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 - 10 of 10
The Farmers' Almanac might be onto something with its forecast for a frigid and snowy winter in these parts. It already started. The first winter-like storm of the season, which blasted the Panhandle last Thursday, knocked out electrical power for about 80 percent of Kimball and dropped temperatures from 64 to 21 degrees days over the previous 20 hours. Old Man Winter unleashed less than an inch of snow locally during the storm, but he still flashed that mean streak that local folks remember... Full story
Kimball's annual "Shop with a Cop" event is now accepting donations for this year's activities to be held on Dec. 14. This year's event will be different than those held in the past in conjunction with local businesses Pamida and Shopko. Previously, the retail department stores would provide gift cards that children in need could use to purchase holiday gifts for their families. As both stores have gone out of business and left the Kimball area, they are no longer available to sponsor the Shop...
The Kimball Board of Education met in regular session Sept. 23 in the district office. It began with all of the necessary legalities. Then a representative of the Nebraska Association of School Boards (NASB) gave board members a demonstration of the capabilities of Sparq Paperless Meetings. This data solution enables districts to conduct meetings, keep records and conduct other business digitally, saving a great deal of storage space and paper. Discussion then moved to the auditorium renovation project. This project is an ongoing improvement...
Good morning Banner County, friends and neighbors! Today it is summer, but I think fall is in for tomorrow. Crazy weather we have been having ... I still have snow in a few places in my yard. I will take every nice day that comes my way from here on out, until May. Did you catch that full moon that has been hanging around the past few evenings? Wow, huge and beautiful. Today, as far as the Banner County Wildcats go, the cross country district competition is taking place in Bridgeport and at 6:30 p.m. the high school football team will be...
Janeen Grace Evertson Robinson was born October 22, 1944, in Beatrice, Nebraska, the daughter of the late Ora and Iola Halcomb Evertson. As a single mother, she found the love of her life and was united in marriage to Glenn Robinson on April 20, 1984. Mrs. Robinson worked for Caterpillar, Inc., in Mossville, Illinois for 23 years as an engineer. In 2001, she along with her husband retired to Tennessee. She believed in staying busy and always had a project started. She and her husband enjoyed wor...
The Fall Sports season for Kimball High is drawing to a close with the girls state golf finishing early this week. The District cross country will run today (Thursday) at Bridgeport beginning at 3 p.m.. The volleyball team will be in action at the SPVA Conference Tournament in Grant this Saturday -- October 19th and their sub-district play is coming up the week of October 28th. Football this Friday at Sutherland with a 6 p.m. kickoff time, and the Horns end the season at home with Bayard next Friday – October 25th, and it has been designated H... Full story
Congrats going out to Kimball High sophomore Payton Wise for her awesome play in the Nebraska State Class C Girl's State Golf Tournament that concluded this past Tuesday afternoon in North Platte. From field of 94 golfers, Miss Wise finished third to earn her second state medal in her second season of high school golf. In Monday's first day play Payton shot a round of 43-35=78 leaving her in a tie for the lead with a young lady from Boone Central. According to coach Katie Culek the weather was...
The visiting Morrill Lions were simply too much for a battered up Kimball Longhorn football squad in Friday night action at Keith Staehr Field with a final score of 48-6. With the loss, Kimball falls to 1 and 5 on the season with two games remaining on the schedule. Morrill dominated first half play to run the score to 26-0 at intermission with Tanner Whetham accounting for 4 touchdown runs along with the Lions sacking Christian Allen-VanPelt for a safety as well. Allen-VanPelt got Kimball's lon...
The Kimball Longhorns volleyball team netted a victorious triangular meet against Bayard and Potter-Dix, topping each opponent in two sets, and lost in four sets to Morrill in recent action on the court. Potter-Dix and Bayard ventured to Longhorn Nation on Oct. 8, with Kimball winning 25-19 in each set over the Coyotes and beating the Tigers 25-21 and 26-24. Longhorn stats against Bayard: Jenna Greenwood 5 kills and 3 blocks; Nicole Delaplane 5 kills; Sydney Biesecker 3 kills, 3 pts and 5 digs;...
After back-to-back conference races this past week, the Kimball High Cross Country Team heads to Bridgeport today for their District race with a start time of 3 p.m.. The District meet is the race that determines what teams, and which individuals, advance to the State competition. A smart move by conference officials saw them move their schedule meets up to avoid the weather that moved through the area last week and the runners were rewarded by some good running conditions. On Tuesday, the...