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 Longhorn Volleyball had a Triangle Tournament in Hemingord last Tuesday, Sept. 12. Kimball. faced off in two games, one with Hemingford and the second with Gordon. First game with Hemingford ended with a loss in three sets. Hannah Biesecker had 13 kills, three points, one ace serve and three digs in this game. Justine Heeg had three kills, 12 assists, eight points, and two ace serves. Kate Reader ended with four kills, one assist, five points, two ace serves. Madison Wynne one assist, two...
Kimball girls golf was at it again last Tuesday, Sept. 12, at the Gering tournament. Unlike some of the tournaments the girls have been to so far this year, Gering had a good tournament of bigger schools. This came with very good competition. “Overall the girls did very well, we had two girls achieve their personal best. But the major highlight for us as a team is we had our personal best team score, which reflects all of the hard work and dedication the girls have put in this year,” said Coach Culek. Lila Moore ended last Tuesday with a sco...
Kimball Football had a rough night last Friday, Sept. 16, in Imperial when the Longhorns took to the field to look for their first win against a tough team in Chase County. The Kimball Longhorns were already down one quarterback, Izaac Reuter, with a knee injury from July. Though he keeps trying to play through it, Aarestad is hoping he can get some rest with some time off and come back 100 percent. The last thing they expected going into this game was to lose another one. Colton Mielke came out of the game on the first series with a hurt...
Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes matched up with undefeated Creek Valley this past Saturday, Sept. 16, in front of their home crowd for a conference game. Coach Brad Hicks is very pleased with how the girls are working together and making plays. After a little line-up shifting Potter-Dix might just have it figured out. “We are still moving and adjusting our line-up, mainly our setters. Payge Hoffman started the year with Hannah Stahl as our second setter. We moved Brooke Moench over last week and we are liking what we have seen with this line-up. Trinit...
The Potter-Dix Coyotes lost this past Friday night’s game in Harrison with Sioux County with a final score of 72-30. The Coyotes, who are 1-3 on the season, will face conference rival the Minatare Indians who are 2-2 over-all on the season tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 22, at home. No other information was provided at the time of press...
The Red Knights motorcycle club have out-done themselves again, with a fund raising event this past weekend. “The Red Knights were amazing, like always, and were such a big part in this fundraiser,” said Carrie Wynne of the Kimball Ball Board. Sunday, Sept. 10, Kimball Ball Board and the Red Knights teamed up for a fundraiser for the Kimball Ball Fields. Many enjoyed a great meal, great friends, some good times, and to top it off all of the money raised is going to help keep our baseball and softball programs going for everyone in and out of...
I am a big history person, at least family history and things that are near and close to my heart. Like I have said before, I grew up in Laramie and have spent a lot of time north of Laramie, up in the Medicine Bow area. There are so many historical places in Laramie and Medicine Bow. Just to name a few, there is the Ivinson Mansion, Wyoming Territorial Prison, Laramie Plains Civic Center, parts of the University of Wyoming Campus, and the Cavalryman Steakhouse. Some in Medicine Bow are the Virginian Hotel, Owen Wester Cabin, Medicine Bow...
Friday night lights, had their first appearance at home this season when our Kimball Longhorns took to their own grid iron this past Friday, Sept. 8, to face-off with the Mitchell Tigers for a 50-14 loss. The Tigers were on the board first and jumped out to an early lead. At one point Kimball looked like they could finally climb into the drivers seat and take the reins of this game with the tigers up by two touchdowns with the score 28-14 as the Longhorns were driving for a touchdown, with a...
The Lady Longhorns headed to Mitchell last Thursday, Sept. 7, for a golf tournament. Coach Culek was able to take four girls to the tournament, three of the four girls ended with a personal best score. “I am so proud of the dedication and achievement so far.” Coach Culek added that some of her girls have taken off at least 15 strokes just from all their practice and determination. “This was our best tournament so far!” Lila Moore finished in 10th place with 105. Maddie Cook ended the day with 116, Raven Johnson finished shooting 142 and Lei...
Though she neared 101 years of age on Aug. 21, 2017, Kimball's Maxine James was able to watch a total solar eclipse for the first time. Maxine celebrated her birthday early, she turns 101 on September 11, by watching the "once-in-a-lifetime" event with family. At 100 years of age, she would have had the opportunity to view this phenomenon just twice in her lifetime in the United States before this year. The first, on March 7, 1970 in the Gulf of Mexico or just nine years later, on Feb. 26, 1979...
The Kimball softball and baseball fields are in need and the Kimball Baseball Board is teaming up with the Red Knights to raise the necessary funds with a Poker Run ending at Beer and Loathing. A fun night has been planned at the local establishment this Sun- day, Sept. 10, by the Red Knights, a motorcycle club formed by local volunteer firemen, and the Kimball Ball Board with all proceeds to be used for the ball park. The event will kick off at 2 p.m. and continue through the night with fun games, a dunk tank, auction and live band. Everyone...
Kimball Lady Longhorns hosted their first volleyball match of the season this past Thursday night, Aug. 31, when Bridgeport came to town. Bridgeport won sets one and two, and were looking like they would come away with a third, but Kimball took set number three of four to keep the Lady Bulldogs in town for a little longer. In the end, it was Bridgeport that came away with the game, winning 3-1. "We need to stay out of the net, and our passing seemed to be a big problem, we must work on communica...
