Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Ivana Valle was crowned homecoming queen, while Damien Rutledge was crowned homecoming king at halftime of Friday's football game. Pictured, from left, are: Alexis Gawith, Michael Ferguson, Ivana Valle, Damien Rutledge, Jaycie Walker and Jonathan Withrow....
It's Spiderman, Batwoman, a tooth and Nerds? Or maybe it's a bunch of Kimball High School students dressed in quite an array of costumes last Thursday for Costume Day, which was held during homecoming week....
It is the beginning of a new fiscal year, and the City of Kimball recently passed a new budget. The budget for the 2014-2015 fiscal year is $24,809,594.95, a huge jump from the roughly $8 million the city spent last year. “The budget that is proposed has to reflect not only the projects that we plan to do, but also have some room for emergency situations that may arise. We have to propose our budget and if we don’t plan for these projects and propose them, we won’t get the funding,” said City Administrator Daniel Ortiz. The city has several pla...
Just before 1 a.m. on Sept. 30, a vehicle struck an electrical pole near the cemetery and caused a power outage through parts of Kimball for five or more hours. The driver fled the scene of the accident. The city was without power until almost 6 a.m. However, even after that the western portion of downtown was still experiencing issues with power from Chestnut to Burg streets. According to City Administrator Daniel Ortiz, everyone’s power was back on by 8 a.m. with the exception of three businesses. The power outage did not affect the hospital...
Three railroad workers investigate the train car derailment that occurred Thursday, Oct. 2. No other information was available as of press time....
Fire Prevention Week 2014 is this week, and local fire departments are spreading awareness by talking about this year’s theme, which emphasizes smoke detector safety. The Kimball Fire Department visited Mary Lynch Elementary school and taught children about fire safety on Wednesday. The fire department also hosted an open house at the fire station on Wednesday evening. It is important for fire safety to be taught at a young age, said Steve Watson, a Kimball Fire Department representative. Teaching fire safety at a young age will allow it to b...
The Kimball City and County Park and Recreation Executive and Operating Boards met Sept. 30 for the purpose of looking at management proposals for the Four Winds Golf Course Pro Shop. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently told the city and county that the relationship with the Four Wind Pro Shop management was more of an employee relationship rather than that of an individual contractor. “We were told by the IRS that the city either needed to absorb the pro shop manager as a city or county employee, or we needed to make some changes to t...
The City of Kimball’s Electric Department will finalize some repairs to the city’s electric distribution system. The repairs stem from last week’s accident that damaged a utility pole and caused a power outage around 1 a.m. last Tuesday. While the repairs are completed, some businesses and homes may have their electricity disrupted. Repairs are expected to start around 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 9. The repairs should take approximately 45-60 minutes to complete. The city will attempt to limit any disruptions, but there is the potential that...
Tammy Land, Laurie Spicer and Megan Spicer sell Booster Club apparel during last week's volleyball game....
Don Stenberg touted his office’s transparency and reduction in spending as two reasons why he should be re-elected state treasurer during a stop last week in Kimball. Stenberg, the incumbent, faces two challengers in the race - Democrat Michael J. O’Hara and Libertarian Michael Knebel. Last Wednesday’s stop was part of a five-day tour of the state that saw him visit many towns, from east to west and then back across. Stenberg has spent four years as the state treasurer. His career spans more than three decades in which he has worked in priva...
Richard Takeshi Yanaga, 63, of Kimball, died Sept. 26, 2014 at Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colo., following a brief illness. Richard was born Aug. 12, 1951 in Denver, Colo., the son of Tom T. and Doris K. (Matsuno) Yanaga. He was a graduate of Mapleton High School in Denver. He married Jean A. Mueller on Jan. 1, 1993 in Lakewood, Colo. Richard was a hard worker and held a variety of jobs during his life, including retail sales, landscape design and maintenance, property...
British documentary film maker and author Tim Slessor will be in Kimball on Sunday, Oct. 19, to speak at the Kimball Public Library as part of Chadron State College's pilot Practitioner-in-Residence program. Doors will open to the public at 2 p.m. Tickets are not required. After military service in Britain's Green Berets, Tim Slessor went "up" to Cambridge. Three years later, on graduation, he set out with five friends to drive overland from the English Channel to Singapore - in two work-provided Land Rovers. It was a journey which had been att...
Kimball's Bruce Gilliland was inducted into the Nebraska Golf Hall of Fame this past Monday evening in ceremonies held at the Country Club of Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska. Bruce, who turned age 97 just three days earlier, was not up to making the trip but was represented by his wife Wilma and son Steven who accepted the honor in his behalf. Wilma is familiar with the procedure as she was inducted back in 1993. Others on hand with Kimball ties included Mike and Denise Nelson, with Mike speaking...
Kimball's Jaycie Walker added two more major accomplishments to her list of golfing goals by earning top ten medals at both the Best in the West Tournament held at Gering this past week and then her most monumental achievement of finishing top ten at the District Tournament in Ogallala this past Monday. What an outstanding season this has been for the Kimball High senior who took up the sport just last year! After shooting top ten medal rounds in 8 of 9 tournaments, she qualified for the elite...
The Kimball High football team treated a homecoming crowd to a 33-6 Longhorn victory this past Friday evening extending their season record to 4 and 2. On a near perfect football evening, Jon Withrow ran for 175 yards and 4 touchdowns on 20 rushing attempts averaging 8.8 yards per carry. The shifty and hard running senior back has moved into the number one spot in the school record books for rushing yards and touchdowns scored and at season end we will update you readers with the final total....
Special teams set the tone early on Friday night. Minatare scored touchdowns on a pair of kickoff returns and a punt return in the first quarter and went on to defeat Banner County, 66-31. The scoring started off quickly as Minatare's Yovan Perez opened the game with a kickoff return to give the homestanding Indians a 6-0 lead with just 13 ticks off the clock. Banner's first possession ended on an interception, but the Wildcats stopped the Indians on the ensuing drive. The Wildcats drove to the...
The Burns Lady Broncs Volleyball Team came to Kimball this past Thursday evening and demonstrated why they are 12-3 on the season and coming off a championship of the always tough Potter-Dix Tournament. The Broncs won in three by scores of 25-14 25-21 26-24. With the exception of the first game, the Kimball girls played well, but the Broncs simply returned everything hit at them. They played error free in that first set. Some unforced serving errors hurt the Lady Longhorns in the second set,...
The Kimball High Cross Country Team ran at Gothenburg this past week and the coaches were elated that every runner ran a season best personal best time. In a large field of 24 teams and l45 boys, Ryan Muneio broke under the 18 minute mark to run a best time of 17:59 for 15th place and a medal. Freshman Kaden Adrian ran 67th in 20:34, Rowdy Keller 92nd in 21:16, Joel Evertson 93rd in 21:18, Jordan Greenwood 100th in 21:35, and Joseph Pagan 140th in 27:09. In the girl's division the Kimball team...