Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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According to Colorado State officials, an explosion involving a truck full of crude oil and an old gas station used as a storage facility for many oil field trucks, went up in flames Sunday morning, Dec. 24. Gary Goff, of Kimball, the driver of the crude oil tanker was airlifted to Northern Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colo., according to wife Darlene, then airlifted once again to University of Colorado, Denver Burn unit. Darlene is unsure of the specifics of the accident, but according...
"Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back everything is different.." C.S. Lewis Taking a look back at the year behind us, we see many stories of success, hope and growth and a few that we will surely be glad to leave in the past. Jan. 5, 2017 Jordan Cluff double winner for Kimball wrestling by Tom Southard The Kimball High wrestling team hosted Hershey and Chase County in a double dual wrestling match to close out the pre-Christmas part of the season with Jordan...
John R. Young, 62, of Kimball, with his family by his side, went home to be with the Lord, on Saturday, December 30, 2017. Cremation has been held and there will be no services at this time. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view John's tribute wall and leave condolences for the family. Memorials may be given in John's memory to his family. The services for John have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home. John Randall Young was born in Wichita, Kansas on June 23, 1955, the son of...
Fayann G. Cain, 87, of Kimball, died at the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center on Sunday, December 31, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, January 5, 2018 at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Kimball with Pastor Carla Gunn officiating. Cremation will be held following the service. Private family inurnment will be held in the Kimball Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Thursday from 1:00 until 6:00 p.m. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view...
Doris A. Stevens, age 81 of Potter, NE passed away peacefully, surrounded by her children and grandchildren Thursday, December 28, 2017 in Sidney. Funeral Mass Services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, January 6, 2018 with Wake Services at 10:00 A.M., Saturday prior to Mass. Both services will be in the St. Patrick's Catholic Church with Father Mike McDermott officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Potter Cemetery. Cremation has been held. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on...
Shoup Locksmithing held their grand opening on Dec. 12 at the Kimball Banner County Chamber of Commerce. On hand to welcome the new business were, from left, Kimball Ambassadors Angie Haun and Betty Elliott, Kimball Mayor Keith Prunty, business owners Stephanie and Matt Shoup, Kimball Ambassadors Diana Engstrom, Peggy Sanders and Echo Kizzair....
The Kimball Junior High Girls basketball team had a busy final week closing out 2017 early in December with three games to finish out the season. The seventh graders finished their season with a 4-5 record, topping Bayard on Monday, Dec. 4 with a final score of 12-6. Lilly Tabor scored two, as did Jaydin Paxton, Kaitlin Van Pelt, Halsey Clark, Charlotte Hargreaves and Alyssa Paxton. The young team followed up with a loss to Mitchell, 14-20, on Thursday, Dec. 7, with Alyssa Paxton leading on the...
Kimball’s junior high wrestling team ended the year with several grapplers placing at meets across the region. According to head Coach Klent Schnell, the year began with 11 wrestlers, but those were quickly reduced to eight due to injuries, transfers and eligibility requirements. The team wrestled best as a team early in the season, Schnell said, and he added, that he believes they should have about 15 young men out for wrestling in the future. “We had some kids that have never wrestled and showed some great potential the first couple of mee...
Kimball Wrestling Club Pre K - K 38-42 Owen Brown’s place is 2nd and has scored 10.00 team points. Round 1 - Owen Brown (Kimball Wrestling Club) won by decision over Cheveia Warren (Tri-State Grapplers) (Dec 11-10) Round 2 - Donovan Borgmann (Sidney Wrestling Club) won by decision over Owen Brown (Kimball Wrestling Club) (Dec 12-6) Round 3 - Owen Brown (Kimball Wrestling Club) won by decision over Priya Pavia (Gering Wrestling Club) (Dec 13-10) Pre K - K 39-41 Barrrett Brown’s place is 3rd and has scored 9.00 team points. Round 1 - Kellen Mal...
Let the New Year begin! And for you sports fans this means you can bundle up and get ready to follow our local school sporting events which get underway again this week. It all starts today for you Kimball High sports fanatics with the Longhorn wrestlers off to Morrill for the Western Trails Conference Tournament that gets underway at 9 a.m. Thursday, and later this evening the High School Basketball teams are in action at Sidney with both JV games set for 4 p.m., followed by the girl’s varsity at 5:30 and the boy’s varsity at 7 p.m. On Sat...
Youngsters basketball gets underway with the first games set for next weekend. The WyoBraska League kicks things off for fourth, fifth and sixth grade boys on Jan. 6. The season will consist of three Saturday game days, Jan. 6, Jan. 20, and Feb. 3, with two games being played each Saturday. For the fourth, fifth, and sixth grade girls, play starts on Jan. 10 and games will be played opposite weekends of the boys. The Kimball boys will travel to Scottsbluff/Lake Minatare for the first weekend of play. The Kimball sixth grade boys will start...