Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Sugar Valley Rally participants Earl and Tony Johnson arrived in Kimball on Friday afternoon, May 31 for the required pit stop and needed refreshments. The Scottsbluff father/son duo were driving their 1937 Studebaker, silver with maroon fenders. When the Johnsons arrived in Kimball, Tony got separated from his dad and wandered around the parking lot at the Event Center looking for the entrance, he was having difficultly maneuvering the parking curbs. Karen Morrison, who was waiting to cheer on...
Tis the season once again for some tough and dirty kind of fun, as cowboys and cowgirls from surrounding areas saddle up to partake in the 11th Annual Kimball Ranch Rodeo this Saturday, June 8, at 5:30 p.m. at the Kimball/Banner County Fair Grounds. Contestants from the neighboring states will all try their hand as they compete for the event titles as well as a team title in the four team events as well as the Ranch Bronc Riding with two time champion Ty Fenster looking for his third...
It took close to 90 minutes for a Kimball County jury of 6 women and 6 men to acquit Kenneth Childs of the one charge of Subornation of Perjury. Subornation of perjury is “persuading” or “convincing” someone to lie on the witness stand in an official proceeding. Kenneth Childs was accused but found not guilty of Subornation of Perjury, attempting to persuade his wife, Jean Childs, to lie on the witness stand. The jury pool began their day, Wednesday, May 29 at 8:30 a.m. The potential jurors were questioned by the Honorable Derek Weimer....
Wet ground, rainy days are making it hard for many around the county to manage to do items, including county the road and weed department. County Weed Superintendent Rick Wangler addressed the Board of Commissioners this past Tuesday, with little shocking news. Wangler along with many expressed the lack of available time to get needed work tasks handled. “It is almost too wet to get much done but we are ready for when it decides to dry out, and when it does we will have our hands full,” said Wangler. With the soggy ground Wangler has had the...
As summer approaches there is always more of a need for blood and according to Donna Linn, donations are always a little bit slower during the summer months. Donna Linn has organized the Kimball Community Blood Drive for the passed eight years. Donna said, “I got this little job from PEO.” Donna and Deb Dickerson split the five community blood drives between the two of them, they do the set-up, call past donors and set up appointments and try to get new donors. Usually around 20-23 people have appointments and others can walk in. Monday, Jun...
Banner County people flocked to see and hear Richard Brown speak about his past career -- he is a retired falconer. According to Brown, "Falconry is the taking of wild game with a trained raptor. It can be a falcon, a hawk, an eagle or some other bird." Mr. Brown has worked airports, blueberry crops, and grape crops with his falcons for the past fifteen years. The falcon keeps starling and pests off the crops or off of the airport runways. But now Mr. Brown said "it has just become a passion...
Lois Louise Powell 79, of Kimball, was born January 6, 1940 in Craig Mo., to Clarence Dwayne Orr and Shirley Rose Stone. Lou, as she was known to so many family and friends was preceded in death by sons James W. Powell Jr. and Michel Stephen Powell. She is also survived by her pit bull Rudy, daughter Wendy Dalene Ford and son, Paul L. Force as well as many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Having an undying desire to work and be an active participant in her community, Lou worked at George...
Glenda Rae (Moench) Watkins formerly of Potter passed away on May 30 at her home in Sulphur Springs, Texas at the age of 78. Her funeral was held at the West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel on June 4 with internment at the Reily Springs Cemetery. She is survived by her husband J.R., three sons, two daughters, nine grandchildren 43 great grandchildren, 10 great-great grand children, brothers Wesley of Kimball, Marvin or Lakewood, Colorado, and Doug of Delta, Colorado. She was preceded in death by her parents and sister Karen Morton....
Kathleen Anne "Kay" Busekist, 90, of Scottsbluff, passed away peacefully in her home on May 30, 2019. She was born April 10, 1929 in the Antelope precinct of Kimball County, to John and Anna (Schmidt) Schadegg, the second-oldest of four children. She grew up on the family farm and attended school in Kimball. During her high school years, she would board in town to attend classes, and was a cheerleader for Kimball High School. Her first job was with the Heaton Law Firm in Sidney. She met her husb...
Marllene Goodon, 79 of Kimball, NE passed away Thursday, May 30, 2019. Marllene was born January 1, 1940 in Osceola, IA to John and Gertrude Shively. She was a long time resident of Kimball, Scottsbluff and later returned to Kimball where she resided at the Kimball County Manor. She is survived by her siblings, Carolyn (Roger) Brossfield of Taylor Mill, KY, Phillis Franklin of Worthville KY, Emma (Lyle) Long of Pierceton, IN, Lanny (Barbara) Davis of Bremerton, WA & Leanna Kroschel of Walla...
It was an All Star Basketball night this past Saturday at Cougar palace in Scottsbluff with the staging of the 2019 Panhandle Prep All Star Basketball games featuring both girls and boys of Western Nebraska and Eastern Wyoming with even a South Dakota young man included. Kimball High was represented by Kate Reader and Izaac Reuter, they both played like All Stars with Reader scoring in double figures with 11 points including four field goals and three for four free thow shooting. She also did a good job rebounding and playing strong defense....
The Kimball High Boy's Golf Team wrapped up another successful season with seven teams wins, including both conference championships and the District title! For the three seniors on the team, this meant a sweep of all four years as conference and district champions! The Longhorns also finished third, sixth and seventh in team standing. At Mitchell in their first outing they finished third with 347, won at Morrill with 338, sixth a Scottsbluff with 352, won at Bridgeport, with 332, won at Bayard...
Two Kimball APA 8-Ball Teams made the trip to North Platte this past weekend for the World Qualifier Tournament to compete with teams from all across the state of Nebraska for a chance to play in Las Vegas, Nevada. Line Um Up and Chute No. 7 qualified for the tournament during playoffs, Line Um Up qualified for the state tournament in the Fall Session Play-Offs and Chute No. 7 just recently qualified a few short weeks ago to get the go a head. Line Um Up faced off with Ball Breakers in their first match of the weekend but couldn’t come up w...
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