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The 133rd annual Superior High School commencement exercise originally planned for May 9 will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the high school gym. Several adjustments have been made to comply with the current pandemic advice. While the high school gym will normally hold 1, 200 people, to comply with the social distancing requirement, only 510 people will be allowed in the gym on Saturday. Thirty-seven members of the Class of 2020 are expected to attend. The international students are among those who will not be attending. Fourteen members of the...
Members of the Superior City Council met in the first fully open session since the governor order which permitted virtual-type of meeting. Though the public and members of the council were permitted to participate from off-site locations, many of the members had continued to assemble in the city conference room. Monday’s meeting was relatively short, lasting about 30 minutes. Little was done that will attract the notice of the community residents. For example, the council approved a plan to replace the window shades installed on the city o...
Last week we reported Brodstone Hospital was selected as a TestNebraska site and released three testing dates for the month of July were published. Since the announcement, South Heartland District Health Department (SHDHD) officials have reported 13 lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases for July 10 through 13. Two of the new casses are in Nuckolls County: one female in her 60s and one male in his 20s. New cases in Adams County are five females (one in her 20s, three in their 30s, one in her 50s); and one male under 20. New cases in Clay County: two...
Members of the Superior Board of Education met Monday evening in regular session at the high school library. Six members of the board, two principals, the superintendent, a secretary and a newspaper representative press filled the room - each person at their own table, which had been sanitized before the meeting. A large container of hand sanitizer and another of disinfectant solution was available just inside the library entrance. The most discussed decision of the evening was whether or not to require students to wear masks when school...
The Brodstone Memorial Hospital Foundation Gala committee will not be hosting an in-person event for the third Annual Harvest Moon Gala. The Gala was originally slated for Saturday, Sept. 12. At this time the committee has decided, for the safety of all of the attendees, to take the event virtual. In a time where the country has found unique ways to gather with colleagues, friends and family virtually, organizations are doing just the same in the fundraising sector. The committee hopes to get creative this year in order to continue their...
The Fill The Truck event held Saturday in the Ideal Market parking lot has raised more than $3,800 and collected cart loads of water and Gatorade for distribution to the Superior Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad. At last total 34.5 gallons of Gatorade had been donated along with 129.1 gallons of bottled water. The money and drinks will be divided between the two departments....
On June 16, 1870, before Jewell County existed, Col. Eldon Barker was commissioned the county notary public. He was the first county official in Jewell County. Barker homesteaded just west of present-day Jewell on section 28 of Calvin Township. Barker and Orville L. McClung (whose homestead was just north of the future town of Jewell on Section 12 of Calvin Township) circulated a petition to establish Jewell County. With the needed signatures, the two men hand delivered the petition to Kansas...
It is time for another Jewell County Plow Day and Saturday, is the day! This year's event will be held at the Joe Eilert Farm south and west of Jewell. The location is 160 Road and G Road. For those traveling on Highway 14, turn west on G Road and go three miles further west. Off of U.S.36, turn south on 150 Road and travel 9 miles south to G Road and then one mile east. Plow Day is an all-day event. There will be enough plowing for everyone. Lunch will be provided by the hosts, Joe and Kari...
Seven Mankato Chamber of Commerce members were present for the July regular monthly meeting held July 8 at Bob’s of Mankato. An update about the community garden was given. Phyllis Christie said Steve has planted two plots of sweet potatoes that will be “you-pick” plots when the crop is ready. When the potatoes are ready to be harvested, they will be marked off and advertised. The Highway 36 Treasure Hunt will take place as usual this year. In the past booths have been spread out enough that they will comply with the social distancing guide...
The Jewell Apartments board of directors met Monday. Attending the meeting were Darrell Bohner, Mac Burks, Gaye Daniels, Derek Birdsell, Josh Burks, Bob Freeman, Kristie Blochlinger and Jacque Williams. Williams submitted her report of occupancy and monthly correspondence. Apartment room updates were discussed. It was approved to repair an apartment room air conditioning unit....
The Jewell City Council met Monday. Those in attendance were Mayor Darrell Bohner; council members, Max Burks, Hosh Burks, Gaye Daniels, Derek Birdsell and Bob Freeman; and city clerk, Kristie Blochlinger. Cindy Traump, a library board director, attended the meeting to discuss holding library board meetings in the community center because of the COVID-19 distancing restrictions. James Reed, code enforcement officer, provided a written report of activities. He continues to work with property owners to abate nuisances. Kristie Blochlinger...
The Nuckolls County Fair results for Company's Coming and Family and Consumer Science Contests are listed by the exhibitor's name, class description, ribbon and place. Company's Coming Emily Watts, senior, purple, Champion Senior. Wyatt Brockman, Senior, purple. Addie Kohmetscher, Junior, purple. Avery Ostdiek, Junior, purple, Champion Junior. Cody Brockman, Junior, purple, Reserve Champion Junior. Lauren Kohmetscher, Junior, purple, Reserve Champion Junior. Family and Consumer Science Cody...
