Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Just past mile marker eighteen on the bypass Shane Tucker, Highway Salvage Paleontologist with the University of Nebraska State Museum Lincoln, has unearthed a six to eight million-year-old tortoise shell. Tucker's job is an interesting one, as the Nebraska Roads Department builds new roads he follows along and looks for possible fossils in the earth. Once a fossil is found, depending on the size and whether or not it is collectable, Tucker will dig it up and have it taken to the Nebraska State...
Over the weekend Camp Grace held their annual carnival fundraiser, which was attended by many members of the community. Camp Grace is a non-profit farm therapy camp. One of the only of it's kind in the United States, Camp Grace is a place that helps children with varied abilities. Generally the children who attend require some form of physical, speech, or occupational therapy. Also children with Sensory Integration Dysfunction tend to benefit greatly from the program at Camp Grace. Laura Welchel...
Madie Snyder, Dead Eye Shooters 4-H Club member, attended shooting competitions this summer and returned with several medals. Madie Snyder is a junior in high school. While she participate in several sports through out the year she tends to really enjoy shooting the best. Her mother, Nicole Snyder, is her coach with Dead Eye Shooters. "Madie works really hard she practices several times a week trying to get better and better. She's been working really hard and it's showing in what she's brought...
Kenneth Leroy Newman, 71, a former resident of Pine Bluff, WY, Kimball and Dix, NE passed away on Friday, September 5, 2014 in Mesquite, NV, where he and his wife have lived for the past two years. Ken was born in Denver, CO on April 26, 1943 to parents Angelita and Kenneth Newman. He was raised on the family farm in Hoxie, KS and graduated from Sheridan County High School in 1961. In May 1962 he enlisted with the United States Army and was sent to Germany, where he served his country with...
Virgil (Boze) W. Cooper, 91, of Banner County, died at his home in Banner County on Monday, September 8, 2014. Graveside memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, September 15, 2014 at the Oshkosh City Cemetery in Oshkosh, Nebraska with Pastor Ken Boston officiating. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view the obituary and leave condolences for the family. Memorials may be given to the VFW in Oshkosh. The services for Virgil have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home in...
The Kimball High Longhorn Football Team suffered their first loss of the season Friday night at Keith Staehr Field losing to Southern Valley 20-17 just when it looked like they had a win locked up. The visiting Eagles struck first driving 80 yards in 6 plays following a Kimball punt with Jeremiah Perkins throwing to Hunter Quinn for a 19 yard touchdown with 5:59 remaining in the 1st quarter. After Enrique Cajero pinned the Eagles back at their own 3 yard line with a booming 41 yard punt, the...
The Lady Longhorn Volleyball Team opened the season at Bridgeport this past Thursday evening and brought home a marathon four set victory. Set scores saw Kimball prevail 25-15, 30-32, 32-30, 25-14. Coach Vicki Mitchell said "I was most proud of our girls for never giving up and for keeping the good attitude even when we got behind. This group is working so well together". Coach Mitchell also said she could not single out any individuals but credited the win as a complete team win. Danika Daum...
Kimball High senior Jaycie Walker picked up 2 more medals to keep her streak alive at 4 as she captured 2nd place at the Kimball Invitational Golf Tournament finishing 1 stroke out of first with her round of 103, and then took 5th place at the Creek valley Tournament with her round of 102. As reported last week, Miss Walker put in a summer of hard work trying to improve her game and it is certainly paying off. Team mate Kallie Bush shot 128 at Kimball but had her best outing of the young season...
John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." Matthew 22:37-39, Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" TRINITY UNITED METHODIST 305 E. 4th Kimball 235-2320 Rev. Lynda Parson Sunday: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Worship Coffee 8:00-8:30 a.m. ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC 511 So. Howard Kimball 2... Full story