Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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The City of Kimball has frozen its contributions to Keep Kimball Beautiful until a working agreement between the two entities can be reached. City Administrator Daniel Ortiz updated the council regarding the drafted agreement between the city and KKB during the Oct. 6 city council meeting. Ortiz presented an amended agreement to the council as well as a memo regarding the unsigned agreement. “We have reviewed and plagiarized, where we can, agreements from Scottsbluff or the City of Alliance, that mirror similar languages with the caveat b...
Chelsea Knisley was named Banner County High School homecoming queen and Garrett Grubbs was tabbed homecoming king in a brief ceremony after Friday's volleyball match against Arthur County. Pictured, from left, are attendant Paige Cross, Knisley, Grubbs and attendant Elizabeth Gevara....
The Kimball Board of Education debated options for snow removal, including the potential purchase of a pickup truck and snow blade, during its regularly scheduled meeting held Monday night. Superintendent Marshall Lewis outlined several options, including contracting the service out as compared to both fixing current equipment and purchasing new or used. “Of those, the one that I am not really interested in would be to purchase a used pickup because if we are going to get a decent used vehicle right now, with the discounts that a school gets f...
Leisha Casimiro does not remember a time when she has not been singing. Soon, the 16-year old daughter of Patrick and Melanie Casimiro will be singing halfway across the country. The Kimball High School sophomore will join nearly 80 fellow vocalists from across the country in Louisville, Ky., as a member of the National FFA Chorus for the 2015 National FFA Convention and Expo held Oct. 28-31. Casimiro and her fellow National FFA Choir singers will arrive at the convention three days prior for...
Nov. 9 is the day a grand jury will convene in the case of a Minnesota man who allegedly attempted suicide while in custody in the Kimball County Jail and later died. Jesus Estrada-Perez, 28, was arrested July 31 and died in early August at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff. The date of his death was not given at the time it was announced, but was reported to The Observer on Aug. 7. Estrada-Perez was traveling July 31 along Hwy. 71 with a companion, Eve Connelley, in a rental car....
The Kimball-Banner County Chamber of Commerce recently held ribbon cuttings at Wind Break Bar and Grill and Inspection Oilfield Services....
The Kimball City Council discussed the purchase of a new meter reading system last week in its first meeting of the new fiscal year. “Several of you have asked me to kind of bring back to the council every month or so a specific capital improvement item on our CIP list and discuss it in much more detail than the short discussions we had when we met with the Board of Public Works in unison,” City Administrator Daniel Ortiz said. “Last month, I think actually probably back in August, um, I went before the Board of Public Works to kind of share...
Roger Wynne, President/CEO of Banner County Bank Corporation of Harrisburg, has announced Banner’s acquisition of Oregon Trail Bank in Guernsey, Wyo. Banner County Bank Corporation is a locally owned bank holding company which owns Banner Capital Bank of Harrisburg, with Nebraska offices in Harrisburg, Alma, Beaver City, McCook and in Wheatland, Wyo. With the acquisition, Banner will have combined Banking assets in excess of $140 million in Nebraska and Wyoming. “Banner’s success is due to our great staff providing outstanding service to our cu...
Nancy A. Smith, 73, of Kimball, died at the Kimball County Manor on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015. Nancy Ann Smith was born in Schuyler on January 7, 1942, the daughter of Louis and Edna (Bohac) Wurdeman. She was baptized at Shell Creek Lutheran Church in Columbus on May 31, 1942. She moved with her family to Dix. Nancy was confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church in Kimball on March 25, 1952. She graduated from the Dix High School in 1959. Nancy was married to Morgan Smith at St. John's Lutheran...
Cheryl Jean (Toombs) Rasgorshek, 66, of Lincoln passed away at home on Tuesday morning, Oct. 6, 2015, after a long battle with cancer. She was born on March 22, 1949, in York to Wayne and Maxine Toombs. The youngest of three sisters, Cheryl attended Kimball County High School and graduated in 1967. After high school, Cheryl attended Kearney School of Nursing and graduated in 1968. She married James Arnold Rasgorshek on Nov. 9, 1968 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Denton, Nebraska. Cheryl and...
Earl “Bud” Klassen, 84, of Kimball, died at Ft. Collins Health Center in Ft. Collins, Colo. on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church with Father Robert Karnish officiating. Cremation will be held and burial will be at a later date. A Christian wake service was held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Cantrell Funeral Home. Friends were able to call at the funeral home from 1-7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Friends may visit www.canrellfh.com to view Bud’s tribute...
Consuming locally produced food is a growing trend and this movement has become so popular that it has inspired a new word – locavore, meaning someone who prefers to eat food grown locally or food that has not traveled far to market. In rural Nebraska, the movement has gone from sharing garden produce with neighbors to providing school districts with locally raised beef and pork. Lana Sides, superintendent of Banner County Schools, said that local producers are donating beef and pork to the school, which the district then pays to have p...
From Sept. 28 to Oct. 1, the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod sponsored a pastoral conference in Cheyenne. Pastors from Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado hosted clergy from New York, including Long Island, Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx. In total, 100 pastors participated in the event. The goal of the conference was for pastors coming from very different parts of the county to grow closer together in God's word. One of the scheduled events allowed pastors to tour three rural congregations in o...
