Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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9,940 fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters. That is the cost of the Korean Conflict in American lives. Last Saturday marked the 60th anniversary of the end of the conflict, which spanned just over three years, from June 1950 to July 1953. This conflict is often overlooked in the history books of the world, acting as the middle child between the globe-consuming World War II and the infamous Vietnam War. For this reason it has earned the nickname “The Forgotten War.” Doz...
There was a great deal of tension at the Kimball Cemetery Board meeting in the City Council Chamber the night of July 30, as residents sat in eager anticipation for their moment for their voices to be heard on how they feel about the recent maintenance at the Kimball Cemetery. Chairman Pat Sibal opened the meeting at 5:30 p.m., and after a brief statement from Mayor James Schnell, the floor was opened to the public. “I moved here just about five years ago. I’ve lived in four different states, an...
Kimball Heath Services, which recently purchased the West Elementary building, is looking for individual citizens or groups that would be willing to serve as director of the planned daycare to be opened inside of the building in the near future. According to Stephanie Pedersen, Executive Assistant for Kimball Health Services, the hospital is looking for interested parties to submit business plans and letters of interest as soon as possible so they can start getting the daycare program off the...
Five Nebraska counties have reported cases of the West Nile virus in the past two weeks, including Scotts Bluff, Dawson, Garden, Sheridan and Webster Counties. All of these positive tests were found in mosquitos, but it is during the months of August and September that humans oftentimes test positive for the disease, due to the cycle it must run through first; from birds to mosquitos, then to humans. According to Kerry Ferguson, Community Relations Director at Kimball Health Services, no cases...
Big men aren’t supposed to be able to shoot. Someone forgot to tell Mike Daum. In the third game of the Las Vegas Classic Bigfoot Tournament last week, Daum hit 12-of-16 three-point attempts, en route to a 38 point, nine rebound tally - leading his team to a 73-51 win. He was joined for the final tournament of the summer by fellow Kimball athletic standout Jake Reader, who filled a roster spot vacated by a Sidney player who suffered an ankle injury. The Las Vegas tournament is the last week f...
There are 144 American Legion senior teams in Nebraska and Sidney found itself among the final few in its chase for a state championship. This perspective notwithstanding, Post 17’s season came to halt yesterday afternoon as it suffered its second loss in the state’s double-elimination tournament at Gering’s Oregon Trail Park. The end came after 28 wins, heartstopping victories, miraculous comebacks and even a few dissapointing losses. But only one team gets to call itself a Class B state champi...