Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Banner County students may soon have the chance to earn dual credits or even graduate as a certified welder or certified nursing assistant. Banner County Principal Charles Jones reported to the Board of Education on Monday, Oct. 10, that the district is just a few classes away from providing career academy opportunities for students. “We have some stuff here that we offer that we are one class away from having what they would consider having a career academy of our own,” he said. “We have four of them right now that they would consider caree...
Can you imagine Kimball County without a fair? That is the question asked by Kimball Ag Society board member Doug Lukassen as he began talking about the ag society’s mill levy request, on ballots again this November, for the third time in four years. The third time may be a charm, or so the board hopes. The first time the ag society asked for a mill levy was in the primary election in May 2012 when the same ballot had requests from the proposed High Point Speedway issue, the Historical Society and the Fire Department. According to Lukassen, t...
Born and raised in Harlan, Iowa, Dr. Ryan Behrend always knew he wanted to go into a medical field, but it wasn't until a chance encounter that he decided to become a chiropractor. "I came out here on wheat harvest and I met my wife, Dr. McConnell's daughter, Tabitha," he said. "When I met my wife, I met Dr. McConnell too, and he was my mentor in that way. I always wanted to do something in the health field but didn't always have a clear direction in what I wanted to do. After meeting him and...
With a Western Trails Conference competition scheduled for the same date as the regular November board meeting, the Kimball Board of Education considered options for rescheduling during their regular meeting on Monday, Oct. 10. “The WTC honor chorus competition is scheduled for Nov. 14. We have had a couple of students qualify for that in the past and we have, in the past two years, taken our show choir as well,” Superintendent Marshall Lewis said. “Mr. Hanks will be there because it is WTC and he is secretary of the conference. If we take...
Marion was born August 7th, 1918 to Edward and Blanche Selover on the family homestead south of Kimball, Nebraska. He grew up with three sisters. He attended a small country school near their home the first eight years of school and graduated from Kimball County High School in 1935 at the age of 16. He married Neva Pauline Moss in Alliance, Nebraska on September 3rd, 1938. He was earning $9.00 per week at the time they were married and was training as an auto body and fender repairman. His boss...
Zoa "Toe" A. McCloud, 76 of Gering, passed away at home with her family at her side on Friday, October 14, 2016. Her funeral service will be held on Tuesday, October 18 at 10:00 a.m. at Dugan Kramer Funeral Chapel with Pastor Lyle Hinebauch officiating. Burial will follow at West Lawn Cemetery in Gering. Visitation will be Monday from 1-7 p.m. at the chapel. Friends and family are invited to have lunch together at the Eagles Lodge in Terrytown following the graveside service. Memorial donations...
Vonda Havice, 59 of Greeley, Colorado and originally from Kimball, Nebraska died Saturday, September 24, 2016 at her home in Greeley. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Friday, October 21, 2016 in the Prairie West ELCA/UMC Church in Potter, Nebraska with Pastor Betsy-Galloway Carew officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Dix Cemetery. Cremation has taken place and there is no visitation at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to the Prairie West Church for the window...
Gerald R. Schildhauer, 70, of Kimball, died at his home in Kimball on Monday, October 10, 2016. Celebration of life will be held at the Kimball 4-H Building on Thursday, October 20, 2016 from noon until 2:30 p.m. Friends are invited to dress casual and enjoy a time of fellowship and refreshments with the family. The services for Gerald have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home. Gerald Robert Schildhauer was born in Chadron, Nebraska on January 28, 1946, the son of Edwin and Francis (Elsberry) Schildhauer. He was raised in Hay Springs...
The Littlest pumpkin in the patch was feeling very blue. He looked up at his friend and said: “I want to be big like you! I’ll be left in the pumpkin patch, nobody will choose me, to be their jack-o-lantern on Halloween, for all to see. Nobody even looks at me ‘cause I’m so very small, I’ll still be here on Halloween.” And his tears began to fall. His friend looked down at him and said: “That is just not true. You are perfect just the way you are. There is nothing wrong with you! You may be little and not as round as me, but that is not importa...
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 Long Beach, California Dustin Lara was the fifth of six sons born to his parents. The four brothers older than him each joined the US Army. The oldest was deployed to Kuwait and would call home when he could. At age 12, Dustin was in on the phone conversations. He heard the reports of war and in a...
Dozens arrived at the Kimball County Fairgrounds hog barn to bless the new Kimball County Ambulance on Wednesday, Oct. 12. Refreshments were served and attendees were treated to a tour of the new rig as well as a blessing led by the family of the late Pastor Virgil A. Johnson, Jr., a former Kimball County EMT who also served as a Dix Volunteer Fireman and a Dix First Responder. Shown above, Kimball County Ambulance Director Carla Goranson addresses those in attendance, including Kimball Sheriff...
The Kimball High boy's cross country team is headed to Kearney and the State Cross Country Championship Meet! With senior Brandon Barker leading the way, the Longhorns ran to a team third place finish and a qualifying spot as the top 15 individuals and top three teams from each district qualify to advance to the state meet, this Friday, at the Kearney Country Club Golf Course. Along with the excitement of having the team qualify, this year was extra special with Barker winning the individual cha...
The Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes swept the Minuteman Activities Conference tournament hosted at Bayard on Saturday, Oct. 15. The first game pitted the Potter-Dix girls, ranked first in their district, against the Minatare Indians for a handy win in two sets, 25-9, 25-8. At the end of the first round of games, the field was cut from eight teams to four, with the Lady Coyotes facing hosts, the Bayard Tigers. Once again, just two sets later the aggressive Potter-Dix club chalked up another win, 25-17,...
The Kimball Lady Longhorns split the week beginning with a 3-0 loss against Chase County in Kimball on Tuesday, Oct. 11. Jannel Fiehtner led scoring for the Lady Horns with three points with one ace, followed by Justine Heeg with two points to her credit. Hannah Biesecker led the attack with a total of 11 kills, followed by Raelynn Hinton with six. Fiehtner also contributed one kill as did Hailey Paxton and Kaitlyn Wurdeman. Defensively, Hinton had the lone solo block, while Biesecker added six digs, and Fiehtner, three. Heeg racked up eight...
What a fun day for Mrs. Southard and myself this past Thursday. We travelled to Bayard and took in the D-6 District Cross Country meet and talk about a large turnout of fans on hand to watch the runners. Cars were parked for long distances up and down the county road outside the Bayard golf course. Our trip was even more enjoyable watching the Kimball boys qualify for this Friday’s State Meet by finishing third at Bayard. It was special getting to watch Brandon Barker demolish the field in winning the individual championship well ahead of the r...
The Banner County Lady Wildcats suffered a 3-0 loss at the hands of the Sioux County Lady Warriors (11-9) in Harrison on Thursday, Oct. 13. The Banner County girls battled hard through the sets, with the attack led by Makenna Dahlgrin who racked up ten kills, followed by Savannah Jordan with three, and teammates Bailee Underhill, Rylie Mason and Emily Singleton with one each. Mason served up two aces with Dahlgrin and Underhill each contributing one. The Lady Warriors kept Banner County hopping, with Sierra Flores, Jadyn Cross and Dahlgrin cred...
The Kimball Longhorns traveled to North Platte on Friday, Oct. 14, to battle the North Platte St. Pat’s Irish (6-2) for a tough loss, 63-14. The Irish gained an early and significant lead in the first quarter, scoring 35, but holding the Horns at bay with nothing on the board. A short rally in the second brought the first points to the Longhorn board, but the Irish were on a roll and added another 21 to their own. After halftime the Kimball boys again scored for another seven on the board while the hosts failed to do the same, but in the f...
