Articles from the March 21, 2024 edition
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Country Roads
This week I attended a memorial service honoring a fellow club member and friend of my mother’s. As her obituary was read, it was said she was a member of the Young Matron’s Club. Chuckles went up from those in attendance as a remark was made abo...
Editor's Notebook
Good to see a group of volunteers taking hold of the Simic Skating Rink and working hard to reopen it. Community volunteers have done wonders with the Superior Auditorium and the Crest Theatre. Hopefully, the Simic volunteers will have the same kind...
Ask a Pastor Column
Q: Where in the Bible does it talk about how to be more patient? A: Let me approach the topic of patience by beginning with it’s opposites: impatience and frustration. We often approach life with an expectation of how things ought to be. When t...
Puffs
It was quite the weekend, on many items of interest. First off, the weekend included the fund raising “Dueling Pianos” at the American Legion Hall. The small group of citizens on the Community Building Committee did a lot of work in bringing the ent...
Love my crazy life
Jacob and Jessica are getting married in a little more than six weeks. I don’t know much about the wedding plans, as I’m the mother of the bridegroom, and the boys don’t tell me anything… unless there is a problem. So for now I am resting easy, knowi...
Advisory committee to review courthouse plans
The Nuckolls County Board of commissioners met at the county courthouse in Nelson, Monday. All three commissioners were present. The board accepted two bids for gravel for the county road department. Bidders were Mid-Nebraska Aggregate, Gibbon, and...
Vacuum station added for Lovewell boaters
Visitors to Lovewell Lake will find something new this year, The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks utilized aquatic nuisance species prevention funding to purchase clean, drain and dry stations. The units are solar powered and provide vacuum...
Sen. Deb Fischer will visit Superior during lunch hour
Deb Fischer, a United States senator from Nebraska, plans to be in Superior Monday. She will be speaking and visiting with constituents during the lunch hour at the Superior Estates Winery. Lunch will be served at 11:45....
Diversion construction may begin yet this year
The Bostwick Irrigation District Office in Red Cloud recently distributed a newsletter to farmers served by the district. At the time the newsletter was written, the elevation of Harlan County Reservoir was 1.939.3 feet above sea level which is near...
Skating rinks were popular attractions
In March of 1918 plans were announced for roller skating rink at Nelson. In later years rinks were also opened in Hardy and Superior. By the 1970s all the rinks were closed and the community of Superior began a fund drive to build and equip a new...
Attitude survey shows need for Superior childcare facility
More than 70 people gathered in the Superior Auditorium Monday evening for the 2014 Community Needs Assessment Survey report. This was the fourth such summary to be conducted in Superior. The surveys are required every five years if the community is...
Company closing 1,000 stores
Dollar Tree and Family Dollar announced that several area stores will be closing including the one in Superior. The closeout sale opened Monday morning. Customer vehicles filled the parking lot all...
Creative juices flow from Formoso
Thirty-nine year old Bret Williams, from Formoso, refurbishes copper, horseshoes, wood and other natural resources into functional pieces. "What I do is make functional things, or just things that I...
Presidential election results on website
Tuesday Kansas voters were asked to go to the polls to cast their ballots in a presidential primary election. As the polls closed after this issue was printed, we are unable to report the election results in this week’s printed newspaper. Jewell C...
Mankato City Library News
Mankato City Library has just received a gift of 100 new children’s storybooks, ranging from pre-kindergarten through early readers. These books were a donation from the Brownstone Book Fund, a private foundation in New York City, interested in f...
March is Match Month
The Mankato Chamber of Commerce March monthly meeting was last Wednesday, at the Buffalo Roam Steakhouse. Eleven members were present. President Jason Ortman called the meeting to order. Heather Thompson gave the treasurer’s report which was a...
MVFD receives water donated through a partnership
Mankato Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD) recently received a donation of canned emergency drinking water from Anheuser-Busch to help keep its responders hydrated as they battle wildfires this season....
Mankato Community Clean-up April 15-17
The Mankato Community Clean-Up will take place April 15 to 17. Jason Ortman and Brian Shulda will be taking reservations for pickups until Thursday, April 11. Then the City of Mankato will come and pick up items. Routine household trash will not be...
Rock Hills Board of Education accepts certified resignations
On Monday, President Marc Grout called the regular meeting of the Board of Education for USD No. 107 to order. Those present were, Marc Grout, Kenny Mizner, Brandon Hollerich, Bobi Fogo, Wayne Frost, Justin Angleton, Brenden Wirth (Zoom), Jeff...
St. Patrick's Day at the American Legion
The St. Patrick's Day supper at the Nelson American Legion, sponsored by the Legion Auxiliary, drew a bigger crowd than was expected and the food ran out before all hungry patrons were served....
Community Building Fundraiser adds $40,000 to Building efforts
". . . and a good time was had by all . . ." (To use an old quote.) That was a common emotion by the (just under) 200 people who attended the St. Patrick's Day theme 'Fund Raiser' dinner and social...
L-N opens track season at Doane
The Lawrence-Nelson boys and girls track and field teams opened the season at the Doane University Class D Invitational meet at Crete Thursday. Teams from Dorchester, Fullerton, Hampton, Heartland Christian, Heartland Community, Kenesaw, McCool...
L-N boys golf
The Lawrence-Nelson boys golf team was scheduled to open their season with a quadrangular match at Superior Tuesday. The match has been postponed because of the impending threat of inclenet weather....
SHS golf team
The Superior High School boys golf team opened their 2024 season Tuesday the Fillmore Central Invitational at Geneva. Efforts were being made to schedule a match at Superior today (Thursday). No further information was available at press time. A...
SHS track opens season at Doane Invite
The Superior High School girls and boys track and field teams kicked off the 2024 season at the Doane University Class C Invitational at Crete Friday. Teams from Bishop Neumann. Conestoga, Cornerstone Christian, Exeter-Milligan, Falls City, Grand Isl...
