Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Banner County students may soon have the chance to earn dual credits or even graduate as a certified welder or certified nursing assistant. Banner County Principal Charles Jones reported to the Board of Education on Monday, Oct. 10, that the district is just a few classes away from providing career academy opportunities for students. “We have some stuff here that we offer that we are one class away from having what they would consider having a career academy of our own,” he said. “We have four of them right now that they would consider caree...
Can you imagine Kimball County without a fair? That is the question asked by Kimball Ag Society board member Doug Lukassen as he began talking about the ag society’s mill levy request, on ballots again this November, for the third time in four years. The third time may be a charm, or so the board hopes. The first time the ag society asked for a mill levy was in the primary election in May 2012 when the same ballot had requests from the proposed High Point Speedway issue, the Historical Society and the Fire Department. According to Lukassen, t...
Born and raised in Harlan, Iowa, Dr. Ryan Behrend always knew he wanted to go into a medical field, but it wasn't until a chance encounter that he decided to become a chiropractor. "I came out here on wheat harvest and I met my wife, Dr. McConnell's daughter, Tabitha," he said. "When I met my wife, I met Dr. McConnell too, and he was my mentor in that way. I always wanted to do something in the health field but didn't always have a clear direction in what I wanted to do. After meeting him and...
With a Western Trails Conference competition scheduled for the same date as the regular November board meeting, the Kimball Board of Education considered options for rescheduling during their regular meeting on Monday, Oct. 10. “The WTC honor chorus competition is scheduled for Nov. 14. We have had a couple of students qualify for that in the past and we have, in the past two years, taken our show choir as well,” Superintendent Marshall Lewis said. “Mr. Hanks will be there because it is WTC and he is secretary of the conference. If we take...
The Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes swept the Minuteman Activities Conference tournament hosted at Bayard on Saturday, Oct. 15. The first game pitted the Potter-Dix girls, ranked first in their district, against the Minatare Indians for a handy win in two sets, 25-9, 25-8. At the end of the first round of games, the field was cut from eight teams to four, with the Lady Coyotes facing hosts, the Bayard Tigers. Once again, just two sets later the aggressive Potter-Dix club chalked up another win, 25-17,...
The Kimball Lady Longhorns split the week beginning with a 3-0 loss against Chase County in Kimball on Tuesday, Oct. 11. Jannel Fiehtner led scoring for the Lady Horns with three points with one ace, followed by Justine Heeg with two points to her credit. Hannah Biesecker led the attack with a total of 11 kills, followed by Raelynn Hinton with six. Fiehtner also contributed one kill as did Hailey Paxton and Kaitlyn Wurdeman. Defensively, Hinton had the lone solo block, while Biesecker added six digs, and Fiehtner, three. Heeg racked up eight...
The Banner County Lady Wildcats suffered a 3-0 loss at the hands of the Sioux County Lady Warriors (11-9) in Harrison on Thursday, Oct. 13. The Banner County girls battled hard through the sets, with the attack led by Makenna Dahlgrin who racked up ten kills, followed by Savannah Jordan with three, and teammates Bailee Underhill, Rylie Mason and Emily Singleton with one each. Mason served up two aces with Dahlgrin and Underhill each contributing one. The Lady Warriors kept Banner County hopping, with Sierra Flores, Jadyn Cross and Dahlgrin cred...
The Kimball Longhorns traveled to North Platte on Friday, Oct. 14, to battle the North Platte St. Pat’s Irish (6-2) for a tough loss, 63-14. The Irish gained an early and significant lead in the first quarter, scoring 35, but holding the Horns at bay with nothing on the board. A short rally in the second brought the first points to the Longhorn board, but the Irish were on a roll and added another 21 to their own. After halftime the Kimball boys again scored for another seven on the board while the hosts failed to do the same, but in the f...
Former Kimball Police Chief Darren Huff’s last day as an employee of the City of Kimball was Thursday, Oct. 6, according to City Administrator Daniel Ortiz. Huff tendered his resignation, dated October 7, 2016, and addressed to the Kimball Mayor and City Council, which reads in part: “It is with mixed emotions that I resign from the position of Kimball’s Police Chief. I am ready to move forward with the next chapter of my life and making more time for my family.” The resignation letter alluded to two complaints that may have been forward...
Kimball loves to see her children come back home. Past Kimball graduate Emily Stull did just that. Like many Kimball graduates, Emily Stull moved away to attend college following high school graduation. She attended WNCC in Scottsbluff, where she completed her nursing prerequisites, then followed up in North Platte where she completed her studies while working at the hospital in the dialysis unit, before moving to the Denver area to begin working in her chosen field, nursing. She returned to...
Santa’s Helpers are busy preparing for his annual trek to Kimball and they have a busy and fun-filled season planned! “We are bringing back a lot of events that I used to do when I was at the Chamber,” board member Kim Baliman said. “We really do think this is going to be a fun, small-town Christmas event.” Some of those events include a tour of homes, the Mr. and Mrs. Scrooge contest, a wreath/tree auction, the table setting contest and, of course, the Parade of Lights. “They are trying to tie the theme into the Farmer’s Day theme,” Baliman sa...
Winter weather is coming, sooner rather than later. Kimball County Sheriff Harry Gillway shared some important winter driving safety tips. Preparing ahead of time is key, and Gillway added that getting your car serviced is important for the winter ahead. · Have your tires checked. · Have your brakes checked. · Have your battery checked. · Have your cooling system thoroughly checked. · Have your windshield washer reservoir filled. Keep extra on hand in your vehicle. · Have your windshield wipers and defrosters checked. “Your service person...
