Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Kimball County was recently named the unhealthiest county in Nebraska, based on information gathered by CountyHealthRankings.org – even though the ratings included data from just 78 of 93 counties in the state. According to the report, local residents report feeling physically or mentally ill more often than the national average. “Of course this is a subject that has certainly caught our eye and we met with the health department,” said Ken Hunter, CEO of Kimball Health Services. “We know things can improve in Western Nebraska, and we, as the...
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts touted manufacturing in a brief Kimball stop last Friday afternoon. The governor visited and spoke at George Risk Industries, a manufacturer in Kimball for 50 years. It was his third of three stops on the day, which also included Nucor Steel in Norfolk and Sargent Pipe Company in Broken Bow. Ricketts was accompanied on the trip by Joseph Young, the executive vice president the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He also heads Vision Nebraska, and the...
Kimball High School can boast another award-winning educator in Spanish teacher Patricia Sulú. Sulú was named the "Spanish Teacher of the Year" by the Nebraska Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese during the Nebraska State World Language Conference in Omaha last Saturday. Letters of recommendation were sent to the conference on Sulú's behalf by co-educator Patricia Randolph, Kimball High School principal Eugene Hanks and a former student Jacob Zitterkopf. "I am grateful for her (R...
Keeping busy has never been an issue for Larry Stahla. The Kimball resident has been involved in a number of activities over the years, and remains active in many of them today. "I have been involved in a lot of things. I was very active in the Jaycees when I was young," Stahla said. "Bill Batterton and I were co-chairmen on the Oliver Reservoir project, a time consuming and long project, but it worked out fine. I was chairman of Farmers Day four times, twice in the '70s and twice less than a...
The Kimball County Commissioners appointed Austin Garner as the new veterans service officer at Tuesday’s regularly scheduled meeting. Garner recently returned to Nebraska after spending time in the Army overseas, where he was a flight paramedic. He was discharged in July. Prior to his time in the Army, Garner served the LaVista Fire Department as a firefighter and paramedic. Since his return to Kimball, he recently joined the Kimball County Ambulance Service. Garner is also a graduate of the University of Nebraska. The new VSO said he o...
Producers of perennial forage and fall-seeded small grains must submit their 2016 acreage report for those crops to their county Farm Service Agency and to their crop insurance agent by Nov. 15, 2015 according to Robert J. Nagel, Kimball County Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director. Crop acreage reports are essential to maintaining eligibility for multiple FSA program benefits and establishing a record of historically cropping. “Timely acreage reporting not only maintains a producer’s eligibility for traditional conservation, price sup...
Fall is here and the South Platte Natural Resources District is ready to receive orders for conservation trees. Conservation trees and shrubs are a great way to buffer noise and provide privacy and beauty to the landscape. Every year the Natural Resources Districts from across the State of Nebraska help to plant nearly a million trees. Over four million trees have been planted in the South Platte NRD since 1977. Several varieties of bareroot trees are available. The Colorado Blue Spruce and Ponderosa Pine along with Black Walnut and Cottonwood...
Wendall Gaston, a former three-term Sidney mayor and long-time pharmacist from Sidney, recently announced that he will be a candidate for the open seat of the 47th District of the Nebraska Legislature in 2016. Gaston is currently serving his fourth term on the Sidney City Council and has been involved in numerous local, state and national organizations. He will be traveling the district over the next three months on a “listening tour” to gather information about the needs and concerns of the citizens of the 47th District. He was born and rai...
Katheryn Nelson, 93 of Potter, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015 at Sidney Regional Medical Center, Extended Care. Katheryn Moore (Hagemeister) Nelson was born to Chas. Heinrich Hagemeister and Mabel Grace (Moore) Hagemeister on Jan. 28, 1922. She was born in the home of her maternal grandparents, Samuel Henry Moore and Anna Katherine Moore of Aurora. Katheryn and her family resided on a farm in Ovid, Colo., up until four years of age when they...
Arne R. Christensen, 86, of Kimball, died at his home in Kimball on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. Arne Ray Christensen was born in Kimball on Oct. 26, 1928, the son of Niels and Laura (Timm) Christensen. Arne was raised in Kimball and attended the Kimball schools. He graduated from the Kimball County High School in 1947. He then attended the University of Wyoming at Laramie and played football as a walk on freshman. He attended Wilton Bakery School in Chicago. Arne was drafted into the U.S. Army...
Carolyn (Howard) Thompson left this world to meet her Lord on Sept. 27, 2015 while residing at the Golden Living Center, at the age of 87 years. She had been battling cancer, which had gone undiagnosed for quite some time. Carolyn Thompson was born in Scottsbluff to George A. Howard and Goldie A. (Randall) Howard on Sept. 20, 1928. She attended Gering public schools and graduated from Gering High School in 1946 with office practice and math majors. She married James H. "Jim" Thompson of...
The National Fire Protection Association established Fire Prevention Week to memorialize the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 – a blaze that burned more than 2,000 acres over the course of two days, took more than 250 lives and left 100,000 homeless. At the same time the Peshtigo fire blazed through 16 towns in northeast Wisconsin, killing 1,152 and burning 1.2 million acres. In 1911 the Fire Marshals Association of North America, known today as the International Fire Marshals Association, chose the anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire to inform the...
Banner County finished 34th and Kimball took 44th at the state range judging competition held last week in Scottsbluff. The Banner County team consisted of Savannah Jordan, Jacque Stauffer, Bailee Underhill and Sierra Flores. Jordan led Banner with 384 individual points in the competition. Stauffer had 346, Underhill scored 339 and Flores had 335. The top three scores count as the team score, and Banner totalled 1,069 as a team. Kimball's team consisted of Joel Evertson, Zach Wagner, Heidi...
