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znions.
LB19 is wrong
As this is written it appears the Nebraska Unicam-
eral will adjourn without adopting LB 19. However, Sen.
Ernie Chambers has vowed to bring the bill back for
consideration next session. It was his priority bill this
session.
We regret the issue can not be permanently de-
feated.
LB 19 addresses sexual orientation to the factors
that an employer is forbidden to consider when making
employment decisions. If adopted, the bill would apply
to all businesses with 15 or more employees, those
financed in part by the Nebraska Investment Finance
Authority and all state agencies.
While the bill would not protect sexual conduct, we
believe it would wrongly create a protected class of
people living lives contrary to the religious convictions
of many Nebraska employers. Many Nebraskans be-
lieve the Bible sets parameters on sexual activity and
state law should not elevate to a protected class activities
many consider to be sinful. This action will undermine
family4zalues, create confusion and place homosexual
relationships on a par with the traditional one man one
woman marriage for a lifetime.
Those legislators supporting LB 19 ignored the fact
that at the last election more than 70 percent of those
voting passed the Defense of Marriage Amendment to
the Nebraska constitution. That amendment said Ne-
braska will only recognize a traditional marriage.
We believe business owners should have the right to
determine who they select to represent their fLrrn.
For example, if the legislation becomes law, the
owners of a Christian bookstore with 15 or more em-
ployees would not be permitted to consider the sexual
orientation of their employees.
Green-lighting government
Life is about grades.
At some hospitals, newborns are graded on a 10-point scale
as soon as they enter the world, with 10 going to the healthiest.
School, of course, is where we really learn about grades with the
"A" through "F" system
When we work, grades generally come in the form of perfor-
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mance rewews. When we play, grades steer us toward the best
plays and movies--and help us distinguish fine restaurants from the
local hash house.
Even the afterlife has grades, according to most religions: If
you earn a good grade, you go to heaven. If not, you'd better pack
a fan.
It seems everything has grades--except government, Sure,
The Heritage Foundation and George Mason University's
Mercatus Center have for years rated the effectiveness of govern-
ment programs. But the government has never graded itself.
Until now. President Bush--the first chief executive with an
MBA--has decided that government needs to check its perfor-
mance to see if your tax dollars are being well spent. "From the
beginning of my administration, I have called for better manage-
ment of the federal government," the CEO-in-chiefsaid in his Feb.
4 budget message. "Now, with all the new demands on our
resources, better management is needed more sorely than ever."
Unfortunately, the grades issued in the government's first
management report card were embarrassing. When it came to
finances, for example, 21 of the 26 major executive agencies,
including the Treasury, Justice and Defense departments, were
given "red lights" under a "traffic light" scoring system--as was the
agency that did the grading, the Office o fManagement and Budget.
Only the National Science Foundation got a green light.
I'm sure many cnics would say they aren't surprised byt
these results. But at least it's a start. And the best is yet to come: The
system eventually will be used to help determine how much money
the agencies should get in the federal budget. In other words, the
better-managed agencies will get more money, the more poorly
managed ones less,
The same goes for the people who run these agencies.
Mitchell Danieis, the president's budget director, says he wants to
link the annual bonuses of agency executives to their job perfor-
mances--just like most organizations do.
That would be a major step in the right direction. For years,
people have been hearing stories about dumb regulations and
dumber bureaucrats creating situations that never should be found
outside the novel "Catch-22."
You know what I'm talking about. Some paper-pusher buys
$ 800 hammers for the Pentagon. A department secretary can't e-
mail an employee one floor away because his agency's technology
is outdated. My favorite: A NASA probe built t,o explore Mars
fails, costing billions. Why? One team designed part of the probe
with English measurements (feet, inches), while another used the
metric system.
Before, these examples of government incompetence would,
at best, become jokes for !ate-night talk shows. Most people would
just shrug it off as something that's out of their control, like the
weather.
Not President Bush. He believes government can be run like
a good business, which means agencies and people must be held
accountable for the money they receive and the results they
produce. And he wants a system to track which agencies are
improving and which aren't before they get more money.
