Articles from the January 4, 2024 edition
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Country Roads
After Christmas thoughts turned to remembering special Christmas gifts from the past, including childhood years. It was during the week after Christmas while still on school vacation, that children got the chance to enjoy and play with their new...
Editor's Notebook
I’m trying to learn to write 2024 but as usual it isn’t going so well. When I started to type these notebook entries, I said 2024 in my head but typed 2023 and had to go back and correct my typing. It is safe to say I am a slow learner and slow to...
Fender Skirts
As I was watching traffic on O Street in Lincoln, I noticed a small compact with something I had not seen since the 1950s – it had fender skirts. I remember the family 1950 Chevrolet Sedan had fender skirts on the rear wheels. The idea was to make t...
Ask a Pastor Column
Q: With everything going on in the world today, why aren’t there more people going to church? A: It might be a good idea to put this question to those who aren’t coming! I for one would be interested to hear the answers. I know many avoid church bec...
Puffs
I thought it fitting to start the New Year with a comment by Pope Francis. “My hope is to remind people that the ‘Christmas Spirit’ is not over.” The Christmas season extends far beyond the commercial season we’ve been taught to believe is the reaso...
Love my crazy life
Welcome 2024. Christmas at the Bruce house went well. Christmas Day George and I opened our gifts before going to Mom’s house. The gift George worked so diligently on was a keepsake box. He used a wood burner to engrave the inside bottom with the a...
A vague memory of the Nuckolls County Poor Farm
They came from different places within Nuckolls County but they had things in common. Most were homeless, poor and often in declining health. Generally they were men, although an occasional woman was...
2024 calendar in this week's issue
With the arrival of 2024 comes he need for new calendars. The 2023 calendars may have served us well throughout 2023 but they are hard to use in 2024. This issue of your newspaper contains a small calendar prepared for you by the staff of this...
Bloodmobile will visit Nelson Jan. 15
The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at Nelson City Auditorium from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15. For an appointment contact John Hodge at 402-621-0073. Give a blood donation this month to be automatically entered for a chance to win an...
Murder case advances to Nuckolls Co. District Court
As expected, a 30-year-old Superior resident was arraigned in county court last Wednesday and bound over to district court where he will asnwer charges associated with the death of another Superior resident on Dec. 17. Sebastian L. Dunbar has been...
Truck overturns south of Superior
Friday, about 6:30 p.m. the Jewell County dispatch center maintained in the county sheriff’s office received a report that a semi-truck had left Highway 14 and over turned. The caller wasn’t sure of the location but thought it was north of Lovewell L...
The Republican River bridge southwest of Hardy
This week as we leave 2023 behind and cross over in 2024, we are somewhat uncertain what the new year will bring. Randy Nielsen, an Express photographer, said entering the new years is somewhat like...
Donors provide free coats to 45 youngsters
Tis indeed the season to keep area children warm. So far this winter, 45 new coats purchased through the Superior Community Corporation’s “Coats for Kids” project, have been distributed! And there will probably be more as the program usually recei...
SYAA board selects 2 new officers
At the December meeting of the Superior Youth Athletic Association, the group’s board selected a new treasurer to replace Missy Woemer who is stepping away from the position and a new vice-president. Jennifer Bruns is the new treasurer and Markee K...
Vicar begins year of Internship at Tri-Saints Lutheran Parish
Tri-Saints Lutheran Parish composed of St. Paul, Hardy, St. Peter, Byron, and St Paul, Byron will be served by a vicar who is doing a one-year internship during 2024. Vicar Jack Roegner will be supervised by the Rev. Keith Brozek of Hebron. Vicar Jac...
Sod and Stubble book comes to life in film
A nonfictional book, Sod and Stubble, written more than 90 years ago about a local family's pioneer history in Osborne County, Kansas, is being brought to life in a new film. The book was first...
Jewell County Commissioners purchase asphalt paving machine
The Jewell County commissioners met Dec. 11. Commissioners Brent Beck, Keith Roe and Ed Duskie were present. Carla Waugh, county clerk, was present for the meeting. LaVernia Peters, mayor of Formoso and Mark Stenson, council member, discussed the...
Commissioners hear of road concerns from residents
The Jewell County Commissioners met Dec. 18. Commissioners Brent Beck, Keith Roe and Ed Duskie were present. Carla Waugh, county clerk, was present for the meeting. Anthony Wyatt stopped to inquire about buying gravel to put on T Road and 160 Road. B...
Kansas Farm Bureau to recognize tradition, heritage of family farms
Kansas Farm Bureau is continuing in 2024 its recognition for “Sesquicentennial Farms” in conjunction with its annual “Century Farm” program. The Century Farm program honors Farm Bureau members who own farms of at least 80 acres within the same family...
Betty Schott
Elizabeth Arlene (Betty) Schott, the daughter of Marcellus and Agnes (Heigh) Gilsdorf, was born on Feb. 28, 1940, in Sandpoint, Idaho. She died Dec. 27, 2023, at the Parkview Haven Nursing Home at...
Barry Thayer
Barry Dean Thayer, 60, of Silver Lake, Kansas, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. He was born April 26, 1963, in Hebron, Nebraska, the son of Mervin and Ramona (Bohling) Thayer. He graduated from Ruskin High School in 1981. Barry married Janet Thayer on...
Donald Baumbach
Donald Ray Baumbach, the son of Delos and Elsie (Roberts) Baumbach, was born on Oct. 25, 1954, in Superior, Nebraska. He died on Jan. 1, 2024, at the Brod-stone Healthcare Hospital at Superior, Nebras...
Edward Pavelka
Rural Glenvil resident, Edward J. Pavelka, 78, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023, at his home after a lengthy battle with the Vexas Syndrome. Rosary was Friday, Dec. 29, at Butler Volland Chapel. Mass of...
Jo Wilbern
Barbara Joan Wilbern, the daughter of Wayne and Evelyn (Sheets) Collins, was born on Aug. 31, 1942, in Superior, Nebraska. She died Dec. 31, 2023, at the Parkview Care Center at Osborne, Kansas at...
Thomas Tuggle
Thomas M. Tuggle, of Concordia, Kansas, died Dec. 29, 2023, at the KU Med Center. He was born June 17, 1942, to Ina and Lloyd Tuggle in Dodge City, Kansas. Tom is survived by his wife, Suzy;...
