Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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With a few months of the camping season under their belt, High Point RV Park, located just off the I-80 Kimball exit, celebrated with an open house on Saturday, Sept. 12. Owners John and Karen Morrison of Kimball purchased the property last fall. The old RV park with 32 camping sites had been vacant and for sale for the past 15 years. The old place needed some TLC, cleaning, painting and severe updating. The Morrisons abandoned all the old wiring, plumbing and water systems and replaced...
The AmeriCorps Maple 50 team, which has been working in the Kimball area for the past month, suffered the loss of one of its team members, Andre Garcia. Jessica Rocha from the Visitors Center reported that Andre had a rapidly progressing medical condition that took his life. It was a non-COVID related viral infection. Reports indicated that he fell ill and was taken to Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff and eventually was transferred to Denver. On Thursday of last week, the South Platte Natural Resource District held a ceremony at...
The Kimball School Board met Monday, Sept. 14, for a public hearing on the Property Tax Levy for 2020-21 and for the General Fund and Special Building Fund request. The board later conducted their regular meeting. Charts showing valuations, property tax request, property tax rate, state aid and the General Budget Fund were available to the board and public. Total valuations in Kimball County are down 1.9% from 2019 to 2020. The Kimball School District tax request for 2020-21 is $5,965,384.00 whereas the tax request for 2019-20 was...
The Kimball County Commissioners conducted a public hearing to receive comment on the proposed Kimball County Budget and a public hearing for setting the Final Property Tax Request. By a 3-0 vote, the commissioners approved the tax request for $3,144,871 at their regular Tuesday meeting. The current levy is 0.449691 while the 2019-20 levy was 0.445032. In regular business, the commissioners received updates on the roads, transit and visitors center. Ron Carr and Kyle Leonard from Pilgrim Media approached the county board to receive...
A woman was killed in a Saturday evening rollover at 7:20 p.m. on Highway 71 in Banner County at mile marker 36. Although the crash is still under investigation, the Nebraska State Patrol reported that the vehicle was southbound and crossed the median and northbound lanes, and that the driver over-corrected and the vehicle rolled. The driver, 33-year-old Margaret Mathison from Idaho, was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger, Jody Morse, 31 from Louisiana, was taken to Regional West Medical Center....
The Plains Historical Society opened its doors Friday afternoon for the public to take a look at work done on the old high school and museum exhibits. The open house brought dozens of people out to meet the AmeriCorps volunteers, who did much of the work, and to see the exhibits....
Good morning! Beautiful summer day in store for us today. Maybe not tomorrow! I found this quote the other day: “ The leaves fall, the wind blows, and the farm country slowly changes from summer cottons into its winter wool.” – by Henry Beston. Says it all, right? One day at a time weather wise right now and football season! The Wildcats will play in Wauneta at 2 p.m. this Friday, September 18th at 2 p.m. Good luck and safe travel to everyone. The Farmers to Families program will also be available on the 18th at 8 a.m. Farmers markets will...
Cindy Rasmussen has been living in her home at 314 S. Washington St for about 12 years. It was her father’s house and she lived there as a child, moved away and then came back to her hometown. She stated that they did not have to do much to the outside of the home, but did a lot of updating to the inside. Cindy’s very well maintained yard is accompanied with hostas and is all ready for fall, which is her favorite time to decorate. In the winter she likes to have succulents out. Cindy is a reg...
The Kimball Lady Longhorn golf team racked up another win in capturing the championship of the Western Trails Conference Tournament held at Mitchell this past Thursday shooting the low team score of 401! Kimball's Payton Wise was the individual champion with her best round of the season to date shooting 41-40=81 and Kimball's top four varsity golfers all made the top ten medal group with Katie Heeg finishing 5th with her round of 50-53=103, Maddie Cook was 8th with a round of 52-54=106, and...
The Banner County Wildcats traveled to Crawford on Friday, Sept. 11. Although the final score was 53-0, in which the Wildcats lost, the one positive, according to Banner County's coach, was that at halftime the score was only 17-0. Coach Charles Jones reported to the Observer that "I thought we played well in the first half, then mental mistakes and penalties in the second half led to the score. I feel that we are improving, but it is a slow process with the young players. We are continuing to...
Kimball’s Boys cross country team was able to earn a third place showing at the Kimball Invitational on Friday, with sophomore Matthew Johnson and senior Connor Cluff leading the Longhorns runners with a seventh and eight place finish respectively. The Bridgeport team earned top honors with 29 points, while the Bayard squad placed second with 34 points. Kimball ended with 37 points, good enough for a third place result. Johnson finished with a time of 21:27 and Cluff finished with a time of 2...
It has been a slow start for Kimball’s Lady Longhorn Volleyball team, coming into last week without a win, and full slate of tough competitors ahead. Coach Ferguson’s team started the week on the road against Bridgeport and Garden County, and dropped both matches without winning a set. The Lady Longhorns gave the undefeated Lady Bulldogs a tough final set, but were unable to close the set out for a victory. Kimball’s fortunes fared no better against a strong Garden County team, falling in two sets 25-16 and 25-12. Junior Amy Birkhofer led t...
Potter-Dix’s Lady Coyote volleyball team had a busy week, traveling to Kimball for a Triangular on Thursday, then traveling for a Quadrangular at Bridgeport on Saturday. On Thursday, the Lady Coyotes lost their first match to a sharp Mitchell team 2-to-0, but then rebounded and defeated Kimball 2-to-1. Sophomore Jayden Shoemaker led the offense with 9 kills and sophomore Lily Tabor had 15 digs in the victory. On Saturday, the girls traveled to Bridgeport and started off against Mitchell, again falling in straight sets 2-to-0. They then faced a...
The Kimball Women’s Golf Association concluded their golf season with a dinner at the Sagebrush followed by awards, checks and final standings. The traditional end of the season “Horse Race” Tournament was won by Klinginsmith/Keeler, Anderson/Robinson placed second, and third and fourth went to Young/Gross and Greenwood/Plover, respectively. The “Horse Race” is a fun, scramble type format but very competitive. The final singles tournament of the season resulted in Pattie Klinginsmith taking the top spot in the Championship Flight with an outsta...