Sounds like a grade "A" idea to me.
Country Roads
Early this week it felt like winter went straight into summer.
As temperature records were broken Sunday, Monday and Tues-
day, the south hot wind swept through the area. On the way home
from work Monday. I noted clouds of dust rising from the worked
fields blowing across the roadway. The weather reports first
predicted a 40 percent'chance of rain but with each update the
probability was reduced.
We need rain and the sooner the better.
Prom time is here. Though I don't believe prom is as impor-
tant as it once was, the proms I attended as a high school junior and
senior were important to me. The events were discussed and
planned for months. As the date approached there were important
questions we had to answer. For example, it was important to know
who had a date, who didn't and who had purchased a prom dress?
Evening In Paris was the theme for our senior prom. For the
big night the cafeteria was decorated with blue and silver crete
paper strips to resemble the nightime sky. There was a cardboard
fountain in one corner of the room. Pictures were taken with an
Effiel Tower replica in the background.
Tables were decorated and set like those of a Paris sidewalk
cafe. The waiters and waitresses were selected sophomores. The
mothers of the juniors prepared the supper.
By Gloria Garman-Schlaefli
All the girls were dressed Jacqueline Kennedy style with the
long satin, simple, yet elegant dresses, in pastel colors. Of course,
we had to wear the elbow-length white gloves. Our hair was done
by the popular beautician and teased to stand out with bangs over
to the side and the perfect flip at the bottom.
No tuxs for the guys, They wore their Sunday-best dark
colored suits with the thin lapels, white shirts with button-down
collars, white socks and black shoes. They nervously pulled at the
thin black or dark colored ties they weren't used to wearing.
The junior class president gave the welcome and the senior
class president responded. Later, adance was held without a D J:
or band. We danced to long-play records. We did the jerk, the twist
and the pony to popular artists like Martha and the Vandelas, The
Supremes, and of course The Beatles.
There were no post-prom parties, but a friend invited several
junior and seniors to a party. It was a special party held at her
parents' farmhouse south of Mankato. We ate, danced, played
games and did a lot of latlghing.
Later, we all decided to be brave and take a walk in a nearby
pasture. In the dark we stumbled over logs and branches and
screamed at the sound of a hoot owl.
All too soon the big night we had planned for months was
over but the memories will last the rest of our lives.
Hopefully the hot dry wind which blew Monday and Tuesday
is not an indication of what the summer of 2002 will be likebut
those who remember what life was like here in 1935 are apprehen-
sive.
Timely rains helped produce a bumper crop last year but the
rains stopped coming prior to the fall harvest.
As local weather observers kept watch near sunset Tuesday
for the possible development of a severe thunderstorm, dust clouds
rolled across Superior. I don't know to describe the weather but it
was spooky,
The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm
warning and reported a storm front ranged from five miles east of
Bostwick to six miles north of Oak. The storm was expected to
contain winds of 60 miles per hour and damaging hail.
From the newspaper office one can normally look west or
south and see the tree line which follows the Republican River. As
the sun set Tuesday, I couldn't see that far. And grit covered my
skin and settled into my eyes. I could detect sand in my mouth.
After returning to my desk I called my father and asked if he
had seen the arrival of the dust storm.
Remembering the great dust storms of the 1930s, he argued
with my terminology. He agreed there was dust in the air and that
visibility had been reduced. However, he said in a real dust storm
conditions were much worse. He said Tuesday we had only a dust
cloud and not a dust storm.
He recalled a 1935 dust storm which struck while he was with
other teenagers at the Methodist Church.
When he went to leave the church, so much dust had sifted
into the distributor of his car that the vehicle wouldn't start.
Unable to drive to the family home southwest of Superior, he
walked home with Reed Butler. There they had to shake the dust
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By Bill Blauvelt
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off the blankets before going to bed.
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Fred Larson was not so fortunate. He was able to start his car.
