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This newspaper is regularly receiving calls and emails from subscribers who are unhappy because of postal delays. For example on Monday we received an email from a Lincoln subscriber complaining because she had not yet received her Nov. 2 paper. Not so many years ago we could count on papers being delivered to Lincoln on Thursday and Kansas City on Friday, but that is no longer the case. Here at the newspaper office, we did not receive our copy of the Nov. 2, Hebron paper until Monday. The Red Cloud paper no longer arrives on Thursday. It is...
The Nuckolls County Human Interagency Services (HIS) Team is again sponsoring a “Giving Tree” for residents of Nuckolls County this Holiday Season. The HIS team is comprised of Deb Ostidiek, Verlene Watson, Peggy Meyer, Janice Reinke from Hope Pregnancy Center, Ashlei Roesti from Community Action Partnership and Maddie Peterson from Brodstone Healthcare. The Giving Tree project is a coordinated effort with many area businesses, organizations, groups and individuals. The Giving Tree also coordinates with the Coats for Kids Project, Toys for Tot...
With Thanksgiving Day on the horizon, Hope Pregnancy Center would like to thank the community and surrounding counties for their generous sponsorship. Hope was conceived by Wellspring Pregnancy Center (formerly the Hastings Pregnancy Resource Center) in November of 1998, 25 years ago. In the beginning Wellspring financed the satellite office. Eventually, Hope Pregnancy Center grew into their own 501c3 organization and landed at 1109 Washington Street in 2011. The center has had board members...
Nebraska’s 2023 pheasant and quail season opener Oct. 28 greeted hunters with a front of cold winter weather and variable success. Based on field reports from Nebraska Game and Parks Commission staff and law enforcement, pheasant hunters found better success in parts of northeast, central and south-central Nebraska. Many hunters also found good numbers of quail, especially throughout their core range in south-central and southeastern Nebraska. Success during the opener was more limited in Nebraska’s traditional pheasant strongholds. The sou...
As part of a comprehensive plan for Nuckolls County being developed by a consulting firm based in Kearney, county residents were asked to complete a survey in the summer of 2023. A report based on that survey was delivered to the county commissioners on Monday. Some of the highlights follow. Just less than half of the respondents have lived in the county for less than a decade and close to one-third have lived in the county for more than 40 years. Several age groups were represented by those who responded and the respondents appeared to be...
Mankato Volunteer Fire Department was one of 78 departments in Kansas awarded funding through the Kansas Firefighter Recruitment and Safety Grant (KSFRSG) Program administered by the office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM). The department was awarded $4,544.40 to be used for the purchase of fireman turnout gear. This year, more than $1.3 million was requested by 79 departments for safety gear, washer-extractor machines and firefighter physicals. Departments received more than $350,000 to be used for safety gear, $45,000 for nine washer-extracto...
Sandra Wick, Post Rock District, Crop Production Agent was recently recognized as one of two Communicators of the Year for K-State Research and Extension. The purpose of the Communicator of the Year award is to recognize extension faculty who uses multiple forms of communication, is available to media, and reaches out to the community through Facebook postings, newsletters, Twitter, Instagram, and other forms of communication. Blaire Todd, Post Rock Extension District, livestock agent and...
The Kansas Department of Transportation is committed to keeping the highways clear whenever inclement weather impacts the state. However, KDOT staffing shortages create the potential for highways to not be cleared of snow and ice in a timely manner. The agency is in need of equipment operators – the agency’s primary snowplow operators. The agency has dealt with reduced staffing in the past, but the shortages have been greater in recent years. Across the state, KDOT is about 25 percent short of its preferred number of snowplow operators nee...
The Jewell County Cinema, Inc. (JCCI) Board met last Monday, at the Mankato Christian Church and on ZOOM. Members present were: Thadd Hinkle, Janelle Greene, Phyllis Christie, Janis McDill, Sarah Ortman, Virgil and Linda Jones, and Kristin Underwood in person with Lisa Goodheart present on ZOOM. Janis McDill presented the treasurer’s report. She found she had mailed one movie payment to the wrong address but has corrected it. Phyllis Christie was asked to contact the gentleman in Hastings about repairing the marquee. She said she would work wit...
The Kansas Department of Transportation announces approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects. The letting took place Oct. 18, in Topeka. Some of the bids may include multiple projects that have been bundled based on proximity and type of work. Bids approved for the District Two include: Jewell - 45 KA-7072-01 – K-128, from the U.S. 36/K-128 east junction north to the Kansas/Nebraska state line; and U.S. 36, from the K-128/U.S. 36 west junction east to the west city limits of Mankato, milling and overlay, 22.8 m...
It is the time of the year when enrollment is open in the federal governments Medicare program and area residents report their mailboxes are being filled with advertising offers soliciting business related to the medicare program. However, not all of the offers may be as good as they sound. The Nebraska Hospital Association has been telling seniors to make sure they full understand what they’re signing up for when they chose a plan. The Omaha World-Herald reported in October that nationwide about 51 percent of seniors are now covered by M...
Things are changing in the 400 Block of Superior’s Central Avenue. An established business with a new name opened Wednesday in an expanded location and another business is preparing to open with new owners in a new location. The former Lost and Found Shop has relocated to the more than 8,000 square foot store building which most recently housed Dollar General. Built following World War II for a furniture store, the building was home for about 35 years to Superior’s J.C. Penney Store. Now to be known as Superior’s Indoor Flea Market, the large...
