Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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After 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Kimball County Clerk Cathy Sibal released the unofficial results of the Nov. 5 general election. Official results will not be available until the canvassing board meets on Nov. 13. On the local scene, Kimball County Agricultural Society requested up to a 1.15 cents levy on $100 of taxable valuation was narrowly passed by the voters with 853 voting yes and 789 voting no. The other levy request from the Plains Historical Society was successful by a slim margin of 818 for...
Cheyenne County Communications Center Director Heidi Gillespie spoke Monday with the Cheyenne County commissioners about the Kimball Police Department potentially moving its dispatching services into the Cheyenne County Communications Center. Gillespie said the move could be made easily with existing equipment, and changes to service coverage areas (like 9-1-1) would be updated at Lincoln for no charge to the county. Kimball Police Chief Jose Ruiz was at the meeting and told the commissioners that their communications department entered into a...
The energy and excitement was palpable as Brogran Cross, 8, and Breklyn Cross, 6, described their recent Make-A-Wish trip and gifts. Brogan and Breklyn are active and happy kids, participating in such activities as volleyball, basketball and football at recess and P.E. And riding horses. Brogan is the typical older sibling, not one bit shy, as he took charge of the interview for this story by sharing both of their experiences. But eventually, his sister Breklyn got to tell her story. Banner...
Organizer Tammy Land said that the Halloween Trick or Trunk event on Chestnut Street had 22 businesses and individual spots along with the Kimball High School Honor Society and the rodeo queens handing out candy. Over 300 kids converged on the area to show off costumes and parade down the street....
Brad Hottell said, "The military changed my life." Brad graduated from Kimball High School in 2003 with no direction or "zero goals" in mind, but circumstances led him to enlist in the U.S. Army before his graduation. He left for Fort Knox, Kentucky, and basic training shortly after graduation. Landing in Fort Knox was the first time Brad had been outside of Nebraska. After basic training, he was assigned to live at Fort Lewis, Washington, until deployments. He said, "All the units I was with co...
Good morning! Here is hoping that you are beginning to adjust to the time change, pain that it is in my humble opinion! Also voting is OVER, yay, no more mud slinging for a little while, at least I hope so. The trees are really getting bare, but the lawns are still a nice emerald green in a lot of places. Funny looking out the window! Sort of a busy week ahead for us, with Veterans Day being the most important. First, however, today, November 7th, you are offered to join in a class titled “Beginning Sourdough Bread” out at WNCC, 2620 Col...
Junior high wrestling season has started for the young Longhorns of Kimball and Wildcats of Banner County. In the top photo, Wildcat Quincy Boettcher looks to the referee for confirmation of a pin at the Banner County meet last week, the first of the seaason. Four days later came the Kimball junior high invite, and fans packed The Arena to take in the action. In the middle photo, Longhorn seventh-grader Derek Metcalf pins his opponent. Kimball opened nicely at Banner County with five...
Junior high wrestling season has started for the young Longhorns of Kimball and Wildcats of Banner County. In the top photo, Wildcat Quincy Boettcher looks to the referee for confirmation of a pin at the Banner County meet last week, the first of the seaason. Four days later came the Kimball junior high invite, and fans packed The Arena to take in the action. In the middle photo, Longhorn seventh-grader Derek Metcalf pins his opponent. Kimball opened nicely at Banner County with five...
RED CLOUD – The Potter-Dix Coyotes made the long trip to Red Cloud last week for the first round of the Class D6 NSAA Football Championships, and ran into a high-powered Warriors’ offense that took the Coyotes quickly out of the game and ran away with the contest. Red Cloud scored early and often, piling up 28 points in the first quarter against Potter-Dix’s 6 and they didn’t let up in the second quarter, putting up 30 more points to take a 58-22 lead at the halftime intermission. The Red Cloud boys put up 24 more points in the second half ag...
NORTH PLATTE – The Lady Coyotes made the trip to neutral site North Platte on Saturday, November 2, 2024 to match up against the 33-0 Southwest Lady Roughriders. The Lady Coyotes entered the D1-1 District Final as the 16 seed, and Southwest was seeded number 1. Lady Riders quickly opened a big lead in the first set, with their tall front line players banging down kills and overwhelming the Lady Coyotes. The Potter-Dix girls were able to string a few points together, but could not break through the Lady Riders’ tough defense and dropped the fir...