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 sixth annual Shop with a cop was once again a huge success according to organizer Erin Heidemann. More than 60 eligible students from Kimball and Dix were narrowed down to 43 prior to the event, with 40 participating, from 37 families, in the event. The grand affair gave students an opportunity to shop with officers from the Nebraska State Patrol, Kimball County Sheriff's Office and the Kimball Police Department as well as members of the Kimball Ambulance Crew and area volunteer fire...
The City of Kimball received 13 applications for the City Administrator position, open since Oct. 21 of this year, when former administrator, Daniel Ortiz, accepted a position in Webster City, Iowa. A committee, comprised of City Council and Board of Public Works members, reviewed applications and narrowed the field down to just two finalists. On Monday, Dec. 19, that committee will oversee interviews with these two finalists: *Dan Dean, the former Town Manager of Mead, Colo., has more than 30 years of experience in local government...
A seed planted in elementary school grew into a passion that took Ryan Deboodt to the jungles of Vietnam and beyond. Deboodt was born and raised in Kimball with three brothers and a sister. As a youngster, he attended a rocketry and photography summer workshop. Little did he know at the time that a fun, summer diversion would someday become his career. "I was maybe in fourth grade at the time and we went to Oliver Reservoir to take photos," Deboodt said. Though that workshop was his first taste...
The Santa’s Helpers will be wrapping up their holiday activities this weekend in Kimball at the Eagles Club Aerie #3389 on Sunday, Dec. 18. On Sunday, Dec. 18 the fun begins at 3:30 p.m. with a chili cook-off, judges will be anonymous and bowls will sell for $3. Two categories are available, traditional red chili and other, such as green chili, cowboy chili or white chicken chili. Chili cooks are encouraged to use their imagination and bring their best! What is better to chase chili than a tasty variety of holiday cookies? The Santa’s Hel...
Following the 2016 election, Nebraska Senator-elect Steve Erdman had the opportunity to visit Laurie Janicek's fifth grade students alongside Kimball Mayor Keith Prunty. The students' interest in politics grew after they participated in a November mock election, according to Janicek. "After the election I told the class that I grew up in Bayard and that Senator-elect Erdman was a friend of mine," she said. "They started asking me questions about what our Senator does. So, I asked the class if...
Tis the season of boxes, gift wrapping, gift bags, tissue paper and new electronics! During this season of festivities, giving and spiritual reverence there is a sharp increase in the amount of materials sent to the landfill and Keep Kimball Beautiful (KKB) would encourage everyone to recycle. Utilizing reusable bags while shopping could help save thousands of bags from ending up in the landfill, remember the paper bags and plastic sacks you receive from the stores are also reusable. We encourage citizens to utilize them to sort your...
The Kimball High Lady Longhorns ran their season record to 3-1 with wins over Perkins County and Morrill this past weekend. An easy win over the girls from Grant on Friday night in front of the hometown fans as they coasted to a 65-25 victory, and then a key win over a tough Morrill club on the road Saturday 58-51. That's the good news, the negative news is team leader Alex Reader suffered a knee injury that could be devastating news to coach Chauncey Pedersen and the Kimball team. The sharp...
With weekend wins over Perkins County and Morrill, Kimball High boys are now 4-0 on the young basketball season. The Horns battled to a hard fought 59-54 win over visiting Perkins County Friday evening and won at Morrill Saturday night 77-49. In the win over Perkins County, Jordan Greenwood got the Horns rolling hitting a three ball on his first shot and then converting a layin after stealing a ball from a Grant ball handler and just like that it was 5-0, but almost as quick, the talented...
The Kimball High Wrestling team had their best finish as a team this season, placing third in the 13 school field at the Banner County Tournament held this past Saturday. Bridgeport won the team title with 160.5 points with Southeast runner-up with 105.5 and Kimball finished third with 59.5. Coach Wade Brashear said, "As a whole, it was the best wrestling we have shown all season. Jordan Cluff finished second on the day at 106 pounds with a record of 4-1. Trevor Ryschon was second at 120 at...
Two career-best scoring marks were established by Kimball athletes this past week. One at the high school level and one at the Division One College level. Looking first at Kimball High’s Jordan Greenwood who set a career best scoring mark of 35 points in leading his Longhorn team to a 77-49 win over Morrill Saturday evening. The talented senior has been big in scoring all all four of Kimball’s games this year, but the young man is on a mission and so far is enjoying his basketball journey of creating a book of memories. After four games, and...
For several years the Minuteman Activities Conference schools have been holding The Serve for the Cure, a silent auction benefitting Festival of Hope, an organization committed to helping those fighting cancer, and their families, throughout the Panhandle. Each participating school donates items for the Serve for the Cure silent auction, a conference activity which is held during the conference volleyball tournament, and organized annually by the host school. “The conference volleyball coaches got together and decided to do this event,” sai...
The Banner County Lady Wildcats split the week beginning with a 35-30 win against the Minatare Indians on Tuesday, Dec. 6. Though no statistics are available, coach Chad Miller said that the team knew going into the game that Minatare would be much improved and would provide several challenges for the Banner County girls. "Fortunately we were able to draw a lot of fouls and get them into foul trouble early. However, we too had a few ladies get into foul trouble of their own but we had players...
The Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes had a winning streak last week first at Creek Valley on Dec. 9 for a 36-31 win. No statistics were available for this game, but despite the loss of returning starter Audrey Juelfs, the team battled to the end, allowing the Storm to best them in just one of the four quarters. Creek Valley 4 7 7 13 – 31 Potter-Dix 7 5 8 16 – 36 Following that close game on Friday, the Lady Coyotes hosted Paxton on Saturday, Dec. 10 and pulled out another victory, 56-26. Again, no sta...
