No. 32
3"he Superior Express
Official Nuckolls County Newspaper
Price 50¢
National Edition
Member of Nebraska Press Association and National Newspaper Association 20 Pages in Three Sections
ISSN 0740-0969 © 2002 Superior Publishing Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved Thursday, Aug. 8, 2002
Superior, Nebraska 68978
y scouts participated in a flag retirement ceremony in Lincoln Park, Superior. Above, Jesse Taylor cuts apart the red and White
The red stripes, white stripes and stars were each burned separately. Approximately 30 worn, torn and tattered flags were retired. Other
olding the flag are Dalen Tietjen (center) Nick Hawley (far back corner) Michael Perry (holding stars). Cub scouts watch in the back ground
day camp assistant stand at attention on the left. Cub scouts attending day camp were Levi Schultz, Zach Dressman, Brandon Simonsen,
Wes Clyde, Austin Kroeger, Luke Renz, Ross Porter, Jacob Hawley, Spencer Blackstone, Rhys Williams, Chris Lundquist and Brett Garver.
Steve Headrick, Jeff Christiancy, Darren Blackstone, Kevin Knoell, Todd Kroeger, B.J. Gardner, Tonja Blackstone
or GIS may spell
Nuckolls Co. maps
with $1,500 worth of software and
some hand held equipment."
Robb recommended a computer
software program called 'Artview'."
"The GIS shows an amazing amount
of detail," Robb said.
Discussion with the county sur-
veyor in a meeting earlier this year,
indicated more thah $75,000 Of tlr -
veying work might be the first step in
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accuracy of multiple tasks currently
done by hand in the assessor's office.
For the road department GPS would
help with the documentation of sign
placement, assist with the marking
and sizing of culverts and various other
tasks requiring specific location deci-
sions.
"All state bridges are already
marked (GPS)," Robb said, "'I think
the road department can get started
FSA crop history letters
confuse county farmers
'2002 PFC Acres' are exactly that, the
Production Flexibility Contract acre-
ages that producers are currently earn-
ing benefits on through the 1996-2002
AMTA Program. They are not the 2002
planted acres. This year's planted acre-
ages are not part of the new base calcu-
lation and this column shall not be
confused with the others."
Kovanda concludes: "FSA training
on this new program is next week so
more information should be available
by Aug. 15. The actual base selection
process will take place sometime after
Sept. 1 and producers will receive an-
other letter with information and farm-
by-farm options at that time."
Community-wide
garage sales in
Superior Saturday
Saturday is expected to be abusy
day for many Superior residents for the
day has been designated as commu-
nity-wide garage sale day. Thirty-one
sale locations are advertised in this
issue. Several of those locations are
multi-family sales.
Twice each year, the last Saturday
of April and the second Saturday of
August, this newspaper sponsors the
community-wide sales event.
The August date always includes a
number of shoppers looking for back-
to-school clothes and gardeners offer-
ing their surplus garden vegetables for
sale.
The sale locations and a description
of items at each location and a map of
Superior may be found in the com-
bined classified section of this news-
paper and the Jewell County Record
newspaper which is published at
Mankato.
Each person registering a garage
sale received a sign to mark their sale
location as an official particpant.
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Markets
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Superior Market
Wednesday, August 7, 2002
• ,, New Crop
Corn ............................... 2.38 2.48
Milo ................................ 2.51 2.48
Wheat ............................ 3.72 3.75
Soybeans ........................ 5.43 4.93
Land owners and operators received
letters recently from the Nuckolls
County FSA Office with information
concerning their farm's cropping his-
tory, according to Dale Kovanda,
county FSA director.
