Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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As you have probably already heard Monday Aug. 21 will be one of the most amazing events to remember. A total solar eclipse will be making its way across the state, and of course everyone around the line of totality is expecting many different visitors. According to visitscottsbluff.com at 10:25:50 am the Partial Eclipse will be visible. Then a little over an hour later, the Total Eclipse will be visible at 11:48:11. The projected total length of totality is 1 minute and 42 seconds. Some of the great local places to be able to watch this...
Following a recent increase of complaints about high utility bills, with some nearly doubling, Kimball City Administrator Dan Dean sheds some light on causes, including longer billing cycles. “There is a combination of factors for higher bills. Primarily the higher bills are due to higher usage of water and electricity,” he said. “Also, the number of days between meter readings will vary between 28 and 35 days. This was one of the longer periods of time.” Though the number of days between readings vary, he said that all meters are usually...
Arthur Cornils emigrated to the United States in the late 1800s, along with four of his brothers, following the Franco-Prussian war. His mother was a nurse during the war and she did not want her sons to fight in a war. Arthur attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and graduated in 1906, according to his grandson, Clint Cornils of Bushnell. Following his university graduation he taught at Centennial, Wyo., and then in the Hull Community school district before homesteading south of...
Zion Lutheran Church will be celebrating 100 years on the Colorado prairie this Sunday, though the congregation can be traced back to the Spring of 1913 when Rev. M.E. Mayer of Burns, Wyo., was asked to come to the home of Henry D. Hillman to perform a baptism. After finding other Lutheran families in the community, Rev. Mayer conducted four services in the Kraugh schoolhouse that summer. The following September E. Hauer, a teacher, began serving the Lutherans in the Grover area and started...
Gordon W. Whartman, 88, of Kimball, died at the Kimball County Manor on Friday, July 14, 2017. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, August 18, 2017 at the Kimball Presbyterian Church with Pastor Alan Foutz officiating. Inurnment will be held in the Kimball Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday from 1:00 until 5:00 p.m. to sign the register book and leave condolences for the family. Visit www.cantrellfh.com to view the online obituary and leave messages of...
Fair, the word brings back a lot of memories for me as well as many past 4-H and FFA members. Fair is that special time of year when it seems to be all hurry up and wait for parents as well as all the kids. This is my first year of being a parent of a 4-Her, and now I totally understand how my parents must have felt. I remember stories my dad used to tell us about how he and his brother and sister would pack up and head to town for fair. For those of you who don’t know my family or me, I am from Laramie Wyo. I grew up there and that’s whe...
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. Leland Inscho's family lived in New Castle County, Delaware, having moved there from Basin, Wyoming. Leland was very aware of the situation brought on by Pearl Harbor and what was going on in Europe. He wanted to do his part, as a patriot. In November...
When Carl Stander moved into his home at 702 S. Burg in Kimball one year ago, one of the first orders of business was to remove a large dying tree – one of a matching set. In its place Stander planted a domed garden bed and part of the tree was used to make a natural wooden sign displaying his love of Nebraska football. Another large part of the original tree was made into a patio table that graces his front porch. He added a host of perennials, that will return next year larger and more v...
The 26th annual Kimball Hospital Foundation Golf Classic was held this past Saturday at the Four Winds Golf Course and was termed "A Huge Success" by Kerry Ferguson, the man in charge. A total of 112 golfers, or 28 four person teams, enjoyed the nice day that dampened a free golfers at the tail end of the day when a brief rain storm swept through, but there were no complaints. This year's winning team was the team of Randy Bohac, Steve Linn, Bert Linn, and Gary Haack shooting a winning round of...
I recently attended a community meeting focused on Kimball’s future, our strengths and weaknesses, as well as opportunities for Kimball and potential threats to our growth. The meeting was well attended and many thoughts were shared. Our strengths include being a friendly community, full of small-town charm and hospitality. We are close to urban areas and airports with easy access to both, but traffic jams are a rarity. Of the strengths listed, one was that Kimball is a pedestrian-friendly town and I would have to say that, for the most part, w...