Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Sorted by date Results 1 - 21 of 21
Former Kimball Police Chief Darren Huff’s last day as an employee of the City of Kimball was Thursday, Oct. 6, according to City Administrator Daniel Ortiz. Huff tendered his resignation, dated October 7, 2016, and addressed to the Kimball Mayor and City Council, which reads in part: “It is with mixed emotions that I resign from the position of Kimball’s Police Chief. I am ready to move forward with the next chapter of my life and making more time for my family.” The resignation letter alluded to two complaints that may have been forward...
According to Sherry Winstrom, County Assessor, Stanard Appraisal Services Inc., began reappraising rural residential properties on September 19. Three groups, with each group consisting of both Kimball County and Stanard employees, then went out into three different directions. In their first week they were able to complete 28 of the 35 townships in Kimball County, covering 250 of the 450 parcels that needed reappraisal. Annette Morgan, one of the representatives from the assessors office said, “These farmers are just great. They have no p...
Kimball loves to see her children come back home. Past Kimball graduate Emily Stull did just that. Like many Kimball graduates, Emily Stull moved away to attend college following high school graduation. She attended WNCC in Scottsbluff, where she completed her nursing prerequisites, then followed up in North Platte where she completed her studies while working at the hospital in the dialysis unit, before moving to the Denver area to begin working in her chosen field, nursing. She returned to...
Santa’s Helpers are busy preparing for his annual trek to Kimball and they have a busy and fun-filled season planned! “We are bringing back a lot of events that I used to do when I was at the Chamber,” board member Kim Baliman said. “We really do think this is going to be a fun, small-town Christmas event.” Some of those events include a tour of homes, the Mr. and Mrs. Scrooge contest, a wreath/tree auction, the table setting contest and, of course, the Parade of Lights. “They are trying to tie the theme into the Farmer’s Day theme,” Baliman sa...
Winter weather is coming, sooner rather than later. Kimball County Sheriff Harry Gillway shared some important winter driving safety tips. Preparing ahead of time is key, and Gillway added that getting your car serviced is important for the winter ahead. · Have your tires checked. · Have your brakes checked. · Have your battery checked. · Have your cooling system thoroughly checked. · Have your windshield washer reservoir filled. Keep extra on hand in your vehicle. · Have your windshield wipers and defrosters checked. “Your service person...
Although normal business was quite typical for the Kimball County Board of Commissioners, discussion and action items for the Board proved to be more diverse during their first bi-monthly meeting of October. The first item up for discussion was the consideration of purchasing new blinds for the entire courthouse. Before discussion began, it was announced throughout the court house that the item was up for discussion. Several court house employees came to the meeting to be present for the deliberation. Three bids were returned and read,...
Kenneth L. Bowman, 83, of Kimball, died at his home in Kimball on Monday, October 3, 2016. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, October 7, 2016 at the Kimball Cemetery with Pastor Carla Gunn officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday from 1:00 until 6:00 p.m. Please visit www.cantrellfh.com to view Kenneth’s Tribute Wall and leave condolences and stories for the family. Memorials have been established to the Cheyenne VA at 2360 E. Pershing Blvd., Cheyenne, WY., 82001. The services for Kenneth have been e...
A school superintendent told his assistant superintendent, “Next Thursday at 10:30 a.m., Halley’s Comet will appear over this area. This is an event which occurs only once every 75 years. Call the school principals and have them assemble their teachers and classes on their athletic fields and explain this phenomenon to them. If it rains, then cancel the day’s observation and have the classes meet in the auditorium to see a film about the comet.” The assistant superintendent said to the school principals, “By order of the Superinte...
I need my sugar fix first thing in the morning. If you give me a spoon full of cane sugar or beet sugar, makes no difference. It tastes and looks exactly the same. How can that be? One is a green stock and one is a brown beet. We are in sugar beet country. And around this time of the year you know it. There is a certain kind of hustle and bustle type of electricity in the air. When the colorful leaves from the trees cheerfully dance along the sidewalk, people start to gather in groups for meetings. It’s countdown time. One day, ten hours and f...
