Nuckolls and Webster counties. The committee will be composed of community representatives who have an interest in hazardous materials safety. As a group they are tasked with identifying potential risks the communities and counties face from chemicals stored in and transported throughout the communities and counties. The LEPC is to seek ways to help minimize the risk, prevent accidents and assist in the development of the plans to deal with a chemical emergency....
Safety and update concerns at Superior City Parks By Sandra Foote The Superior park employees look for safety issues when it comes to the parks’ play sets. They are fixed and the screws are tightened to maintain the structural function of the park swings, slides, teeter totter and other play structures. While the employees were assembling the Expression Swings, Scott Butler was looking at the other equipment and thinking how old some of the structures are. He was also thinking about the condition. Though the parks are maintained and cleaned, t...
The Superior Mothers Club is a long-established Superior institution. The group has been active for more than 50 years. It has gone through various incarnations over the years but its mission has remained constant. The group strives to provide a social setting for mothers of at least one child that is preschool age or younger. The Superior Lions Club, the long time sponsor of a Superior Easter Egg hunt, disbanded this year. The Mothers Club made the decision to step in and continue the...
It was a busy day for the children in Jewell County on Saturday. There were Easter Egg Hunts at Formoso, Mankato, Burr Oak, Esbon and Jewell. Children attending ranged in age from a few months to fifth grade. I was only was able to make four out of five Easter Egg hunts. These hunts take many volunteers and donations from locals and businesses to carry out the Easter Egg Hunts. Thank these people who make this happen each year for the children! Many families and children played at the parks afte...
A special board meeting for the Board of Education USD No. 107 was held on March 25. Those present were Kenny Mizner, Brenden Wirth, Marc Grout, Brandon Hollerich, Bobi Fogo, Lori Slate, Rex Boley and Janet Higer. The following architectural firms were scheduled to do a district facility study presentation to the board. Vince Haynes and Jordan Buxton from Gravity Works were first to present to the board via Zoom. Zach Snethen and Jen Hannon from HTK were the second and final firm to present to the board via Zoom. The board held a lengthy...
Rock Hills Board of Education met on April 5, for a special meeting. Those present were Kenny Mizner, Brenden Wirth, Marc Grout, Brandon Hollerich (Zoom), Bobi Fogo (Zoom), Rex Boley and Janet Higer. Mr. Boley addressed the board concerning the mask policy. He informed the board on March 29, the Jewell County commissioners in conjunction with the Jewell County Health Department signed Resolution 21-04. This resolution stated the full scope of the Governor’s Executive Orders 20-68 is no longer necessary to protect the public health and safety o...
Norma Louise Hoops, the daughter of Henry and Annetta (Bartels) Graue, was born on Aug. 28, 1928, on the family farm in Republic County, Kan. She was one of the six children born to her parents. She died March 29, 2021, at Providence Place in Hastings, Neb., at the age of 92 years. She was baptized on Sept. 16, 1928, at St. John Lutheran Church, Chester, by The Rev. C.A. Reimnitz. She was confirmed at the same church on April 6, 1941, by The Rev. O. W. Juengel. She attended District 57 school...
A burn ban is still in effect for Jewell County. Open burning of any kind is prohibited. For those who want to do a controlled burn of any kind, they need to notify the fire chief in their district and obtain approval before burning. They need to also notify the Jewell County sheriff’s office so the dispatcher knows about the burning. Burning of any kind without permission is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $2,500 and a jail sentence of up to one year. This is true whether the fire gets out of control or n...
Beverly June Hyde, was born in Courtland, Kan., at “Grandma’s House” the second born of twin girls on Nov. 8, 1925, to J. Oran and Marguerite (Fritzinger) Hyde. Beverly and her twin sister, Shirley Jean, grew up in Courtland. Their father taught them to play cribbage and they were able to count and add before they went to school. After graduating from Courtland High School with the Class of 1943, Beverly and Shirley enrolled at Kansas University. It was war time, and the campus looked more like a naval station than a college campus. The Navy to...
