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Have you ever had one of those weekends packed with activities and so many different emotions? With high school graduations occurring in schools in communities near and far, some parents and grandparents were having to travel to a loved one’s graduation in one direction in the morning and turn around to hurry off in another direction to a second loved one’s graduation. Weddings were held this same weekend. Then there was Mother’s Day. It made one’s head spin trying to go to every occasion and celebration on the weekend. For myself, the recent...
Many of us give little thought to zipping across the Republican River several times a day. We have grown accustomed to easily crossing the river on wide, substantial bridges, but that hasn’t always been the case. A narrow Webber Road bridge was nearly the undoing of the gang which robbed the Security National Bank Nov. 22, 1934. After gathering up their loot, gang members took hostages and left Superior at a high rate of speed. An eyewitness report said all four wheels of the get-away-car were off the ground as the robbers soared over the Misso...
There is a reason for everything. It is just we don’t always know the reasons. I bring this up this week because in the middle of last week, I received a phone call. It was the “Federal Marshall’s Service.” I was told my name came up in an investigation and they wanted to talk to me. If I would just push the number 1 on the phone, they would connect me to a real live person who would talk to me about their concerns. By now, I realize this was a recording talking to me. I was told by the recording that if I should delete the call without talking...
Presenting Biblical answers to tough questions Q: Why would God allow an immoral couple like Judah and Tamar to be in the genealogy of Christ? A: It is a common misconception to think that God only allows perfect, “holy” people to participate in his will. This is backwards; God does not pick holy people to use in His plans; the people he picks are holy because He picked them! Romans 3:10 tells us that no one is righteous, or good enough to meet God’s holy standards. If God held tryouts for those seeking to be used by him, or limited his work...
The Superior High School gymnasium was the venue for the 134th annual commencement of Superior High School. The 25 members of the Class of 2021 received their diplomas as family members and friends, limited to 10 invitees for each graduate, looked on. Seating was socially distanced. The ceremony opened with the Superior High School Concert Band, under the direction of Allison White, middle and high school music instructor, played the traditional Trio from Sir Edward Elgar's Pomp and...
Thirteen area students received the 2021 Evelene Brodstone Healthcare Scholarship this year. The scholarships are awarded to individuals who display great academic success, a drive and involvement in health care and a desire to further their education in the healthcare field. Five high school seniors from Nuckolls County were added to the growing number of students who have interest in coming back to the area as the next generation of healthcare providers and leaders. Avery Mazour and McKenzie Ostdiek from Lawrence-Nelson High School, Sierra Bl...
Members of the Superior Board of Education met for an hour Monday evening. April expenditures of $577,440.74 from the general fund were accepted. The board unanimously approved immediately lifting the mask requirement. At last report their have been no new cases of COVID-19 in Nuckolls County for the past month and there are no students in isolation or quarantine. They also approved adding girls golf as school sport, effective with the 2021-22 school year. Paul Heusinikvelt, who will serve as athletic director next school year, said, “This y...
One of the early Lady Vestey Victorian Festivals featured a battle of two giant robotic type creatures. The creatures did battle on the football field before an audience that numbered in the hundreds if not thousands. People living or visiting along the Kansas-Nebraska Saturday afternoon had a first hand view of what happens when two powerful storm fronts collide. Powerful updrafts turn day into night, sand blasted everything that got in the way and caused considerable property damage. Here in S...
Rock Hills graduating class of 2021; (from left, back row) Tristyn Brown, Davion McDonald, Caden Slate, Jerrod Gillett, (4th row) Mason Higer, William Joy, Kenny Sterling, (3rd row) Jacob Usita, Seth Pennell, Tanner Shipman, Dakota Jensen, (2nd row) Amber Dean, Eve Meyers, Hayley Ortiz, (front row) Jauclyn Lemke, Ysabel Fry, Karrigan Dunstan and Kole Vance. Photo by Sheila Lorence. Rock Hills Junior-Senior High School held Commencement on Saturday, May 8, 2021 at 2:00. The senior class motto...
