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The Nelson Rubies got together in the Legion meeting room Thursday, Dec. 7 for an afternoon of crafts, refreshments and a fun random gift exchange. Janice Watts gave a demonstration on decorating bars of soap and even the professed non-artisans were able to create their own useable masterpiece. Teresa Walton showed the group how to paint poinsettias on fabric, wood and other materials. Because of the time needed to draw, paint, emblazon and dry the items it was decided to wait until the...
The Nelson Community Club welcomed Santa Claus to Nelson Saturday at the Nelson Community building. Several youth were waiting outside for his arrival. Miles Schroer was so excited to greet Santa that he could hardly contain himself....
7 marked the first year preschoolers were included in the Superior Elementary Winter program. They performed The Reindeer Pokey, Hello Reindeer, Ring Those Christmas Bells, Jingle Jingle Little Bell and We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Fifth graders performed Mix it Up and Hot Cross Buns. Kindergarten and first grade did renditions of The 12 Days of Christmas, The First Noel and All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth. Second and third grade sang It's time to Deck the Hall, Christmas...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
At this point in the year, you have probably already met Rock Hills Elementary's fourth and fifth grade social studies, science and writing teacher, Amy Rice. She was born and raised in Jewell, but now lives in Smith Center. Rice enjoys living in rural areas. Rice went to school in Jewell and then went to K-State where she received a bachelor's degree in social work in 2006. In the spring of this year she received her master's degree in teaching. Rice has been married to her husband for nine yea...
After experiencing projector problems which shut the theatre down this week’s plan for the Ute Theatre was a bit iffy. However, the news has been good and plans are to have the theatre open for regular showings on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Earlier this week,it was thought the projection system would be repaired yesterday (Wednesday)....
Following a weekend fire, a young Superior couple is without a home and their possessions. Firemen were called about 12:50 Saturday afternoon to 1104 N. Park after a motorist saw smoke pouring from the house. Jasper Butler and Rhiannan Pierce were in the house but asleep at the time and unaware an electrical system failure in the bathroom-kitchen area had apparently started the fire. Thanks to the alert from the motorists, all occupants and pets were able to escape the fire unharmed....
Four houses got at least a temporary stay of execution when the Superior City Council met Monday evening. If repair progress continues as expected, the houses will receive pardons. Their previous owners had allowed the properties to run afoul of city standards and they had been placed on the list of homes to be removed. An agreement was reached to sell the city owned house at 826 Central to Tracy Purcell. She will be required to pay any back taxes and liens attached to the property. Purcell said she would begin at once to clean and repair the...
Anthony Roy, from Bogue, Kansas, is the new Mankato city administrator. Roy has been in local government for approximately 10 years, both city and county. That, along with a deep interest in Jewell County, pushed him to apply for and accept the city administrator position for the City of Mankato. Roy is from western Kansas and believes Jewell County is a lot like where he grew up. He also knows the Boyd family that used to own the newspaper in Mankato. His interest in the community peaked with...
The Jewell County Commissioners Brent Beck, Keith Roe and Ed Duskie met Nov. 20. Carla Waugh, county clerk, was present for the meeting. P.J. Garst, solid waste director, discussed disposal of solid waste from the transfer station. He said that Hamm is increasing the price for transporting the waste to their Perry, Kansas location. P.J. is looking into an alternative option for taking solid waste to Saline County, but Jewell County would have to transport it. This would require purchasing a walking floor trailer. He said he was working with...
The Jewell County Commissioners, Brent Beck, Keith Roe and Ed Duskie, met on Nov. 13, as the Board of County Canvassers. The meeting was opened to canvass the ballots from the Nov. 7, 2023, General Election. Carla J. Waugh, Jewell County clerk-election officer, was also present. Waugh, reviewed the election night tabulation and the advance ballot count that was received after election night. She then reviewed the five provisional ballots and the reason for being provisional. She then went over the guidelines in the Kansas Election Standards...
The Jewell County Commissioners met Nov. 13. Commissioners Brent Beck, Keith Roe and Ed Duskie were present along with Carla Waugh, county clerk. Waugh discussed issues with a delinquent payment on a department’s county credit card. She also discussed designated holidays set by the county commissioners and a department not following the designation. Joel Elkins, general superintendent, discussed road and bridge maintenance. He attended the wildfire mitigation meeting hosted by the insurance company. Commissioners appointed voting delegates f...
Members of a family with a longtime connection to the Lawrence business community have closed out an 80 year association with a motor vehicle parts store in Hastings. Ike and Daisy Friend launched Friend’s Motor Supply in downtown Hastings in August of 1943, and grandchildren grew the business which eventually included parts stores in Hastings, Kearney, Minden, Aurora and Grand Island. The auto parts business has now been sold to the Genuine Parts Company, the owner of the National Auto Parts Association brand name and a member of the Friend f...
If you happen to be a regular at the Nelson Library, you may notice a new face popping in from time to time. Teraesa Bruce will be joining Mary Statz and Dawn Shaw at the library a few hours a week. Teraesa currently works for this newspaper and writes the weekly column “Love my Crazy Life” that is published in the Nuckolls County Locomotive Gazette. Teraesa’s interests include, reading, writing, swimming, camping, boating and photography, among other things. The list is long and her closets are full of her hobbies. She is a bit of a goofb...
Preliminary results from the 2023 Nebraska November firearm deer season show statewide harvest was down 18 percent from 2022 and down 29 percent from the 2018 to 2022 average. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission expected these results for the Nov. 11 to 19 season based on several factors that indicated a decline in harvest was coming. Lower harvest and deer populations were recorded in 2022 and lead to a reduced number of permits available for 2023. Other factors indicating the decline included: Permits and harvest had increased in 2019 and...
