Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Large and generous grants, awards and donations from the Kimball Public School Foundation to benefit PreK-12 grade students and the community for many years to come. At the May 13 Board of Education regular meeting the Kimball Public School Foundation was recognized for their gracious support of Kimball Public Schools. 2019 Grants and Awards totaled over ninety-seven thousand dollars worth of funds which included a total of eleven thousand five hundred dollars for Chromebooks. Ten thousand dollars for the guidance program-Peace Keeping Circle,...
In addition to her love of children, Jamie Soper will take on an additional fulfilling task come mid summer. Beginning July 1 Soper is set to replace the retiring Mary Lynch Principal Mike Mitchell as well as continue her position as Special Education Director for the district. An email sent to Kimball Public Schools staff Superintendent Dr. Owens expressed Soper's impressive educational background, with a Bachelors in Elementary Education K-8 and Special Education K-12, a Masters in School...
Jim Cederburg and his wife, Donna are technically retired, but... they have spent the last twelve years buying and "fixing up" dilapidated houses throughout Kimball. The whole process started when they were in the market for a house and thought they could purchase one and fix it up as opposed to buying something already in prime shape. "When we started this endeavor I could work about five hours and was exhausted, but now, twenty-three pounds lighter" and a few years older, "I can work ten...
Do you have a couple hours during the week? Do you like meeting new people? The Plains Historical Society Museum is looking for you. As summer approaches, the Plains Historical Society is making plans to open the museum downtown -- the Fraternal Hall, which is located on 2nd and Chestnut. The Fraternal Hall Museum will be open three days a week, in the afternoon but they are looking for people to help with this summertime opening. They need volunteers to work from 2-4 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday,...
Potter-Dix School Board met in regular session on May 13. The school board unanimously agreed to approve the resignation of and settlement agreement with Principal Jane Brown, they also approved the non-renewal of the employment of Jerry Brown due to a reduction of force, and they approved the non-renewal of the employment of Nancy Bunner. The board then considered and approved the contract to hire Larry Baker as 7-12 Principal/Activities Director for the 2019-20 school year. Larry Baker will be a first year principal and he hails from Centura...
Douglas A. Onigkeit passed away peacefully on February 2nd, 2019 in Spokane, Washington in the presence of dear friends. Formerly of Potter, Nebraska and recently of Othello, Washington, Doug was born in Kimball, Nebraska on March 25th, 1946 to Lester and Orleatha (Heidemann) Onigkeit. He graduated from Kimball High School. He worked for CO-OP in Nebraska and as a Ranch Hand in Washington State for many years. Doug had many loves in life, but his four children and his horses were at the top of...
An exciting week for Kimball High spring sports as they took part in their districts and state qualifying events. Kimball senior Brady Kilgore won three events at Bayard to qualify him in his last trip to state track. He will compete in both hurdles events along with the high jump at Omaha this weekend and senior Corey Travis qualified in the discus. We wish you both well. Also Deven Sullivan who will be at Omaha to compete in the Class D 3200 meter run after winning the event at district. He also ran 3rd in the 1600 at the district meet....
Brady Kilgore will be making his annual trip to Omaha for the Nebraska State Track Meet after winning and qualifying in three events at last week's District meet held at Bayard. Brady will have company on his trip to Omaha as senior teammate Corey Travis qualified in the discus after placing 2nd as Class C takes the top two individuals in each event, plus the winning relay team and in addition, some automatic qualifying marks and additional fastest times from all districts. Kilgore won the 110 m...
The Kimball High Boy's Golf Team took care of business one more time in winning their fourth straight District Championship Monday at the Cross Creek Golf Link in Cambridge. The three senior varsity golfers on the team have been a part of those four District titles and all three seniors were in the top ten medal group on Monday. Kimball shot a team scores of 355 to win by 16 strokes over runner-up Perkins County with 371 with Valentine 3rd with 385. The top three teams advance to state play...
A Kimball Student Council 3 on 3 basketball tournament was held this past Sunday, April 28 with proceeds being donated to the flood relief in eastern Nebraska. A total of $260 was raised between adult and youngster teams. Adult teams included high school students as well as a few somewhat older. For the adult division the winning team was the Billy Goats, made up Javon Coyle, Justus Golding and Michael Shane. For the kids division it was the Hornets team that took home the title. That team is...
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