Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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History was made last November in Kimball County when Daria Anderson-Faden became the first-ever female to be elected county commissioner here. She was recently sworn into office. Anderson-Faden is a teacher at Potter-Dix High School. She will retire from the school in May. She grew up in Kimball, first attending school here when she was in the second grade. Her family has been a part of the businesses in Kimball and she remembers the wonder of the oil boom. "We moved here when I was about in...
Kimball fans and members of the girls basketball team are jubilant after the Lady Longhorns erupted for 28 fourth quarter points to come back for a win at Bridgeport. Kimball scored 45 points in the second half to erase a 12-point halftime deficit....
The Kimball Public School board of education heard various updates on students’ accomplishments at its Jan. 12 meeting. Each board of education meeting reserves a time slot on the agenda to review what is called, “Pride in Excellence.” This agenda item allows students and teachers to inform the board of education what they have been doing to better the school and the community. Patricia Sulu, Kimball High School Spanish teacher, and her students presented a video that they made. The video, roughly 12 minutes in length, is a sort of welco...
After two years, the Kimball Banner County Chamber of Commerce has hired a new chamber director. Larissa Binod is the newly hired chamber director, and will be in the chamber office from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. "We've been without a director for about two years. It's really tough. A director needs to be someone who is professional and business minded so that they can help us accomplish our goals. We need them to be passionate about the community," said Josh Enevoldsen, the new...
Kenneth Mueller (Ken) has been a part of this community for nearly all his 92 years! He was raised on a farm north of Potter. He graduated high school and knew of the war raging in Europe and in the Pacific. Right out of high school, he used the farm deferment to help his parents on their farm. The deferment was offered a second time, but he felt he was needed more in the fight. After the wheat harvest was in he received notice to report to the military processing station in Denver. Since his swimming skills weren’t that good, he felt the A...
The Kimball High School speech team is off to a fantastic start to the season, reports sponsor Jenn Dillinger. Kimball won the Class C/D championship in Scottsbluff on Jan. 10. Individual awards went to Jessica Portillo and Nicholas Thomas-Lewis for fifth place in duet acting, while Kallie Bush, Sanford Day, Taylor Muldoon, Audrey McDowall and Audrey Day took third place in oral interpretation of drama. Connor Moore won first place in humorous prose. Kimball also won the Class C/D championship...
Nationally known for his amazing real-life talking dogs and comedy, Todd Oliver and Friends presents an all new show filled with his canine companions Irving and Lucy, plus a "real" cast of characters like Pops and Miss Lilly, and his outstanding Smiling Eyes Band. There is lots of audience participation, music and good clean comedy. He has been seen on America's Got Talent, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and the Late Show with David Letterman. He will...
The Banner County High School FFA's livestock management and floriculture teams competed last week in Scottsbluff. The livestock management team placed second and qualified for state. Members of the livestock management team include: Tyson Dahlgrin, Kadan Huber, Christina Grubbs, Ashlynne Hanan, Paige Cross and Shay White. The floriculture team consisted of Sara Taggart, Megan Gifford, MaKenna Dahlgrin, Bailee Underhill and Emily Singleton. Taggart received a red ribbon, and Gifford received a...
Markus Wood, left, presents a $1,000 check on Friday to the second grade class of Amy McManigal at Mary Lynch Elementary School. The class collected $100,000 in receipts and turned them into Kimball Main Street Market for the "Receipts for Cash" program....
Banner County High School announced its "Winter Formal" royalty at halftime of Saturday's boys basketball game against Minatare. Pictured, from left, are: Rebecca Brown, queen; Tyson Dahlgrin, king; junior attendants Cole Carey and Erika Geary; sophomore attendants Cole Blanke and Savannah Jordan; and freshman attendants James Sandberg and MaKenna Dahlgrin....
The University of Nebraska at Kearney has announced the names of students who earned a place on the dean’s list for the fall 2014 semester. Five local students have been named to the dean’s list. They are: Amanda Harrison of Harrisburg, Dee Snyder of Kimball, Johnathon Kurth of Kimball, Hannah Stull of Kimball and Ty Ottoson of Potter. To earn a place on the dean’s list, university students must complete 12 hours or more (for which quality points are rewarded) with a grade point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale. Students earn a 4.0 f...
The Kimball High wrestlers hosted Lingle and Southeast this past week and had perhaps their best outing of the season to date according to coach Wade Brashear. Kimball won over Lingle 28-18 and lost to Southeast 36-23, although they actually won in head-to-head matches. Southeast also won over Lingle 51-17. It was a special night for a pair of special young men as seniors Rowdy Keller and Justin Mohr were honored along with their parents in between matches. These two young men have given a lot...
The Kimball Lady Longhorns won out 49-31 over Maxwell in first round play of the SPVA Conference basketball tournament in a contest played at Kimball's home court Tuesday evening, and advance now into the winners bracket where they will face Chase County, a 54-31 winner over Bridgeport in the other lower bracket first round pairing on Monday. Kimball is the #2 seed in the 8 school bracket while Maxwell is the #7 seed. Chase County was the #6 seed and upset #3 seed Bridgeport for their...
