Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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“One man’s trash - is another man’s treasure,” will not apply to the properties given the nuisance status in Kimball. According to Mayor Keith Prunty, the City is once again revisiting and reinforcing nuisance ordnances, beginning in April. “It will be enforced again and if anyone has concerns with time frame on abating, they need to contact the city office and we will work with them,” Prunty said. “It will probably begin in April, that we start dealing with these issues. We will try and tie into the ‘spring cleanup’ that we will be doing up...
The National Weather Service issued a second winter storm watch on March 28 for all of southeast Wyoming from Tuesday night through Wednesday afternoon. This, just one week after a spring blizzard blanketed the area in snow and caused long-lasting power outages in Kimball County. The new advisory cautions that a rain/snow mix will develop first along, and to the west of, the Laramie Range. The timing of the changeover from rain to snow will be uncertain for all areas east of the Laramie Range...
The Kimball City Council received a report on the fiscal year 2014-15 from Terry Galloway of Almquist, Maltzahn, Galloway and Luth, the City’s certified public accounting firm from Grand Island. Major capital events in the city exceeded $10,000 but was reported with good detail, according to Galloway, and debt grew by more than $559,000 including the $750,000 bond for needed repairs and upgrades for the south substation. “It is quite an achievement in today’s world, having good financial reporting for your taxpayers and citizens being trans...
If working full time, running your own business and raising two healthy and very active sons (Aaron, 10 and Kip, 7) weren't enough, Josh and Jenny Gillming offer this community many hours of service through volunteerism. Jennifer (Cederburg) was born, raised and graduated high school in this community, while Josh, graduated from Burwell, then moved here with his parents in 1999. In August of that same year, Josh began basic training for the U.S. Army in Benning, Ga., and after that, AIT...
Virgil Arnon Johnson Jr., "Pastor J," 63, of Dix, died at his home in Dix on Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with Pastor Matthew Lim officiating. Burial will be held in the Redington Cemetery at 3:30 p.m. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday from 1:00 until 6:00 p.m. Friends may also visit www.cantrellfh.com to view Virgil's Tribute Wall and leave condolences and stories for the...
Legion Baseball is returning to Kimball, thanks in large part to Luke Dea who will serve the program as Manager and assistant coach. Coach Dea said that Wade Brashear will serve as head coach this summer and after calling for signups earlier, they have 15 young men registered and Kimball will field a Junior Legion Team which is under age 17. Dea said they have been working on the Legion Field and should have it ready to go soon. They plan to start practice this week with their first game of the...
The Kimball High weight room has been getting lots of use this school year according to Coach Nick Kuxhausen who oversees the weight programs for the Longhorns. Coach Kuxhausen did some testing and posting of results this past week and shared them with me to share with you readers. Kuxhausen said “There have been great improvements from many of the students throughout this school year. The students are tested quarterly on four core lifts which are the bench press, squat, power clean, and dead lift. To qualify to make the weight lifting clubs a...
Thanks to some nasty weather no track or golf news to report this week, and it looks like we might have more of Old Man Winter this week so we might have more postponements or cancellations again. The Kimball High Track invite was called off last Thursday (March 24) and as of yet, Kimball Activities Director Ken Smith has not determined if it will be cancelled this year or if he can find a reschedule date that will work. The Longhorns are scheduled to participate in the Bayard C-D Invite this Saturday (April 2) with a start time of 9 a.m. but...
The SPVA Music Contest last week in North Platte went “very well over all”, according to Kimball Music Instructor and Choir Leader, Jacob Hoffman. “All of our ensembles, both vocal and instrumental, received either an ‘Excellent’ rating, which is the second highest rating given,” explained Hoffman, “or they received ‘Superior’ ratings which is the highest rating given.” The Kimball students competed against students from seven of the other SPVA schools of the other SPVA schools. “I feel the students were in good spirits regarding the competi...
