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Recently I saw a social media post made by a great-granddaughter sharing her memories of visiting her great-grandfather’s house as a child. The house was a large two story house that once stood along a road my parents would travel when going to a neighboring town. I remembered that house well as a child. I often wondered about the history of it and the family who once called it home. So many childhood memories are made in our great-grandparent and our grandparents’ homes. Though many of those houses do not exist anymore, as most older farm hom...
As a college junior, I took an advanced photojournalism course offered at Kansas State University. I made friends with a fellow photography student who apparently kept close tabs on the weekly surplus sales held at Ft. Riley. Thanks to his updates on what was being offered, I made several Tuesday afternoon road trips over to the post in search of irresistible deals. Once I found 100 foot rolls of Ansco film selling at a fraction of what I was paying for a comparable Kodak film. I bought several...
Presenting Biblical answers to tough questions Q: What does the phrase “’Vengeance is Mine,’ says the Lord.” really mean? A: “Vengeance is mine,” Is an often repeated promise from God to right the wrongs that surround us in this world (Deuteronomy 32:35; Psalm 94:1; Romans 12:19). Any time we see wrong done to ourselves or others we can often feel a strong desire for payback or revenge. If we act on this desire the Bible calls it taking vengeance. While the Bible does not say that wanting justice is wrong it does tell us we are not to take jus...
I didn’t plan on writing about golf this week, but I played in the “Over 50” golf tournament Sunday at the Lawrence Country Club. That provided the incentive for some of the following observations: * I probably don’t take the game seriously enough as I suspect most people that are as inept at the game as I am would have quit long ago. But I do enjoy getting out and playing. * I played with some men who are probably among the better golfers at the Lawrence Golf Club and I learned a lot from them. One of the things I learned was not to throw m...
By Teraesa Bruce This week I am writing to you from the pool. With the fair beginning and half of my guards off to church camp, I am short-staffed, so I am down here “managing” things. Working at the pool is like that dream, you know the one, you are standing in front of the class in your underwear! George took his vacation days to work on the money pit. It’s been chaotic, to say the least. He and Jacob spent several days pulling wires, framing for windows, installing a door and cursing. So much cursing. LOL. For a while, I kept trying to co...
The Superior Board of Education met for their regularly scheduled meeting in the library of Superior High School, Monday, at 7:30 p.m. All board members were present. Marty Kobza, superintendent of the Superior school system, introduced two representatives from Clark and Enersen, a Lincoln architectural firm. Jeff Chadwick and Tim Ripp offered a presentation for board members and others in attendance. The firm has a dedicated PreK to 12 integrated design team. The team is comprised of architects, engineers and interior designers. The firm has...
Members of the Nuckolls County Fair rodeo audience screamed as Issac Meyer, Superior, rode a bull teeter totter with Whistle-Nut, the clown, during intermission. A Mexican fighting bull attempted to gore first one and then the other as the pair barely rose above the bull's horns within an interior arena set up special for the event. Whistle-Nut rode Ole, a retired rodeo bull, around the main areana early in the evening. The pair travel the world. Monday and Tuesday evenings they were at the Nuck...
For residents of the plains, windstorms are a part of life. Much of Nebraska experienced one of those windstorms Friday night. The storm reported by the National Weather Service to be at Bostwick and moving east at 50 miles per hour hit Superior about 11:15. While the winds weren’t that strong here, Omaha reported 96-mile-per hour wind gusts, A South Central Public Power District representative indicated the storm was stronger in Clay County than it was in Nuckolls. South Central had two double-pole structures blown down south of Harvard a...
Since the east bypass around Superior was closed earlier this month for a couple of repair projects, more problems have developed. On Monday the City of Superior plans to again restrict access to the popular route, The Fifteenth Street portion of the route will be closed between Idaho and Washington streets, while a contractor, Patch Master of Sutton, is here repairing the shoulder and driving lane. Local traffic will be given access to the route but others will be asked to use a combination of Idaho, Bloom and Third streets. It is expected...
The Superior Chamber of Commerce Summer Music Series that was popular in the Pre-COVID-19 days returns to the local event calendar this week. Currently music programs are planned to be held at the Fourth Street Square in July, August and September. The first will be this Friday when Don Richmond will be coming from Kearney. While area residents may not be acquainted with him and his music, many are acquainted with daughter, Emily Ray, and grandson, Jack. Both are Superior area residents....
Deere was widely credited with inventing the steel plow, a design which revolutionized American farming in the 19th century. The plow solved the problem presented by wooden or cast-iron mold boards and cast or wrought iron plow shares. Early plows were unsuitable for use on the thick sticky soil of the Midwest. After the plow initially broke the soil, the soil would cling to the plow. This required the farmer to stop every few feet to clean the soil from the plow blade. Deere was born in 1804...
The Jewell Apartments board of directors met at Monday, July 5, at City Hall. Attending the meeting were Darrell Bohnert, Josh Burks, Max Burks, Bob Freeman, Gaye Daniels, Derek Birdsell, Jacque Williams and Kristie Anderson. Williams submitted her report of occupancy and monthly correspondence, Jacque mentioned she talked to HUD about changing the qualification to rent an apartment room. It was approved to drop the age limit to 55 and older for temporary period....
