Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Kimball residents will soon see an increase in electric rates. The Kimball Board of Public Works unanimously passed a 13 percent hike in electric rates at its meeting last Thursday. The rate increase will go into effect April 1. Daniel Ortiz, city administrator, said the changes were necessary due to the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN) restructuring its rate system. The system has been unchanged in over a decade. “Much has changed with the wholesale electricity market and regulations at the federal level have altered how wholesale e...
No one was injured during an early morning house fire Monday approximately 14 miles south of Bushnell. An aging farm house occupied by Garrett Purdy, his fiance Katelyn Duggan and their 2-year old daughter Karlie caught fire, according to the owner of the house, Gene Purdy. Gene is Garrett's father. "They were sound asleep when the dog woke them. They woke up to thick, black smoke everywhere," Gene Purdy said. "They got out and (Garrett) went back in to get coats and came back out, but within a...
Half of a shipment of contaminated soil is on its way to Kimball. Approximately 1,000 tons total is being shipped from Niagara Falls, N.Y. to Clean Harbors in Kimball for incineration. Half the soil, from the Love Canal clean-up, will be incinerated at the local Clean Harbors Environmental Services site and the other half will be shipped to a similar incinerator in Utah. “This is like digging up an old landfill. We are set up for it and it is no more or less hazardous than the stuff we get now,” said Jared Hunsaker, facility general manager at...
A special prosecuting attorney has been appointed in the case of a Kimball man who was arrested earlier this year on drug related charges. Paul Schaub, Cheyenne County Attorney, has been appointed special prosecuting attorney in the state’s case against Shawn Mannon. Mannon was arrested on drug related charges and violation of supervised release conditions. He was on probation for federal charges at the time of his arrest, according to the arrest affidavit. Mannon, represented by federal criminal defense attorney David Joffe of Florida along w...
Rick Perry, right, treasurer for the Kimball Banner County Farm Bureau, presents a $195 check to Kimball Junior/Senior High Principal Gene Hanks for the three-point program during the basketball season. The Kimball Banner County Farm Bureau pledged $5 for every three-pointer hit by Kimball boys or girls basketball players for varsity home games in January. The teams combined to make 39 three-point baskets (25 by the boys and 14 by the girls) for a total of $195. The Interact Club has already...
The Kimball County Commissioners on Tuesday approved the purchase of a new shuttle bus for the county. Under the agreement, the county will pay just over $10,000 and the federal government will pay more than $41,000 for the bus. Erika Loy, county shuttle coordinator, said the commissioners budgeted $15,000 for a new bus in the current year’s budget, so no additional funds are needed. The new bus is expected to be in place by July. Loy said the current bus needs minor repairs at this point, including work on the lift, new tires and a new U...
The Kimball school board approved an HVAC plan for Mary Lynch Elementary School at a special-called meeting last Wednesday. The board was presented with four different HVAC options for Mary Lynch Elementary School by Specialized Engineering Solutions. The four options varied in overall cost from $187,920 at the lowest cost to $505,440 at the highest cost. The most expensive option includes the furnace being replaced. Also included in that plan would be direct exchange (DX) cooling coils with remote condensing units or air-to-air heat pumps....
The Kimball Banner County Chamber of Commerce will focus more on its membership in 2015. “One of my main things that I want to focus on is the membership, and how the board and how the director can provide you with more value to your membership,” current chamber president Josh Enevoldsen told members Monday night at the annual chamber banquet. “We want it to be if someone new to town comes up to you and asks, ‘Why do you belong to the chamber?,’ we want to just be able to rattle off they do this and this and this for us and we wouldn’t...
Renate O. Forsling, 72, of Hay Springs, and formerly of Kimball, died at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home in Hay Springs on Monday, March 2, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 5, at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with Sister Anne Hall officiating. Burial will be held in the Kimball Cemetery. Friends were able to call at the funeral home from 1-6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4, to sign the register book and leave condolences for the family. Renate's tribute wall can be...
