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The stores are bursting with Christmas decorations, gifts and delicious holiday menu options. Whenever I walk into such a store, it takes control to remain on point with my Christmas shopping list in hand to find only the things needed. It is hard though with so many items to see and imagine gifting or decorating our home with. In all the hustle and bustle of this Christmas season, we should remain focused on the true “Reason For The Season,” the birth of our Lord Jesus. My thoughts turn back to the simple Christmas programs at my home cou...
A few months ago an Omaha World-Herald reporter asked if I was the longest serving of any current Nebraska newspaper editor. Though I have been in this editor’s position for 52 years and have sat behind the same Alma brand desk for 47 years, I didn’t know how to answer him. It was a question I hadn’t considered. I do know I hold the record for both the editor’s and publisher’s title at The Superior Express. I also know I am far from obtaining the oldest title of any editor in Nuckolls County. That record is held by the late F. A. Scherzing...
One year my husband and I decided to sell Christmas trees in Connecticut with a friend, Rick. We bought an old truck with a tool body on it. After buying two wheels with tires from two different junk yards, we traveled to Pennsylvania to buy 100 trees. We bought another wheel with better tread and took off the tool body, replacing it with a plywood flat bed. When we returned to Connecticut with the trees, we proudly put up a “trees for sale” sign and put six trees in the sale spot we had picked under a three-way bridge. The next morning we fou...
It’s raining! Usually, I would be down in the dumps because of the gloomy weather, but I am thankful for the warmer temperatures. It seems odd to me that it is raining in December and 50 degrees, but I’ll take it. The politicians would say it’s “climate change,” but I feel it’s simply the natural cycle of things. If I remember correctly, this area we call home was once desertlike. The past couple of weeks have been rough. I’ve been down in the dumps and swamped with emotions. I get lost in my head over all the ways I’m falling behind and then...
Gosh . . . what a week! Everyone says a person gets busy around Christmas time. That I believe, but I have done very little Christmas related so far. I’m not sure just where this week’s letter will go, but I’ll get started with a few comments concerning the acquisition of a certain virtue, called patience. • Had a question concerning the operation of a new kitchen appliance. Called in and waited about 1 1/2 hours to even talk to someone. • Another trip was to the E R at the hospital over the weekend. Doctors and nurses were quick to see us, b...
Actions taken Monday evening during the regular monthly meeting of the Superior Board of Education bring significant change. Early in the meeting, Jason Jensen was recognized for his eight years of service as a board member. This was his last monthly board meeting. He played a significant role in establishing the beef in school program. In November, Brad Biltoft and Matt Bargen ran for school board as incumbents and were reelected. Krista Tatro also ran for the position for the first time and was elected. She will fill Jensen’s position. S...
The numbers of COVID-19 cases and influenza are rapidly increasing and healthcare officials are urging people to do their part to prevent a winter surge of respiratory illnesses by getting vaccinated against both viruses. COVID cases grew at an expotential rate in Nebraska last week, with the 3,619 new virus cases the count is up 83 percent from 1,982 the previous week according to a report from the Federal Centers for Disease Control. In the Lincoln and Omaha metropolitan counties the number of reported cases more than doubled. This is the...
Next year, 2023, marks the beginning of the new Nebraska license plate issuance cycle. Since the last plate issuance year, 2017, license plate options have significantly increased with the expansion of the number of available specialty plates. There are currently 52 different specialty plates available “Nebraskans have more options for vehicle license plates than ever before,” said Rhonda Lahm, director of the DMV. Planning ahead will help us serve you more efficiently if you choose to order a specialty plate.” For Nebraskans who are consi...
A family with multi-generational ties to Hardy is reeling this week after a fire Monday morning destroyed family members’ home in Osborne and left one family member dead. Firefighters were called to the 335 South Third Street address shortly after 5 a.m. Monday. They arrived to find the home of Rod and Kristi Gruber totally engulfed in flames. As the fire was brought under control and the investigation into it cause started, the body of the Grubers’ son-in-law, David Dean, 32, was found in the northeast corner of the house. Among his sur...
While residents of this area were rejoicing Tuesday to have received much needed rain, residents to the west were dealing with a major winter storm. Both Interstate Highways 80 and 70 were closed because of the storm. West bound travelers on I-80 were being stopped at North Platte. West bound travelers on I-70 were being stopped at Oakley. Locally, it was hoped the rain was sufficient to finally put out the grass fire that earlier swept across western Nuckolls County from near Bostwick to the Lawrence area. According to unconfirmed reports,...
Young children intently worked under the supervision of their parents at the Superior Public Library Saturday morning as the library hosted Santa's Workshop. The workshop was composed of 11 different Christmas craft related stations: cards, ornaments, bookmarks, sock snow-man, wreath, Rudolf, candy dish, window cling, placemat and cookie docorating. Each station had a set of written directions, the supplies required to complete the craft item and volunteers who assisted as needed. Volunteers...
