Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Two Kimball residents, Frankie Back, 30, and Joshua Hack, 33, were killed in a collision at approximately 4:45 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 22. According to the Nebraska State Patrol, Back lost control of the 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer she was southbound on Highway 71 approximately two miles north of the Colorado border due to poor weather conditions. The 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer crossed the center line and struck a northbound semi truck driven by Abraham Lamas-Cuevas. Back and Hack were pronounced dead at the scene. Lamas-Cuevas, was transported to...
Mike Coleman was successfully appointed to the Board of Public Works at the Jan. 16, 2018 Kimball City Council meeting with Council President Christy Warner casting the sole dissenting vote. Kimball Mayor Keith Prunty appointed Coleman to the vacancy left by James Cederburg when his term expired at last months meeting. However, the council did not approve Prunty’s appointment at that time. Prunty asked Coleman to provide the council with more information and Coleman supplied them with a short biography introducing himself to council members. C...
Following a recent NACO conference that the Commissioners, as well as others, in the county offices attended, Robert Jenner the Veterans Service Officer had nothing but good things to say. “The meeting was really beneficial,” Jenner added he was able to meet with other officers and was able to ask new, arising questions. “I have now found better ways of doing some things,” he said. Jenner also breifly spoke about a new program that he will discuss further at the next Commissioners meeting set for Feb., 6 with Christy Warner County Transit...
Kimball City Council received a revised proposal for the long-awaited Underpass Project from HDR Engineering. The original proposal, for non-reimbursable elements to the underpass redesign, was rejected by Council at the end of last year because the cost, $14,622.80, was too high. The revised proposal, for signage, furnishings and labor, came in at $12,160.38 as a result of reduced man hours and profit margin. According to Kimball Mayor, Keith Prunty, council refused the proposal only if the continuation of the project does not depend on this s...
Kimball will soon boast a Mexican restaurant once again, as Mi Sinaloa is relocating to the Kimball Event Center 3 days each week following Kimball City Council’s approval of a lease agreement for the business. The lease was discussed at the Jan. 16 council meeting, and according to Special Projects Coordinator, Amy Sapp, one council member asked if the City is subsidizing the business and if there would be a deadline on the lease. Council was assured that any business entering into the same long-term agreement would be given the same rates. M...
With the incumbent filing deadline fast approaching, due no later than 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15, the Kimball County Clerk’s Office has been busy processing the necessary paperwork. “My office is busy with the filing process,” Kimball County Clerk Cathy Sibal said. Incumbents, anyone currently holding a public office, must file by Feb. 15 with the County Clerk’s Office. Currently, all local incumbents have filed with the exception of County Treasurer, Diana Quicke, who has served in public office for 40 years in December 2018. “She is probab...
According to an arrest affidavit from the Kimball Police Department on Jan. 16 at around 7:48 p.m., Joshua J. Curry was arrested in Kimball County for driving on a suspended license. The arrest affidavit stated that on Jan. 16 at approximately 7 p.m., Kimball Police Chief Andy Bremer responded to the 300 block of S. Howard St. in Kimball, reference to a blue Chevrolet utility vehicle, bearing a Colorado license number. Reports indicated the driver of said vehicle was driving erratically and could be intoxicated. Upon arrival, Bremer located the...
Maxine Luella Lanning, age 98, died on Jan. 23, 2018 at the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, January 29 at Crossroads Community Church, Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, with Pastor Dan DeBruyn officiating. Burial will be at the Kimball cemetary. Maxine was born October 1, 1919 at Burton, Nebr. to Eddie LeRoy and Flora May (Trumbull) Gulick. The family moved to Banner County, Nebr., in 1928, where she attended and graduated high school...
The Kimball High Wrestling Team had a strong showing at Saturday's Dogger Invite in Lingle with all five of their wrestlers earning places. The Cluff brothers had to battle it out for the top spot at 113 pounds with junior Jordan Cluff winning 11-8 over freshman brother Connor. Jordan was Kimball's lone champion on the day winning all three of his matches and is now 19-8 on the season. Connor had a bye, won two matches by pin, and lost in the title match to brother Jordan. His season record is...
What started off to be the reality of another MAC Tournament Championship ended in runner-up spot for the Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes. First round action was with the Lady Indians of Minatare last Monday with the Lady Coyotes taking a 10 win to head to the second round of tournament play looking at a game Thursday night against South Platte. The Lady Coyotes took control of the game heading into half time with a score of 16-8. South Platte tried to play catch up in the second half but fell just short leading the Lady Coyotes to head to the Champion...
The Banner County Lady Cats traveled to Minatare on Jan. 13 and brought home a 55-34 win against the Lady Indians. Banner County led in the first quarter 10-6 and widened their lead in the second by 16 while keeping their opponents to 10, closing out the first half 26-16. The Lady Indians came back from intermission refreshed and ready to play, scoring highest in the third quarter, with 12, but the Banner County club added 14 to the board in the same quarter. In the final quarter of play the Lady Cats added 15 more points and held their opponen...
The Kimball boys suffered losses to Perkins County and Bridgeport in SPVA Conference Tournament play this past week, leaving them at 4-9 on the season. Chase County is the conference champion in this year’s tournament play, winning out 43-41 over North Platte St. Pat’s in the title game. Perkins County wound up third with their win over Sutherland. Kimball traveled to Grant for the first round game with Perkins County and found themselves down 15-7 at the end of the first period and trailed 24-19 at half time. Coach Luke Dea got scoring out...
Hershey claimed the championship of the girl's division of this year's SPVA Conference Basketball Tournament with a 36-32 win over top seeded North Platte St. Pat's. Chase County ended up third with their 45-39 win over Bridgeport, and the Kimball Lady Longhorns were sixth in the 7 school field, losing to Sutherland 56-33 in Saturday play. As reported in last week's Observer Sports, the Lady Horns lost their first round game to Chase County 61-39. Kimball had a good first half against...
An easy win for the Kimball boys at Potter-Dix in a Tuesday evening contest with the Longhorns coming out on top 68-29. Sophomore, Brendan Walker, got the Horns off to a good start with an 8 point first quarter scoring spree and ended up with 12 points for the game, sharing his scoring lead with Izaac Reuter, who also tallied 12. Kimball had 4 players in double digit scoring with Beau Hanks and Corey Travis both netting 10 points each. Hanks and Walker both connected on 1 trey ball each. Kimball had 9 players get into the scoring act as Coach L...
The Potter-Dix girls won out over Kimball 45-32 on their home court and with the win avenged their only loss on the season while running their record to 8-1 In the opening game of the season at the Kimball 4-team tournament, Kimball had defeated the Class D-2 Lady Coyotes 66-47, but that was when the Lady Longhorns were in full force and before the injuries started piling up and Coach Chauncey Pedersen saw his hopes for a very successful winning season start to go out the window. Led by a very talented trio of seniors, the Lady Coyotes took...
Lady Wildcat MaKenna Dahlgrin is spending her final season on the Banner County court racking up the double doubles. Her first this season was in the second game of the season, a 55-54 heartbreaker loss against Minatare on Dec. 5. The game went into overtime before the Lady Cats fell. Dahlgrin had a great game, leading the team with 23 points including two three-pointers. She made it her first double double of the season with 13 rebounds, four steals, and a block while shooting 50 percent from...