Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Another successful Farmers Day is in the books with a standout parade, Fun Run, demolition derby, and Kimball Kamakazee Fly-in to name just a few activities held during the packed weekend. There was free food for all, with the pancake breakfast at the Eagles and the annual free hamburger feed at lunch time. The Fun Run was a huge success, with 130 registered and 117 participating, and everyone finished in good health, according to organizer Tiffany Johnson. She added that some may have been a...
A local livestock judging team will compete at a national competition in January. The team of Tyler Shaw of Kimball, Rowdy Keller and Clay Keller, formerly of Kimball, and Payton Flower of Scottsbluff, won district by a landslide and took second place in the Nebraska 4-H competition held in July. Additionally, they won different species contests and they placed sixth, ninth, 10th and 15th individually at the competition. The win qualified the team for the Ak-Sar-Ben contest last weekend and the team performed well, according to Tessa Shaw, a 20...
The 1970s and 1980s bring several things to mind - disco, big hair and running. Wait? Running? Running was a popular activity during the time, according to local retired teacher Patrick O'Brien, for whom running has been a major part of life. "I was a runner before I moved back to Kimball and I had ran in a few fun runs," he said. "BJ (Peters) was a runner here, and so he and I worked out together and we would go around the panhandle and run in some of the fun runs." The inspiration to...
Panhandle Coop Association, doing business as Main Street Market Kimball, Scottsbluff and Torrington, Wyo., was honored with the most prestigious award Sept. 18 in Omaha at the CenturyLink Center in conjunction with the 84th Annual Affiliated Foods Midwest (AFM) Fall Food Show. Panhandle Coop was proudly recognized with a Retailer of the Year Award among a crowd of fellow retailers, vendors and Affiliated Foods Midwest management and staff. The Retailer of the Year Award is presented to the...
The Best Concrete Solutions, a contractor hired by the City of Kimball, works this week on the wall of the large drainage ditch that runs north of Kimball. During the last big rainstorm, one section of the wall collapsed....
More than 20 veterans from World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War were escorted by nearly as many guardians on their way through Nebraska for their Honor Flight. Riders with the Nebraska Patriot Guard from Scottsbluff and Sidney met last Thursday at Shopko in Kimball, which allowed the riders from the Scottsbluff area to return home while those from Sidney escorted the veterans into Colorado. In Colorado, they were met by riders from the Colorado Patriot Guard, according to lead ride...
Kathryn G Rasmussen, 91, of Kimball, died Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, at the Kimball County Manor. Kathryn Rasmussen was born to Carrie and Charles Petersen Nov. 6, 1923, in Cheyenne, Wyo. Her mother, brother Wayne and she lived with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Glassburn, ten miles west of Lorenzo and one half mile south. She attended District 10 School through the 9th grade. Entering into Sidney High School she worked for her board & room. She graduated from High School in 1942....
There were 14 participants in the state fair with ties to Kimball and Banner counties. The following are the results for each participant. Sarinda Bateman of Kimball: Blue Ribbon for 4H Consumer and Family Science - 4H Portfolio Pathways - Original Acrylic Painting. Chloe Berger of Kimball: Blue Ribbon for 4H Consumer and Family Science - 4H Sketchbook Crossroads - Original Pencil or Chalk Drawing. Maddie Cook of Bushnell: Blue Ribbon for 4H Poultry - 4H Poultry - Egg Contest, Blue Ribbon for...
Blue Jeans. Neil Diamond sang about them in 1979. All have worn them. Once banned from schools, jeans are now a wardrobe staple. But what happens to old jeans? Hand me downs, maybe. Give them to someone who can use them, good idea. Some retail stores will offer a discount on new jeans if old jeans are brought to the store in exchange. Find a crafty person who will use the denim for new projects. For example, potholders, aprons, and even quilts can be created using old jeans. Store them for a future garage sale. Another option is to recycle them...
A parade, plenty of food, games and fun, a K9 demonstration, demolition derby and even a wedding reception - yes, a wedding reception - were part of the 89th annual Farmers Day celebration last weekend. Check out additional photos in this week's edition of The Western Nebraska Observer....
Potter-Dix swept through the competition to win its own tournament last Saturday. The Lady Coyotes (9-2) defeated Pine Bluffs, Crawford and Morrill on their way to a 3-0 day and tournament championship. The homesteading team opened play with a 25-17 and 25-17 win over Pine Bluffs. Dawson Sharman led the team offensively with six kills and two aces, while Anna McLaughlin added two kills in the win. Lanie Thies had a team-high 22 assists and Regyn Hicks led the Lady Coyotes with 13 digs as they...
