Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Although the Friday night of Farmers Day started with a downpour and caused quick rearranging all over town, by the end of the weekend a great deal of fun and excitement had been enjoyed by all. According to Farmer's Day chairperson Assunta Calise, the Friday night soup supper at the Senior Center was well attended and very likely ran out of soup before calling it a night. The Goodhand Theater showed 'Ice Age: Collison Course' and was a nearly packed house giving the kids something to do the nig...
Everything changes - evolves really. Everything from popular hairstyles to electronics change, and newspapers must do the same. The Western Nebraska Observer is evolving, and next week we will unveil our newest change – a compact, easier to handle format measuring approximately 11 by 22 inches. This fun new design mirrors the sizes of many newspapers across the nation that have already made this change - including the New York Times. This new size won’t effect the amount of local news in the Observer, and the print will remain as easy on you...
VFW Post #2243, which began in October 1931, is secure and will not be closing any time soon. This is the news shared following a visit from State VFW officials Sept. 7-10. The officials came to the area to increase membership and activity at the local post. According to lifetime VFW member, and longtime leader, Joe Hernandez, the leadership roles have been handed over to capable, young veterans. “I am thankful and appreciate those people that wanted to join the post,” Hernandez said. “We have a new, young generation that are energetic and a...
Previously a Kimball student, Mark Schnell recently coordinated the world's largest movement of F-35s to date – and loosely compared it to scheduling a trip to watch the Huskers play. Following his 2002 graduation from Kimball High School, Schnell, son of James and Julie Schnell, joined the United States Air Force through the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program at Kansas State University, where he was attending college. "I initially entered the service through ROTC for two primary r...
Health conscious members of the Potter Cross-Fit club sought continued use of the Potter High School from board members during the Sept. 12 Board of Education meeting. Potter resident Amy Jones addressed the board requesting that the school be kept available for Cross-Fit training. She explained that she had seen it on the agenda, listed as item #H.6. that the school’s facility usage guidelines would be discussed and she wanted to be present, along with other residents who are active in the Cross-Fit Training program. “What is being rev...
Cornelius "Corky" Koch, 84, of Kimball, died at Kimball Health services on Friday, September 23, 2016. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016 at St. Mary's Cathedral in Cheyenne, Wyoming with The Most Reverend Paul D. Etienne, DD, STL officiating. Christian Wake Service will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday at St. Mary's Cathedral with the Very Reverend August Koeune officiating. A memorial has been established to the Korean War Veterans Memorial at korea...
According to the 2015 annual report on traffic crash facts prepared by the Highway Safety and Accident Records Section of the Nebraska Department of Roads, 72 percent of all fatalities on the road in 2015 involved male drivers ranging in age from 15 to 34. When it comes to injuries only, men represented 55.9 percent of the drivers in crashes that did not result in a fatality making non-fatality crashes by men only slightly more common than women drivers. Nevertheless, women still make up the largest percentage (54.4 percent) of injured...
I went to lunch with my father last week and he said something that really stuck with me. He said, “if you can’t trust your doctor, who can you trust” and I was thinking, well, yeah, you sure in the heck can’t trust your doctor. Doctors are humans; doctors are fallible. I believe that people who are naive enough to trust that their doctors are infallible are likely to be severely disappointed in life. If you truly believe that your doctor, judges, police, teacher, parents, friends are one hundred percent accurate one hundred percent of the time...
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. Michael Farella (Mike) had reached the age of twenty-four and since high school had done work in several different fields. He wasn't sure where he was headed in life. He had worked three years in the electrical field. He called the US Navy recruiting...
More than 115 students from 10 area high schools roamed the range two miles north of Dix on Wednesday, Sept. 14, to gain real world experience on the range. These students were invited to judge rangeland, owned by Robert Lee, for the area FFA Range Judging competition, sponsored by the South Platte Natural Resources District, North Platte Natural Resources District, Upper Niobrara White Natural Resources District, the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the University of Nebraska -...
