Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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The fate of West Elementary was decided by the Board of Education at their February 11 meeting. The decision was made to close West Elementary at the end of the school year. Discussion of West Elementary started with a statement from Kimball resident and former City Council President Kim Baliman who tried to get the board to reconsider closing West. “I hope there’s a way to keep West Elementary open. I think that school is designed perfectly for the kids.I would hate to see them moved into one building unless there’s nothing else that can b...
The Board of Education accepted the resignation of current Superintendent of Kimball Public Schools Troy Unzicker at their February 11 meeting. Unzicker will be leaving Kimball Public Schools at the end of the current school year in order to take over as Superintendent in Alliance, Nebraska. “Alliance appeared to me to be a similar situation to Kimball, a lot of community support. They’re a little farther advanced than us in the technology process within the school. They have things they’re ahead of us, and they have things where they...
The Longhorn Restaurant has officially closed its doors for the last time, at least under the most recent owners. The restaurant closed last week due to financial concerns, according to former employee Kim Randles. “We want to thank all of the customers who came in. We tried. We just couldn’t keep it going,” Randles said. The Longhorn Restaurant had re-opened in November of last year after being shut down abruptly by then owners Arnie and Louise Jay following a dispute with the city over the pace of repairs to the structure. A for sale sign...
It starts in the stairwell of an office building with guns drawn. You charge up the stairs with other officers in tow. A gun shot thunders in the distance as screams start to swell, echoing throughout the hallway. With each step, the shots get louder, the screams more piercing. Your heart starts to race as you clench your gun trying to prepare for what horrors await you ahead. As you approach the door, there’s a moment of calming silence before you turn to see a woman about to execute a hostage. You shoot the captor and as she falls, elation se... Full story
In just over four months, celebrants in dozens—if not hundreds—of automobiles will pass through Kimball, Bushnell, Dix and Potter on their way to the Lincoln Highway centennial festivities in Kearney. Only four months in the future, participants in the annual Bike Ride Across Nebraska will stop in Kimball before embarking upon their cross-state excursion. These deadlines have been looming for some time. While the organizers of BRAN met with city representatives to discuss needs and amenities, community response to the 100th anniversary dri...
Karl Rove is no friend of democracy. To suggest so would be much like calling the History Channel an educational outlet. How many episodes of “Pawn Stars” or “American Pickers” do you have to watch to hear one reference to George Washington or ancient Athens? You could, of course, switch to the station formerly known as History International—now H2—and catch up on such scintillating shows as “Ancient Aliens” or “Modern Marvels.” No wonder American understanding of the past is somewhat fuzzy. Rove’s nascent days in politics involved pec...
Roses are red, Violets are blue, Was there no better thought in your head, Than to simply buy a card that says “I love you”? Let me start out by saying I like Valentine’s Day. I always have. Perhaps it’s because it is a day when people give you candy, and I was a fat child. However, as years go by, this holiday is getting more and more unbearable. It’s not because of the commercials and not because of the candy (I apparently still have a problem), but rather it is the Valentine’s Day cards. I know that there are people who are paid to phrase t...
Traffic: TR13-89 Gladys Hundley, Kimball, NE. No operator’s license TR13-90 Kristina Tracy, Kimball, NE. Speeding. TR13-91 Scott Mayer, Scottsbluff, NE. No operator’s license Criminal: None New at Time of Press District Court: CI13-6 Toni Nelson obo minors vs. John Boutard III, Domestic Protection Order CI13-7 Desiree Dawn Lopez vs. Estanislao Barrientes Lopez, Dissolution of Marriage Marriage License: Rodney Paul Bussinger and Jeanine Esther Soper, both from Kimball, NE John Preston Hardy and Rolynda Teresa Samples, both from Kimball, NE Civil...
Good morning Banner County, neighbors near and far. What a busy week last week was--Music students at Chadron, District FFA at Gordon, and District wrestling at Sutherland…Not to mention basketball. As these particular sports seasons are starting to wind down we find everyone pumped up and more than one parent taking a deep breath. A little more rest is in the near future. As for the events that I just mentioned, however: Mrs. Sandy Wounded Arrow, music instructor, said that the young ladies that attended High Plains Music in Chadron r...
For those of you who missed the Kimball Concert Association’s show on Sunday night, the Thuringer Salon Quintet gave a beautiful performance. It’s too bad the weather deterred people from coming. The Lions Club pancake feed was a success, as usual. It’s always a pleasure to sit and visit with neighbors and friends–and all for a good cause! The Bushnell Lions Club also has calendars for sale at the Sisters Grimm. Stop by and pick one up for only $5. The village board will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, February 14. Family night is Saturda...
Born in Racine, Wisconsin on February 14, 1849 to Irish immigrant parents, Valentine Trant M’Gillycuddy would become one of the wests most notable military surgeons, government agent of the Pine Ridge, Sioux Reservation and influential statesmen. At the young age of twenty years, he graduated from Detroit Medical School and a year later became an instructor at the college. Teaching apparently did not suit him and so he took a job with the geodetic survey crew that was mapping Lake Michigan. Tall, gangly and in poor health, Dr. McGillycuddy s... Full story
This is another busy week at the library with Library Board Meeting this evening at 5:00 and the Oral history Project meeting tomorrow afternoon and the photography contest entries coming in. The entries for the photography contest have been great and include some very interesting photos. After Tuesday, the photos can be viewed and voted on for Viewer’s Choice awards. Please come in and visit these entries and cast your vote. Each year, the Nebraska Center for the Book picks a book for the whole state to read and learn about the rich Nebraska h...
