Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Two people were arrested Monday night after law enforcement was called to a disturbance on Interstate 80 near the Wyoming border. The Kimball County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a domestic disturbance on I-80 near mile marker five just after 9:30 p.m. Monday. KCSO Sergeant Brandon Loy responded, according to Sheriff Harry Gillway, and upon arrival observed the suspect vehicle. He made contact with a female driver, Kyanna Wolf, 26, of Amberg, Wis. According to Loy’s report, Wolf was observed with blood on her hands and was sub...
In an effort to come to a working agreement, a few members of Keep Kimball Beautiful, the Kimball city council and the city’s board of public works met once again for negotiations last Tuesday night. Keep Kimball Beautiful board treasurer Sarah Bouse began with only those items in the draft that had changed without previous consideration by her board. “The highlighted part is just things that were added or changed, and I just wanted to go through them because some of them weren’t talked about,” she said. “Some things were changed and we wonder...
Potter-Dix High School crowned its 2015 homecoming king and queen last Thursday night. Pictured, from left, are: attendants Savannah Shaw, Sam Bogert, Homecoming queen Sara Gingerich and king Justice Palmer, attendants Regyn Hicks and Coby Hicks....
The Kimball County Commissioners received an update on the county ambulance service at Tuesday’s meeting. According to Carla Goranson, ambulance director, the ambulance crew received a total of 49 service calls in the month of September, ranging from falls to seizures. The total amount of charges to patients for the month of September was $23,055.25. The total to date for this year was $302,055.25. Goranson also discussed the recent changes to their billing requirements. Recently there a change to the requirements, which was formally ICD-9 b...
Running a business is a lot of work, and running one with two offices keeps one even busier. However, local Certified Public Accountant Wynema Engstrom does so gracefully. While she was in college, Engstrom said accounting was a man's world. Now, the industry has flipped and women have begun to outnumber men in the field. A Kimball woman played an important role in Engstrom's firm from the beginning. She purchased her Kimball office from Jean Mueller-Yanaga in 2005, after purchasing an...
On Monday, Kimball Airport Authority Board Chairman Jason Lockwood, along with Kimball Mayor Keith Prunty, dedicated the Kimball Airport Flight Center to Dr. Don and Mary Gerner, formerly of Kimball. According to Lockwood, Dr. Don Gerner has been involved at the local airport for more than 40 years, and served on the Airport Authority Board for nearly 40 years. "Don had been a fixture out here, along with his dog, Reilly, for quite some time," explained Lockwood proudly. "We felt he and Mary...
The monthly movie at the Kimball Presbyterian Church will honor veterans a bit early. This Sunday’s 60-minute movie will tell the story of a Nebraska decorated veteran who served as a gunner in 58 missions during World War II. The Most Honorable Son: Ben Kuroki, is a Nebraska Educational Television production on the life of the Hershey native and will be shown at 3 p.m. at the church. Popcorn will be provided, and anyone who wants to bring soft drinks is encouraged to do so. Bev Atkins, who served on the NET Foundation board at the time the m...
Several layers of shingles were removed and new roofing installed on what was once the original Kimball High School. The repairs were paid for by a combination of fundraisers and endowments and Hays Roofing, owned by Shane Hays, of Kimball, was granted the job following an open bid procedure. The company finished the large job in just one week. A Plains Historical Society representative said that the roof on the historic building, built in 1921, had never been replaced....
St. Joseph’s Respect Life Walk with be held this Sunday, beginning at 11a.m. at the Catholic Church. All walks of faith are invited to attend. According to event chairperson Kim Baliman, the walk is to bring awareness that all life should be respected and that every life matters, whether it be the elderly, special needs, the young or the unborn. The walk will start at the church, go to the City Park, around the park four times, and back to the church. At the walk’s conclusion, there will be fellowship, along with food. Those who can not wal...
Ferdinand Karl Schneider, 82, of Gering, died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015 at the VA Medical Center in Cheyenne, Wyo. At his request, cremation has taken place. A graveside inurnment was held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 19, at Pine Bluffs Cemetery in Pine Bluffs, Wyo., with Pastor Norman Reed officiating. Military honors by United State Army National Guard. Online condolences may be left at www.geringchapel.com. Gering Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements. Karl was born on March 1, 1933 at Sterling, Colo. to Fred and Katherine (...
Margaret May (Peggy) Dilley, 80, of Edgewood, Wash., and formerly of Kimball, passed away Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. She was born May 14, 1935, in Detroit, Mich. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14, at Grace Lutheran Church in Lewellen, Neb. Inurnment will follow in Ash Hollow Cemetery near Lewellen....
Six ladies of the First English Lutheran Church of Kimball were busy this past year quilting a total of 42 colorful quilts that will all make their way to needy families in third world countries, where the quilts will undoubtedly be cherished for many years to come. This Saturday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to noon, the church ladies will be selling homemade goods to earn money for next year's quilts....
