Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Imagine the excitement of opening night at the Goodhand Theatre in Kimball, May 1954, a night some may well remember – the smell of popcorn and the excited voices of the crowds waiting in line for tickets to see “Money from Home,” starring Dean Martin, Marjie Millar and Jerry Lewis. This scene may soon be repeated, like a favorite rerun, right here in Kimball. More than 60 years later the Goodhand Theatre is scheduled to re-open with the same movie, showing on Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7 at 7 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday. “We enco...
Dogs running at large is becoming a concern for the Kimball City Council, as board member James Schnell and Kimball Mayor Keith Prunty broach that subject as well as dog kennels within city limits at the latest council meeting, April 19. “Last Friday I got jumped by two citizens both upset because we are not keeping dogs from running at large,” Schnell said. Prunty added that he had fielded a complaint about kenneling dogs, as well and broached the subject of licensing dog kennel businesses within city limits. The current ordinance limits the n...
I had the opportunity to attend a conference last week in Denver and I must be honest, I knew I would learn a lot, but I didn’t expect to have any fun (well, except for the shopping, the food, and the people-watching). With a conference name like Innovation and knowing so many of our extended team (specifically our own Patrick Cossel), I should have known that it would be anything but boring! Little did I know, however, that I would be meeting with some of the brightest, most creative and all-around greatest people in the industry. They are p...
Kimball competed in the 2016 District Music contest with more than 800 high school performers competing individually and as a group in both vocal and instrumental contests. Contestants from Banner County, Bayard, Bridgeport, Gering, Kimball, Leyton, Minatare, Mitchell, Morrill, Potter-Dix, Scottsbluff, and Sioux County gathered at Western Nebraska Community College in Scottsbluff for the contest on Thursday, April 21. Award certificates were presented to soloists, small ensembles, and large...
Having already declared that this coming year would be a difficult one for hiring, Superintendent of Kimball Schools, Marshall Lewis, now has more hiring to do. The Kimball Board of Education accepted the resignations of two staff members at their most recent board meeting, April 11. School nurse, Lindsay Maas is resigning after just one year on staff, as is teacher Melissa Pohl. The latest resignations bring the count up to four open positions in the district. Despite the loss of staff members, Director of Special Services for the district,...
When landscape artist Deb Salopek moved to Santa Fe, N.M., from Potter last fall, her little downtown Potter art studio sat empty. The empty space owned by the Potter Historical Foundation had been vastly renovated and used as a studio for five years. Though more work is needed to complete the renovations, the Foundation didn't want the room to remain empty. Enter Thomas, Potter-Dix's K-12 art teacher for the past 25 years. Because the school offers art classes and local youth have many options...
Kimball welcomes a new general surgeon on staff, with a focus in rural surgical practice, meaning a general family medicine approach to surgery. Dr. Matthew Jansen comes to town from Sidney once each week to provide services as varied as those who see him at a time when most surgeons narrow their focus to provide a very specific set of procedures. Jansen opted instead to learn a wide variety of procedures. "I perform any basic surgery, whether that is scopes, hernias; I'm just trying to meet the...
Sierra Starr recently completed her first year wrestling and she was part of a group of young ladies that made state history. Starr and all of the ladies that wrestled at the Midwest Classic Nationals in Kearney on April 2 and April 3 were the first ever full girls' league in the state. "It is a point in history and it is awesome!" said her grandma and guardian, Penny Blackman Hobbs. Starr made her way to the event placing in more than 20 meets this season, most recently at the state...
Braylon Miller, son of Chad and Julia Miller of Kimball, competed in the 2016 Knights of Columbus State Free Throw Championships on Saturday, April 2. Braylon qualified for the State competition by winning his age division at the council level on February 7 and the district level on Feb. 21, both in Kimball. He followed through with a win at the regional level in Alliance on March 13. This year's state contest was held in Hastings, where girls and boys, aged 9 through 14, from eight regions...
Kaitlyn Cole, 7, of Dix was recently selected as a state finalist in the National American Miss Nebraska pageant. Cole, daughter of Heather and Donny Cole, will travel with her family to Omaha to compete on Saturday, April 16 and Sunday, April 17 in the 7 to 9-year-old age bracket. She will compete for a chance to be crowned the new Miss Jr. Pre-teen Nebraska. The title comes with a $1,000 cash prize, the official crown and banner, roses, and air transportation to compete in the national...
Imagine graduating high school having already earned college credits or high school credits in German, psychology, economics or medical terminology. That is a possibility at Kimball High School, according to Guidance Counselor Chauncey Pedersen. A variety of courses are offered locally, through distance learning, for which Kimball has no certificated teacher from high schools across Nebraska. This program allows students to take high school courses of interest during any regular school, but the system does not come without disadvantages....
The National Weather Service issued a second winter storm watch on March 28 for all of southeast Wyoming from Tuesday night through Wednesday afternoon. This, just one week after a spring blizzard blanketed the area in snow and caused long-lasting power outages in Kimball County. The new advisory cautions that a rain/snow mix will develop first along, and to the west of, the Laramie Range. The timing of the changeover from rain to snow will be uncertain for all areas east of the Laramie Range...
The Kimball City Council received a report on the fiscal year 2014-15 from Terry Galloway of Almquist, Maltzahn, Galloway and Luth, the City’s certified public accounting firm from Grand Island. Major capital events in the city exceeded $10,000 but was reported with good detail, according to Galloway, and debt grew by more than $559,000 including the $750,000 bond for needed repairs and upgrades for the south substation. “It is quite an achievement in today’s world, having good financial reporting for your taxpayers and citizens being trans...
