Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Six new members were inducted into the National Honor Society during Kimball's annual NHS Induction ceremony – a momentous occasion for four sophomores, one junior, and one senior. Member Madison Wynne said, "It has been an honor to be inducted into NHS. I am very happy that I was nominated and being recognized for all of the hard work that we students have put in. I think it will be great for my upcoming future." Current members spoke of core values required in the National Honor Society. The c...
As one Kimball teacher battles ovarian cancer, another sets out to prove that no one fights alone. Kathleen O’Brien, longtime Kimball teacher, has been fighting cancer but Jeri Ferguson and her high school civics class, in a show of support, have planned a fundraiser for her. When the 2017 class heard about their Junior High teacher, they wanted to do everything they could do to help, according to Ferguson, and because previous fundraising efforts were so well-liked, the students put together another one. To stave off teenagers’ mid-day hun...
The Kimball junior high girls won the Potter-Dix junior high track meet, held on Wednesday, April 12, at the Kimball High School. The Kimball girls won the meet with a whopping 183 points, 71 points ahead of the closest competition, Leyton with 112. Pine Bluffs girls took third with 92, Minatare had 91, Potter-Dix 52 and Banner County 41. Samantha Bemis brought in 30 points independently. Her individual events consisted of the 200 meter where she ran at a time of 29.29, 100 meter with a run of...
The Kimball High School speech team competed in the district speech competition last week in North Platte and is sending 10 of 11 students to Kearney, today, Thursday, March 23 for the state competition in seven events. Nicholas Thomas-Lewis and Desyree Nelson competed in Persuasive speaking at the district meet where Thomas-Lewis earned first place and qualified for the state meet. Just one student, Tristen Cook, performed in the Informative Speaking event. Cook placed second at districts and...
The Kimball High School speech team competed on Saturday, Jan. 21 in Scottsbluff against seven other schools from the C and D division, and Kimball came away with a first place win. Nicholas Thomas-Lewis placed first in Persuasive Speaking and Poetry, Kennedy Lewis won second in Extemporaneous Speaking and the Oral Interpretation of Drama team, consisting of Kaden Adrian, Paycen Harroun, Connor Moore, Audrey Day and Kiersten Anderson took fifth. "The meet is the easy part. For me, getting my...
9 was a busy year in Kimball. A young Kimball man saved an elderly woman from a burning car, the Goodhand Theater was reopened, a small group of young ladies made wrestling history, the Kimball Event Center was saved, some area youth met a famous movie star, the Kimball Jr. Sr. High School got a facelift and the local Legion baseball team was revived. We begin where every new year does, in January. Part one will revisit stories through June and next week, in part two, we will revisit stories from July through December. January 7, 2016 A two...
Kimball FFA celebrated the 2016-17 Greenhand ceremony on Friday, Dec. 15 at the Harry E. McNees Auditorium and in the school's agriculture building. The ceremony is called the Greenhand Ceremony as it marks a member's first year with the leadership organization. These members get their greenhand pins and mark their year with a painted hand on the agriculture building wall along with their name. This year the following students received this award: Nicole Delaplane, Carli Wurdeman, Lane...
What can you do, with your abilities, to help those in need? That question led two local sisters to help out those in need, from the basketball court. Kimball High School’s Kate Reader, a sophomore, and sister, Alex Reader, a junior, decided to help out those who are fighting cancer, through a foundation called Team Ashtyn. This organization was founded for those who are fighting cancer from birth to 26 years old, by a couple who were told their three-year-old daughter had leukemia. The institution was created to help them and others f...
Last Saturday, Nov. 5, Kimball High School's show choir, New Dimension, competed at the Old West Choir Fest, held in Alliance. Generally held in Scottsbluff, the competition was moved to Alliance due to construction at the Scottbluff High School. New Dimension, under the direction of Jacob Hoffman, began with "Can't Stop the Beat" with solos from Nicholas Thomas-Lewis and Kiersten Anderson. Leisha Casimiro followed up with a solo during the second set, "Bring Him Home," during which she sang...