The Kimball Longhorns (1-6) logged their first victory of the season against the Bayard Tigers (1-6) on Friday, Oct. 7 with a final score of 42-28. Sophomore Izaac Reuter was able to complete half of his passes against the Tigers, for a total of 55 passing yards and was credited with five carries, totaling 11 yards and one of the five Longhorn touchdowns. “Izaac had a good game, he completed a very big pass in the third quarter that broke open the game for us,” coach Nick Kuxhausen said. “The offensive line had a really good game and made the j...
The Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes, ranked third in class D-2 rankings for Nebraska, racked up three more wins last week, bringing their season to 21-1 going into the MAC tournament, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 15. At the Kimball triangular on Tuesday, Oct. 4, the Coyotes won against the Bayard Tigers 2-0 with matching sets of 25-9. The Lady Coyotes racked up 24 kills against the Bayard team, with Alexus Rozelle contributing seven, followed by Dawson Sharman with six, Audrey Juelfs with five, Trinity...
The Kimball Lady Longhorns fell to Bayard and Potter-Dix during a home triangular hosted on Tuesday, Oct. 4. The Lady Horns put up a fight against Bayard first. Leading the attack for the Horns were Hannah Biesecker and Rae-lynn Hinton each with five kills. Kaitlin Wurdeman added two and the team got one each from Shauntae Daily, Kate Reader and Alex Reader. Biesecker led defense with four solo blocks and three digs while Hinton was credited with three aces, one block and three digs. Wurdeman...
Banner County suffered a 67-28 loss to the Hyannis Longhorns on Friday, Oct. 7. No stats were available for this game. Our problem we had against Hyannis was self-inflicted mistakes, turnovers, penalties and missed tackles,” coach Charles Jones said. “I felt we played much better on defense, we just did not finish plays. Offensively we struggled with blocking and penalties, we were able to move the ball well, again, just not able to finish plays. I felt as a group we are improving we have two games left with very quality opponents and we are...
In cities across the nation there are elite groups of men and women who train to protect life and property in one of the scariest and most devastating of circumstances, fire. Often times these people are paid for their service, but in some cases, they are volunteers – not responding for pay, and certainly not for glory, but for the sake of friends and neighbors. Locally, the volunteer fire department is one of the largest and longest running community service organizations in Kimball. The K...
After the first successful year of Apply2College, seniors at Kimball High School will once again have the opportunity to participate in the college preparation process. According to high school guidance counselor Chauncey Pedersen, the program began through the EducationQuest Foundation, which focuses on financial aid, preparation tips and colleges in Nebraska. Kimball seniors will join Nebraska students from more than 200 schools in taking the first critical college prep step with the application process on Wednesday, Oct. 12, when they will...
Bill and Tami Bohac were nominated and awarded the final Pride of Kimball Yard of the Week. The Bohac's yard contains flower beds nestled neatly inside the manicured lawn. The garden beds are flush with fall colors from the planter in front blooming with Gazania to the beds containing more Gazania, Hibiscus, Sedum, Geranium, Asters, Day Lillies, a burning bush and a Blaze Maple Tree. Pictured above, Stefanie Bartels, left, representing the Western Nebraska Observer and Dawn Moeser, right,...
The Kimball Cross Country team had one of its most successful meets yet at Gothenburg on Thursday, Sept. 29, with many runners achieving personal records from a field of 210 runners. Of 21 teams competing, Kimball took eighth place, according to coach Tiffany Johnson, who added that Brandon Barker led the pack for the boys, earning fifth place with a time of 17:03 – his new personal record. Additionally, Zachery Wagner placed 26th with his new personal record of 18:06, Kaden Adrian hit his personal best with a time of 19:18, Garrett Pedersen f...
The Kimball Lady Longhorns battled the aggressive Burns Lady Broncs on Thursday, Sept. 29, but ultimately could not best their opponents, who won 3-2. "Burns wasn't particularly that much tougher, we just weren't playing," head coach Jeri Ferguson said. "We made some adjustments to our line-up. Hopefully that get us playing better." The Kimball girls struggled with consistent serving, limiting their scoring ability. Hannah Biesecker led the Lady Horns in scoring with 10 points to her credit,...
The Kimball Community Theatre group presented a musical for Farmer's Day at the Plains Historical Society's Fraternal Hall in downtown Kimball on Friday, Sept. 23. "Melodies to Remember: Songs Through the Decades", was a big program according to KCT organizer Tom O'Brien, spanning ten decades, from the first Farmer's Day in the 1920s, through 2010 with comedic relief provided between decades by Josh Enevoldsen. "Josh Enevoldsen provided some comic relief, introducing all the decades with...
The 2016 Farmer's Day Demolition Derby was, once again, a huge success according to event organizers Mark Vowers and Doug Lukassen, who expected nearly 30 entries. Two winners, from a field of 22 entries, were chosen in the compact class and the weld class, while three drivers placed in the no weld class. "I would really just like to thank all the spectators, our attendance at the demo derby is always great," Lukassen said. The top two places took home the money, with the runner-up receiving...
Former Kimball Police Chief Darren Huff's last day as an employee of the City of Kimball was Thursday, Oct. 6, according to City Administrator Daniel Ortiz. No information is currently available regarding the reason for Huff's recent administrative leave, why he is no longer employed as Police Chief, or who made that decision. “Captain Andy Bremer is currently serving as Acting Chief in the interim,” Ortiz stated....
Everything changes - evolves really. Everything from popular hairstyles to electronics change, and newspapers must do the same. The Western Nebraska Observer is evolving, and next week we will unveil our newest change – a compact, easier to handle format measuring approximately 11 by 22 inches. This fun new design mirrors the sizes of many newspapers across the nation that have already made this change - including the New York Times. This new size won’t effect the amount of local news in the Observer, and the print will remain as easy on you...