Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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A 37-year Army colonel, veteran and current Nebraska state senator is this year's keynote speaker at the Kimball High School Veteran's Day Program. Sen. Tom Brewer of Gordon is a member of the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe. Brewer will speak to Kimball and other area veterans, students, and the public at the annual program, sponsored by the Kimball High School civics class. The program is set for Nov. 11 at 10 a.m. at the Harry McNees Auditorium. After beginning as an enlisted man in the Nebraska...
Room W7 at the Kimball Jr./Sr. High School was overflowing as parents, staff members and students attended the Oct. 30 special meeting of the Kimball Public Schools Board of Education. During public comment time, about a dozen meeting attendees addressed the board with their concerns. Most of those who spoke were concerned about changes that they believed had been made to the schedule of classes. Specifically, that jazz band and show choir would no longer be held during the 27-minute intervention time in the schedule. Instead, they would be hel...
Plans are moving forward to revitalize one of downtown Kimball's busiest intersections and give a new home to growing Kimball County Transit Service. The county commissioners on Tuesday accepted the lowest construction bid to renovate the vacant commercial building at 3rd and Chestnut streets. If all goes well, county officials hope the extensive work can be completed in time for the transit service to occupy the former auto dealership by summer. Federal grant money will pay for most of the...
BAYARD - State Sen. Steve Erdman announced his plans Monday to run for re-election to the Nebraska Legislature. Erdman is a Republican member of the Nebraska Legislature, representing District 47. He was first elected in 2016. During Erdman's first term in office many citizens shared their concerns and hopes through town hall meetings, phone calls, and one-on-one conversation. His office said it is clear that high property taxes have been the major issue for western Nebraska. Erdman fought for...
Hello Kimball! Let me introduce myself – my name is Jessica Rocha, and I am the Tourism Director for Kimball County. I have decided that it might be nice if we are able to give the community a little update on the Kimball County Visitor Center/High Point Welcome Center every month or so, and the newspaper was so kind to help me out! A little bit about the Visitor Center … The County purchased this property (the old Burger King on the hill) about seven years ago and we opened in July of 2013 as an information/welcome center. Since that tim...
Karl Dean Szobody of Bushnell, Nebraska, formerly of Elkhart, Indiana, died at his home on October 25, 2019. He was born February 19, 1942, to the late Henry and Mary (Compton) Szobody. Karl was preceded in death by his daughter ,Jodi Ann. Survivors include his brother Johan and sister Diane, his wife Norma, sons Dean and Briant, daughter Michelle, and eight grandchildren. Karl retired from Jefferson County in Colorado after 25 years of service. He was a firefighter in many small communities in...
On Saturday November 2, 2019, while surrounded by family, Gale LeAnn Wimberley went to her heavenly home. Visitation will be held from 4-7 PM on Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at Dugan-Kramer Funeral Chapel in Scottsbluff. A Celebration of Her Life will take place at 10:30 AM on Thursday, November 7, 2019 at Gering Zion Church with Pastor Tim Hebbert and Pastor Wayne Mundell co-officiating. Cremation will follow the service. Online condolences may be left at www.dugankramer.com Gale was born to...
Erma Maurine Yung passed away at her home surrounded by family on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M., Monday, November 4th in the Kimball Event Center. A reception will follow with private family burial at a later date in the Kimball cemetery. No formal visitation is planned. Memorial contributions may be made in Erma's name to St. Jude's Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, or in care of the family. You may view Erma's Book of Memories...
The Winter Sports Season has begun, at least on the Kimball Junior High level. The junior high wrestling team opened the season at the Banner County Tournament in Harrisburg this past Saturday and then hosted their own tournament this past Tuesday. I have talked with Coach Wade Brashear and he hasn’t been able to gather all the results with his very busy schedule, but we will have those for you readers next week. I can tell you that Coach Brashear is excited for the season of both his junior high kids and with his High School squad. He has 1...
While sitting in a medical center in Fort Collins this past week while my wife was getting her eyes checked, I picked up a magazine and found myself reading a very interesting article about how the number of high school kids who are involved in athletics and sporting activities are drastically decreasing – both at the national level and in the Fort Collins area. This also got me thinking about our own situation here at the local level. Some of the figures I will give you were put together by t...
The 2019 Kimball High Football season did not turn out like it was forecast as the Longhorns won only 1 game and lost 7, due in large part to injuries to key personnel and lack of numbers. The Horns won over Southwest on the road in their second game of the season 42-0, but were outscored badly in the other 7 losses and ended up getting outscored 424 to 180 overall while averaging 22.5 points to the opponents 53 a game. As can be expected, they were dominated in almost all categories of both offense and defense. In a look back at the season,...