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 Kimball Longhorns begin their 2016 season with co-head coaches Nick Kuxhausen and Gene Mohr taking over for Luke Dea and just two returning starters, seniors Jordan Greenwood and Jaden Withrow. After graduating five key players at the end of last season, these two seniors will be leaned on heavily. Greenwood, 6'0", averaged more than 12 points per game last season and was the leading defensive rebounder for the Horns with 3.2, second only to graduated senior Trent Rutledge. The Longhorn...
The Lady Longhorns return veteran coach Chauncey Pedersen as they look to build on last year's 17-7 record as WTC and regular season runner-up and SPVA champions. Kimball has lead the region in team free throw percentage for the last two years. Kimball returns several key players including Alex Reader, a 5'8" junior who was named Western Trails Conference and SPVA All-Conference, as well as, Nebraska State Athletic Association All-State, Omaha World Herald All-State Honorable Mention and Star...
Kimball wrestling coach Wade Brashear returns for a fifth year on the Longhorn mats with several key returning athletes, all of whom lettered in the sport, though the team was affected by several transfers. "Kimball has several returning wrestlers, but we have been affected by many transfers. However, I intend to have a tough, well conditioned team, as always," Brashear said. Senior Eric Escajeda, a four-year starter, returns for his final year with the Longhorn club after finishing last season...
The Lady Coyotes, MAC Conference champs two years running, return to the court with a stacked roster of intense and competitive athletes and have added some promising newcomers as well. "We have all our starters returning this year," head coach Jeff Einspahr said. "They do a good job of playing defense in the full court and half court as well as pushing the ball on offense in the break." Einspahr is joined by Lance Juelfs as assistant coach and the two hope to build on last year's 18-3 record...
Coach Ryan Mumm returns for a second year at the Potter-Dix helm as the Coyotes' head coach with Ryan Coffey as assistant. The Coyotes finished their last season with an 8-13 record and as runner-up in the MAC Tournament. Though, they graduated three starters last year and lost key player Edward Barnes, who transferred. "Last season we had fairly good team chemistry and I expect the same this year," Mumm said. "We don't have a lot of depth, so our primary focus is going to be conditioning the...
Veteran coach Chad Miller takes over for the Banner County Lady Wildcats this season with Jessica Harvie assisting. The Lady Cats ended the 2015 season seventh in MAC conference and fifth in the district with a 2-6 district finish. The Banner County team lacks in size but returns several key players and adds promising newcomers to the court. Miller expects each athlete to make a difference and will count on the trademark positive attitude and consistent teamwork. "Our strength is team unity and...
Cole Wyatt returns for his third year leading the Banner County Wildcats basketball club after last year's 0-17 season with four returning letter earners and returning assistant coach Trey Mosbey. The Cats struggled last year lacking both numbers and experience and being forced to forfeit several games. The team battled through the challenges and played hard at every given opportunity, and begin this season with four returning starters and four more newcomers. Wyatt will expect hard work from hi...
Veteran Banner County coach Bill Gifford returns for the 2016-17 wrestling season with a team of five matmen, including two returning athletes, and longtime assistant coach Martin Olsen. Senior Josh Boston returns to the Wildcat mats alongside junior Simon Hendricks. These wrestlers experienced their first year on the mats just last year, but Gifford is confident that they know what to expect. "They need to come in and begin at a higher level in the practice room, and improve on their skills...
The audio systems in the Kimball Jr./Sr. High School’s north gym and the Harry E. McNees Auditorium will be repaired and updated following unanimous votes of the Kimball Board of Education. Two proposals were received for the north gym, the gymnasium original to the Kimball Jr./Sr. High School. “The recommended bid was a more economical refurbishment, which I think will serve us very well,” Superintendent Marshall Lewis said. “So I would suggest the board supports the recommendation of the Building and Grounds Committee on hiring Audio Matrix...
Dave Parshall took the third Village of Dix board seat following the Nov. 8 election and a subsequent automatic recount and tie-breaker. According to Deputy Clerk, Josie Morgan, there was an automatic recount for the third board position because the votes were so close. Gail Dunkle took the first seat with a total of 51 votes with Linda Rasmussen gaining the second seat on that board with 50. Dave Parshall and Maida Gotfrey tied for the third open seat, with 47 votes each. The names of the two...
Out of 15 area communities, Kimball was chosen, along with Crawford, Gordon, Mitchell and Scottsbluff, as a co-applicant for a $300,000 grant to complete two redevelopment phases on uninhabitable buildings in the community. Fifteen area communities have banded together with the Panhandle Area Development District (PADD) to identify Brownfield properties region wide according to Special Projects Coordinator Amy Sapp. Sapp reported to the Kimball City Council on Tuesday, Nov. 15, that the Panhandle Brownfields Assessment Coalition has formed an...
The 2016 Kimball High Football Team look their lumps for certain with only 1 win and 8 losses, but with only five seniors on this year’s roster, and a lot of young players returning with experience, things may improve next season. The five seniors will certainly be missed as all five played key roles. Logan Stahla, a two way performer as a running back and line backer was an all conference selection. Jaden Withrow and Kyle Spicer were both key offensive and defensive starters who played various positions as running back/quarterbacks on o...
Kimball junior high basketball ladies split their week with seventh grade teams gaining one win but falling twice and eighth grade improving their season to 4-0. On Tuesday, Nov. 15, the Kimball team hosted Gering with two seventh grade games followed by one for the eighth grade girls. The seventh grade A team suffered an 11-35 loss with Katie Heeg leading on the board with six points, followed by Payton Wise with four and Tianna Stirewalt with one. The seventh grade B team, led by Chantel...
