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In this week’s edition of The Superior Express, the City of Superior announces a pandemic response program known as “Stretching Your Dollars.” At last week’s meeting of the city council, the plan to utilize a portion of the revenue being collected by the city sales tax to promote retail sales within the community was approved. Beginning Tuesday, the city office will offer for sale gift certificates which may be used at participating Superior businesses. At this time, it appears 50 or more businesses will participate in the program. The gift ce...
Amber Kussman is Brodstone Memorial Hospital's 2019 Employee of the Year. It was fitting this was announced during Hospital Week festivities at Brodstone, which is a weeklong celebration for all staff. Nominations are made for employee of each quarter by staff members. A committee chooses the Employee of the Quarter and annually all employees vote on the Employee of the Year. Kussman has been employed at Brodstone for 13 years and is the nursing department assistant. She was chosen as Employee...
The Maytag appliance company had an advertising campaign in which it identified the company repairman as the loneliest guy in town. Last week Nuckolls County poll workers had grounds to challenge the Maytag repairman for the loneliest title. For Nebraska residents, last Tuesday was primary election day. Statewide the voter turnout was said to be among the highest ever for a primary election. Statewide 40 percent of the eligible voters cast ballots. In Nuckolls County 41 percent voted. Neighboring counties had an even higher response. Clay Count...
South Heartland District Health Department (SHDHD) officials reported 17 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases in the 4-county health district to 263, including totals of 235 in Adams County, 22 in Clay County, 5 in Webster County, and one case in Nuckolls County. The first case in Nuckolls County is a male in his 50s. New cases in Adams County are four males (one under 20, two in their 20s and in his 50s) and four females (one in her 30s, three in their 40s). New cases in Clay County include eight males (two...
This month two Nuckolls County communities have new people in the positions of leadership. Last week we reported on the resignation of Sonia Schmidt as mayor of Superior and the advancement of Chris Peterson to the office of mayor. This week we report on a similar change at Lawrence. Chairman of the Board Kevin Pohlmeier has resigned. Pohlmeier was completing his 19th year as a member of the village trustees. During most of those 19 years, he served as chairman of the board. The untimely death...
Though we are closing in on what normally is a busy three-day weekend, this year’s holiday is stacking up as a quiet one. Because of the pandemic and restrictions on public assembly, the events which normally draw thousands of people to the area have been cancelled. There won’t be a Lady Vestey Victorian Festival this year. Plans for class reunions and alumni banquets have been scrubbed. Memorial services at area cemeteries have not been scheduled for this year. Though many events have been cancelled, that doesn’t mean everyone is stayi...
Vicki Perrie, Superior librarian, weeded a flower bed along the north edge of the Superior Public Library. Library staff have been deep cleaning and continue to serve the public if they call ahead. Remember the Superior Public Library’s card catalog is available on line....
This window sign on the front of a home on Random Road in Superior would be a surprise most years. However, since students have been home since mid-March and will finish this school year at home, they miss both their teachers and friends. There are some concerns that they will also start the 2020-2021 school year at home because of COVID-19....
Fifty years ago this week I was preparing to observe my first Memorial Day as editor of The Superior Express. For this 24 year-old “youngster” I expected the day would be different for in my life Memorial Days had long been different but I never dreamt how different it would be. In other years I had gone with my grandparents to decorate graves. The Blauvelt side of the family had graves in the Hardy and Superior cemeteries and the Wrench side had graves in Mitchell County. In preparation for the annual pilgrimages to the cemeteries, my gra...
This Memorial Day will be unlike any other Memorial Day in the past. Most all Memorial Day services are cancelled including the one at my hometown cemetery. It is sad but with the virus pandemic, coming together in a large group as is usually done is being avoided. For years as Decoration Day and years later as a Memorial Day there have been veterans groups coming together in their uniforms standing at attention with Ole Glory by their side. Patriotic speeches and prayers are given and then wreaths are placed in honor of the living and the...
The Mankato Garden Club has been planting the pots in front of the businesses on Main Street. If you look closely at them, they have bird houses in the pot as well. Seven pots have been planted. Some of the pots have ferns in them. Pictured (from left) are is Sharon Brinkworth, Sheila Diamond, Marlene Brown and Brenda Enyeart....
We had no day lilies at the Schmeling home at 1127 Kansas Street. I remember seeing them around town. The large Kate Scoular house on the southwest corner of tenth and Commercial streets had some and the “ghost house” south of the new, modern home occupied at that time by George Day which would have been on the southwest corner of Ninth and Commercial streets had a little bit of everything, all growing large and unattended. In that yard were large patches of day lilies. Day lilies have a lily-type of flower that comes up on a stalk from ami...
The Jewell County Commissioners met at 8:30 a.m. May 11.Commissioners, Mark Fleming, Steve Greene and Keith Roe were present. Carla J Waugh, county clerk also attended the meeting. The commissioners discussed plans for re-opening the courthouse to the public. Anna Porter, county appraiser, reviewed the re-inspection process. Don Jacobs, sheriff, said they received AED's and installed some of them in the courthouse and patrol vehicles. Nancy Marihugh, health administrator, provided an update on t...
