Years Ago

January 2012

Kimball’s Junior High boys basketball squad swept Burns on Monday night in their season openers.

The 7th graders cruised 31-16, behind Jordan Greenwood’s 16 point night, with quite a bit of help from Jaden Withrow.

“I saw some good things for the first game out,” said coach Dane Wurdeman. “Defense was a key.”

In the 8th grade contest, Kimball rambled to a 34-11 win. Cole Christensen led the way with 22 pints, followed by Ethan Land, who knocked in six.

“I was really proud of my boys,” observed coach Michele Daum. “Angel Flores, Trent Rutledge and Ehtan Land played very well pushing the offense.”

The boys play at Morrill Thursday.

January 2008

Several times a month the Nebraska State Patrol reports a motorist colliding with an animal, usually while driving at night, and usually the animal is a deer. But Sunday night, Nathan Dennis of Cozad struck an animal not usually found in police reports – a buffalo.

According to the NSP, Dennis, 20, was driving a 1997 Ford Taurus northbound on Route 71 near the Kimball-Banner county line when the collision occurred shortly after 7 p.m. Dennis was restrained and no human injuries were reported, but damages to the car are estimated at $2,000.

The buffalo, a yearling belonging to Tory Meyer of Kimball, was killed in the collision.

The NSP confirmed the buffalo belonged to Meyer, who raises them near mile marker 29 on Route 71.

January 2003

A Bushnell woman, who wrote nearly $3,000 in bad checks last year, was sentenced last week to serve up to two years at the Center for Women in York, Neb.

Nancy Schadegg was sentenced to gross of two years in separate criminal cases in Kimball County Court. She must also pay the amounts owed plus court costs.

In one case, she was charged with two counts of issuing bad checks and sentenced to one year for each count, to be served consecutively. Other sentences of six months or a year, are to be served concurrent with the other sentence.

In addition to these cases, Schadegg, who has also used the last name Espinoza, had been sentenced earlier to probation for writing bad checks worth about $1,500 and disregarded the orders said Kimball County Judge C.G. Wallace. she was also charged with failing to appear.

She pled not guilty to a recent case where she is charged with five counts of issuing a bad check and that case remains open while she serves time. In several small claims court cases, she reportedly owes people more than $2,000. Plaintiffs in some of those cases had loaned her money to help cover her bad checks.

Judge Wallace said the conduct is no different than stealing from a store.

January 1978

Volunteer firemen made 2 calls Tuesday morning, one to an overturned propane tank truck and the second to a treater house fire. Damage to the truck was estimated at $15,000, but no fire was reported. An estimated $1,000 damage was reported to valves and the treater house, according to Steve Sterling, assistant fire chief.

At the 10:30 a.m. call, a propane truck owned by Merlin Wittrock of Kimball had overturned on a road 12 miles south and 3/4 east of Kimball. The 4400 gallon propane tank on the back of the truck was owned by Tri-State Coop of Kimball. Firement were on “stand-by” until the truck was righted and danger of explosion and fire was over.

At 11:15 an oil field treater house was reported on fire 3 miles south and 3 west of Kimball on a lease of Nebraska Drillers. The fire started from a leaky valve in the treater house which was set off by the fire box on a nearby treater tank. There was no damage to the treater tank or a propane tank nearby.

January 1958

Services were held Friday for Leroy Young, 78, who died at the Kimball County Hospital Jan. 8. Mr. Young suffered a stroke.

A retired farmer, Mr. Young had lived in Kimball since 1945. He was born Oct. 9, 1879, in Rock Island, Ill., and grew up at David City, Nebr. He moved to Peabody, Kans., in 1913, to Dix in 1918, and to Hamilton, Kans., in 1941 before coming to Kimball.

Mr. Young was a member of the Royal Highlander Lodge of David City.

Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Blanche Harris, whom he married April 16, 1913 at Winona, Minn .; two sons, Joseph Leroy of Kimball and Curtis H. of Beatrice; a sister, Mrs. Mattie Davis of Exeter; two brothers, G. A. Young of Lincoln and J. Hartley Young of David City, and four grandchildren.

The Rev. C. W. Smith officiated at services at the Methodist Church. Burial was in the Kimball cemetery.

January 1943

The Banner county high school basketball squad proved superior to Kimball high Tuesday night by a 28-22 score on the Kimball gymnasium floor.

Harrisburg got off to a 7-2 lead at the end of the first, the Longhorns rallying to whittle the margin to 12-9 at the half. Kimball pulled unto 20-18 at the end of the third, but Sandberg’s two final-period goals sewed up the game.

Halstead was high point man for Kimball. Putman, Scottsbluff junior college coach, was referee.

Harrisburg won a previous game from the Longhorns by a 22-21 decision.

January 1923

Mr. and Mrs Alfred Forsling received half reindeer last Friday from their son, Elmer, who is in the government employ in Alaska. Many of the friends of the family enjoyed part of the meat.

It was dark, tender meat no unlike venison.

January 1913

Mrs. S. B. Hanna suffered a badly burned face Monday morning when some gasoline used in washing caught fire.

She was boiling the clothing and had just put in some gasoline to act as a cleanser when she took up a dipper and began stirring.

Some of the gasoline must have slopped over on to the stove and caught fire for she was suddenly on fire all over her face and neck. Mrs. James Reed, who was helping wash, caught up some clothing and smothered the flames, in doing which she probably saved Mrs. Hanna’s life.

Medical aid was summoned and the lady is now getting along nicely.