Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Tuesday morning Kimball had its newest police officer sworn in at the City Council chambers. Katherine Terrill, the city clerk and deputy treasurer, swore in Joel Mauer. Mauer is finishing up his last month of training and will start at the police academy in April. For 12 years he served as a police officer in Massachusetts, including five years under cover. Later he became a corrections officer in Wyoming and Nebraska. Officer Mauer is a familiar face in town, as he worked at the post office...
The Kimball School Board opened its special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16 and adjourned in just 10 minutes. Only two items were on the agenda to be discussed and considered, but one was of great importance. The first item that the six board members discussed was the approval of a contract with the National Association of School Boards to conduct a search for a superintendent to replace Elizabeth Owens, who plans to step down July 1. The search will establish a timeline, and NASB will discuss with the district the attributes that are...
LETTERS FROM STUDENTS AT AT POTTER EARLY LEARNING CENTER Dear Santa Clause, My name is Jonathan I am 4 years old! I live in the great town of Dix. This year I've been really good and it would be super good if you could brings me these things this year: I pad, Dinosaur, big Hot Wheels. Thank you! You're the best Santa ever! Please tell Mrs. Clause and the Elves I love her for me. Dear Santa Clause, My name is Zander I am 4 years old! I live in the great town of Dix. This year I've been really...
Good Morning, Banner County! Here we are and one week from today Christmas will be over and there will be less than one week left in the year 2019. Just cannot believe it. Time is sure flying and I know for a fact I am not having that much fun! This sure has been a year of changes at our house, sort of like the weather was this year. Anyway, I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy New Year! With all of the snow in our yard it sure looks like Christmas, and in some places that are unmarked it looks like we have fields...
Virgil Alan "Al" Combs, 84, of Potter, passed away on Friday, December 13, 2019 at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, NE. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, December 21st in the Potter-Dix Public Schools Gym in Potter. Burial will follow in the Potter Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel in Sidney on Friday from 1-7:00 P.M. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Shirley Combs, POB 365, Potter, NE 69156, for a memorial scholarship...
Sirens were blaring all over town Saturday afternoon, but it wasn't an emergency. It was the annual Shop with a Cop extravaganza. Fifty-four children from kindergarten to the sixth grade were selected to be the beneficiaries of Shop with a Cop, while 40 children attended the event. When the local Shopko store closed, Shop With a Cop coordinator Erin Heideman had to re-invent how the program was going to work. Even with the closing of Shopko, donations remained the same. This year the fireman...
Here is a partial list of Christmas and Christmas Eve church servics that The Observer was able to confirm with area churches. If your church’s service isn’t listed, please check with your church. St. Joseph’s Catholic Church December 24 Christmas Eve Mass at 6:30 pm December 25 Christmas Day Mass at 8:00 am First English Lutheran Church Christmas Eve Service at 5:30 pm Christmas Eve Service 10:00 pm Kimball Trinity Methodist Church Christmas Eve Service at 5:00 pm Calvary United Methodist in Bushnell Christmas Eve Service at 7:00 pm Presb...
Longhorn senior Beau Hanks drives in for a layup in last week's game against the Morrill Lions. See this week's print edition or digital edition for subscribers to see the Observer's 2019 winter sports special section featuring the basketball and wrestling programs at Kimball, Potter-Dix and Banner County....
The final weekend of High School sports action is this weekend before the NSAA Moratorium begins on Sunday, December 22, when Nebraska schools are required to hold no practices, or compete in competition until after Christmas. The Kimball High Basketball teams will travel this weekend going to Hershey Friday evening with JV games beginning at 3:30 followed by the girl’s varsity at 5 and the boy’s varsity at 6:30. On Saturday Kimball travels to Bayard for JV games at 2 followed by girl’s varsity at 3:30 and boy’s varsity at 5 p.m. The Kimball Hi...
The Kimball High Wrestlers had a busy weekend with two tournaments back to back on Friday and Saturday of this past week. On Friday they wrestled at the North Platte St Pats Tournament and on Saturday they were at the Charlie Lake Tournament at Cheyenne East. Coach Wade Brashear gave a run down on the North Platte Tournament saying “On Friday we travelled to North Platte St Pats for a small pool tournament. This was our first year in this tournament. Overall, our wrestling was down. Matt Johnson suffered two overtime losses to heavier o...
A split weekend for the Kimball High girls with a win on the road Friday night at Perkins County followed by a home loss Saturday night to Morrill. This leaves the Lady Longhorns with a 2 win-2 loss record going into the weekend. KIMBALL 36, PERKINS COUNTY 21 A nice road win for the Kimball girls at Grant Friday night with the Lady Longhorns coming out on top 36-21. "Once again we had a slow start and I don't know why we do this, but we got it going in the 2nd quarter" said Coach Chauncey...
The Kimball High boys are 2-2 going into this weekend's play after slipping past Perkins County on the road Friday night and losing a hard fought battle with Morrill at home Saturday. Coach Mo Hanks says "We are still hrting depth wise and run out of gas late in the game. We need to work more on our conditioning, and will welcome back Brayden Tyan and Javon Coyle after the Christmas break." Tyan and Coyle are both recovering from football injuries. KIMBALL 56, PERKINS County 54 Kimball's win at...
Carina Chen, from Shanghai, China, is one of the five foreign exchange students at Kimball High School. Placed through the STS Foundation which has a goal to provide educational exchanges for young people wishing to visit the United States. Chen was placed with Dawn Hickman and Robert Hinton and their seven-year-old son, Noah. "They are just like family," Chen said with a smile aimed at Dawn. She traveled more than 6,600 miles to get to Kimball in August and has gone from living in a city of 24...