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Though some members of the medical community have voiced objections, on Monday Gov. Pete Ricketts relaxed the directed health measures for all but four Nebraska counties. Under the rules which take affect on Monday, Nebraska bars, restaurants and other venues will be permitted to allow more people inside. The rules provide restaurants and bars will be allowed to operate at full capacity as long as they follow the social distancing rules and additional hygiene practices. Gatherings of up to 10,000 people will be allowed provided the indoor...
With the relaxing of the pandemic regulations, the Southern Nebraska Arts Council is preparing to reopen the Crest Theatre. In keeping with the health directives, the theatre has been closed since March. Plans are to open Friday night with shows planned for 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A matinee is scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday. Because of the social distancing requirement, seating will be limited. Patrons are encouraged, if not required, to wear masks. The feature film will be The Adventures of TinTin. Running time is 107 minutes. The...
The electronics recycling collection originally scheduled for earlier this year and delayed because of the pandemic, has been rescheduled for Tuesday between the hours of 1 and 5 p.m. at the Nuckolls County Road Department Yard in east Nelson. The event is a joint effort of the Little Blue Natural Resources District, Trailblazer Resource Conservation District, Nuckolls County and the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality. An advertisement in this issue of your newspaper describes what will be accepted. In general electronic items and...
This week the Whatever Floats Your Boat contest planned for Sunday at the Lovewell State Park beach area joined the long list of activities cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a news release a park spokesman said, in an effort to encourage social distancing the event will not be rescheduled this year. The fireworks display originally scheduled for Friday evening, July 3, had been rescheduled for Saturday, Sept. 5, which is part of the Labor Day Weekend. As a reminder, visitors are not allowed to have fireworks at any time in...
On Friday, Heartland District Health Department (SHDHD) officials reported one new lab-confirmed COVID-19 case, bringing the total number of cases in the 4-county health district to 310. By county, the totals are 279 in Adams, 24 in Clay, 6 in Webster, and 1 in Nuckolls. In addition, SHDHD issued a correction to the age of a previously reported case for Adams County: a female in her 50s, not 40s as reported. The new case in Webster County is a male in his 20s. “We continue to conduct contact investigations for individuals who test positive a...
Richelle Perez wanted to move closer to home. She was living in Sioux City, Iowa, working at Central Bank, when she saw an opening for Superior's Community Action Coordinator. It was just the job she was looking for. Superior is close to her hometown, Beloit, where she grew up and graduated from Beloit High School in 2011. Her parents are Tony and Stacy Perez. Richelle's father is the sheriff of Mitchell County and her mother is a receptionist at Beloit Schools. She is the oldest of six...
The Kansas Department of Transportation has approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects in Jewell and nearby counties. Mission Construction Co. of St. Paul, Kan., received a contract valued at $119,367.64 for signage to be installed on major collector roads of U.S. 36 and west of K-14. The contract covers 100 mioes of roads. The same company received a contract valued at $60,960.84 for repairing cracks on the 15.2 miles of Highway 14 between the Nebraska stateline and Highway 36. The cracks in Highway 36 from the...
The Dane G. Hansen Foundation, in partnership with the Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts, will host two virtual high school summer theater workshops this summer. Lovewell artists were originally scheduled to offer seven in-person workshops this summer, the third year of Lovewell Kansas. Because of the Coronavirus, the in-person workshops were canceled for the safety of the students. But creativity is not defined by in-person events! Two online Lovewell workshops (one week each) will be held for Northwest Kansas high school students (thos...
The Mankato Chamber of Commerce June regular monthly meeting took place last Wednesday at Bob’s of Mankato. Eleven members were present. Minutes of the last meeting and the treasurer’s report were approved as read. Moonlight Workshop had made membership certificates. They were distributed to a portion of the members at the meeting. Haley Nelson will finish disturbing or mailing the remainder. Six plots have been rented at the community garden. There are six remaining plots available. The plots are 10’x20’. Contact Brian Shulda to reserve...
Jewell County business applications are now being sought for a competitive process to award $132,000 that the county applied for to support business grants for entities hurt by COVID-19. To be eligible to receive a CDBG-CV Economic Development grant, the recipient business must be a for-profit business in existence as of March 1, and retaining jobs for low to moderate-income people. Fifty-one percent or more of the full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs retained must be for persons from low to moderate-income households as defined by United States...
Mankato City Library is in the Phase Out portion of the reopening plan. The rules and procedures include the following: 1) Library hours are 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. sharp, Tuesday through Friday. All other times before, after and in between 1:30 and 2 p.m., the library will be locked to the public and no librarian services will be provided during those times. On 1st and 3rd Saturdays, the library will be open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. sharp as it was before. All federal holidays will be observed. 2) Returns are still to...
Ten Superior Elementary students qualified for the 2020 Presidential Award for Educational Excellence. Students must have a grade point average of 90 percent or higher for their 4th and 5th grade years and first semester of 6th grade. Additionally, students must have an 85 percent on a state or nationally normed reading or math test or a recommendation from the classroom teacher that supports outstanding academic strengths in a student....
Back in May, my friend, Lori, posted a picture on Facebook of her husband and grandson; it tugged at my heart and brought tears to my eyes. Newt is the same age as our granddaughter, Hailey. I cried because I knew that finally Avery was getting those grandparent moments with Newt that I’ve captured countless times with my husband ,Ray, and Hailey. Shortly after Newt’s first birthday he contracted E. coli. He was in the minority group where the bacteria sent his little body into a medical spiral which put him in the hospital for nine straight mo...
“The Gown” is the next book to be discussed by those interested in attending the Jewell County Readers book club. This is a good book to start or continue your reading pleasure. Copies are available at the Jewell Library. Book club will meet at 2 p.m., July 20, at the Jewell Library. All women are welcome....
