Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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It was cold outside but hot in the Cabela's Athletic Center as the D2-12 Subdistrict Volleyball Tournament started on Monday night. The first game was the "play-in" game to determine who would face number one seed Garden County in the semi-finals later in the night, and rivals Potter-Dix and Creek Valley battled to advance. The Lady Coyotes started hot and were able to easily take the first set 25-to-9, as the Lady Storm struggled with hitting errors and defensive miscues. But the tables turned...
The Kimball Longhorns volleyball team netted a victorious triangular meet against Bayard and Potter-Dix, topping each opponent in two sets, and lost in four sets to Morrill in recent action on the court. Potter-Dix and Bayard ventured to Longhorn Nation on Oct. 8, with Kimball winning 25-19 in each set over the Coyotes and beating the Tigers 25-21 and 26-24. Longhorn stats against Bayard: Jenna Greenwood 5 kills and 3 blocks; Nicole Delaplane 5 kills; Sydney Biesecker 3 kills, 3 pts and 5 digs;...
Potter-Dix's Lady Coyotes travelled to Chappell Friday to take on rival Creek Valley and won three sets to one against a tenacious Lady Storm team that battled throughout the match. Potter-Dix started fast in the first set, pulling out to an 8-to-1 lead before the Lady Storm was able to string consecutive points together to narrow the lead. The Lady Coyotes finally regained their rhythm, and opened up a big lead and looked to cruise to a comfortable first set win. But the Lady Storm started a...
Potter-Dix's Lady Coyote Volleyball team hosted a triangular meet against Mitchell and Kimball last Thursday, and came away with a split against the Panhandle rivals. First up was the Lady Coyotes taking on the Lady Tigers of Mitchell, and despite losing eight players to graduation, the Mitchell team was able to build a big lead quickly in the first set. With strong serves by junior Jayden Kanno and sophomore Marjie Schmitt, the Lady Tigers were able to pull away for an easy 25-to-10 victory in...
A busy weekend for the Kimball High Sports teams and their fans. It starts out on Friday with the Kimball Invitational Cross Country Meet being held at the Four Winds Golf Course with a 12 noon start time for the junior high runners followed by the high school races. Fans are urged to come out and cheer on the runners. Actually, there is volleyball this evening (Thursday) with Kimball traveling to Potter-Dix for a triangular with Mitchell as the third team and play time begins at 4 p.m. Then on Saturday, September 14, the Kimball girls are at t...
Here’s an opening week look at Banner County and Potter-Dix high school sports. Banner cross country is at Scottsbluff on Thursday, Aug. 29. Banner football hosts Bayard at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30. Potter-Dix football opens Aug. 30 at Hay Springs. Potter-Dix volleyball hosts a triangular with Caliche and Layton on Thursday, Aug. 29, and visits Hay Springs on Friday, Aug. 30....
Kimball Public Schools began its 2019-20 school year on Wednesday, Aug. 21, and according to Kimball Superintendent Elizabeth Owens, several new programs will be implemented. More classroom time will be spent on reading and math, which will be the focus in the elementary grades. A brand new K-6 Reading series called Ready Gen was purchased for about $90,000. Teachers have already had two days of training on the program and Ready Gen has a computerized instructional support system. The elementary...
Adam Patrick, the new superintendent at Potter-Dix Public Schools is moving from the eastern part of Nebraska to the far southwestern corner to accept his first superintendent position. "People (back east) tell me, 'Oh, that is clear out there,'" he said of their reaction to his move. "I believe that people are people. People in eastern Nebraska are the same as people in western Nebraska." Patrick has years of experience in education from teaching social studies to being an elementary principal...
Free school supplies will be given out to Kimball and Potter-Dix students from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 27 and 28, at Kimball HVAC & Air Conditioning, 119 E. 2nd St., Kimball. The supplies come courtesy of U.S. military veteran Steve Hughes as part of the Operation Homefront program. Hughes is the uncle of HVAC owner Allen Chavez of Kimball....
Area residents will have a special opportunity to hear major organ repertoire performed by Nathaniel Mars in an organ recital at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 601 S. Locust St. in Kimball, on Sunday, July 21 at 3 p.m. Fellow student Ethan Bemis will accompany several selections on trumpet. Nathaniel is a graduating senior student of Patricia Fletcher, having studied organ for three years and piano for 12 years. He plays the organ for church frequently, leading St. John’s congregational service once a month and other area congregations as nee...
Three and a half years after the U. S. Post Office in Dix was closed due to mold and structural issues, a new post office building has been set down and is expected to open in late July, although no date has officially been set for the opening. In a few short weeks, Dix will once again have a full service postal site. In an era when many post offices nationwide are downscaling or shutting down, Dix has beaten the odds. It has gained a new post office facility. "Historically," according to...
Area residents will have a special opportunity to hear fine music performed by Nathaniel Mars on the piano and Ethan Bemis on his trumpet in recital at the Kimball High School Auditorium on Sunday, June 23 at 3 p.m. Both are graduating senior students of Patricia Fletcher and both will major in music on scholarships this fall. Nathaniel has studied piano for 12 years and the organ for three years. In 2018, he was selected by Music Faculty at UNL-Hixon-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts to be honored as one of only five piano students...
