Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Members of the community are working together to bring others family-friendly entertainment at the now closed Goodhand Theater. "There is a group of people getting together to form a non-profit (organization) called Friends of the Goodhand, to actually try to get it running," Caskey said. She had a list of communities in which the theaters were operated by non-profit organizations as well as a group of volunteers dedicated to cleaning the property currently owned by Forward Kimball Industries....
“Items under Reports are informational only and are not subject to discussion.” That line, seen in the Nov. 17 City Council agenda, caught the attention of the Kimball County Commissioner’s when Kimball County Deputy Clerk Josie Morgan handed the board a copy of the agenda. “What is this that their reports are not subject to discussion?” inquired Commissioner Tim Nolting. Nolting then addressed the funding the 2012 Board of Public Works voted to add, as a line item, to utility bills specifically for the local recycling center - a line item...
Carla Robinson-Goranson is familiar to most in this area, but her name may now be recognizable statewide. Goranson's photo of a rare swift fox was featured in the December 2015 issue of NEBRASKAland Magazine as "Best of Show" from more than 1,000 photo submissions in the NEBRASKAland Photo Contest. The youngest born to lifetime Kimball residents, Karen (Larsen) and Jim Robinson in 1963, Goranson was raised here and graduated from Kimball High School in 1981. She is the fourth generation to be...
A group of Kimball landlords approached the Board of Public Works about utility shutoff notices during its regular meeting on Nov. 24. The group was represented at the meeting by Chad Miller with at least two other property owners present. Miller stated that electricity was disconnected at one of his properties without notification. “This came about because a couple of months ago I had some utilities shut off without notification,” Miller said. “We talked to (city administrator Daniel) Ortiz and (Mayor) Prunty about those concerns and they sugg...
Jack Eugene Fleming, age 80, long time Colorado Springs resident, retired insurance agent, passed away peacefully surrounded by family, on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at a local care center. Jack was a loving husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather, uncle, son-in-law and a dear friend. Jack was born in Rockville, NE in his maternal grandparents' home on the farm He lived in Lexington, NE until age 13 years when the family moved to Kimball, NE where he graduated high school in 1954. He...
Dennis J. Wolverton, 44, of Kimball, went to be with our Lord on November 21, 2015 at his home in Kimball. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at the Kimball Fellowship Baptist Church with Pastor Dennis Payton officiating. Inurnment will be held at a later date. Memorials may be given to the family. Cremation services have been provided by Cantrell Funeral Home. Dennis Junior Wolverton was born in Moberly, Missouri on September 8, 1971, the son of Arlene and Dennis Wolverton, Sr. Survivors include his sons...
After World War II, one learned to pay attention to what was going on around him or her. In 1949, this was true, and essentially, it marked wisdom…it is now termed “situational awareness”. In the case of this story, four young men from Larned, Kansas were friends and seemed to do everything together. In the closing months of their senior year in high school, one of their fathers’ gathered the four pals together. The Dad was aware of the political winds and that American politicians were likely to involve the country and its resources in anot...
The Kimball High girl's opened the basketball season with an impressive win over a very good Class B Scottsbluff team, coming out on top 68-63 in a very entertaining and close contest in the Nebraska Sports Hall of Fame Exhibition Game played at the Kimball gymnasium this past Monday evening. Nebraska High Schools are allowed an exhibition game with the proceeds going to the Hall of Fame committee but this year the Kimball boys elected not to play a game with Scottsbluff. If the Lady Horns...
All doubt has vanished in regards to questioning if Kimball's Mike Daum could play Division One Men's Basketball. The big guy is getting the job done, and done quite well, for the South Dakota State Jackrabbits. In my column last week I reported on SDS wins over TCU and Illinois State. Following those wins the Jacks travelled to Cancun, Mexico to finish out the Cancun Challenge that actually started in the United States and finished out in Mexico. Happy to report that Mike and team mates...
The weekend us indoor sports fans have been waiting for has arrived as the High School Winter Sports get underway this very weekend. It actually starts tonight (Thursday) with the Kimball High Wrestlers hosting Bayard on the Kimball High home mats with action to begin at 6 p.m. The wrestlers then get one day of before they head to Akron, Colorado for Tournament action this Saturday (Dec. 5). The Kimball High basketball teams, both girls and boys, are also at home for their season openers hosting their own Kimball Four-Team Invitational...
The Potter-Dix High One Act team earned first place at the Minuteman Activities Conference Play Production Contest on Nov. 23. The conference's eight schools had teams competing in Potter, where three judges scored each production. Leyton High took home second place and Banner County rounded out the top three. Creek Valley finished in fourth place. In individual awards, Dawson Sharman, from Potter-Dix, and Jaedon Wann, from Leyton, were named the competition's best actors. Justice Palmer,...