Archive For October 2009
Longhorn Gridders Close Out Season With 52-19 Loss To Gordon/Rushville...
October 29th, 2009
The 52-19 loss at the hands of Gordon/Rushville is not indicative of how well the Kimball Longhorn football team played in their season finale Thursday night at Longhorn Stadium. Coach Gene Mohr and h...
Still More About Pine Beetles
October 29th, 2009
Tom Wein and David Leatherman stopped by the Observer office on Oct. 16. They had already inspected Scotch Pine trees for mountain pine beetle infestations at Wildcat Hills, Four Winds Golf Course and...
THOMAS J. HOFSTETTER
October 23rd, 2009
Thomas J. Hofstetter, age 81, of Howland Township, Ohio died at 6:45 am Tuesday, October 13, 2009, at Forum Health Trumbull Memorial Hospital. He was born December 28, 1927 in Cleveland the son of t...
DENNIS J. RANDOLPH
October 23rd, 2009
Dennis J. Randolph, 65, of Kimball, died at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff on Wednesday, October 14, 2009. Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, October 19, 2009 at the C...
Kimball boys cross country team headed to state
October 23rd, 2009
An excellent District Cross Country Meet for the Kimball High team with the boy’s qualifying as a team and the girl’s missing by a mere 4 points. This means that coach Tiffany Culek is taking her...
Athletic field to be named after Staehr
October 23rd, 2009
The Kimball Board of Education met on Oct. 12 and selected the bid of A-Lert roofing to install a new metal roof on Mary Lynch Elementary School. Total cost will be $43,370. Two other companies submit...
Kimball boys cross country conference champs
October 16th, 2009
The Kimball High boys captured their fourth consecutive Western Trails Conference Cross Country title at Gordon on Friday and the girls tied for first with the Morrill Lady Lions, but had to settle fo...
Where were you when they dropped the bomb?
October 16th, 2009
Ellen Klages book “The Green Glass Sea” has been selected as the One Book for Nebraska Kids 2009 Selection. Kimball’s seventh graders read the book over a three week period in English Class.The...
Council approves annexation for some properties
October 16th, 2009
After getting approval for the appointment of new City Council member Kim Christensen, newly appointed Mayor James Schnell told the Kimball City Council that some direction needed to be given for the...
Hager Headed to state
October 9th, 2009
A huge week for Kimball High junior Tori Hager as she is headed back to the Nebraska Class C Girl’s State Golf Tournament after finishing 9th in the individual standings at the District Tournament h...
School lunch program does more than feed the belly
October 9th, 2009
The lunch program at Kimball Public Schools has seen some changes this school year. Reduced menu items, an overhauled menu, and a new director have all taken shape this year. New director Kim Baliman...
Can Mountain Pine Beetle Be Thwarted
October 9th, 2009
Tom Wiens, Certified Arborist, says 80 to 90 percent of Scotch and Ponderosa pines that have been attacked by Mountain Pine Beetles can survive. Wiens was in the Kimball area on Sept. 30 inspecting th...
