Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Kim Bowl hosted USB Certified Gold Pro Am Coach Mike Diaz of Lafayette, Colo., Friday Nov. 30 and Saturday, Dec. 1. Diaz, a two time titlist on the PBA50 Tour was originally scheduled to make his appearance last year but was unable to due to weather, therefore this event had been sold out for months before hand. Friday evening kicked off with a teaching seminar for the first hour, then Diaz bowled with the locals in attendance for the remainder of the night to work on skills and technique....
Kimball Junior High Wrestlers made the trip to Bayard at the end of November, with Trey Schindler leading the way for the team. In the Quarterfinal match Schindler won by fall over Owen Talton of Bayard Schindler also won by fall over Lucas Anderson of Burns in the Semifinal match. Curtis Rittgarn of Gordon Rushville won by major decision over Schindler (13-4)...
A Dix woman was sentenced to a 12 to 24 months in prison last week on a charge of attempted distribution of meth. Amanda Weinbender was sentenced Dec. 5 in Cheyenne County District Court relating to two incidents dating back to the fall of 2017. The first occured on Sept. 17, 2017, and the other on Oct. 2, 2017....
Members of the Kimball Baptist Fellowship Teen and Tweens group have decided to open their hearts once again this Christmas season and bake some goodies to add to the Helping Hands Food Pantry distributions for December. Helping Hands Food Distribution days are the third Saturday of every month, from 9-11 a.m. Karen Payton of the church has recruited a few young ladies to bake, and bake they did! They filled 100 plates with eight different items, from snicker-doodles to sugar cookies, fudge and...
The 2018 recipient of the Kimball Volunteer Fire Department's prestigious Honorary Fireman Award has been selected. And the winner is ... Rodney Rasgorshek. Rasgorshek, of Kimball, has a place on the department's humbled list of honorary firemen. Others include Dennis Adels, Kerry Bohac, Don Buddecke, Mike Brawner, Jim Childress, Shawn Culek, Steve Demoze, John Finnell, Vince Heeg, John Heidemann, Stan Hillius, Jim Jackson, Robert Kellner, Leo Koester, Loren Kramer, Mark Labate, Jack Lockwood,...
A local bar and grill under new ownership threw in a twist for the month of No Shave November. Chute # 7 hosted the First Inaugural Beard and Mustache Competition on Friday, Nov. 30, to end No Shave November. "We had a great turnout for the contest. it was something different in the community," Chute # 7 owner Alex Engstrom said. Dave Stahla provide entertainment for the evening....
Following a Nov. 19 informational meeting, Kimball County Commissioners met in open session to determine if Kimball County should purchase and renovate a building for the local transit system during a public hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 20. The board received comments for and against renovating an existing building, located at 223 S. Chestnut Street, in Kimball, commonly known as the Weather Wise building. Additionally, this public hearing was to determine if the County should use the financial assistance being sought from the Federal Transit...
The bar will be closed on Dec. 20 for their annual employee Christmas party, and closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas as well. To kick off the new year Beer and Loathing presents Sultry Sounds live on Dec. 31 at 9 p.m. along with the annual Balloon/Money Drop at midnight with over $150 in cash and prizes that will drop after the countdown! The second annual Meat Raisin’ or Jerky Competition is set for Saturday, Jan. 26. Over $500 in cash and prizes will be given away. There will be loose or ground category and a strip category, and a...
Christmas in Kimball is coming to town once again this holiday season and Santa's Helpers urge citizens to keep Christmas shopping at home, providing Christmas spirit at home. Santa's Helpers are kicking off the spirit this weekend beginning with the Jingle Bell Market at the Eagles Club from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A Christmas Centerpiece Silent Auction will take place from 10-5 with winners announced at 5:30 following the close of the auction. Eagles Soup Supper will be held from 4-5:30 with the...
The FFA District 12 Leadership Development events took place last Wednesday, Nov. 14 in Chadron with 25 Kimball FFA members in attendance. Local FFA members take pride in their community as well as looking to better themselves. The Parliamentary Procedure A Team received third place at the Chadron competition this past week. The Parliamentary Procedure B Team is composed of first-year members, many of whom are often anxious about the first contest. With great attitudes and effort the community is excited to what this group has in store for the...
Members of the Kimball community joined the State of Nebraska’s Department of Economic Development business attraction and development team this past week, Wednesday Nov. 7 to learn from economic development leaders who are creating new opportunities for economic growth. Amy Sapp, City of Kimball’s Special Project Coordinator, hosted Joe Fox, Director of Business Development; Jason Guernsey, Business Attraction Manager; Jacob Knutson, Business Attraction; Rose Baker, SBDF, CJT, and InternNE Program Director and Job Training Coordinator, and...
Two Kimball County residents face multiple charges, an open investigation continues. According to police reports, on Saturday, Oct. 27, at approximately 11 a.m., Deputy Jason Hottell of the Kimball County Sheriffs Office was on call when he noticed a Ford pickup driving west on County Road 6 south of Dix with what looked to be a buck in the bed of the pickup. Seeing the antlers, Hottell turned around and began to follow the vehicle suspicious that the buck was taken on private property. "I...
Home is where the heart is... this motto rings true to many, no matter their differences. For Jennifer Blanke home is where ever the life and love for agriculture may take her. Born and raised just down the road in Sidney, Jennifer grew up in a farming and ranching lifestyle, from the love of the open ranges to 4-H during high school and beyond. She graduated from Leyton High School in 2010 then began to further her education at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colorado. She graduated...
