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Articles from the May 23, 2019 edition


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  • Restoration Of Titan 1 Missile Gets A Look

    Dakota Kuhns|May 23, 2019

    The Titan I Missile on display at Gotte Park remains a bit of an attraction, but it has seen better days. Some are trying to bring those days back. A local plan of action has been taken to attempt to either restore the Titan I or pursue other possible alternatives. Assunta Calise-Nelson of Kimball will be heading up the effort and is ready to get more of Kimball involved with the project. A meeting will be set in the near future to gather volunteers for the massive project and plan. The...

  • Banner Students Learn 'Ins & Outs' About Livestock

    Sarah Paisley|May 23, 2019

    Third and fourth graders from area schools were invited to participate in the Nebraska Extension Animals Inside and Out Program held at Morrill County Fairgrounds in Bridgeport on May 15th. Ninety-one youth from schools in the Southern Panhandle, including Banner County (4th and 5th), Bridgeport (4th), Creek Valley (4th) and Garden County (4th) attended the day long program to learn more about livestock. The program, Animals Inside & Out, is a hands-on lesson series designed for 3rd – 5th grade youth. The curriculum focuses on domesticated...

  • Kilgore brings Home State hurdles Title

    May 23, 2019

  • Mary Lynch Offers 2019 Summer Camp

    Daria Andersen-Faden|May 23, 2019

    Kimball Public School Summer Camp will be a great learning opportunity for Mary Lynch students. The new program centers on Investigation. The camp is for kindergarteners through 6th grade with a variety of different age appropriate topics and activities. K-2nd will explore the outdoors which will include investigating trees, leaves, insects and wildlife. The 3rd and 4th graders project will follow an International Junior Master Gardener Program. And the 5th and 6th graders program will focus on Entrepreneur Investigation. These students will wo...

  • Underpass Update: It's Up To Mother Nature

    For the Western Nebraska Observer|May 23, 2019

    Last week the contractor poured  the southeast and northeast paved swale that will be part of the decorative features between the rock slope and the new sidewalk - as well as completing the southeast sidewalk curb and pouring several pedestrian rail posts.  The roadway curb was removed and replaced on the northeast side of the bridge.  The headwalls were formed and poured on the northeast and southeast slope, and finish grading began on the slopes to prepare to replace the rock slope protection. This week the contractor wants to begin...

  • Ed De Franco

    May 23, 2019

    Ed De Franco passed away peacefully at home with his beloved wife Betty, on May 17, 2019. A Memorial will be held at a later date. Ed was born on April 30th, 1942 in Akron, Ohio to Edward & Barbara De Franco. Ed developed a love for driving when he was 10, while sitting on his father lap steering a truck. Ed went on to become a over the road driver and recognized for driving over a million miles. During his 30 plus years driving he never had an accident; Family & safety was his main concern. Ed met Betty, it was love at first sight, they...

  • Connie Gossett

    May 23, 2019

    Connie Gossett passed away on May 14, 2019 at her home in Granbury, Texas. Her husband, Jim Gossett, was with her. She is also survived by a daughter, Carol Lindell (wife of Blake Lindell), a son, Craig Gossett, her mother, Bertha Sandberg, her brother Terry Sandberg (husband of Joanne Sandberg) and Emmett Lindell, her grandson. She is also survived by Julie (Sandberg) Read (wife of Timothy Read), and Lori Sandberg, nieces, as well as numerous extended family members and friends. Connie was born...

  • Don & Harriett Stull

    May 23, 2019

    Donald D. and Harriett M. Stull of Kimball, died at the Kimball County Manor, Don on May 17, 2019 and Harriett on January 8, 2019. Memorial services will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 23, 2019 at the Kimball Evangelical Free Church in Kimball with Pastor Hod Boltjes officiating. Internment will be held at the Western Nebraska Veterans Cemetery in Alliance at 2:00 p.m. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view each obituary and leave condolences and stories for the family. The family...

  • THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

    May 23, 2019

    These members of the armed forces from Kimball and Banner counties made the supreme sacrifice in wartime action for the United States. World War I Neeley, Chas. V. World War II Bickel, Robert K. Childers, Keith L. Dowd, Francis M. Flohr, Elmer Gettel. Everette Holm, Keith T. Johnson, Gilbert F. Reader, Penrod Siebenaler, Francis R. Skigezane, Masso Southard, Harry Terry, Milo E. Watson, Howard Tebrinke, Eugene R. Brown, Robert E. Burback, John Haack, Clifford H. Murray Wayne Maginnis, Robert E....

  • Weather Or Not, Service Set For Monday

    Jim Orr|May 23, 2019

    Nothing like some late May snowfall to delay preparations for the annual Kimball County Memorial Day Service at Kimball Cemetery. But organizers hope to have everything in order for the star-spangled ceremony next Monday, May 27. Kimball Mayor Keith Prunty told The Observer early this week that the city wanted to get the cemetery looking nice but the weather was making it difficult. Specifically, the unseasonably cold, snowy and wet conditions slowed down the city’s annual pre-Memorial Day cleanup at the cemetery. That, in turn, pushed back...

  • From Dix To Vietnam

    Daria Andersen-Faden|May 23, 2019

    The year, 1968. The country, this country, was deep in political upheaval, assassinations, drugs and demonstrations. Lyndon B. Johnson was President, Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy were assassinated, and the Viet Cong made a valiant attempt at defeating the Americans in the Tet Offensive. America was fighting an unpopular war, but a young man from Dix, Neb., was drafted into the Army and served his country with patriotism, valor and bravery. Stan Belgum graduated from Dix High School in...

  • Vets Get Close Look At Warren AFB

    Dakota Kuhns|May 23, 2019

    "A small way to give back to our local veterans," sKimball Mayor Keith Prunty said many times in the past few months. Prunty also said it countless times during the Francis E. Warren Air Force Base tour this past Monday that he and others set in place for local veterans. A crips morning was set for vets to have the opportunity to travel to Cheyenne aboard the Kimball County Transit Bus to the base. First on the activities list after meeting the tour guide for the day, Glenn Robertson, was a...

  • Brick By Brick, Memorial Plans Proceed

    Dakota Kuhns|May 23, 2019

    VFW Post 2243 plans to create a Kimball/Banner County Veterans Memorial at Gotte Park to pair with the service flags on the south side of the park. Locals will have the opportunity to honor their veterans. The post is offering bricks with your veteran's name and information to be included as part of the wall. Bricks are eligible to any veterans who are or were a resident of Kimball or Banner County. Forms may be picked up at various businesses throughout Kimball or are online at...

  • 2019 High School Sports Almost In The Books

    Tom Southard|May 23, 2019

    The 2019 Nebraska State Track Meet is in the books, and we have local athletes who not only wrote their names into the State books, but also into their own school record books as well. Kimball High sent two athletes to this year’s State Meet and seniors Brady Kilgore and Corey Travis will cherish the memories of this trip for a lifetime. For Brady, it was his third consecutive trip to the big show in Omaha, and for Corey, it was his first. Each year has gotten better for Brady. In his sophomore year of 2017 he qualified for the 110 meter...

  • Kilgore Wins Gold

    Tom Southard|May 23, 2019

    A memorable last track meet for Brady Kilgore as he closed out his Kimball High School athletic career at the Nebraska State Track and Field Championships at Omaha Burke Stadium. The recent Kimball High grad brought home medals in all three of the events he qualified in, including the Class C gold medal in the 110 meter high hurdles! The talented young man who has accepted a track scholarship to run for the Eagles at Chadron State next year, won the hurdle event in a photo finish with his time...

  • Buescher Takes Second At State

    Tom Southard|May 23, 2019

    Mallorie Buescher, a young lady with Kimball ties, closed out an exciting senior season of tennis with a runner-up finish in the Nebraska Class B State Tournament held in Lincoln. Mallorie is a student at Lexington High School, and the daughter of Darin and Lisa Buescher, both Kimball High grads. Her grandparents, Ray Buescher and Cindy Rasmussen, still reside in Kimball and are big fans of their granddaughter, traveling to see her play when ever possible. Mallorie took a record of 27 and 5...

  • Howton Memorial Tourney Saturday

    May 23, 2019

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