Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Lady Longhorns Volleyball played a triangular with Potter-Dix and Bayard on Oct. 3. The first game was against Bayard, Kimball lost in two games, the first set Bayard came away with a 25-19 win, the second ended with Bayard on top again 25-22. Hannah Biesecker was named player of the game, with seven kills, three points, two ace serves, one block and five digs for the Senior. The second game of the day was with Potter-Dix. Kimball came out on the bottom in the two sets with the Coyotes too....
Same things over and over again, for the Kimball Longhorns, Friday night under the lights, Bayard handed the Longhorns another loss on the season at home this past Friday. Once again Kimball was out scored 15-0 in the first period, "We cant keep giving teams easy points to start the game and then try to compete to stay into the game," said Coach Aarestad. Kimball was able to hold Bayard to one touchdown in the second with the Longhorns being able to put one up on the board to make it 22-7 at...
The Lady Longhorn golfers had a chilly outing last Monday, Oct. 2, for District Competition at Ogallala. This was the last high school tournament for the three senior girls. Senior Lila Moore shot a 122, which was not her best of the season, but she nearly ended up making it to state - few strokes away. Senior Leisha Casimiro shot a 136, which was good enough for a personal best, and senior Natasha Selves shot a 159. Maddie Cook, and Raven Johnson struggled a bit with nerves and the weather didn’t help out much either, according to coach K...
The Coyotes suffered another hard loss on the season. Hay Springs out scored the Coyotes 57-8 in the game over all with keeping Potter Dix scoreless in all but the second quarter. No other information was provided at time of press. Potter-Dix will host Cody-Kilgore tomorrow, Friday for a 1 p.m., kickoff....
The Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes wrapped up another win against Caliche last Thursday, Oct. 5 at home. The Coyotes won in four sets, PD took the first set with a 16-25 win, and lost the second set 26-24, but it was all Potter-Dix from there, winning the third set 25-19 and the fourth set 25-17. The 13-7 Lady Coyotes will look to take on 3-12 Banner County Wildcats at home Oct. 17....
Old "shoot" cars that were most likely donated to the Kimball Police Department years ago, have now been smashed. Thursday, Sept. 28, Chief Andy Bremer, pictured below, and Mayor Keith Prunty watched as the shoot cars KPD used for training purposes got crushed. "When the cars reach this point that they are pretty much unusable and we donate them to the City of Kimball for scrap," Bremer said. These cars come in handy for different training exercises with his officers, "Practice shooting through...
Whartman Arena in Potter, is gearing up for its 2017 Halloween Gymkhana this Sunday, Oct. 8. Registration starts at 1 p.m., events start at 2, events on tap for Sunday include, Egg Balance, Cauldron Stick Race, Poles, Barrels, and Pumpkin Race. Don’t forget to wear your costume! There are no rules for your costumes, horses can be dressed up but not required, and props are permitted. Reminder, if using props, please keep safety of all participants in mind. There will be no charge for this event and judging will be done as a whole instead of b...
Sandhills Energy was the original developer, Aspenall Energies purchased the project from Sandhill this past August, according to John Brown, Chief Development Officer of Aspenall Energies. Brown addressed the Kimball County Commissioners last Tuesday, Sept. 25, in a special meeting about the project and what the intentions for the Kimball community are: clean technologies and impact into the rural community are the goals for this newly generated energy. There are seven towers currently standing that are not operational. Those will be taken...
The Lady Longhorns, headed across the border to Wyoming to face off with Burns this last week. Kimball came up short with a 3-1 loss . The Lady Horns won the first set 25-20, then Burns got the next three set wins to end the match, 17-25, 16-25, 23-25. "We started out playing strong, winning the first set. It was a tough game, every set was very close, and if we could have eliminated an error here or there the night might have ended different. I am proud how the girls played through some adversity," said Coach Jeri Ferguson. Hannah Biesecker...
Longhorn Football might not be going how most of the fans would hope, but they are making progress, though perhaps not visibly. According to coach Ben Aarestad, there is a lot of progress being made, in practice and during game time. Again this is a team that has battled injuries all season long, but the light is at the end of the tunnel. Kimball faced conference rival Bridgeport Tigers last Friday, Sept. 29, the Horns kept the Tigers at a six point lead in the first quarter, but let another two touchdowns bump the score to 20-0 in the second...
The fall sports season is starting to wine down with only a few weeks left. Kimball Cross Country was in action in Gothenburg last Thursday Sept. 28. "All seven of these young men ran their season best times," said Coach Tiffany Johnson. Kaden Adrian ran his personal best time over all four years a time of 19:07, Garrett Pedersen had a time of 20:11, Nicholas Thomas-Lewis with a 20:20, Brady Kilgore ran a 21:08, Cole Henton had a 22:42, followed by Jordan Cluff with a time of 23:55 and Alex...
Kimball County Commissioners accepted the resignation of Sheana Hendrickson from the Kimball County Veteran’s Service Office at their regular meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 19. With that resignation, VSO Bob Jenner will man the office Monday through Friday from 10 - 4 with lunch from 11:30-12:30 each day. Jenner gave the monthly report at this meeting, including the number of Veteran visits, 80, through the month. The average time spent with each Veteran was three to five hours. According to Jenner some of the subjects covered are reimbursement for f...
Is it getting the news from the local area, reading the opinions and letters to the editor? How about the first sports writing, or the great anniversary announcements? Are you a teacher and use them in your classroom for your students, or a local business that advertises with us? What kid doesn’t want to see a picture of themselves in the paper, or read their name for that one close hometown game? Social Media and the internet does have an important place in society but newspapers have been around for so long and they are so beloved by many. Y...
