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I have recently become aware of just how many of you read my ramblings! Thank you! Sorry if I worried anyone with my boo hooing. I really am all right, just frustrated with my body and brain. I am feeling better, the shakiness is starting to go away, and I’m feeling clear headed. Duke is growing like a weed. He is skinny again, he seems to grow the way my kids did. They would start to put on a little weight then shoot up like a bean pole. Duke is going to be a big boy. He is doing well with his training. We play fetch most everyday, and he l...
I’ve been spending some time within the medical establishment in the U. S. during the past two months and have learned some things about how the world operates. Two items stand out in the last few weeks: Insurance and 4 x 4’s. Insurance: Any reader of my words over the age of 65 are pretty familiar with Medicare and the insurance supplements that go with it to help pay for as much of it as possible. I’ve had my insurance supplements for some time now and assumed most everything was OK. That is, until a month or two back when I got a lette...
L/N Basketball teams open season with double wins and losses A person can say the opening weekend of L-N High School 2023-24 basketball was great, or you could say it certainly was not great. Both statements would be correct. You see, the boys had to sweat a little bit, but they won both opening games by coming from behind for the wins. The girls, however, got off to a rougher start being defeated in both games. A quick side note here for the new rules for the current basketball season: *each...
Rebecca "Becky" Lynn Jensen, age 58, of Grand Island, formerly of Superior died Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. Her funeral will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16, at the VFW in Superior. Becky was born April 10, 1965, in Lincoln, the daughter of Donald and Shirleen (Thomas) Strine. She grew up in Superior and graduated from Superior High School, Class of 1983. As a young girl, she was cooking in her parents' restaurant, and her love of cooking never left her. She was a cook in several places...
James Everett Harris, known as Jim by his closest family and friends, died Nov. 12, 2023, at Legacy Arbors Memory Care Community in Lincoln, Nebraska, at the age of 84 years 6 months and 27 days. Jim was born on April 16, 1939, to Frank Rife Harris and Dorothy Ruth (Short) Harris. Jim grew up on the family farm north of Nelson with his parents, his older sister, Margaret, and his younger brother, Glenn. Jim graduated from Nelson High School in 1956 and immediately joined the Navy in June as a...
The Goodwill truck will be in Lawrence on Main Street from noon on Dec. 6 until Dec. 13 for donations. People can go to www.goodwillne.org for information about what items can be donated. It’s a good time to clean out the toy room before Santa comes in a few weeks....
Each year Nebraska Community Foundation commissions the state’s Youth Poet Laureate (named by the Nebraska Writers Collective) to write a poem centered on the foundation’s annual theme. This year’s writer was Allyah American Horse. She wrote about her experience growing up in Gordon, Nebraska. Her poem follows: Small Town Stars By Alyah American Horse When we were little We used to spend out time looking at the sky Asking ourselves what tomorrow will bring Our earliest years were spent dreaming For things we never imagined we could reach As ch...
Q: In church we always get the line that we’re supposed to “obey the rules” but there are lots of rules that nobody obeys, including Christians. Do we get to pick which rules we obey? A: It might be a bit simplistic to say that Christians are always supposed to follow the rules. Daniel’s three friends broke a rule when they refused to bow to the king’s statue (Daniel 3:1-18). The Apostles were told that they were no longer to preach in the name of Jesus, a rule that they promptly disobeyed (Acts 4:13-22). Jesus also mentions David as a “rule-b...
In early May, Nebraska residents will held to the polls to cast their ballots in a statewide primary. However, the election will be conducted a bit differently than those of the recent past. A new voter identification law will apply to the May 2024 primary. Here are some important dates related to the election: • January 5 — Candidate filing begins. • January 15 — first day county election offices can accept early voting ballot requests. • April 8 — County election offices begging mailing out early voting ballots • April 15 — First Day to vo...
Letters to Santa Claus will be featured in the Dec. 21 issue of this newspaper Holdovers may be printed in the Dec. 28 issue. Earlier this year, letters were sent to all area schools requesting the help of the teachers in the gathering and submission of letters, but we have found some of the letters have not yet reached the teachers. It seems like Christmas should be several weeks away, but that isn’t the case. This newspaper has asked that letters be submitted by Dec. 13 to allow time for processing. Children who did not write letters as p...
According to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, there are currently more than 10,374 patients hospitalized in the United States per week with 15 percent of those being in intensive care. For the week ending Nov. 4, the positivity rate was 8.5 percent and is thought to have risen since that report was made. When test positivity is above 5 percent, transmission is considered to be uncontrolled. Since many are using the home tests, the results are not being reported to public health agencies or the sick are not testing at all thus the...
Nov. 16, Thanksgiving dinner was prepared for 22 Keenagers and four workers. Mrs. Vernie Himmelberg prepared the mashed potatoes and it was greatly appreciated. Birthday people for October were Ray Rischling and Barb Janda. November people were Bonnie (Don) Himmelberg, Eileen Buschkoetter and Betty Mazour. Door prize winners were Mrs. Don Himmelberg, search a word; Joe Theer, night light; John Hubl, lottery ticket; and Eileen Buschkoetter, hand soap. Bingo winners were high, (tie) Bonnie (Don) Himmelberg and Eileen Buschkoetter and low, Betty...
