Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Kimball High School students descended on downtown Kimball Friday, April 18 to lend a helping hand and ultimately help The Goodhand Theatre. The students in Geri Ferguson's Civics class organized the event as a fund raiser to renovate and re-open the theater and to repay the support given by local businesses throughout the years. More than 42 man hours were given by 21 adults with 147 students giving a total of 294 hours and more than $1,184 raised during the day with donations still coming in...
Having already declared that this coming year would be a difficult one for hiring, Superintendent of Kimball Schools, Marshall Lewis, now has more hiring to do. The Kimball Board of Education accepted the resignations of two staff members at their most recent board meeting, April 11. School nurse, Lindsay Maas is resigning after just one year on staff, as is teacher Melissa Pohl. The latest resignations bring the count up to four open positions in the district. Despite the loss of staff members, Director of Special Services for the district,...
"Every limbo boy and girl, All around the limbo world, Gonna do the limbo rock, All around the limbo clock." Chubby Checker - "Limbo Rock" Once upon a time these lyrics could be heard as youngsters in Kimball skated under the limbo stick at The Skate House – a place where many may have spent Friday and Saturday nights, as well as the occasional Sunday afternoon. Recent activity to restore and re-open The Goodhand Theater may have some Kimball citizens reminiscing of other now gone businesses, s...
When landscape artist Deb Salopek moved to Santa Fe, N.M., from Potter last fall, her little downtown Potter art studio sat empty. The empty space owned by the Potter Historical Foundation had been vastly renovated and used as a studio for five years. Though more work is needed to complete the renovations, the Foundation didn't want the room to remain empty. Enter Thomas, Potter-Dix's K-12 art teacher for the past 25 years. Because the school offers art classes and local youth have many options...
After nearly 17 years as the superintendent of the custodial crew at the Kimball County Courthouse, Pat Sibal is preparing for retirement. Sibal said he is somewhat trepidatious about his journey into retirement, but none the less is looking forward to his new role. "I'm excited, but it's scary at the same time," he explained. "I've seen a lot of changes over the years. We have gone a long way in security at the courthouse as we now have sixteen security cameras and just this last fall we put...
Matthew Pellegrini, 34, of Fairbanks, Alaska spent last weekend at Oliver Reservoir because of the storm. He has spent the last five months traveling from his hometown of Fairbanks to the farthest point south in Keywest, Fla. This may not seem like a big deal, but Pellegrini's trip is projected to take 14 months because he is traveling by bicycle. Pellegrini said that he has always been somewhat adventurous and his first long trip on his bike took place the year he graduated from high school,...
Betty (Lukesh) Janicek Eisenhauer passed away Friday April 15, 2016, in Cheyenne Wyoming. Betty was born January 26, 1934, in Kimball, NE, the second child of Albert and Agnes Lukesh. She lived and attended schools in Ord and Kimball, NE. Betty met Donald Janicek at the main railroad crossing in Pine Bluffs on her way to a dance. They married on August 28, 1950. Shortly following their wedding they moved to the farm in Nebraska, northeast of Pine Bluffs. On the farm Betty worked along side...
Raymond L Seeman, 71, of Troy, MT passed away Thursday April 14, 2016 at Kalispell Regional Medical Center of a sudden illness. He was born January 2, 1945 in Lewellen, NE to Charles E. Seeman and Marcella (Rouse) Seeman. Raymond grew up and attended school in Kimball, NE and graduated with the Class of 1962 from Kimball High School. Following high school, he enlisted in the United States Navy serving for 6 years while stationed in Guam. After the Navy he served 4 years in the US Coast Guard in...
Walter J. Witt, 92, of Kimball, died at his home in Kimball on Sunday, April 17, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, April 22, 2016 at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with Pastor Dewayne Witt officiating. Burial will be held in the Kimball Cemetery with military graveside honors by Kimball VFW Post #2243. Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday from 1:00 until 6:00 p.m. Friends may also visit www.cantrellfh.com to view Walt's Tribute Wall and leave...
The Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war. In 1967, the Selective Service System was a major factor in the lives of many families. Young men had decisions to make. Before being drafted, one could have a choice of the branch of service. However, when the letter from the Draft Board arrived, and assuming a passing grade on the physical exam,...
Mitchell took top team honors this past Thursday in winning the 2016 Western Trails Conference Track championship in the meet hosted this year by Kimball. Originally scheduled to be held on Saturday, the meet was moved up two days by vote of Conference officials, and a smart move indeed, as tracksters were treated to a rather nice, but windy day, while Saturday was a snowy and wintery day as was forecasted. The Mitchell boys won with 178.5 points with Bridgeport runnerup with 134 followed by...
Class B golf powerhouse Scottsbluff was too strong for the Kimball High boy's golf team this past week but the Longhorns gave the bigger school a run at the team honors of the Mitchell Invite. The Bluffs team took top team honors with their score of 313 while Kimball finished runnerup with 321. Behind the leaders were Gering 335, Sidney JV 346, Alliance 357, Crawford 366, Chadron 371, Mitchell 392, Garden County 393, Morrill 419 and Mitchell JV 457. Scottsbluff also took the top two individual...
Bridgeport shot their best score of the young season in taking top team honors at their own Bridgeport Invitational this past week with Kimball, finishing runnerup for second place. Coach Todd Janicek’s Bulldogs shot 334 to claim first place while Kimball shot 340. Behind the top two were Mullen 360, Gordon-Rushville 380, Creek Valley 393, Mitchell 398, Hemingford 412, Garden County 417, Morrill 426, Chase County 444 and Bridgeport JV 489. Kimball junior Jordan Greenwood captured first place medalist honors with his round of 36-42=78, one s...
The 2016 Western Trails Conference Track Meet is in the books and Kimball did a good job of hosting this year. A salute to the conference officials for moving it up to this past Thursday from the scheduled Saturday to avoid the winter storm that did occur. Mitchell is really loaded this year with track talent, both girls and boys and they once again defended their team titles. Bayard and Bridgeport, and all of the schools involved, have some excellent talent. Three meet records were set, a couple of them wind aided, but they were by athletes...
The Kimball Junior High boys won six events and piled up 180 points in winning the Potter-Dix Junior High Track Invite held at the Kimball site this past week. Pine Bluffs was runnerup with 115 points, Banner County had 90, Leyton 76, Potter-Dix 52, Minatare 22. Leyton won the girl's division with 179 points followed by Pine Bluffs with 137, KIMBALL 111, Minatare 66, Potter-Dix 57 and Banner County 42. Lots of highlights for the Kimball boys including taking the top three places in the pole vaul...
The award-winning Kimball County Shuttle crew celebrated Nebraska Public Transit week April 11 - April 15 with games and prizes. The service offered free rides to patrons who brought food items for the local food pantry. The crew offered free rides to all veterans as well as their spouses or widows throughout the week. Free ride tickets were placed around Kimball and anyone finding a ticket could use it for one free trip. They placed stickers throughout the bus and asked young passengers to...