Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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What is your vision for the local parks? Perhaps you would like to see updated landscaping, new equipment, accessible play equipment for the very young or disabled youth or renewed basketball, tennis and volleyball courts. The City of Kimball hosted an open house at the Kimball Public Library on Jan. 31 to hear thoughts from the community. City personnel presented photos of both Gotte and City Parks, as well as, a power point demonstration. "Thank you all for coming," City Administrator Dan...
A new addition to the community may be on its way to Kimball sooner than you think. A meeting was held last Wednesday night at the WindBreak Bar and Grill to consider bringing a Kiwanis Club to town. “Kiwanis brings the world together – one community at a time.” Today Kiwanis stands with more than 600,000 members in more than 80 countries. “Each community has different needs, and Kiwanis empowers members to pursue creative ways to serve the needs of children through local service projects and fundraising,” according to the official Kiwanis w...
Time is of the essence when it comes to funds for rural workforce housing. This and a new Kimball Event Center committee was discussed at the special City Council meeting on Monday, Feb. 5. State grant money is now available for housing and LB840 funds can also be used in certain instances, as well. As a region, Western Nebraska Economic Development (WNED) is seeking grant money totaling $1 million. Housing was one of the top concerns in Kimball for current business owners and those considering a move to the area. I want to apologize for the...
Velma Evelyn Foster went home to be with the Lord on Monday, January 29, 2018 after a brief illness at the home of her sister, Esther Walker, in Castle Rock. She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Foster, her parents, Henry and Annis Felkins, 5 brothers and 2 sisters. Velma was born April 22, 1930 in Osage County, Ralston, Oklahoma to Henry Franklin and Annis (Clinkenbeard) Felkins. She was the 8th sibling of 13. Her family used Evelyn as her name throughout her life. At the age of 13,...
Elsie M. Vogel, 76, of Kimball, died at her home in Kimball on Wednesday, January 31, 2018. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, February 5, 2018 at the First English Lutheran Church in Kimball with Pastor Caryl Miller officiating. Inurnment will be held at a later date. Friends may stop at the funeral home on Sunday from 1:00 until 5:00 p.m. to sign Elsie's register book and leave condolences for the family. Friends may also visit www.cantrellfh.com to view Elsie's Tribute...
Holly Jo Wittstruck of rural Martell passed away unexpectedly at home on January 31, 2018 working on a suduko puzzle. She was born January 22, 1955 to George and Kathryn (Brothers) Killham at Kimball, Nebraska. Holly graduated from Dix High School and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It was as a freshman at UNL that she met the love of her life, Marc Wittstruck. He was an ag major and she, fashion merchandising. They married during Christmas break of their junior year on January 3, 1976, a...
The Kimball Lady Longhorns achieved one of their goals of their season by winning their first round game in WTC Conference Tournament play by winning over seeded Bayard 44-43 on the Lady Tigers' home court in a Thursday evening contest. The win thus advanced them into weekend play at Cougar Palace in Scottsbluff, while all first round losers were done. The Lady Longhorns had an almost flawless start at Bayard and raced out to a 12-2 lead with 5 girls getting into the scoring act. After the first...
The Kimball High boys were the number 7 seed in this past week’s WTC Conference Basketball Tournament and went on the road to Bridgeport to battle number 2 seeded Bulldogs on their home court and lost 43-35, but not before giving the host school a scare. In a low scoring first half, Kimball held a 19-17 lead at intermission after trailing the Dogs 12-11 at the end of the first quarter, and then outscoring Bridgeport 8-5 in the second period. A good night for Izaac Reuter, who took game scoring honors with 18, as he had 10 points at h...
Jaden Mohr and Garrett Pedersen were honored at the recent Kimball High Senior Parent's Night as the two senior members of this year's Kimball High Wrestling Team. Mohr, on the left, and Pedersen, on the right, have proven to be, not only good performers on the mat for the Longhorns, but also as good leaders to the rest of the squad. The Kimball team will be in action this weekend in the District Tournament being held at Bridgeport, hoping to extend their careers by earning a berth into the...
The basketball season is drawing to a close for our area high schools and tomorrow night (Friday) is the final home game for the Kimball High girls. It is also going to be Parent’s night for the senior girls and for the senior cheerleaders and their parents. Hemingford is coming to town and they always display good basketball so, come on fans, show up and enjoy the evening while you cheer on the kids. --------------------------------- There is also going to be an Interact Soup Supper to feed everyone. --------------------------------- There wer...
A good showing by the Kimball High Wrestling Team at last week's SPVA Tournament held in Grant. Garrett Pedersen brought home the gold medal by winning the 126 pound weight class and appears to be primed for this weekend's District Tournament to be held at Bridgeport. The lanky senior had a major decision of 19-8 over Lantis of Sutherland, a technical fall of 16-0 in 4:47 of Biesecker of Chase County, pinned Waitley of Perkins County in 3:48 and pinned Bruns of Hershey in 2:28 to go 4-0 on the...
Rough weekend for the Potter-Dix Coyotes once again with Friday and Saturday matchups. The Coyotes hosted Garden County Friday night for parents night, and things didn’t really go the way they had planned with the Eagles outscoring the Coyotes 40-13 in the first half. The Coyotes were able to add another 12 points to the board in the second half, but were unable to take the Eagles out of the game with Garden County adding another 22 points to the board, ending the game 62-25. No stats were provided as of press time for this game. Garden C...