Articles from the October 5, 2023 edition
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Country Roads
It’s pumpkin time! They are ready for picking up in stores, at local markets and in gardens. Yards, porches and homes have fake or real pumpkins on display, adding to the fall spirit. There are the usual real pumpkins, or pumpkins made out of...
Editorʼs Notebook
This week the Good Samaritan Society sponsored a fishing program for the residents of their Superior home. I wasn’t there to see it. So I can only guess how it was done. I suspect it was similar to carnival games where the players tried to hook a p...
Ask a Pastor Column
Q: Did the Exodus happen? Are you aware of the archeological discoveries that proved the contrary? A: I am indeed aware of the current tension between the Biblical account of the Exodus and certain archaeological perspectives, although I consider...
Tricky Dr. Miller
When I was growing up in Superior, Dr. H. H. Miller was an older dentist who had his office behind the Security National Bank. He seemed old to me and Editor Blauvelt confirms that he had been in practice in Superior since before WWI. He was a...
Traveling Again
One of my side ventures when I was traveling was a trip to a Mother Earth News Fair in Wisconsin. I saw it advertised in the magazine and decided to check it out. When I called to purchase tickets, I asked about camping spots. They told me they had s...
Puffs
Standing in line . . . We’ve all stood in line for something over our lives: going to a movie . . . to a sporting event . . . even in school for lunch . . . for many things. How many of you have ever stood in line to go to church ? ? ? I mean for...
Love my crazy life
Man has it been a week. I finally decided to go ahead and find a puppy so I went looking to see what I could find nearby. Honestly, there wasn't much. I didn't want a little yappy dog, and I didn't...
Superior High School front entrance doors opened
Tuesday morning, Superior High School front entrance doors opened to students and staff for the first time since construction started last spring. The new entrance is part of an overall school safety...
Superior retail sales up 3.7% in June
The Nebraska Department of Revenue has published a report showing retail sales for June 2023 for cities and counties and comparing those sales to the same time in 2022. Retail sales in both Nuckolls County and the City of Superior were up when...
Winter weather closing in on local highway projects
More concrete was placed Monday on Superior’s Fourth Street project. Hopefully, that means the street will be reopened in a week or so. While some concrete work remains the driving lanes had been paved. The eastern portion which serves Casey’s...
Pistol Packing Grandma reaches 100
Oh, the stories she can tell! Her grandchildren affectionately call her "pistol packing grandma," said Marion Hill, because when she was younger, she hunted deer, antelope, pheasants and jackrabbits. "It was bounty money. That's how we had money to...
Nuckolls County board ponders fate of courthouse
The Nuckolls County Board of Commissioners met at the courthouse in Nelson Monday. All three board members were present. The board approved routine claims. The board held a conversation concerning the future of the courthouse building. The debates...
3rd Red Shed Sale will be held Saturday
A few months ago a long-time Superior resident, Kelly Bouray, had a new home and shed constructed on a large lot located on the west side of the truck route around the east edge of Superior. The official address is 903 Hartley Street. In recent weeks...
Local mansions still making stories
New history is being made in the mansions of Nuckolls and Thayer counties. Here in Nuckolls County the owners of the Lyon mansion near the western edge of Nelson have responded to the many requests...
5 fire departments respond to hay fires
Friday was a busy day for area fire departments. The departments at Superior, Guide Rock, Lawrence and Nelson all responded to calls for assistance. The Guide Rock and Lawrence departments were...
Jewell County will not observe holiday
Many financial institutions and government offices will be closed Monday for the federal holiday long known as Columbus Day but the Jewell County Courthouse will be an exception. It will be business as usual for Jewell County as the holiday is not...
JC Conservation provides elementary education day
The Earth Balloon, Augmented Reality Sand Box and the Soil Tunnel Trailer brought soil and water conservation to the Rock Hills Elementary School. Kindergarten through fifth grade participated in the morning on Wednesday, Sept. 27. The youth...
Everett Benoit ranked 4th in Angus Registrations for Kansas During 2023
Everett L Benoit, Esbon, ranked as fourth largest in registering the most Angus beef cattle in Kansas with the American Angus Association during fiscal year 2023, which ended Sept. 30, according to Mark McCully, association chief executive officer....
Rock Hills students honor former student who died
Teara Rain-Ward, a Rock Hills graduate, died Sept. 25. To honor her, the Rock Hills students and the physical therapy department wore pink, her favorite color, on Friday at the bal...
K-State ramps up efforts to support training for remote work in Kansas
Not too long ago, working from home was a rarity for employees in most organizations. Then came a global pandemic. “Remote work exploded and I don’t think we’re going back to the way it used to be,” said Ron Wilson, director of the Huck...
Another JC author: Metz
Jewell County has several authors – ones from the past like, M. Winsor and James A. Scarbrough who wrote The History of Jewell County, Kansas in 1878. Or more recent ones like Erma Parsons Dillon (Burr Oak High School Class of 1952) and Jeri Davis...
Crouse Family named Jewell Corn Show Grand Marshals
Kerma, Forrest “Frosty” and Rachel Crouse have been selected to serve as the 2023 Jewell Corn Show Parade Marshals. The parade gets underway at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct.14. Kerma is the daughter of Rex and Ilene (Roe) Headrick. She was raised...
2023 Harvest a disappointment
It’s been a fairly full month of harvest! I’ve heard much disappointment in yields thus far. Perspective for me comes from helping serve eight counties this past year and seeing such a range of conditions. I have struggled to find ways to...
Hastings Family Care moving to new building on MLH campus
Hastings Family Care (HFC) is moving from its longtime home at Crosier Park Professional Center to the Mary Lanning Healthcare Medical Office Building. HFC, now located at 223 E. 14th Street, Suite 100, will begin seeing patients in its new home,...
P. E. O. Chapter J holds fun night
Chapter J met last Monday in the Salem Lutheran Church fellowship hall with Steph Thayer and Dana Epley serving as hostesses. Ruth Epley, vice-president, opened the meeting as President Sue VanSkiver was away attending the P.E.O. National...