Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Vandalism raised its ugly head in Kimball on the first weekend of February – and the targets of the vandalism were very unusual and different. Cantrell Funeral Home, along with the Four Winds Golf Course pro shop and the Windbreak Bar and Grill building, were areas hard hit with graffiti. Kimball police said they have investigated, but no arrests have been made. Keith Jones from Cantrell Funeral Home said that he was able to remove the "writings" on Sunday morning. He used Zip-Strip and a power...
The Kimball School Board conducted a special meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 11, and will hold another at 8 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 15. Both meetings involve the applicants to become the district’s next superintendent. On Tuesday night, board members reviewed in executive session the 14 applications and looked over the references from the Nebraska School Board Association. The board is expected to select three or four candidates to be interviewed. Names of those selected were to be announced on Wednesday. According to current Superintendent Elizabeth O...
Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy Director Jim Macy last week announced $6 million in grants to support 161 environmentally themed projects across the state. The Kimball area received a significant $102,334 chunk of those grants for Keep Kimball Beautiful initiatives. That total exceeds those of grants awarded for the larger Panhandle communities of Scottsbluff-Gering and Sidney. Statewide, the grants will help fund litter and waste reduction projects and recycling programs. They also will pay for scrap tire cleanups and...
Kimball High School civics student Austin Lulf participated in County Government Day last week. It left an impression on him. Lulf said he "found visiting the jail cell was the most interesting. I think this because the cell was so small and it was still holding nine people ... My favorite county office was county assessor. She was very intuitive and her job seemed really interesting." Lulf and his classmates in the senior civics class took part in County Government Day on Wednesday, Feb. 5....
Members of the Lions Club of Kimball presented a $5,861 check Tuesday to Patty Shaw for the Andy Shaw Memorial. The money was raised when the Lions Club sold tickets for the raffle of the late Dan Kinnison's carpentry tools to benefit the memorial. Patty, Andy Shaw's mother, said she was pleased with the amount and said it would help lots of people battling cancer. Representing the Lions Club were Kathy Porter, Nancy Prunty and Keith Prunty....
Hello everyone and Happy Valentine’s Day! It is tomorrow and what it means to me at this moment is … Well..we are almost half way through February, and how did that happen, Cupid?? Seriously, I do wish you all a special day, at least a nice one. I know of a few dining places that are having Valentine’s Day special offers, the Eagles in Kimball for one and another a couple of fellows who will perform music from the 1957 era that was made popular by the Everly Brothers. The Midwest Theater in Scottsbluff will host “The Everly Set” on the 14th....
The Kimball High Wrestlers were busy at the WTC/SPVA Tournament this past week at Bridgeport, and will head to North Platte St Pats for District competition this Friday-Saturday. The Longhorns had some good efforts at the conference tournament along with some disappointments. Coach Wade Brashear commented, “We had our highs and our lows at conference. We started out in the first two rounds wrestling very well. The semifinal round was not as fruitful for us. We dropped some big matches that would have set us up for better placing. “Stephen Bat...
The winter sports season is fast winding down! The Kimball wrestlers go to the District D-4 Tournament this Friday-Saturday at North Platte St Pats hoping to qualify some of our wrestlers for the State Tournament in Omaha that starts February 20. The Kimball High girls close out the regular season this Friday hosting Hemingford and move into subdistrict play at Ogallala Tuesday (February 18). Sorry I can’t give you any pairings as they were not available yet at the time of this writing. There is still junior high boys basketball going on and K...
As of February 9, 2020, Kimball's Dale Hendrickson is a member of the Nebraska Baseball Hall of Fame! And he has a lot of his Kimball friends and fans that can testify to this happening as they journeyed from near and far to witness, and be part of the ceremony. This year's induction of the 7 new members consisting of 5 players, a media person and a coach, was held at the Nebraska Baseball Hall of Fame headquarters located in Beatrice, Nebraska, this past Sunday evening complete with an...
The Potter-Dix Coyote basketball teams hosted the Crawford Rams on Thursday, and the winless Lady Coyotes started off the action against the 10-and-9 Lady Rams unable to break the Crawford press. The Lady Rams harassed and pressured the Lady Coyotes into turnovers and limited the Potter-Dix offense to just six points in the first quarter. The Lady Rams seemed to steal the ball at will, and the vast majority of the half was played on the wrong side of the court for the home team and the Lady...
The Kimball boys finished 4th in this year's Western Trails Conference Basketball Tournament play, losing 37-34 to Morrill in the consolation finals on Saturday. The Longhorns got off to a good start with a 47-30 win on the road over Gordon-Rushville in first round play, which advanced them into semifinal play at WNCC Cougar palace, and gave them two more contests as first round losers were out. In semifinal action, Kimball lost to the eventual champion Bridgeport, 61-40. In winning the...
The Kimball Hight girls were eliminated from advancing to additional play at Cougar Palace in Scottsbluff with a first round loss at Bayard in Western Trail Conference Tournament play this past week. Unlike the first meeting between these two teams, when Kimball won 51-46 at Bayard, the hosting Lady Tigers dominated in winning 60-41. Kimball Coach Chauncey Pedersen said. “We were beaten severely in every category. Give credit to the Bayard coaches and their team, they were prepared and we evidently were not”. Bayard jumped out to a 19-9 lea...