Rick Smith, 68, the son of Robert D. and Marquerite G. (Engel) Smith, was born Nov. 16, 1952, at Hastings. He died Saturday April 3, at his home in Superior. Among his survivors are his brothers, Ivan Smith and Vern Smith, and an uncle, Bill Smith....
Ronald Simoneau, 73, the son of George and Laura (Kelly) Simoneau, was born July 5, 1947, in Plentywood, Mont. He died March 1, at his home in Edgar. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Mabel; and brother, John. He is survived by his step-children and their spouses, Ray and Debra Burris of Waynesville, Mo.; Barbara Johnson of Omaha; Sue Hofstetter of Edgar; Majorie McCandles of Fairbury; brothers, Robert and James, both of Medicine Lake, Mont., and Tom Simoneau of Anchorage, Alaska; 12 grandchildren, and 12 great- grandchildren. A...
Nodee Alexander, the son of Yoshiko (Saito) and Leland O. Alexander, was born Feb. 12, 1950, in Yokosuka, Japan. He died at his home in Guide Rock, on April 1, following a lengthy battle with diabetes and its debilitating effects. Nodee arrived in the United States following his 12th birthday. His English language skills were limited so he stayed for many hours with his Aunt Stella Damon over that first summer learning basic English. He started American school in Hutchinson, Kan., the next fall beginning in junior high. After his 17th birthday...
Marlos Rae Shipman, 77, was born Feb. 9, 1943, in the basement of the family home southwest of Guide Rock. She died Sept. 30, 2020. She was the second of four children born to her parents, Edythe and Jake Shipman. She had a normal childhood on the farm, and would sometimes trade her mom’s dill pickles to her cousins and friends for comic books. Marlos attended school at rural District 10, and the public schools of Guide Rock. She enjoyed life and participated in all of the school activities. She married Ron McNichols, from Guide Rock. They h...
Vicki Ensign currently serves as the Nuckolls County treasurer. She is serving her fifth term as treasurer. The county treasurer’s office is responsible for issuing titles and registrations for vehicles, collecting all taxes, issuing drivers licenses, distributing all subdivision’s their tax collections, doing the county’s budget, investing the county’s money, along with a host of other duties as treasurer. Ensign started working in the Nuckolls County treasure’s office as a clerk on May 1, 1982. She was appointed deputy treasurer on May 1, 199...
Lawrence-Nelson drama students, along with the middle school choir, held the annual dinner theater on March 27. The dinner theater looked a little different this year because of COVID. Instead of offering a meal, a dessert of chocolate cake or strawberry short cake was offered. One hundred, sixteen tickets were sold this year to watch the students’ perform Gilbert and Sullivan Rock (middle school choir) and 30 Horrible Catastrophes of Middle School (high school drama club). The plan for next year’s performance is to bringing back the din...
Mark and Lanis Jorgenson of Deweese had dreamed of having an abundant garden for years. Between their busy schedules and the Nebraska weather, it was not always an easy task. They wanted something closer to the house and easier to maintain. Last spring during their quarantine, they got to work on building a greenhouse. It turned out to be the solution to their gardening woes. The structure is built from a wooden frame anchored to the ground. PVC pipe rounded over the top forms the roof structure...
The Easter Bake Sale has a long tradition in Lawrence. The event sponsored by the Sacred Heart parish Altar Society takes place the Saturday before Easter. Another tradition has recently been added to the event, that of blessing the food. Above, Father Corey Harrison blesses the food with Helen Kohmetscher, Lisa Mazour and Linda Ostdiek watching. Rev. Harrison gave a short explanation for the simple service. He explained the tradition grew out of the Lenten practice of penance and suffering by...
Members of the Rock Hills High School boys and girls basketball teams were honored for their accomplishments with several post-season awards. Lauren Whelchel, a sophomore, was named to the third team by Sports in Kansas. She was awarded an honorable mention by the Topeka Capital-Journal and the Wichita Eagle. Jerrod Gillett, a senior, earned an honorable mention from the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association. Gillett and Davion McDonald, a senior, received honorable mentions from the Topeka Capital-Journal. Sports in Kansas named Gillett to...
