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 School Board was back in session on Monday evening, Feb. 17, after a long day Saturday of interviewing candidates for superintendent of schools. After the approval of the agenda and the reading and approval of the board minutes, the board addressed action items. The first action item: Discuss, consider and take all necessary action with regard to approval of Trevor Anderson to be superintendent of the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years. Anderson received the nod of the school board for the...
The Kimball school board conducted interviews Saturday, Feb. 15, for the three candidates for superintendent of Kimball schools. The candidates were Gregory Gaden, Trevor Anderson and Danielle Reader. Each had a formal and public interview with the board, and the candidates also had interviews with staff and community. Gaden is from Rapid City, S.D., and is director of special services for the Rapid City schools. Trevor Anderson hails from Chamber, Neb., where he is the principal. He is a...
Kimball City Council is back at full strength. In order to make the council complete, Mayor Keith Prunty's appointment of Creg Pike to fill the vacancy on the council was accepted Tuesday by a motion and a second. The measure passed, 3-0, to have Pike fill the seat that opened when Christy Warner stepped down. Pike then took the oath of office and climbed on board to join the council. Mary Lynch student, Lane Cook led the Kimball City Council in the Pledge of Allegiance for the Feb. 18 meeting....
Good morning Banner County, friends near and far. This past week many folks celebrated Valentines Day, 4-H had beef weigh-in, and most schools had a day (or two) off for Presidents Day. Pretty busy weekend. This up coming week however seems a lot less so. Tomorrow, Friday, February 21st, school will be in session here in Harrisburg and there will be a Community Basketball and supper that evening. I believe the game play will begin at 6 p.m. with supper served prior. To verify times call the school at 436-5262. February 23-29 is FFA week and I...
Jon Kuhlman passed away unexpectedly and peacefully in his sleep on December 14, 2019. He was born in Flint, Michigan, on February 7, 1941, to Fredrick and Lillian Kuhlman. Jon was the sixth child in a large family of 13 children where their German heritage was very strong. His siblings knew him as Johnny. The Kuhlman family moved to Kimball, NE in 1948 and later to Delta, CO where he left school at the age of 16 to work in the oil field. Jon was drafted hut was able to join the Navy Seabees at...
Laurel Lee Eberhart of Cary, North Carolina passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 10th, 2020 at the age of 90 years old. Laurel was a native Nebraskan born in Bushnell, Nebraska, to Ralph and Salma Hammond on December 20, 1929. She attended grade school in Bushnell, NE and high school in Louisville, NE. She graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE in 1951 receiving a BS degree in Social Work. She worked at the Veterans Administration for a year and then had her first...
Leo A. Koester, 87, of Kimball, died at the Kimball County Manor on Saturday, February 15, 2020. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, February 21, 2020 at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball. Cremation will follow the funeral and inurnment will be held at a later date. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view the obituary and leave condolences and stories for the family. In lieu of flowers memorials may be given in his name to the Kimball Volunteer Fire Department or the...
William F. Jennings, 70, of Kimball, died at his home in Kimball on Sunday, February 9, 2020. Cremation has been held and services will be held at a later date. Please visit www.cantrellfh.com to view the complete obituary. The services for William have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home....
This is the weekend of the 2020 Nebraska State Wrestling Tournament held in Omaha and Kimball has FOUR STATE QUALIFIERS! It has been a long time since the Longhorns have sent this many young men to the BIG SHOW down east. Congrats to Coaches Wade Brashear and Bob Culek and to the four young men who will represent Kimball High. They are, Stephen Bateman, Connor Cluff, Trey Schindler and Matthew Johnson. Enjoy the experience! Talkin’ Basketball The basketball season is closing out also with sub-district tournaments taking place. The Kimball girls...
Kimball will be sending four wrestlers to the Nebraska State Wrestling Tournament in Omaha that gets underway today (Thursday) and continues through Saturday! By virtue of their outstanding performances at the D-4 District Tournament held this past week, the Longhorns will be sending one of their largest number of wrestlers to the big show in Omaha in many years. The Fearsome Foursome include senior heavyweight Stephen Bateman at 285 pounds, junior Connor Cluff at 126, freshman Trey Schindler...
The Kimball High Lady Longhorns won in Subdistrict on Tuesday night, Feb. 18, beating Perkins County, 46-31. This means that the Longhorns next play in the Subdistrict Championship game 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, against South Platte at Ogallala. A few days earlier, the Kimball girls picked up a conference win over visiting Hemingford Friday night coming from behind at half time to win out 45-41. It was a close, and exciting contest, the entire game and a fitting finish for Kimball's two...
A key win for the Kimball High boys Friday night as they kept their Western Trails Conference hopes alive with a 49-34 win over visiting Hemingford. The Longhorns looked sharp with some good passing and team work with everyone looking for the open man which turned into baskets and a lot of assists on the stat sheet. First quarter play stayed close with Kimball leading 9-5 after the opening 8 minutes of play, but the Horns turned it on in second quarter action hitting 5 treys and out scoring the Cats 18-4 to take a half time lead of 27-9. The Ho...
In Tuesday night basketball action at Pine Bluffs, the night belonged to the hosting Hornets as they dominated Kimball in both he girls and boys contests. The Lady Hornets won over Kimball 58-23 and the Pine Bluffs boys won over Kimball 85-48. PINE BLUFFS GIRLS 58 KIMBALL GIRLS 23 The Pine Bluffs girls are very tall and talented once again with three 6 footers and 4 seniors in their starting lineup, along with some smooth back court guards to give them all around strength, such as sophomore Jaden Shelit who started the game scoring with a trey...