Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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After they called her name, the emotion was overwhelming for Rebekah Hutchinson last Friday. "I almost cried. I was shaking so bad. I couldn't stop shaking and I felt like I was going to cry," she said. "This is the first year I've even made it to finals, let alone, win. It was completely unexpected." The Potter-Dix senior won the poetry interpretation category at the state speech meet held late last week in Kearney. Potter-Dix also tied for second as a team in the two-day event. Individuals...
Calling all volunteers. Keep Kimball Beautiful is sponsoring a litter pickup day April 11 to coincide with the Great American Cleanup campaign. Local efforts will kick off from the Kimball-Banner County Chamber of Commerce at 8 a.m. and is expected to last at least a couple of hours, according to Keep Kimball Beautiful director Larissa Binod. That will depend on the number of volunteers present. “One year we had 35, another we had 50 and one year we had to cancel it altogether,” Binod said. “I would really like to reach 50 volunteers again...
"Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set." – Proverbs 22:28. Brookside Farm, located just north of the Kimball city limits, has been in the Atkins family since 1917. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is home to Kendall and Beverly Atkins. "The farm site is listed on the National Historic Registry, not just the house. It is the full set of buildings," Beverly said. "The reason it is on the registry is because the buildings tell the h...
Howard and Peggy Atkins are Kimball County natives and proud of it. They farmed north of Dix for 50 years where they carried on with the legacy of their parents and grandparents before them. Howard’s roots grow deep in the Kimball County soil where his great-grandparents, Peter and Delilah Atkins and two sons, Dallas and Will ages 16 and 18, homesteaded on the treeless plains in 1887 after a journey from Missouri, through Iowa and across the eastern regions of the then young state of Nebraska. Howard’s grandfather, Dallas Atkins, and his bri...
Potter-Dix junior Sara Gingerich was recently chosen for not one, but two prestigious art awards. Gingerich was one of 60 high school juniors, chosen from 142 entrants across Nebraska, to receive a Nebraska Young Artist Award. She was also chose as a winner for the Congressional Art Contest. Contestants for the Nebraska Young Artest contest entered works in visual art, dance, music, theater, film and new media for the competition, sponsored by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Hixson-Lied...
Fran Janicek, right, and her husband, Wayne, stand by the refreshment table at her retirement party on Friday, March 27. Janicek is retiring from the Kimball County Assessors office after 25 years....
Dr. Douglas W. McConnell, 57, of Kimball, died at his home in Kimball on Saturday, March 28, 2015. The family will accept friends at the funeral home on Friday, April 3, from 4-6 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 4, at the Kimball High School Gym with Doyle Smith, LeRoy Sanford and Darla Fisher officiating. A lunch will be provided immediately following the service. Cremation will be held following the service and inurnment will be held at a later date. Friends...
Dolores M. Wann, 87, of Kimball, died at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff on Saturday, March 21, 2015. A Celebration of Life will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 11, at the Kimball Baptist Fellowship Church, located at 507 S. Oak Street in Kimball, with Pastors Dennis Payton and Dallas Powell officiating. Inurnment will be held at a later date. Friends may stop at the funeral home on Friday, April 10, to sign the register book and leave condolences for the family. Please visit...
Sherryl L. Willoughby, 74, of Pine Bluffs, Wyo., died at her home in Pine Bluffs on Thursday, March 26, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 1, at the Pine Bluffs Baptist Church with Pastor Dan DeBruyn officiating. Burial will be held in the Potter Cemetery at 2 p.m. Visitation will be held at the church prior to the service. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view the obituary and leave condolences for the family. Memorials have been established to Davis...
Luverne Gade, 91, of Pine Bluffs, Wyo., passed away March 13, 2015, at the VA Medical Center in Cheyenne surrounded by his family. Luverne was born April 6, 1923, in Miller, S.D., a son of the late Emil and Louise (Becker) Gade. Luverne was raised in Pine Bluffs and graduated from Pine Bluffs High School. He owned numerous business in Pine Bluffs, including the Wild Horse Truck Stop for 23 years and the Travelyn Motel. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, snowmobiling and bowling. He was a dedicated member of Grace English Lutheran Church. He...
Kimball area residents pursuing professions in healthcare are encouraged to apply for assistance from the Kimball Hospital Foundation’s Healthcare Career Scholarship Program. The Healthcare Career Scholarship is designed for students pursing careers in the healthcare industry who reside within a 40 mile radius of Kimball. To qualify, the student must enroll full-time in undergraduate studies at an accredited college or university. Examples include, but are not limited to nursing, radiological technology, laboratory technology, physical t...
Main Street Market presented a $1,000 check to the Friends of the Library and Mary Lynch Elementary School. They each received the funds through the "Receipts for Cash" program, which gives $1,000 for each entity that turns in $100,000 worth of receipts....
