Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Now it's not a question of if, but when, Kimball County Transit Service moves into its new home at the corner of 3rd and Chestnut streets in downtown Kimball. The county commissioners voted, 3-0, on Tuesday to enter into a $1.16 million contract with Anderson-Shaw Construction of Scottsbluff to begin extensive renovations to make the structure viable. The county's 20 percent share of the cost is projected to be $247,918 thanks to federal grant money. After months of talk, the project appears to...
Dec. 31, 2019, is the date that the Potter Historical Foundation begins its 20th year of "preserving the unique history of the town of Potter and combating deterioration of the central historical and business district of the town." Although community betterment and volunteer efforts have always been prevalent in Potter's history, the idea for a formally organized foundation was generated on Sept. 24, 1990, during a community revitalization seminar presented by Dr. Edwin Nelson, president...
Good morning Banner County! I see corn harvest is still under way for some of us, finished for others. Spring weather out here today, breezy and mild. And we are toward the end of November and looking toward Thanksgiving! I hope this great weather holds out for a while longer because it will make life much easier for the things we have coming up here in the near future. Snow Christmas Eve will be soon enough! Today, November 22, the junior high wrestling team will have meets at Morrill beginning at 9 a.m. and the junior high girls basketball...
Sylvia I. Soule, 88, of Banner County, died at Emerald Court in Scottsbluff on Friday, November 15, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 21, 2019 at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with Pastor Bill Bagley officiating. Burial will be held in the Kimball Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday from 1:00 until 6:00 p.m. Friends may also visit www.cantrellfh.com to view the obituary and leave condolences and messages for the family....
John C. Hochstedler, 82, of Dix, died at Kimball Health Services on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2019. Cremation has been held and services will be held at a later date. The services for John have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home....
Winter sports practice officially got underway for Nebraska high schools this past Monday and it certainly is time to get indoors and out of the cold weather. Wade Brashear is back to head up the Kimball High wrestling program and assistant Bob Culek is back to add his expertise as well. It looks like the Longhorns will have about 14 young men working hard on the mats this season which opens up December 5th when they host Bayard. Chauncey Pedersen is back again to head up the Lady Longhorn basketball and has his top assistant Tiffany Johnson ba...
The 2019 Nebraska Firearm Deer Season opened up this past weekend and area hunters were finding the deer population plentiful as they filled their permits. Lisa Wangler at Sportsman's Liquor Store has been providing her establishment as a check-in site for many years and was busy once again this year helping to check in deer. As of early Monday morning, she had already checked in 134 deer from both local hunters and many from outside the area – including out-of-state hunters who journeyed to W...
Kimball golfer Bob Kellner stole the spotlight this past week to take senior golf honors with his play at the Four Winds Golf Course. Smooth swinging Bob, who is 86 years young, fired a round of 41-40=81 on a very cool Nov. 14 when the high temperature of the day was 50 degrees. What is more amazing, he shot 5 strokes under his age while wearing a nice winter coat and wearing gloves! His outstanding play wasn't over as he came back the very next day and shot 41-43=84 to once again shoot under...