At the North Pole, Mrs. Claus and the Elves brainstorm ways to get Santa out of jail and save Christmas; (sitting in back) Sydney Biltoft, Madalyn Kennedy, Paige Huston, (front) Maddison Bissell and Jessica Sole....
In September, a reader of this newspaper shared her concern that today’s students do not understand the significance of September 11 for her son had been wished “Happy 9-11.” She considered such a wish to be inappropriate and said the schools were failing to teach the students about the significance of that day. Those of us who lived through 9-11 and the days that followed will never forget the fear and emotion of that day and the ones that followed. As I thought about that conversation, I recalled other important days in our nation’s history...
A classmate, friend, and neighbor has left us. A trooper to the end, in recent days she lost her battle with cancer. She will be missed by all that knew her. I was her classmate from 8th grade through high school graduation. In school, she was good at the few sports then available for girls. Our senior year, in home economics, we took our Betty Crocker tests to see what would make a good career for each of us. When we shared out results from this test most showed we’d make a good teacher, homemaker, secretary, business owner, etc. but this spec...
The Lawrence-Nelson girls basketball team has had a rough start to the season. They dropped their first two games. The Red Cloud Warriors handed them a 44-20 loss Friday at Nelson. Arapahoe visited Nelson Saturday and left town with a 52-27 win . The Raiders traveled to Franklin Tuesday for a game with the Flyers with results unavailable at press time. Statistics were unavailable at press time. The Raiders travel to Franklin Friday for a game with the Flyers. Lawrence-Nelson visits Davenport Saturday....
December 7, 2023, the publication date for this newspaper, marks the 82nd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The Dec. 7 date was one that President Franklin Roosevelt said would live in infamy and it has. While there are few alive today who remember the actual date, many of us remember the stories told by those who experienced it. December 7, 1941 was a Sunday, there would not be a newspaper published in Superior until four days later on December 11. When we realized this paper would be published on the 82nd anniversary, we won...
A subscriber who we regularly has a newspaper mailed to a Wyoming address found our website at superiorne.com this week and had this to say about it: “I do appreciate what you have done for the combined newspaper sections. I’m an obituary collector and do appreciate that I can just copy and paste them into my files. Also easy to get around through different sections!” If you haven’t seen our website, we invite you to contact our office at once and we will set you up. No charge if you have a print subscription....
Members of the Superior Volunteer Fire Department got an early wake-up call Monday morning. They were called to 1255 Idaho Street where a home was reported to be on fire. Most likely as the firemen sped to the scene they were remembering the call the week before which left two people homeless. What would they find when they reached he home of Sandy Martin and her children. Would the house be engulfed in flames like the house had been on North Park Street just more than a week earlier? This time the news was much better. The fire was out before...
Special pre-Christmas activities are continuing this week in Superior. All area residents are invited to gather in downtown Superior between 5 and 7 p.m. to celebrate the holiday season with the members of the Superior Chamber of Commerce. Santa Claus is scheduled to visit with the youngsters at the Farmers & Merchants Bank. Brodstone Healthcare will be provide a meal in the bank’s drive-through space. Mrs. Claus will visit with the youngsters at Main Street Floral. There will be cookie decorating at Ideal Market and a Human Snow Globe at t...
Local residents filled the Nuckolls County Museum Church Sunday afternoon for the museum's annual Christmas program. Steve Renz and Fred Meyers, cochairmen of the museum board, greeted the audience and Meyers opened the celebration with prayer. He said, his favorite time each year is when the community fills the museum chruch for the annual Christmas program. He also expressed his gratefulness to God for being able to walk. A year ago, he was paralyzed from the waist down. Arnold Miller and...
Members of the Jared Shroyer family (left) and Cheryl and Carl Mohler join a wagon full of people for the first horse drawn wagon ride through Candy Cane Lane, Friday evening. Two horse drawn wagons provided the transportation. Both teams were owned by a young man from Polk, Neb. He said, “This time of year I crisscross Nebraska providing rides.” He also provided a wagon which he had built. The second wagon was owned by Jerry Mousel. Callum McCord blows out the fire encircling his charred mar...
Children circulated through the Superior Public Library Saturday and intently worked at one of the 10 tables, each supplied with all the tools and supplies needed to complete a craft project. It was the second annual Santa's Workshop planned and hosted by library staff: Vicki Perrie, Peggy Lipker and Jan Jensen. Volunteers who assisted included Cheryl Russell, Barb Thompson, Brenda Corman, Kris Heitman and Beverly Beavers. The craft projects were all related to Christmas and included gift wrap,...
The Nuckolls County Board of Commissioners met at the county courthouse in nelson Monday. All three commissioners were present. The board approved one utility permit. They tabled another request pending a revision of the permit application. The board approved routine claims. The board and several county officials will be attending the Nebraska Association of County officials meeting in Kearney next week. The board will meet Monday, Dec. 18 at 8:30 a.m. in the county courthouse...
The two principals in this tale of early Jewell County, were homesteaders in Odessa Township. Their names are Patrick Carrigan and Benjamin F. Hall. Carrigan, an Irishman, was born somewhere in Ireland, perhaps Kilkenny, in about 1810. When he came to the United States is not certain, but he married Ellen Ferne in Adams County, Illinois, on Jan. 20, 1847. Ellen, 20 years his junior, was also Irish. The family, which eventually included 11 children, lived in Illinois until the early 1870s. Patrick and Ellen, with nine of their children, are foun...
