Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Interviews for the city of Kimball special projects coordinator/economic developer position are tentatively planned for the week of Jan. 13. City Administrator Dan Dean told the Observer on Tuesday that the city is conducting background checks before it interviews candidates for the key post. He said a number of applications were received for the position and the field has been narrowed to three individuals. The position opened when Amy Sapp resigned to take another job....
The Kimball School Board planned a special public meeting at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, in the high school to train the board on the SPARQ program that will result in paperless board meetings. SPARQ was expected to conduct the 45 minute training via phone or webinar. The board approved this new program Nov. 1. Board members and the public alike will be able to access board packet information in the future. A link for the public will be on the school district website, and people will be able access the meeting agenda and all of the...
The mystery of the drones in Colorado, Nebraska and now Kansas continues. The sighting of drones has all the area up in arms. Where are they from, who is flying them and, of course, why? Beginning about Dec. 20 and continuing to the present, there appear to be sightings almost every night from Grand Island to Morgan County, Colorado. That includes this past week in the Dix and Clean Harbors areas of Kimball County – and on Monday, Jan 6, night sightings were reported in the Scotts Bluff County a...
A team of 10 individuals from the Evangelical Free Church in Kimball are heading south to start their new year off by building a house. Star and Greg Harvie will lead the team to work for a week in Haiti building a house for a single mother with 5 children. The cinder block house will be 10 by 20 feet, basically four walls, no plumbing or interior amenities, just a simple structure, although the single mother does own the land that the house will be built on. The team will leave Denver on Jan....
On the first Saturday of every month, a growing group of women meet to quilt and share stories of their quilting adventures. At the gathering, a member will "show and tell" the other members about a new or unique technique such as how to put binding on,"paper piecing" or hand embroidering on quilts. They also showcase the quilts that they have made. The quilters are open to suggestions from anyone wanting to learn a new procedure. In addition, they welcome new and old quilters. The group...
Good morning, welcome January! This week we are talking about events scheduled up until next Wednesday, which is January 15 already! My, oh my. Hard to believe. So backing up just a bit. This Saturday, January the 11th, the Banner County Wildcat high school wrestlers will be heading to Garden County for competition and the speech team will be competing in Scottsbluff. On Monday, January 13, three band members will be going to Alliance to compete in the Oregon Trail Honors Band, and the school board will meet in the school cafeteria at 7 p.m....
Helen Joan Johnson, daughter of the late Alex and Elizabeth, (Engstrom) Christiansen of Kimball, passed away on January 6 near her home in Butte, Montana. She would have been 85 years old on February 1. Joan was a 1953 graduate of Kimball County High School. She later attended the University of Nebraska/Lincoln, and taught in the Kimball and other area Public Schools. She married Marvin Johnson in Kimball in 1960, and later moved with her family to Butte. Joana is survived by Sons Mike of Butte (wife Deanna, son Logan), and Steven of...
Marian L. McDowall, 89, of Kimball, passed away at Swedish Medical Center in Denver, Colorado, on Friday, December 20, 2019. A Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 11th with a Wake Service at 6:00 p.m. Friday evening. Both services will be in the St. Joseph's Catholic Church with Father Mike McDermott officiating. Burial will follow Mass in the Pine Bluffs Cemetery. Visitation will be at the church from 4:00-6:00 p.m. prior to the Wake on Friday. Memorials may be given in M...
For any of you city of Kimball officials who are trying to come up with ideas on how to bring people into Kimball, just hold more wrestling tournaments for the little kids! If you happened to drive by the Kimball High School this past Sunday you would know what I mean. The parking lots were filled on all sides as the families of the 178 young wrestlers who were involved, came to watch and cheer for their special little grapplers. High School Sports Is Back With the Christmas break over, the Kimball sporting activities start up again, and in...
A lot of area basketball teams take part in Holiday Tournaments after the Christmas break but Kimball takes a bit more of a break and returned to the hardwoods this past Tuesday with a trip to Big Springs to battle South Platte. This Saturday, they are at home hosting Chase County, and then on Tuesday, they are at Potter-Dix. Both the Kimball girls and boys are sitting with 3 wins and 3 losses at the Holiday break, and the schedule certainly is not going to get any easier. Let's take a look at...
The Kimball Wrestling Club held its Federation Wrestling Tournament this past Sunday – the K-Town Takedown – at the Kimball High gymnasium and attracted a large field of 178 wrestlers, according to one of the organizers, Bob Culek. The parking lots on all sides of the Kimball school were filled with vehicles from near and far! The Kimball club does a worthy job of handling the tournament in fine fashion and things ran smoothly with all of the matches held, which can be multiplied by three or four times the wrestlers. A thank you to Hannah Sny...