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MISSILE REBUILDS ON BANQUET MENU

The annual Kimball Banner Chamber of Commerce banquet will serve up a main course of economic promise this time around.

The banquet, next Monday, Jan. 14, at Kimball Event Center, features a presentation, “Preparing Your Business for the Missile Rebuilds.”

Chamber board member Rick Forepaugh told The Observer on Tuesday that the missile rebuilds are positive news for the community as it looks to emerge from challenging times and grow.

There are signs of hope: Kimball County’s November unemployment rate of 2.5 percent, the most recent figure announced, is lower than Nebraska’s 2.8...