While Mrs. Larson, drove Fred walked along side the car, feeling
for the urb with a stick and giving orders to the driver. At the
church, they met their daughter and took her home. All got home
safely, Their car however, inhaled so much dust the motor was
ruined.
In the days that followed school would be let out because of
the dust storms. Mother remembers the morning when school was
dismissed at 9:45. Dust so darkened the sky that chickens became
confused and went to roost early.
Homemakers attempted to filter the dust of the air in their
homes by hanging dampened sheets behind doors and windows.
Tumbled weeds caught on fences, stopped the dust and soon
it was possible to walk over the fences.
In the 1930s much of the dust al'riving in Superior originated
in Oklahoma and had a distinctive red color.
I've not seen such a storm but I remember the spring after-
noon when my father feared a similar stoim Was coming.
It may have been March or April 1956. The day was hot and
windy, much like Monday and Tuesday. -The country school I
attended had neither a telephone nor a radio.
Dad went to the school and told the teacher he feared a dust
storm was coming. I don't remember what the teacher decided to
do. but for me school was out for theday. Dad untied mypony and
encouraged the animal to run for home. It didn't take a lot of
encouragement for the horse sensed something was wrong. Dad
and I followed in the car. I
The storm did not developed as feared but as I rode to school
the next day, I was intrigued by the red dust which coated the south
side of the fence posts.
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Seventy Years Ago
Built in 1927 by St. Mihiel
Post, and reputed to be the largest
exclusive American Legion build-
ing in Nebraska, the Superior Hall
will be the scene of the Knight
Templar grand ball Thursday
night.
While working on a threshing
separator, Anton Goldbeck' s arm
became entangled in the elevator
belt of the machine. An X-ray
showed muscles and tendons had
been badly wrenched and tom.
A majority of the rural schools
in the Webber area will close this
term on April 22.
Qui Ring for the hostess, Lillian
Meyers, occupied the meeting of
the Rural Social Circle. Fifteen
members and nine visitors at-
tended.
Harry Snyder is ill with ty-
phoid fever in Brodstone Hospi-
tal.
A surprise birthday party hon-
oring D. M. Yohe for his 82nd
birthday was held at the Floyd
McFarland farm home. Attend-
ing were the Walkinshaw, Harold
Martin, Dan McFarland, Loy
Rouse, Ella Shaw, John Yung and
Glen Shaw families.
Fifty Years Ago
Chris Thomsen, 69, well
known farmer died at his home
north of Bostwick.
David Dahl, Jr., 20, formerly
of the Webber vicinity, was killed
in the crash of a B-25 Bomber DarylWiltonwasselectedstate
taking him to Greeley, Colo., for Farmer and Ed Hall, state agricul-
time with his mother, Julia Dalai. turalist, attbe FFA State Conven-
Newly installed officers ofthe tion.
V.F.W. are Dana Fenimore, Wil- Funerals were held for Ervin
liam Hayes and Eugene Brehm. Nielsen, Robert Keim, Thad
The city of Nelson celebrated Sperry, Meta Thomas, Howard
this week with a big Out-Of-Debt Ruttman and Robert Keim.
Jubilee.
Forty Years Ago
Changes in the Superior school
faculty have been announced by
Supt. Eugene Rarick. Leaving will
be Donald Beggs, Richard Fink,
Thomas Bahe, Roger Brendle,
Wayne Christensen, Elsie
McClun, Richard Swett, Glenda
Koester and Evelyn Olson.
Receiving the degree of State
Farmer at the FFA convention in
Lincoln were Victor Bargen, Lee
Grove and Bob Frahm.
Gwen Leece, a senior in the
home-making class at Superior
High School, won third place in
the Vogue Pattern Contest in
Omaha.
Thirty Years Ago
The resignation of two long-
time city servants, Mayor Donald
Kronbexg and Public Works Chair-
man Roland Wages were submit-
ted at the city council meeting.
Boyd Burge, 76, farmer who
lives southeast of Hardy, was seri-
ously injured when he was run
over by his tractor and weed
sprayer.