Payton Wise had a very good showing at the recent Kearney Junior Classic Golf Tournament held at the Meadowlark Hills Golf Course. Competing in the age 14-15 girl’s division the young Kimball standout finished 2nd with her round of 93 and 85 in the two day event for a 178 total. She was just 2 strokes behind the winner, Lynzi Becker of Cozad who shot 96-80=176. -------------------------- Kate Reader, another Kimball standout athlete I have been writing about as she competed in a pair of girl’s All Star Basketball Tournaments, received more hon...
Daria Anderson-Faden has returned to the Kimball County Board of Commissioners. She was sworn into office May 21. She filled the vacancy that opened with the resignation of former Commissioner Timothy Nolting. "I am excited to have the chance to be involved with our local government again, and to be able to help people with their needs," she said. "It is different this time with all of the new boards I am serving on." It was Nolting who served on the boards that Anderson-Faden inherited. These...
Gertrud Maria Bemis, 64, a longtime resident of Dix, passed away at her home on Monday, May 20, 2019. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 1, 2019 at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with Pastor Hod Boltjes officiating. Friends may call the funeral home on Friday, May 31, 2019 from 1:00 until 5:00 p.m. to sign the register book and leave condolences for the family. Friends may also visit www.cantrellfh.com to view Gertrud's Tribute Wall and leave messages of condole...
The 2019 Nebraska State Track Meet is in the books, and we have local athletes who not only wrote their names into the State books, but also into their own school record books as well. Kimball High sent two athletes to this year’s State Meet and seniors Brady Kilgore and Corey Travis will cherish the memories of this trip for a lifetime. For Brady, it was his third consecutive trip to the big show in Omaha, and for Corey, it was his first. Each year has gotten better for Brady. In his sophomore year of 2017 he qualified for the 110 meter h...
Potter-Dix School Board met in regular session on May 13. The school board unanimously agreed to approve the resignation of and settlement agreement with Principal Jane Brown, they also approved the non-renewal of the employment of Jerry Brown due to a reduction of force, and they approved the non-renewal of the employment of Nancy Bunner. The board then considered and approved the contract to hire Larry Baker as 7-12 Principal/Activities Director for the 2019-20 school year. Larry Baker will be a first year principal and he hails from Centura...
Another win for the Kimball High Boy's Golf team and for Kimball senior Dillon Wise. Wise won the medalist honors at the Chappell Tournament with his round of 38-41=79 to pace Kimball's team victory of 335, 21 strokes better than runner-up Bridgeport with 356 followed by Sutherland with 361, Garden County 370, Creek Valley 404, Mitchell 422, South Platte 436, Bayard 437 and Perkins County 559. Another good team showing for Kimball with four team members in the top ten medal group. Zane Anthony...
With graduation just around the corner, Potter-Dix will host its 2019 Graduation ceremony and celebration this Saturday, May 4 at 11 a.m. Announcements made earlier this week of the 2019 Class Valedictorian and Salutatorian. The 2019 Valedictorian is Brooke Moench, daughter of Soni and Doug Moench. She plans to attend University of Nebraska-Kearney with a major in Pre-Medicine. The 2019 Salutatorian is Michaela Rotert, daughter of Mike and Melanie Rotert. She plans to attend University of South Dakota to major in Accounting. The Observer will...
A new collaborative report - “The Nebraska Panhandle: An Assessment of Birth-Grade 3 Care and Education” - was released at a special luncheon and panel discussion in Gering last Wednesday, April 17. In attendance were representatives of Educational Service Unit (ESU 13), Panhandle Partnership Inc., the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska, and leaders from 11 Panhandle counties. The report was based on gathered information from the past four months of focus groups that included more than 200 Panhandle residents thr...
The Potter American Legion Auxiliary Unit 291 has selected Virginia Herboldsheimer, the daughter of Bryan and Laurie Herboldsheimer, to attend Cornhusker Girls State to be held on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln-campus the week of June 2-8. Virginia Herboldsheimer's school activities include Volleyball, One Acts, Basketball, Speech, Track, National Honor Society, Quiz Bowl, Swing Choir and Letterman's Club. Her community involvement includes Job's Daughters, Salvation Army Bell Ringer, Holy...
The Potter-Dix School Board scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, April 17, but the hearing was cancelled earlier that afternoon. The hearing regarded a personnel matter. Previously, the board had not offered Principal Jane Brown a contact, and she asked for the hearing. Brown stated that the hearing had been cancelled, but she declined to make any additional comments....
Brady Kilgore had another outstanding day at Mitchell this past week in the combined George Calvert Invitational Track Meet and the Western Trails Conference Track Meet, and was voted Most Valuable Male Athlete by the participating coaches. Kilgore was once again a 3 event winner sweeping the hurdle events with times of 15.10 in the 110 meter highs and 42.63 in the 300 meter hurdles, plus winning the high jump at 5'10" and running 4th in the 400 with his time of 55.97. All athletes were...
Kimball hosted its Junior High Track Invite this past week and finished 7th in both boys and girls divisions. The Kimball boys scored 37 points while the Kimball girls ended up with 19 points. Bridgeport won the boys team title with 103 points with Mitchell a close runnerup with 98, followed by Hemingford with 62, Bayard 56, Pine Bluffs 44, Perkins County 39, KIMBALL 37, Lingle-Ft. Laramie 23, and Morrill 3. One winner on the day for the Kimball boys was Chris McCloskey taking 1st in the pole vault at 9’6”. Caleb Schaeffer was 6th at 7’6...