Treg Vyzourek, Brodstone Healthcare CEO, has been awarded the 2023 Excellence in Service Award by the Nebraska Hospital Association (NHA) at their annual convention on Oct. 25. This award is NHA's highest honor and is presented to a hospital-health system administrator or senior executive who has demonstrated outstanding administrative skills, professional performance, health care organization involvement and significant leadership. Vyzourek has led Brodstone through a period of significant...
Kansas State University officials have opened registration for an online course that organizers expect will help to keep grocery stores open in rural communities. Rial Carver, the program leader for K-State Rural Grocery Initiative, said the course the Rural Grocery Transition Specialist Program — provides training for economic developers, extension professionals and other resource providers to support rural grocers through business transitions. Registration is available online. There will be three offerings in 2024. The first class begins Ja...
Rock Hills Junior-Senior High School has a new outdoor learning environment funded by a grant from the Jewell County Community Foundation. The outdoor learning environment includes the addition of three red and black tables with matching umbrellas to provide a comfortable seating area for outdoor learning. This new space helps support all students who currently attend Rock Hills Jr.-Sr. High School, future attending students and community members who frequent school and community events. This...
Lawrence-Nelson high school gym bleachers were filled with students for an unscheduled assembly Monday morning. It was a surprise even to the two girls it was dedicated to. It was their artwork that brought them all together. Art cultivates cultural beliefs and behaviors impacting societal norms. Who knew an art contest would have such an influence? An art contest request went out to 15 high school art teachers in nine counties. The title of the contest was "Shine Your Light," and it needed to...
P.E.O. Chapter J met Monday, Oct. 23, at the home of Cindy Adamson with Sandra Sterkel serving as co-hostess. Included in the regular business meeting was a report from President Sue VanSkiver on sessions she attended at the national convention held in Philadelphia. Of particular interest was the magnitude of grants and scholarships available to those women pursuing higher graduate degrees as well as to graduating high school seniors endorsed by local chapters. Chapter J continues to support these programs as well as P.E.O.’s Cottey College. S...
A whiff of hamburgers, baked beans and popcorn filled the air Thursday. Upbeat music played in the background and above it a low roar of adult conversation and children chattering could be heard as families neared the entrance of the Pumpkins at the Auditorium fall festival. Children skipped along from oogie boogie, Plinko, cornhole toss and other games. They spoke of the games they played and candy received. Individuals and families enjoyed an appetizing meal provided by the auditorium committe...
In early 2024, residents of Superior will likely receive a new format of utility bill. Monday evening members of the city council gave the nod to continue the process of switching to an out-of-town firm for the printing and mailing of the utility bills. Currently the bills are printed in the city office and prepared for mailing at the Superior Post Office by city staff members. It is anticipated the change will not be made until current supplies are used up which will probably be in the first quarter of 2024. The new 8.5x11 letter format will...
It was after 10 p.m. Saturday when a dispatcher working in the Nuckolls County Sheriff's Office located on Nelson's East Fourth Street looked outside the office and saw flames leaping into the sky. She wasn't sure of the location but surmised it was near what was once the Baldridge shop located east of the current C&M Supply service station. A former grain storage quonset obscured her view to the west. The Nelson Volunteer Fire Department was paged out. They found a fire about a block northeast...
How would you like to share $320.00 in winnings from playing a backyard game of cornhole? That's what first and second place winners did at last Friday night's fundraiser for Superior's Rescue Squad held in a lot near Superior Bowl. There were 16 teams of two players who played double elimination games of cornhole at the second annual cornhole tournament fundraiser for the Superior Volunteer Rescue Squad. Victorious first place winners were Ben Burris and Ryan Butler who shared $192.00. Two brot...
Since the early 1990s that Living Faith Fellowship Church has assembled the fall festivals in the Superior community annually. The festivals provide an alternative to Halloween with a family focused wholesome option. In times past, the activities were focused on the children, but now it is open for adults to participate making it fun for parents and grandparents to play along with their children. Fall festivals have taken place outdoors at times over the decades, but with the Auditorium open again, it has been the best option to be warm...
Pamela Rice is nominated in LAA1, Jewell County, to serve as COC member for a 3-year term beginning Jan. 1. Pamela resides in LAA1 on a farm in rural Esbon. She and her husband produce grain crops, but primarily grow feed crops (alfalfa and sorghum forage) for their livestock herd of 200. Pamela, alongside her husband, moved from Dallas, Texas, to Jewell County in 1997 after retiring from the Army and Air Force Exchange Service. Pamela worked as a program technician in the Jewell County Farm Service Agency from 1999 to 2012. This experience...
The Jewell County Health Department has the COVID booster available. Anyone interested needs to call the health department....
A new medsafe has been installed in the lobby of the Jewell County Sheriff's Office. Cindy Becker and Abigail Elkins applied for a received a grant from DCCCA to purchase the medsafe. The medsafe is a metal box that locks. This is to ensure no one can get into the prescriptions without a key. Don Jacobs, Jewell County Sheriff, asks county residents who are no longer going to use a medication, bring it by the sheriff's office and dispose of it in the medsafe. All used prescriptions are sent to...
