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What a spider web of interconnected events we do travel. In the newspaper business one story leads to another and another with unexpected connections along the way. While reading a daily newspaper story about the unfortunate incidents that happened last month at the Agrex elevator, an Omaha resident learned of my long association with the local news business and wrote asking if I knew anything about a murder which happened at the new Superior cement plant in 1914. I’ll admit to being old but I’m not old enough to have reported that story. But...
This week is a special patriotic week for me as it is every year. November 10 is the birthday of the United States Marine Corps and this year it is their 246th birthday. As I’ve shared many times in Country Roads, my father went into the service during WWII. He signed up for the Navy and was later transferred to serve as a Marine medic corpsman. He was a true Marine and was proud of it. The Second Continental Congress passed a resolution establishing two battalions of Continental Marines on Nov. 10, 1775. Years later, my son would also serve i...
Presenting Biblical answers to tough questions Q: Does the bible mention anything about transgender people? A: The most important verse to remember in regards to transgender people or anyone else is John 3:16. God has proven his love to the entire world by sending his Son to take the full penalty for our sins and offer us eternal life as a free gift. Other verses to consider are Psalm 16:11 and John 10:10, which tell us God wants to bless us with abundant life. The guidelines for life we find in the Bible are designed to free us and enable us t...
Have you been keeping track of the summer baseball programs like the one in Hastings that started just a few years back? They are called The Hastings Sodbusters. I know nothing of their organization and expectations, but there was a little note in the Hastings paper last week I found interesting. The Hastings team “Sodbusters” is joining a new league along with six other teams. What caught my eye was the names of the other teams and I’d like to pass them on to you: Badlands Big Sticks (Dickinson, N.D.); Canyon County Spuds (Caldwell, Idaho...
Last Tuesday morning Jacob and I loaded the car and set off to pick up Robert. We were headed to Satanta, Kan., for the funeral of my ex-mother-in-law, Grammy Swift. Thankfully, Robbie was able to find a ride with the wife of one of his enlisted buddies. We picked him up without much backtracking. I love my children but being confined in a small space with them for seven hours is a challenge. By the time we arrived at my daughter’s house, my car smelled like a boys’ locker room. We immediately unpacked the car, and all of us loaded back up for...
We’ve had some nice harvesting weather this fall but the lack of a hard frost has thrown a wrench into grazing covers. For those with cattle on cover crops, Jenny Rees, extension educatior, warns, “Please be aware of the potential for nitrate and prussic acid poisoning with the light frosts. Nitrogen moves from the roots up the plant. When a frost occurs, nitrates accumulate in the plant, and, we had lighter frosts for several days in a row. For sorghum species where prussic acid poisoning is also of concern, we say to wait at least 5 days bef...
Now when the Nuckolls County Board of Commissioners meet, roads are often perceived as the most important item on the agenda. Apparently that may not have been the case in the first decade of the county's existence for the first building of consequence constructed by the newly established county was the construction of a jail house in 1878, only six years after the county was established. The courthouse came later. The 150th anniversary of the establishment of Nuckolls County will be achieved in...
Members of the Superior Board of Education continued to move ahead on several building improvement projects Monday evening during their regular monthly meeting. Earlier this month, the board met in special session with an architect from Clark and Enersen. Monday evening they talked in detail about the proposed changes to the front entrance. Items they addressed included storage, In School Suspension (ISS) environment, how many people could meet in the conference area, how far the superintendent...
Superior Elementary students are being asked to wear red, white and blue today, Thursday. They will gather for an assembly at 8:30 a.m. which staff members hope to stream live over Striv Television. Jodi Fierstein, elementary principal, said, “The students want to sing the patriotic songs they have been learning, so we decided they could perform for one another in an assembly.” Instead of the annual school Veterans Day breakfast and program, Superior middle school and senior high students have been recording their presentations. These will be...
Six Superior High School FFA graduates received their American Degree at the National FFA Convention held at Indianapolis: Ashlyn Brown, Braden Frasier, Cassidy Frey, Hunter Healey, Brenden Jensen and Kalynn Meyer. To qualify for the degree, members must receive the State FFA degree, been an active FFA member for the past three years and have a record of satisfactory participation in the activities at the chapter and state level and graduated from high school at least 12 months prior to the national convention. In addition, after entering...
The fourth annual Harvest Moon Gala is slated to be held Saturday at the Superior Auditorium. The evening will consist of a silent auction, social hour, dinner, live auction and live music. New to the event this year, an early VIP access experience will be hosted for a select number of participants who purchased VIP tickets. For those not attending the Gala in person, silent auction bidding can be done by texting hmg2021 to 243725 or by visiting www.bidpal.net/HMG2021 and signing up for an account. The process is simple and takes only a few...
Because of a COVID-19 exposure the Superior City Council Meeting planned for Monday night was canceled. The public hearings that were to be held that night have been rescheduled. Notice of those hearings are published elsewhere in this issue of The Express. The COVID exposure occurred outside of the city office but because of it, the council was not able to obtain the required quorum needed to hold a meeting....
The Red Cross Blood Mobile will beat the Nelson City Auditorium between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., Friday, Nov. 12. Schedule an appointment with Sally Uhrmacher at 402-225-4292 or go to www.redcrossblood.org....