Patterson
Cecava
The
Choir is
Twenty Years Ago concert to
Charter members of the Supe- noon.
rior Mother's Study Club here for Six inches of
the 35th anniversary were Vivian 10 halting
Mariska, Nelda Nelson, Betty schools.
Kronberg, Mary Joerg, Marian (
Albin and Mildred Hannemen. 93rd
The club was organized at the in his
home of Ruth Pampel in 1947. The Do Drop.
New membersoftheKitkihaki petted
Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri- ,, McCorkle
can Revolution, are Mrs. Roger stead Of braking'
Wilton, Mrs. Wray Wehrman,
Mrs. B. K. Fuller, Mrs. Rick front of the
Johanson and Mrs. Bruce Renz.
Troy Hayeshas opened an au- ing.
tomotive repair shop in Daven-
port.
Ten Years Ago
Final design proposals were
approved and 20 large Lady the sanctuary
Vestey Festival banners were north to west
ordered for display in downtown added.
Superior,
Tae Ree Sellers is a member of
the Hastings Symphony Orches-
tra. She takes cello lessons from
the director.
Deaths listed were Harry
White, Ruth Nieholls, Orval
Esbon:
Area Church
United Methodist
Churches
Schedules for Sunday Schools
and Worship Service
Mankato Harmony: Worship, 11 a.m.
Sun. Sch., 9:45 a.m.
ionia: Worship, 9:30 a.m.
Sun. 5ch., 10:30 a.m.
Worship; 8:15 a.m.
: , Sun. Sch., 9:30 a.m.
Worship, 9:30 a.m.
Sun. Sch., 9:30 a.m
Burr Oak: Worship, I 1 a.m.
.Evangelical
Lutheran Church
201 South Center
Mankato, Kan.
Church 785-378-3308
R. 785-378-3766
Steve Little, Pastor _
" Sunday
Worship .................. 9:00 a.m.
Sunday School ....... 10:30 a.m.
Webber United
Methodist Church
Webber, Kan.
Office 785.361-2664
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anniversary with
and dance.
Christ
Churcl
Man00
-" 118 S. Corr
MankatO,
Res. 785.361-2070 785-378""
.... Sunday Sunday School :.'.
Worship ..... ...... ...:. 9:30a.m. Mornlng W¢°rshily
Sunday School ...... 10:30 a.m. ' -"
Pastor Joyce Beam Thaddeus J. HI
785-378":
Church The Nazarene Christian Fellowship Church
Oak, Neb. 740 E. Seventh
Phone 402-225-2284 Office Phone 402-879-439i Old Pleasant View School St. Joseph 's [
Sunday 7 miles No. of Nelson ' Superior,
Sunday Sunday School ........ 9:30 a,m. Sunday Rectory Phone 40:
Sunday School .............. 9 a.m. Morning Service ..... 10:45 a.m. Worship Service ............ I0 a.m.
Morning Worahip ......... 10 a.m. Evening Service ............ 6 p.m. Wednesday Mmm
Sunday Prayer .Wedy Adult Bible Study .............. 7 p.m. Dly Masses ......
Prayer MeeUng. Children's Ministry Children's Bible Study ...... 7 p:m. Saturday ............
, Meeting ................ 6:00 p.m. and Youth Group MeeUng ... 7 p.m.
Friday Sunday ...............
Jim Dresser, Pastor' Morning Prayer .......... 6:30 a.m.
Centered Denis Payne, Pastor Nelson-Sunday ";
Nondenominan Traportation and Nursery Pastor and Mrs. David Sellers Father philip J
Salem First Presbyterian Evangelical " L r ' " t
Lutheran Church Church Lutheran Baptist CJ
Slxth--d s. Church nss.00
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Sunday Phone 402-879-3733
Sunday School. .... 9:30 a.m. ST. PAUl,
Sunday School ........... 9:15 a.m. Hardy, Neb. Church 402-8
Worship ........... i. 10:45 a.m. Fellowship Coffee ...... 10:30 a.m. Phone 402-279-3205
Pastor LeS -
or 402-236-8825 - [d!