The James L. Eatmon Masonic Lodge 294 in Kimball is holding its annual 'Free Coats 4 Kids' drive. To drop off a coat for a child, visit the Kimball-Banner County Chamber of Commerce, Jen's Barber Shop or Schadegg Motors. To schedule a pick up, call John Barrett at 308-249-6992....
The opportunity to listen to community priorities and expectations has been scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 21, by the Kimball Board of Education. The public session will take place at 901 S. Nadine St., the Kimball Jr./Sr. High School Student Center, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The community discussion will help formulate a vision of the future, and identify goals and strategies necessary to move the district forward to meet the challenges of the future. Items to be discussed include the strengths, accomplishments and challenges of the school...
“A Tribute to Neil Diamond” featuring Denny Diamond and his sons, Spenser and Lucas, sometimes referred to as “the jewels,” is the first community concert for the 2015 season. This tribute band is well known for their fun family show. It features the music of Neil Diamond but will also include a few songs from other performers of that era, like Johnny Cash, Ricky Nelson and Glen Campbell. They will add in a bit of original music, totally creating an interesting and enjoyable show that includes lots of audience interaction, toe-tapping, singing...
This landfill is a dump! As local contractor Z & S Construction, along with subcontractors, cover the filled cell, landfill supervisor Jim Schulte is moving mountains to clear up needed topsoil and potentially make way for a future cell. What Schulte is moving should have been a usable compost pile on the south side of the Kimball Landfill. Instead, it is an unusable heap of yard waste littered with household trash and more. It is the pile that was dumped out of the green dumpsters in Kimball's...
Kimball native Dr. Eric Barp and his wife, Jennifer, each received the Distinguished Young Alumni Award from Chadron State College last weekend. Dr. Eric Barp is now a foot and ankle surgeon in Johnstown, Iowa. He received his undergraduate biology degree from CSC in 1997. He assisted Dr. Ron Weedon in the botany lab as a work study student while studying at CSC. "Dr Weedon was wonderful. I helped with research and had a lot of opportunities and positive feedback from him and my other...
The Banner County High School FFA land judging team finished seventh at the district competition held last week in Sheridan County. The team of Jacque Stauffer, Savannah Jordan, Cole Blanke and Garrett Grubbs placed seventh at the competition. Individually, Garret Grubbs was 14th overall, and Jacque Stauffer was 25th overall. Banner County was the only local school to compete in the district land judging competition. In the previous week, the Banner County FFA range judging team finished 34th...
Members of the Kimball Volunteer Fire Department hosted their annual open house for the public last Wednesday night. Those who attended the event had the chance to enjoy free food and beverages, look over the fire hall and enjoy a night of visiting. The fire department also held fire safety exercises that same day at Mary Lynch Elementary School....
The Banner County volleyball team picked up a pair of wins last Tuesday before dropping a tough homecoming contest to Arthur County. The Lady Wildcats opened a home triangular last Tuesday with a 25-17 and 25-20 win against Garden County MaKenna Dahlgrin led the team offensively with six kills and a block. Danielle Flick led the team behind the serving line with two aces, while Paige Cross had a team-high six assists. Savannah Jordan led the team defensively with eight digs. Banner County ended...
The Kimball cross country teams performed well in a pair of conference meets last week. The Kimball boys finished third in the SPVA conference meet and took fourth at the Western Trails conference meet. The Lady Longhorns finished fourth in the SPVA meet and took second in the WTC meet. At the SPVA meet, Brandon Barker was third overall to lead Kimball in 18:35. Zachary Wagner came in eighth with a time of 19:15, Kaden Adrien finished 19th with a time of 20:50, and Joel Evertson finished 21st...
The state-ranked North Platte St. Pat's football team made things tough for Kimball last Friday, as the visiting team rolled to a 49-0 win at Keith Staehr Field. "There's not much else to say except that we ran into a really good football team," said Longhorn football coach Nick Kuxhausen. "They are one of the best in the state in Class C, and I thought our kids gave a good effort we were really just outmanned. We look forward to getting to work this week and focusing on Hershey." The game start...
The Kimball volleyball team posted a pair of wins last week as the Lady Longhorns topped Bayard in a triangular and win at home against Morrill. Kimball is now 12-5 on the season. In Thursday's match, the Lady Longhorns picked up a 25-7, 25-14, 23-25 and 25-21 win at home against Morrill. "It was a nice win," said Kimball volleyball coach Jeri Ferguson. "We were able to try a couple of different things and still end the night with a win. We are now focusing on getting ready for this last run of...
The two-person team of Ty Garrett and Gene Golding won top honors at the Four Winds Fund Raiser Golf Tournament held this past Sunday. In the third year of this annual affair it has grown in popularity with 52 golfers, or 26 teams, taking part this year. The format originated from 20 years ago by Four Winds Pro Chad Wise and his Dad, and still has special meaning to Chad, who played this year with his son Dillon. Each team can choose when and where to use 6 scramble shots, 6 alternate player shots, and 6 best ball shots. It is also handicapped...