Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Area residents began calling the Kimball County Sheriff's Office Monday afternoon, concerned that a tornado had touched down at or near the Four Winds Golf Course, according to Kimball County Sheriff Harry Gillway. Though the tornado was in northern Colorado, its size had many assuming it was much closer to Kimball. Gillway said that he knew before he left his home on Memorial Day, May 30, that it was going to be a stormy day near the Kimball area. Indeed, he said that the excitement began at...
Kelsey Herzberger, who works for the United States Post office here in Kimball, called 911 on Saturday, May 21, to report seeing a rattlesnake in the road on Crestwood Drive. The dispatcher on duty called an officer and the response was to advise the reporting party to handle the situation herself. According to the Kimball Police Department, taken from the law enforcement logs, there is no city ordinance for snakes. “If you find a snake, just run it over.” The trouble was that Herzberger was delivering mail on foot so she found a resident of...
Kimball's Aashlyn Rawlings, along with her brother and some friends, went on quite the adventure this past week. Rawlings met Shia LaBeouf the star of "Transformers", "Holes", and Disney's "Even Stevens". LaBeouf along with his art collaborators of more than two years, Nastja Säde Rönkkö and Luke Turner were all in Kimball last Thursday as part of their latest piece of performance art. The trio is hitchhiking across the country and allowing the public to pick them up at coordinates the group po...
Kimball Public Library's six-week summer reading program got off to a great start. As of Friday, May 27, 60 youth were registered from Kindergarten through sixth grade, according to director, Jan Sears, with the pre-school session yet to begin and scheduled for Friday, June 3. While the teen session, Get in the Game, has eight students registered, Sears said there is room for more. Likewise with the adult summer program, though 11 are already signed up. Award winning ventriloquist, Meghan Casey...
Nearly 100 interested parties prompted the beginning of a new youth tumbling class in Kimball, according to Bob Nemnich Executive Director of the Terry and Hazeldeane Carpenter Intergenerational Center in Terrytown. The Center offers similar classes in Terrytown and Nemnich said that within the first year those classes doubled in attendance. “We are trying to get kids in Kimball, Bushnell, Potter, Dix and even Sidney,” Nemnich said. “With classes offered in Kimball they won’t have to drive so far to participate.” Registration will be June 4 fr...
Sheila Gay Connell Taylor, age 62, died in Omaha on May 10, 2016 with her family at her side. Sheila was born on March 15, 1954 in Lincoln, the middle child of Richard and Bonnie (Barnett) Krueger. She attended District 15 country school through the fifth grade and graduated from Norris Consolidated Schools in May of 1972. After graduation, Sheila worked at Norden Laboratories in Lincoln for one year before attending University Of Nebraska School Of Technical Agriculture. In 1975, Sheila moved...
Lavonne E. Christensen, 69, of Potter, died at Sidney Regional Medical Center on Saturday, May 28, 2016. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 3, 2016 at the Prairie West Christian Church in Potter with Pastor Betsy Galloway-Carew officiating. Burial will be in the Potter Cemetery. Friend may call at the funeral home on Thursday from 1:00 until 5:00 p.m. to sign the register book and leave condolences for the family. Friends may also visit www.cantrellfh.com to view...
Janet R. Dickenson, 74, of Kimball, died at Davis Hospice Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming on Saturday, May 28, 2016. Cremation has been held and private family services will be held in New York at a later date. The arrangements for Janet have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home. Survivors include her sons Brian Barrett of Manorville, NY., Tom Barrett of St. Augustine, FL., and Raymond Dickenson of Port Jefferson, NY; granddaughter Dr. Jessica Dickenson and Janet’s close friends Evelyn and Arnold Lewison....
This past weekend I read news stories about several tragedies involving young children. And you can bet that Facebook was alive with people ready to sling blame. Dozens of memes and posts popped up on my news feed blaming the mothers, specifically, for not watching these youngsters closely enough. Some went way too far, regardless of how neglectful, or not, a parent may have been. I’m unsure how many of these people have ever had their hands full with two toddlers and an infant, but I can tell you it is no easy task. There are countless o...
I’m writing this to tell the people in Kimball what a Wonderful group of people they have in their Sheriff’s department and also their Police department. On the 20th of May, my sister and I were on our way to Colorado to attend my great-granddaughter’s graduation service in Eaton, Colo., when I developed car problems just as I got to Kimball. One gentleman stopped and helped with something (I’m not sure what it was) and Chief Deputy Marla Knigge stopped to see if she could help. Anyway, before long we had several gentlemen who pushed my car...
I’m writing this letter because I am so amazed at the town of Kimball and all they have done for my dad, Whitey Westby, before and after his death. If it were not for all of you, I don’t know what I would have done. I want to thank Heather and Nate at Beer and Loathing for all they did for us and I want to thank MiSue Westby for all her help. I also want to thank Ernie Westby and Billie Thomason, Jim and Gretchen Westby for all they did and Doyle and Sharon and their kids for their help. There were so many that helped and I can’t thank you e...
The Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war. Gilbert Miller (Gil) came from Vincennes, Indiana, a smaller community in the southwest part of the state. A decision needed to be made pertaining to which branch of service Gil was going to join. His father was a disabled veteran from WWII. The elder had lost the lower part of a leg and foot from a...
Kimball's Jordan Greenwood finished just 2 strokes from winning the 2016 Nebraska Class C Boy's Golf Tournament that took place this week at the Kearney Country Club Golf Course. The outstanding junior picked up his third state golf medal with his best finish yet, winding up runner up for the championship with his two day total of 151 with Brook Klinetobe of Stanton winning the medalist honor with his score of 149. Jordan showed great composure and mental control as he battled the field of 89...
With the exception of some All Star Games, summer camps, and summer league play in various sports, the area High School sport season is over. It ended with the boy’s state golf tournaments and Kimball sent their team to the Class C Tournament held at the Kearney Country Club Course where they finished 6th out of 15 teams and junior Jordan Greenwood wound up 2nd individually out of 89 golfers! Be sure and read the complete story in this issue of the Observer sports. Mrs. Southard and I were able to get away and make the trip to Kearney and f...
