Articles from the November 9, 2023 edition

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Editor's Notebook

Our Kansas subscribers had an opportunity to go to the polls Tuesday and select those who will serve on school boards and city councils. This is an off-year in Nebraska and the polls were closed. That wasn’t the case in Nuckolls County in 1903. H...

 

Country Roads

The country roadways in most areas locally have become bumpy and are now rough for traveling. A driver has to watch out for pot holes filled with nothing but rock dust along the roads. I’ve been told, the rock road conditions were brought on by a rea...

 

Ask a Pastor Column

Q. If the Bible says that those who kill should be put to death (Genesis 9:5-6), wouldn’t that mean that those who put them to death would have to be killed themselves? A: Well now, that would cause quite a problematic chain-reaction, wouldn’t it?...

 

Love My Crazy Life

I need to rant just a bit. I was reading Senator Ricketts weekly column and it brought up a lot of irritation I have with our government. Where in the world do we get all this money we spend on foreign aid? I thought we were broke and in the hole...

 

LFFCʼs Harvest Festival popular way to annually conclude October

It was approximately 25 degrees outside last Tuesday night (Haloween), so it was good to be in out of the cold. It was warm indoors at the Superior Auditorium for the Fall Harvest Festival sponsored...

 

Ruskinites recall memories made in fire ravaged house

Members of the Ruskin Volunteer Fire Department were called to battle a house fire about 8 Saturday morning. The little blue house north of the C&M Supply office at the northwest edge of the east...

 

Internet speeds newspaper delivery

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...

 

Giving Tree sponsors hope to brighten holiday

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 Pre...

 

Hope Pregnancy Center thanks you

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...

 

The Torch-Red Model T

In January of this year, Paul Hutchinson, known for his jaw-dropping, custom automobiles, finished restoring his 1927 Model T. This torch-red classic has a custom frame and a Chevy 350 engine. The...

 
 By Jerry Kane    News    November 9, 2023

Upland hunters see variable success in opener

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 b...

 

Commissioners get first glimpse of attitude survey

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...

 

American Legion plans Veterans Day activities

In honor of veterans and active military service members, Nelson American Legion Post 187 will be raising American Flags at the Nuckolls County Courthouse on Saturday, November 11. Community members are also moved by and respectful of the flag...

 

Veterans Day once Armistice Day is Saturday, Nov. 11

Memorial Day, Armed Forces Day and Veterans Day all have to do with honoring our military service personnel but they are not at all the same. The days celebrate those “who died wearing the uniform,” those “who are currently wearing the unifo...

 

Mankato Volunteer Fire Department awarded grant

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...

 

Wick named "Communicator of the Year" by Kansas Extension

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...

 

KDOT continues to contend with staffing shortages

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....

 

More volunteers needed to run theater

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...

 

KDOT announces approved October bids

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...

 

Monica Hull

Monica Hull of Goodyear, Arizona, died at home on Oct. 26, 2023, at the age of 62. She was born April 18, 1961, in Superior, Nebraska, to Arlen and Ada- lene (Freitag) Schlueter. She was preceded in...

 

Margaret White-Breen

Margaret Ann Breen, the daughter of Robert and Margaret (Dunable) Selvage, was born on July 2, 1933, in Burr Oak, Kansas. She died on November 1, 2023, at Brodstone Healthcare, at Superior, Nebraska,...

 

Lynda Kay Aksamit

Lynda Kay Aksamit, the daughter of Marlen and Lola (Myers) Noble, was born on March 13, 1960, in Superior, Nebraska. She died Nov. 2, 2023, at Brodstone Healthcare at Superior, at the age of 63...

 

Dwane Hamel

Dwane Martin Hamel, 88, died Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, at his home in Clay Center, Kansas. Dwane was born July 10, 1935, at the family home located at the Ideal Cement Co Village west of Superior,...

 

Kevin Wulf

Kevin Jon Wulf, the youngest child of Kenneth and Loretta (Henry) Wulf, was born on July 21, 1963, in Superior, Nebraska. He died Oct. 30, 2023, at his home in Superior. Kevin grew up on a farm outside of Guide Rock, Nebraska, with his parents,...

 

Arleta B. (White) Carlton

Arleta B. (White) Carlton died Nov. 2, 2023 at the age of 94. She was born Sept. 16, 1929, to Earl and Velma White, Glen Elder, Kansas. After graduation from Glen Elder High School, having earned a...

 

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