Articles from the July 22, 2021 edition

Sorted by date  Results 1 - 25 of 26



Country Roads

Things change and I certainly realize this the older I get. The last several wedding ceremonies I have been attended have been held outdoors at what is called a chosen “Venue” which officially is termed as “the place where something happens, especial...

 
 By Bill Blauvelt    Columns    July 22, 2021

Editor's Notebook

I’ve been told history repeats itself and this newspaper is filled with old news. At least part of the time, both are true. History does tend to repeat and this newspaper tries to report on both what is happening and what has happened. In this space...

 

Ask a Pastor

Presenting Biblical answers to tough questions Q: What does the Bible have to say about anger? Is it a sin to be angry? A: The Christian’s ultimate standard for right and wrong is the character of God Himself (see Matthew 5:48 for one example). T...

 
 By Allen Ostdiek    Columns    July 22, 2021

Puffs

Gosh, last week I had a number of items I was thinking about for this space. However, I did make a note of them and have seemed to have forgotten most of them by Monday morning. So, I think I’ll cover several items without any particular system in mi...

 
 By Teraesa Bruce    Columns    July 22, 2021

Love my crazy life

First and foremost, I have a mistake I need to correct. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article about the Fourth of July events in Oak and made a mistake. I said the pastor’s name was Keith, it is not. It is Kevin Bogus, and I know this. I often m...

 

Nuckolls County honors open class fair exhibitors

Ann Watts earned the outstanding exhibitor award by bringing the highest number of high quality exhibits in all areas of open class to the 2021 Nuckolls County Fair. In addition to the outstanding...

 

Nuckolls County boosters receive honors

Kylie Kinley, Southern Plains Extension Educator served as mistress of ceremonies for the 2021 Nuckolls County 4-H awards night. Kylie Beard and Wyatt Brockman, 4-H ambassadors, opened the ceremonies...

 

DUI charge results in state prison time for repeat offender

Several Nuckolls county residents were sentenced in District Court at the Nuckolls County Courthouse in Nelson Tuesday. District Court Judge Stephen Illingworth presided over the court proceedings. Cody Bohlen had been found guilty of several...

 

Delta variant found in South Heartland district

South Heartland District Health Department has confirmed the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant of COVID-19 virus within the health district, which encompasses Adams, Clay, Nuckolls and Webster counties in south central Nebraska. The variant results were...

 

Co. Board ponders fate of county's first large building

The Nuckolls County Board of Commissioners met for a regularly scheduled meeting Monday at the county courthouse in Nelson. All three commissioners were present. Jeff Wagner, the county highway superintendent, Cindy Buescher, executive secretary and...

 

Superior Auditorium receives 30 day-30,000 challenge grant

The Superior Auditorium committee has received word of a $30,000 challenge grant offer from an anonymous Nebraska foundation to assist with payment of the newly installed heating and cooling system. The committee has formally accepted the challenge...

 

The 43rd Jewell County Threshing Bee offered activities for all ages

The 43rd Jewell County Historical Society Threshing Bee and Antique Tractor Show was a great success because of the hard work of the volunteers and committee members and all those who attended....

 
 By Kerma Crouse    News    July 22, 2021

Seventh Plow Day held Friday near Jewell

The 7th Jewell County Plow Day By Kerma Crouse Friday, July 16, was a good day to plow in Jewell County! Twenty-nine men and one woman showed up to do just that on a farm owned by Joe Eilert. The...

 

Road repairs discussed at Jewell County commissioners' meeting

The Jewell County commissioners met last Monday. Commissioners Brent Beck, Steve Greene and Keith Roe and Carla J Waugh, county clerk, were present. Randy Hofmeier, CPA with Lindburg, Vogel, Pierce, Faris Chartered, reviewed the 2022 budget draft....

 

The City of Mankato has three new employees

Two new employees and a summer helper have joined the staff at the City of Mankato. Sharon McCormick is the new office clerk, Stephanie Mendez took over the office assistant position and Buck Luedke...

 

Couples Summer Golf League completes seven weeks 

the Couples Summer Golf League met at Elk Creek Country Club in Nelson Friday evening for week seven of competition, and what a perfect evening it was. The format for the week, in addition to the usual two-person scramble, was the option to putt...

 

Veronica Ostdiek

Veronica Agnes (Rowley) Ostdiek, 86, of Monticello, Illinois, died at 9:44 p.m., July 12, 2021, at Carle Hospital, Urbana, Illinois. Veronica was born on Jan. 21, 1935, in Wood River, Neb., the...

 

Robert Karmazin

Robert J. Karmazin, 96, died Sunday, July 18, at College View Assisted Living, Hastings, Neb. Rosary was at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 20, and Mass at 10 a.m., Wednesday, both at Sacred Heart Catholic...

 

Brockman Funeral

A funeral was held for Lawrence area native, Bernadette Ann Brockman Saturday, July 16, at the St. Stephen Catholic Church south of Lawrence. Miss Brockman was born April 20, 1953, and died in Grand Island, Neb. on July 9, 2021. The Funeral Mass was...

 

Bernie White

Bernie L. White, 70, of Belleville, died May 28, 2021. Cremation was selected. A funeral will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, July 24, at Trinity United Methodist Church, Jewell. The family will greet friends prior to the service at the church from 1...

 

Betty Fogo

Betty Joyce Fogo was born on July 29, 1931, in Northbranch, Kan., the daughter of Harold and Nina Silsby Beam. She died Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at the Salina Regional Health Center in Salina, Kansas at the age of 89. Betty graduated from Esbon High...

 

Marilyn Piper

Marilyn Sue Piper, 75, of Wamego, Kan., died Wednesday, July 14, 2021, at Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan, Kan. Marilyn was born on Feb. 11, 1946, in Formoso, Kan., the daughter of Laverne an...

 

Ronald Payne

Ronald Albert Payne, 89, of Formoso, Kan., died July 18, 2021, at the Jewell County Hospital in Man- kato. He was born Aug. 15, 1931, to A.C. "Bert" and Vivian (Dyas) Payne, on the family farm four mi...

 

ERROR...

 

Golf camp at Superior Country Club

Golf camp at Superior Country Club The Superior Country Club hosted a youth golf camp Thursday and Friday. Young golfers from Nuckolls and Thayer counties participated in the event. The girls and...

 

Page Down

Our Family of Publications Includes:

Superior Express
Nuckolls County Locomotive Gazette
Jewell County Record

Powered by ROAR Online Publication Software from Lions Light Corporation
© Copyright 2024

Rendered 04/15/2024 20:55