Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Several ladies joined in celebrating the arrival of our newest community member, Miss Sierra Sue Johnson with a baby shower held Sunday, December 30, at the Harrisburg Community Church. Mom Stacy allowed us to take turns holding this beautiful little one and I think we all had a great time. Sierra tolerated each of us and simply slept the entire time. Many wonderful and useful gifts were received and a nice strawberry dessert was enjoyed also! I have not paid much attention to baby items for a while (since our last baby shower) and was...
It was in the late spring month of June, the year 1847, in Summerville, Mississippi that an African slave woman known only as ‘King’ gave birth to a son. She named him Bose. Who his father was is unknown but some suspected that King’s master, Dr. Milton Ikard was the most likely sire. However, whether by custom or by lineage, the little boy child, born into slavery on that spring day would be officially recorded as Bose Ikard. In 1852, when Bose was five years old, Dr. Ikard moved his entire family, including his slave family, to western Parke...
The Firebelles meet Thursday, January 10. The Granny Craft Club meets Monday, January 14. The Firemen’s Meeting is Thursday, January 17. The village board meeting will be held on Thursday, January 17 instead of January 10. The Bushnell Lions Club has calendars for sale at the Sisters Grimm. Stop by and pick one up for only $5. Don’t forget the bookstore is closed this week. We will reopen with black bean chili for lunch on Sunday, January 13. For the rest of the month we will be open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays (or by app...
Students from the region are among the 239 names on Chadron State College’s fall 2012 president’s list. In order to qualify for the list, students must earn all A’s and be enrolled in at least 12 hours of coursework. Qualifying for the president’s list were: Diane Baluska, Kimball Brent Bussinger, Kimball Jamie Murdoch, Kimball Jenna Whelchel, Harrisburg Kristen Juelfs, Potter Students from the region are also among the 384 names on Chadron State College’s fall 2012 dean’s list. In order to qualify, students must earn a grade-point average of...
By March 1944, World War II was being fought on many fronts, costing thousands of lives and even more injuries. There was progress being made in Europe as well as in the islands in the Pacific. Less than six months before, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met to coordinate plans to smash German forces and their nasty leader. The Russians had driven the German Forces out of Leningrad. Big things were in the works. Daniel E. Kinnison was a strapping 20 year old man who knew that the Selective...
January 2012 Contrary to conventional wisdom, irrigated corn in Nebraska is highly efficient in the use of energy, water and fertilizer, say University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientists whose research found that increased yields more than offset the energy cost of these inputs. This research has important ramifications for agriculture’s efforts to meet increasing global needs for food, feed, fuel and fiber on existing farmland, said Ken Cassman, UNL agronomist who holds the university’s inaugural Robert B. Daugherty Professorship. Cassman and Pat...
Hello out there in Banner County and to our friends and neighbors. We still have snow on the ground and is it ever a welcome sight--although we could do without these freezing temperatures! News is going in early this week and so I have very little of it. We will be having a baby shower at the Harrisburg Community Church which I will have to cover in next week’s news. The shower is for Sierra Sue Johnson and her mom Stacy. School also will be resuming tomorrow Friday, January 4. I seriously cannot say that I feel terrible about that. It is g...
Seems to have been an uneventful Christmas in Bushnell…Here’s wishing you all a wonderful 2013! The community center board meets Monday, January 7. The United Methodist Women meet Wednesday, January 9. The Firebelles meet Thursday, January 10. The village board meeting will be held on Thursday, January 17 instead of January 10. The bookstore will be closed Thursday, January 3. We will be open regular hours on Friday, January 4. We will be open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, January 5, but will not serve lunch–coffee and desserts will be avail...
The military activity in Dakota Territory during the final days of December 1890 included the 7th U.S. Cavalry and the 8th U.S Cavalry. Their intended purpose was to track down the bands of Sioux who had left their respective reservations. Indians who stayed within the boundaries of their reservations were considered friendlies. Those who were not on the reservations were labeled as hostiles and were to be rounded up and returned by force, when needed, and by deadly force if necessary. Many of Spotted Elk’s Miniconjou, Sitting Bull’s Hun...
I would like to express my gratitude for the custodial staff at the Kimball Jr. Sr. High I am an avid walker and have spend many an hour at the building walking during inclement weather. The custodians are always there, always busy and always helpful. What they do is amazing. While the rest of the staff and students are on Christmas Vacation, these folks are working tirelessly to keep the building looking and smelling better for all Our schools are a better place due to their time, commitment and professional manner. Thank you all for a job...
January 2012 When an electrical component fails to do what it is supposed to do, trouble inevitably follows. Kimball’s city administrator Harold Farrar and Bob Selzer of the Nebraska Municipal Power Pool (NMPP) know this fact well--as does anyone driving past the stilled wind farm outside of town. Recently a recloser attached to the turbines malfunctioned. As the purpose of a recloser is to shut faulty circuit breakers and ensure continued flow of power, the incident allowed a surge that blew a city breaker. When that went down it caused an o...
As I sit down to write this last newsletter of 2012, I cannot help but remember when we on the brink of the new century, back in 1999. Some folks were pretty sure that the world was coming to an end. And most recently of course all of the hoopla about the Mayan calendar and the same fear in the hearts of some folks once again. And here we are!! Ushering in 2013--it just doesn’t seem like twelve years have passed this this century began. The time just keeps going faster and faster. I for one am really in the need of this Christmas break from s...