The Jewell County Commissioners Mark Fleming, Steve Greene and Keith Roe, and Carla J Waugh, county clerk, were present for the May 4 commissioners’meeting. The minutes of the April 27 meeting and minutes of the May 1 special county commissioners’ meeting were approved. The adjusting journal entries (transfers) for 2019 passed unanimously. Chris Petet, custodian, discussed the cord on the flag pole. Joel Elkins, general superintendent, discussed equipment repairs. The status of patch work on Y Road north of the lake was discussed. Com...
The State Exchange Bank worked with Rock Hills School to mail a book to every child in pre-K to fifth grade. Hopefully youngsters will keep reading through the summer and for the rest of their lives....
As Burr Oak prepares for its 150th Celebration of its founding next year, one of the town's monuments will celebrating its 90th year of honoring American's veterans. This memorial monument was placed at the front entrance to the Burr Oak Cemetery 89 years ago . A dedication was held that Memorial Day during the annual Decoration Day service. The project to acquire this stately stone monument did not come easy at a time where the community was facing one of the hardest challenges in history. It...
The Mayview Christian Church, often called Mayview Church or in later years simply Mayview, was located in Jewell County's Brown's Creek Township, Section 17. The church was in existence for more than 75 years. It was a community church with the membership coming from the area farms. As Jim Nelson, who attended Mayview with his Russell grandparents, noted "There were more people around then." Farms were closer together and people "didn't travel far." Names associated with the church were...
The Mankato City Council knows the weather will be warm this summer. However, it is believed to be necessary to close the pool part of or the entire summer to accomplish maintenance and ensure the public is safe. Covid-19 has put a damper on many activities. The city council acknowledges the public has been restricted for the past few months and needs recreational opportunities. If feasible, the council will open the pool depending on the Covid-19 status and the maintenance status. Much of the maintenance is replacing doors, repairing concrete...
Mankato property owners planning on constructing a building or addition of more than 120 square feet are required to have an approved building permit from the city signed by the city zoning board and approved by the city council. Applications can be made at Mankato City Hall where the city administrator will begin the approval process....
The recent USD 107 board meeting was held via Zoom video conference. Those present were Kenny Mizner, Brenden Wirth, Marc Grout, Lori Slate, Lori Yelken, Brandon Hollerich, Kari Kephart, Sam Meyers, Janet Higer, Billie Cox, Jeremy Luedke, Rex Boley, Jessica Shulda, Nikki Ost, Daphne Manning, Trent Duskie, Sarah Ortman, Tandra Sholtz, Francine Ernst, Megan Badger, Trevor Elkins, Ervin Underwood, Chandra Wagner, Colby Hamel, Jentry McGregor, Barb Railsback, Libby Duffy, Katie Whelchel, Mark McGregor, Kelli Hennes, Nate Foster, Janice McMillan, Sa...
Solomon Valley Transportation (SVT) is recognized National Transportation Week May 10 through 16 and announced the confirmed receipt of an award of the U.S.C. 49-5311 grant application for General Public Transportation. Annually SVT applies for funding from the Kansas Department of Transportation and the Federal Transit Administration. They have now been approved and will replace three vehicles in their fleet for the Fiscal Year 2021, which runs from July 2020 through June 2021. Solomon Valley Transportation provides services to the general...
Gordon Alfred Hansen,formerly of Ruskin, died Saturday, May 16, at Bryan Medical Center East Campus in Lincoln, Neb., at the age of 79 years and 24 days. He was born on April 22, 1941, in Omaha, to Arnold and Lydia Hansen, the second of five children. Gordon's family lived on a farm southwest of Blair, Neb., until 1944 when the family moved to a farm southwest of Ruskin. Their home was a large three-story structure. He was fascinated by all the steps to the huge attic. The first thing he said...
Michael Kevin Disney, 58, of Lincoln Neb., died May 15, 2020, at the Good Samaritan Society home at Superior, following a short battle with cancer. He was born in Superior on Oct. 9, 1961, to Norman and Ruth Disney. He graduated Superior High School in 1980. Following graduation Mike moved to Lincoln where he lived independently for nearly 40 years. In 1988, he graduated from Southeast Community College with an associate in applied science degree in fire protection technology. During his time...
Nathan Daniel Peoples, 42, of Deshler, the son of Keith and Lynda (Clausen) Peoples was born Feb. 24, 1978, in Manhattan, Kan. He died May 3, at Bryan West in Lincoln, Neb. He married Christina Marie Dau July 14, 2008, in Las Vegas, Nev. Their union together of 26 years was blessed with the birth of two children. Nathan liked to cook, especially when it came to grilling, smoking and barbecuing. Nathan was employed at Reinke Manufacturing in Desher, as a welder and pipe fitter. He is survived by his wife, Christina Marie Peoples of Desher;...
Myron L. Wilcox, 93, the son of Lyvene and Fern Hoins Wilcox, was born May 7, 1927, at Guide Rock. He died Tuesday, May 19, at Autumn Care Center in Marshville, N.C. Myron graduated from Superior High School with the Class of 1945. Myron served his country with the United States Army during World War II being honorably discharged in 1947. Myron was united in marriage to Eleanor Colgrove on Aug.19, 1947 at the Baptist Church in Superior. This union was blessed with the birth of two daughters, Kyla and Karen. Myron had been a long time employee...