Dear Editor, Relationships Shouldn’t Be Scary. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and we want our community to think about what makes a relationship scary. Reading this, you might think you don’t need this information but it may be helpful to a friend, family member, or acquaintance. Keep the DOVES Program in mind if you know someone experiencing any of the following: Physical Violence: this can include slapping, hitting, punching, choking, pushing, breaking objects, slamming doors, forcibly blocking someone from leaving, exc...
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. In 1992, Christine Mason was a twenty two year old woman who had joined a hospital unit of the US Army Reserve. She had been slotted as a medical technologist. Christine had been going to college, was living alone and had a son. She was doing pretty...
The Kimball Longhorns (1-6) logged their first victory of the season against the Bayard Tigers (1-6) on Friday, Oct. 7 with a final score of 42-28. Sophomore Izaac Reuter was able to complete half of his passes against the Tigers, for a total of 55 passing yards and was credited with five carries, totaling 11 yards and one of the five Longhorn touchdowns. “Izaac had a good game, he completed a very big pass in the third quarter that broke open the game for us,” coach Nick Kuxhausen said. “The offensive line had a really good game and made the j...
The Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes, ranked third in class D-2 rankings for Nebraska, racked up three more wins last week, bringing their season to 21-1 going into the MAC tournament, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 15. At the Kimball triangular on Tuesday, Oct. 4, the Coyotes won against the Bayard Tigers 2-0 with matching sets of 25-9. The Lady Coyotes racked up 24 kills against the Bayard team, with Alexus Rozelle contributing seven, followed by Dawson Sharman with six, Audrey Juelfs with five, Trinity...
The High School ran the SPVA meet in Grant on Wednesday, Oct. 5, and then we turned around and ran Western Trails Conference in Kimball on Friday, Oct. 7. Kimball placed 3rd at SPVA out of 7 teams with a score of 44. Bridgeport won with a 27 and Chase County was 2nd with a 38. Out of a field of 71 runners, Kimball's Brandon Barker took 1st place with a time of 17:48 and Zachery Wagner earned 6th with a time of 18:59. Kaden Adrian ran 18th with a time of 20:51, Thomas Lenzen was 19th with a time...
The Kimball Lady Longhorns fell to Bayard and Potter-Dix during a home triangular hosted on Tuesday, Oct. 4. The Lady Horns put up a fight against Bayard first. Leading the attack for the Horns were Hannah Biesecker and Rae-lynn Hinton each with five kills. Kaitlin Wurdeman added two and the team got one each from Shauntae Daily, Kate Reader and Alex Reader. Biesecker led defense with four solo blocks and three digs while Hinton was credited with three aces, one block and three digs. Wurdeman...
What a good week for Kimball High Athletics! The Kimball boys won their first football game of the season with a convincing 42-28 victory at Bayard. The Lady Longhorns volleyball team picked up a win at Morrill, and the Boy’s cross country team ran second in the Western Trails Conference in the race held at the Kimball Four Winds Golf Course with senior Brandon Barker emerging as the individual boy’s varsity champion. This makes him a dual conference champion this year as he also won the SPVA race at Grant two days earlier. ---...
Banner County suffered a 67-28 loss to the Hyannis Longhorns on Friday, Oct. 7. No stats were available for this game. Our problem we had against Hyannis was self-inflicted mistakes, turnovers, penalties and missed tackles,” coach Charles Jones said. “I felt we played much better on defense, we just did not finish plays. Offensively we struggled with blocking and penalties, we were able to move the ball well, again, just not able to finish plays. I felt as a group we are improving we have two games left with very quality opponents and we are...
The second week of October every year marks Fire Prevention Week throughout the country. Originally the event was created to commemorate the 1871 Great Chicago Fire that killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless and destroyed 17,400 structures burning over 2,000 acres in the process according to the National Fire Protection Association website. These days, Fire Prevention Week is used to educate on prevention and promote preparedness in case of wildfire. Fire Chief, Rick Wynne says...
