Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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They endured a rocky start to this year's speech season, but the Coyotes overcame many struggles. According to Potter-Dix head speech coach Chandell Oleson, "The year started out rough and scary because of illnesses and snow days. We weren't getting the practice times that we needed. We were nervous. We usually have three or four Saturday practices with the whole team, but this year we had only one Saturday practice." Coach Oleson just completed her third year as head speech coach at Potter-Dix...
Kimball’s long-awaited underpass project is set to begin next Monday, April 1. “We will stay in close contact with everyone in our community regarding lane closures and restrictions,” Mayor Keith Prunty said. “We are coming down the pipeline and have hopes this project will be completed by Farmers Day this year.” Weekly updates on the underpass project will be in the upcoming editions of the Observer. Another city project in the works is the Longhorn building. As many residents noticed last week, city crews began sealing up the building...
Due to weather conditions, the Potter-Dix School Board postponed its regular meeting and rescheduled it for Saturday, March 16. The first order of business for the board was to hear presentations about an agricultural program for the students. The Agricultural Education Department and the FFA gave presentations. According to interim Superintendent Greg Brenner, the board has been discussing the need for an ag program for the past few months. “To be honest, Potter, Dix, and the surrounding communities are agricultural based communities. When y...
Donna L. Luther, 85, of Kimball, died at the Kimball County Manor on Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 25, 2019 at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Kimball with Pastor Roger Gillming officiating. Burial will be held in the Kimball Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. at the Church on Monday. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view Donna's obituary and leave condolences and stories for the family. Memorial...
Mary Jane Runnels, 79, of Potter, loving wife, mother, aunt, grandmother and great grandmother passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 24, 2019. Jaynee was cremated and her wishes were to be remembered for the memories she provided to her family and friends. Friends my visit www.cantrellfh.com to view Jaynee's obituary and leave condolences and stories for the family. Jaynee was born on April 6, 1939 in Hanover, KS.,the daughter of Glen and Bernice (Moyer) Smith. On September 29, 1956, she...
Norma Lucille (Carpenter) Stolz, 85, of Rockford, IL, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Norma was born April 2, 1933, in Omaha, Nebraska, daughter of Willard and Edna Pearl (Whitcomb) Carpenter. She was the oldest of 6 children and was raised in various locations in Western Nebraska as her father was a ranch hand at this time. In 1940, her father bought a farm in Agate, Nebraska, and the family settled down. Norma was to be found most days helping her father with farm work. She rode horses,...
With a large turnout yet again this year, the annual banquet for the Mile High Chapter of Pheasants Forever held at the Kimball Event Center raised over $20,000 from just the live auction. Mitch Brown of the Mile High Chapter said not all totals from the weekend event were available. However, the live auction raised just over $21,000. Not included in this total were funds raised from the games as well as the silent auction items. Youth programs will benefit from money raised. Items were not...
Seems like I have been discussing the weather in my column about as much as I have been local sporting activities, and I guess the reason for that is because it plays a major role in what is happening, or is going to happen, in our sporting world. The Kimball Track Invite got cancelled this past Saturday because of .... the weather! A quick decision was made by coach Gene Mohr and the Kimball High Administration to send the team to the Morrill Early Bird Invite. Coach Mohr said he took about half the team, and despite the cold and soggy...
Local wrestlers attended two tournaments this past weekend. One Tri-State Grappler headed south to Greeley for the Junior Bulldog Wrestling Tournament. Jesse Gortney placed second in the 8U 42-45 division and placed third in the 10U 45-45 division this past weekend. Jax Thurin and Cabel Botha both attended the Huskerland State Tournament in Kearney, Thurin placed second in the 1st-2nd 59-60 division and fifth place in the 3-4 Grade 57-6 division. Brotha placed fourth in the 3-4 Grade 61-67 division. Local wrestlers will also head to Kearney...
Kimball High got the 2019 track season underway at the Morrill Early Bird Invite this past Saturday and despite the cool and soggy conditions, had a good opening meet according to coach Gene Mohr. Kimball was scheduled to host their own Invite on Saturday but had to cancel because of weather conditions causing the decision to take a limited squad to Morrill. "We took about half of our squad and didn't participate in some events because we were not ready to do so," Morh said. Senior Brady...
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