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 Kimball Longhorns track teams head to the Bayard meet on March 28 after getting the 2024 season off to a good start with multiple strong efforts March 16 at the UNK B/C indoor meet and March 23 at the Morrill Early Bird meet. It's a busy week coming up for the Horns. After Bayard, they're off to meets at Creek Valley on April 2 and Mitchell on April 4. Kimball's junior high team also is in action, hosting a triangular with Pine Bluffs and Burns at 2:30 p.m. March 28 and heading to the...
Numbers are good for the Kimball High golf team as the new season nears with 14 golfers going out for the team. Coach Chuck Christiansen, at top left above, watches his golfers warm up last week at Four Winds Golf Course. The Longhorns open their 2024 campaign April 3 with the Sidney Invitational at Hillside Golf Course in Cheyenne County....
Kimball schools Superintendent Trevor Anderson has added the role of boys basketball coach to his responsibilities. Basketball and coaching are in his blood. His head coaching record at Battle Creek, a Division C2 school near Norfolk, was 86-52 over five seasons from 2013-14 to 2017-18. Before coming to Kimball four years ago, he coached multiple teams to conference/district titles and the state tournament. Basketball coaching success runs in the family. Anderson’s father, Mark, compiled a record of 214-90 as head coach at Randolph. That includ...
On Saturday evening the Kimball FFA hosted its annual labor auction along with the FFA Alumni sponsoring the meal and other events. According to FFA instructor Emily Sowards, more than 250 people took advantage of the event. Thirty-two students were auctioned off for eight hours of work each. The top selling students were Dakota Vrbas for $1,500 and Julia Winstrom reeling in $1,300. All the money remains in the FFA chapter. The students receive the benefits in the form of scholarships, contest...
Inmate Jordan Crews has a new set of charges to contend with from an incident on March 13 in the Kimball County Jail. The new charges include a 3A felony assault by a confined person-no weapon and misdemeanor criminal mischief. Crews was transferred to the Lincoln County Detention Center and is being held on a bond of $25,000. He is scheduled to appear March 27 for a Kimball County Court status of waiver of preliminary hearing. Crews is represented by Stacy Bach. Crews, 27, was arrested on March 9 during a Kimball drug bust and charged with pos...
Kimball County commissioners Rich Flores, and Carl Stander voted to approve, if necessary, on Tuesday, March 19, the transfer of $210,000 from the inheritance fund to the general fund to pay KCTS payroll and bills due to a holdup in state funding. The discussion prior to the vote focused on cutting transit services, such as shutting routes down. Administrator Christy Warner said, “Everything is connected,” and a public hearing must be held in order to shut services down. The financial operation of the KCTS has been crippled because rei...
The Kimball High School senior civics class was assigned a project by teacher Jeri Ferguson to create a presentation about a community recreational center, an idea that has been discussed for years in the Kimball area. This project was divided into different groups. Each group was responsible for researching a specific aspect of the recreation center, such as the programs offered, funding sources or potential locations. The students worked collaboratively to compile their findings and create a...
Organizer Donna Linn said more than 25 people donated blood and platelets during the blood drive from 1-6 p.m. Monday, March 11, at The Sagebrush in Kimball. One of them was local veterinarian Dr. Mimi Shaw, above left, shown finishing up her blood draw....
FFA teams from around the district completed in a variety of contests during the recent contest in Kimball. At right, these FFA members listen to instructions before they participate in the meat judging contest that was held. Banner County's FFA meats team listened well – and placed third. Alliance was first with 1,450 points, Minatare second with 1,241, Banner County third with 1,203 and Scottsbluff fourth with 1,176. See more area FFA news from Kimball on pages A1 and A5....
After hours of cooking before Kimball FFA's annual banquet and labor auction Saturday, FFA Alumni members pose for a picture in front of boxes of Rocky Mountain Oysters. Considered the unsung heroes of the FFA banquet are, from left, Ashley Laidlow, Bobby Martin, Dustin Wilke, Greg Wilke, Erwin Wilke, Brandie Wasielewski, Byron Wilke, Colton Boren, Keith Wasielewski and Duane Weisbrook...
The definition of legacy is something that can be passed on. But legacy can take many forms. It may be one’s faith, ethics or core values. It also may be monetary or asset gifts. Legacy may come from one’s character, reputation and the life they lead, setting an example for others and to guide their futures. There are many people in Kimball County who left a legacy – not necessarily monetarily or with property, but by their character, reputation and leading by example. I think of Gotte Park. It was started by a man who loved trees and wanted to...
Those who have left legacies in Kimball include folks who worked to save, at right, Oliver Lake. Others include those who led by example in the areas of trees, the outdoors, music and sports. In her column below, Karen Bivens shares her thoughts on those who leave legacies to help their communities....
The spring sports season is inching ever closer for the Kimball boys and girls track teams and the boys golf team, but that’s not all that’s going on in Longhorns Nation. Kimball Public Schools also looks to fill a number of coaching positions for the 2024-25 academic year. Here they are: • Varsity head boys basketball. • Varsity assistant girls basketball. • Varsity head and assistant girls wrestling. • Varsity head boys track. • Assistant cheer. • Junior high head and assistant boys wrestling. • Junior high head girls track. For folks...