Kimball High grad, Mike Daum, is picking up right where he left off last season, as the key man for the South Dakota State Men’s Basketball Team. Although Big Mike is having a lot of personal success, can’t say the same yet for the SDS Jackrabbits who are 2-6 at the time of this writing which takes us through the past weekend. Way back on November 3 in an exhibition game, Mike led his team to an 85-64 win over South Dakota Mines scoring 27 points in the 21 minutes of court time, hitting 7/15 field goals and 13/14 free throws plus pulling 6 reb...
The High School Winter Sports season is about to tip-off with action set for this weekend. Kimball will be hosting a four-school, girl-boy, basketball tournament this Friday and Saturday. Friday’s schedule begins with the Potter-Dix girls playing Dundy County Stratton at 3 p.m. followed by the Potter-Dix and Dundy County Stratton boys at 4:30, the Kimball vs Morrill girls at 6 p.m. and the Kimball and Morrill boys at 7:30. On Saturday the girl’s first round losers tip off at 1 p.m. followed by the losers in the boy’s bracket at 2:30, the girl...
The Kimball City Council heard from Fire Chief Rick Wynne regarding the Public Protection Classification, which sets insurance rates. The classification was given by ISO Mitigation, an independent classification company for hire, according to Wynne. ISO completed a survey and analysis for the local volunteer department and assigned Kimball a classification of 5/5Y. According to the company’s website, ISO’s Fire Suppression Rating Schedule (FSRS), evaluates four primary categories of fire suppression — fire department, emergency commu...
The sixth annual Shop with a Cop is in the works, and according to coordinator Erin Heidemann, they have gotten the work down to a science. Heidemann said that this unique program includes the Kimball School District, Potter-Dix School District, Kimball County Sheriff’s Office, Kimball Police Department, Kimball Ambulance crew, Dix First Responders, Bushnell Fire Department, Kimball Fire Department and the Nebraska State Patrol. The men and women in these departments, as well as volunteers from the Ladies Auxiliary and throughout the c...
The Kimball School District’s 2015-16 financial audit is complete with no concerns according to Julie Peetz, of Rauner and Associates, who reported to the Kimball Board of Education at their Nov. 7 meeting. Rauner and Associates has been performing school audits since 1979 and the company has 11 schools in the Nebraska Panhandle. Peetz did present suggestions to make procedures better. One such suggestion, the lack of segregation of duties, is a standard suggestion, according to Peetz. “One of them is always the lack of segregation of dut...
The South Platte Natural Resources District (NRD) is excited to announce the regional winner of the NACD Poster Contest. She is Emma Patterson, sixth grader at Mary Lynch Public schools, in Kimball, Nebraska. "We're excited to see Mary Lynch Elementary participate this year," said Donald Davis, Information and Education Coordinator of the South Platte NRD. "The students impressed us with their skill and creative ideas put to paper. It was fun to see how they approached the theme of the contest."...
Cattle rustling is still a concern in the Nebraska panhandle. On Saturday, Oct. 21, Nebraska Brand Commission Investigator Tom Houston received a report that 25 black angus calves were missing from one of two Southern Kimball County pastures owned by Geraldine and Larry Highland. "We pre-stressed them two weeks before. They were turned back out for two (weeks), then we were delivering them to the people that bought them," Geraldine said. "When the ranchers gathered the cattle, they were all...
The Kimball Event Center has been a topic of concern since the City of Kimball’s 2016-17 budget process began. With a decrease in sales tax of more than $40,000, the City had some tough choices to make, including whether to continue subsidizing the Kimball Event and Kimball Fitness Centers. However, after hearing impassioned pleas from community members during that process, a group of volunteers took up the mantle to make the venue as successful as possible within a tight budget. Amy Sapp, City of Kimball Special Projects Coordinator, addressed...
You don't need a cape to be a hero, you just need to care. That is just one message students and staff relayed to, and about, Dwane Christman, an everyday hero who has worked at Mary Lynch Elementary in Kimball since 2002. "He does a tremendous amount, not just around the school, but he does a tremendous amount for our students," Mary Lynch Guidance Counselor Jim Reeves said. "He has a good rapport with the students and is very deserving of this honor." The student body joined staff members to r...
Are you looking for a way to jumpstart your holiday spirit? Sign up to decorate a wreath for residents’ doors for Christmas! The Kimball County Manor will supply the wreath hanger and the business/individual must supply the wreath. Decorated wreaths should be delivered to the Manor no later than Dec. 2 so family and friends can choose their favorite at the Christmas Soup Supper. Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. For more information or to sign up, call Jessica at the Manor at 308-235-4693 by Nov. 23. Don’t miss out on the opp...
Two Kimball classrooms were selected as lighthouse classrooms by Educational Service Unit across the state. As such, Danielle Reader’s math classes and Jeri Ferguson’s social studies classes, will be pilot programs of sorts for blended education. “This year is our first year with a blended ed pilot program through the state of Nebraska. The ESU’s across the state have gotten together and picked what they called lighthouse classrooms. Certain districts were selected to participate and a couple of classrooms were selected within those distric...
Potter-Dix went into the Nebraska State Volleyball Tournament last week on a roll and with high hopes for a good showing. The Lady Coyotes entered the tournament with a 32-1 record and the third seed in the Class D2 bracket, having controlled their competition at each turn since the second match of the season. But Chambers/Wheeler Central (WCW), behind the powerful one-two punch of seniors Jacie Laetsch and Regan Dierks, set the Lady Coyotes back on their heals, while unusual plays went against...