The swearing-in ceremony for the new Kimball and Banner County elected officials will be held Thursday, January 3 at 8 a.m. in the District Court courtroom. This is open to the public, so feel free to come and support your representatives. The bookstore hours will be revamped in January, but we haven’t finalized the details yet, so please call or email to find out if we’re open before you come. That’s all I have for now – talk to you again in 2013! If you have news, announcements, information about events happening nearby, or anything else yo...
Sitting Bull, his son Crow Foot and fourteen other Sioux, had been killed in a botched attempt to arrest him on December 15, 1890. Stunned by his death and fearful of reprisal approximately 200 of his Hunkpapa band left the Standing Rock Reservation to join the Miniconjou Sioux at the Cheyenne River Reservation. The Miniconjou band was under the leadership of Chief Spotted Elk. The attempted arrest was based on the false assumption that Sitting Bull was a leader and instigator of the recent Ghost Dance religion. The Ghost Dance was a ceremony...
Chadron State College conferred degrees to 181 graduates during two commencement ceremonies Friday, December 14. Graduates from the region: Travis Harrison, Harrisburg, Bachelor of Arts. Kristen Juelfs, Potter, Bachelor of Science in Education. The 114 bachelor’s degrees were conferred in the Armstrong Physical Education Building, and the 67 master’s degrees were presented at Memorial Hall. The commencement speakers were Dr. George Griffith, CSC professor of English and humanities, and Dr. Ron Hull, senior adviser to Nebraska Educational Teleco...
A warm and grateful thank you to Kimball Ambulance Service, KPD and Dr. Jay and Dr. Bush, plus the Kimball Health Services Staff. for the exceptional care. Dale “Arkie” Pruett and Family...
December 2011 Kimball County commissioners Dave Bashaw, Larry Brower and Larry Engstrom attended a state workshop in Kearney as part of a continuing education and leadership development series sponsored by the Nebraska Association of County Officials. Approximately 800 elected officials and employees attended the conference. The program updated county leaders on recent changes in state laws and provided training on related responsibilities. December 2007 Steve and Tiffany Howton of Harrisburg had their home destroyed by fire Dec. 12. No one...
Good Morning to each of you here in Banner County and to all of our friends and neighbors near and far. Here is hoping that you are all ready for the Christmas holiday. I am not completely, but I am getting closer. Guess that is a great thing since the 25th is only a few days away. Our college kids will be home and many other family members will be also, and that in its self will be a lot to be grateful for. Last week the Wildcats hosted Leyton in four basketball games, traveled to Creek Valley the next day, and now they will compete in the...
In the pre-dawn hour of December 15, 1890, a squadron of more than twenty Indian Police roughly wakened Sitting Bull. Rudely escorted from his home, not even allowed the dignity to cover his naked body, Sitting Bull protested his unwarranted arrest. Careless, though passionate, shots were fired in defense of Sitting Bull and the fearful tribal police responded by killing the great Sioux Chief with one bullet in his back, one bullet in his head. While he lay in the spreading pool of blood, his home was searched and a young man was found still...
A lot of business was covered at last week’s village board meeting. Cody, Billy, and Karl took the oath of office for the positions they were re-elected to on the board. Tim was re-elected as chairman of the board. Shirley was reappointed as clerk/treasurer. Tim, Verne, and Karl were reappointed to the health board. The board voted in the updates to the Nebraska Basic Ordinance Code (this is available at the office for anyone who would like to read it). They also approved the 2013 emergency management plan for the water system and passed a r...
Online degree programs in criminology and criminal justice are now available at the University of Nebraska, providing students with flexible options to earn a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a high-demand field. The programs became available through the University of Nebraska Online Worldwide website this fall and can all be completed fully online. They include: ·A Bachelor of General Studies with a concentration in criminology and criminal justice, offered by the University of Nebraska at Omaha. This degree completion program is for stud...
The New Hope Assembly of God will hold a Christmas Eve candlelight service on Monday, December 24 at 7 p.m. The church is located at 413 E. 3rd Street in Kimball. Everyone is welcome to attend this service. The Kimball Baptist Fellowship at 507 S. Oak will hold a Christmas Eve candlelight service and children’s program on December 24 at 6 p.m. The children of the church’s Wednesday night “Kids Club” will present the program “Miracle in the Manger.” This will be a brief program, allowing families to spent the remainder of the evening wit...
The Keith Staehr Scholarship was established in 2010 by a group of former students and athletes in honor of coach Staehr. The scholarship recipient is personally approved by coach Staehr and is chosen based upon demonstrated perserverance and dedication to team success. Michael Robinson was the first recipient, followed by Kaitlin Moritz in 2011 and Jeff Greenwood for the 2012-13 school year. The Kimball Public School Foundation administers the Staehr scholarship, which is funded entirely by personal donations. It is the wish of the founding...
Congratulations to Kimball High School’s November Student of the Month, Jamie Hansel. Throughout Hansel’s high school career, she has participated in Student Council, National Honor Society, Volleyball, Basketball, One Act, Speech, High School Quiz bowl and Publications earning experience, letters and awards in all. Hansel was in volleyball for four years; lettering all four years, and participated in basketball two years. She has been a member of Student Council her Freshman, Sophomore and Sen...