Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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An evening full of hugs, laughter, friends, family and fun all circled around one thing this past Saturday night. It was a benefit for Amy Sapp, Kimball's special project coordinator. After Sapp was involved in a motorcycle accident early last month, many in the community came up with a plan to help her and turned to the big-hearted community of Kimball make it happen. The evening kicked off with a social hour, as well as a silent auction followed by dinner and a live auction. Hundreds of local...
Apex Sand and Gravel, along with Paul Reed Construction, will continue to work in the Kimball County area this year. Apex received an approval for a conditional use permit application at the Kimball County Commissioners meeting Tuesday, Feb. 5. The application requests mining using excavation techniques and asphalt or concrete batch plant in the area of N/2 6-14N-53 in Kimball County. The public, along with workers from Apex and Paul Reed Construction, filled the commissioners meeting room when a public hearing was held regarding the...
The hearts of young children, enormous in size and just as kind, are eager to please the ones the respect the most. Between the many students at Mary Lynch Elementary, along with the teachers and staff, Principal Mike Mitchell received possibly the most memorable celebration in his education career. Last Friday morning, Feb. 1, hundreds of students and staff rushed into the Mary Lynch gymnasium to set up for a surprise birthday celebration for Mitchell. During a waiting period of practice...
Getting the good word out about the Nebraska Panhandle has received a boost. The Nebraska Tourism Commission has awarded a $4,000 grant to the Western Nebraska Tourism Coalition, which serves the Kimball area, to participate in a “social media blitz” and banner marketing. Hal Enevoldsen of Potter, president of the western Nebraska coalition’s executive committee, said the grant and others like it in the region “will be a big boost to our marketing efforts throughout the state and beyond.” The coalition has worked to help tourism grow in recent...
Average gasoline prices Monday were $2.14 per gallon in Kimball, 2 cents lower than last week, the Western Nebraska Observer’s survey of local gas stations shows. That price is 3 cents higher than the statewide average of $2.11 and 11 cents lower than the national average of $2.25 that GasBuddy reported Monday. GasBuddy, which releases weekly gas price reports, said average Nebraska prices at 1,150 stations were 7.3 cents lower than a week ago, 52 cents lower than a year ago and unchanged from a month ago. It said the national average was 0...
The Western Trails Conference Basketball Tournament of 2019 is in the books and it played out just like it was supposed to with the number one seeded teams winning it all. The Mitchell girls and the Bridgeport boys were crowned champions Saturday evening while Hemingford won 3rd place in the boy's division and our own Kimball High girls took home consolation honors in the girls division earning their players 3rd place medals. Now as the season winds down, we are already getting ready for...
The K-Town Takedown wrapped up this past Sunday afternoon after a long eventful day. Kimball hosted their home meet with 200 wrestlers from the surrounding areas. Out of the 22 teams in attendance. Kimball Wrestling Club finished third with 207 points with Scottsbluff Wrestling Club in second with 282.5 and Gering Wrestling Club in first with 326 points. In the 4 and Under 38-39 division, Laivyn Morgan placed third. 4 and Under 40-40 division, Able Kuhns placed second. 4 and Under 45-47 division...
The Kimball High girls brought home medals from their third place finish in winning the consolation championship at this year's Western Trails Conference Basketball Tournament, completed this past Saturday at Cougar Palace in Scottsbluff. The Kimball girls started things off with a first round win over Gordon-Rushville,on their home court,defeating the Lady Mustangs 53-41, then lost 74-26 to Mitchell in the semi finals, and won 52-39 over Bayard in the consolation finals. KIMBALL 53 GORDON-RUSHV...
Stephen Bateman, Kimball heavyweight, took 3rd place at the combined Western Trails and SPVA Conference Wrestling Tournaments held in Bridgeport this past week. Bateman had a good day in taking 3rd place honors at 285 pounds winning 3 matches and losing only 1. All 3 of his wins were by pin including a :37 second fall over Jones of Bayard. Connor Cluff at 130 was 2 and 3 for the day with a first match fall and a 8-7 decision but lost 12-9 in the match for 5th place. Izaak Rohde at 182 finished 4th registering 1 win and 3 losses. Toby McManigal...
To Bee or not to Bee? This is the question. Will you attend the annual Kimball School District Spelling Bee? The public is invited, you know. The big event begins 3:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, at Harry McNees Auditorium in Kimball High School. The Observer has confirmed that last year's champion, eighth-grader Xavier Thomas-Lewis, will be defending his championship....
Potter-Dix hosted a JV tournament last week. The tournament included girls teams from Burns, South Platte, Kimball and Creek Valley. The boys teams in the tournament were Burns, South Platte, Potter-Dix and Creek Valley. The Kimball girls faced off with Creek Valley in the first round of the tournament on Monday, Jan. 28. Kimball won 23-12. Payton Wise had eight points, Emma Martin six, Jaydin Paxton three, Maddison Merryfield and Brooklin Golding 2 eachand , Nicole Delaplane and Chantel Malson...
The Kimball High boys failed to get past the first round in Western Trails Conference Tournament play this past week, losing at Bayard 40-31. With the first round loss, the Longhorns were eliminated from advancing to additional play at Cougar Palace. Bayard suffered a 79-46 loss to Mitchell in semifinal play and lost to Hemingford 78-75 in the consolation finals to end up 4th. It was a defensive struggle between the Bayard Tigers and the Horns with the hosting Bayard club on top 7-6 at the 1st q¥arter break, and Kimball leading 19-16 at half...
Kimball firefighters responded at approximately 1p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7 to a fire that destroyed the home of Sandy and Randy Harmon at 304 S. Burg St. in Kimball. The cause was believed to be accidental and under investigation. See the Feb. 14 edition of the Western Nebraska Observer for full coverage....
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