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Steve Smith has been a councilman in Lawrence for little over a year. He has many interests such as carpentry, hunting and body building. Smith was born in Hastings and graduated from Hastings High. He fell in love with a high school classmate and dated throughout high school. However, since Smith is both Indian and African-American, her family was not pleased. So they parted company and she went to college in Lincoln and he moved to Dallas, Texas. As a boy in Hastings, his grandparents lived...
Martin D. “Marty” Pohlman, the son of Martin and Elizabeth (Cullity) Pohlman, 80, of Superior died Wednesday Nov. 20, 2024 at the Brodstone Healthcare Hospital in Superior. Marty was currently working for Superior Publishing as a writer. Following Marty’s wishes, he was cremated and a private family service will take place at a later date. Megure-Price Funeral Home in Superior is in charge of the arrangements....
Steven (Steve) Glenn Oltmans, 80, of Omaha, Nebraska, died on Oct. 31, 2024. He was the oldest of two children born to Glenn and Della Oltmans. Steve graduated from Nelson High School in 1961, where he met his wife of 60 years, Barbara Johnston. After high school, Steve moved to Lincoln, where he began his college education at the University of Nebraska at the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, with an emphasis in Water Resources. Steve and Barb were married in 1963 in Nelson....
Ronald Lee Porter, the son of Raymond and Floy (Honeycutt) Porter was born on Oct. 9, 1934, in Nelson, Nebraska. He died on Nov. 21, 2024, at the Brodstone Hospital in Superior, Nebraska at the age of 90 years, 1 month, 12 days. Ron graduated from Nelson High School in 1952. On April 7, 1956, he was united in marriage to LaVeta Fleck in Deweese, Nebraska. This union was blessed with five children. Ron farmed all of his life. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Card Party Club....
Virgil Harold Uhrmacher of North Platte was born April 11, 1944, in Hastings, Nebraska, to Raymond and Helen (Tanner) Uhrmacher. Virgil grew up on the family farm near Cadams. He attended grade school at Beach District 44 (east of Cadams) through the 8th grade and graduated from Superior High School with the Class of 1962. He was proud to explain the Beach School was now a part of the Nuckolls County Museum in Superior. He liked to add that he was the smartest student in his class. Then he would smile and explain he was the only one in his...
John Leroy Bingham, 85, the son of Albert S. Bingham and Olive E. (Kelly) Bingham, was born Oct. 7, 1939, in Belleville, Kansas. He died Nov. 6, 2024, at Mitchell County Health Systems, Beloit, Kansas. John grew up in Belleville, attending the local rural grade schools. He later moved with his family to Lawrence, Kansas, where he graduated from Lawrence High School in 1958. He served with the United States Army and was discharged on Jan. 31, 1968. John served as a personnel actions supervisor...
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of Hailee Ann Vlach, 22, of Palmer, who tragically left us on Nov. 19, 2024, as a result of a motor vehicle accident. In this profound moment of loss, we also mourn the passing of Hailee's unborn son, William Lee Vlach. A memorial service to honor Hailee's memory was held at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, at the United Methodist Church in Palmer. Family and friends were invited to gather and remember Hailee's beautiful spirit during visitation...
The Sandy Creek Cougars defeated Stanton 44-42 at UNL’s Memorial Stadium Monday afternoon for their first ever appearance at the state championship games. A year ago Stanton defeated Sandy Creek in the semifinals and went on to win the state title. Stanton scored first and at the half led with a score of 28 to 20. However, Sandy Creek picked up 24 points in the third quarter while Stanton scored only eight and although Sandy Creek did not score in the fourth, they held their lead for a win. Sandy Creek’s string of wins to the finals are as fol...
The Superior Wildcats are scheduled to play their opening basketball games of the season with a jamboree at Southern, Monday, Dec. 2 Bowlers will open their season with a home dual against Arapahoe, Thursday, Dec. 5 at Superior Bowl. Superior High School wrestlers are to complete in a quadrangular at home Friday, Dec. 6. The following day they are at Harvard....
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Editor: I want to start with an apology. I am sorry we didn’t get to say goodbye. I want everyone to know how much I have appreciated being part of your lives. It was such an honor to bring you the evening news for all these years. I arrived in Nebraska in 1997 as a 23-year-old with short blonde hair, excited about her first big anchor job. Thank you for welcoming me into your homes from the beginning. Not for one moment do I take that for granted. I consider myself so fortunate to have had a career I thoroughly enjoyed. I was going to say I h...
The old Superior roller skating rink south of the Burlington Railroad tracks was a wood frame building with tar paper exterior and a series of windows that could be propped open during warm weather to ventilate the rink. To make the experience more pleasant, music from a phonograph was broadcast over loud speakers to cover up the rumble of the skates. During warm weather with the wind from the south, I could lie in bed at 1127 Kansas Street and be serenaded by the skating rink music. During the winter months, the windows on the rink were...
Whoever would have thought that we would have four bathrooms in our new town house! We, who grew up with a 2-holer and a path in the backyard. Some folks mention corn cobs, but we were rich enough to always have a Sears Roebuck catalog on hand. Many tales have been told about such privies. It was especially a hardship in the cold dark nights of winter. One year of heavy snowdrifts, our little boys dug a tunnel through the snow to the outhouse. What an adventure for them! (This was our first month after moving home from four years of city...