The Kimball High School boys basketball team recently dropped by West Elementary to visit with kindergarten and grade school students. The children took turns reading stories to the varsity athletes....
At the heart of any good business is a focus on quality and a belief in the product. There’s certainly no lack of that at American Bullet. American Bullet is exclusively a Kimball business that located at 4360 E. Highway 30 here in town. According to American Bullet Director of Sales Kim Baliman, quality is the primary focus in the manufacturing of their product. “We hand check every bullet which we’re really proud of. We’re not the cheapest bullet out there, and we don’t try to be,” Baliman said. The process of making the bullets consists of...
The Kimball Police Department will be holding a course on women’s combat skills at the Kimball Junior-Senior High School on March 30 and April 6 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. “It’s going to be ten hours of training for physical conflict with an assailant. It teaches a woman the necessary skills to defend herself against the most anti-social members of our society,” Captain Darren Huff said of the course. According to Captain Huff, one of the primary goals of the course is to change people’s mental state from condition white to condition yellow. ...
The old troubles of Mad’s Dog’s Sports Bar have come to an end as previous owner Greg Reinninger has signed away any part in the business including anything that was left behind when the business closed down. “I signed everything over to Tom Williams. I was looking through my paperwork, and everything that was left behind belongs to Tom. I originally thought that the liquor was mine, but the paper that I signed included all the inventory,” Reinninger said. Reinninger expresses that he has no desire to pursue anything further with Mad Dog’s S...
Wonderful House occupies an enviable space. The destination restaurant in Scottsbluff is a multiple winner of the local paper’s annual “best of” survey. It attracts near full house crowds at lunch and dinner—with respectable service in between. It is also one of a scant few Chinese sit down restaurants in the southern panhandle…unless you really want to count a handful of soggy buffets. Like most ethnic kitchens in this part of the world, staff members stick with dishes familiar to the less...
Sauza Hornitos reposado remains one of the best tequilas on the market, when price point is taken into consideration. While brands with bigger names and flashier livery demand $50 or more per bottle, it’s possible to find this aged, 100 percent agave beauty in the $30 range. That discount lends a tequila redolent of agave and wood, streamed with traces of juniper and salt, with softer, sweeter notions lurking underneath. It promises on the nose to be one smooth yet intense ride. Be aware that t...
Few films are as bracing, wrenching and morally trying as Flight. Yet it is hardly a thriller. Some may even reel from a viewing of this Denzel Washington tome. The veteran actor plays an airline pilot who brings a damaged plane down in a remarkable crash landing, saving all on board--but that’s just the set up for a more grueling, nuanced, story that probes our concept of behavioral rights and wrongs, social mores and turns hero into anti-hero. Washington’s performance dominates the film, and...
February 14 Scottsbluff: Bearfoot in concert, Midwest Theater (7:30 p.m.) $ Cheyenne, Wyo.: “Exit the Body”, Godfrey Playhouse (7:30 p.m.) $ February 15 Cheyenne, Wyo.: “Exit the Body”, Godfrey Playhouse (7:30 p.m.) $ February 16 Cheyenne, Wyo.: “Exit the Body”, Godfrey Playhouse (7:30 p.m.) $ Fort Collins, Colo.: “Amadeus”, Lincoln Center (8 p.m.) $ February 17 Cheyenne, Wyo.: “Exit the Body”, Godfrey Playhouse (2 p.m.) $ Fort Collins, Colo.: The Ten Tenors, Lincoln Center (7:30 p.m.) $ February 20 Fort Collins, Colo.: Russian National Ba... Full story
Time can slow to a crawl. It certainly appeared to as Darbi Klinkhammer drove into the lane, forced her shoulder between frantic defenders and arched a shot toward the net with just five seconds on the clock. The awkward lay up fell through, giving the Longhorns a 54-52 edge. Mitchell’s desperation response sailed off target, propelling Klinkhammer and her mates to Thursday night’s subdistrict final against powerful Chadron. In the wake of yet another thrilling finish against the Tigers, Kim... Full story
Throughout the opening eight minutes of Saturday’s 63-40 Kimball win, visiting Sutherland looked like potential giant killers. They connected on four of five three point attempts and rushed out to a 16-14 lead. “They shot lights out in the first quarter,” Zach Rockhold-O’Brien said. The Longhorns sprang to life in the remaining three periods, knocking down 64 percent from inside the arc in the second, squelching the visitor’s offense in the third and eventually cruising to their 15th win of th...
Who says there is strength in numbers? Banner County will send three of its five man wrestling squad to Class D state competition in Omaha this weekend after the trio qualified during the district meet at Sutherland. “We did a pretty good job,” said Wildcats head coach Bill Gifford in a bit of an understatement. “We were just a few breaks from taking everyone.” David Gifford finished third at Sutherland in the 220 weight class, winning three and losing only to Levi Peterson of SMC. Gared K...
Danika Daum Kimball freshman Danika Daum stamped her name all over the subdistrict first round contest against Mitchell. She led the Longhorns with 22 points, grabbed 13 rebounds--a double-double--and dished out a couple assists. She also recorded 10 boards at Hemingford. Bryant Knigge Despite his team suffering consecutive defeats, Potter-Dix’s Bryant Knigge was a force to be reckoned with over the weekend. He scored 21 points in the Coyotes 74-52 loss to Peetz and 26 against Pine Bluffs in a... Full story