Tova Lestander and Eivind-Johan (EJ) are International exchange students who have chosen to come to the United States to experience a new culture. They have some things in common but mostly they are both from the cold climates of Sweden and Norway. Their native languages are similar but not exactly the same. When they converse, it is easier for EJ to understand Tova. The countries of Sweden and Norway have mountains for skiing, snowboarding and snowmobiling. Even though they come from the same g...
EJ (AKA) known as Eivind-Johan, a foreign exchange student is living with Shannon, Jenny, Truet and Callum McCord during his yearlong stay in Superior....
Santa Claus appears perplexed by Eelf Avalos crying as her brother Mateo smiles. The pair visited Santa at the Farmers and Merchants Bank, Superior, as part of the "Once Upon a Christmas" festivities in downtown Superior Friday....
The Nuckolls County Historical Society and Museum received a donation of Fuller automobile ephemera from Dean Nelson, a St. Paul, Minn., resident. The collection included several photographs of the Angus manufactured Fuller automobile. Also included were several items of correspondence, in the original envelopes, with a potential customer in Beatrice. Two pieces of original advertising materials were in the collection. All the items are more than 110 years old and are in pristine condition. Nelson is the owner of a Michigan manufactured Fuller...
Dallas Fuller, Mitchell County, is one of Kansas Farm Bureau's Farm Family of the Year honorees. Each year a select number of families receive the Farm Family of the Year award for their service and leadership in agriculture, Farm Bureau and their communities. This year there were 10 families honored. Dallas Fuller farms with his uncle, Jeff, on a 4,500-acre farm south of Beloit where they grow wheat, corn, soybeans and milo. Dallas lives on ground today that can be traced backed to the 1890s...
The Jewell City Council met on Monday, Dec. 5, at city hall. Those in attendance were Darrell Bohnert, mayor; Council members, Max Burks, Josh Burks, Gaye Daniels, Derek Birdsell, Bob Freeman and Kristie Anderson, city clerk. Kristie Anderson presented the monthly clerk’s report. Anderson said the waste tire grant is coming up again. She said the 2023 dog tags have not arrived yet and hopes to get them soon. She gave an update on the community center and motel reservation for the month of December. David Knappert presented the monthly m...
Bill of Rights Day is observed on Dec. 15. Dec. 15, 1791, saw the ratification of the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States. The Constitution itself had been accepted by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787. With the ratification by the ninth state (New Hampshire) on June 21,1778, the U. S. Constitution became legal. The other states would eventually join the first nine, with Rhode Island the last state to ratify on May 29, 1790. Throughout the process of ratification, a growing call for...
A small non-descript “Record” book as recently resurfaced. This book, purchased for $1.00, contains the “Minutes of Missionary Society.” This Missionary Society was the women’s group of the Olive Hill Church. The first entry is simply dated, “Nov – 1919.” In 1919, the Olive Hill Church was already 53 years old. The church building was located in the northeast corner of what was and still is, the Olive Hill Cemetery. Ten years later a new church building would be built a half mile north. Today the 146-year-old congregation still worships in tha...
There will be a government commodities distribution for families meeting income guidelines for the Jewell-Randall-Ionia area at 1 p.m., on Thursday, Dec. 22, at the Jewell Apartments Commons Area. The following foods are scheduled to be distributed: corn; diced tomatoes; canned beef stew; cream style corn; cling peach slices; dehydrated potatoes; macaroni and cheese; Whole eggs; fruit and nut mix; roasted almonds; rolled oats; canned asparagus; and frozen peaches. The maximum monthly income an individual can now earn and still qualify to...
The Rock Hills Boy and Girl Scouts will be caroling from 3:40 to 4:30 p.m., at the Mankato downtown businesses Friday....
The Hebrew word “Pisgah” means summit. The biblical Mount Pisgah is in the Jordanian mountains east of Israel’s Jordan River and northeast of the Dead Sea. It is also known as Mount Nebo. Mount Nebo was the mountain from which Moses looked at the Promised Land and on which he died. That Mount Pisgah has an elevation of around 2,330 feet. The elevation of Jewell County’s little-known Mount Pisgah is about 500 feet. Our Mount Pisgah is located just to the northeast of Montrose and west of the long-gone town of Delta, both in Washington Townshi...
Mankato businesses have once again posted giant greeting cards in the Mankato Park....
Santa visited Lawrence on Sunday arriving on the back of a fire truck driven by the Lawrence Volunteer Fire Department. He took pictures with more than 50 youngsters and handed out goodie bags at the Lawrence American Legion. The youngsters were able to decorate homemade sugar cookies donated by Lisa Kathman. Santa came to visit children in the Nelson Community on Sunday. Children decorated cookies and wrote letters to Santa while drinking hot chocolate and eating a cinnamon rolls as they...
The 2023 Cow-Calf College Beef Seminar is set for Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Clay County Fairgrounds in the Activities Building. Registration starts at 9 a.m. with programs scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This year’s program is focused on strategies to manage forage resources during drought, including eastern redcedar control and adjusting pasture stocking and rental rates. The hands-on format will allow participants to engage with specialists and peers throughout the day. Dillon Fogarty, program coordinator for Working Lands C...
