Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Sorted by date Results 726 - 750 of 4556
Banner County Historical Day has resumed after a two-year break due to the pandemic. The fun-filled day started last Saturday with a pancake feed by the Banner County Volunteer Fire Department. After a belly full of pancakes, kids and adults participated in the Banner County Historical Day Fun Run of either 1 mile or 3 miles. For months the locals had been preparing for the parade. This year marked one of the longest parades with a number of old vehicles, a horse-drawn buggy and a wagon, along...
Lt. Col. Eric M. Green from F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne was the speaker for Memorial Day 2022 ceremony at the Kimball Cemetery. It was a chilly and windy day as Matt Shoup, VFW Post 2243 commander, opened the ceremony. Randy Bohac gave the opening prayer, and Eileen Rowley from the VFW Auxiliary placed a wreath at the veterans memorial. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited, and Tom O'Brien sang a beautiful rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner. The honor guard presented their salute,...
In a few weeks, Pastor Roger Gillming from the Trinity United Methodist Church in Kimball and the Calvary United Methodist Church of Bushnell will have completed a 48-year ministry journey that has taken him through 16 churches in Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado. "That is all I have done," Gillming said. "It is the only job I have ever had." Pastor Gillming has tried this retirement thing twice before. He retired from Callaway in 2010 and again after three years in Peetz, Colo. Perhaps the third...
Christy Warner, director of the Kimball County Transit Service, represented Nebraska and the transit service at a conference in San Diego. Warner presented at the National American Planning Association event, where she described the updated KCTS facility, expansion of the transit service in the area and partners in the growth. KCTS provides transportation for all ages, including children before and after school, adults to and from work sites, shopping trips, medical appointments and airport trips. For senior residents. some have the...
DIX FIRE DISTRICT PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF MEETING The Dix Fire District will hold its Annual Meeting on Monday, June 6, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. at the Dix Community Room. The meeting is open to the public. #103319 June 2, 2022...
School's out for summer! With the children gone,Mary Lynch Elementary teachers and staff showed their excitement last Thursday, the last day of school....
Blake Wagner Is the first recipIent of the Yard of the Week for the Summer of 2022. Blake has lived at 512 Madison for about four years. He created a small garden area next to the house with stonecrop, sedums, columbines, penstemons and bleeding hearts. Pictured are Savannah from Ace Hardware, Morgan Baker, Blake Wagner and Heather Entingh. Ace Hardware provides the yard winner with a gift....
Patrick Mars will present his senior piano recital this Sunday, June 5, at 3:00 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 601 S. Locust St. in Kimball. Patrick, along with fellow local, Chloe Berger, were two of five piano students statewide to be chosen by the UNL music faculty to receive a 2021 Nebraska Young Artist of the Year Award. The public is invited to attend this free recital. Not only will Patrick’s recital feature solo works of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, and Rachmaninoff, but he will share the spotlight with seven members of his imm...
Two Banner County officials are spending 10 days in the Scotts Bluff County Detention Center after having been found guilty by Scotts Bluff County Court Judge Kris Mickey of public indecency in an incident that occurred Dec. 28 at the Banner County Courthouse. Their jail time began on May 20, immediately after their sentencing hearing at the Scottsbluff County Courthouse. Banner County Treasurer Monty Stoddard, 58, and Assessor Bernice Huffman, 48, were both sentenced to jail time along with a v...
Kimball manslaughter suspect William Shane Serrano had a motion this month for a bond review. He is charged with five felonies, including manslaughter and possession of a firearm while committing a felony. Judge Derek S. Weimer took the May 3 bond review under advisement and issued his order. Serrano has a $100,000 bond, which is to remain unchanged. The court then permitted Serrano to have contact with his minor children with conditions. The conditions must conform to the provisions of a...
The Kimball City Council decided against having three public readings for a proposed ordinance and passed Ordinance No. 804, authorizing the issuance of combined utility revenue bonds not to exceed $2.5 million. The purpose of the bond is to finance improvements to and expansion of the city's electric system and other improvements to the city's combined utilities systems. The city's antiquated power plant, which provides power for brief periods when needed, has diesel generators from the 1950s. Those diesel generators will be parted out and...
The capitalistic spirit is alive in the Central American country of Guatemala. A caravan of used Toyota SR5 pickups stopped at Days Inn in Kimball on its way from Gillette, Wyo., where they were acquired to be sold and used in Guatemala. Twenty-year-old businessman and mechanic Diego Mendez said they located the vehicles in South Dakota, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming and Nebraska, and then picked them up in Gillette. The parade of Toyotas had seven drivers, each driving one vehicle and towing...
