Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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William Charles Parry, 22, of Lakeland, Fla. was arrested on Thursday, July 7 without incident following a multi-agency manhunt lasting more than three hours. Parry was arrested as a fugitive of justice from Florida on felony charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He was traveling with a female minor at the time of his arrest and had made claims that they were married. These most recent charges stem from a report of a missing female juvenile on June 9, 2016 to the St. Lucie...
Vandals spent some time in the early morning hours on Tuesday, July 5, spray painting vulgarity on public and personal property, according to Kimball Police Captain Andy Bremer. The villain(s) left their offensive artwork on the east side of the Kimball Public Swimming Pool's building, as well as on a personal vehicle located on South Burg Street. The "artwork" was promptly removed from the public pool building, according to Officer Bremer. Bremer added that he would like the community to come...
Drew Enevoldsen has a face nearly as familiar in Kimball as it is in his hometown of Potter, unless he is in full make-up, that is. Currently the Assistant Vice President of the Potter State Bank, Enevoldsen is the fourth generation to be involved in the family business – banking. His great-grandfather, Fred Enevoldsen, was a share holder in the Potter bank in the 1930s and in 1945 he bought out the other shareholders. Born and raised in Potter, Enevoldsen graduated in 2003 after being h...
Bemis Drug, owned and operated by Mike Bemis, is once again participating in the Nebraska Statewide Pharmaceutical Disposal Project, as it has since the inception of the project in 2012, according to pharmacist Jordan Autrey. According to a recent news release, the Nebraska Pharmacists Association was awarded a $280,000 grant from the Nebraska Environmental Trust for “Preventing Poisoning, Pollution and Prescription Drug Overdose for a Healthier Nebraska.” The project is one of the 118 projects receiving $18,799,900 in grant awards from the...
Updated overtime regulations are meant to make the rules easy enough for everyone to understand and the final rule, announced on May 18, aims to put more money in the pockets of middle class workers or give them more free time. These new rules will automatically extend overtime pay guards for more than four million American workers within the first year and positions that are currently exempt from overtime pay will be converted to non-exempt positions and become eligible for overtime pay. To what end? “This will have a negative impact on (...
Robin Lee (Sowerwine) Rutledge, 53, of Kimball passed peacefully surrounded by her faimily on July 10, 2016 at the Davis Hospice Center in Cheyenne, WY. The celebration of Robin's life will be Saturday, July 16, 2016 at 10 a.m. at the E-Free Church in Kimball, with Pastor Hod Boltjes officiating. Cremation has been held. Memorials can be sent to the Kimball County Ambulance Service. Robin was born on February 13, 1963 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska to Richard and Mary (Johns) Sowerwine. She was...
Jerlyn Lee Thompson, 79, of Litchfield Park, AZ passed away on July 5, 2016. She was born October 26, 1936 in Kimball, NE to Gerald Wentz and Verna Miller. Jerlyn graduated HS in 1954 from Kimball County High and went to Hastings College for a year before marrying her husband Harland in 1956. They moved to Laramie, WY and from there moved to Seattle, WA in 1957. In April of 1964 they made the move to AZ. Jerlyn was a wife and stay at home mom until she started working in the Alhambra School Dist...
Jim Nelson, 55, of Harrisburg, died Tuesday, July 5, 2016. His memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at Calvary Lutheran Church in Scottsbluff with Pastor Larry Spomer officiating. Inurnment will take place at a later time. Cremation has taken place, and there will be no visitation. The family respectfully requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials in Jim's honor be made in care of the Banner County Fire Department, or the Banner County Museum. Casual attire is also...
Mary Louise (Ogle) Small, age 73, of Casper, passed away the evening of July 2, 2016. Mary was born March 7, 1943 in Kimball, Nebraska to Clifford and Eva (Wonderly) Ogle. Mary loved square dancing, country music, fishing, camping, NASCAR, but most of all her family. In addition to her parents, Mary was also preceded in death by her grandchildren, Jett and Savanna Small. She is survived by her husband, William Small; children, Dwane Lee Small and Billie Lawrence; and grandsons, Austin and...
The Potter-Dix Children's Theater invites the public to join them for "hypnotic hijinks and mesmerizing music that will leave you all shook up!" The group, directed by Kristin Kasten, will be performing a musical comedy, "Elvis!", on July 15 at Potter Legion Hall beginning at 7. "ELVIS!" is a musical comedy which includes classic Elvis music, such as "Viva Las Vegas", "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Jailhouse Rock." The play contains not one, not two, but three Elvis impersonators, according to the...
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. Cheryl L. Koski was in college at the University of Connecticut. She learned of a scholarship program offered by the US Navy. The Navy would fund a student's year in college and would expect two years payback in return. By 1973, she had an obligation...
The Kimball Junior Legion coach Luke Dea counts the team's first season as a win though they came home from districts in Ravenna last week with two losses. "We lost both games, but we are a young, inexperienced team and we weren't quite ready for the level of a couple of the teams," Dea said. "We had a tough draw." The young team faced the challenges of youth and inexperience this year, even playing a few athletes from the younger, Babe Ruth league (ages 13-14). The Kimball team scheduled a...
The 2016 Vince’s Corner ABCD Double Draw Two-Day Golf Scramble was the weekend highlight at the Four Winds Golf Course bringing many out of town and out of state golfers to Kimball to play for some outstanding prizes, and to enjoy meeting up with old time friends. The Heeg family shuts down the number of entries at 120 or 30 four-man teams, and there is always a waiting list in case any golfer has to withdraw. Many golfers come in a day or even a couple of days early to play practice rounds. Like always, course superintendent, Jeremy W...
Seven members of the local Dead Eye Shooters 4-H Shooting Sports Club participated in the Daisy National BB Gun Championship match held in Rogers, Ark over the July 4th weekend. Team members were Taylor Terrill, Jaren Winstrom, Julia Winstrom, Bailie Brower and Jared Barnes. Alternates, who also participated, were Jessica Terrill and Chris Foster. The team earned the right to participate with a third place finish at the Nebraska State 4-H BB Gun and Air Rifle Championships held in April. The...
The annual Vince’s Corner ABCD Double Draw Golf Tournament was held this past weekend at the Four Winds Golf Course and all went well thanks in large part to the Heeg family with Henry Heeg the man in charge, along with Four Winds Pro Chad Wise and everyone else who volunteered their time and effort. It was great to see so many former Kimball area residents back in town for the tournament. See the story and all of the results in this week’s Observer Sports. ----------------------------------- Now the next big tournament scheduled for the Fou...
