Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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The village of Potter held their annual celebration this past weekend. Potter residents, as well as members of the surrounding communities, gathered in the streets to celebrate their community. The theme for this year's Potter Days was "Potter, A Toy Story". The celebration kicked off on Thursday evening with the crowning of the Potter Days Miss Potter. This year's Miss Potter was Donica Enevoldsen. The Miss Potter Days Attendants were Miss Regyn Hicks, and Cortney Lewis. On Friday, children's...
On August 21, the Economic Development Committee held a joint meeting with City Council to discuss the economic development plan and what to do with the funds that had been purposed for the no longer feasible rail spur project. Back in April, a public meeting was held in order to hear input pertaining to the .4 percent tax and whether or not it should still be collected. Only two members of the public attended the meeting in April and the proposed amendment would allow the tax to continue to be collected in order to fund future economic...
The Kimball school district has spent the last year trying to bring up its test scores. With the results of this past spring's Nebraska State Assessment (NeSA) finally available, it shows just how hard the school worked. "We set goals for the testing. We wanted to make sure that we had something to strive for, and well, we passed all our goals except for one," Kimball Jr/Sr High School Principal Mo Hanks said. The students take what is called Measures of Academic Progress(MAP) tests twice a...
Irene J. Nelson, 87, of Bushnell, died at Kimball Health Services on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Kimball with Pastor Carla Gunn officiating. Inurnment will be held in the Kimball Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. to leave condolences for the family and sign Irene's register book. Friends may also visit www.cantrellfh.com to leave condolences for... Full story
The Kimball High Longhorn Football Team opened the season with a 30-16 win on the road to Gordon Friday night and coach Nick Kuxhausen was pleased with the effort of his team. "I was very happy with how clean we played. We only had 3 penalties, and we turned the ball over twice on fumbles, but for our first time out I thought we did quite well in these departments," Kuxhausen said. The Horns got a big night out of senior running back Jonathon Withrow, including the first touchdown of the game... Full story
Kimball High girl’s golf coach Nora Robinson has only two girls playing tournament golf at this time but her two seniors are really stepping up as indicated by their performances in the first two tournaments. Jaycie Walker shot a career best round of 99 to finish 7th in the bigger school Division one at the Sidney Tournament on a tough Hillside Golf Course, then came right back to shoot 99 again at the Bayard Tournament to capture first place by 7 strokes. Kalli Bush wound up 7th at Bayard with her round of 118 after shooting 122 at Sidney a...