Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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The City of Kimball recently accepted ownership of the building that once housed the Longhorn Restaurant. Once taxes are paid on the building, which has been deemed unsafe, it will be removed from the tax roles as the City works on grants to begin addressing the dangers. The first item of business for the building will be to secure it, including the broken out windows on the second floor. After that, well, the plan is less clear. “We really don’t have a lot of money to deal with the building at this time, however, my thought was to put it out...
The old Arabian Motel got a new lease on life as an extended stay complex named Red Door Rentals, complete with an in-house coffee house, The Daily Grind. At the Oct. 16 Kimball City Council meeting the building’s owner, Terri Dyer, sought, and was granted, $3,873.50 in facade improvement funds to complete the signage, awning, outdoor lighting and windows. These funds will also go towards a drive-thru window for the coffee house. The amount requested totals half the amount needed to complete the desired work and is available through the K...
Welcome to the Kimball Community Trail. The Kimball Area Foundation Fund committee invites everyone to join them at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, at the east entrance of the trail for a grand opening celebration and a ribbon cutting ceremony. Although the trail has been in use throughout the summer, this will serve as the official opening date, according to committee members, and some fun activities have been planned. Much planning and more than 750 volunteer, and even more paid, man hours have...
Kimball Police Department along with banks in the community urge residents to beware of new and old multi-billion dollar scams as well as counterfeit bills that may have made their way back into town. KPD Chief Andy Bremer urges residents to be cautious of emails, checks, phone calls, and text messages that may seem strange. “There are so many scams right now it seems like this time of the year you see more of it,” said Bremer. “Some of these scams have been around forever, like the Mystery Shopper check scam, that are still being used....
Peggy Nelson, age 91, of Gering, NE and former longtime resident of Potter, NE passed away on October 14, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, October 27th in the Prairie West Church in Potter with Paster Betsy Galloway-Carew officiating. Burial will follow in the Potter Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Friday, October 26th from 1-7:00 P.M In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Potter Historical Foundation. A memorial service...
Janiece J. Wertz, 83, of Kimball, died at her home in Kimball on Friday, October 12, 2018. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, October 19, 2018 at the Kimball Fellowship Baptist Church in Kimball with Pastor Dennis Payton officiating. Inurnment will be held in the Kimball Cemetery Friends may stop at the funeral home on Thursday from 1:00 until 5:00 p.m. to sign the register book and leave condolences for the family. Please visit www.cantrellfh.com to view the online...
James "Jim" Edward Titsworth Jr., 74, passed away on Oct. 1, 2018, at his home in Lincoln. Funeral services will be Friday at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, 5200 R St., Lincoln, NE, 68504, starting at 10:30 a.m., with military honors, followed by a luncheon. He will be laid to rest at Omaha National Cemetery. Jim was born on July 11, 1944, in Charleston, S.C., to Jack and Dorothy Titsworth. He graduated from Kimball County High School. Later he received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the...
Irma E. Keller, 84, Kimball, formerly of Beulah ND, died at Kimball Health Services on Friday, October 19, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 26, 2018 at the First English Lutheran Church in Kimball with Pastor Caryl Miller officiating. Friends may stop at Cantrell Funeral Home on Thursday from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. or one hour before the service at the church. Cremation will be held following the funeral and inurnment will be held at a later date. Visit www.cantrel...
Kimball freshman Chantel Malson just likes to run. "I used to run on the track when I was younger and I really liked it," she said. She recently completed her first year of high school cross country having achieved both of the goals she set for herself. Chantel ran in junior high, preparing to compete at the high school level. As a freshman she wanted to break the freshman record, and at the WTC meet on Oct. 5 she did, also earning the third top spot overall. She had hoped to reach her goals...