Kimball roared back from a 12-0 fourth quarter deficit to take a 13-12 advantage, but the lead did not last long as Bayard came back to defeat the Longhorns, 24-13, last Friday at Keith Staehr Field. Bayard (2-3) led 12-0 as Kimball began its last drive of the third quarter, with 4:21 on the clock. Quarterback Tyler Magninie gained three yards on the ground to start the drive, which received a blow when Dakota Flores was tossed for a loss of five yards on the very next play. Magninie found...
POTTER - Potter-Dix started out hot but ultimately fell to Hay Springs, 58-16, last Friday. The chilly night started out well for the Coyotes (0-4) as they quickly got on the scoreboard. With only three minutes off the clock, quarterback Noah Nelson marched Potter-Dix up the field for the first touchdown of the game. Nelson completed the two-point conversion pass to Kelsey Rozelle as the Coyotes took an 8-0 lead. The Hawks (1-3) quickly answered that score. The Coyotes made their march up the field challenging, as they hounded them with tough...
It was a busy week for the Kimball cross country teams last week with meets in Ogallala and Scottsbluff. The Kimball boys finished sixth in Scottsbluff and eighth in Ogallala, while the girls finished fifth in Scottsbluff and eighth in Ogallala. "A lot of the kids continue to make personal records and beat them, and they are all running very well," said Kimball coach Tiffany Johnson. "We are really excited for the coming meets to see how we do." Sidney won the boys meet in Ogallala, with...
The Kimball girls golf team finished out the regular season at the Bridgeport Tournament where Lila Moore shot 136 and Natasha Selves 160. Hard to believe but the girls golf season is almost over as district play for the two Kimball girls is this coming Tuesday at the West Winds Course in Ogallala....
Three Banner County cross country competitors medaled in their respective divisions at last Tuesday's meet in Scottsbluff. Courtney Knisley medaled with a 19th place finish in the varsity girls race. She finished with a time of 23:22.18. The two other Banner runners who medaled were Deven Sullivan and Riley Little in the boys junior high race. Sullivan finished eighth in 11:55.78, while Little took 10th place in 12:08.44. Other results for Banner included Gregory Blickensderfer, who finished...
It was a tough week for the Kimball volleyball team as the Lady Longhorns fell in home matches to Alliance, Gering and Sidney. "We were disappointed that we did not win these games," said Kimball volleyball coach Jeri Ferguson. "We feel that we had the ability to do so but in the end we made too many mistakes – too many missed serves and too many unforced errors. "For the varsity, we did not play very well against Gering, but I was very proud of how they bounced back and competed extremely w...
Shay White serves during a match held earlier this season. The Banner County volleyball team fell at Hyannis last Friday in its lone match of the week. The Lady Wildcats (1-8) lost by scores of 25-12, 25-10 and 25-16. No statistics or other information was available at press time. Banner is back in action tonight (Thursday) at South Platte and also travels to Morrill on Saturday....
A year-end combined scramble closed out league play for both the Thursday Men’s Association and the Four Winds Men’s Association this past Sunday at the Four Winds Golf Course. A total of 24 golfers participated and the pairings were evidently mighty good as it took extra holes to determine the winners among the middle three teams. The winning team of Lynn Anthony, Pat O’Brien, Don Trofholz, Gary Haack, and Bill Shain shot a score of 60, leaving no doubt as to their status. The next three teams all shot 63 however and after playoffs, the team...
The Potter-Dix volleyball team split a pair of matches last Tuesday in the Paxton Invitational. The Lady Coyotes (9-2) opened play with a 25-10, 17-25 and 25-16 win over Wauneta-Palisade. Alexus Rozelle led the team offensively with nine kills, and also chipped in with a team-high 19 defensive digs. Dawson Sharman led the team with four aces, while Lanie Thies had a team-high 24 assists and two blocks. The Lady Coyotes dropped just their second match of the season in the championship tilt as the...
Rodney Rasgorshek of Kimball was awarded a coveted Wally on Saturday, Sept. 19. Rasgorshek won the Race of Champions and was the Super Pro points leader at the Julesburg dragstrip. He competed against 15 racers to win the Super Pro class race of champions during the NHRA division 5 ET finals. Here Rasgorshek is pictured with his wife, Rhonda, and step-daughter, Maddison....