Two local families were recently recognized for their excellence in conservation practices at the 2015 Nebraska Association of Resources Districts (NARD) Annual Conference held at the Younes Conference Center held Sept. 28-29 in Kearney. Recognized at the Monday luncheon were Doug and Theresa Keller, formerly of Kimball, and Steve Schumacher of Dalton. Doug and Theresa Keller won the Outstanding Grassland Award after being nominated by the South Platte NRD. The award acknowledges those individua...
Congratulations to Kimball High School's September Student of the Month, Christopher Pile. Throughout high school, Chris has been involved in many activities. For four years he has been playing saxophone in band and jazz band. He has also been taking piano lessons and playing the piano for as long as he can remember. Chris has been involved in Interact Club for four years and was an officer for one year. He has also been heavily involved in sports only not as a player. Chris has served as a mana...
Gene Mohr's first period shop class works daily on the design for the Jim Robinson Memorial at the west parking lot of the Kimball Junior/Senior High School. Students, with Mohr's supervision and assistance, are building the framing for the curved concrete wall....
Sara Gingerich of Dix was one of 21 members named to the Youth Advisory Council for Congressman Adrian Smith. Gingerich is a senior at Potter-Dix High School. The congressman's office announced the complete list of advisory council members late last week. The council members will serve for the 2015-16 school year. Smith's Youth Advisory Council is a forum for high school students to discuss opinions, thoughts and concerns about local and federal issues with Smith throughout the school year....
Medicare Part D drug coverage costs the government and beneficiaries far less than originally projected by using competition between insurance companies to improve quality and reduce costs. People with Medicare can learn about Part D and find out how to reduce their own costs at a presentation about comparing drug plans for 2015. Nebraska Senior Health Insurance Information Program is sponsoring “Choose the Right Medicare Drug Plan” on Oct. 29 at the Bemis Drug conference room in Kimball. The event is open to people with Medicare, their caregiv...
Kimball rallied for its first win of the season last Friday in Cambridge. The Longhorns erased a 13-0 deficit and came back for a 14-13 victory. "I thought the guys played really well," said Kimball football coach Nick Kuxhausen. "We had a tough start getting down 13-0 in the second quarter, but kept fighting and cut the deficit to 13-6 at halftime. We scored right out of halftime and took the lead with 14-13. Our defense played really well and kept us the lead for the rest of the game."...
The Kimball varsity volleyball team rolled to a 3-0 win at Burns last Thursday in its only action of the week. The Lady Longhorns won 25-14, 25-18 and 25-17 to improve to 11-4 on the season. The Kimball junior varsity and freshman teams also picked up wins at Burns. "Both Coach (Erin) Monheiser and myself were very pleased with all the girls' plays at Burns," said Kimball volleyball coach Jeri Ferguson. "It was great to sweep them because it doesn't happen very often. The freshmen have improved...
POTTER - Potter-Dix found three different ways to win Thursday night. The Lady Coyotes (12-2) won a nip and tuck battle in game one, roared back from a 7-1 deficit in game two and jumped out to the early lead in game three to sweep visiting Creek Valley 25-20, 25-19 and 25-16. Potter-Dix coach Sarah Dvorak said her team started a bit slow, but eventually got rolling by game three. "It took us two full sets to get where we needed to be," she said. "The third set was where we usually start out....
The Kimball boys cross country team finished seventh and the girls placed 11th at the Gothenburg Invitational last week. "We were pleased with how are runners competed at Gothenburg, especially Brandon (Barker) for finishing 10th," Kimball cross country coach Tiffany Johnson said. "Gothenburg allowed us to see some of the schools that we will run against at districts. We are looking forward to the SPVA and WTC meets this Thursday and Friday as it will allow us to see more of our district...
In Kimball Junior High football action to report, Kimball suffered losses to Mitchell with the 7th grade falling 24-0 and the 8th grade losing 40-26. Coach Dane Wurdeman said the 7th grade team “Had a tough loss.” “Mitchell has a really nice football team this year. Lots of size and numbers. Ethan Ratzlaff almost broke a long run for us in our first series and ran tough the entire game. Scott Hunsaker did a nice job playing the middle linebacker and quarterback positions for us. He likes to hit people. Javon Coyle is getting better at defen...
The Banner County volleyball team picked up its second win of the season last week as it topped Sioux County in the Morrill tournament. The Lady Wildcats opened play in the Saturday tournament with a 2-1 win over Sioux County. They won by scores of 24-26, 25-10 and 25-13. Paige Cross led the team offensively with nine kills, while MaKenna Dahlgrin chipped in with seven kills and two blocks. Shay White led the way with three aces. Savannah Jordan and Cross had six assists each. The Lady Wildcats then dropped a 25-20 and 25-9 match to Morrill in...
Banner County had three runners medal last week at the Bayard cross country Invitational. Courtney Knisley finished seventh in the varsity girls race with a time of 21:46. She once again medaled in the meet. Knisley was not too far behind the winner, Sabrina Juma of Torrington (Wyo.), who took the top spot in 20:26. In the boys varsity race, Micah Wicker finished 36th in 21:14 and Josh Boston took 46th place in 22:17. Jorge Garcia of Pine Bluffs (Wyo.) won the race in 16:32. Kylie Lohrer medaled in the girls junior high race, finishing ninth...