Guide Rock News

Charles Isom, the new superintendent of the Superior School District, participated in his first board of education meeting Monday in the high school library. All eight board members were present, as well as elementary principal Doug Hoins and secondary principal Bob Cook.

Before the start of the regular meeting, three short public hearings were conducted for review of the district's policies concerning parental involvement, student fees and bullying.

The parental involvement policy was unchanged. Isom reiterated the necessity of making information about students and their education available to parents. Mr. Cook offered information about some of the ways parents currently have access to that information.

“It would make the need to buy surface water less frequent”

A pipeline to send water to Kansas is an idea being floated by the three Republican River Basin natural resources districts. via McCook Daily Gazette

“At first, that's where we thought we would go”

NRD board gets first look at potential augmentation sites By Russ Pankonin The Imperial Republican Engineers with Miller & Associates of Kearney identified nine possible sites in a study to look for locations ... via Imperial Republican

“We are looking for friendly experienced help”

The former Evelyn's restaurant, Superior, sold at public auction last Wednesday for $70,000 to Clifford and Diana Vogler, Guide Rock, and Mark and Cindy Betka, Superior. The purchase included the restaurant equipment and the building located at 156 E. Fourth Street.

The property was sold by Farmers and Merchants Bank, which had received it as collateral on a loan.

The property was offered three ways. Bids were sought on the building and equipment alone and together, with the highest combination being declared the winner. The sale drew interest from out of state. The next highest bidder was from Ohio. Read more

If we're going to be buying water to satisfy requirements of the Republican River Compact, we need to get the most bang for our buck. via McCook Daily Gazette

The Nuckolls County Board at Monday's regular meeting received information about the current noxious weed remediation project on the Republican River from Merle Illian, executive director of the Trailblazer RC&D, headquartered in Red Cloud.

Illian told the commissioners the aerial spraying (by helicopter) was completed and the project is moving to the next phase the physical cleaning out of the stream bed. One of the helicopter pilots has reportedly recommended working upstream from the state line on that part of the project. Read more

DNA testing gives cattlemen a new way to "eyeball" their cattle. Cattlemen can look deep into the genetic makeup of their cattle for a number of traits including tenderness, marbling, polled, and coat color. via High Plains Journal