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July has arrived and with it has come fireworks, camping, picnics, swimming, fresh garden products, family reunions, freezers of homemade ice cream, boating, fishing, county fairs and vacation trips. Usually in this rural area July means checking cattle, baling alfalfa hay, spraying or digging thistles, cutting out cedar and locust trees from pastures, finishing the planting of milo and feeds, and finishing wheat harvest. This July wheat harvest around here is almost a “no go.” Lack of moisture caused for the wheat to be thin, short and not the...
Weather forecasting has changed over the years and for the most part the changes have been for the better. But we are still quick to criticize the weather bureau forecasters when they get it wrong. We won’t be satisfied until they are right 100 percent of the time and to the very minute. Saturday we were told there was a 90 percent chance of rain which might come in torrential amounts. It did rain some place and it was torrential someplace just not where I was so my take is they got it wrong again. Based on that forecast, the Superior C...
Deer ‘O deer Me . . . Every spring I pay attention to the number of deer I see. Both running across our land and those sleeping along the side of roads. This year it seems I’ve been seeing more deer than usual (whatever that is). I guess I’m trying to guess what the November Deer Hunting season will be like. Then I read in several different places that those experts in the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission have already done all the estimating and they have already decided to reduce the hunting pressure on deer by reducing firearm permi...
This month is going to equal a lot of miles on the Mini Cooper. Friday George and I took our typical little road trip to get the kid but left early to run a few errands in Lincoln and Omaha before picking up Nicholas. The battery in the key fob is dead and we were hoping to replace it. Turns out the car is actually supposed to charge it, and the battery can not be replaced. Now the problem is, why isn’t the car charging it? Not really a big deal, and not something I am going to lose any sleep over, that’s for sure. We decided to take the Min...
Independence Day in Superior started in fine tradition. The sky was clear, the temperature was cool to start but promised to climb, perhaps into the upper 90s. The 41st running of the Superior Jogger's Firekracker Run appeared to go off without a hitch. The Superior PEO served breakfast in City Park. Later in the morning a sand volleyball tournament was held in Lincoln Park. Water Balloon Wars were staged by the Superior FFA on the T-Ball field. It appeared to be the kind of day wheat...
Highway construction work is continuing in Superior as the calendar turns to the second half of 2023. In recent weeks a utility contractor has been working along the west side of Idaho Street near the northern edge of Superior relocating a water main that was in the way of a highway improvement project scheduled to start yet this year which includes resurfacing, new sidewalks and intersection work. The resurfacing is to extend from Eighth Street north to the west Highway 136 junction. Work is yet to begin on relocating the water main located...
The Nuckolls County Board of Commissioners met at the county courthouse in Nelson Monday. All three commissioners were present. Jeff Wagner, county highway superintendent, and Jim Bolte, road foreman, reported crews are concentrating on routine road maintenance. The 1 and 6 year plan is being prepared. Jerry Grove, chairman of the county board of equalization, convened the board session. They issued determinations in several valuation protests which were heard at the previous meeting. The board determined no change was required in the Michael...
Lovewell State Park was a busy place this week as some folks stretched the one-day July 4th holiday into a four-day camping trip. With stormy weather in the forecast for Tuesday afternoon, there was a steady stream of people and their rigs pouring through Superior that afternoon. The swimming beach remained closed because of a blue-green algae concern. However, the warnings was downgraded on Thursday and swimming, water skiing and other water contact activities were allowed in the main lake. Visitors were warned to avoid areas where there was...
Thomas J. Owen, D.C. is the new chiropractor in Mankato. He grew up in Winner, South Dakota, and earned his bachelor of science degree from Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska. Owen then went to Parker Chiropractic College at Dallas, Texas. Owen has been practicing chiropractic medicine for 12 years. After school, he practiced in South Dakota for a year, and then moved to Beloit in 2012, when he purchased Meyer Chiropractic from Dr. Adrian Meyer. He opened his practice in Mankato because...
Q: Should Christians go out and evangelize proactively or should we wait for opportunities to come to us? A: Yes and yes! The Bible lays out the great commission for His Calso in Acts 1:8, “You shall be witnesses of me…” These verses make clear that our purpose for living as Christians is to share the gospel with the world and train up others to do likewise. The gospel (which literally means, “good news,”) is the best news that has ever been shared with the world and it is vitally important for the world to hear it (John 3:18; John 5:24; etc...