Mankato City Library added a large selection of new materials this month. In juvenile fiction, books to check out are: “Blooming at the Texas Sunrise Motel” by Kimberly Willis Holt, “We Are Party People” by Leslie Margolis, “XO, OX: A Love Story” by Adam Rex, “Boxitects” by Kim Smith, “Sulwe” by Lupita Nyong’o, “The Dragon Tamers” by James Russell, “Story Boat” by Kyo Maclear, “No One Likes A Fart” by Zoe Foster Blake, “Outside In” by Deborah Underwood, “President Taft is Stuck in the Bath” by Mac Barnett, “How I Met My Monster” by Amanda...
Yes, it is a story – with many starting places. Pennsylvania, New York, New Hampshire, Virginia and Cornwall, England to name a few. One beginning was in 1867, when Civil War Veteran Ogden Norman Greene left Oswego County, New York and headed west to Iowa. He had already seen the southern part of the United States during the war. His unit, Company F of the 110th New York Infantry, had been sent to New Orleans and spent the war in Louisiana and Florida. The George family had headed west from N...
This week I have been following stories out of Manhattan, Kansas, reporting on two alligators stolen from a pet store located in that community. I don’t know why anyone would want to steal an alligator but people are doing many things these days that I don’t understand. One of the two missing alligators was spotted last Wednesday afternoon by a man walking on Linear Trail near Wildcat Creek, a creek located a few blocks west of where I lived while attending Kansas State University. A co-...
It's cherry picking time! The only problem is I don't have any cherry trees to pick from. Several years ago a cherry tree start was ordered from a seed catalog. After selecting just the right spot, the start was carefully planted, watered and tended. I could imagine all the cherries this tree would yield in the future, and all the cherry pies that would be made, but alas. The second year of its growth, the tree died. Thankfully a couple of years ago, a good friend gave me some cherries that had...
Delain “Dan” Danehey died unexpectedly on June 2, in Fountain Hills, Ariz. He was born on Sept. 16, 1934, in Lawrence, Neb., the only child of Neil and Caroline (Reiman) Danehey. Dan grew up on the family farm and graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1956. He met his future wife, Shelly (Kort) Danehey, in 1955, later marrying her in 1959. After the wedding, he returned to Dover, Del., where he served in the U.S. Air Force. Following their relocation to Arlington Heights, Ill., in 1960, Dan resumed his accounting career with Ernst & (Er... Full story
Myrna Pistora of Glasco, died Memorial Day, May 25. She was born May 22, 1930, in Ft. Laramie, Wyo., to Arthur and Amanda (Heinrichs) McAdams. Myrna was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Robert, Leonard and Valdean; and her husband of 57 years, Joe. Survivors include her children, Joe (Peggy), Cynthia (William) Drewry, Stacey (Max) Smith and Eric (Mai); nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and brothers, Gary and Curtis McAdams. Her funeral was held May 28, at Piper Funeral... Full story
Berdon Lee “Cork” Renz, 86, of Deshler, was born Feb. 25, 1934, in Ruskin, to Ebel and Hazel (Larsen) Renz. He died June 11, at Thayer County Health Services in Heb- ron. He attended Ruskin High School and graduated with the Class of 1952. He was united in marriage to JoAnn Schultz on Aug. 29, 1954. They had two sons, Rocky (Marj) Renz, Hardy, and Barry (Dorothy) Renz, Deshler and three daughters, Cindy Renz, Omaha, Neb., Patricia Crockett, Superior, and Eve (Kirk) Duensing, Byron. Cork worked a... Full story
Herbert M. Jeffery, 84, Burr Oak, was born Dec. 5, 1935, in Northbranch. He died June 12, at home in Wichita, after a long struggle with cancer. Herb was the son of Lewis and Esther (Dillon) Jeffery. He attended Union 1, a one-room school house, Burr Oak High School, and graduated with a bachelor of science degree in agriculture at Friends University in 1962. He married Rosetta Stands in 1961, and they made their home on a farmstead near Northbranch. To this union were born Arlen and Teri. Herb farmed with his dad, older brother, Maurice, and... Full story
Walter Gene Wright, 82, of Hastings, formerly of Superior, died Thursday, March 2, 2017, at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings. The son of Olive E. (Davis) and Rollin E. Wright, he was born Oct. 10, 1934 at Thermopolis, Wyo. Walter and his wife, Geraldine, were former residents of the Superior community. Preceding him in death were his parents; a son, Ray Wright; one brother, Rollin Wright and four sisters, Eva Foote, Muril Kagee, Wilma Barbar and Verna Zwim. A graveside service along with one for his wife, Geri, will be held at 10... Full story
Hastings resident, Geraldine Ann (Smith) Wright, 83, daughter of Orin Smith and Florence McLane Smith, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, at Good Samaritan Village. She was born Oct. 23, 1936, at Colchester, Conn. Shortly after she was born, her family moved to Philadelphia, Pa., where she was raised until middle school. Geraldine graduated high school in Lake Wales, Fla. Gerri lived in Taranto, Italy in the early 60s, where she learned Italian as a second language and learned to cook authentic Italian food. She met her soul mate, Walter Wright, in Br... Full story
Paul Allen, 62,the son of Janice M. (Noller) and Donald W. Allen, was born June 14, 1957, at Smith Center. He died June 12, at the Smith County Memorial Hospital in Smith Center. Paul received his formal education attending the Lebanon schools and graduated with the Class of 1975. He was employed as a mechanic and later moved to Denver, Colo., where he worked as a refrigeration engineer. In 1996, he returned to make his home in the Lebanon community. In his leisure time, Paul enjoyed the company of his dogs, riding horses, raising hogs and... Full story