The Republican Valley Arts Council recently held their spring brunch and meeting in Red Cloud at the renovated Scout House. The guest speaker was Scott Shute, who attended White Rock Schools before transferring to Red Cloud Schools his junior year. He has traveled the world. While in high school, he was an exchange student in Japan. As an executive with LinkedIn he lived in Japan for two years. Before his present position with LinkedIn, he was the vice president of global customer operations...
The Jewell Public Library is hosting an exhibit of photographs taken by Jaci Novak, the daughter of Kenneth and Lena Novak of Randall. She currently lives in Salina. Though Novak has "always" been interested in photography, it was around 2015 that she began working with digital photography. That format allowed for more creativity than "point and shoot" cameras. Since then, she has been more intensely involved with getting "the shot." She has traveled to Vietnam, Peru, Tanzania, Africa,...
A cluster of earthquakes shook Jewell County a week ago today with the strongest, a 4.1 magnitude quake starting the day. All were in an area defined by Formoso, Randall, Jewell and Mankato. No damages or injuries were reported. The first was centered south of Formoso and reported at 6:35 a.m. The second quake came 12 minutes later at 6:47 a.m. It was a 2.6 magnitude quake. The third came at 7:16 and measured 2.3. The fourth struck at 8:04 and measured 3.2. The fifth struck at 1:20. It measured 3.5. The Kansas Geological Survey said the stronge...
The Burr Oak Community Club met at 6:30 p.m., Thursday at the Grate Expectations Cafe. In the absence of Peggy Wilson, chairman, Glenny Barnes called the meeting to order. Since it had been several months since members had met, no minutes were read. Jessica Barnes, treasurer, was absent and no treasurer’s report was given. There was no old business to discuss. New business consisted of reviewing four scholarship applications from Rock Hills High School Seniors of 2021. After the scholarships were reviewed by all present, votes were cast by b...
Kathy Biltoft began her career with Lawrence-Nelson in 1999-2000. She has been a part of the Lawrence-Nelson system for 31 years, teaching at L-N for 20 years. Kathy attended Kansas State University in Manhattan and ran track for the Wildcats. Her freshman year, the women were called Wildkittens, and then with the introduction of Title 9, all teams were considered Wildcats. Kathy received her degree in K-12 physical education and driver education in 1979. Kathy began at Nelson as the assistant...
If you lived anywhere in southcentral Nebraska Saturday evening and night, you were treated to one of the best "summer storms" we've had in a while. The rains came, the wind blew, the lightening brightened up the sky and the thunder made you shudder, and, a few of those little white hail pieces fell from the sky as well. What else could you ask for to welcome in the end of the school year and the beginning of summer? Well, you also had to live in a strip of land following the county line between...
Thirteen area students received the 2021 Evelene Brodstone Healthcare Scholarship this year. The scholarships are awarded to individuals who display great academic success, a drive and involvement in health care and a desire to further their education in the healthcare field. Five high school seniors from Nuckolls County were added to the growing number of students who have interest in coming back to the area as the next generation of healthcare providers and leaders. Avery Mazour and McKenzie Ostdiek from Lawrence-Nelson High School, Sierra Bl...
Hastings Campus Central Community College-Hastings honored about 480 graduate candidates May 7 during its 54th annual commencement ceremony. Forty-five of the degree candidates achieved an accumulative grade-point average of 3.75 or higher during their college career and graduated with honors. Their names are preceded by an asterisk (*). Recipients of degrees and diplomas were: Associate of Applied Science Degree . Dennis A. Wetherbee, Blue Hill, diesel technology; Audrey J. Schaffer, Davenport, business administration; Seth J. Gehle, Hardy,...