The Kimball High boys lost to Bridgeport in first round play of the SPVA Conference Tournament in a game played at Bridgeport Monday evening, dropping them into the losers bracket where they will face Perkins County on Saturday, at 11 a.m. Kimball time, at the North Platte Community College gymnasium. After facing and losing to Bridgeport on their home court Friday evening in regular scheduled play, the Horns found the home court Bulldogs even tougher this time out falling 69-43 to the tall and...
In Kimball High junior varsity basketball action this past week the Kimball boys set the tone for some exciting hardwood play. On Tuesday of last week they battled a good Potter-Dix club through three quarters of play to win 46-43 as the young Coyotes came back strong at the end. Trent Rutledge led Kimball with 15 points going 5/5 at the foul line. Ethan Land hit a pair of treys and tallied 12 points, Tyler Magninie had 9, Jaden Withrow 7, and Jaikob Cole 3. Coby Hicks led Potter-Dix with 15, Edward Barnes had 9, Kelsey Rozelle 8, Sam Bogert 6,...
Potter-Dix used its swarming defense to create plenty of offensive opportunities on Monday. The Lady Coyotes (10-2) stormed out to a 13-2 lead and went on to thump visiting Minatare, 57-25, in the first round of the Minuteman Activities Conference tournament. Top-seeded Potter-Dix returns to action in the second round of the tournament Thursday to face Bayard at 3 p.m. A Savannah Shaw jumper less than a minute into the game started the scoring, and the Lady Coyotes were off and running. After a...
A good week of basketball for the Kimball High girls as they went 3-0 in this time frame and ran their season record to 8-4. It started on Tuesday of last week in a home game for the Lady Longhorns hosting D-l Potter-Dix and winning out 52-29. On Friday night at Bridgeport they came out on top 58-46, and at Rushville on Saturday they prevailed 83-57 in a marathon contest that went on forever. Potter-Dix is a scrappy and talented Class D ball club that is hurting some what from injuries but they...
The Potter-Dix boys basketball team opened the Minuteman Activities Conference Tournament on Tuesday with a 53-39 win at Garden County, while the Banner County boys fell in their opening round game by a 56-39 score at Bayard. Potter-Dix 53, Garden County 39 Potter-Dix expanded its lead in the second quarter and went on to top Garden County, 53-39, Tuesday night in the first round of the MAC Tournament. The Coyotes move on to the semifinals of the tournament. The opponent, date and time of the game were not known at press time early Tuesday...
Garrett Grubbs took third place in the 145 weight class and Brandon Blickensderfer finished fourth in the 106 weight class at the Cheyenne East JV Invitational held Saturday. Blickensderfer received a first round bye, then went on to win by fall against William Fish of Niobara County in the second round. In the third round, he defeated Jason Hobbs of Wheatland by fall. In the championship round, Blickensderfer lost by technical fall to Remington Southwick of Niobara County and then dropped a 9-3 decision to Fish in a rematch in the third place...
The Kimball High boys won two out of three of their basketball encounters this past week to run their season record to 5 and 7 prior to Monday's SPVA Tournament loss to Bridgeport. Last week, the Longhorns picked up a 56-42 win over Potter-Dix on Tuesday, lost at Bridgeport 57-48, and won at Gordon-Rushville 54-43. Coach Luke Dea and his staff have seen their crew battle hard each time out but find the going tough when they face the taller clubs on the schedule. Kimball led at all quarter...
The Potter-Dix girls basketball team continued its winning ways last week with victories against Leyton and Hay Springs. The Lady Coyotes also dropped a game at Kimball on Jan. 13. Potter-Dix 51, Leyton 43 A strong second quarter lifted Potter-Dix to a 51-43 win at rival Leyton (4-7) last Friday. The Lady Coyotes (9-2) led 9-8 after the first quarter and outscored Leyton 19-11 in the second period for a 28-19 halftime lead. Anna McLaughlin had a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds to lead Potter-Dix in the win. Alexus Rozelle also had...
Things looked good briefly early on for Banner County before Minatare took control for the rest of the game. The visiting Indians quickly erased a 4-0 deficit as they went on to defeat the Wildcats, 59-40, on Saturday night. Minatare ended the first quarter on a 22-2 run. Kadan Huber and Tyson Dahlgrin started the game with back-to-back layups as the Wildcats went up 4-0. The Indians dominated the remainder of the first quarter. They rolled off 11 consecutive points, wrapped up by a pair of...
The Potter-Dix boys basketball team split a pair of games over the weekend. The Coyotes (4-7) dropped a game at rival Leyton on Friday, and then rebounded with a win against Hay Springs on Saturday. They also lost at Kimball on Jan. 13. Leyton 54, Potter-Dix 39 Leyton slowly built its lead throughout the game in a 54-39 win against rival Potter-Dix last Friday. Leyton (6-5) led 17-14 in the first quarter and held a 27-22 halftime advantage. The Warriors outscored the Coyotes by 10 points in the second half. Score by quarter Potter-Dix 14 8 11...
A pair of big runs carried Banner County on Saturday night. The Lady Wildcats opened the game on a 10-0 spurt and used an 11-0 run to end the third quarter as they thrashed visiting Minatare, 57-25. Paige Cross started the scoring with a layup and Courtney Knisley added a fast break bucket after a Savannah Jordan steal to get the Lady Wildcats off and running less than a minute into the game. An Ashlynne Hanan layup and two Knisley free throws made it an 8-0 game, and MaKenna Dahlgrin's layup...