Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Say you want a resolution? Well, they’re not for everybody, but plenty of well-intentioned people will at least start the New Year with one as they try to put their best foot forward into the great unknown of 2019. With up to 92 percent of Americans doomed to fail at keeping their New Year’s resolutions, the personal-finance website WalletHub has compiled a report on “2019’s Best & Worst Cities for Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions.” No, Kimball wasn’t considered for the list due to its size, but here are some rankings of regional citi...
Kimball isn't giving up its Shopko Hometown store quietly, but saving it appears to be a long shot. An online petition urging Shopko Stores Operating Co. to keep open the store gained about 1,000 supporters in just two days last week, days after the company reversed its decision to close another Shopko Hometown outlet in Stanley, N.D., that also attracted a burst of community support. The total surpassed 1,250 by Christmas evening. The Kimball petition joined an email campaign to save the store...
More than 630 adults and students – elementary though high school – filled Kimball's own Goodhand Theatre this past week over the course of just three days. On Wednesday morning, Dec. 19, elementary students from Albin enjoyed the free movie showing of "Elf," followed by elementary students out of Pine Bluffs later that afternoon. Thursday afternoon it was the turn for Mary Lynch students to enjoy the movie. Kimball's junior high and high school students got their chance Friday mooring with a s...
Wilma M. Gilliland, 94, of Kimball, died at the Kimball County Manor on Saturday, December 22, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, December 28, 2018, at the Cantrell Funeral Home with Pastor Caryl Miller officiating. Burial will be in the Kimball Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday from 1:00 until 6:00 p.m. Friends may also visit www.cantrellfh.com to view Wilma's Tribute wall and leave condolences and stories for the family. Memorials may be...
Greetings, Western Nebraska Observer readers. I’m Jim Orr, the new publisher of your hometown newspaper. Some of you might recall when I filled in here -- right here in Kimball, right here in the Observer office -- as interim manager for about a month while the paper was between managers in 2008. I was publisher of The Sidney Sun-Telegraph and also serving as Stevenson Newspapers regional director, which involved overseeing the Observer. So when the need arose in Kimball, I responded. I got in my pickup, drove here on I-80 and pretty much did w...
Scott Frost took offense last season when, at times, he'd look across the field at Nebraska' Big Ten Conference opponent and see a bigger, stronger football team. "That," Frost said, "is not supposed to happen at Nebraska." When he played quarterback at Nebraska in 1996 and 1997, the Huskers were always the bigger, more physical, dominant team. Now entering his second season as Nebraska's head coach, Frost wants that once again. Some of that Nebraska can accomplish through the weight room with c...
The Kimball High winter sports scene is pretty much shut down as they adhere to the Nebraska State School Activities Association Moratorium rules that shut down practices for all Nebraska schools for 5 days from December 22 through December 26. This means Kimball can begin practice sessions beginning today, but there is still no school until January 7th, but our basketball teams will return to competition on January 3 when both girls and boys host Sidney, and on January 5 they go to Chase County. The Longhorn wrestlers are back on the mast Janu...
The Kimball High Wrestling Team closed out the early portion of their season at a triangular in Imperial this past week before going on break for the Holiday lay off, mandated by the NSAA. With only 6 wrestlers on the roster, it is hard to win a dual competition against teams with more numbers. Despite this, Kimball had some positive results according to coach Wade Brashear. Kimball lost to Chase County 64-18 with Jordan Cluff winning by fall over Alex Gomez at 120 with fall time at 4:00, and Stephen Bateman at 285 also won by fall in 2:00...
Despite not having winning season, the Kimball Junior High girl’s basketball teams showed promise under the direction of coaches Danielle Reader and Tori Ingram. Coach Reader’s 7th grade team ended with a record of 4 wins and 5 losses, while coach Ingram’s 8th grade team wound up with a 3-6 record. Low numbers was a problem with only 7 girls on the 7th grade team consisting of Ema Goodwin, Julia Winstrom, Shannon Marks, Katie Kilgore, Aspyn Kiefer, McKenna Bowron, and Jasmine Gawith. The 8th grade team 8 girls including Emma Patterson, Jayde...
Wrinkles aren't the only thing that come with an aging body. No one – including farmers – is immune from the cardiovascular changes, weakened bones, slowed reflexes, memory loss, vision and hearing changes and more. In the farming industry, staying healthy is a key to avoiding injury or death. As time takes its toll on a person's physical condition, paying attention to health and working in a safe manner become even more important. The average age of America's farmers today is 58. At that sta...