Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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September is here, and with it, we celebrate National Library Card Sign-up Month. Kimball Public Library invites all members of our community to sign up for a free library card. Children ages 5 and up are encouraged to have their own card. A library card can be a rite of passage for children, giving them a sense of responsibility. As library patrons, children learn the importance of caring for things that belong to others. Children take the essential early step in their development when they obtain their library card and become conscientious...
The Observer this week showcases grand and reserve champions from the 2024 Kimball-Banner County Fair. Congratulations to all! Grady Autrey • People, Places, or Pets with Personality Display or Print – Grand Champion • Embellished Garment with Orginal Design – Reserve Champion • Stocker Feeder – Reserve Champion • Breeding Goat 2 years old or older – Aged Doe – Grand Champion • 4-H Swine Showmanship - Junior – Reserve Champion Joel Berger • Unsighted Archery Intermediate – Reserve Champion Luke...
Shirley Ann (Lockwood) Brethour, 88, of Torrington, Wyoming passed away on August 21, 2024, surrounded by family. Shirley was born to Raymond and Ethel (Francisco) Lockwood in Kimball, Nebraska, on April 26, 1936. She was preceded in death by her husband Harold (Hal) Brethour, her parents, her in-laws Ted and Kate Brethour, and her daughter Sandy Schwartzkopf. Shirley grew up on the family farm with her older brother Jack, just outside of Bushnell and attended school at Kimball, Nebraska, where...
Glen D. Bivens, 60, of Kimball, died at his home in Kimball on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. Cremation has been held and memorial services will be held at a later date. The services for Glen have been entrusted to Cantrell Funeral Home....
Kimball bull rider Cody Brinkman continued his winning ways with a first place showing in bull riding Monday at the Nebraska State Fair High School Rodeo in Grand Island. His score/time was 70.00. The Nebraska High School Rodeo Association competition was held over Labor Day weekend in Nelson and Grand Island. Cody attends Kimball High School and has competed strongly on the rodeo and wrestling teams....
Kimball Longhorns football kicks off its home season 1 p.m. Saturday, hosting the Bayard Tigers at Keith Staehr Field. The Horns look to get on the winning track after losing their opener, 30-12, on Aug. 29 in a nonconference battle of Longhorns at Hyannis. The Kimball football program showed some defensive progress in the game, compared to their showing against Hyannis last year. Hyannis won that game, 58-20. After Bayard, North Platte St. Pat's come to town to play under the Friday night...
Oct. 15 will be the final day of operation for the High Point Visitors Center after 11 years of operation. The Kimball County Commissioners elected to close the tourism facility. On Monday evening at a special Visitors Center meeting, Kimball County Commissioner Rich Flores explained “due to budget constraints in LB 34, thank your Governor for that ... we really had to tighten our belts.” LB 34 is the recetly passed measure to reduce Nebraska property taxes. According to Flores, “The conse...
There was no discussion at the Kimball City Council meeting on Tuesday when the council held two public hearings to rezone a parcel of land from rural residential to C-2 general commercial, and to approve a conditional use permit for storage units on this property. The land includes 2.591 acres on Kearney Street. Additional items under current business included the ratification of the new members of the Kimball Volunteer Fire Department, Jim Shoup’s reappointment as the city’s street superintendent for 2025, and the approval of an updated job...
At least one person has expressed interest in the open seat on the Kimball City Council. Mayor John Morrison told the Observer that he has one interested party and is in the process of contacting that person for an interview. Councilman Don Muench submitted his resignation on Tuesday, July 15. Muench ran as a write-in candidate for council in November 2022, took office in December that year, and served until August 2024. The mayor will make the appointment, which must be approved by a majority vote of the council. Muench’s job took him to e...
Clean Harbors, Inc. is on track to have a big September and October to celebrate its expansion projects. The projects include housing developments, workforce housing, an apartment complex and a new incinerator. The most significant undertaking, the new $215 million rotary kiln incinerator, is set to commence operations in mid-October. Originally estimated at $185 million in 2019, the project's budget has experienced a 10% to 11% cost increase due to inflation, additional features and design...
Sharon Dell "Novotny" Gehrke, 82, a lifelong resident of Kimball, died at the Kimball County Manor on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. Memorial services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, August 27, 2024 at the Cantrell Funeral Home with Pastor Randy Bohac officiating. Inurnment was at Kimball Cemetery following the service. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view her Tribute Wall and share condolences and stories with the family. Memorials may be given in Sharon's memory to Young Wives...
Kimball High School freshman JaLeigh Bohac picked up a varsity uniform and captured the starting shortstop position for the the Gering Bulldogs softball team. Two additional Kimball freshmen, Deanna Solis and Dakota Nunley, have made the Bulldog JV squad. They did not play on Monday, but all three girls suited up for the JV game. JaLeigh had an out-of-the-park home run during the JV contest with Bayard. Gering beat Bayard won, 14-4. Starting out the season, the Gering varsity played Hastings...
