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Articles from the October 12, 2017 edition


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  • And the band played on

    Oct 12, 2017

  • Disturbance call leads to felony arrest

    Dakota Kuhns|Oct 12, 2017

    Officer Mike Winget of the Kimball Police Department responded to a disturbance of unknown nature near Fifth and Jefferson streets on Sunday Oct. 1, just before 11 p.m. Upon arrival at the scene, Winget was approached by Caleb P. Boman, 27, of Kimball. According to the arrest affidavit, Boman stated that he and his partner were involved in a verbal argument regarding his job. Winget stated in the affidavit that Boman denied any physical assault. Officer Winget approached the female party, according to the arrest affidavit she had a few drops...

  • Kimball Friendship Center receives $1,500 grant

    Tonia Copeland|Oct 12, 2017

    Kimball Friendship Senior Center recently received a $1,500 grant from the Immanuel Vision Foundation, part of more than $230,000 in grants given. The Immanuel Vision Foundation in Omaha gave $1,500 to 155 senior programs throughout the state in eight regional Agencies on Aging. "As our population ages, senior centers have increased demands," said Executive Director Rev. Mark Grorud. "The Immanuel Vision Foundation wants to help improve the lives of Nebraska seniors and their families by...

  • NMPP urges City to update net metering policy for consumer-owned alternate energy sources

    Tonia Copeland|Oct 12, 2017

    As alternate sources of energy become more commonplace, the City of Kimball is considering an update to the net metering policy. Net metering allows a consumer to “bank” energy produced by personal solar panels or wind turbines that goes unused at the time of production. Rich Andrysik presented information about net metering at the Sept. 26 Board of Public Works meeting. Andrysik is an engineer employed by the Nebraska Municipal Power Pool (NMPP). Customer-owned renewable energy generation may be net metered in Nebraska, but that energy mus...

  • Winners of the 2017 Farmers Day Baby Photo Contest

    Oct 12, 2017

    Newborn to 11 months: 1st: Jessalyn Snyder, daughter of Dillon and Hannah Snyder 2nd: Oliver Fish, son of Josephine Fish 3rd: Liam Young, son of Chantel Clark and Yancy Young 12-20 months: 1st: Kaci Markum, daughter of Craig & Karissa Markum 2nd: Asher Frederick, son of Shawna Cleveland and Brandon Frederick 3rd: Gabriela Sharples, daughter of Lourdes and Steven Sharples 21-36 months: 1st: Charlee Vrbas, daughter of Farris and Aubrey Vrbas 2nd: Avery Soto, daughter of Courtney Vyhnalek and...

  • Charles D. Winter

    Oct 12, 2017

    Charles"Bryan" Winter, 56, of Dix, died at his home on Thursday, October 5, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with Pastor Dan DeBruyn officiating. Burial will be in the Pine Bluffs Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 8:00 a.m. until service time on Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to the family. Friends can visit www.cantrellfh.com to view the online obituary and leave condolences for the...

  • Roland E. Hendricks

    Oct 12, 2017

    Roland Eugene Hendricks, 65, passed away in Scottsbluff, NE, on October 1, 2017, following a heroic battle with Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP). A Candle Light Memorial will be held Friday, October 13, 5:00pm at Legion Park in Gering, NE. Friends and Family who cannot attend in person can watch on Facebook live by clicking on the link or searching for it (Roland's Candle Light Memorial). Memorials may be made to The Wounded Warrior Project. Online condolences may be left at w...

  • Steve Allison

    Oct 12, 2017

    Memorial services for Steven Allison will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at First Presbyterian Church of Moorcroft, WY with Pastor Monte Reichenberg officiating; inurnment to follow at Moorcroft Cemetery. Steven Michael Allison, 63, of Gillette, passed away Tuesday, October 3, 2017 after battling cancer for over a year. He was born February 22, 1954 in Kimball, Nebraska. The youngest of 5 to Otto and Verda (Southard) Allison. He grew up in Dix, Nebraska and graduated High...

  • Letter to the Editor

    Oct 12, 2017

    This letter was sent to Mayor Prunty and shared with WNO later. Mr. Keith Prunty, I sent you a letter and it was returned to me because I did not have your name. The massage I want to convey is that Mr. Hernandez helped us. Ben and I are seniors and had gone to Agate, NE to see the eclipse. We felt we could not drive home after driving 5 hours in traffic to see the eclipse. It took us four hours to get to Kimball. We were in a long line that was just inching along. Joseph Hernandez came from the opposite direction and (how he picked us out is...

  • Letter to the Editor

    Oct 12, 2017

    I just wanted to share with you how impressed I was with the ELITE OILFIELD presence in the Farmers Day Parade. I am very proud of Mark Green, Spencer Teasley and their team for all they did to show Kimball what young Entrepreneurs can do when they commit to hard work, community and making a difference THANK YOU ELITE OILFIELD and THANK YOU TO ALL THE GREAT PEOPLE WHO BRING US FARMERS DAY EACH YEAR WITHOUT A HITCH!! Kim Baliman...

  • Veteran's History Progect

    Larry Nelson|Oct 12, 2017

    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. William Graves, "Bill" was drafted into the US Military in Battle Creek, MI. He had already had the physical exam at an earlier date. He was aware that things were going on in the world that could actually involve him. Once inducted, Bill and several...

