Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Ryley Hicks was crowned Potter-Dix High School homecoming queen and Sammie Gingerich was crowned homecoming king Friday night at halftime of the football game against Garden County. Pictured, from left, are: Zac Gotfrey, Rebekah Hutchinson, Cooper Hicks, Jourdan Langley, Sammie Gingerich, Ryley Hicks, Cameron Purcell and Kinley Vowers. Crownbearers, pictured in front, are: Alexa Shoemaker and Koehn Baker....
Head start and early head start in Kimball and Scotts Bluff counties will see a change in the group that administers the programs. An accounting error in the 2010-2011 fiscal year by Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska, which runs the program, disallowed it from running the program in the future, said Tim Nolting, the group’s chairman of the board of directors. Nolting said the CAPWN contact ends this month and Community Development Institute out of Denver will temporarily administer the program beginning Nov. 1. Despite the c...
The Kimball school board approved a fix for lighting at the football stadium at Monday’s regular monthly meeting. The board discussed in a previous meeting how the lighting was considered dangerous. As a result of this dangerous situation, several precautions have been taken in order to prevent an accident from occurring until the lights could be properly repaired. Bids from High West Wiring were brought before the board in an attempt to fix the lighting. Due to the nature of the issues with the football lights, the bid from High West was put i...
In an effort to stock to Kimball Community Food Pantry, students from Kimball Public Schools distributed plastic sacks and flyers to each residence in Kimball on Saturday, Oct. 11. Starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18, the students will return to collect the sack filled with food items and deliver it to the local food pantry. People should set the sack on their front porch by 9 a.m. in order to have it picked up. Please contribute non-perishable foods and household goods only. Listed here...
Kimball resident Fran Wallin was traveling recently when she came upon an interesting contest. Wallin, who heads the local Relay For Life, saw the pink shoe decorating contest and wanted to bring it to Kimball to highlight those suffering from breast cancer during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is each October. There are two categories for the contest: business and individual. Any businesses that wants to enter the contest should decorate a shoe, boot or other footwear in a pink theme and display it. Any type of material may be used, and...
A public hearing for an amendment to the City of Kimball zoning ordinance to amend district C-4 traveler services district conditional uses was held at the Oct. 7 city council meeting. The rezoning of the property on which now sits a future RV park was changed to C-4 (traveler services district). This zoning more appropriately serves the purpose of the business that will inhabit the property, which will be an RV park. The RV park will be located at the site of what was formerly known as the Hilltop Mobile Home Park. The C-4 zoning will allow...
Nebraska Farm Bureau Chief Administrator Rob Robertson spoke on the organization's commitment to agriculture and what it was doing to overcome challenges in the state at last Thursday's annual meeting of the Kimball-Banner County Farm Bureau. Robertson, who last visited Kimball County in 1993, said the success of the Farm Bureau comes from its members and grassroots support. There are 85 chapters statewide and there are currently 247 members in the Kimball-Banner County chapter. "I think what...
Merlin Eugene Quillen, 92, of Kimball, died at the Kimball County Manor on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Memorial services were held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 14 at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Kimball with Pastor Carla Gunn officiating. Interment was held in the Kimball Cemetery. Friends were able to call at the funeral home Monday, Oct. 13, from 1-5 p.m. to sign the register book and leave condolences for the family. Visit www.cantrellfh.com to view the obituary and leave condolences for...
Many are residents dropped into the Kimball Volunteer Fire Department on Oct. 8 for its annual open house....
Competing at what the organizing soil scientist deemed a special site, 85 students from across the Panhandle tested their skills in the West Region Land Judging Contest, vying for three team spots at the state contest. Bayard won the event, while Scottsbluff finished second and Banner County took third place. "This is one of the best sites for learning I've ever seen," NRCS Soil Scientist Chuck Markley told students just prior to the contest. "I hope you and your instructors can take advantage o...
Kimball High senior Jaycie Walker closed out her high school golf career at the Nebraska state Class C state Tournament held at the Quail Run Golf Course in Columbus this past Monday-Tuesday and although she didn’t finish in the top 15 medal group, she can feel proud of her accomplishments this year. Jaycie had to battle not only the field of 92 ladies, but also some cold and windy weather, especially on Monday. After a rainstorm on Sunday, the course was wet on Monday along with cool temps and strong wind. She had a round of 60-52=112 on M...
The Kimball High Volleyball Team is back on the plus side of the win column after registering three wins this past week to run their season record to 10-9. In a triangular at Potter-Dix they handled Bayard 25-13 25-21, and then won over Potter-Dix 26-24 15-25 25-14. At Morrill in a dual match they won over the Lady Lions 25-16 25-22 25-12. The Lady Longhorns were on the attack and playing with confidence and coach Vicki Mitchell had words of praise for her team. "In the Bayard match, it was the...
North Platte St. Pats showed why they are ranked #3 in the state C-2 football rankings with their convincing 37-3 win over the visiting Kimball High Longhorns this past Friday evening, thus running their unbeaten season record to 7-0. It was a key district game and the win will certainly put st Pats into the state playoffs while Kimball needs a big win this corning Friday night to keep their playoff hopes alive. Despite the margin of loss, the Horns gave a good effort but didn't make the plays...
Potter-Dix gave unbeaten Garden County all it could handle for more than three quarters. But in the end, the visiting Eagles scored the final 16 points of the game to spoil the Coyotes' homecoming with a 32-26 victory on Friday. "I feel great about the way we played," Potter-Dix coach Dale Frerichs said. "We had a few breakdowns here and there that gave them some points, but I think everybody outside Potter and the media and everybody expected us to lose by 30 points tonight. We didn't do that....
A challenging week for the Kimball High Cross Country team this past week as they ran at the SPVA Conference meet on Thursday and then the Western Trails Conference race on Friday. No problem) as most of the Longhorn runners ran better times on Friday using the Thursday meet as a warmup! Senior Ryan Muneio was the only double medal winner on the week and the lone all conference runner for both meets as he finished 4th at both events. At Grant in the SPVA race he ran 18:32 and on Friday at Gordon...
Banner County dropped a close 48-38 game at Arthur County last Friday. Coach Heath Johnson said the game was even closer than the final score indicated. "The game as a good one...while the loss margin was ten, it was about two the entire game," he said. "We went up 18 right away, then made some mistakes that allowed them back into the game. The second half was a back and forth situation. We had a fumble, a holding in the end zone (automatic safety), and some blown coverages that cost us the...