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 Board of Equalization met on Tuesday, Feb. 7, for their regularly scheduled bi-monthly meeting. Scheduled for that meeting was a public hearing and discussion of Permissive Exemption Applications for both the Kimball County Hospital administrative building at 301 South Howard and for the Goodhand Theater, located at 226 South Chestnut. According to the Nebraska Department of Revenue, “all property in the State of Nebraska is subject to property tax, unless an exemption is mandated or permitted by the Nebraska Constitution or by l...
Kimball County Commissioners held a public hearing to receive comments about the proposed One and Six Year Road Improvement Program during their regular meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 7. With no comments from the public, after some additional discussion with Dave Hottell, County Highway Superintendent and assistant Randy Bymer, the board closed the hearing and approved the plan that would work towards replacing many of the old and inadequate culverts throughout the county, among other plans. During Hottell’s monthly road department report, a l...
Mike Winget is living his childhood dream, right here in Kimball. Since the beginning of this month Winget is the newest member of the Kimball Police Department (KPD). Winget grew up with two brothers and a sister in Torrington, Wyo., and graduated high school there in 2011. His youngest brother lives in Cheyenne but is currently training in counter terrorism at Fort Leonard Wood with the National Guard. His sister is married and lives in central Nebraska and his parents and another brother...
The other day I checked Facebook and a friend had posted a video from a Veteran Marine, Steven Gern working as a contractor in Iraq. What he said made perfect sense and reasonable about the 90 day immigration hold from seven countries that happen to be Muslim. It was his opinion, which I agreed with, and shared with my friends. That evening I asked my wife if she saw the video I shared and she replied "No, I didn't get the video". I checked and to my surprise the video had been pulled off of Fac...
Harold "Spike" D. Steele, age 94 of Potter, NE passed away at Kimball County Manor Monday, February 6, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, February 11th in the Prairie West Church in Potter with Pastor Betsy Galloway-Carew officiating. Burial with Military Honors will follow in the Potter Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Friday from 1-7:00 P.M. Memorial contributions may be made in Harold's name to the Prairie West Church or the Potter Rescue...
Ruth D. Brown, 85, of Scottsbluff, NE passed away on February 7, 2017 at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff. A visitation was held on Sunday, February 12, 2017 and Funeral Services were held on Monday, February 13, 2017 at 10:00 AM at the Calvary Memorial Evangelical Church in Gering. Pastor Ken Boston officiated. The family suggests that memorials go to the Harrisburg Community Center, Camp Rock, Banner County Scholarship Fund, or Donor's Choice. Tributes of sympathy may be left for...
Verna L. Buckius, 75, of Kimball, died at her home in Kimball on Wednesday, February 1, 2017. Cremation has been held and family arranged memorial services was held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at the New Hope Assembly of God Church in Kimball with Pastor Steven Pettit officiating. Inurnment will be held at a later date. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view Verna's Tribute wall and leave condolences for the family. The cremation services have been entrusted to the Cantrell...
Douglas E. Tomich, 71, of Kimball, died at the Medical Center of the Rockies on Tuesday, February 7, 2017. Following Doug's wishes, his body was donated to the State of Nebraska Anatomical Board. There will be no services held. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view Doug's Tribute Wall and leave condolences for the family. Memorials may be given to the Panhandle Humane Society. The services for Doug have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home. Douglas Edward Tomich was born in...
Amanda Danielle (Milton) Cronkhite passed away suddenly at home after a lingering illness, Wednesday, January 11, 2017. Amanda was born January 22, 1983 in Denver, to Colin and Wanda (Hoskin) Milton. Amanda grew up in the Brighton area and was a graduate of Brighton High School in 2001 and the Bel-Rea Institute, as a Certified Veterinary Technician. Amanda was well respected for her love and talents with all animals, from snakes to rhinoceros'. Amanda and John Cronkhite were married in Eaton, Ma...