There will be many activities next week to highlight public transit week in Kimball County, according to Kimball County Shuttle Coordinator Erika Loy. The week starts off on Monday, April 6, with a scavenger hunt. Anyone is able to look for 15 free tickets around town. One lucky winner will receive a free 10 punch ticket to be used during the week. The person who wins the 10 tickets will also be entered into the basket drawing mentioned under the April 8 “spot the bus” promotion. The Tuesday, April 7 promotion is veteran appreciation day. All v...
The South Platte Natural Resources District board of directors approved a number of changes to its rules and regulations at its March board meeting, including changes to fee schedules. The proposed amendments to the Districtwide Groundwater Management Area Rules and Regulations (DGMARR) were reviewed following an information session outlining the changes, followed by a public hearing. Primarily, the changes were related to chemigation, those made to follow LB272 established by the Nebraska Legislature last year. The district’s chemigation p...
The Kimball Lions Club held their annual 9-pin no tap bowling tournament on March 20- 22 and again March 27- 29 with a combined total of 108 entries, according to event organizer Kathy Porter. An additional $1,000 was paid out in prize money for two 300 games, bowled by Bruce Wilson of Cheyenne, Wyo., and Kelly Garrett of Kimball. Those entries included 39 men single entrants, 13 ladies singles, 21 mixed double teams, and two youth singles – all league bowlers. Additionally, four non-league m...
In his book “Brave Men” famous war correspondent Ernie Pyle wrote that “The front line soldier lived for months like an animal and was a veteran in the cruel, fierce world of death. Everything was abnormal and unstable in his life. He was filthy dirty, ate if and when, and slept on hard ground without cover. …he lived in a constant haze of dust or snow and moved constantly. He was deprived of all things that once meant stability –things such as walls, chairs, floors, windows, shelves, Coca-Colas and the little matter of knowing that he would...
Two local schools teams had strong showings at the junior high quiz bowl tournament hosted March 23 by Banner County. Kimball won the eighth grade bracket in the tournament with 295 points. Banner County finished third with 285 points after dropping a tiebreaker to Leyton, which finished second. The tiebreaker used was which team correctly answered the most 15 point questions. In the seventh grade bracket, Banner County, Hemingford and Bridgeport each tied for the top spot with 275 points....
Kimball students placed well last Friday at the Chadron State College Scholastic contest. Over 1,100 students from 45 high schools competed in 44 different exams that cover every aspect of the high school curriculum. Students representing Kimball High School that placed in the top 25 percent of a test included the following: Tyler Shaw, first in animal science and fourth in veterinary science; Ryan Soper, first in plane geometry; Jessica Hanks, third in literature, fourth in health and seventh i...
For each quarter of the school year, three students from both the seventh and eighth grades are honored as "Students of the Quarter" at Kimball Junior/Senior High. These students are nominated by their teachers and then selected by the principal. The students are treated to lunch at Pizza Hut and earn a certificate for their excellent performance during the past nine weeks. Pictured, from left, are seventh grade students Lane Wasielewski, Alyson Holt and Todd Hunsaker and eighth grade students...
Mitchell took home top team honors in both the girls and boys divisions of the 2015 Kimball High Track Invitational on Saturday. In the boys division the Tigers piled up 137.33 points with Kimball a distant runner up with 85.33. In the girls division the Lady Tigers amassed 153 points with Potter-Dix finishing second with 121. Two new meet records were set Saturday in the girls division and one tied in the boys division. Aspen Reifschneider of Mitchell, who was a four event gold medal winner on...
The Potter-Dix track teams opened up the season strong as the girls finished second and the boys took fourth place at the Kimball Invite held Saturday. "I was pleased with the performances of both the girls and boys teams, and pleasantly surprised with the high finish of the girls team," Potter-Dix track coach Bob Hilpert said. "Athletes on both the girls and boys teams realized that there were some points left on the track, and there were some missed opportunities if they might have extended...
The Banner County track team kicked off the 2015 Saturday with some strong performances at the Kimball Invite. "Saturday's meet went well," Banner coach Kari Gifford said. "It was good to see our seniors start out with some good performances. The newcomers performed at about where we thought they might for the first meet of the season. "Regardless of how they performed, we have a mark to improve on, so that will be our goal for this week - improvement on last week's performances." Leading the...
A Kimball sixth grade girls basketball wrapped up a successful season over the weekend, finishing second in the Laramie Youth Basketball Tournament to end the 2015 campaign with a 21-10 record. The team started play Jan. 10 and played through last weekend. Assistant coach Andrea Bemis said the highlight of the season was last weekend, when the team battled for a second place finish. Kimball lost its opening round game to Wheatland, and battled back through the losers bracket to face the team...
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 The Wooden Keg from Beer & Loathing in Kimball. Members of the team are: Anthony Kuhns, Jon Howton, Mandi Schindler and Shannon Watts, Dwayne Burton, Cindy Warren, Darcy Feemster and Shalane Hottell. Top Gun and MVP awards went to Sherri Parshall, Darin Lukassen and Tom O'Brien. The Thursday 9-Ball...