Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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By mid-Monday morning, the Hubbard Gap fire in Banner County appeared to finally be extinguished according to Tim Newman, Emergency Management 22 director. Newman said, that "it's not burning but we're still here. We'll be here for the next two or three days; we want to make sure that we tie a bow on it." The estimated number of acres burned stood at 4,000 this week. Earlier estimates from days before also had reported 4,000 acres burned, but the number was overestimated at that point. About 30...
Clean Harbors Vice President for Compliance and Regulatory Affairs Phillip Retallic spoke to the Western Nebraska Observer on Tuesday about the alleged violations and the settlement reached at the Kimball Clean Harbors Environmental Service facility. The action, he said, is “a consummation negotiations between all the parties, Clean Harbors Environmental Services, U.S. EPA Region 7 and the Nebraska Department of Environmental Protection.” Retallic continued to explain: “There were a number of allegations that were included in several notic...
The Kimball Rotary sentiment is "We are neighbors, friends, and community leaders who come together to create positive, lasting change in our communities and around the world." This low key organization is strictly a service organization, although it has international ties, the local Rotary has purpose and is the oldest service organization in town. It was started in the 1960s. As Kimball Rotary president, Greg Robinson said, "I was raised to believe in public service and that everyone needs to...
Pouring concrete at the Kimball Area Foundation Fund Walking Trail are David Atkins, left, and Americorps volunteer, Ezic Redmonds from Sacramento, Calif. AmeriCorps and local volunteers worked to spruce up the trail. Atkins and Redmonds were setting the base for memorial benches while others worked to clean up parts of the trail and put a rock entrance at the dog park....
Born and raised in Kimball then graduated in 2004 from Kimball High School, Ro Myra has just completed her first Americana record album. Americana is generally considered quaint and genteel and is influenced by country music, rock, folk, blues and R & B. Currently in Montana, Ro recently headed to Nashville to pick up her newly released album titled "Nowhere, Nebraska." "Nowhere, Nebraska" includes all songs that Ro wrote and recorded while in Nashville, Austin and Denver. The name change might...
Aaron and Teresa Deboodt are the most recent recipients of The Pride Of Kimball Yard of the Week. They have owned the home on the east edge of Kimball on Highway 30 for nine years. They have beautified the area with trees along the north side, underground sprinklers and a variety of flowers on the island in front of the home. Some of the flowers came from Alice Evertson. Accepting the award from Morgan Baker are Aaron, Teresa, Parker and Connor Deboodt....
The Kimball High girls golf team is off to a promising start after placing 3rd at the Sidney Tournament and 2nd at the Bayard tournament! The Lady Longhorns opened the season at Sidney competing with several of the large school including Scottsbluff, who won the team title with 328 strokes and placed all of their girls in the top 10 metal group. Alliance was runnerup with 404 and Kimball shot a very good scorer of 412 for 3rd place edging out Gering with 414 and Chadron with 416. Ogallala was...
I hope you sports fans have enjoyed getting to take in some area high school events? I know I have! Although the Kimball High football team was beaten soundly by a good Hitchcock County team in the season opener for both teams Friday night, I thought the way things were set up and handled in regards to the coronavirus situation were very good. The volleyball team and cross country team also got their seasons underway, and this week is Homecoming week for Kimball. The volleyball team is at Bridgeport this evening (Thursday). The girls golf team...
The Air Force announced that F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., will begin military construction in 2023 to replace the 50-year-old Minuteman III ICBMs in Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming. The second installation will be in Malmstrom AFB, Mont., followed by Minot AFB, N.D., in 2026 and 2029, respectively. Congress has already appropriated $90 billion for the replacement of the old missiles and the installation of the new missiles at the three missile bases. According to the release, "Using infrastructure at...
The City of Kimball is "only one of 29 communities to quality for the Nebraska Department of Economic Development's LCC program, created in 2011 to help villages and municipalities adapt to ongoing changes and opportunity in economic development. According to the department, Kimball has invested nearly $1 million in its business incentive programs. "Over the past year, the city has invested nearly $1 million in its business incentive program," the DED said in a release. "Kimball's Local Option...
The beautiful white, stately residence of Karen and Stephen Gilliland at 706 Marian St. was awarded the most recent Yard of the Week. According to the Gillilands, the British Border Garden has petunias, hollyhocks, blacked-eyed Susans, hydrangea, mint, fern, cosmos, columbines, iris and they are working on a rose garden in the backyard. The variety of flowers keeps color and blooms continuing throughout the summer. Stephen and Karen accepted the award from Morgan Baker and Heather...
As summer draws to a close, the community concert series is usually gearing up for their concert season, but this year there will be a little delay, according to the Kimball Concert Committee. The fall season is cancelled, of course, due to COVID-19. The current plan is to have the spring concerts as scheduled. The Chipper Experience is scheduled for March 22 and on April 17 Veritas will entertain. The committee reported that its members only got two concerts on last year’s tickets, so if you were a ticket holder last season you can use 2...
The Fall Sports schedule is underway for Kimball High athletes as the girls golf team got things going by competing in the Sidney Tournament on Tuesday this week, and today (Thursday), they are back in action at the Bayard Tournament. This coming Tuesday (September 1) they will host their own tournament with a 9 a.m. start time. You fans are welcome to turn out to watch and cheer the girls on. There will be open golf that day also, but call the Four Winds Pro Shop for tee times. The Lady...
