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Being a long time farm wife, I’ve learned to recognize signs or signals given by my farmer as to what he really is feeling or wanting. The minute he walks through the door and asks if I have time to make a quick trip to town, I know he is in need of something that will require me to either go gather a machinery part, go to the vets to pick up some medicine for the pigs, or to pay a bill he forgot about. If he begins to talk about his parents and if we’d heard from them lately, I realize it’s time for me to have them over for a family dinne...
It’s almost the middle of July and the street in front of the newspaper has yet to be filled with trucks bringing wheat into Superior. The lack of trucks isn’t a surprise but it doesn’t feel right. There are several reasons. Wheat is no longer as popular with local farmers as it once was, this year’s drought has reduced, if not eliminated, the yield from many fields, and it is common for farmers to now bin the wheat on their farms as it cut and then bring it in to market after the harvest is completed. And I may not recognize their trucks...
As a teenager, summertime meant firemen’s carnivals. Almost every town had a volunteer fire department and one of their main fund raisers was a carnival. Starting after Memorial Day and ending around Labor Day there were few weeks a carnival was unavailable for an evening’s entertainment. There were professional “carnies” with their rides, fun houses, and games of chance as well as local clubs sponsoring food stands, bingo, raffles and other such activities. Most nights there would be live entertainment where you could dance, sing or just en...
I don’t know where to begin. It’s been a long week, and it went by so fast it’s a blur. We shuffled the Omaha boys around safely. Robert and his crew are all home safe, and Nicholas gets to stay with us for another week or so, and every one of our vehicles got a turn at leaving the drive. Having extra was a good thing this past couple weeks. Robert brought his motorcycle down, and had his extra stuff in the pickup that Donald drove. Since Donald left before he did, he was forced to leave a lot of stuff here. He tried to strap his gasol...
“O MY GOSH . . . WHAT ELSE” A common expression made by many people when they just learned of something new they thought would never happen. Last week there were a couple of those experiences I had and would like to relay on to you. • Cocaine in the White House . . . In spite of all the ‘Top Secret’ documents that left the government in the personal files of President Trump and President Biden, VP Pence and who knows how many others, I’ve always felt the White House was a pretty secure place. But with President Biden’s son, Hunter being...
Bailey Ceder, daughter of Aaron and Jessica Ceder of Lawrence, qualified for the AQHA world show versatility ranch horse division in Guthrie, Oklahoma. The Versatility Ranch Horse competition promotes the athletic ability and versatility of the American Quarter Horse as demonstrated in six classes, ranch riding, ranch trail, ranch reining, ranch cow work, ranch cutting and ranch conformation. Bailey spent the week competing on her six year old mare Peptos Seven Six, or Pepper as the family calls her, in five events. Pepper and Bailey have only...
Sadie Rempel will represent Nuckolls County when she competes at the National High School Rodeo finals being staged at Gillette, Wyoming, Sunday through Saturday, July 22. Rempel earned her place at the national event after compiling points at various high school rodeo events across Nebraska. She will compete in pole bending and breakaway, a form of calf roping. Sadie also competed on the youth rodeo circuit where she enjoyed great success. She has the saddles to prove it. Sadie is a 2023...
The Nuckolls County Board of Commissioners met at the county courthouse in Nelson, Monday. The road department presented the preliminary 1 and 6 year road plan. The plan addresses the issues the department seeks to remedy in the upcoming years. The 1 year plan items are the highest priority issues. There will be a public hearing Monday at 9:30 a.m. where county residents can offer their input. The board denied a request from the Davenport Rural Fire District for a levy increase. This is a procedural action. The board adjourned and reconvened...
It appears Superior will continue to maintain a police department seperate from the Nuckolls County Sheriff’s Department. After consulting with Nuckolls County officials, the committee assigned to investigate the possibility of contracting for law enforcement services, the recommendation presented at the Superior City Council meeting Monday evening was to maintain a separate department but work closely with the sheriff’s department. Mayor Chris Peterson said the city had received several applications since starting to advertise the open pol...
After 37 years of practicing medicine in Superior, Robert Leibel, MD is retiring. His final scheduled day at Brodstone Healthcare will be Monday, July 31. The Brodstone office staff can help patients arrange visits with one of the other providers of their choice. On Sunday, Aug. 6, there will be a celebration open to the public to celebrate Dr. Leibel’s retirement at the Superior Auditorium from 2 to 4 p.m....
The month of July brings on a evening show in the night sky. Mercury, Venus and Mars will be seen just after sunset in the evenings. Mercury and Venus, the two innermost planets of the solar system, will be bright. Mars will also be seen, though it will be fainter. By the end of the month, Mars will disappear. Mercury, the smallest planet, will be visible low in the western sky. Don Wiest, Superior, explains what to look for in the sky. Look in the western sky soon after sunset in the constellation Leo the Lion to see Mercury, Venus and Mars...
Superior public school administrators expect school to start on time even though the remodel contractors report they are running three weeks behind. The main high school restroom and the secondary front entrance, which includes all the administrative offices are involved. A firewall currently blocks access between the different parts of the school. John Whetzal, superintendent, said, “Lots of our plans will depend on what the fire marshall says.” Whetzal expects to meet with contractors and the fire marshall yet this week and will keep boa...