The season goals are being reached. Kimball Girls Golf had two tournaments this past week, the first one was Tuesday, Sept. 19 in Ogallala. The girls will head back to Ogallala for districts at the beginning of October, but Coach Culek couldn't have asked for a better experience for the girls to have a "practice round" before they make the trip back. "There were a few girls that struggled and learned a few things about the course before districts." Lila Moore does it again for the Lady...
The Lady Longhorns faced two big losses last week, one at home and one on the road. The first loss last week came at home when Kimball faced Hershey. The Lady Longhorns lost the first set 25-12, the second set with a closer score of 25-23 and also lost the third set 25-21, for a 3-0 win for the Panthers. The second loss last week came from Sidney, with a 2-0 win over the Lady Longhorns. The Red Raiders won the first set 25-9, and the second set 25-17. No more information was available at time...
Another tough loss in the books for the Longhorns on the gridiron. Kimball hosted Hershey this past Friday night, first fall night of football of this season. Chilly, cloudy and a little sprinkle. The Longhorns were trailing Hershey 27-0 at the end of the first half, during the third quarter Kimball only allowed one more touchdown with a two point conversion in the game, to make the final score 35-0. No other information was available at press. The Longhorns will travel to Bridgeport for...
Kimball Junior High Volleyball was in action, against Sidney on Monday, Sept. 11, and against Leyton and Banner County in a triangular matchup on Thursday, Sept. 14. The 8th grade girls A team vs. Sidney ended in a loss in two sets, 7-25 and 17-25. Annissa Kizzair and Peyton Wise scored 4 points each. The B team did not fare much better with a loss in three sets, 21-25, 16-25 and 15-10. The forerunner of this game was certainly Grace Murdoch, who scored 12 points. Against Leyton, Kimball won in three sets 25-21, 13-25 and 15-7. Annissa Kizzair...
Kimball Cross Country runners were busy again last Thursday Sept. 21, in Ogallala, Junior Varsity and Varsity ran together. There was a total of 166 runners just in the boys race. For the High School boys Garrett Pedersen had a time of 21:18, followed by Kaden Adrian with 21:30, Nicholas Thomas-Lewis had a time of 22:02, Brady Kilgore 23:05, Cole Henton followed with a time of 24:37, Jordan Cluff with a time of 26:58 and Alexander Flores 27:25. The JV and Varsity girls all ran together with a total of 112 runners, Brandi Councilman had a time...
Coffee break at Laura Lee’s Double L Country Store, last Wednesday Sept. 20, Nebraska Congressman Adrian Smith met with many from the surrounding communities in Harrisburg. Tim Nolting, Deb Diemoz, and Sherry Winstrom from Kimball attended, even students from banner county made the few mile trip. “It was nice to see students from the Banner County Civics’ Classes attend this discussion,” said Winstrom. During the discussion there were a few topics talked about but one main item was The Scotts Bluff County Airport Authority selecting SkyWest...
On Tuesday Sept. 12, Officer Michael Winget of the Kimball Police Department was dispatched near Fourth St. in reference to an individual who was potentially molesting children at City Park. According to the arrest affidavit, Officer Winget contacted the reporting party who said suspect, Gary Hart, of Kimball had been at City Park and was bothering children playing there. The officer was then advised to speak with a juvenile who was distraught by the contact. The juvenile reported that while playing at the park with other children, Hart began...
The town of Kimball can sure sing, and sing they did this past Saturday evening at the Kimball Event Center. Karaoke night at the Kimball Event Center was hosted to answer local kids’ cries of, “There isn’t anything to do here.” Kids of all ages joined in the fun from 6-8 p.m., with pizza, music, dancing and prizes. According to Kimball’s Special Projects Coordinator Amy Sapp, the event was a good start to being able to continue hosting events like this for the kids in our community. Following a short break more adults began showing up and th...
So many fun events this weekend, I am excited to be able to enjoy the whole weekend and most of all the events this year. It seems like every other year we have something else going at least one of the days and we aren’t able to spend as much time in town. There are so many fun activities on tap for this weekend, you can bet there won’t be any down time. This years new event is Mud Volleyball at the Fair Grounds, how fun! No surprise I got a team together and we are all super excited to see how it turns out, but the closer it gets to Sun...
Kimball Police Department and the City of Kimball wish to remind residents that old mattresses and other big household items should be taken directly to the Kimball Landfill. These items do not go out by the dumpster, as some residents have done. They need to be disposed of properly, this simple task helps out everyone in the community. The City of Kimball Landfill is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 in the morning until noon and again from 1 – 3 in the afternoon....
Around 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept.17, Kimball Police Department received a call about two vandalized vehicles at a shop on the west side of town. Investigation continues. Garrett and Dalton Pruett are asking the community for their assistance with any information that can help lead to finding who did this. Both Ford F250s were scratched badly, there is more than $7,000 of damage done to one pickup as of now. “Both pickups are trashed, $45,000 pickups. We want to get the word out that we are trying to find who did this,” added Garrett. Garrett Pru...
Kimball Cross Country got some good things done in Alliance this past Saturday, Sept. 16. A beautiful day, perfect temperature, not to hot not to cold. Nearing the end of the season with only five meets left before districts, Coach Tiffany Johnson is sure looking forward to seeing what else will shape up. "All but one of our runners had their fastest times." For High School Boys in order of Kimball's fastest times, Kaden Adrian had a fast time of 19:45, Garrett Pederson 20:39, Nicholas Thomas-Le...