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 home of Gordon and Joyce Bright is filled with the whirring noises and hums of tiny little machines hard at work. These little mechanisms power a ferris wheel, carousel, hockey rink, country dance, a cookie shop, and several other holiday and winter themed figures. Joyce Bright has lived in Kimball since 1969. In 1975, her and her husband started collecting things. "When we started we also had built three dollhouses," Gordon said. Joyce made ceramics for several years and her work is also... Full story
January Nebraska public schools showed improvement and growth under a new accountability system. This caused a sharp improvement in the amount of students graduating. This year 180 of 249 Nebraska public school districts graduated 90 percent of their high school seniors. State wide 88 percent of seniors graduated, a two percent increase from last year. Rail Spur project gets new life after being in the works for eight or ten years. The rail spur would allow Kimball to be a part of...
While running titles, Tascosa Land Resources representatives were surprised at what they found: three miles east of Kimball on Highway 30 the County owns eight mineral acres. The Tascosa representative, Jason Brown, attended the County commissioners meeting on December 17, to discuss and consider the action that needed to be taken in order to lease mineral land in Kimball County. They brought that to the attention of the county commissioners and opened a discussion of what needed to be done in order to lease the land from Kimball County. “We d...
Local resident Fern Stahla continues to show that age is merely a number. Stahla, 103, who was born on October 25, 1910 in Ordway, Colorado, grew up in a time much different than the one enjoyed by present day children and teenagers with the technological age and social media sites that are ever prominent in common daily routines and discussion. Instead, Stahla spent the early years of her life helping her parents farm on their plot in Greeley, Colorado with her siblings George, Hannah, Kate, Le... Full story
Dona J. Buchanan, 82, of Harrisburg, died at Kimball Health Services on Friday, December 20, 2013. Funeral services are pending at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball. The funeral details will be posted at www.cantrellfh.com when they become available. The services have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home.... Full story