Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Rising once again after declining membership and participation threatened its existence, the local Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #2243 teamed up with auxiliary members and the Kimball County Veterans Service Office for the 2017 Memorial Day Ceremony at the Kimball Cemetery. Master of Ceremony, Butch Nitz, who also serves as the Post Surgeon, introduced Kimball Mayor Keith Prunty to begin the program, "Memorial Day is a time for us to connect with our history and our core values by honoring those...
The board received a presentation about the Kimball Power Plant regarding ways to improve the system that runs hot water from the power plant to the electric shop, through the coils under the floor to heat the shop. Keep Kimball Beautiful director Spud Rowley reported that the facility is preparing for single stream recycling. Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN) has used the City of Kimball’s lines from the wind farm to transport electricity. Sandhills Energy purchased the local wind farm and are in the process of redoing things, p...
Two days after receiving the first of three parvovirus (parvo) vaccinations, given by local veterinarian, Mimi Shaw, one puppy from a recent litter returned to Prairie Animal Hospital showing signs of the deadly virus. Though the pup had received its first shot, it had already contracted the highly contagious and extremely resistant disease. “Parvo is very resilient. It survives rain and sun, the only disinfectant is a dilution of bleach,” Shaw said. “Clean up all vomit and stool, and disinfect that area immediately.” This pup, and all of its l...
Blending medication management and education is just one way that Kim Purifoy is changing diabetes treatment at Kimball Health Services. A family nurse practitioner from Cheyenne, Kim specializes in diabetes while seeing patients at the local clinic. "I see all age groups, but over the years I worked with Babson and Associates in Cheyenne on developing a diabetes education and management program within the practice," she said. "I moved out on my own and continued to work with people with...
Beverly J. Hisey, 85, of Kimball, died at her home in Kimball on Saturday, May 20, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 26, 2017 at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Kimball with Pastor Carla Gunn officiating. Burial will be held in the Kimball Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday from 1:00 until 6:00 p.m. Visit www.cantrellfh.com to view Bev's Tribute Wall and leave condolences for the family. Memorials have been established to Trinity...
The Kimball High Boy's Golf Team brought home their share of honors from this year's Nebraska State Class C Golf Tournament held at the Meadowlark Hills Golf Course in Kearney this past week. As a team, Kimball finished in second place with their two-day score of 648 to earn the runner-up trophy presented by the NSAA, trailing only the winning team from Lincoln Lutheran that shot 639. On this note, the Lincoln Lutheran team is made up of all five seniors, while Kimball will lose only one senior...
Kimball Legion Baseball, traveled to Torrington, Wyo., on Friday, May 26 and the young club came home with a loss despite valiant efforts on the diamond. Kimball lost the first game scoring just four runs to Torrington's seven. The pitching for Torrington was stronger than Kimball's with Kimball walking a lot of hitters. Brendan Walker pitched four innings for the Kimball team and gave up no earned runs. Torrington's hitters were also on their game. Brady Kilgore ended 2-5 at the plate on the...
What a great showing by the Kimball Boy’s Golf Team at the State Tournament, and I was there to help them celebrate their runner-up performance! Day one wasn’t all that much fun, for players, or fans, as it way very windy and rather cool. but day two was nice and warm and a beautiful day to watch all of the Kimball players put on a show. Now we all know that all of the golfers are never satisfied with how they played, and what their final score was, but truly, under the conditions they had on the first day, and with how they battled hard to...