The Banner County Wildcat wrestling club hosted their wrestling tournament on Saturday, Dec. 10 with Bridgeport, Garden County, Hemingford, Holyoke, Kimball, Lingle-Ft. Laramie, Morrill and Southeast in attendance. Gage Alexander is just coming back from an injury, according to coach Bill Gifford, so he was unable to wrestle at the home tournament. Wrestling at 120 pounds, newcomer Jerardo Castillo finished sixth after losing by fall to Holden Schleve of Morrill in 1:16 then losing by technical...
Banner County boys battled the Minatare Indians at their second game of the season in Minatare. The Wildcats came home with a 44-55 loss. Payton Wick led the Wildcats on the board with 27 points. Wick shot 5/7 outside the paint and 3/3 inside for a shooting percentage of 80 percent. He hit one out of six treys and shot 8/13 from the line. He added one offensive and three defensive rebounds. James Sandberg followed with eight points. He landed two of eight treys, and shot 2/4 from the line. Sandberg added one rebound, three assists and eight...
The Kimball High junior varsity basketball teams got their season underway this past week with some games with Perkins County and Morrill. A tough week for the Kimball girls who lost to Perkins County 15-13 in 2 quarters of play and then lost 32-30 at Morrill in a full 4 quarter game. Against Perkins County Kaylyn Nelson was high for Kimball with 7, Madison Wynne had 4, and Carli Wurdeman 2. Trailing 29-16 in the 4th quarter at Morrill, the Kimball girls staged a strong come back to tie the contest at 30-30 when Carli Wurdeman took a long full...
The Kimball junior high girl’s basketball season has come to a successful end, according to coaches Michelle Daum and Danielle Reader. The seventh grade “A” team finished their season with a record of 3-5, beating Mitchell on Thursday, Dec. 8 before taking a 14-51 loss against Sidney on Saturday, Dec. 10. Leading the young team on the board against Mitchell was Payton Wise with a whopping 19 points, followed by Maddie Merryfield with seven and Chantel Malson and Sarinda Bateman with two points each. The “B” team also won on Thursday 9-5, with...
More than 100 people filled the dance floor at the Kimball Event Center on Saturday, Dec. 3, for the inaugural Father-Daughter Christmas Ball, hosted by Santa's Helpers. The ladies, from Kimball, Dix, Potter and Banner County, dressed in their finery, complete with corsages, and were escorted to the dance by their fathers, grandfathers, stepfathers, uncles, and other father figures. " This is the first event of this kind for the community of Kimball and it was a great turn out for the first...
The Kimball High boys got the basketball season off to a great start by winning their own four-school Kimball Invitational Tournament. The Longhorns ran past Morrill 71-39 in their first round pairing and then held off Dundy County-Stratton 77-74 in a thrilling championship game victory. Kimball got off to a slow start in the Morrill contest and trailed 9-2 early before Jordan Greenwood got the lid off the basket and the shots started falling while they were rimming out early despite Kimball...
The Kimball High Lady Longhorns made it to the championship of their own Kimball Invitational Tournament, but Dundy County-Stratton emerged as the girl's champion in the season opening action for the four schools involved. Kimball had a battle to get past Morrill in first round play, winning out 56-49 while DCS won over Potter-Dix 56-38 to advance. It was nip and tuck the entire first half of the Kimball contest with Morrill with the Lady Horns taking a 15-14 lead after the first period and was...
The Banner County Lady Wildcats hosted the Garden County Eagles on Friday, Dec. 2 for a close match-up resulting in a 29-34 loss. Leading the charge against the Eagles was Banner County’s MaKenna Dahlgrin who netted six field goals and one from the line for a total of 13 points. Defensively, Dahlgrin pulled in the most rebounds as well, with seven offensive and seven defensive grabs for a total of 14, for her first double double of the season and she grabbed five steals. Sophomore Jadyn Cross followed closely, putting nine on the Wildcat b...
A serious injury to junior starter Audrey Juelfs (see photo below) was a devastating blow to the Potter-Dix girls in the first game of the Kimball Invitation four-school tournament this past Friday afternoon. The clock showed 5:20 left in the opening quarter of the game with Dundy County-Stratton when Juelfs went down hard with the back of her head banging the hardwoods, and with severe pain to her neck as well. Play was halted and the Kimball Emergency personnel was called. A complete delay of...
The Potter-Dix Coyotes opened their basketball season at the Kimball Invitational on Friday, Dec. 2 with a 69-5 loss against the aggressive Dundy County-Stratton Tigers. “In short, we struggled with every aspect of the game against Dundy Co. We had some first game jitters and Dundy is a very good ball team,” coach Ryan Mumm said. “They put a strong press on us and got out to an early lead that we just didn’t recover from the remainder of the game.” The Tigers held the Coyotes to just five points throughout the game. Coyotes scoring began in...
The Kimball High wrestlers got the season underway this past week taking part in a dual with Bayard and the Akron, Colorado Tournament. At the Bayard Dual coach Wade Brashear said, "We had several kids still working to make their weight plans so only a few wrestled. We only came away with one win, Izaak Glanz at 182, but ended up winning the dual as we had more wrestlers in open weight classes." Glanz got his win at 182 in a 6-2 decision over Steven Tobacco. In other matches on the mats Zavyer...
What can you do, with your abilities, to help those in need? That question led two local sisters to help out those in need, from the basketball court. Kimball High School’s Kate Reader, a sophomore, and sister, Alex Reader, a junior, decided to help out those who are fighting cancer, through a foundation called Team Ashtyn. This organization was founded for those who are fighting cancer from birth to 26 years old, by a couple who were told their three-year-old daughter had leukemia. The institution was created to help them and others f...