Just as she is an invaluable "jewel" of the Kimball community, lifetime resident Karen Robinson has worked with jewels most of her 80 years of life. Karen is the third generation of her family to work and operate Larsen's Jewelry Store. She began working for her parents part-time while still in high school in 1951. She graduated from Kimball High School in 1953, attended college, and married James Robinson. In 1958, Karen and Jim took over Larsen's Jewelry Store for Karen's parents and became...
Rhonda Green has been in business for 27 years, buying her salon, Ducktails Unlimited, in 1988 following cosmetology school. Her business originally began in the little building east of what is now Bemis Drug Store, but Green moved to Chestnut Street several years ago. She attributes her longevity to a faithful clientele and her rapport with the community, and she feels that buying an established business helped. "Most of my clients are regulars," Rhonda said. The number of salons in Kimball...
Given that she has worked in her present location of LorRon's Department Store for just over 50 years, Lorna Evelyn said that she has obviously has really enjoyed the retail business in Kimball. In 1965, Lorna along with her late husband, Ron Evelyn, began working in their store which at that time was known as Hartung's Department Store. When the Evelyns purchased the store, they changed the name of the business to LorRon's Department Store. Lorna said that she and Ron worked really well...
At the Oct. 13, 2015 South Platte NRD board meeting the board took action to set the new irrigation allocations for the next three-year allocation period set to begin in 2016 and run through 2018. The irrigation allocations, part of the Districtwide Ground Water Management Area Rules and Regulations, were previously discussed and ground water information was given at three Ground Water Advisory Committee Meetings, one in each county in the District, and at a public hearing held in Sidney at the...
Taxes and agriculture land valuations were the hot topic at last Thursday's annual meeting of the Kimball-Banner County Farm Bureau. Keynote speaker Jay Farris, director of grassroots programs at Nebraska Farm Bureau, said the organization thought there was a perfect storm that would bring change to lower property taxes and valuations through legislation, but instead ended up disappointed. "We thought we had that perfect storm scenario where we had a newly elected governor that heard property...
The Kimball Banner County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors welcome Challenger Industries to Kimball. From left, Erica Allen, Patrick Brown, Mathew Stierman, Seth Barry, all with Challenger, join Ambassadors Peggy Sanders and Elizabeth Shandera, Challenger representatives Taylor Copas and Nate Klussman, and Ambassadors Carol Dunegan and Betty Elliott and Challenger employee Yancy Young for a ribbon cutting ceremony....
Potter-Dix students celebrated homecoming in various ways this past week. See more photos in this week's edition of the Western Nebraska Observer....
A good solid week of volleyball for the Kimball High Lady Longhorns topped by a runnerup finish at the SPVA Tournament held at Ogallala. The week started off with a trip to Imperial to face the Chase County girls. Fans were treated to some exciting volleyball with the host school winning in five sets. Chase County won the first two sets 25-16, 25-21, but Kimball battled back to win the next two sets 25-19, 26-24, forcing the fifth and deciding set that the hosts won 16-14. "Even though we lost...
The visiting Hershey Panthers ran back the opening kickoff 82 yards for a quick go-ahead touchdown and never looked back in piling up a 54-7 win over the hosting Kimball High Longhorns this past Friday evening. Mason Amweg, a fast and shifty 145 pound back for the Panthers got that early TD and with just over 2 minutes later, ran a reverse for another 32 yard touchdown with the PAT attempts both times failing. Following that score, Kimball came right back to close to 12-7 following a nice run...
Kimball will have two runners representing them at this year's State Class D Cross Country meet being held tomorrow (Friday) at the Kearney Country Club Golf Course. Brandon Barker, a junior, and Zachery Wagner, a freshman, were the Longhorns' state qualifiers by virtue of their respective number three and number fifteen finishes at the District race held this past week in Grant. It was a good day all around for Kimball according to coach Tiffany Johnson. "I am so proud of all of our kids. They...
POTTER - Potter-Dix got its first win of the season in style. The Coyotes jumped out to the early lead and went on to maul visiting South Platte for a 54-20 win on Friday night. "Friday night was mostly just about our team finally getting close to healthy," said Potter-Dix football coach Dale Frerichs. South Platte got on the scoreboard first, but Potter-Dix quickly came back to take an 8-6 lead in the first quarter. The Blue Knights went up 12-8 in the second quarter, before the Coyotes came...
For the second straight year, Banner County's Courtney Knisley is headed to the state cross country meet. The sophomore finished 15th individually with a time of 23:12.72 to nab the final qualifying spot at the D-6 District meet last week at the Pheasant Run Golf Course. "We are excited for Courtney to have the opportunity to run at state cross country again this year," Banner County coach Kari Gifford said. "Every meet our runners have goals that they are trying to obtain. Courtney's goals...
The Banner County Lady Wildcats fell in their MAC tournament match against Leyton, falling 25-8 and 25-10 on Saturday. "We came out timid and didn't play as a team. We beat ourselves. There was some immediate progress over the areas we had worked on during the previous week, however. For example, our blockers did a great job of getting to the ball and coming away with some touches and ace blocks. Our serve receive and scrappiness also showed some advancement. "We have a lot of talented and hardw...