The Kimball City Council met on Tuesday, March 15 with a full agenda after previously voting to meet just once a month. Prior to the council meeting, the Board of Public Works met to consider a recommendation for the Z & S change order. That board recommending payment for the total that exceeded the original bid, more than $58,000. Council subsequently heard the Board of Public Works’ recommendation to issue payment for the additional charges from Z & S Construction for closure of the landfill cell and ultimately approved the expenditure. ...
An early childhood filled with music inspired one former Kimball graduate to make a career of singing and when you do what you love it really doesn't seem so much like work. Katie Warner, nee Hansen, said she has been singing as long as she can remember, first at home with her family all singing along. "I started piano lessons in the first grade and found that I loved learning about music as well," Warner said. "I also sang in the church choir for many years." As her passion for music grew, she...
The Last Supper Pageant will once again be presented during Holy Week and the Trinity United Methodist Church. Written by Ernest K. Emurieian, the play depicts the scene of the Last Supper painting by Leonardo da Vinci done in 1491 in a convent in Milan, Italy. Leonardo's painting depicted the moment during the Last Supper just after Jesus announced "One of you will betray me" and continues from that moment with the actors frozen in their poses and coming to life, one at a time, to speak about t...
Administration at the Kimball Public Schools anticipate difficulty hiring for the upcoming school year with the acceptance of high school English teacher Erin Aerni’s resignation and the retirement of language teacher Pat Sulu. “Replacing both of them will be very difficult,” Superintendent Marshal Lewis said. “Just to my knowledge, there is at least three English teachers that have been hired in the last three weeks (in the area) and I know of a couple more postings out there. I did follow up on a lead for a foreign language teacher. For jus...
Following graduation I had the opportunity to move to several cities in Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona, Minnesota and Nevada. These moves happened every few months, and in preparation I would call the local Chamber of Commerce to learn as much as possible about the next town we would be calling home. The Chamber gave me information on rentals, hotels, trailer parks, businesses, and the general feel of the community. I was able to make contact with some of the most active and involved people in the town before I ever entered it, and that enabled me...
With the end of the school year, warmer weather and longer days approaching, youth in Kimball may soon stay out longer. The Kimball Police Department wishes to remind citizens that Kimball has a curfew for juveniles under the age of 18. Sunday through Thursday those 17 years of age or less must not remain in or upon a public place within city limits from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., while on Friday and Saturday the timeframe is from 11:59 p.m. through 5 a.m. The exceptions to this curfew include if the juvenile is accompanied by a parent or an adult with...
The Board of Public Works reviewed their policy regarding utility deposits at the latest BPW meeting and considered several items related to the Kimball Landfill. “This was an issue brought to us by a citizen last month that was tabled,” board president Jim Cederburg said. The request is threefold: to cease requiring deposits from those who show an exemplary payment history, to cease requiring deposits from those whose utility bills are taken directly out of their account, or to give the city administrator the authority to waive deposits in...
Until this past week, one should not have been able to find a hoof print, let alone a horseshoe, on Kimball’s Horseshoe Hill, as it was zoned R-2, for residential use only. Horseshoe Hill, encompassing more than 125 acres of land was rezoned rural residential following discussion for and against the process at the Kimball City Council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 16. The land, situated south-east of the Kimball High School, is owned by James Vrtatko and was previously zoned R-2, prohibiting the use of the land for any kind of livestock. Though V...
As Chapter president of the Kimball FFA, senior Monica Wasielewski can't say enough about the leadership organization. "You get out of it what you put into it," she said. Her parents agree and they said that her devotion to the program shows in a myriad of ways. She is a stronger leader, more independent, increasingly responsible and she is comfortable speaking in public. "That is Monica's life," mom Brandie said. Monica has participated in FFA since she was a freshman, competing in land...
In it's sixth year, the Banner County FFA Chapter includes 16 students with advisor Bill Gifford participating in range judging, land judging, job interview, public speaking, creed speaking, ag demonstrations, welding, livestock management, ag mechanics, vet Science and the Envirothon. The team qualified for state competition this year in welding, ag mechanics, and vet science, and they will compete in meat judging and agronomy at the district contest in Kimball on March 2. "The contests build...
The Lady Coyotes overwhelmed the Garden County Lady Eagles on Tuesday, Feb. 16 in Oshkosh building on an early lead with each quarter netting double digit scoring. Leading the Lady Coyote pack was sophomore Trinity Langley with 12 points to her credit, shooting 6/8 field goals followed by Alexus Rozelle with eleven, including 5/12 two-pointers and a one of two free throws. Audrey Juelfs contributed nine points, Dawson Sharman seven, Brooke Glass and Anna McLaughlin four each and Payge Hoffman and Cortney Lewis two each. Garden County’s r...
The Banner County Lady Wildcats lost the playoff game against the South Platte Lady Blue Knights on Tuesday, Feb. 16. The Banner County girls struggled in the first quarter to gain footing against the seasoned Lady Blue Knights, scoring four to the opponents seven but rallying in the second quarter and missing a point-for-point match against the South Platte girls by one, adding nine to the board while the Lady Blue Knights added ten. The struggle continued after halftime when the Lady Wildcats added five to their board of 13 while their...