Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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The Cattlemen's Ball was a highly anticipated event for the community. The event drew roughly 4,000 attendees, all interested in benefiting cancer research. However, this event owes a lot to the volunteers from the local community that were involved. According to both Trish Lukassen and Monty Stoddard, there were roughly 600 people that volunteered their time and effort to make the Cattlemen's Ball a success. The ball was held at Hoot Owl Ranch on June 6 and 7 in Banner County. The event sold...
Independent candidate Todd Watson hopes to bring a grounded, transparent approach to the U.S. Senate if elected in November. Watson, a small businessman from Lincoln, is running a "faith-based" campaign stating that he believes that the country as a whole needs to get back to its spiritual heritage. "For me, I think we've gone too far the other way when we have freedom of expression, freedom of exercise, and to me, these are being quelled every day. Openly being, you know, who we are in our...
The Kimball County Board of Commissioners approved the use of funds and issuance bonds for several different agenda item at their meeting Tuesday, June 3. The first financial item up for discussion was that of tickets for the Kimball Ambulance crew to the Cattlemen’s Ball. Banner County EMS requested that Kimball County assist as EMS volunteers at the ball. With three members of the ambulance crew volunteering the expenses, which included the tickets, it came to a total of $225. Carla Goranson was in attendance to request that the county pay f...
The Nebraska State Fair will be held August 22 to September 1 in 2014. The Nebraska State Board met in Kimball on Friday June 6 at the 4-H building. The board discussed the current state of all the committees working on making the upcoming fair in Grand Island a success. Kathleen Lodl, in charge of the Nebraska Agricultural Experience (NAE) at the upcoming fair, gave a presentation concerning the current state of the NAE. Giant corn stalks and other giant sized crops are being fabricated for the decoration of the building in which the NAE will...
Billy L. Biesecker, 76, of Dix, died at his home in Dix on Friday, June 6, 2014. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with Pastors Donald Bleyle and Deanna Bleyle officiating. Inurnment will be held at a later date. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view the obituary and leave condolences for the family. Memorials have been established to the Dix Community Improvement and Awareness, Dix Fire Department, or donor's... Full story
Betty Jo Steele, 90, of Kimball, died at the Kimball County Manor on Sunday, June 8, 2014. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, June 13, 2014 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church with Father James Joseph officiating. Rosary will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball. Burial will be in the Kimball Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view the obituary and leave condolences for the family. Memorials... Full story
The 2014 Kimball High Boys' Golf Season will be a year to remember. Not that the Longhorns had an amazing team season, but they had perhaps the best One-Two punch in the history of the sport! Coach Chad Wise had a limited squad of just five players, made up of one senior, a junior and three freshmen. The senior was four time state qualifier Henry Heeg, the junior was returning letterman Michael Ferguson, and the new comers to high school golf were Jordan Greenwood, Spencer Shields, and Kyle...