The Jewell County commissioners met July 6. Commissioners Brent Beck, Steve Greene and Keith Roe were present. Carla J Waugh, county clerk was present for the meeting. Joel Elkins, general superintendent, reported on maintenance projects. Steve Greene reported several roads that need maintenance. Carla Waugh advised the commissioners of Myron and Lawrence Bouray’s fence grievance between sections 24 and 25 of Jackson Township. The commissioners will investigate the issue. It was approved to adopt Resolution 21-11 updating KCAMP By-Laws and t...
For a few days this week, the residents of Esbon were asked to boil their water before drinking it. On Tuesday, the state health department lifted the boil water advisory. It was issued after a water main break caused a drop in pressure. The break was repaired and water samples tested. Those samples indicated no evidence of bacteriological contamination....
While a formal announcement has not been made, it appears something is a brewing along Superior’s West Third Street. Monday evening the Superior City Council agenda included two items related to a potential Third Street Development. The council again delayed action on a request to close the alley which runs north and south through the block bordered by National Street on the east and Colorado Street on the west. The alley connects Second and Third streets. The block was earlier cleared by the owner of an automobile agency and long used for t...
This Sunday the Kansas Historical Society will present a special program from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Pawnee Indian Museum Historic Site. It will be entitled Red Pigment in the Great Plains. Admission will be free but donations to support programming at the site will be welcomed....
The story of the chuckwagon Saturday,at the Jewell County Fair, you may have seen the chuckwagon set up and cooking dinner for the Saturday evening crowd.The chuck wagon was one of the many run by Doc Jones & Company. Doc Jones works closely with Mike Englebridt, Laura Lee and Tammy Fleischacker. Doc Jones worked for 35 years in the trail ride business. He started out driving wagons with beds. Fifteen to 25 people were carried on the wagons each week. The trail ride business grew so big that the...
Greg Shamburg lost 70 acres of wheat to a fire July 5 south of Randall. The header for the combine was also a loss. However, they were able to move the combine and save it. The fire occurred on his sister’s land and the cause of the fire wasn’t identified. Both the Randall Volunteer Fire Department and the Mitchell County Rural Fire Department were involved in fighting the fire....
There will be a government commodities distribution for families meeting income guidelines for the Jewell-Randall-Ionia area at 1 p.m., on Thursday, July 22, at the Jewell Apartments Commons Area. The following foods are scheduled to be distributed: pork loin roast; canned pork; pork patty; peanut butter; eggs (frozen); canned chicken; frozen chicken filet; whole wheat tortilla; salted butter; shrimp; dried cranberries; fish sticks; corn squares cereal; and applesauce. The maximum monthly income an individual can now earn and still qualify to...
If you've lived in Nebraska very long you will have learned that 'Wind Storms' are a fact of life. They are part of life on these prairie grounds we live on. A whole lot of Nebraska experienced such storms last Friday night with reports coming out of Omaha of 96 mile-per-hour winds. We here in south-central Nebraska also had a part of that storm, but maybe just not a bad as Omaha did. In talking to the South Central Public Power District representative the area of northern Clay County seems to h...
Interest has been high on a request for proposal (RFP) to provide nearly two million megawatt hours of renewable electricity by Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) to support Monolith Materials for its green hydrogen and carbon black operations in Hallam. The RFP proposal, issued earlier this year, received bids for wind, solar and energy storage projects. The utility is in the midst of developing a short list of proposals from the bids received. Projects could be located physically within the Southwest Power Pool footprint with preference...
Thanks to organization and planning, Mary Lanning Healthcare Laboratory Services was able to weather the storm of COVID-19 testing. Between Aug. 17, 2020 and May 1, 2021, the lab collected 7,266 samples for TestNebraska, the state-sponsored effort to provide COVID-19 testing. During the pandemic, MLH employees volunteered to staff the drive-up testing site on the east side of the MLH hospital building. Terri Brown, MLH director of laboratory and pathology services, said the program started out slowly and built up quickly as more testing...
The Couples Summer Golf League met at Elk Creek Country Club in Nelson Friday evening for another round of competition. Even though the thermometer read 99 degrees and the humidity was high, these die-hard golfers were ready and eager to get out there. In addition to the usual 2-person scramble format, the guys teed off from all the greens. Dorrel Lipker and Carla Jeardoe and Cody and Crystal Wyatt had a low net score of 31. Dorrel Lipker and Carla Jeardoe and Richard and Verlene Watson had a high gross score of 48, which was four strokes...
Nifty Thrifty, by Brodstone, will be celebrating 30 years of business July 21 throuh 24. The celebration will include a 30-cent sale on all clothing items throughout the store. Nifty Thrifty is a second hand store located in downtown Superior. The Brodstone Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and its volunteers operate the store. Denise Thayer has managed Nifty Thrifty since 2007. Nifty Thrifty accepts donated items in good condition and sells them in their storefront. Since its doors opened in July of 1991, Nifty Thrifty has had sales of more than...
Kylie Lancaster, Hastings, was crowned Miss Rodeo Nuckolls County 2021 Monday evening before the grandstand prior to the opening of the Nuckolls County Fair rodeo. She is a junior at Adams Central and is joined by her horse, River....
