Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Can you hear me now? Good. Cell phone service should soon improve throughout the area as Verizon’s plans to build a tower east of Kimball has met final approval. The city council unanimously approved a conditional use permit for the tower to be placed in the corner of Mike Reuter’s pivot, just over 170 feet from U.S. Hwy. 30 east of Kimball. Verizon’s representative, Jeffrey Skinner, joined the meeting via telephone. Skinner said the tower, approximately 340 feet tall, is self-supporting, meaning it has no guy wires. He added that the advan...
Family Nature Night, held Monday at the Kimball Event Center, included many stations where children could check out wildlife of various kinds first-hand. One station included live snakes, turtles, frogs and a salamander. Other stations included animal skins and skeletons of various types, feathers, imprinting, seed balls and more. There were also games and crafts, and door prizes were handed out. Organizations on hand Monday included the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, Nebraska Game and Parks...
Kimball County residents Larry and Nicole Snyder are quite active in many outdoor and youth-related activities. While farming and ranching, the young couple raised children, held full and part-time jobs, finished college and volunteered through many service organizations in the county. "We had about 2,000 acres of crop ground, we built a sheep herd up to 100 head, and we had around 60 or 70 head of cows," Larry said. "That was before kids. We got rid of the cows after Colton was born, before Mad...
The City of Kimball approved funding for the Kimball Banner County Chamber of Commerce and a KENO grant for the Kimball Lions Club at the regularly scheduled city council meeting on March 3. The city council voted to approve $450 each month to the chamber for additional part-time help. Josh Enevoldsen, president of the chamber, sought the monthly support to allow for additional help. This would be in addition to Larissa Binod, the chamber director, who was recently hired to that part-time position. “I’ve always believed that chambers and cit...
The Kimball County School Board approved various requests for spending at its regularly scheduled meeting held Monday night. Food Service Director Danessa Terrill may get the go-ahead to purchase steam tables for the food serve program due to her team’s hard work. Terrill reported that the program has had some success with new staff members, who bring fresh ideas and work to keep their areas organized and efficient. “One of the main things that I have tried to do this year is take a really in depth look at our financial situation,” Terri...
The Kimball Lions Club will host a 9-pin, no tap bowling tournament with singles and doubles play over two weekends in March. The tournament will be held at Kim Bowl, located at 208 S. Birch Street. The opening weekend bowling times are 7 p.m. on Friday, March 20; 1 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday, March 21; and 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 22. The second weekend bowling times are 7 p.m. on Friday, March 27; 1 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday, March 28; and 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 29. The entry fee is $20 per bowler per...
The City of Kimball’s Planning Commission and Economic Development are working on a new comprehensive plan and housing study. Using this study, the City of Kimball can properly plan for future growth. This is not an endeavor the city can do alone, said Economic Development Director Wilson Bowling. The city seeks input, and it will send out a survey about housing needs in the next utility bill. Please fill this survey out and return it to the city office by April 6. These surveys will be completely anonymous. If you have any questions, call B...
The Kimball Area Foundation is an affiliated fund of the Nebraska Community Foundation. Both foundations were created to assist communities with needs in the areas of economic development and financial assistance among other things. The Kimball Area Foundation was established several years ago and has been slowly growing the investment funds in order to use the interest from the funds for Kimball area community projects. The KAF board encourages non-profit organizations with special projects to apply for some funds. Organizations eligible to...
More than 125 students from across the Panhandle competed at the Minuteman Activities Conference speech contest held at Minatare. Schools that competed included Banner County, Bayard, Creek Valley, Garden County, Leyton, Minatare, Potter-Dix and South Platte. Potter-Dix went home with the conference title, accruing 112 sweepstakes points at the event. Leyton took second place with 62 points, followed by Bayard with 50 points. Potter-Dix individual champions included Bekah Hutchinson in Persuasiv...
Though the majority of students at Kimball Junior/Senior High School were given a day off, the halls were still full last Wednesday. Nearly 200 FFA students from 15 chapters filled the halls, auditorium and student center, as well as the nearby 4-H building and the Kimball County Fairgrounds, for the District 12 Career Development Competition. In addition to students from Kimball and Banner County, other schools that competed include Alliance, Bayard, Bridgeport, Chadron, Cody-Kilgore, Creek...
It is Founders Week for Job's Daughters, a local leadership organization connected to Eastern Star, Demolay, Rainbow Girls and the Masons. Founded in 1920 by Mrs. Ethel T. Wead Mick, the civic organization raises funds and awareness for the Hearing Impaired Kids Endowment among other projects. Young ladies aged 10 to 20 can join the secret society, according to Betty Schulte, local Bethel 12 Guardian, and members are eligible for state and national scholarships. "We will sign a proclamation...
The Kimball speech team for won the championship at the Hemingford Invitational on Saturday. Individual awards went to: Ryan Soper - fifth place, Serious Prose. Taylor Muldoon, Kallie Bush, Sanford Day, Audrey Day and Leisha Casimiro - fifth place, Oral Interpretation of Drama. Nicholas Thomas-Lewis - third place, Poetry. Kennedy Lewis - third place, Humorous Prose. Nicholas Thomas-Lewis, Kaden Adrian, Ryan Soper, Sebastian Portillo and Paycen Harroun - third place, Oral Interpretation of...
Exciting news to report concerning Kimball and Western Nebraska Golf fans. The Nebraska Golf Association has announced they have selected our beautiful Four Winds Golf Course as the site of this summer's 47th Nebraska Junior Amateur and 15th Nebraska Girl's Amateur Golf Championships! The dates are July 14-16 with the girls to play 36 holes and the boys 54 holes, all stroke play. Ben Vigil, Manager of Association Services for the Nebraska Golf Association, was in town this past Monday to meet...
Skip Bierman has seen a lot of bowling alleys in his days. The 32-year old Omaha native has visited 825 across the U.S. and Canada, and has bowled in every state except Hawaii. Bierman's latest stop was the duckpin bowling alley in Potter, which means he has now bowled at every bowling alley in Nebraska. "It's been a lot of fun," he said after bowling a couple games Friday night in Potter. "Wherever we travel, at least the bowling shoes always come with, because it saves us on having to rent...
Kimball High Wrestling Coach, Wade Brashear said, “This year’s wrestling season had it’s ups and downs, not unlike any other wrestling season.” Brashear went on to say, “Our two seniors, Justin Mohr and Rowdy Keller, both ended the season with winning records but fell short of their goals of making it to the NSAA State Tournament. Our only qualifier was freshman Clay Keller at 132 pounds. The remainder of our team is young and have the potential to be outstanding wrestlers.” Brashear said that one positive this year was the fact the team st...
The 2014-15 Kimball High boys basketball team had a real challenge this past season ending up with 6 wins and 14 losses. After graduating their two talented big guys who played such major roles the past two seasons, referring to Mike Daum and Jake Reader, this year's Longhorns lacked the height they could have used, plus they faced a lot of very talented teams this season as well. Luke Dea, long time assistant, took over the head role this season after Bruce Tjosvold resigned the position and...