Last week’s Observer article “A Look At Kimball Land Swap Plan” stirred some discussion among residents on the practicality of the land swap. Under the Kimball Rec land swap plan, four ballfields on 44 acres at the Rec Center would be exchanged for 4.5 acres that include the former Windbreak Restaurant and two golf sheds. The Windbreak Restaurant would be remodeled into a Four Winds Golf Course pro shop with a possible bar. The entity in charge of the land swap or conversion is the Park and Rec Executive Board. Residents have expressed inter...
See something. Say something. That was the message. The Kimball County Transit Service building was packed with local and state law enforcement, politicians, city and county employees, a group from Sidney, and citizens interested in learning about threat assessments and the need to report suspicious activity. Nebraskans are of the mindset to mind your own business, but speaker Lt. Monty Lovelace, director of the Nebraska Fusion Center, said those days are over. He said people need to be vigilant...
Keep Kimball Beautiful scored big again in the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy financial awards. In response to being awarded the money, Director Spud Rowley said, "The totes are coming to the alleyways." He said the totes are in high demand, and he is constantly being asked for alley totes for residents to place recyclables to be collected The Kimball facility, operational for 42 years and functioning out of the city building for the past 30 years, received three different grants...
Preparations are being made for the construction of apartments across the street from Kimball County Manor, top center, for employees of expanding Clean Harbors Environmental Services. The lots were leveled and infrastructure has been installed. The premanufactured units should be arriving soon, and expectations are that the 16 units will be ready for occupancy sometime in May. There are eight one-bedroom rentals, four two-bedroom units, and 4-three bedroom units planned....
Nate Entingh of Kimball adds a bag of shoes to the many shoes that local folks donated to help the needy. The annual shoe drive organized by Heather and Nate Entingh netted 103 bags of shoes. Volunteers of all ages hauled bags up stairs and loaded them on a truck. Bags had 25 pairs of shoes and weighed 50 to 60 pounds. In addition to helping those who need shoes, the 103 bags will bring back $1,000 to the Positive Spaces effort and be earmarked for Kimball parks. The Entinghs continue to take...
Banner County FFA adviser Bill Gifford reported that 200 people were in attendance at the recent 2nd ever FFA auction. The FFA Boosters served the meal and feedback has been very positive on the event. Gifford said, "I think we collected nearly $20,000 in donations this year, and we were overwhelmed with that number. "We really are grateful to our community and the surrounding communities that supported us. It is very humbling to think that so many can be so generous in so many ways to support...
Good morning! Typical spring weather here in western Nebraska. Nice and pleasant, windy, with rain and snow! This week and weekend many people will be celebrating St. Paddy’s Day; here is to you and your fun and safety if you are one of them. I have a little green St. Paddy gnome that my cat George has gotten a hold of several times this past month. His little four leaf clover and buckle have been glued on more than once. Darn cat. The schoolhouse has very little going on compared to how their weeks usually go. Tomorrow, March 15th, there w...
A presentation from the Kimball FFA Parliamentary Procedure team topped the agenda Monday at the Kimball School Board meeting. Using Robert's Rules of Order, they conducted a mock meeting in preparation for the state FFA contest. The presentation was done by team members Nolan Cook, Landon Norberg, Grace Anderson, Aubrey Culek and Hayden Sours. Meanwhile, Superintendent Trevor Anderson reported two more donations of locally raised beef in February, making the total beef donations five for the...
A search warrant resulting in multiple Kimball arrests was executed on March 9 at separate residences by the Kimball County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s department was assisted by the Kimball police and the Nebraska State Patrol. A traffic stop in the 600 block of Burg Street produced stolen items as well as a white powdery substance on the person of Jordan Crews. Crews, 27 was arrested and charged for possession of a controlled substance (meth) and possession of stolen property with a bon...
Julie Golembiewski, 58 of Kimball, died at her home in Kimball on Friday, March 8. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball. A complete obituary will be published in next week’s edition. Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements....
The Kimball Longhorns placed a number of athletes on the Western Trails Conference and South Platte Valley Association 2023-24 all-conference high school teams for boys and girls basketball and boys wrestling. Here's how it breaks down. Western Trails Conference Boys Basketball Three Longhorns received All-Conference Honors: Brandon Paxton, Kyler Lusche and Braxton Miller. Two Longhorns received honorable mention: Trevor Fuss and Wyatt Cords. WTC MVP went to Bridgeport's Kolby Lussetto. Girls Ba...
Remember shooting a basketball or attending PE in the West Elementary School gymnasium? Well, times have really changed. The old gym, the lone surviving remnant of the school still in place, has begun a new life as part of the newly opened Kimball Health Services hospital. Troy Kurz, KHS facilities director and the new hospital project manager, provided some insight to the Observer. "The former West Elementary gymnasium space is the hospital's new central utility plant, which provides all of...