Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Captain Andy Bremer of the Kimball Police Department said that following the path of his father, and his father's father, off of the family ranch and into the Navy was the most natural choice for him. "I'm third generation Navy, so it was a pretty easy choice, it was just something I was always going to do," he said. Bremer joined the Navy in 1996 and served a four-year term, during which he was married to his wife, Courtney, whom he has known since he was 12. Following his service, Bremer retur...
Connecting the county's veterans to military and on-military services they require is an honor for Austin Garner, Kimball County's new Veteran's Service Officer. Garner, a 2004 Kimball graduate, served in the Army as a flight paramedic stationed in Germany for the majority of his active duty except for his training time. "With my unit in Germany, I deployed twice to Afghanistan, once in the north and once in the south," he said. Having just been recently released from active duty, Garner feels...
You can find love anywhere, even in the military. That is the case for Kimball residents Bob and Mary Kay Jenner, who met while serving in the Air Force. Mary Kay was born in Kimball to Mary (Linn) Moore and Dick Moore. She graduated from Kimball High School in 1969, attended to college to major in piano for a year in Nevada, Mo., and then transferred to the University of Wyoming where she majored in home economics. In March 1975, Mary Kay joined the Air Force and was stationed at Keesler Air...
The Kimball Board of Public Works met for their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 27. Though the agenda included discussing and possibly coming to a decision on late fees to be charged to residents who are on the disconnect list frequently, the item was tabled until the next meeting pending additional information. The subject was originally broached in August when City Administrator Daniel Ortiz brought to the board’s attention that residents on the list often wait until the crew is out disconnecting electricity before scrambling t...
Kimball’s newest deputy sheriff, Anthony Osborn, arrived in August of this year, and will attend the Nebraska Police Academy in Grand Island in March 2016, where he will receive his certification when he graduates. Osborn, who describes himself as a Huskers fan through and through, hopes he and his wife, Lacy, will continue living in Kimball in the future, with their two dogs, Grimm and Reaper and that they will see Kimball grow and thrive. “I’m from a small town, so I enjoy living in a small town and Kimball residents have made us feel welco...
John E "Jack" Johnson, age 78, passed away at the Western Nebraska Veteran's Home in Scottsbluff, on Wednesday, October 28th, 2015. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with Pastor Roger Gillming officiating. Private family inurnment will be held in the Kimball Cemetery. Cremation has been held and friends may stop at the funeral home on Wednesday from 1:00 until 5:00 p.m. to sign the register book and leave...
My sister has a home in Kimball, Nebraska, and has owned this home for over 40 years. Now in her 80s, she still works to support herself. She has health problems, as do most people of that age. This past summer she got a letter from the City of Kimball stating she had 20 days to remove a dead tree from her property or face a $1,000.00 fine each day for as long as it was not removed. She wasn’t sure if the tree was on her property, or her neighbors or right on the property line. Her home is neat as a pin – fresh paint, new roof, trimmed and cle...
Recently my darling significant other and I were having a conversation. While I listened I began rinsing dishes, putting them in the dishwasher and finally wiping the countertops. He started talking a little bit louder, sighed loudly in frustration, but continued talking. I was listening while performing these little tasks that require no concentration. At the time I thought it was efficient to get two things done at once, and I didn’t fully know why he seemed so irritated. I turned to look at him while I replied to what he had said. When I d...
It has been a little more than six years since this column “Across the Fence” was first printed in the fledgling newspaper, The Gering Citizen. Since that first column more than 300 pieces have followed, nearly 400,000 words, and that’s a lot of words from a feller who usually doesn’t have much to say. At the start of this journey I shared much of my personal life through family history, personal stories and other events that occupied my day-to-day routines. The Western Nebraska Observer also began publishing the columns and, most recently, The...
A program that could help locate missing children will be held next week in Kimball Schools. The CHIP (Child Identification Program) will be hosted by James L. Eatmon Masonic Lodge #294 on Nov. 10 at Mary Lynch Elementary School and on Nov. 13 at Kimball Junior/Senior High School. The program provides a photograph, a webcam interview with the child, digital fingerprints, dental bite impression (provided they are old enough to have teeth) and DNA through a cheek swab. The information is then given to the parent, grandparent or guardian, and no...
Kimball County was recently notified by the Nebraska Department of Revenue that a settlement has been reached for a 2014 valuation appeal from Frontier Pipeline, LLC. Frontier went through the process of suing the county for the assessed value placed on its properties, and won for a refund of more than $38,500. According to Kimball County Treasurer, Diana Quicke, the company paid their 2014 taxes in full and the monies were then distributed to other entities or political subdivisions such as the Kimball County general fund, ambulance fund, the...
The Kimball High Lady Longhorns saw their volleyball season come to an end Monday night in the championship game of the C-12 sub-district tournament. After taking out Mitchell in 3 sets of first round play the number two seeded Kimball advanced with their win over number three seeded Mitchell while number one seed Chadron won in straight sets over number four seed Gordon-Rushville. This set up the exciting title match, won by the highly touted Lady Cardinals from Chadron. Kimball got off to a...
The Kimball High Volleyball Teams closed out the regular season at Sidney this past week losing to the Class B Lady Red Raiders in all of the matches played. In freshman play, Kimball lost 25-16 25-9 with Kate Reader high for Kimball with 4 points followed by Lacy Klinkhammer with 3 and Jazlyn Harroun with 3. Sidney won the junior varsity match 25-16 25-19 with Justine Heeg high for Kimball with 9. The host school also won the varsity match in three sets with scores of 25-21 25-19 25-16. Madie...
The Potter-Dix varsity volleyball team continued its winning ways on Monday night as the squad eliminated Banner County, 3-0, in the first round of D2-11 subdistrict playoff action at Bridgeport. The game, which the Lady Coyotes won 25-11, 25-13 and 25-6, featured a true team effort as six different players on head coach Sarah Dvorak's squad led in each of the six statistical columns. Starting out on offense, Dawson Sharman was once again the leader at the net with six kills, followed closely...
The Junior High Wrestling Team got the season underway this past Saturday at the Banner County Tournament and Coach Klent Schnell was happy with the success of his young grapplers in their first outing. The Shorthorns had 3 champions in Scott Hunsaker, Ethan Ratzlaff, and Steve Bateman, all going 3-0 on the day. Connor Maginnis and Zavyer White wound up 2nd in their weights with 2-1 records, Todd Hunsaker was 1-2 and Cory Gardner 0-3. Coach Schnell and assistant Wade Brashear have a total of 10 wrestlers checked out but were without 3 of their...
