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 Board of the Kimball-Banner County Chamber of Commerce voted unanimously at their meeting Monday night, December 10, to help out the local efforts to get the oil derrick put back up through a donation of an unspecified amount of funds. “We have money set aside that was given to us by the state of Nebraska when they took the oil derrick down from its location,” said Jennifer Provance, President of the Chamber board. “When that happened, we put that money into some CDs with the intent of pu...
The Kimball Business Boosters Club will be putting on a hayride downtown December 19, at 5:30 p.m., according to member Carol Brown. “We’ll start in front of the Chamber of Commerce building. The hayride will go around town and end up back at the Chamber. It’s open to the public, and there’s no charge,” Brown said. “It’s a holiday thing. We’re just trying to recreate some of the events of past years,” Brown added. There is no set time for the end of the event in order to accommodate more...
The DOVES program, which sits next to the city office, offers the emotional and mental support for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault that might not be found elsewhere, according to the coordinator for the program Vicky Isaacs. “We’re grant funded. It’s a domestic violence/ sexual assault program. We help survivors and their families, victims. We’re here to help. We do counseling, and we help them get into a safe place if they need to. Counseling, we help provide that for them. W...
City Administrator Harold Farrar attended his last city council meeting the night of December 4. Farrar was sent off with a showing of gratitude and appreciation from Mayor James Schnell. “It’s been one of those things where you know when you come in that you’re going to lay the facts out on the table and say what you think, not on a personal matter, but you make sure that the City of Kimball is right up there and looking out for the city itself and you’d never do anything to harm the city,...
The Potter Dix one act play team took home fourth place at state competitions Thursday, December 6, at the Merryman Performing Arts Center in Kearney for their play, “MacBeth: A Tale of Darkness”. “We were in a new theater which was a lot bigger and more impressive. The kids thought it was great, and they really rose to the challenge,” director Beth Bogert said. According to Bogert, it was somewhat of a bittersweet experience. “I was proud of them. They did a great job. They gave a nice performa...
The Potter-Dix Coyotes couldn’t keep up with the Paxton Tigers in their December 8 game. The Tigers quickly took the lead in the first half of the game, scoring their first 4 points before Trevor Harms was able to put Potter-Dix on the board off a pass from Kyle Gorsuch. The Coyotes tried to stop the Tigers offense with a full court press, but it had little effect. Yet the Coyotes were able to build a small comeback at the end of the first quarter when Gorsuch hit a three pointer pulling the C...
The Potter-Dix Varsity Girls team started off strong against the Paxton Tigers on December 8. Unfortunately, they could not keep the momentum going the rest of the game. Kaidee Livingstone put the Coyotes on the board from the free throw line with 7:16 left to go in the first quarter with Conner Wolff pushing the Coyotes to an early lead with four points of her own leaving the score at 5-2 with 6:44 left to go in the first quarter. The Tigers quickly started to cut away at the Coyotes lead with...
The oil derrick that once sat on the edge of town as a monument to the oil boom that occurred here decades ago has been laying on its side for the past couple years. More recently, the tower was sold, leaving a lot of local residents wondering why. Fortunately for those who wish to see the derrick installed again, it remains intact and waiting for a new location. According to the Executive Director of the Kimball-Banner County Chamber of Commerce, Jeanette Rabender, it was originally sidelined because of the land it sat on. “The state took i...
Potter-Dix high school will be participating at state competitions with their one act play “Macbeth: A Tale of Darkness”. According to Director Beth Bogert, the production is a bit of a departure from traditional Macbeth interpretations. “I found somebody’s adapted version which left a lot of freedom for directors and after talking with the students, we decided to take it in a very different direction than traditional Macbeth and place it in a post-apocalyptic time period,” Bogert said. The...
David Ford changed his plea from not guilty to no contest on charges of 3rd degree assault which is a Class I misdemeanor at his pre-trial the morning of November 28. He was subsequently found guilty of the charges by the Honorable Judge Randin Roland based on the factual evidence presented by the prosecuting attorney. The charges stem from an August 3 incident, during which Ford allegedly grabbed Amie Rutledge around the neck after she entered city offices to complain about water department activities. Ford was originally charged with...
Mayor James Schnell announced the choice for the new City Administrator of Kimball at the City Council meeting the night of Tuesday, December 4. “We conducted our meeting on November 26th, with the interviews of the four finalist candidates and came away from that with input from the Board of Public Works, Shortie Kiefer too and Jim Merryfield as a candidate who had won election and hadn’t been seated yet,” he said. “Everyone was on the same track of what we came out of those interviews with. With that, I am announcing Daniel Ortiz. He and I h...
The Kimball County Board of Commissioners moved to approve the addition of two members to the Kimball Visitor’s Committee at their meeting the morning of December. Carol Brown was approved by the Board of Commissioners to represent the Economic Development Committee and Jennifer Provance was approved to represent the Chamber of Commerce on the Visitor’s Committee. The appointments will be effective immediately with each member serving a one year term ending on December 31, 2013 with the possibility of re-appointment January 1, 201...
The Banner County Wildcats faced off against the Potter-Dix Coyotes Saturday, December 1, on their home court, losing 51-35. “We got a bunch of gamers and they hit the boards. We struggled getting into our offenses. There’s a lot of potential here. They’re young. They’re aggressive. This is our second game, and I think we get more experience with every game we play. We didn’t win the game, but we almost feel like we won the battle with the age we are,” Wildcats Head Coach Jim Wyatt said. The Game started out rough for the Wildcats with the Co...
The Wildcats started strong in their game against the Potter-Dix Coyotes on December 1 at their home court with Ashlynne Hannan driving down the along the baseline and scoring amid the Coyotes’ defense and again finding herself wide open for a layup on the next possession giving the Wildcats a 4-0 lead with 6:43 to go in the first quarter. However, The Coyotes soon gained an advantage through a drive to the hoop by Kaidee Livingstone and a three pointer sunk by Taylor Juelfs, putting the Coyotes up 5-4. The Wildcats were plagued with the s...