The monthly board meeting of the Nuckolls County Historical Society was held Monday, in Pioneer Hall with 11 board members present. Steve Renz and Fred Meyers conducted the meeting. Minutes of the March 9 meeting were read and approved. There were no meetings held during April, May or June. Nancy Meyers, curator, reported people must be cleaning out their closets or going through their storage boxes during the pandemic. A few phone calls received were from people wanting to donate relatives’ records, photographs and documents. One in p...
They are working on the railroad. The shortline railroad that operates the former Rock Island Railroad line across the center of Jewell County is seeking improvements to the track. Some 20,000 new ties along with ballast are being installed between Scandia and Lebanon and the line is being resurfaced. The line’s Republican River bridge between Scandia and Courtland which has been out of service for several years is to be reopened later this year. Repair of the bridge is expected to cost more than $1 million. When the bridge is back in service,...
More than 7,500 undergraduate students at the University of Kansas earned honor roll distinction for the spring 2020 semester. The students, from KU’s Lawrence and Edwards campuses and the schools of Health Professions and Nursing in Kansas City, Kansas, represent 85 of 105 Kansas counties; 47 other states, territories, and Washington, D.C.; and 55 other countries. The honor roll comprises undergraduates who meet requirements in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and in the schools of Business, Education, Engineering, Health P...
The Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) program signup ends Aug. 28. CFAP covers price losses from Jan. 15 to May 14. It does not cover HRW wheat, grass, or alfalfa. Crops covered are 2019 carryover crops of corn, milo and soybeans and some feed crops that the farmer still had ownership of as of Jan. 15, and never had a price contract. It covers livestock sold between Jan 15 and April 15, plus the highest inventory of livestock between April 16 and May 14, if there is no price contract involved. The quickest way to apply and get...
The mixed couples summer golf league met in Nelson at the Elk Creek Country Club Friday evening for their seventh round of competition, again using the two-person scramble format. All golfers teed off from the women’s tee boxes this week. This worked well for some and not-so-well for others. The evening was cooler and cloudy with thunder in the distant north. Just as the golfers were finishing, it cleared off and the sun came out. This week Craig German and Cindy Hewitt came in with a low net score of 32. Richard and Verlene Watson took a 50 f...
R.E.D. stands for “Remember Everyone Deployed.” RED shirt Friday was created to remind us and others of our heroes who are deployed, and to show our support. RED Friday originated from a Canadian email chain in 2005, and in 2006 was adopted by United States military families and citizens. All people need to do to participate is wear a red shirt every Friday....
A news release from the Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, recently crossed the editor’s desk. The release was directed to the agricultural community and contained many safety tips with regard to the handling of hazardous materials. I’m not disagreeing with the tips but I’m sure glad my father didn’t know about some of the tips when I was growing up. If he had, my childhood would have been much different. The one I particularly noted advised children should not be allowed near fuel storage locations. I grew up playing...
“You Scream., I Scream. We All Scream For Ice Cream!”Sunday is National Ice Cream Day and though any time of the year is a good time to enjoy a dip or two. What better time for eating delicious cold ice cream than during hot July? Recently I came across some interesting facts about ice cream in a recent Kansas Living magazine: A cow gives enough milk to make two gallons of ice cream per day. That’s 730 gallons per year; The U.S. enjoys an average of 48 pints of ice cream per person, per year; It takes three gallons of milk to make one gallo...
As strange and unusual as it was, the recently completed Nuckolls County Fair is probably not the strangest fair in Nuckolls County history. The strangest title is probably still safe with the 1952 fair. This was the year Nuckolls County held two fairs. The three-day long Nuckolls County 4-H and FFA Fair was held in Superior during the first week of August. The Nuckolls County Fair was held about two weeks later on the fairgrounds south of Nelson. Only exhibits that placed at Nelson were...
David A. Rohla, 80, died July 8, in Clay Center, Kan. He was born March 4, 1940, the son of Otto and Minnie (Wilton) Rohla in Oak, Neb. David grew up in Mankato, graduating from high school in 1958. He served in the U.S. Navy as a machinist’s mate. He married Mary Jo Gowens on Sept.15, 1977. She preceded him in death on May 21, 2019. David worked for Kansas Department of Transportation for 34 years and retired as the District 3 superintendent. He was also preceded in death by his parents and brother, James. Survivors are his son, David R... Full story
Evelyn Mae Sweet, Superior, was born on July 16, 1919, to Ole and Anna (Jensen) Jeppesen on a farm near Guide Rock, Nebraska. She was only five days shy of celebrating 101 years with her family when she died with dignity and grace on July 11, 2020, surrounded by her loved ones. Evelyn was baptized and confirmed at the Danish Lutheran Church in Abdal, Nebraska. Her early school years were in a little country school near Bostwick followed by two years of high school in Guide Rock before... Full story