If you hear talk of the Russ Snyder Invitational Track Meet in the spring, chances are, the track season is coming to an end. The event is usually the final tune-up before the District Meet and is usually a meet for schools of similar size to compete against each other. The 2021 event was held at Sandy Creek last week and had eight teams competing. The results were a number of very close and interesting events. The hope for the season is for the athletes to continue to improve week after week and that is what many of the Raiders have been doing...
The Twin Valley Conference Golf Meet was a little short of players this year. Only four of the eight teams sponsored a full regimen of players for the event. Two more had golfers there, just not full teams. Two others did not have anyone to golf. Franklin won the event which was held in Red Cloud. Franklin had a team score of 345, Red Cloud had 386, L-N 388 and Blue Hill had 406, and Deshler and Silver Lake had players, but not full teams. For the Raiders, Conner Janda with a 91 and Krayton Kucera with 94 both earned medals by finishing sixth...
The Rock Hills High School golf team competed at the Lakeside Invitational match at the Downs Country Club last Tuesday. The course plays to par 70. The Grizzlies finished in fourth place at the 18-hole match, with 370 strokes, in the five team field. Other teams at the match were Lakeside, Riley County, Tipton and St. John's. The four lowest individual scores comprise the team score. The Grizzlies played at the Riley County Invitational at Riley Friday. The Grizzlies finished in fifth place,...
The Rock Hills High School boys and girls track and field teams competed at the Tescott Invitational track meet last Tuesday. The boys team finished in seventh place, with 47 points, in the 15 team field. The girls team finished in fifth place, with 42.5 points, in the 14 team field. Other teams at the meet were Saline, Pike Valley, Tescott, Goessel, Lincoln, Central Plains, Tipton, Wakefield, Solomon, Sylvan Unified, Natoma, Wilson, Southern Cloud and Chase. Southern Cloud did not enter a...
The Superior High School Red Caps Booster Club hosted the 2021 high school athletic banquet at the high school gymnasium last Monday. It was a slimmed down affair in comparison with past years with masks required. Students and guests were served an assortment of cookies as well as a beverage upon entering the school building. They then entered the gymnasium for the presentation. Attendees were seated in the bleachers. The Red Caps provide multiple services to the athletic program, from meals to a team bus, to supplement existing school...
Football Conner Blackstone- All District Class C-2-4 Honorable Mention, NCPA Academic All-State, Lincoln Journal Star Academic All-State. Jordan Brown- All District Class C2-4 First Team, Lincoln Journal Star Academic All-State. Payton Christiancy- All District C2-4 First Team. Elijah Heusinkvelt- All District C2-4 First Team, All Tribland Honorable Mention, Lincoln Journal Star Academic All-State Aiden Humphries- All District Class C-2-4 Honorable Mention. Zeke Meyer- All District Class C-2-4 Second Team, Lincoln Journal Star Academic...
The SHS Wildcat Track Team participated in the Sutton Invite Thursday. Ella Gardner, Elijah Heusinkvelt, Sadie Rempel, Clayton Morris, Shayla Meyer, Seth Schnakenberg, Dane Miller, Taran Zoltenko, the Girls 4x100 Meter Relay Team, the Boys 4x800 Meter Relay Team, and the Boys 4x100 Meter Relay Team all brought home first or second place finishes. Event Results Girls Long Jump: first, Ella Gardner, Superior – 16-08.00; seventh, Mikenzie Hanson, Superior – 13-05.00 Boys Long Jump:first, Eli...
The Superior High School golf team competed at the Southern Nebraska Conference match played over the challenging Thornridge Golf Course. Superior finished in 10th place in the 10 team field with a team score of 456. Other teams at the event were Centennial, David City, Fairbury, Fillmore Central, Heartland, Milford, Sandy Creek, Sutton and Thayer Central. The four lowest individual scores are used to establish the team score. Conner Blackstone was the low Wildcat scorer with his round of 94. Bayln Bargen was in with a round of 103. Neah...