  • Zane R. Pavlica

    Oct 12, 2017

    Zane Richard Pavlica, 67, of Burns, passed away on October 7, surrounded by his loving family. Zane was born in Colorado Springs on June 29, 1950, to Alex and Vyrna Pavlica. He graduated from Burns High School, and was proud to be a member of the school's first state champion basketball team and first ever football team. Zane played college football for the Wyoming Cowboys and the North Texas Screamin' Eagles. He served in Vietnam as an aerovac medic. Zane was a farmer, rancher, and...

  • Big changes in store for Longhorn football next season

    Dakota Kuhns|Oct 12, 2017

    On Wednesday, Oct. 4, a meeting - open to the community, was held to talk about the idea of stepping Kimball Football down from eleven-man to an eight-man team. “Not one person spoke negatively about going to eight-man,” Kimball Activities Director Ken Smith said. “I think everyone understands where we are with our numbers.” According to the Longhorns Head Coach, Ben Aarestad, approximately 20 people attended, most were parents of players, but other interested community members were also in attendance. Coaches and school staff presented reasons...

  • Longhorn runners compete at two conferences back-to-back

    Dakota Kuhns|Oct 12, 2017

    Kimball Cross Country got their share of a workout this past week as the teams headed into Thursday to run their SPVA Conference Meet, and then right back at it on Friday, for their WTC Conference Meet. For the SPVA Meet, ninth place and medaling was Thomas Lenzen with a time of 19:02. Kaden Adrian followed, outside the hardware, with a time of 20:06, Garrett Pedersen 21:23, Nicholas Thomas-Lewis with a time of 21:23, Brady Kilgore 21:24, Cole Henton 22:53, Alexander Flores 25:03, Jordan Cluff...

  • Lady Horns split week with losses at P-D triangular and a win against Morrill

    Dakota Kuhns|Oct 12, 2017

    Lady Longhorns Volleyball played a triangular with Potter-Dix and Bayard on Oct. 3. The first game was against Bayard, Kimball lost in two games, the first set Bayard came away with a 25-19 win, the second ended with Bayard on top again 25-22. Hannah Biesecker was named player of the game, with seven kills, three points, two ace serves, one block and five digs for the Senior. The second game of the day was with Potter-Dix. Kimball came out on the bottom in the two sets with the Coyotes too....

  • Horns outscored at home game Friday night

    Dakota Kuhns|Oct 12, 2017

    Same things over and over again, for the Kimball Longhorns, Friday night under the lights, Bayard handed the Longhorns another loss on the season at home this past Friday. Once again Kimball was out scored 15-0 in the first period, "We cant keep giving teams easy points to start the game and then try to compete to stay into the game," said Coach Aarestad. Kimball was able to hold Bayard to one touchdown in the second with the Longhorns being able to put one up on the board to make it 22-7 at...

  • Moore missed state berth by a few strokes

    Dakota Kuhns|Oct 12, 2017

    The Lady Longhorn golfers had a chilly outing last Monday, Oct. 2, for District Competition at Ogallala. This was the last high school tournament for the three senior girls. Senior Lila Moore shot a 122, which was not her best of the season, but she nearly ended up making it to state - few strokes away. Senior Leisha Casimiro shot a 136, which was good enough for a personal best, and senior Natasha Selves shot a 159. Maddie Cook, and Raven Johnson struggled a bit with nerves and the weather didn’t help out much either, according to coach K...

  • Junior High volleyball teams endure long tough weeks

    Tonia Copeland|Oct 12, 2017

    Kimball’s seventh grade volleyball club participated in a Sept. 19 game against Mitchell during which they lost in two sets, 20-25, 16-25 with Emma Patterson scoring six for the home team. The following week they participated in the Scottsbluff Jamboree with games against Alliance, Scottsbluff and Gering on Sept. 25. The young team struggled against the much larger schools, losing in three sets to Alliance, 6-15, 15-4 and 12-15 before rallying for the first of three sets against Scottsbluff, but ultimately losing again in three sets, 15-9, 1...

  • Coyotes fall to Hay Springs 57-8

    Dakota Kuhns|Oct 12, 2017

    The Coyotes suffered another hard loss on the season. Hay Springs out scored the Coyotes 57-8 in the game over all with keeping Potter Dix scoreless in all but the second quarter. No other information was provided at time of press. Potter-Dix will host Cody-Kilgore tomorrow, Friday for a 1 p.m., kickoff....

  • Lady Coyotes take Caliche in four

    Dakota Kuhns|Oct 12, 2017

    The Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes wrapped up another win against Caliche last Thursday, Oct. 5 at home. The Coyotes won in four sets, PD took the first set with a 16-25 win, and lost the second set 26-24, but it was all Potter-Dix from there, winning the third set 25-19 and the fourth set 25-17. The 13-7 Lady Coyotes will look to take on 3-12 Banner County Wildcats at home Oct. 17....

  • Jock Talk

    Tom Southard|Oct 12, 2017

    Kimball suffered one more loss this past Friday losing 35-13 to visiting Bayard, but this was one of those games where Kimball actually dominated in many categories but still came up short on the scoreboard. A big night for Mitch McKibbon, Bayard quarterback, who played a part in all of the Tiger’s scoring. McKibbon ran for 3 touchdowns and passed for 2 more while amassing 167 yards rushing on 13 carries and connecting on 11 of 19 passes for 82 yards. Izaac Reuter was busy throwing the football and completed 19 of 33 attempts for 187 yards w...

  • Yard of the Week: #1 Crestwood Dr.

    Oct 12, 2017