Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Tens of thousands of dollars have been saved by the city of Kimball due to efforts of the city line crew and the power plant, Mayor Keith Prunty said. After abnormal early morning high winds on Dec. 27, an east-west power line on the south side of town whipped back and forth – slapping lines together that created hours of short, on-and-off power outages for the majority of Kimball. None of the repair work was contracted out. It was all addressed and completed with Kimball crews, saving about $...
Kimball County Transit Services could oversee transit services in Chappell and Deuel County in the near future. KCTS administrator Christy Warner approached the Kimball County Commissioners at their regular meeting Thursday, Jan, 3, for direction on the matter in order to to start on the new budget. KCTS is in discussions of overseeing the transit service in Chappell if financially backed by the Deuel County, the city of Chappell and the Buckley Trust in Chappell. "Jump in if Deuel County,...
Average gas prices in Kimball dropped about 9 cents last week – from $2.24 to $2.15 per gallon of regular unleaded, according to a Western Nebraska Observer survey. The drop brings Kimball to within an uncharacteristically close 2 cents of Nebraska’s average, according to statewide gas prices Jan. 7 in GasBuddy’s weekly report. “I’m enjoying it,” said Tammy Miller, coordinator of the Kimball Banner County Chamber of Commerce. “I’m glad the price is down there, and I hope it stays down there with the state average. Any time prices are lowe...
Helping ring in the new year for the Kimball County Board of Commissioners are one re-elected member, Chairman Larry Engstrom, and newly elected Brandon Mossberg. Engstrom, Mossberg and Commissioner Timothy Nolting met last Thursday, Jan. 3, after elected county officials and deputies were sworn in to office that morning in the District Court room of the Kimball County Courthouse. Those sworn in to office included Engstrom, Mossberg, Sheriff Harry Gillway, Clerk of District Court Deb Diemoz,...
The annual Kimball Banner Chamber of Commerce banquet will serve up a main course of economic promise this time around. The banquet, next Monday, Jan. 14, at Kimball Event Center, features a presentation, “Preparing Your Business for the Missile Rebuilds.” Chamber board member Rick Forepaugh told The Observer on Tuesday that the missile rebuilds are positive news for the community as it looks to emerge from challenging times and grow. There are signs of hope: Kimball County’s November unemployment rate of 2.5 percent, the most recent figur...
Martha Mossberg, 101, of Kimball, died at the Kimball County Manor on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 14, 2019, at the First English Lutheran Church in Kimball with Pastor Caryl Miller officiating. Inurnment will be held at a later date. Friends may stop at the funeral home on Sunday, January 13, 2019, from 1:00 until 4:00 p.m. to sign the register book and visit with the family. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view Martha's Tribute...
Harriett M. Stull, 86, of Kimball, died at Kimball County Manor on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, at Kimball County Manor with Pastor Hod Boltjes officiating. Traditional Celebration of Life and inurnment services will be held at a later date. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view Harriett’s Tribute Wall and leave condolences for the family. A full obituary also will be published at a later date. The memorial services have been entrusted to Cantrell Funeral Ho...
If it weren’t already the case, the future for Kimball’s Shopko Hometown store appears certain to be short. Consider: • The store has begun selling off its fixtures. • A banner across the front of the building says “CLOSING” in big, bold letters. • The founder of a nearly 1,400-signature petition to save the store asked top Shopko executives this past week to reconsider their shutdown decision. The company replied that the “right decision” for Shopko “is to close the store.” Nicole Sanneh of Kimball, who started the petition Dec. 19 on c...
The group Funds2Org will make yet another stop in Kimball to pick up lightly worn shoes tomorrow – Friday, Jan. 11 – at Beer and Loathing, 206 S. Chestnut St. Funds raised through the shoe collection will benefit Gotte Park. In 2017, 135 bags of shoes were collected for a pickup. “We don’t have as many as the last time, but money raised for the parks is what matters,” said Heather Entingh, owner of Beer and Loathing. “ We have nearly 40 bags of shoes so far and will continue taking donations until tomorrow (Friday) morning.” Just like last yea...
With the Christmas break behind us, the winter sports action returns and Kimball High is going to be very busy. They got things going this past week and it is even busier this week. This past Tuesday Kimball hosted Potter-Dix for basketball although there was no girls JV and only two quarters of boys JV play. Upcoming Action On Friday, Kimball is at Bridgeport with JV game time at 4 p.m. followed by the girls and boys varsity. On Saturday, Kimball is on the road to Gordon-Rushville with a very early start time of 1 p.m. for JV games followed...
The Kimball high boys suffered two more losses as they returned to the hardwoods following the Christmas break. In a Thursday night home game they lost to Class B Sidney and then lost on Saturday night at Imperial to a very good Chase County team. SIDNEY 44, KIMBALL 33 Izaac Reuter made a strong move following the opening tip and connected on the first shot of the game with Sidney and although both clubs had a hard time converting shot attempts into made-baskets, the Longhorns had a good start...
SIDNEY 68, KIMBALL 28 The Kimball High Lady Longhorns saw their season record even out at 4 wins and 4 losses after losing twice over the past weekend. The Lady Horns had a tough schedule to say the least this past weekend. On Thursday night they hosted Class B Sidney, ranked 10th in the state rankings, and lost 68-28. On Saturday they made the trip to Imperial to face another top team in the Chase County Lady Longhorns and despite a good effort came up short losing 55-45. The Kimball ladies were simply outclassed in their contest with the...
The Kimball High Wrestling Team participated in the Garden County Invitational Tournament this past Saturday and had only one place winner on the day. "Overall, this meet was not one of our best performances" said coach Wade Brashear. "We ended up with only one pace winner in Jordan Cluff at 113 pounds. "There were other positives. Ethan Culek-Schaeffer won two matches and came into this tournament winless.Toby McManigal wrestled very well losing in the heartbreak round, but overall he had a...
A weekend of wrestling came to a close Sunday afternoon in at the Bulldog Brawl Tournament in Gering after Saturday’s tournament held in Mitchell. Kimball Wrestling Club finished 11th at Mitchell with 3,758 points. Tri-State Grapplers were tight on Kimball’s heels and finished 12th with 3,757 points. Banner County’s MatCats finished 18th with 3,750 points. Individual placings from Mitchell Tournament for Kimball Wrestling Club: 6 and Under 40-40 division, Laivyn Morgan placed third and scored seven team points. 6 and Under 41-43 divis...
Potter-Dix started off the new year off with tough losses for the boys and girls basketball teams. The Coyotes lost to Bayard last Friday, Jan 4, 70-20, and then faced South Platte at home Saturday in another loss, 61-22. The Lady Coyotes also faced off with Bayard last Friday and lost, 56-3, then headed home to face South Platte on Saturday and came up short, 50-10. The Potter-Dix boys and girls made the short trip to Kimball for games Tuesday night. No player or game statistics were available for any of these games before press time....