Here's a look at the varsity schedules through the opening week of September. for the Kimball Longhorns, Banner County Wildcats and Potter-Dix Coyotes. Kimball Aug. 29, 9 a.m., Golf at Bayard tournament Aug. 29, 4 p.m., Cross country at Scottsbluff invitational Aug. 29, 4 p.m., Volleyball at triangular in Hemingford Aug. 29, 5:30 p.m., Gering/Kimball softball vs. Scottsbluff at Gering Aug. 29, 7 p.m. Football at Hyannis Aug. 31-Sept. 1, Rodeo at Nelson Aug. 31, 10 a.m., Gering/Kimball softball...
The fall 2024 season opened Tuesday for the Longhorn girls golf team. Aubrey Culek was the lone golfer representing Kimball in the Sidney Invitational at Hillside Golf Course....
About 20 people attended a special meeting of the Kimball County Commissioners on Friday, Aug. 16, with U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer to discuss the public perception of the Sentinel missile project. Fischer spent almost an hour listening to how the project is going in the Kimball area. The senator said that her office has had "really good meetings and updates from the Air Force, also from Northrop and Bechtel." Throughout the meeting, Fischer stated that the country needs this missile project, and that...
At the Tuesday commissioner meeting, the Kimball County Commissioners voted to approve Kimball Police Chief Jose Ruiz’s request to use the former Kimball Health Services hospital for training purposes. The approval is for training on Aug. 28 that will focus on clearing buildings. Ruiz must provide a certificate of liability for the training to be conducted at the former hospital building, which is owned by the county and up for sale. In other business, Kimball County Treasurer Cindi Rahmig and Dave Hottell, county sheriff, explained the t...
The Keno Funds for the Feral Cat program this year have been exhausted in Kimball, but two individuals have stepped up to continue working to control the feral cat population in Kimball County in a humane way. Sherrie Stevenson and Dawn Hinton took 17 kitties/cats to be spayed/neutered at the Northern Colorado Friends of Feral clinic over the weekend. The Keno Funds are used only within the city limits of Kimball, but Hinton and Stevenson are accepting Kimball County, Dix and Bushnell cats for...
Westen Hottell, 16, said, “I figured I always liked to talk, so I might as well get paid to do it.” Westen had to take special course to learn the language he is speaking, the language of an auctioneer. Last weekend at the Top Hand Longhorn Sale in Rapid City, S.D., Westen used his talking skills and chant to auction off a bred Longhorn heifer. On Saturday, Westen sold Lot No. 1, designated as a youth lot with only youth bidding. This was his second opportunity to practice his skills in an actual auction setting. Westen’s first auction attem...
We fondly remember Christopher (Chris) Harlen Christenson, who passed away July 12, 2024. Chris was born November 8, 1954 in Kimball, Nebraska to Harold (Chris) and Betty Christenson. Chris loved jokes, music, movies, making friends, most of all his family and he took pride in his nieces and nephews and his great nieces and nephews. Chris is survived by his loving siblings Nancy Brant, Becky Holloway, Debbie Hottell, Micki Halstead, and Richard Christenson. Chris was preceded in death by his beloved mate Bruce VanNatter who passed June 10,...
Carroll F. Peterson, 1934-2024, a former Kimball resident and 1951 Kimball County High School graduate, passed into glory on August 13, 2024. He was the son of the late Albert and Luella Peterson and brother of Berdine Maginnis of Hot Springs, South Dakota He and his wife, Martha, lived in the San Francisco, California, area....
Fall sports season has arrived for the Kimball Longhorns, Banner County Wildcats and Potter-Dix Coyotes. New to the sports scene this fall is softball under the cooperative agreement that lets Kimball players compete on the Gering team. Kimball rodeo started out first last weekend at Lexington. All other varsity action gets going next week for the three schools. Here's a look at the Kimball, Banner County and Potter-Dix varsity schedules through August. Kimball Aug. 17-18, 8 a.m., Rodeo at...
Death Notice Sharon Dell Gehrke A memorial service for Sharon Dell Gehrke will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, at Cantrell Funeral Home, 609 S. Walnut St., Kimball. Her full obituary will appear in the Aug. 29 edition of the Western Nebraska Observer....
Kimball-Banner County Fair Rodeo queen Emily Whitney carries the American flag before the rodeo performances last Tuesday. Don't miss the full page of images from the fair on Page B8....
The Kimball School Board received an update at its meeting Monday on summer projects in the school district. The board and administration have worked diligently over the past few years to make the district grounds and buildings more attractive. Projects completed this summer include the Junior/Senior High School asphalt work on the west parking lot, scoreboard installation, flooring in the student center and auditorium foyer, LED lighting in the practice gym and locker rooms, the gym floors being recoated, and the roof on the slant wall of the...
The David Hagstrom family was awarded the Nebraska Pioneer Farm Award by AKSARBEN Foundation and Nebraska Farm Bureau at the Kimball/Banner Fair BBQ. The award is given to honor families for 100 years of farm ownership. Erick A. Hagstrom came to America from his hometown of Gastrikland, Sweden at the age of 18. He spent 2 years living in Sioux City, Iowa with his older sister and her husband. In 1900, Erick moved to Kimball County Nebraska and laid claim to a homestead within Section 30-14-55....