Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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From Friday to Monday, 13 more cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the Panhandle. Kimball County has one case and Scotts Bluff and Box Butte counties share the remaining 12. A male in his 50s is the latest Kimball County case and his exposure type is reported as community spread. According to Panhandle Public Health District, all close contacts will be quarantined and actively monitored daily for fever and respiratory symptoms by public health officials. Jessica Davies from Panhandle Public Health District commented to the Observer about some...
The City of Kimball issued a statement Monday for its street department to inform citizens of Kimball and surrounding areas that there will be a complete closure at the intersection of 3rd Street and Chestnut Street, effective right now, to allow for waterline work for the new Kimball County Transit Service building at the corner. This will require Chestnut Street to be closed from 1st Street and 3rd Street. The City will detour northbound traffic to Oak Street and southbound traffic to Howard...
A huge project is in the works at the Kimball Frenchman Valley Coop on the north side of the railroad tracks. From a distance, a crane is visible but up close the boot pit is visible. Previously, corn had been stored on the ground to the east of the scale at Frenchman Valley Coop. Corn will still be stored in that location, but the corn will now be housed in a flat storage facility. The Kimball flat storage facility completion date is Oct. 1 and it has been a year in the planning and...
The Kimball School Board computer program Sparq erroneously stated at the last board meeting that a “motion failed” when in fact the motion passed. During the meeting, Travis Cook voted against approving the treasurer’s report due partly to the fact that tax receipts had not been updated, while Carrie Tabor abstained and Lynn Vogel, while on the phone, was technically absent. The Sparq program is relatively new and used for the agenda, minutes and voting. The members of the school board do not do a voice vote but voted on their computers, and t...
Going, going, gone! And August is upon us. Can you believe it? Good morning Banner County, friends near and far. I hope if you are in the middle of wheat harvest that the recent hail storms have missed you. Quite a lot of it south of Gering on Sunday to start things off. Now we are looking at County Fairs. They will diffidently be different this year from any I have ever been a part of, but I am thankful that the kids can have fair/sales at all. Bridgeport has been going all this week and they will have a Midnight demolition Derby this Saturday...
Receiving the Yard of the Week award is Valerie O'Brien at 401 Chestnut in Kimball. The O'Briens purchased the house in 2016, but didn't make the final transition to Nebraska from Aurora, Colorado, until July of 2019. In their effort to modernize the property, they removed some old dead trees in the front yard, replaced the old broken up sidewalk with new sidewalk and rocked parts of the front yard. The dry weather makes it hard to keep the grass green, according to Valerie, but it is a...
A Sept. 24 trial date has been set for Kenneth Childs of Dix. Childs is charged with making terroristic threats, which is a Class 3A felony, and false reporting, which is a misdemeanor. Childs is represented by Audrey M. Elliott, and he is being prosecuted by Special Acting County Attorney Paul Schaub of Sidney. The charges against Childs stem from an incident on April 9, 2020 in Dix. A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Sept. 1 at 9:30 a.m. in Kimball District Court. Childs' bond has been...
James A. Merryfield, 85, of Kimball, died at Kimball Health Services on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Funeral services will be held at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Kimball with Father Mike McDermott officiating. Burial will be held in the Kimball Cemetery. Rosary services will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Sunday from 2:00 until 7:00 p.m. Friends may also visit www.cantrellfh.com to view James's Tribute Wall...
Carol Y. Smith, 80, of Kimball, died at the Kimball County Manor on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Cremation has been held and family graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 25, 2020 in the Bridgeport Cemetery. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view Carol’s Tribute Wall and leave messages and stories for the family. Memorials may be given in her memory to Kimball Manor and Rest Home. The services for Carol have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home. Carol Yvonne S...
Shirley Ann (Parson) Carter, age 85, was called home to her Lord and Savior on July 14, 2020 at Bryan Medical Center East Campus in Lincoln, Nebraska due to medical complications. Shirley was born December 29, 1934 in her family's home near Valley, Nebraska to Walden Emerson and Mabel Nellie-Cordelia (Swanson) Parson. Shirley graduated from Fremont High School in 1952. She attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln for two years. She resided at Love Memorial Hall on East Campus. The Universi...
Cameron Wynne, the son of Brian Wynne who was a 1997 Kimball High grad, and an outstanding athlete for the Longhorns, has signed to return home to Nebraska to play out his collegiate baseball. Cam, as he goes by, grew up in Lincoln and played his high school baseball at Lincoln High before playing 2 years of baseball for Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas. His next move was to sign with Texas A&M. When the COVID-19 scare came along and everything came to a halt, Cam went...
The 3rd annual James L. Eatmon Masonic Lodge golf tournament was held this past Saturday night at the Four Winds Golf Course, and yes, I said Saturday NIGHT! This fun format consists of a cross country laid-out out course during daylight hours, with a break for outstanding food prepared by Dave Klinkhammer, and served at the course, and then 9 more holes of golf in the dark using glo balls! This year’s tournament attracted 20 four-person teams, or 80 golfers, and according to the chairman, Kevin Wynne, “It went very well and seemed like eve...
The USDA Farmers to Families Food Box program has come to Trinity Methodist Church in Kimball. The church is the local distribution entity. According to Carol Walker, the church receives enough food to feed many families in our area. There are no financial qualifications and the food is distributed on a "on a first come, first served basis." The food is available on Thursdays at the Methodist Church, 305 East 4th St., beginning around 9:30 a.m. The only requirement is for individuals to wear a...
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