Gary Randles, 71, of Kimball, died at his home in Kimball on Sunday, February 12, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 16, 2017 at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with Pastor Mel Daves officiating. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 18, 2017 at the Dighton Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday from 1:00 until 6:00 p.m. Memorials may be given to the family. Charles Gary Randles was born in Pascagoula,...
I awoke at 4 a.m. on Tuesday morning, remarkably aware of every detail of the seemingly quite long dream I had just had. The possible reasons for why I had dreamed what I had kept me awake several hours, or as is the way it goes, until a half hour before my alarm was to go off, so that when it did ring, I was shocked that I had fallen back to sleep. They say that dreams are a window into our subconscious and yet there are just as many theories of why we dream as there are doctors, psychiatrists, scientists and new age gurus. It’s an i...
The Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war. Harold "Spike" Steele was a subject of the draft. He was on the farm in Banner County, minding his own business when the "greetings" letter arrived. Soon, he would be headed to Fort Logan, Colo., for a physical and beyond that, who knew? Draftees...
Disposing of unwanted items alongside county roads is a growing concern, is considered littering and is unlawful by Nebraska revised state statute 28-523. With hundreds of miles of county roads in Kimball County, unlawful dumping of debris along those roads can become a big problem. Anyone found guilty of this offense the first time will be found guilty of a Class III misdemeanor, punishable by up to three months in jail or a fine of up to $500, or both. A second offense will be a Class II...
Hunter Thompson and the Pine Bluffs boys put on a show to behold in winning over Kimball this past week 86-41. The defending state champs, ran their undefeated season record to 18-0 with the win and Thompson, the 6'10" super-star, who is headed to the University of Wyoming after he finishes out his senior year at Pine, gave the fans a look at what a Division One recruit can do. Thompson was 6 for 6 on 3 point attempts in the first quarter alone and made the crowd roar with approval on a couple...
A tough weekend for the Kimball High girls suffering losses to Hemingford and Hershey to leave them at 5-13 heading into the sub-district tournament play. On Friday night on the road at Hemingford, they lost 55-29 and in their final home game of the season, with the senior girls and their parents honored, they went down to Hershey 49-37. At Hemingford, Kimball jumped out to a 5-2 lead, but the Lady Bobcats came back to score the next 10 points to lead 12-5 at the quarter break. In the second quarter, the same story as Kimball scored the first 6...
No state tournament qualifiers this year for the Kimball High wrestling team despite some outstanding efforts by the Longhorn squad, according to coach Wade Brashear. "The NSAA C-4 District Tournament in Valentine turned out to be a great competitive tournament full of excitement and heart break," said Brashear. "Our goal was to wrestle our best matches at the end of the season and in some matches, we did just that, showing vast improvement from the beginning of the year. This district proved on...
The Kimball High Lady Longhorns were just the latest team to suffer a loss to the Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets as the defending Wyoming State Champions remained unbeaten to run their season record to 18-0 in the 59-36 win at Kimball on a Tuesday evening. The Kimball girls had a very good first half of play, trailing 19-14 at the quarter break with Justine Heeg nailing a pair of treys and Jannel Fiehtner hitting yet another, and Kate Reader scoring 5 points. The 2nd period was where Kimball really...
Two more losses over the weekend for the Kimball High Boy's Basketball Team. The Horns lost at Hemingford 55-34 on Friday, and fell to Hershey at home Saturday night 73-44. This leaves Kimball with a 12-8 record going into their final regular season contest Mitchell tomorrow (Friday) night. At Hemingford, the Horns stayed close early scoring the final 6 points of the opening quarter to trail 10-9 at the end of the period. Kimball was taking lots of long 3 pointers, that were not falling, and by...
WOW! Hunter Thompson gave basketball fans a look at how a Division One recruit can play the game when his Pine Bluffs boy’s team invaded Kimball this past week and took home an 86-41 victory. It was their 42nd consecutive win by the way, as the Hornets remain undefeated this season at 18-0. The Pine team is fast closing in on the state record for the most consecutive wins in a row. Back to Mr. Thompson, the 6’10” senior who has signed to play at the University of Wyoming, and who had earlier committed to Creighton. In the first quarter alone...