Kimball County plans to purchase and renovate one long vacant Kimball building for a much needed Transit vehicle storage space. At the regular Nov. 5, County Commissioner meeting, Christy Warner, County Transit Administrator addressed the Commissioners asking to set a public hearing for the next regular scheduled meeting. A public hearing was set for the next meeting Nov. 20 at 9:15 a.m. to receive comments for or against renovating an existing building located north east corner of the Hwy 71 and Hwy 30 intersection at the stoplight in Kimball,...
The Lady Coyotes’ season came to an end Monday, Oct. 29, in Sidney against the eventual Sub-District Champions, the Garden County Eagles, but came up short and lost in three sets 23-25, 20-25, 21-25 to finish the 2018 season with a 9-19 record. “Though we played tough in most sets at the end of the year, little mistakes plagued the team and prevented us from getting victories,” said Head Coach Cory Michelman. Michelman is looking for the younger players to step up next season and fill the rolls the five seniors have left behind. “This team im...
A special Board of Education meeting was called to order last Wednesday Oct. 24 at the Potter-Dix Junior/Senior High School in Potter. After the uproar these past few weeks with the former Head Cook Kevin Frei adding kangaroo meet into chili to be served to students, it was believed that this special meeting was referring to that incident however no where on the agenda was that item or relating items listed. Action items on the agenda included. Strategy session to discuss litigation which is imm...
Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes add three more losses to their record, since last Tuesday night. Facing off with Hyannis at home the Lady Coyotes fell in three sets. CC George led the kills category with 10 followed by Kelsey Hoffman with four Erica Bogert with two Hannah Stahl with two and Makayla Merz, Genny Herboldsheimer and Brooke Moench each with one. Hoffman led the team with five blocks, Bogert finished with four and Mikayla Lee with one. Potter-Dix lost the first set 25-20, the second 25-22 and the third 25-13. Another tough loss came last...
Kimball Police Department along with banks in the community urge residents to beware of new and old multi-billion dollar scams as well as counterfeit bills that may have made their way back into town. KPD Chief Andy Bremer urges residents to be cautious of emails, checks, phone calls, and text messages that may seem strange. “There are so many scams right now it seems like this time of the year you see more of it,” said Bremer. “Some of these scams have been around forever, like the Mystery Shopper check scam, that are still being used....
According to a statement from the Nebraska State Patrol last Tuesday, Oct. 9, 81 pounds of marijuana and 5,000 THC vape cartridges were seized during a traffic stop on Interstate 80 in Kimball County. This was one of three traffic stops on I-80 which led to five arrests within just three days. According to the NSP the first traffic stop was Saturday, Oct. 6, when a state trooper observed an eastbound 2018 Cadillac STS fail to move over for an emergency vehicle near mile marker 185. During the traffic stop the trooper detected the odor of mariju...
The Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes have had a couple of rough weeks since the end of September and their trials had them hoping to pick up some wins and a little bit of momentum. They seemed headed in the right direction with their Oct. 12 win, 3-0, against Minatare, but the next day brought back-to-back losses against South Platte and Leyton. Their loss to the Leyton Warriors was in the first round of MAC tournament play. The Lady Coyotes lost to Leyton in three sets, though Potter-Dix got the first win 25-19 and followed up with losses in the next...
Potter-Dix faced off with the Minatare Indians in a conference match-up at home last Friday, Oct. 12. The Indians were able to hold the Coyotes scoreless until the fourth quarter of the game, while the Indians continued building their own points. The Minatare team out scored the Coyotes 74-0 at the end of the first half, 38 of those points coming from first quarter play, then adding another 36 to the board in the second. A slow third quarter for the Indians left Minatare only increasing their lead by eight points in the period, but again keepin...
Cliff (Skip) Coyle was arrested early in the morning of Sunday, Oct. 7 following a trespassing call to Kimball Dispatch. According to an arrest affidavit at approximately 1:14 a.m. on Oct. 7, 2018 Officer Michael Winget of the Kimball Police Department responded to 3270 County Road 43 with units in reference to a vehicle trespassing on the property. The vehicle was described as a silver or gray four-door sedan with Kimball County plates. Witnesses saw a male operating the vehicle, it appeared that the vehicle parked for a short period of time,...
As the weather is turning cooler the folks at the Kimball County Manor might be soon missing the fresh juicy tomatoes Roger Erickson has produced all summer. Erickson, a resident of the Kimball County Manor, along with fellow resident Don Stull, has impressed and inspired many other residents to keep up with their gardening and flower beds though-out the summer. "I got to have something to do, I walk, and I take care of my plants," said Erickson. Maybe the secret to growing those huge tomatoes...
One agenda item for the Kimball County Commissioners, held over from last month, became a local social media hot topic prior to the Oct. 2 regular board meeting. Though many residents voiced concern over social media, just one attended the meeting with those concerns. The board of commissioners were to consider, approve and authorize the Chairman’s signature on the agreement between Pictometry International Corp. and Kimball County for aerial 3D imagery available for use by all Kimball County Departments. Some of the questions raised i...
A call to Kimball Dispatch for gunshots heard at a local motel in the late hours of Wednesday, Oct. 3. According to an arrest affidavit at approximately 11:33 p.m. Officer Michael Winget responded to Motel Kimball after Shirrin Sharifpour age 37 of Kimball had called from Days Inn reporting she heard six gunshots while she was visiting Motel Kimball. As Winget approached Motel Kimball he saw a white minivan occupied by an elderly female who was attempting to back out of a parking space as he approached room 11. Winget made contact with female...