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 can we as community members do to thank your community’s veterans?” This is the question asked by Kimball County Commissioner, Daria Anderson Faden. Learning more about military culture and becoming better prepared to serve the veterans in the community is an important first step. They put their life on the line for our freedom, let’s help them transition back into civilian status and thrive in this community with training, education and by allowing them to communicate their needs, personal, as well as family needs, Faden suggest...
Four Kimball High Students attended the annual Nebraska Cultural Unity conference at the University of Nebraska Kearney on Feb. 26 along with Spanish instructor, Pat Sulu. Multicultural Affairs at UNK has sponsored this conference for 15 years and students at Kimball High School have attended for the last four years. This year's attendees were George Melo, Myriah Tyan, Crystal Pile and Raylyn Soper joined nearly 400 students at the event held in the Younes conference center. While teaching her...
The Kimball High School FFA members spent their "day off" from school, Wed., Mar. 3 – working hard at a Career Development Event (CDE) held at the Kimball Banner County fairgrounds and at the high school. The Kimball chapter hosted more than 300 FFA members from 16 schools for six FFA State qualifying contests in which local members also competed. More than a dozen of the Kimball alumni chapter members and other local supporters of the event lent their time and energy in such things as l...
After arriving in Kimball in 2009, Sonny and Kathy Porter proved their commitment to community growth and development through their service to Kimball and their local business. They both admit that they love this small town. The Porters, parents of Zack and Natoria and proud grandparents to 14-month-old Braxton, were both born and raised in Cheyenne, Wyo. The family has previous ties to the Kimball community, as Kathy's grandmother, as well as other family members, homesteaded here. Kathy has ch...
March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month according to Sara Hoover, C.F.O. and Accreditation Coordinator of the Nebraska Panhandle Public Health District located in Scottsbluff. The Nebraska Colon Cancer Screening Program and Panhandle Public Health District are working together to improve colon cancer screening rates in Nebraska by offering free fecal occult blood test (FOBT) kits to Nebraska Panhandle residents. Colon cancer develops with few, if any symptoms at first. The following symptoms are ones you should look for; blood in the stool, a cha...
Kimball Lions Club held their annual 9 Pin No Tap bowling tournament over a two weekend period in February. This is the main fundraiser for the oldest Lions Club in the state of Nebraska. The funds raised from the tournament are used specifically for the Kimball area. Programs such as hearing and vision screening for children and the general public, and the scholarship program are made possible from the funds raised. One of the tournament events is the "Grudge Match". This event pits businesses...
The Kimball speech team continues collecting the wins with their most recent conference championship in Bridgeport on Monday, March 7. Individual SPVA conference awards went to: Duet Acting: Connor Moore and MacKenzie Brower - 4th place. O.I.D: Sebastian Portillo, Tristen Cook, Mikylah Seely, Audrey Day, Paycen Harroun - 4th place, Nicholas Thomas-Lewis, Taylor Muldoon, Leisha Casimiro, Kaden Adrian - 3rd place. Entertainment Speaking: Kiersten Anderson - 5th place. Extemporaneous Speaking:...
Alycia Vrbas, 12, encouraged by longtime photographer Kim Sharples, joined the Cheyenne Camera Club and entered a photograph, “Spring Colors,” in the Cheyenne Artists Guild (CAG) show recently. The youngster received first place in the 55th Annual CAG Easter Art Show in Cheyenne, Wyo., which was not broken down into professional or amateur categories nor into age groups. Young Alycia’s family also joined in on the fun, with family members Farris Vrbas, Lucas Vrbas and Dakota Vrbas also enter...
Vira "Vi" K. Colson, 76, of Kimball, died at Kimball Health Services on Friday, March 4, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 10, 2016 at the Pine Bluffs Baptist Church with Pastor Dan DeBruyn officiating. Burial will be in the Kimball Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday from 1:00 until 6:00 p.m. The family will be present from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m. to receive friends. Memorials may be given to the Pine Bluffs Baptist Church Building Fund....
Raymond Little (Ray) spent most of his growing-up years in Fort Collins, CO. He was a scrappy kid, whose household could have been a little warmer. When he was seventeen, he had quit high school. His mother sent him to the Post Office in Fort Collins and Ray was soon taken by a recruiting poster. It was a large picture of Uncle Sam pointing one of his fingers at the reader. The quote on the paper was “I want You in the US Army”. Ray inquired of the recruiter about joining and the recruiter made it easy… just have your parents sign the form...
The 2015-16 basketball season for the Kimball High boys was a losing season as far as wins and losses go, but it will be remembered also as a season of aggressive play and all-out effort! The Longhorns ended up with 7 wins and 14 losses. They were hampered by a lack of height and had to make up for it by playing very aggressive on both ends of the court, using pressure defense and fast paced offense, along with some outside shooting which worked fine on nights when the shots were falling, but not so good when they weren’t. Among the h...
Mike Daum continues to excel for South Dakota State University. This past week he was named to the All Summit League Team, was selected to the All New Comers Team, was named Freshman of the Year for the Summit League Conference, and was named Summit League Sixth Man of the Year! He accomplished all of this in his first year of Division one basketball as a red-shirt freshman. The Summit League Conference Tournament is underway right now and Daum was the key player for the Jackrabbits in two wins...
Yep, you can always tell when spring sports season has arrived in Western Nebraska by the weather! If we get some snow, rain, cold and wind, spring sports season has arrived. None the less, Kimball High track coach Gene Mohr has a nice turnout this spring with 53 total including 28 boys and 25 girls and this could go up or down by a couple or so I would imagine. Coach Chad Wise also has a good turnout for the boy’s golf team with 11 at the time of this writing and still possible additions here as well. Boy’s golf should be strong this year wit...
The listings of this season’s Western Trails All Conference Basketball Teams were announced this week after voting by the conference coaches. Kimball had three players named to the All Conference 1st Team with senior Danika Daum and sophomore Alex Reader named to the select All Conference Girl’s Team and junior Jordan Greenwood named to the All Conference Boy’s Team. Kimball also had senior Madison Biesecker and freshman Kate Reader given Honorable Mention for the girls and seniors Angel Flores and Trent Rutledge were Honorable Mention for t...
Several local pool players were recently recognized for winning the Fall Session of the American Poolplayers Association (APA) 8-Ball and 9-Ball Pool Leagues. Winning the Wednesday 8-Ball title was Line Em Up from Good Times in Kimball. MVP awards went to Christina Culek, Stephanie Risk-McElroy and Roger Krafczik. Taking the Thursday 9-Ball title was Double Trouble from Beer and Loathing in Kimball. MVP awards went to Brad Johnson, Ryan McElroy and Roger Krafczik. Brad Johnson also won the...