Dawn Moeser, representative of Keep Kimball Beautiful and Observer staff, Aleta Pearson, present this week's Pride of Kimball, Yard of the Week to Betty and Jim Shulte. The Shulte's bought their home 31 years ago and haven't stopped working on it since then. Although Betty insists the yard looked better weeks ago, it is still graced with purple cosmos, lily, hosta, mexican hat coneflower, geranimum and much more from the summer. Fall blooming flowers of purple and yellow mums are just starting...
The Lady Coyotes are now 13-1 for the season following their latest winning streak beginning on Saturday, Sept. 17 against Creek Valley and concluding at the Potter-Dix invite against Morrill, Crawford and Pine Bluffs on Saturday, Sept. 24. The intense athleticism of the Lady Coyotes was on display when they battled the Creek Valley Storm. Lanie Thies kept her teammates set up with a total of 29 assists to her name. Dawson Sharman dominated at the net with 14 kills to her credit, followed by...
The Lady Longhorns took to the road on Sept. 10 for the Gordon-Rushville Invite beginning the day with two wins but ending with two losses. They first battled the Bridgeport Lady Bulldogs for a win in three sets – 15-25, 25-20, 27-25. In those three sets, Hannah Biesecker led the Lady Horns with 17 kills and 2 blocks followed by teammate Raelynn Hinton with six kills. Justine Heeg added 13 assists and Jannel Fiehtner served up nine points. Fresh off that win the Kimball ladies took control of t...
With nine tournaments completed the Kimball Girl's Golf team has had a positive improvement year. At the start of the year, Lila Moore was getting back into the swing of things but struggling a little from little practice over the summer. Moore began her season shooting a 154. As the practices and tournaments progressed, she quickly improved and showed a very positive attitude. Moore ended regular season having a personal best of 114. Moore received one medal for 10th place this year at the WTC...
State ranked Hershey shut out visiting Kimball 25-0 this past Friday night leaving the Longhorns looking for that first win and hoping it comes this Friday night when they host a tough Bridgeport Bulldog team. A stingy Hershey defense allowed Kimball a mere 77 yards of offense while attaining 236 total yards of their own. The winners prevailed in almost every category, but give the Horns credit for playing hard and especially for their defensive effort according to coach Nick Kuxhausen....
In their first year playing six-man football, the Potter-Dix Coyotes suffered another loss, 54-6, last week when they hosted the Sioux County Warriors on Friday, Sept. 16. The Coyotes struggled from the very beginning, allowing their opponents 20 in the first quarter, but they were able to add six to the scoreboard themselves. In the second the Warriors ran away with an additional 28 on the board and finished that off with another six following halftime – all unanswered. Sioux County’s speed challenged the younger Coyotes, according to coa...
Banner County faced more than tough opposition during their away game at Hay Springs last Friday, Sept. 23. Head coach Charles Jones said, “The game was shortened due to weather, the weather conditions were not good, lots of wind, rain then the lightning came in as well and that is what prompted the game ending where it was at.” In addition to challenging weather conditions, the Wildcats had trouble maintaining ball control, with five turnovers, according to Jones. “We turned the ball over too many times and failed to recover an onside kick....
With a short turn around time between the Alliance and Scottsbluff races the Banner County runners competed in Scottsbluff on Tuesday, Sept. 20 against runners from Scottsbluff, Gering, Bridgeport, Kimball, Chadron, Mitchell, Bayard, Hemingford, Crawford and Minatare. Josh Boston ran the Alliance 5K course in 20:27 and Courtney Knisley ran the same one in 23:44, though the Scottsbluff course was more difficult for both, as Boston ran a 21:39 and Knisley 24:12. Coach Kari Gifford said, “Josh and Courtney were a little disappointed with their t...
Kimball cross country runners continue improving through three meets last week, beginning with Alliance. On Tuesday, Sept. 20 the athletes competed at the Scottsbluff meet. Kimball’s team, consisting only of boys, competed against nearly 90 athletes from 12 area high schools and place two in the top ten. Brandon Barker finished in third place with a run time of 17:39, while teammate Zachery Wagner finished tenth with a time of 18:36. “Our athletes continue to improve each time out. They have been working hard and the last week they had a lot of...
