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Articles from the July 3, 2014 edition


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  • Painter works to preserve Nebraska's legacy through art

    Daniel Thompson, Editor|Jul 3, 2014

    The old saying goes that a picture is worth a thousand words. Pictures can bring one back to a single moment in time. Pictures can let people see time periods long passed and loved ones long taken away by the hands of time. They can act as a revolving door to bring us back around to times when smiles crowded our faces and times when the spaces under our eyes were merely occupied by tears, bringing us back to the places that we long and ache to go again. However, a picture lacks a level of...

  • UNL interns in Kimball for the summer

    Sydney Yalshevec, Reporter|Jul 3, 2014

    Kimball is participating in an internship for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln this summer. For eight weeks Kimball is home to two interns from UNL and they will be helping several projects. The interns are Jessica Bartak, 20 and Emilia Woeppel, 21. Both girls are involved with agriculture and are very excited to be in Kimball. Bartak, is a agriculture business major with a banking and finance option, and will be a junior in college this coming year. "It's kind of a wide major and I'm not...

  • School officials prepare for the fall semester

    Sydney Yalshevec, Reporter|Jul 3, 2014

    Summertime is generally marked by warm weather and the freedom of school children. Usually high school students seek out a summer job to make a little money for themselves and learn responsibility. Younger school age children frequent the pool or ride their bikes around having adventures with friends. However, a large misconception with summertime is that school administrators and teachers get the summers off, free and clear like the students. This isn’t the case. School superintendent, Marshal Lewis, is as busy as ever during the summer, d...

  • Wolf Automotive celebrates 19 years of business

    Sydney Yalshevec, Reporter|Jul 3, 2014

    On Friday June 27, 2014 Wolf Automotive celebrated their 19th Anniversary. They celebrated the occasion with a barbecue and the presence of a local radio station. They also brought in several older model cars to have on display as a tribute to years past. Dave Wolf and his daughter Denise were present at the occasion. They made the rounds and spoke with all the people who stopped by to join in on the celebration. Dave Wolf has been selling cars since 1968 and though he moved out to Kimball with the hopes of partially retiring in June of 1995,...

  • Linda Lee (Bauer) Adels

    Jul 3, 2014

    Linda Lee (Bauer) Adels, 66, of Melbeta, passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at her home. Her funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, June 30, 2014, at Dugan-Kramer Funeral Chapel in Scottsbluff with Pastor Ed Hunzeker officiating. Cremation will follow the service. Friends may visit from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m., Sunday, at Dugan-Kramer Funeral Chapel. Tributes of sympathy may be left at www.dugankramer.com Linda was born September 19, 1947, at Scottsbluff, Nebraska to Jake and Pauline (Sch... Full story

  • Phillip P. Schadegg

    Jul 3, 2014

    Phillip P. Schadegg, 53, of Scottsbluff, died at Golden Living Center in Scottsbluff on April 13, 2014. Cremation has taken place and memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 5, 2014 at the Kimball Cemetery for family and friends. There will be a picnic held at Gotte Park following the graveside memorial service. Phillip Paul Schadegg was born in Sidney, Nebraska on November 20, 1960, the son of Raymond and Shirley (Hockersmith) Schadegg. Survivors include his children Jeremy (Becky) Schadegg, Amanda Schadegg and Brandon...

  • Dorothy I. Shelburne

    Jul 3, 2014

    Dorothy I. Shelburne, 87, of Kimball, died at the Kimball County Manor on Monday, June 30, 2014. Memorial services are pending at the Cantrell Funeral Home. A complete obituary will be published when available....

  • TeamMates hold golf tournament over weekend

    Daniel Thompson, Editor|Jul 3, 2014

    The sun was hanging high in the sky as strong winds blew through the grass of the Four Winds Golf Course Saturday, June 27 for the Kimball TeamMates Golf Tournament. The tournament held a shotgun start at 1:30 p.m. as 11 teams kicked off the first round of play and participated in the start of the 10th year of the TeamMates. Though the day was perfect for walking the greens and basking in the open air, the tournmanet did not just offer local residents who participated to take time to enjoy the...

  • Junior Golf wraps up another year of play

    Daniel Thompson, Editor|Jul 3, 2014

    The Junior Golf program, which runs through the month of June each year at the Four Winds Golf Course, has wrapped up another successful session for the 2014 season. The program, which has been in existence since at least the 1970s, is split between age groups with preschool through 3rd grade kids being coached by Wilma Gilliland and the 4th grade through high school kids being coached by Kimball's Chad Wise. The aim of the program is to get kids involved with the sport early on, laying a solid...