With a couple very nice days this past week the Lady Longhorn Golfers got into action again but were able to play on their home course this time. Last Tuesday, August 29, the Four Winds hosted their share of high school girls golfers with schools including Bridgeport, Sidney, Perkins County, Garden County as well as, of course, the home team Kimball. “The girls have done a tremendous job and have been improving each week. We are still working on our short game as that is the area that seems to add a large amount of strokes to our game. I am h...
Adrian Smith, United States Representative for Nebraska's 3rd congressional district, visited Kimball this past Monday, Aug. 28, to speak with the public and answer any questions some people in our communities are looking for some answers. Smith wants to address the pre-existing conditions "in a way that protects those folks, anyone who had been free of cancer for 10 years it is still held against them." Smith also says this needs to be addressed and that they are also addressing it in the...
There is a lot of talk in the community lately about keeping tourists in town and wanting people to travel here and to want to stay here - to be a part. First impressions are often the ones that make the biggest difference, and social media has a huge impact on a first impression of a town and the residents these days. Bashing people, businesses and organizations in the community is one thing that should not be happening on Facebook, whether coming from individuals or business owners, especially those who want to have a positive impact on the...
A neutral side matchup took place this past Thursday night when your Longhorns headed east to North Platte to take on Centura, the team out of Cairo. Kimball took to the gridiron as the home team in the matchup. A perfect evening for a night under the lights was set to get under way. With the Centurions lined up ready to return the opening kick-off,. Kole Bush for the Longhorns, booted a good one off his cleats as the clock started. On the Centurions first trip to the line of scrimmage, a big pass play was in the works and ended with a touchdow...
Last Friday the girls had a scrimmage to get things a little more in check for this season opener. “Like every other coach there were things about the scrimmage that I really liked and things that showed we need to work on.” Said Head Coach Jeri Ferguson. Looking forward to this season, coach is looking for strong competition for positions at every level, freshman, JV and varsity. “There are many close races for different positions, but that also means we have a lot of different ways we can place young ladies on the floor.” The girls have be...
A few weeks ago, businesses around the town of Kimball were invited to join Cheryl Burkhart-Kriesel, of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at the Event Center for a very intuitive training session. Red Carpet Service Training took place Aug., 17. When Cheryl got to town she played the roll of a Mystery Shopper, and stopped into a couple of businesses. The point of these stops were to see how the customer service was, and how the employees interacted with customers, even more, how they interacted with tourists and travelers throughout the...
The Kimball Public School Board is in the hiring process of finding a new school nurse after the board approved Emily Stull’s resignation last Monday night, Aug., 14, during their regular meeting. For the coming school year, Kimball Public Schools will serve locally raised beef, according to the report by Danessa Terrill, Food Service Director for the district. Terrill reported to the Board that KPS partnered with Farm Bureau, who donated one beef. The school district had the beef processed, and originally thought the entire animal would be p...
While the County Commissioners are still wrapping up budget season, they met last Tues., Aug. 15. Dave Hottell, County Highway Superintendent joined the meeting to talk briefly about hauling gravel and he said that right now the roads have so much moisture on them that it is slowing everything down. “It seems like this happens every year, but in a different part of the county each time,” Hottell added. The gravel haulers in Kimball County need a couple dry days to get back on schedule, according to Hottell. Following other board business, Commi...
The Potter-Dix volleyball program has a very strong reputation to uphold and new Head Coach, Brad Hicks, is ready to put his stamp on the Lady Coyotes this season. Hicks, who is new to the coaching world, is excited for this season to begin with three starters coming back for their senior season, Payge Hoffman, a middle hitter, Trinity Langley, also a middle hitter, and Audrey Juelfs, an outside hitter, plus returning lettermen Brooke Moench, rightside hitter and setter. A few newcomers to keep...
As you have probably already heard Monday Aug. 21 will be one of the most amazing events to remember. A total solar eclipse will be making its way across the state, and of course everyone around the line of totality is expecting many different visitors. According to visitscottsbluff.com at 10:25:50 am the Partial Eclipse will be visible. Then a little over an hour later, the Total Eclipse will be visible at 11:48:11. The projected total length of totality is 1 minute and 42 seconds. Some of the great local places to be able to watch this...
Tomorrow, Friday Aug. 4, Martha Mossberg turns 100, though for 90 years the family celebrated on Aug. 11, as she believed that was her birthday. She needed her birth certificate to take a cruise to Alaska, and the document set right the date of her birth, August 4, 1917. Martha was born in Kimball and has lived in this community all but about a year and a half of her life, when she and her husband, Paul, moved to Cheyenne, Wyo. She said she is grateful that she has been able to call the communit...
As hundreds of thousands of motorcycle riders make their way to Sturgis, SD, this week is a good time to remind everyone how many people will be on the roads. Whether it is Bike Week or not there are things we all can do to keep ourselves and everyone a little safer on the roads. Do not text and drive, there are so many accidents that occur because of this, being distracted by our phones is one of the most dangerous things we can do while driving, not just for us but for everyone on the road. This is true at all times, but please pay extra...
A lot like my last column I will repeat a similar set of life lessons that some people forget sometimes. Respect, treat others the way youwant to be treated. Good sportsmanship, is when teammates, opponents, coaches, and officials treat each other with respect. I spent a lot of time at the ball fields this past weekend, and let me tell you, there was a lot of unsportsmanlike conduct involved from a few different teams. In my opinion, as well as many players I spoke with this last weekend, if you don’t like a call, then fine, make a comment o...