Coaches Tiffany Johnson and Laurie Janicek said they had an overall great year with the Longhorn Cross Country team. "We are super proud of how our runners performed all season long. Our runners continued to improve each meet and were willing to work hard in practice," Johnson said. "Each meet they had goals and wanted to beat their previous best times and were upset when that didn't happen." Three runners qualified for state this year. Zachery Wagner returned for his third state meet after a se...
Volleyball season is getting down to the nitty gritty. The Lady Longhorns just got done with both of their conference tournaments coming out with three wins and three losses, along with a non tournament game losing to Perkins County. In the SPVA tournament on Oct. 13 they lost to Chase County, beat Perkins County and came back to play Bridgeport and fell to their opponent. On Tuesday, Oct. 16 the Lady Horns traveled to Grant, to play Perkins County once again this season. Unfortunately this time they lost to the Lady Plainsmen in four sets...
It was a new year with a new look for Kimball High Girl’s Golf. Luke Maas took over the program and the former Potter-Dix golfer came in with enthusiasm and recruited a total of 7 girls to the program, and the program took an upswing. Of the 7 members, two were seniors trying the sport for the first time and they both said they enjoyed it very much. Sheridan Magninie and Lacey Klinkhammer will be missed next year as they were great team leaders according to coach Maas. Maas also had junior Carli Wurdeman who really took to golf and had a s...
The Kimball High football season ended on a winning note with the Longhorns winning at Bayard 44-42! With the victory at Bayard, the Horns finished with 4 wins and 4 losses in their first season playing the game 8-man style after years of 11-man style. The win at Bayard pitted two teams with identical records of 3 and 4 coming into the season finale, and it was a nail biter from start to finish. The hosting Tigers struck first to go up 7-0, but Kimball came back to take an 8-7 lead with Jake...
All of the local High School sports for the Fall season are over with exception of volleyball and the Kimball High Lady Longhorns will move into sub-district tournament play on Monday at Scottsbluff, but at the time of this writing, the pairings had not been determined. Our District play is at Scottsbluff High School on Monday and Tuesday. However, the winter sports starts this Saturday, Oct. 27, with junior high wrestling at Harrisburg with a 9 a.m. start time, and then on Tuesday, Oct. 30, Kimball will host a junior high wrestling tournament...
U.S. Senate seat District 3 House of Representative seat Every vote in Kimball County will decide Kimball County seats, including: Kimball County Commissioners – three running, vote for two. Clerk of the District Court – two running, vote for one. Kimball County seats running unopposed include: Kimball County Clerk Kimball County Treasurer Kimball County Assessor Kimball County Sheriff Kimball County Attorney Voters residing within the City of Kimball will also decide City of Kimball seats, including: Mayor – two running, vote for one City...
Renee Castagna Hi, my name is Renee Castagna and I was born and raised in Kimball, NE. I have two young daughters, McKenzie is 5 and in Kindergarten and my youngest daughter Layla is almost 3 years old. I work at FirsTier Bank as a Credit Analyst/Loan Officer. 1. You just received a $100,000 donation and you get to decide where it is spent. Where would you spend the money? My first thoughts go towards the curriculum and technology but I would work with the school board members to see where the priorities are. I would also like to not see all th...
Brandon Mossberg - Kimball County Commissioner “I have lived in Kimball the better part of my life and feel the community here is a great place to grow up and raise a family. I grew up in Kimball with family and friends and had the opportunity to ranch and farm for the family business. I graduated high school in 2000 from Kimball High School, from there I moved to Colorado and went to work for the City of Fort Collins. I later met my wife, Chelsea of 11 years now. We moved back to Kimball in 2008. We have four boys that I would like to grow up...
Kimball Mayoral Candidates Keith Prunty 1. You just received a $100,000 donation and you get to decide where it is spent. How would you spend the money? I would put the money into our parks. We are trying to update our parks and we don’t have the funds for it now, so I would put it towards the parks. 2. How would you work to improve the coordination between the City and the County? I think we really have good coordination right now. We currently have interlocal agreements for dispatch, roads, park and rec. I personally speak with our elected o...