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Brodstone Memorial Hospital in partnership with Brodstone Memorial Hospital Foundation launched a new promo video this week. The video detailed the cause of the 2020 Harvest Moon Gala, the past successes of the hospital and foundation and the future plans for the Brodstone Healing Garden. Because of the incredible support from donors near and far over the past few years, the administration of chemotherapy at Brodstone has become a reality. In the near future, patients will receive their treatments in state of the art infusion suites as part of...
Vicki Perrie, director of the Superior Public Library, has been waiting for months for Library Innovations Studios to come to town. It is soon to be available at the library. Plans were for the studio to be in Superior in June but one of the trainers from Lincoln came down with COVID-19. The studio was rescheduled. Then there was another delay. Now the equipment is finally here and volunteers have been training for a week. It appears the wait is finally over! Blue Hill and Nelson libraries have already had Library Innovations Studios. Their...
Superior 3000 Foundation has selected Luke and Natalie Meyers, owners of Meyers Aerial Service, as winners of the 2020 Superior 3000 Foundation's Entrepreneur of the Year award. Among many other activities, Luke serves on the Superior School Board and as a director of Superior 3000 Foundation. In 2010, Luke and Natalie Meyers bought Blackstone Aerial Spraying from Barry and Karla Blackstone. What started as a two location, two airplane business, has now grown into one of the state's largest...
The Nuckolls County Board of Commissioners met for their regularly scheduled meeting at the county courthouse, Nelson, Monday. All three commissioners were present. The agenda was light. The board approved the purchase of a salt spreader for the county road department. The spreader will be placed in the bed of a dump truck which is equipped with a snow plow. The board heard from Andrew Brittenham, City of Superior utility manager. He advised that power would be curtailed for four-hour period in early November to the Superior water tower. The...
In 2020, Jewell’s Sesquicentennial Year, the annual Corn Show has added a couple of new events. One will be the First Annual Cornhole Tournament and the other is a demonstration of Cowboy Action Shooting by Jewell native, Travis Cady. Cornhole players will be competing on the north side of Maag Park at noon, Saturday, Oct. 10. Gaye Daniels, one of the Corn Show’s organizers, said the event “seemed a good fit” for this year’s event. The tournament will follow American Cornhole Association Rules. On the 10th, teams (two members each) will comp...
Something new for the 2020 Jewell Corn Show will be an auction. The auction will consist of three items donated to the Jewell Chamber of Commerce in honor of Jewell's Sesquicentennial. Mark Baxa, Jewell High School Class of 1975, will be the auctioneer. The first item is a clock made by Harold Topliff and donated by Harold and Patsy Topliff. The clock is made of barn wood from the Frank Grennan Barn. It features one of the Jewell Sesquicentennial Car Tags as well as the wood from the Grennan...
The Formoso community has completed their main play set at the park. The play equipment was made possible by donations from the Jewell County community through a ProjectWeKan.com crowdfunding campaign and work of the Formoso Improvement Committee at the first Formoso Fun Day in 40 years. The group also received a grant through the Jewell County Community Foundation of $7,286 as a pass through from Jewell County Wellness. The original equipment was placed in the park in the 1970s. Since that...
Teacher spotlight Mrs. Alber and her kindergarten students spent the first week learning the expectations in the different areas of the school. They searched the school for “Pete the Cat’s” footprints to review how to be safe, respectful, and responsible. Like everything else in 2020, our classroom is no exception. Our hardworking custodians built Plexiglass dividers so the students can do their work at their tables in a safe way. In reading, the students have learned the letter names and sounds of Aa and Mm. They are using the Handw...
Life in the pandemic continues to be far from normal. A number of Lawrence-Nelson school district activities planned for this week and next have either been cancelled or postponed. Starting on Monday, a junior-high football game at Red Cloud and a junior varsity football game at Blue Hill were postponed. On Tuesday the eleventh and twelfth grade trips planned to NCAPS at Sandy Creek were cancelled. Instead the junior students went to Mrs. Ham’s room and the senor students to Mrs. Wit’s room. L-N did not participate in the volleyball tri...
South Heartland District Health Department (SHDHD) officials reported 34 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in the four days (Friday through Monday), bringing the cumulative total number of cases in the four-county health district to 624. The new confirmed cases for the four-day period include: 26 in Adams, six in Clay, one in Nuckolls, and one in Webster. By county, the cumulative totals are: 517 cases in Adams, 76 cases in Clay, 13 cases in Nuckolls, and 18 cases in Webster. “The steady increase in new cases in our district is alarming,” sai...
The new secretary at Rock Hills Junior-Senior High School is Jaid Runft. She grew up on a farm just outside of Scandia. After graduating from Pike Valley, she went to Fort Hays to major in communication studies with a minor in agriculture. Jaid lives in Courtland, which is between her childhood home and work so she is happy living there. She said becoming the secretary at Rock Hills wasn't intentional. She started working in Courtland and saw the opportunity at the school. So she applied. She...
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT)began a field survey Monday for the detailed design of proposed bridge improvements on U.S. 24 in Cloud County. The two locations surveyed are for the Lost Creek Bridge, .53 miles east of the Cloud-Mitchell county line and for the Cris Creek Bridge, 7.41 miles east of the Cloud/Mitchell county line. The survey takes place on the existing highway alignment. KDOT expects the survey work to last five weeks. Activities include the use of survey instruments on the ground to determine locations of...
Fifteen Nuckolls County 4-H exhibitors competed at the 2020 COVID-19 modified Nebraska State Fair Aug. 28 through 30. Static exhibits were not given individual ribbon placings, but special recognition and categorical best of show awards were selected. Large items, food items and horticulture items were displayed via photographs. Static exhibits were arranged in county booths to best showcase the work of 4-Hers. Nuckolls County results are as follows: Annie McCartney - portfolio pathways:...
