Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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From gear heads to cowboys, everyone is meeting in Potter this weekend and events begin tonight, Thursday, June 22, with the Potter Melodrama "The Stinky Feet Gang," a hilarious wild west show, at the Legion Hall in Potter beginning 7 p.m. The show will go on again at the same time Friday night and the finale will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday. The annual event draws contestants and crowds from near and far. Burgers and brats served an hour before show time each night. The Lincoln Highway Cruisers...
The Kimball Board of Education discussed increasing academic expectations as well as providing additional support to struggling students during High School Principal Eugene Hanks’ report at the June 12 board meeting. “Is there anyway we can raise the academic bar?” board member Brad Reader asked Hanks,” I know we did that a couple of years ago with the ‘no F’ policy.” Hanks suggested that a committee be formed, similar to the committee formed when the current policy was adopted, to review the policies and how best to increase academic expe...
Potter residents see a new arena in the area. Callen and Whitney Whartman began building the arena on their land just east of Potter in 2015. Though the arena is ready to use, the Whartmans are currently still adding improvements. Initially built for personal use and as a safe place for their children to grow up utilizing, the arena is now available to the public. "Over the past year, we have continued improving it and that's when we realized we wanted to offer it to the community to use as...
A long wait for just the right moment; a little nudge forward and Yesenia Flores, Yessie, has completed her journey – traveling to Omaha a permanent resident and coming home to Kimball a naturalized citizen. Yessie's long wait began when she became a permanent resident of the United States in 1999, through her husband. Permanent residency is valid for ten years, at which time it must be renewed or it will be forfeited, or one can apply to become naturalized. "For a permanent resident who wants t...
What better way to kick of the 4th of July holiday than with a fun day at the lake while supporting your local veterans office? For several years Kelleigh Huff organized the Oliver Reservoir Fun Run, but when she relocated, Sheana Hendrickson decided to step up and take over organizing this day full of summer fun to help raise money for the local Veterans. With the help of Kimball Police Chief Andy Bremer, Kimball Mayor Keith Prunty and Kristopher Nitz, she has accomplished just that. “I think the whole event will be great, I hope to make t...
I love wood. There are no two pieces of wood alike – no twins. I have had many dreams fulfilled in my life and a few dreams are still waiting in the future. One of my dreams was to have a rugged western wood fence. I built it. Many people stopped and gave me positive comments on it. Then I posted a pic of my fence on Facebook. Many of my friends like my fence. All year long people would tell me over and over, “What other people have in their back yard is none of my business, and vice versa.” Well, that vice versa doesn’t seem to apply to me....
I want to thank the City of Kimball for all the great help and support during LorRons Department Store “Quitting Business” sale over the last two months. I have had great help from the Chamber of Commerce, City of Kimball, the Economic Development Department, local businesses and your residents. You made the job a pleasure. The support you gave the Evelyn family during this sale was amazing. Your paper was our main source of advertising. We finish our liquidations of Saturday, June 17. I wish Lorna Evelyn the best in her new career. Again, tha...
Do you or anyone you know enjoy writing? A Six Corners of Nebraska Contest, “Future Great Writers of Nebraska” is just the thing to showcase your best work. The Panhandle Southwest region is taking entries from writers ages 13 to 25 through July 1. All types of writing are eligible, including but not limited to, fiction, non-fiction, articles, books, poems, news columns/articles, video game writing, and screen writing, just to name a few. A maximum of 1,000 words will be accepted, one entry per person, three prescreened entries per cla...
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. William G. Norton (Bill) had graduated from high school when he was 17 yrs old. He had some time to do jobs and plan a career. He stopped by the US Army Recruiting office and made some inquiries. Soon a recruiter was doing some follow up and went to...
John Freed and Gloria Rutledge has built a back yard paradise at their home. A brick paving stone walkway meanders through a neatly manicured lawn with beds of annuals and perennials bursting with color. Half of their back yard is xeriscaped with winding garden beds of Shasta daises, Columbine, Petunias and Peonies. Their privacy fence will soon be a backdrop for Morning Glory and the entire scene is punctuated perfectly with two water features, garden statuary and metal garden art made by...
The 2017 Father's Day golf Tournament attracted a Nebraska sports name known by all. The noted Husker football kicker Drew Brown, who will be doing the kicking for the Big Red in his final season this fall. Brown, along with his father, Hobert, shown above, joined up with local golf standout Gary Haack for a weekend of golf in Kimball. The Browns have local ties to Kimball as Hobert's wife, and Drew's mother, Terri, is the daughter of Sylvia James who still resides in Kimball, giving them a reas...
What does a Wise family do to celebrate Father's Day? If you are a member of the Chad Wise family, you spend it at the golf course, just like dad, Chad, does almost every day since he is the pro at the Four Winds golf Course. So, if you want to spend Father's Day with dad, you pack up and join him. Chad not only set up the two-day tournament and made sure it was ready to go for the organizers of this year's event, but he and his staff had to make sure everyone had carts and welcomed the golfers...
Things are starting to come together for Kimball’s Legion Baseball team. The young ball players hosted Hershland last Tuesday night, June 12, and won the sole game 11-3. After getting off to a rough start this season Kimball was able to tighten up pitching and other issues they have been working hard on in practice. This win came as a total team win. Everyone pitched in, in one way or another. Brady Kilgore hit three singles, and marked three stolen bases in the books. Nathaniel Mars added two singles, and two stolen bases while Cole Henton, s...
The team of Heeg, Heeg and Heeg emerged as the champions of the 2017 Father’s Day Golf Tournament held this past weekend at the fabulous Four Winds Golf Course. It was Vince Heeg, Jr., Henry Heeg Sr. and Henry Heeg, Jr., scoring rounds of 61-59=120 to take top honors from the field of 33 three-person teams that enjoyed the weekend of golf and fellowship despite a very strong wind on the first day. The Heeg team had to battle back and fight hard to secure the win as the team of Nate Dvorak, Steele and Maser shot the best score on Saturday w...