Alice Carol Spencer, age 89, passed away the evening of Feb. 7, 2015 at the Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff. She was born on Oct. 26, 1925 to Vernon Anker and Mary Sophia (Larson) Nelson in the family homestead south of Potter. She lived on the family farm, attended the District 82 country school through eighth grade, and she graduated from Potter High School in 1943. Carol attended Kearney State Teachers College for the 1943-1944 term and earned her teaching certificate. She taught...
Leland Lee Hall, 89, formerly of Kimball, and of La Porte, Colo., died March 2, 2015 at the McKee Hospital in Loveland, Colo. He was the father of Jean Jackson of Kimball. Leland was born Sept. 17, 1925 in Wayne County, Ill., to Leo and Etta Hall and was the youngest of five children. He was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, great and great-great grandfather. He lived in many places, including Illinois, Nebraska, Montana, North Dakota and Colorado. He retired from Mobil Oil in 1986 in Montana. He was a World War II veteran, and a member...
Two agricultural producers, Rick Larson and Lerwick Livestock Inc., have been recognized with 2014 Outstanding Service to Panhandle Agriculture Awards from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research and Extension Center. The announcement was made by Dr. Jack Whittier, research and extension director for Nebraska Extension in the Panhandle. The Outstanding Service to Panhandle Agriculture Award recognizes persons or groups who provide outstanding service to agriculture in western...
Kimball native Brady Land was one of three members of the indoor track and field team at the University of Nebraska-Kearney to qualify for the 2015 NCAA Division II Indoor track championships to be held March 13-14 in Birmingham, Ala. The meet will take place at the Birmingham CrossPlex. The CrossPlex and the University of Alabama Huntsville will serve as co-hosts. Land, a senior from Kimball, ranks third in the long jump thanks to his school record leap of 25-0.75. Only Lutalo Boyce of Texas...
The season ended for the Kimball High boys basketball team in a 59-42 loss to state ranked Hemingford in first round play of the C2-l2 sub-district tournament. With the loss, the Longhorns closed out the season with a 6 win-14 loss record. Hemingford advanced into the sub-district finals where they fell to higher ranked Bridgeport 59-57 in overtime, thus ending the season for the Bobcats as well. Like always, the Kimball boys gave good effort but were simply up against one of the top teams in...
The 2014-15 season for the Kimball High girls basketball program may have come up a bit short of the expectations of coach Chauncey Pedersen with 11 wins and 13 losses, but there were some positive achievements, and the future looks bright. First and foremost, the program graduates only two seniors in Alexis Gawith and Jessica Hanks. Hanks played a major role as a starter and was an honorable mention All Western Trails Conference selection, but this also means that four starters return for...
Two Kimball bowlers joined three from Sidney and one from Cheyenne to share $1,000 in prize money at the Kimball Hospital Foundation’s 9 pin no-tap bowling tournament. Robert Gardner and Scott Smith of Kimball, Randy Richards, Shawn Jallen and Marc Keane of Sidney and Winter Langhoff of Cheyenne each rolled perfect games in the 9 pin no-tap tournament. In the 9-pin no-tap format, the bowler gets credit for a strike even if he or she knocks down just nine pins. In addition to the perfect game prize fund, leading bowlers in each division were a...
A tough start hurt Banner County in a 63-47 loss to Minatare last Tuesday in the sub-district playoffs. The Wildcats (6-14) were outscored 17-2 in the first quarter in the defeat. The Indians (20-2) used the strong start to advance, holding leads of 25-15 at halftime and 40-28 heading into the fourth quarter. After the first quarter, Banner was outscored by just one point, 46-45. Tyson Dahlgrin had a monster game to lead the Wildcats, scoring 26 points and pulling down 18 rebounds. Michael McKown added 10 points in the game. Three Minatare...
Sutherland used a strong third quarter effort to defeat Potter-Dix in the sub-district playoffs last Tuesday. The game was knotted at 21-all entering the second half when the Sailors (10-13) outscored the Coyotes 25-5 in the third quarter en route to a 57-35 win. Sutherland went on to face Southwest in the district finals on Tuesday. Score by quarter Potter-Dix 13 8 5 9 - 35 Sutherland 12 9 25 11 - 57...