Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Wilma Lockwood-Sigette has fond memories of the old Bushnell Bar building. Wilma's mother, Virginia Haywood, operated a cafe there many years before it was a bar. Now the building is gone. The old Bushnell Bar and the old warehouse building next to it were torn down Saturday, after the Village of Bushnell deemed them unsafe. They have been unoccupied for at least a couple decades. Wilma, who will turn 86 in July, moved to Bushnell from Pennsylvania with her family when she was a baby. She has li...
A Potter man died Friday morning as the result of a two-vehicle accident on I-80 in Kimball County. According to a Nebraska State Patrol report, Christopher Maas, 26, was heading eastbound on I-80 in a 2014 Chevy Silverado about 7:30 a.m. when he collided with the rear of a tractor trailer parked on the shoulder near mile marker 29. Maas died as a result of the crash. The driver of the tractor trailer, Kathy Brock, 49, of Irvine, Calif., was transported by ambulance to Kimball Health Services and treated for non-life threatening injuries. The...
Kimball Police Chief Darren Huff hopes the police department will soon have a K9 unit. Huff proposed the establishment of the K9 unit at last Tuesday’s city council meeting. Huff, along with Captain Andy Bremer and Officer Preston Walls, told the council that the unit would be beneficial to the city for a variety of reasons. “Not only will a K9 be a great addition because of their keen senses, but dogs are a big deterrent in crime. Nine times out of 10 a suspect will surrender without a fight when a K9 unit is present on the scene or in pursuit...
Kimball is a place of hidden talents. People with talents big and small inhabit Kimball, and some even share their talents with others. Patricia Randolph is a talent nestled in Kimball and she tries her best to share it with her students. Randolph came to Kimball around 1990, but before that she was playing music and teaching music at several colleges. "I started playing piano at 2. You can start as young as 3 if there is a real talent or a strong influence to practice at home. I was a prodigy....
Bears and bulls are popular animals among fifth grade students at Mary Lynch Elementary School in Kimball. The animals, which also double as stock market terms for bad and good markets, are just some of the things the students learn as part of the stock market competition sponsored by the Nebraska Economics Council. The school is in its fifth year in the competition, and has done quite well. Mary Lynch teams have received 15 first, second or third place trophies in their first four years in the...
The Kimball High School speech team had some fantastic performances against some very tough competition on Saturday at the Ogallala Invitational, said coach Jen Dillinger. While no team awards were given at this meet, superior performances are recognized. Awards were given to the following students: Serious Prose: Jessica Portillo, Ryan Soper and Sebastian Portillo. Persuasive Speaking: Cassie Kurth. Poetry: Christianna Clower, Darcy Usher, Nicholas Thomas-Lewis and Paycen Harroun. Informative Speaking: Leisha Casimiro. Duet Acting: Darcy...
The Kimball planning commission approved a permit for a cell phone tower at its meeting on Feb. 18. The commission members approved a conditional use permit for a Verizon Wireless cell phone tower. If approved by the city council, the tower will be built just east of Kimball near Hwy. 30 close to the golf course. The cell tower in question would stand 338 feet tall, including the eight-foot lightning rod that will be on the top. Verizon wants to improve its coverage in this area and hopes putting up a tower is a logical solution to the...
Two wonderful performers - an acclaimed Broadway Theater vocalist, Rebecca, and a spectacular vibraphone virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist, Kuba - will present a varied program of pops, jazz and classical music, that makes for a wonderful evening of live entertainment. Rebecca and Kuba will perform at 7:30 p.m. on March 5 in the Harry McNees Auditorium at Kimball Junior/Senior High School. The concert is sponsored by the Kimball Concert Association. Kuba, born in Poland, has been playing on...
Kimball Family Dentistry invited Mrs. Nora Robinson's and Miss Emily Imel's kindergarten classes to the office in honor of Children's Dental Health Month. Dr. Adrian Fuss and his team had some fun and educational activities for the kids to participate in. Each child did a brushing and flossing exercise, was given a demonstration on what they do at a cleaning appointment and learned some new things about their teeth! They all got to be a dentist for a day and take a picture with Dr. Fuss. Each...
Kimball's Clay Keller failed to bring home any medals from the State Wrestling Tournament, but the young freshman had a good showing none the less and will use the experience of wrestling at State in the years ahead as he has the opportunity to become a four year state qualifier. Wrestling at 132 pounds in the Class C division, Keller went up against James Hernandez of Logan View in his first match in Omaha and was leading by a point when he made a mistake and was pinned with less than a minute...
Colton Stull rang the bell for 21 points in sparking the Kimball High boys to a 53-40 win at Mitchell Friday night. With the win in the final regular season contest for both teams, Kimball avenged two earlier losses to the Tigers, including a 43-40 overtime loss that kept the Horns out of advancing in the Western Trails Conference Tournament and a chance to play two more contests at Cougar Palace. Stull came out firing from the get go as the senior point guard hit three consecutive treys in the...
Kimball's Lady Longhorns took care of business in winning their first round sub-district tournament pairing with Bridgeport, coming out on top 47-33, and almost pulled the upset of the season in a 49-43 loss to top seed and state ranked Hemingford in the championship game. In first round play, the number 2 seeded Kimball club opened up with 4 treys in the first quarter with Danika Daum hitting the first shot of the game from beyond the arc after taking a pass from Madison Biesecker who had 3...
OGALLALA – Though the Potter-Dix High Lady Coyotes made a furious comeback attempt in the fourth quarter of their D1-12 semifinal game at the Auditorium in Ogallala last Tuesday night, their season came to an abrupt end in a 39-36 setback to the Sutherland Lady Sailors. While the Lady Coyotes trailed throughout much of the game, they managed to tie the score late in the final period at 36 after an 11-2 surge. A late layup by the Sailors' Kaley Stokey, however, was the final field goal of the g...
SIDNEY – For the top-seeded Leyton Lady Warriors, it was mission accomplished in their first postseason game of 2015. The Warriors (10-11) found little resistance in their 40-21 win over the No. 4 Banner County Lady Wildcats in the semifinals of the D2-11 subdistrict tournament at the Cabela's Athletic Facility in Sidney last Tuesday night. Leyton moved on to the championship game last Thursday to top South Platte, 40-37. They now take on Crawford this Friday in the district title game. Once t...
Tyson Dahlgrin posted a double-double to lead Banner County to a 44-26 win against South Platte on Monday night in the first round of sub-district play. The Wildcats (6-13) took on Minatare Tuesday night in the second round of sub-district play. Dahlgrin led Banner with 16 points and 19 rebounds in the win. Michael McKown added 13 points, while Bryce Olsen chipped in with nine rebounds. The score was tied 5-all through the first quarter before the Wildcats roared back for an 18-9 halftime lead....
Potter-Dix wrapped up regular season play last Friday with a close 63-55 loss to Minatare. The Indians (18-2) took a narrow three-point lead to end the first quarter, before the Coyotes (6-14) narrowed the gap to 26-25 at halftime. The margin remained one point to begin the fourth quarter, when Minatare outscored Potter-Dix 20-13. The Coyotes took on Sutherland Tuesday night to open subdistrict play....
Two bowlers turned in perfect 300 games and will have a share of $1,000 in prize money from the Kimball Hospital Foundation’s 9 pin no-tap bowling tournament. Robert Gardner and Scott Smith, both of Kimball, rolled their 300 games during the first weekend of the tournament. The $1,000 prize fund will be shared by all bowlers who score perfect 300 games over the two weekends. In addition to the perfect game prize fund, bowlers can win cash prizes in each division on a 1 of 6 ratio. The tournament resumes this Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 1...