Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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When she landed in Africa, Carli Wurdeman recalled, "I stepped off that plane, and I got slapped in the face." Carli, a 2020 Kimball High School graduate,was talking about the oppressive heat in Accra, Ghana. Accra is 8 degrees north of the equator. "I had flown out of Denver, changed planes in New York, then straight to Ghana, and I had on long pants and a hoodie," she explained. Accra is the capital and largest city in Ghana, located on the southern coast at Gulf of Guinea. The heat wouldn't b...
July Fourth was a fun-filled day in Kimball with the Kimball Volunteer Fire Department, Kimball Connect, and Friends of the Library working all morning to the delight of families. Hundreds of people enjoyed the festivities. The cheerleaders sold hot dogs and Main Street Market supplied the watermelon. The big hits were ballon animals by Kayla Fennell, fire truck rides, a High West Energy demonstration, and the craft tables and paper airplane station by Friends of the Library. The City of...
The Kimball County Commissioners held their regular bimonthly meeting on Tuesday, July 5. Starting Aug. 1, the Kimball County ambulance will be operated by Kimball Health Services. The subject had been discussed at previous meetings. Action by the commissioners was taken to mutually cancel the ambulance agreement between Kimball County, Kimball Health Services and and Regional West Medical Center, which began in December 2016. Then the commissioners approved and authorized an agreement between Kimball County and Kimball Health Services for the...
Bertha Gladys Sandberg, 101, formerly of Albin, Wyoming, died Tuesday, June 28th at Cottonwood Creek in Cheyenne. She was born September 8, 1920, at the family farm in Banner County, Nebraska, to Floyd Leland Barrett and Minnie Mae Reed Barrett. She attended grade school at District 13 in Banner County and attended junior high and high school in Kimball, Nebraska, graduated as valedictorian from Kimball County High in 1937, received her Bachelor’s degree from Chadron State College Teachers C...
DARIA ANDERSON-FADEN / the observer Kimball's Yard of the Week remained in the Sunnyview area this week as Dale and Gretchen Green were selected for their perfectly polished lawn and flower space. Gretchen said that she planted all the flowers from seed. Cosmos and elephant ears are her favorites. A couple of hours a day are spent watering, weeding and caring for the flower and vegetable gardens. Gretchen and Dale both handle the biweekly mowing duties....
Good morning, here is hoping you had a great 4th of July. Sure was hot enough. We will start this week off with the Bands on Broadway series featuring Gabriel the Brute, and the 43rd Army Band. They were recently at Fort Rob, so if you missed them, here is your second chance. They will be at the 18th Street Plaza from 6- 9 p.m. July, 7th. Events for the annual Oregon Trail Days will be scheduled July 7 -10 and for a look at that schedule go to Information:www.oregontraildays.com. Bands on Bordeaux, part of the free summer concerts in Chadron,...
Kimball Longhorns trap team members and a travel partner from Potter-Dix are competing this week at Nationals in Mason, Mich. The Longhorns are Justin Klosterman, Nolan Cook, James McGinnis, Kambree Hottell and Cameron McGinnis. Representing Coyote Nation is Dawsen Monheiser. Brittany Cook, one of the Longhorn coaches, told the Observer that Thursday, July 7, is a practice day for the Panhandle delegation. Then it's down to business. The Longhorns will shoot as a team Friday. Next, on Saturday,...
Week 4 for the Kimball Women's Golf Association was NWAGA Play Day. Payton Wise shot a 46, which won low gross, and low net winner was Dar Evertson with a 33. Phyllis Greenwood won low putts using her putter only 11 times. She also won the NWAGA medal. Laura Hall holed out on Number 12. Alice Theobald, Susie Abramson and Charlotta Young were flag prize winners. Week 5 was the mid-season league tournament. In the championship division, Payton Wise shot a 44 to win low gross. Other low gross...
Nancy Miller was misidentified in the caption under this photo in the June 30 edition. Nancy, who will turn 84 in a couple of months, works out at Kimball Fitness Center on the Fitness Tree, on which she can raise her knees and kick out her legs. She also uses the treadmill, bicycle and other machines....