Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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The roof of the old St. Joseph's Catholic School, where the Head Start program is now housed located on 6th Street, was in tatters and strewn across the lawn Tuesday morning. Captain Justin Trout of the Kimball Police Department and Deputy Dwain Murdoch of the Kimball County Sheriff's Office arrived on the scene making sure that parents were able to easily find their children and get them to the safety of their homes as 35 to 45 miles per hour winds with gusts of 60 miles per hour gushed...
Experience is a powerful teacher. Physically visiting a museum or historical site can help students recall facts deeper than if they were to merely read about them in a text book. The World Strides program offered through Kimball High School is one that allows students to experience the history of America by visiting our nation’s capital. A study done by the University of Arkansas examined what kind of benefits students experience from going on field trips. About 10,000 students were s...
Recently the 2014 Farm Bill was passed and that means some changes are being implemented to what is eligible for payout. On Thursday, April 17, Robert Nagel, Executive Director of the local Farm Service Agency (FSA) held a meeting for livestock producers in order to inform them of some of the changes. The first program introduced by Nagel was the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP). “What LIP does is it reimburses producers for losses above normal mortality for animals that died during a natural disaster,” Nagel said. This means that after the...
Mary Lilly, 63, a Resident of Kimball died at Regional West Medical Center on Friday, April 25, 2014. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday May 3, 2014 at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball, Nebraska with Pastor Hod Boltjes officiating. An inurnment will be held at a later date. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. To view Mary’s tribute wall and leave condolences for the family. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com. Memorials have been established to the family. The services for Mar... Full story
KYRA EMJAI EADS, 2 years old passed away Sunday, April 27, 2014 at her home with her family by her side. Her memorial services will be held on Friday, May 2, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Scottsbluff with Pastor Matt Fowler officiating. A memorial has been established to the Ronald McDonald House or to Team Ashtyn. Donations may be given to Kyra's Foundation at Platte Valley Bank, Points West Community Bank in Torrington and Pastor Matt Fowler. Tributes of sympathy... Full story
Lydia Dixon, 92, of Kimball, died at her home in Kimball on Saturday, April 19, 2014. Cremation has been held and burial will be at a later date in Worland, Wyoming. Friends may view the obituary and leave condolences for the family at www.cantrellfh.com. Memorials may be given to the family. The services for Lydia have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home. Lydia Dixon was born in Mitchell, Nebraska on March 25, 1922, the daughter of John and Anna (Kammerzell) Lipps. She was raised and... Full story
Two tournaments to report from the past week concerning the Kimball High boys' golf team and two more outstanding performances by senior Henry Heeg. On April 22, the Longhorns participated in the Morrill Tournament and Heeg shot a round of 37-38=75 to finish 3rd, actually one stroke behind team mate Jordan Greenwood who shot his season best round of 38-36=84 to take second place honors. Michael Ferguson had his best day also with a round of 84, just one place out of the top ten medal group....
Highlights were many for the Kimball High Track Team at the George Calvert Track and Field Meet held in Mitchell this past Friday afternoon with many athletes establishing new personal bests for the season, but top highlight was the record setting win in the girls’ 300 meter hurdles by sophomore Madison Biesecker as she kept her win streak alive with the record breaking time of 49.54, a personal best. She easily out ran the field with second place time by Brook Jamison of Hyannis timed in 51.08. The hosting Mitchell teams won both the girls a...
A new cell tower was discussed by the City of Kimball Planning Commission at their meeting Monday, April 21, where the proposal became a subject of, at times, heated debate. The proposal for a 75 foot cell tower that would sit at 3948 Road 34 North in Kimball was submitted to the commission via an application for a conditional use permit by Henry Jacobsen of Northeast Colorado Cellular speaking on behalf of Viaero Wireless. According to Jacobsen, the need for the cell tower on the west side of Kimball would be to accommodate the growing demand...
TeamMates Mentoring Program was founded in 1991. The group's purpose being to provide a good adult example in school aged children's lives in addition to parents and teachers. The Kimball chapter of the TeamMates recently held the Ken Risk One Hour Walk. Kim Baliman has been a TeamMates board member since the Kimball chapter's inception ten years ago and has been a mentor in the program for the last five years. She offered up a great deal of information on both the walk and the program. "Ken...