Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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July Kimball-Banner Chamber of Commerce Director, Jeanette Rabender, resigned. When asked why she said the reasons were personal. The resignation does come at a time when Kimball is at a critical juncture in it's economic future and development. However, Rabender and her knowledge of what's going on will be missed. Kimball celebrated the Fourth of July with an old-fashioned cookout and fireworks. The fire department provided lunch and there was a water fight at the park. The day was wrapped up...
On the morning of December 20, 2013, the county commissioners met to discuss and review the resumes and to interview the applicant for county assessor. After the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer, the commissioners started the process to hire a new county assessor. County clerk, Cathy Sibal started off the meeting by explaining that she made the local area aware of the County’s need for a new county assessor. “I published in The Observer for two weeks about the need for a county assessor. I had no interest or calls as far as asking que...
Captain Justin Trout has been the Kimball Police Captain for about six weeks now, and Andrew Bremer is the department's new detective. Both men have a desire to serve the public to the best of their abilities. Although Captain Trout did not grow up with the desire to to be in law enforcement he has developed a fondness for it. "In my ideal world I wanted to be something different, but as circumstances happened when I came from the military police I rotated to civilian law enforcement," Captain... Full story
In Kimball, and most likely around the nation as a whole, it is extremely rare to hear of a high school student who has been hand picked to sing in Carnegie Hall in New York City. However, recently, Kimball High School senior Courtney Hunsaker achieved such a feat, much to the pride of her family, community and her music teacher David Thelen. According to Thelen, it started out with a simple application process submitted to a program that picks students throughout the nation to group together... Full story
Dona J. Buchanan, 82, of Harrisburg, died at the Kimball Health Services on Friday, December 20, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 28, 2013 at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with Pastor Ken Boston officiating. Burial will be in the Kimball Cemetery. Friends may view Dona’s Book of Memories and leave condolences for the family at www.cantrellfh.com. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 1:00 until 6:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials have been established to the Kimball County Manor.... Full story
MANDERSON, WY Manderson resident Fern Victoria Chambers, 62, died on Saturday, December 21, 2013 at Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Worland. Fern was born on August 20, 1951 in Arcadia, Nebraska, a daughter of Howard Leroy "Hap" and Velma Rose (Mars) Applegarth. She was raised in the Kimball, Nebraska area and graduated from Kimball County High School in 1969. She married her sweetheart Dennis Lee Chambers in Kimball, NE on June 7, 1969. The couple made their home in Kimball unti... Full story
The Kimball High boys are perfect and undefeated at the Holiday break with a record of 6-0 after wins over Hershey and Bayard. Fifty-nine seemed to be the feature number in the final weekend before the state mandated sports moratorium as they won over Hershey in a Friday night home game 59-36 and then handled Bayard at Bayard 59-31. Coach Bruce Tjosvold was happy with the wins and satisfied with the play of his young men but said "We need to get better as we have some tough games coming up... Full story
A loss and a win to close out the season before the christmas break for the Kimball High Lady Longhorns leaving them with a record of 4 wins and 2 losses as they prepare to open the 2014 portion of the season. The Kimball ladies went up against a very good Hershey club in a home court Friday night contest and found out why the Lady Panthers were unbeaten and ranked #6 in the state rankings of C-l. Kimball played a bit frustrated and perhaps intimidated as they struggled with 15 first-half turn o...
The Kimball High wrestling team placed sixth as a team, and had wrestlers place at the Sidney/Bridgeport Invitational Tournament hosted by Sidney prior to the Holiday break. Coach Wade Brashear commenting on the success of his team at Sidney said “Overall we had a good showing in Sidney. We were missing three wrestlers which really hurt us on team points. We seemed to start a little sluggish, but we ended the day well”. Place winners were Rowdy Keller 3rd at 113, Ryan Garrett 3rd at 120, Logan Stahla 4th at 126, Colt Lewis 2nd at 138, and Eri...