"Although we didn't draft the let-
ter, we did send it, and it contains
confusing information in one particu-
lar location," Kovanda added. "We' ve
already received a lot of calls from
producers concerning the column that
says '2002 PFC Acres', especially since
it sits to the right of the headings for the
1998 through 2001 acres. The 1998-
2001 headings indicate the actual
planted acreazes those years while the
continues related to us-
istem (GPS)
ystem (GIS)
)unty. Monday,
reported
sinners on visits
in Franklin, Phelps and
,uld be more
for the county road
for the county asses-
to aerial maps
used for years only jt
and in color.
provides the longitude
geographi-
the appropriate com-
would calculate
gnated par-
and increase the
Observer
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1 ..................... 26.91
1 ..................... 3.24
1 ................... 20.21
who have survived cancer took the first lap at the Relay for Life at the Superior Wildcat track Friday night. The first lap was named
were present to open the evening activities. The event raised more than $11,000 to assist with cancer research.
Lew Hunter receives
screenwriting honors
By Kenny Ray Hunter
Special to The Superior Express
Superior resident and Guide Rock
native Lew Hunter scooped up another
trophy for the Day House Saturday in
Los Angeles. The American Screen-
writers Association, an organization
he helped establish, finally got him to
sit still long enough to accept their Hall
of Fame Award as part of their
weeklong Selling to Hollywood Con-
ference.
At the same banquet, Mary Tyler
Moore received the David and Lynn
Angell Humanitarian Award; named
for the co-creator of Wings and Frasier,
who along with his wife Lynn were
killed in the terrorist attack of Septem-
ber 1 l th. At the pre-banquet recep-
tion, Mary greeted Lew warmly, re-
membering him from the days when he
was a network executive.
The ceremonies, held Saturday
brought Lew back to Universal City,
which was once the backlot and stu-
dios of Universal Pictures.
Lon Diamond, a student from his
first class at UCLA, (now a successful
television writer, working on his first
big-budget feature) gave a speech
which was a combination celebrity
roast and tribute. He recounted Lew's
career which included three decades as
an executive for Walt Disffey, NBC,
and other networks and motion picture
companies, before Lew found his true
calling, teaching. His teaching career
took Lew to every inhabited continent
on the globe; and he established
screenwriting programs at the
Sorbonne University in Paris, London
Superior's Low Hunter and Mary Tyler Moore were honored Satuday night
by the American Screeenwriters Association.
University, Moscow University, and
in other world capitals.
Shyly acknowledging the standing
ovation from 300 guests (who paid
$125 a plate), Lew insisted on sharing
the podium with his wife, Pamela.
Wearing the Hunter tartan, a kilted
Lew preached the gospel of
screenwriting; gently urging his con-
gregation to not only entertain but to
do good work.
The audience, composed of his aca-
demic and industry colleagues and
many tbrnmr students who are now
successful writers in television and
motion pictures, included Shane Black,
who wrote "Lethal Weapon" and "Last
Boy Scout" who was the featured
speaker at the screenwriting confer-
ence that week.
Following the banquet, Pamela and
Lew hosted the "Writer's Block Redux"
which revived their monthly open
house in Burbank, Calif. (which ran
for 20 years), when Low was teaching
at UCLA.
A lone walker circles the Superior Wildcat Community track and reads the individual names on the 758 luminaries
along the track edge. Ten teams (representing 138 walkers) kept at least one walker from their team circling the track
all night Friday, as part of the 2002 NuckoUs County Relay for Life. The event raised $11,845 for cancer research.
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55 SHI00IVO S make first lap
for cancer fund raiser
The 2002 Nuckolls County Relay
for Life raised $11,845 for cancer re-
search. After the opening ceremonies,
cancer survivors wearing purple shirts
and carrying helium filled balloons
took lap "won". At the end of the lap,
the balloons were released as a group.
Lap two was the "Parade of Teams" -
138 people composed the 10 relay
teams.