Military veterans assemble proudly, above, during last year's Memorial Day ceremony at Kimball Cemetery. This year's ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. Monday, May 30, at the cemetery. F.E. Warren Air Force Base will provide the main speaker. The VFW will host a hamburger feed following the ceremony at the cemetery....
Good morning, Harrisburg, friends and family near and far. May is going out the door and June is slipping in. I sure don’t know where the time has gone. I know for certain that for me it is not because I am having a good time. We are looking at Memorial Day this weekend. Our loved ones will be remembered, specifically missed every day. However there will also be picnics, BBQs, and special family/friend gatherings, so safe travel to all. Remember this quote by Helen Keller “ Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” The River...
Say hello to Kimball High's Class of 2022, some pictured here on Saturday during graduation festivities. Go get 'em, Longhorn alumni! See story, Page A8....
Nebraska Property Tax Administrator Ruth Sorenson explained to the Observer that there is a hefty increase in assessed values of residential properties across the state. The state total for Residential & Recreational and AgResident percentage change was at 8.48%, according to a Nebraska Department of Revenue chart. Some counties are registering significant increases. For example, Wheeler County has a 57.10% increase. Speaking to the Observer from Lincoln, Sorenson suggested that was probably due to a reappraisal. Hooker, Brown, and Boyd countie...
With the turn of 10 ceremonial golden shovels, Kimball Health Services officials broke ground May 11 on a new $43.6 million hospital, kicking off a long-awaited 18-month construction project to replace its 70-year-old facility. Completion of the new 61,200 square foot hospital on the playground of the former West Elementary School, located two blocks from the current facility in Kimball, is expected in the fall of 2023. A pair of 40-year USDA loans totaling $34.2 million, $6.4 million in...
In an update on the Kimball County Transit Service, director Christy Warner said driver Karen Hottell won first place in the 2022 Roadeo Driving contest. Karen won the van division at Nationals in Louisville, Kentucky. The event draws drivers from all over the country to compete for scores that test their skills on every level. Still, the primary focus is on safe operations and passenger sensitivity. In other transit news for the commissioners at their regular meeting, officials from the state...
Good morning ! Here we are well into the end of May. School is Out for the summer, whoo-hoo. Our school year will end today. The class of 2022 graduated last Saturday and I think there were 10 classmates. As always though there are a few loose ends to tie up, one of those is state track which will take place on the 19th & 20th. Plus that, some music students will head to Denver for the annual trip to Elitches on Saturday, May 21st. Finally, about four students are scheduled to attend the HPP...
Banner County School graduated 10 seniors on Saturday. Along with receiving their diplomas, many members of the class received scholarships worth thousands of dollars and full tuition to area colleges. Valedictorian Makyla Mason gave the seniors and the crowd great advice – never give up. She also told her fellow classmates to be true to themselves. She received her medal from Principal Charles Jones during the commencement in the school’s gym. Lily Teeple was announced as salutatorian and als...
The Kimball High School band played “Pomp and Circumstance” as the 25 seniors marched into the gym for their final time as KHS students. The senior class was led by valedictorian Katie Heeg and salutatorian Riley Hinton. Kimball High School’s graduation ceremony was Saturday, May 14. The crowd was welcomed by class president Gideon Casimiro. Next, senior Amy Birkhofer sang the National Anthem. Superintendent Trevor Anderson recognized the top 10 % of the class academically – including Heeg and Hinton. Hinton spoke about the community and its...
After months of campaigning for the hotly contested Kimball County Sheriff's race, voters unseated Sheriff Harry Gillway in favor of challenger David Hottell, according to unofficial results. The GOP primary determined the winner because no other candidates sought the office. The unofficial results as of 9:20 Tuesday night were Hottell with 431 votes and Gillway with 413, County Clerk Cathy Sibal told the Observer. Results by precinct weren't immediately available. At 7:08, the counting board...
Matt Shoup resigned his position on Kimball School Board, only to be hired as Kimball's 7-8 grade social studies teacher. Shoup resigned his school board position effect July 11, which will end a six-year career on the board. His resignation letter stated, “I have been so pleased to work with each and every one of the current and former board members. In those years, we have struggled and fought to make our school the best it can be, and I have complete faith in the future ahead for our school system.” said Shoup, who currently works for the...
Seven seniors received their high school diplomas in the ceremony. Numerous scholarships were handed, but the big winners were Thomas Muldoon receiving Regent Scholarships to UN-K and UN-L and a Chancellor's Scholarship to UN-O. Hannah Reeve also received a UN-K Regents Scholarship. Speakers included Ana Manning with the salutatorian address followed by valedictorian Thomas Muldoon. Muldoon shared his story and lessons learned and expressed his appreciation for the many people that influenced...