Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Harley Buford Carter, 84, of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, passed away on December 28, 2023. Cremation has taken place and graveside services will be held at the Nebraska Veteran's Cemetery in Alliance, NE at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that contributions be made to the Harrisburg, Nebraska (Banner County) Volunteer Fire Department in memory of Buford Carter. Online condolences may be made by viewing Buford's memorial page at www.bridgmanfuneralhome.com. Bridgman...
Michael D. Curless, 86, of Kimball, died at Kimball Health Services on Sunday, December 24, 2023. Cremation has been held and memorial services will be held at a later date. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view Michael's Tribute Wall and leave condolences and stories for the family. The services for Michael have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home. Michael D Curless was born 2-23-1937 in Quincy, Illinois and died 12-24-2023 in Kimball, Nebraska. Born to Donald Curless and Laura...
Elda H. (Giesert) Heidemann, 95, of Fairbury, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 14, 2023, at Gardenside LTC-JCHC in Fairbury, NE. She was born on July 24, 1928, in Denver, CO to Adolph and Elda (John) Geisert. Elda attended public school through 6th Grade, then Lutheran School and graduated from South High School. She also attended the Denver Art Institute. Elda worked at AT&T in Denver before moving to Kimball, NE with her beloved 'Grandpa Drake', who had homesteaded in Kimball....
Formal services for Lawrence Harold Christensen of Kimball will be held Friday, January 5, 2024, at Calvlary Chapel Church, 129 Walnut St,, Windsor, CO 80550 at 2 p.m. with a reception to follow at the church. Harris Funeral Directors of Aurora, CO have been entrusted with arrangements. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to St. Judes in his memory at https://fundraising.stjude.org/goto/Lchristensonmemorial An informal Celebration of Life will be held at the 4-H Building in Kimball, NE, on Saturday, January 6, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. We...
After public hearings and agenda items, the Kimball City Council rezoned two properties from single family residential to multi-family residential for a planned Clean Harbors housing developent. At the public hearings, the council heard neighbors of the properties voice concerns about traffic, the number of apartments, and the stipulation that Clean Harbors open the apartments to the general public. The two rezoned tracts directly north of Kimball County Manor were re-plated to one tract. The...
The Kimball School Board is expected to continue discussing and gathering information on the four day school week into its next regular meeting. According to Superintendent Trevor Anderson, the next year’s school calendar is typically approved in March – and decisions will be made. Kimball Public Schools currently function on a 4.5 day a week calendar with a half-day of professional development scheduled on Wednesday afternoons for the entire year. In recent weeks, surveys were sent out to students, staff and patrons to obtain information. A m...
The day after Christmas brought an official blizzard warning and blizzard condititons to the southern Panhandle on Tuesday that the National Weather Service forecast would last until Wednesday morning with gusts up to 60 mph and up to 7 inches of snow in the Kimball area. The storm kept city road crews busy plowing, above on East 2nd Street, and forced some business to adjust operations. Interstate 80 and Highway30 were closed from Cheyenne to North Platte, the Kimball landfill was shut down,...
The Kimball City/County Park and Recreation Executive Board voted unanimously to borrow $182,500 at 5.35% interest to drill a well and repair Four Winds Golf Course’s largest pump. Sargent Irrigation from Broken Bow will be doing the installation and repairs. The well will be operational by April 1, 2024. Approval for the well was given at a meeting on Tuesday, December 19. Four Winds Superintendent Jeremy Williams explained to the Observer the recent trouble with the large 100 hp well. For the past couple of years, the heads have plugged up wi...
The winners for Santa's Helpers 2023 Kimball residential and business decorating contest have been announced. Residential winners are Cheryl and Charlie Paul of 316 S. Chestnut St. in first (top photo) and Jim and Vonnie Saukerson of 121 W. 7th St. in second. Business winners are Upside Down Daycare at 1200 E. 6th St. in first and Kimball County Manor at 810 E. 7th St. in second (bottom photo). Santa's Helpers also gave special recognition to three houses on Road 29: Ben and Jill Ferguson,...
The winners for Santa's Helpers 2023 Kimball residential and business decorating contest have been announced. Residential winners are Cheryl and Charlie Paul of 316 S. Chestnut St. in first (top photo) and Jim and Vonnie Saukerson of 121 W. 7th St. in second. Business winners are Upside Down Daycare at 1200 E. 6th St. in first and Kimball County Manor at 810 E. 7th St. in second (bottom photo). Santa's Helpers also gave special recognition to three houses on Road 29: Ben and Jill Ferguson,...
Longhorns basketball legend Mike Daum, who turned 28 on Oct. 30, is still moving up. Daum has joined the high-level Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the EuroLeague after the Bertram Derthona team in Italy released him from his contract so he could try to further his career. This follows the Dauminator's fine performance in the 2023 NBA Summer League with the Sacramento Kings. "It was not easy to make this decision," Bertram Derthona president Marco Picchi said on the team...
Edith Dee Hall's gravestone at Kimball Cemetery is inscribed, simply, with 1897-1971. What's important, though, is not the birth and death years on one's grave marker. It's that dash between the years. It's how a person lived during the dash – and Edith Dee Hall lived quite the dash. She might be the most accomplished Kimball native that Kimball doesn't know much, if anything, about. "It's not every day that a little girl from Kimball, Nebraska, helps change the way surgery is done around the w...
At Tuesday’s Kimball County Commissioners meeting, the structure of the courthouse was a topic that building and grounds superintendent Steve Warner reported on. Warner told the commissioners that he contacted Jacob Hurla from Community Solutions, and Hurla obtained a structural engineer to look at the foundation. Warner said that the structural engineer found that the grade on the foundation of the courthouse needed to be raised. Warner said, “In 1988, the grade was lowered, but it should have been raised.” The next step is to get an idea...
