The Superior Express -

Sunday afternoon, while returning from a visit with Rita’s mother at Osborne, we encountered a fireman stopping traffic on the highway south of Lebanon. Sheriff’s officers were stationed on Highway 36.

Not seeing any smoke which would have indicated the presence of a fire, I thought there must be a horrific accident over the next hill and we would have to take county roads and detour around the accident scene.

A fireman walked our way and we rolled down our vehicle’s window. He apparently read our vehicle’s license tag as he approached for he asked, “Are you headed to Nebraska?â...