The Jewell County Historical Society’s Threshing Bee is right around the corner. On Saturday and Sunday, July 15 and 16, there will be lots to do in the Mankato City Park. One key activity of those days is threshing wheat. That means the Jewell County Historical Society (JCHS) needs to have wheat bound and ready for the threshing machine. They do! Jack Alcorn, JCHS president, and his crew were out last Wednesday morning to bind wheat, load the bundles on a trailer and get the trailer under cover. According to Alcorn, “It was really hot.” That h...
It is once again time for the Jewell County Fair in Mankato. Fair activities for 4-H and FFA members, Scouts, and open class exhibitors began on Wednesday, July 5, at the Mankato Community Building with judging of foods, clothing, quilts and photography. The 4-H food stand will be open starting today (Thursday). Open class exhibitors could register exhibits from 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, and then today (Thursday morning), all exhibitors can register their items from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Judging will...
The 63rd Annual Men's Cow Chip Open was held Sunday, June 11, at the Lawrence Country Club hosting 55 golfers. The course was blessed with rain along with a light drizzle morning of the tournament, making conditions wet but manageable for the day. First time golfer to this tournament, Toby Kotinek, won the coveted Cow Chip Trophy along with medalist honors for lowest score in the first round after a play off between him and Kelly Karmazin. Toby shot a 34 followed with a 32 in the second round...
Running a public swimming pool in a small community can be difficult. Number one it is a costly endeavor. Pool chemicals, and equipment are not cheap. Then add in the cost of running and maintaining that equipment, as well as licensing fees. I have seen the budget, versus what the pool actually brings in. It’s enough to give anyone sticker shock. Then you have wages to pay. If you don’t stay competitive with your wages, workers will find a better-paying job. Also, you are employing teens. Teens have camps, other jobs, school activities, 4-H...
The Nelson Lost Needle Quilters will be donating proceeds from a quilt raffle to the Nuckolls County 4-H Foundation. The quilt is approximately 65x85 inches, in a gold and black western design. The main blocks were donated to the group and members then worked on putting the blocks together, hand quilting and binding the quilt. The finished quilt is quite attractive with gold quilting on black and black quilting on gold. It would be a show piece in the room of a young cowboy or cowgirl, and would carry out the western décor of anyone’s home. Tic...
Kasen Musgrave, son of April Musgrave of Nelson, mans a cardboard boat he constructed with his Papa Mitch Hintz, Oak. He was one of several Nelson Fun Day entries in cardboard boat races. Stephanie Jacobitz said,“I think this was the eighth year of holding the race.” To; Corgi race: Sawyer Menke, Greta and Decker Brown, watch as the Corgi race starts, and many other activities at the Nelson Fun Day....
Cynthia Ann Worthing, 74, of Wamego, Kansas, died Friday, June 30, 2023, at her home in Wamego. Born June 30, 1949, in Beloit, Kansas, Cynthia was the daughter of Marvin Glen and Marieta Magdalene (Adams) Eberhart. She was raised in Jewell, Kansas, and graduated with her degree from Vernons School of Cosmetology. She moved to Wamego in 1979. She married Clifford Ray "CR" Worthing on Jan. 1, 1981, at the Wamego United Methodist Church. He preceded her in death on April 3, 2020. An active member o...
Roger Carl Lindberg was born to Clifford Lindberg and Clara Lauritzen on Jan. 27, 1948, in Concordia, Kansas. He attended grade school and high school in Courtland. He graduated in 1966. He was united in marriage to Janis Buster in 1967. To this union three children were born. Sarah, of Sacramento, California; Carla (Jeffrey), of Folsom, California; and Paul (Michelle), of Courtland. He has eight cherished grandchildren: Jaelin, Jaselle, Rocco, Eleanor, Spencer, Alivia, Bennett and Holden. He or...
Carl Knarr, age 75, a Jewell resident, died Friday at the Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. Visitation was from 1 to 6 p.m., Wednesday, July 5, with the family present from 5 to 6 p.m. at Kleppinger Funeral Home, Jewell. His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m., today (Thursday) at the Jewell Trinity Church, Jewell. Kleppinger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Tennille Lane Caulkins was born on May 8, 1979, to Larry and Lila Jensby in Superior, Nebraska. Tennille entered glory on June 22, 2023. Her early childhood was in Superior and rural Guide Rock, Nebraska, where she attended public school until fourth grade, then she was home schooled. At the early age of 8, Tennille received Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior and was baptized. Since then, she never wavered from her love of God. Upon completing her high school courses, Tennille enrolled in Platt...