As survivors circled the track, their
names were read and the number of
years they have survived. Those present
were Carolyn Adams - 3 years, Paul
Albrecht - 1.5 years, Sherri Beam - 4
years, Mildred Black - 15 years, Sandy
Bothwell - 5 years, Carol Brant - 5
years, Donna Christensen - 14 years,
Pat Czirr- 8 years, Jan Diehl - 8 years,
Ruth Disney - 3 years, Marsha Drudik
- 7 years, Keith Eickmann - 39 years,
Loretta Feistner- 19 years, Buck Flower
- 17 years, Dutch Flower - 3 years,
Chris Gelvin - 18 years, Ella Grove - 4
years, Virgie Howe - 4 years, Paul
Hutchinson - 6 years, AI Jorgenson - 7
years, Shirley Jorgenson -, 6 years,
Gerry Karmazin - 9 years, Marsha
Kinyoun - 6 years, Marvin Lewis - 2.5
years, Ron Lewis - 8 years, Glenadine
Lorimer - 8 years, Vivian Mariska- 1
year, Frank Martin - 2 years, Judy
Mertens - 12 years, Lila Mertens - 31
years, Donna Mickelsen 7 years,
LaMira Mueller- 20 years, Ruth Noren
- 15 years, Charith Owen I year, Leona
Paulsen - 7 years, Elsie Penney - 15
years, Bonnie Peter:sen - 4 years, Jayne
Pohlmeier- 4 years, Marianne Reiman
- 7 years, Pam Riley - 23 years, Jim
Rodehorst - 1.5 years, Beverly Rogers
- 3 years, Kendall Schendt - 2 years,
Ethel Smith - I year, Blanche Statz - 3
years, Peggy Stineman - 3 years,
Marlice Sullivan - 2 years, Roxanne
Thompson - 20 years, Deanna Tuttle -
6 years, Elsie Uplinger- 32 years, Una
Mac Wadley - 48 years, Linda Warren
15 years, Sherry Wissing - 10 years,
Larry Yost - 20 years, Billy Maxey - 2
years and Nine Lea Williams - 4 years.
Fifty-five survivors were present at the
relay, 106 survivors registered.
During the ceremonies Chris
Pohlmeier presented a check on behalf
of Andrew, his brother, from jars placed
in Lawrence.
Relay team captains with their team
names were as follows: Dixie Ganshert
- Home Federal, Laurie Stout - Nelson
ambulance, Jennifer Warneking - Su-
perior High School volleyball, Brit-
tany Utecht - Superior High School
volleyball, Susie Lowery - Brodstone
Memorial Nuckolls County Hospital,
Kendra Morris - Mother's Club and
fire fighters auxiliary, Sheryl Druba -
Waddels and Druba Trash, Marsha
Kinyoun - Superior Vision, Roberta
Rowley - Ribbons and Roses and
Marsha Drudik - Lawrence Nelson.
The oldest person walking was
Joline Allington. The youngest person
walking was Colton Biltoft. The best
campsite was awarded to "The Ducks"
sponsored by Waddles and Druba Trash
Hauling. The oldest male survivor was
Ron Lewis. Mildred Black was the
oldest female survivor. The youngest
male survivor was Kendall Schendt.
Sherri Beam was the youngest female
survivor. The male who had survived
the most years was Keith Eickmann.
Una Mae Wadley was the female who
had survived the most years.
The,Nelson Good Samaritan Cen-
ter participated in the relay by wearing
pins and keeping track of their walks in
the hallway. They collected $214.75.
Profits from the Superior Lions Club
food stand contributed $521.43.
For the second time
state stops Blue
River irrigators
Tuesday, the ,Department of Natu-
ral Resources issued orders stopping
irrigators and other water users in the
Little Blue River basin that were junior
(newer in time) to Nov. 1, 1968, The
state line flows (required in the Blue
Rivers Compact which Nebraska and
Kansas entered into in 1971) are not
being met. The compact requires a
flow of 80 cubic feet per second at the
state line during the month of August
and Monday, the flows were approxi-
mately 58 cubic feet per second.
The department also issued orders
to senior appropriators (those with pri-
ority dates after Nov. I, 1968) requir-
ing them not to take more than their
permits allow, and to all appropriators
having rights to store water telling them
they could not store any additional
water in their reservoirs until further
notice.
This is the second time this year
that water users in the Little Blue River
basin have been closed because of re-
quired state line flows. The depart-
ment closed such users on July 18 and
then opened them on July 29 when
flows increased.
Monday the department took a Simi-
lar action for appropriators in the Big
Blue River basin because of reduced
state line flows on that river. The Au-
gust requirement on the Big Blue River
is 90 cubic feet per second.