Ryan Butler and Alex Thayer, Superior High School graduates returned home from Jupiter, Fla. last Tuesday with a national golf title to their credit. They won the U. S. Doubles Golf men's championship played over the Bear's Course. Butler and Thayer are both Superior High School graduates. Butler is employed at the Superior NAPA store. Thayer works as a Charles Schwab financial adviser in Hasting. The duo qualified for the national event at Beatrice in October. Jack Nicklaus is a legend in the...
The 2021 Corn Picking Days are just around the corner. Hosts, Calvin and Peg Bohnert (Jewell: 785-738-7589) and JR Vandergiesen (Smith Center : 785-282-0591) are the ones to call for information about harvesting corn like it was done in "The Good Old Days"! Corn Picking Days will be held Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 13 and 14, on H Avenue at the northwest corner of Jewell. You will find corn, tractors, one row pickers, trailers and maybe a two-row picker just a quarter of a mile west of Highway...
The Jewell County Health Department held a public vaccination event Wednesday in Mankato. During that event held at the Mankato Community Center, department workers were present to administer the COVID-19 booster shots to area residents who had previously been fully-vacinated. Charts distributed by the state health department show the rapid spread of the illness in recent weeks. A chart published on Oct. 27, indicated there were 413 cases reported in Jewell County, 887 in Republic County, 779 in Mitchell County, 415 in Osborne County and 398...
Last Tuesday was general election day in Jewell County. There were only a few races to be settled and in many cases no one filed for the office. In the contested races, the following unofficial results were posted after the election on this newspaper’s website: USD 107 school board Position 3, Brandon Hollerich, 132, and Jeremy Luedke, 74. For Position 2 it was Justin Angelton, 43, Bryan Reinert, 14, Jennifer Simelink 7. For Position 6 it was Wayne Frost 92 and Bryan Reinert 82. Mankato City Council had three positions to fill. The votes w...
The splash pad project in Mankato is making progress. There has been $38,720 raised for the project. A grant application was submitted to Dane G. Hansen Foundation and the project was awarded $25,000. Midway Co-op donated $2,500 and CoBank matched that donation for a total of $5,000. Guaranty State Bank also donated $1,500. The remaining funds have been raised by local donations and fundraisers. Contracts have already been placed with Mankato Plumbing to handle the plumbing at the site, which is just north of the pavilion at the Mankato City...
The Jewell City Council met Monday, Nov 1, at City Hall. Those in attendance were Darrell Bohnert, mayor; council members, Max Burks, Josh Burks, Bob Freeman, Gaye Daniels, Derek Birdsell and Kristie Anderson, city clerk. Marsha Ericson, Jewell Library director, was present. Marsha talked about replacing the shelves on the west sid of the library. She also talked about anchoring the shelves to the wall. The council agreed to let the library staff anchor the new shelves to the west wall. James Reed, code enforcement officer, was absent but...
The Dane G. Hansen Foundation has additional grant opportunities for early childhood education in Northwest Kansas. Since 2017, multiple reports from Strategic Doing sessions in the 26-county service area of the foundation have identified the need for additional childcare options. The shortage of childcare affects the ability of a community to grow, equating to fewer homes sold, fewer children in our schools, and fewer employees available for our businesses. In response, the Hansen trustees launched NW Kansas Cares for Kids in 2020 with three...
Jewell County 365 will be visiting various Jewell County businesses Nov. 15 through 19 to give residents an opportunity to take the Community Health Needs Assessment. If you or someone in your household has not yet taken the survey, you can stop by and take it at their booth and win a gift card to a Jewell County business of your choice. Paper copies are also available at the Formoso, Jewell and Mankato city offices, the Burr Oak and Esbon Guaranty State Banks and the Randall Post Office. You may also take the survey online by visiting...
Jewell County Commissioners Brent Beck, Steve Greene and Keith Roe met Oct. 25. The following were present for office head meeting: Amanda Davis, register of deeds; Nora Rhoades, Post Rock Extension District director; Nancy Marihugh, health administrator; Brenda Eakins, treasurer; Travis Garst, solid waste director; Chris Petet, custodian; Anna Porter, county appraiser; and Kevin Peroutek, noxious weed director, emergency preparedness director and 911 coordinator. Those absent; Alexandria Carabajal, county attorney; Shannon Meier, ambulance dir...
There are three days in the year the United States honors its military service men and women. They are Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Armed Forces Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in May. The day’s purpose is to honor all men and women who are serving in the Armed Forces, have served in the Armed Forces or died serving in the Armed Forces. It is for all who have ever worn a uniform in the Armed Forces of the United States. Memorial Day, the fourth Monday in May, is the day to honor all those who died in the service of t...
One room schoolhouses are hard to find as most have deteriorated through the years by weather and abandonment. These one room schoolhouses dotted the country side, and were only a few miles apart, when farms were much smaller. Farm families needed schooling for their children. Without modern transportation, the schoolhouses were walking distance. District No. 39, West Walnut, stubbornly remains standing a few miles south of Northbranch. This school district was organized in 1872, in the wee...
The Lawrence-Nelson High School One-Act prepared for its first competition in Elm Creek on Monday. TVC and District competitions are both in Harvard; TVC is on Nov. 16, and District is on Dec. 1. There are 12 actors this year - three girls and nine boys! Typically the group does a comedy, but this year they decided to change things up with a more serious play titled “I Don’t Want to Talk About It” by Bradley Hayward. While there are some funny moments in this play, the overall theme is to address the tough things that happen in and out of sc...