This is National Small Business Week, a week designated to celebrate the resolve and ingenuity of American entrepreneurs. The week is usually observed the first week of May but this year the pandemic changed the date. While small businesses are still responsible for more than half of this country’s jobs, small businesses appear to be an endangered species. The cost of complying with government regulations and soaring health care costs have discouraged many small business owners. Earlier this week, I was present when a junior high school s...
Cousins are a wonderful connection for any family to have. They are an important family extension. Having lost most all of my aunts and uncles, their children are carrying on the legacy for their side of the family. I feel blessed to have many cousins near and far away. My mother had eight siblings which created numerous cousins. On my father’s side, he had four siblings. Each had three or more children. Some of my cousins keep in touch with me regularly. Some make a connection once in a while. There are a few whom I never hear from but I t...
This past week has been busy. I’ve been burning the candle at both ends, and I am paying for it today. Jacob dislocated his shoulder during the JV football game on Monday. We took an unplanned trip to the sports doctor. After a week of rest, he is doing better with it, but we now have physical therapy appointments three times a week. For how long, well, we will find that out. Until then, fingers are crossed. I’ve had meetings to attend with my mom for various reasons. We’ve been collecting boxes. She has been working hard at sorting through her...
Evin Miller, the daughter of Kevin and Juliane Miller, Superior, was named a Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete. Miller, a Superior High School graduate, was a member of the Kansas Wesleyan University women’s basketball team. She was recognized for maintaining at least a 3.5 grade point average as well as participating in the sport. She was honored, along with seven of her teammates. The team compiled a 26-6 record for the 2019-2020 season and earned a berth at the NAIA national tournament. M...
Superior had one win and two losses coming into the Friday night game with Syracuse. Syracuse's record was the same. The final score says that they were two well-matched teams. First quarter there were no scores for either team. Zeke Meyer returned a Syracuse fumble for 14 yards. The point after kick attempt was no good. The score ending the second quarter was Superior 6, Syracuse none. Third quarter, Syracuse scored on a 29 yard pass. Point after kick was good. Syracuse scored on a 24 yard...
Last Thursday, the Wildcat Cross Country Team participated in a meet at Fillmore Central at Geneva. A.J. Leibel just missed out on medals by two seconds. They metaled in the top 20 and he placed 22nd. A.J.’s time was more than a minute faster than last year on this course. Taygun Rothchild also shaved off quite a bit of time compared to last year. Taygun and Grady Henderson ran in the JV race. Coach Hersherger said, “The competition was very strong at this meet. Malcom, Gothenburg, Adams Central, Lincoln Christian, Milford and McCool Jun...
Last Saturday, the Lady Cats traveled to Alma for a triangular with Alma and Blue Hill. The Cats played Alma in their first match. Alma beat them in two sets. Statistics: 18- 25; 20-25. Cailyn Barry: two kills of four attacks; one ace serve of seven serves; one block; one dig. Alexa Cox: one kill of six attacks; one dig. Laci Kirchhoff: two serves; one dig; one set; four serve receives. Sierra Blackburn: two kills of nine attacks; four serves; one block; three digs; eight assists of 35 sets. Ella Gardner: four attacks; seven serves; one block;...
The Lady Cat volleyball team traveled to Sutton to take on the Fillies on Tuesday, Sept. 15. The first two sets were close with Superior High School winning set one and Sutton taking set two. In match three, the Lady Cats won easily. Set four was a closer match. Statistics were 25-22; 23-25; 25-16 and 25-21. Cailyn Barry: three kills of 17 spike attempts; three aces of 21 serve attempts; four blocks; three digs and one set. Alexa Cox: six spike attempts; one dig; one assist and one set. Sierra Blackburn: one kill of nine spike attempts; two...
The Rock Hills High School football team found themselves in an unusual position, Friday, when they played Axtell, at Axtell. It’s usually the Grizzlies who are the team scoring enough points for the mercy rule to be invoked. Not this time. With the score 64-18, the Grizzlies headed home with their second loss of the season against a season opening win. Rock Hills will host Osborne, Friday, at Mankato with a scheduled. 7 p.m. kickoff....
Many folks had a feeling . . . that the COVID would impact the 2020 season somehow. Well it did last week with the folks in Shelton having concerns for health issues. They postponed their game with the Lady Raiders last Thursday evening. The hope is to re-schedule the game, but open dates have to be found. The Tuesday night games were in Nelson as Harvard and Kenesaw came to visit in a triangular setting with the Raiders. It was an interesting night for L-N as the two class D-1 schools defeated...
It wasn't a pretty night for the L-N Raider football team Friday night. Don't get me wrong, the weather was great. The result of the game just wasn't very great to the Raider team and fans as Blue Hill managed to come out with a 33-6 victory. Over all, the game was not a thing of beauty as penalties played a big role in the outcome. The Raiders had the flag 11 times for 103 yards of penalties; Blue Hill was flagged ten times for 95 yards. Both team had four fumbles, L-N lost three and Blue Hill...
Rosa Lee Calahan, the daughter of Edgar and Edna (Posvar) Deterding, was born on May 16, 1936, in a farm house on the Wade place on the Thayer-Nuckolls County line near Oak. She died Sept. 12, 2020, at her home in Carleton at the age of 84 years, 3 months and 30 days. Rosa was baptized at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Ruskin and confirmed at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Deshler. She joined Zion Lutheran Church in Carleton in 1962. She attended Deshler Parochial and Public School graduating in... Full story