Rev. Daniel Hays Worshlp ........................ I I a.m. Sunday Worship ........... 9 &m.
Lutheran Vespats. IfI3. 7:30a.m. Rev. Mark Dlehl. Sunda,, School and rds
Fellrwshlp H6ur ...... 10 a.m. Church at study.":,'
nojtandth Pastor Rev. Howard Schroeder Worship ........ I
Faith' Our Redeemer United ! aewell
Fellowship Methodist Metla--o*'
Lutheran Church
,,,,. Ev.00,u00 Church Montro :,
Suy Church In America 448 N. Kmamul Street MethOO,
Worship Tvlce ............ 10:30 a.m. Terry MayllV/:J
Evemng Serv/ce, .................. 5 p.m. 50 N. Kansas " Superior, Neb, . .
lezcept 4Sundays) Superior, Neb. Sunda Jewell T
Sunday Sunday Serv/ce y School, ............ i.
Christian Development Night Momlng Worship 8:30 a.m. Morning Worship .......
Mutts and Children .......... 7 p.m. Sunday School ..... 9:45 a.pa. J Church School ..... 9:30 a.m. Kids for Christ- ...
Rock Solid Youth Group ...... 7 p,m.
Program, KISAM Worship ............. 10:45 a.m. WednesdaYMo
Su _allay Momn .......... 8:30 a.m. • .."
Patsy B user, Pastor Rev. Daniel Hays Rev. Dorthea Fairbanks FellowsipM°min WorshiPHour.
First Baptist Jewell County Calvary Bible .4-. Northl
Church Catholic Churcbes ..ou Free Church FI./|
99 W. Pearl, Jsll, Kan.
Sacred Heart, Esbon _ 788-48-$40 [[llll[[[ C h
E. Hwy 36 Mankato Saturday on first, third and ll Wayne Felgal, Pastor Phone 7B1
785-378-3655 fifth weekend ............... 6:30 p.m.
Sunday School ............... 10 a.m. Sunday on second and %t' .... Located eight
fourth weekend ............... I0 a.m. Wednesday Burr Oak and two
Worship ......................... ! ! a.m St. Theresa Youth Group ............. 7 p.m. Sand
Wednesday Bible Study
320 N. Commercial, Mankato 8ulldsy Sunday Sc, hool • ......
Sunday School ..... 9:30 a.m
7 p.m. 785-378-3939 Sunday Worship Service Worship ..................
Neolin Taylor, Pastor Sunday ................................ 8 a.m. 10:45 a.m. ' Joe Vance,
Fr. Allen Scheer, Pastor Family Bible Hour.,... 7p.m.
NPJlted with t lllcal Free Chuh FAmerlca "rlreThSonll
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Olive Hill .. Centennial Church of Christ Grace
Church Lutheran Church r,mh st,,et
Located five tulles south and (rssou Synod) Superior, Neb. 423 !€. Sleet, S
two miles ,WeSt of Super/or 81511N. llItota t, Sulmrlc, Neb.
on, 4oa-aTa-ats7 Wednesday Evening slqk Pastor
Phune 40-879-3676 8atmllay Youth and Adult Bible Study 7 p.m. • Home,
Sunday Worship .......................... 6:30 p.m.
Womhip Service .................. .9 a.m Worship Senrlce .' ............ 9 a.m. G
Sunday School .... 9:30 a.m. Sunday School-Blble • C
Sunday School "' 10:15 a.m. Club. ........ 8.
Worship ............ 10:30a.m. Class ............................... 10a.m. EveningServlce ......... 6:30p.m. .
Paul Albrecht, Pastor
Lester Snyder. Pastor w-,h wah us va l/ae broadcast Sunday School ............
Momlng Worship .........
each Sun on KRFS Rada A lot of kneeling keeps you in Prayer Time .................
Proclaiming Chrlst Since l a76 tase call for adanal u,'slap and ' good standing udth God.
• Blbb study opportlulttles. Allhllated with the £vaeltd
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