Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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“There were houses with windows gone. Some had two or three side walls down, roofs gone. The stink from the storm surge was just terrible, 102 degrees with 100 percent humidity. It’d just make you nauseous.” Harrison, Nebraska resident Alan Smith has volunteered for the American Red Cross for more than two decades. When he, and hundreds of other Nebraskans got the call in late August, 2005, they jumped into action. “At the Superdome, the storm ripped the top off. The first night we were down the...
The City Council voted to accept the changes proposed by the Cemetery Board regarding the rules and regulations of the Kimball Cemetery at their meeting Thursday, August 22. The most noticeable change to the rules and regulations concerning the cemetery concerned the visitation hours. "It's going to open all the time with the proposed changes," City council member Ann Warner said. Kimball Police Chief Darren Huff was hesitant to support the idea of leaving the cemetery unlocked at all hours of the night because of the chance of increased...
Alan Held, Kimball Junior/ Senior High School agriculture and welding instructor, recently attended the 11th annual DuPont NATAA in Chesapeake Farms in Chestertown, Maryland in July of this year where he attended and completed the Ag academy to become one of 288 teachers to earn the title of ag ambassador. Held considers the experience to have been very beneficial but admits that it is not something he originally planned to take part in. "NATAA sends out an application form. I actually didn't fill it out to begin with just because your summer...
Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Carlson is a man of principles. And those principles, according to the Nebraska State Senator, are what guide him in everything he does. "I believe in the Bible and the God who inspired it," Carlson said. He went on to say that it inspires him in "everything I do." The 71-year old Holdrege, Nebraska native has held a seat in the Nebraska legislature since 2006, and was elected as the Chairman of the Agricultural Committee in 2009. Since then, he was named...
In his first year at the helm of things for the Kimball Longhorns football team, Nick Kuxhausen is learning as he goes, while relying on the experience he gained last year as an assistant coach at Kimball. “For the most part, we’re going to keep things really similar,” said Kuxhausen. “Coach Pedersen had a lot of success with what he’d been doing.” Coming off the school’s third straight playoff appearance, Kuxhausen and the Longhorns have their sights set on making in four in a row, which is no...
Patrick "Pat" Edward Maginnis, 52, of Grand Island, NE went home to God Tuesday, August 20, 2013, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, August 23rd at 10:30 a.m. at St. Leo’s Catholic Church. The Reverend Charles Torpey will be officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m Thursday at St. Leo’s Catholic Church with a Rosary at 7 p.m. Interment will be at Westlawn Memorial Park. Apfel Funeral Home is in charge of arr...