Starting in August, Brodstone Healthcare will move to a new electronic health record system (EHR). This will apply to all of the Brodstone Family Medical Centers and departments within Brodstone Healthcare. The transition was necessary because of the sun setting of the previous system. August will be the culmination of approximately two years of preparation and transfer to this new EHR. The Brodstone team has worked to ensure a seamless transition. However, this transition will still take some adjusting for both patients and employees. “If y...
The annual Jewell County Threshing Bee is upon us. One of the features of the event is a raffle to help fund activities. This year the prize is a 1947 John Deere AN model tractor. The John Deere A was a row crop tractor which was in head to head competition with the Farmall line of tractors. Manufacturing of the A began in 1934. A styling upgrade was introduced in 1939. The 1947 model year saw the introduction of electric starting. The model ceased production in 1952 when the Model 60, an...
Linda Woerner, always one with a bit of Jewell history, tells of finding a news item about the Methodist Church Bell. Not the two-thousand-pound bell that exists today beside the Jewell Trinity Methodist Church, but its predecessor, a smaller, "six or seven hundred" pounder that hung in the belfry of the old M. E. Church. That item, from the Jewell Republican of Aug. 19, 1895, relates how "Janitor Fox" was ringing the bell when the "bolt upon which the bell swings broke." The bell crashed down...
The annual threshing bee sponsored by the Jewell County Historical Society will be held Saturday and Sunday. The bee showcases the way things were once done in Jewell County. The steam engines, binders and threshing machines known as separators that were once common throughout Jewell County have been replaced by giant machines known as self-propelled combines. But the combines have seen little use this year as the continuing drought has cut the yield. Small rain showers have slowed the harvest...
One of the more interesting places to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places is the Nelson Cemetery "Walk" at Nelson. Although there are several places on the register in Nuckolls County, the bridge over a sort of gully on the edge of the county seat's cemetery is certainly unique. (Courtesy photo) (Editor's Note: The following is reprinted from the Lincoln Journal- Star edition of July 9, 2023 written by Jim McKee.) It is unusual, but not unique, for a Nebraska county seat not...
The summer of 2023 may well be remembered by many because of the drought. Others may remember it for other weather phenomenon. But if you were in Lawrence the evening of the 4th of July, you might just remember the good ole Nebraska rain storm that came through in the early evening. A lot of tree damage was reported the days following the event, but the major damage as far as we know happened about 80 feet above the ground. Sacred Heart Catholic Church in the center of town had numerous tile...
Paul R. Danley died June 29, 2023, at Brodstone Memorial Hospital in Superior, Nebraska. He was born to Earl Leroy and Florence (Drinkwater) Danley on Aug. 28, 1938 in Joplin, Missouri. Paul attended school in Joplin before relocating to Colorado. He had four children, Judy, Carol, Lissa and Michael. He gained two step-daughters, Michelle and Patty when he married Rose. They later relocated to her hometown of Mankato. He was a lifelong HVAC technician, owning his own business in Colorado and...
Marvin S. Harmes, 94, of Chester, Nebraska, died July 3, 2023 at the Courtyard Terrace, Hebron, Nebraska. Holy child of God, who lived the entirety of his life on earth in loving kindness, with joyfulness, as a man of great integrity and unyielding sincerity. Marvin committed his life in humble service to God and lead by example at St. John's Lutheran Church in Chester, Nebraska as usher, trustee, elder and Sunday School superintendent. Marvin was born in Sidney, Nebraska on Nov. 7, 1928, to...
Scott Alan Effenbeck of Belvidere, Nebraska, the son of Leland and Edith (Dolezal) Effenbeck was born Feb. 18, 1968 in Alliance, Nebraska. He died life July 5, 2023, at Thayer County Health Services in Hebron, Nebraska at the age of 55 years. Scott grew up and attended school in Deshler, Nebraska, graduating from Deshler High School with the Class of 1986. He married Elaine Rust July 1, 1989, at the Lutheran Church in Superior, Nebraska. This union was blessed with the birth of three children. S...
Brent A. Norris, 51, died June 28, 2023. He was predeceased by his grandparents, Vida Norris, Ray and Barb Norris and Frank Coats. He is survived by his parents, Raymond Norris and Maggie Norris; his sister, Mrs. Fred Perez (Michelle); his son, Jake; and his grandmother, Judy Coats. His funeral will be held from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, July 16, at the South Omaha Eagles Club, Omaha, Nebraska....
Leah Lynne Deisley, 77, of Red Cloud, Nebraska died July 5, at Mary Lanning Hospital. Her service was at 10:30 a.m., July 11, at the Williams Funeral Home with Jeff Ord officiating. Interment was in the Red Cloud Cemetery....
Merna Mae (Schlachter) Kinnison Harms, 98, was born Aug. 15, 1924, at Glenvil, Nebraska. She died July 5, 2023, at The Ambassador Health of Lincoln at the at of 98 years. Merna was united in marriage with Byron “Red” Kinnison for 50 years with Warren Harms her last eight years. Red and Merna owned Kinnison Grocery Store in Edgar for 36 years. She worked hard in the store, as well as a homemaker raising five children. She graduated from practical nursing school at Kearney, Nebraska, in 1980, at the age of 54 and was employed as an LPN at Mar...
Robert “Bob” Slaughter, 83, died July 10, 2023, at his home in Laramie, Wyoming. His funeral is pending with burial at the Ionia Cemetery, Ionia, Kansas....