The Farmer’s Day Committee is still working on the schedule for the 95th annual Farmer’s Day, which is set for Sept. 25-27. According to the celebration’s Assunta Nelson, “There are still quite a few things still up in the air; it has been a strange year.” The theme for this Farmer’s Day is “Sowing Seeds of Success.” “Currently under the Directed Health Measure we can’t have a parade, but the parade committee is working on an alternative that should be really fun,” she said. “We are still ironing out the details. We are committed to having as...
Mayor Keith Prunty has provided an update on significant issues in Kimball, including the status of the city administrator search and the city budget. He said the administrator position is about to be filled. The finalists for the position vacated by Dan Dean in early May are Carson Sisk, Annette Brower and Elizabeth Hansen, although Hansen has recently decided to take her name off the finalist list. The public interviews with the candidates will be conducted at the Sagebrush on Sept 4. The public will not be able to ask any question, but...
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, marked 100 years since the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It states, "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." Article Five of the U.S. Constitution stated that in order for the 19th Amendment to become part of the Constitution, the amendment had be ratified by either – as determined by Congress – the legislatures of three-quarters of the states or s...
Banner County School started the 2020-21 school year on Monday with a full day of school during a planned full week of classes. Other area school districts planned to follow suit this week, with Potter-Dix opening on Wednesday and Kimball on Thursday. In the photo, three Banner County Wildcats pose for a first day of school picture. From left are Quincy (third grader), Kort (kindergartener) and Makynna Boettcher (fifth grader)....
The latest Pride Of Kimball Yard of the Week award went to the Barb and Gary Bowron residence at 204 Elm St. in Kimball. The well-manicured yard has beautiful flowers, a soft, luscious grass and a hill full of chickens and hens. Accepting the award was Barb Bowron and her granddaughter, Kalli Shoup. Presenting the award were Mona Lisa Entingh, Nate Entingh, Heather Entingh and Morgan Baker....
The word from the Big 10 people in charge is no Fall Sports, so it looks like no University of Nebraska sports, including of course, Husker football! That is the bad news, at least as far as I am concerned, along with many others. The good news is we are going to have area High School Fall sports including of course our Kimball High sports this fall. And it starts as soon as next Tuesday, August 25th, when the Kimball High girls golf team opens up at the Sidney Invite with Tee time at 9 a.m. Then the girls go to Bayard on August 27th, and host...
The 2020 Four Winds Men’s Golf League came to a finish this past week with the team of Tristen and Chris Zitek, out of Pine Bluffs, winning the overall championship. The Zitek team won over the team of Dennis Deboodt and Leo O’Hare in a battle of division champs. The Zitek team won with 19.5 team points in their division of the 9 week schedule with Randy Bohac and Kevin Thomas finishing 2nd in that division with 19 points, Mike Moehr and Rich Flores were 3rd, with 17 points and Jeremy Williams and Jonathan Selves 4th with with 15.5 points. In...
I gave you a short brief on the 2020 Bag's Bar Golf Tournament in last week's Observer sports. But this week I have the entire results of the two day scramble held at the Potter Golf Course thanks to Kristi Jung. There were 28 four-person teams with the team of Doran Bush, Lane Juelfs, Morgan Haupt and Lance Juelfs winning the championship flight easily with their score of 76, and as reported last week, Lance Juelfs scored a hole-in-one on both days for his winning team! There was a tie for...
High school students employed at Kimball County Manor, dressed for their prom, paraded down the manor's hall and into the dining area Friday to greet the manor residents and show off their attire. Usually all prom goers show off their attire at the manor, but this year just current high school employees were allowed. The Jr/Sr Prom was delayed a few months due to COVID-19, but Friday evening the prom was celebrated at The Sagebrush for Kimball students. The employees were screened as usual with...
A Kimball woman, Alexzandra Trujillo, 29, passed away Monday, Aug. 10, at the scene of an accident south of Kimball. The crash occurred on Highway 71, approximately two miles south of Kimball. Nebraska State Patrol first received a report at approximately 6:30 p.m. Monday. The preliminary investigation showed that a Chevrolet Trailblazer was traveling southbound when it left the roadway, overcorrected, and rolled several times. Trujillo was the driver and ejected from the vehicle. Alcohol is suspected to be a factor in the crash. The Kimball...
The regular monthly meeting of the Kimball School Board was held Monday, August 10 with about 10 people in attendance. The meeting addressed regular issues, such as board bills, the treasurer’s report, minutes and updates on policies such as wage information and military recruiters. The second reading for a number of different policies to be adopted was approved. The administrator reports reported on important dates for the elementary school, such as the August 13 parent meeting and August 18 open house. According to Superintendent Trevor A...
The home of Jim and Betty Schulte received the most recent Yard of the Week award. The Schultes have lived in the house at 400 S. High School Street for 35 years. The yard had no flowers when they purchased the home. Although many of the flowers in the yard have already bloomed, the beautifully maintained yard is still eye-appealing. In the front yard, Betty has day lilies, corn lilies, lots of vines, and snow on the mountain, and in the backyard she has raspberries and tomatoes along with...