Josh Thompson was named Kimball Volunteer Fire Department Fireman of the Year at KVFD's recent banquet. Josh, who joined in January 2020, said the "best part of being on the fire department is the friends and family you gain from being involved in the community." Here are the KVFD election results: Chief Andrew Bohac, 1st assistant chief Mark Whetham and 2nd assistant chief Taylor Brown. Other officers are President Tim Culek, Vice President Tyson Culek and Secretary/treasurer Jordan Autrey....
Reorganization was the main objective of the Dec. 14 meeting of the Kimball City Council but the council entered executive session to discuss selling of city properties and pending claims and imminent litigation involving Hometown Hardware, Inc. The city had a long list of appointments and approvals for their reorganization meeting. The council approved Mayor John Morrison’s appointments of Annette Brower for City Administrator, Paula Tarnago for city clerk, Jean Klassen for treasurer, and Jose Ruiz for chief of police. The active members of t...
Anne E. Andersen, 91, of Kimball, Nebraska, then Anthem, Arizona, passed away in her home on Sunday, December 10, 2023. A memorial has been established to Trinity United Methodist Church, Kimball,Nebraska. Anne Elizabeth Hammons was born in Meridian, Mississippi on January 9, 1932. After graduating from high school, she attended Meridian Junior College. Anne's first adventure away from her beloved Mississippi was as an airline stewardess with Delta airlines at age 21. A few years later she met,...
Larry Dale Halstead, 70, of Johnstown Colorado, passed away on December 17, 2023. He was born on January 9, 1953 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and graduated from Kimball High School in 1971. He went on to serve in the U.S. Navy from 1971-1975 as a GMG3 Gunners Mate Petty Officer 3rd Class and earned a Bronze Star among other commendations while serving in Vietnam. Larry, or "Echo" as he was known by so many, worked in the oilfields upon exiting the military and spent 5 years at Evertson Well...
Linda Rae Pahl Buono 70, died December 9, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. Linda was born near Kansas City, Missouri. And at 1 month of age was adopted by Robert and Dorothy Pahl of Banner County, Nebraska. Linda graduated from Banner County High School (Harrisburg High) in 1971 and moved to Phoenix, Arizona. She made her home in Phoenix, graduated with a degree in dental hygiene from Phoenix University, and was employed as a dental hygienist for a number of years. She married John Buono and together had 2 daughters, Sarah and Alysha. Linda was...
It is with great sadness that her loving family shares that Arleen Sakelaris passed away November 23rd, 2023, in Albuquerque, NM, after an illness at the age of 84. Arleen was born August 27th, 1939, at New Ulm, Minn. She and her family moved to South Dakota in 1944, where she and her family worked and lived on a ranch. In 1957, she attended West Nebraska General Hospital School of Nursing. Throughout her 40+ year career as a nurse, Arleen put others first. During her career, she worked in all...
Harold E. Weisbrook, 95, of Kimball, died at the Kimball County Manor on Friday, December 15, 2023. Harold Emil Weisbrook was born in Fort Morgan, Colorado on September 30, 1928. He began his journey amidst the vast landscape of northeast Colorado. In his early years he was dedicated to his family's farm, cultivating a connection with the land, a dedication that would follow him throughout his life. In 1951, duty called, leading Harold to enlist in the Army. However, fate intervened when his...
The Longhorns boys basketball tram is sitting at 4-2 during its winter break after a 54-46 loss at Hershey. Next up for Kimball High basketball is South Platte, which comes to K-Town on Jan. 3. JV play starts at 4 p.m. Friday's game vs. Hershey was a very back and forth game all night. We discussed and executed a new offense well the day before in practice and were very hopeful that we would be able to continue that execution come game time. The start of the game went very well as we were able...
The Kimball Food Pantry has scored again for the second month in a row, and just in time for the holidays. Kimball EMS volunteers sponsored and organized the "Fill the Ambulances" food drive on Saturday. They estimated their food collection to be about 2,000 pounds of products, and an additional $1,370 in cash that will help stock the pantry. Chellie Autrey, director of the Kimball Food Pantry, said that she was overwhelmed by the amount of food and money they brought in. "They probably had six...
Results from the survey on whether Kimball Public Schools should move to a four-day school week were shared with the Kimball School Board at its meeting on Monday evening. The results from students, staff and parents were favorable, although lots of questions remain before any decision will be made. Superintendent Trevor Anderson stressed that the school district wants to do what would be best for the students of Kimball County. During the public comment period, Laura Perry spoke on the issue. Perry favored the four-day week, but was concerned...
Don Lease has been appointed to be the newest Banner County commissioner. He will serve the remaining term of long-time commissioner Robert Gifford that expires January 5, 2025. The appointed followed an open session on Thursday, Dec. 7, in which a committee of Banner County officials interviewed three candidates for the open county commissioner seat. Those interviewed were Eddie Shaul, Lacy Krakow and Don Lease. The interviewing committee is composed of County Clerk Katie West, County Treasurer...
Kimball Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary and Kimball Health Services EMS have accepted the challenge of taking over the Hometown Heroes program. Former organizer Erin Heidemann helped the auxiliary with its first event on Saturday. For 19 local children, Saturday began with breakfast at the fire hall, a fire truck ride, a visit from Santa with gift cards to give out, and other gifts and prizes. Each child's family received a $50 gift card to Main Street Market for the holiday meals. Four...