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 majority of items on the Kimball City Council meeting agenda Oct 15 focused on implementing strategies outlined in the Kimball Economic Development Plan. Kimball special projects coordinator Amy Sapp explained to council members the Citizens Advisory Committee recommendations for business improvement grants as part of the economic development incentive program. Approved business owners can receive up to 70 percent of the expenses incurred to make improvements to their businesses. The... Full story
There will be plenty of treats in the Kimball area this Halloween, along with extra police and sheriff's patrols to promote safety – and minimize tricks. The annual Halloween parade in downtown Kimball, sponsored by Points West Community Bank, will start at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, at Kimball Public Library. Almost all Kimball businesses will participate and hand out candy to kids, organizers said. As of Tuesday afternoon, the list of participating businesses looked like this: Points West C...
The Potter Railroad Park revitalization project is nearing completion, with final installations to take place within the next few weeks. This project has been ongoing since a survey was conducted in 2018 examining user satisfaction with Potter recreational facilities. The survey indicated that respondents would like to have improved shelter and picnic facilities as well as access to restrooms in the Railroad Park that is located west of Chestnut and Front Streets in the Potter downtown area. In...
Good morning! I hope you all are doing well and as Nebraskans we are known to deal with whatever season we are dealt with – on a daily basis and sometimes several seasons in one day! Yesterday it was winter, and this morning we have spring. Here’s what’s going on at home this week. Thursday, Oct. 24, school will be dismissed at 1 p.m. so that parent/teacher conferences hopefully will take place. Times are 2-5 and 6-8 p.m. Good luck, parents. On Friday, Oct. 25, Deven Sullivan will head to state competition for cross country in Kearney after...
Nyla Jean (Robinson) Bailey was born November 18, 1956, in Kimball, NE to Robert (Ed) and Bettyann (Vavra) Robinson. She passed away in Laramie, WY on October 14, 2019. Nyla graduated from Kimball High School in 1975. She became the proud mother of son Eric Deon Robinson and beautiful daughter Traci Dawn Robinson. She lived in California and Virginia. Nyla returned to Kimball and raised her children as a single parent with help from her parents. She worked at several jobs, including dispatcher a...
The fall sport season is fast coming to a close! The Kimball High girls golf season has already ended with Payton Wise taking third place and Katie Heeg qualifying in her first year with the sport. The cross country will wind up tomorrow (Friday) with Chantel Malson running at Kearney. The football ends tomorrow (Friday) when Kimball hosts Bayard for Homecoming. The volleyball sub-district tournament starts Monday at Ogallala and although we had nothing official at the time of this writing, Kimball coach Jeri Ferguson thought Kimball would be... Full story
Kimball High sophomore Chantel Malson is the Longhorns' lone qualifier for this Friday's Nebraska State cross country meet to be held at the Kearney Country Club Golf Course. The talented young distance ace finished in 10th place at last week's District Class D meet to qualify as an individual. Her qualifying time was 22:25 at the Bridgeport Courthouse and Jailrock Golf Course. This is Miss Malson's second trip to the State meet, having qualified a year ago as a freshman runner – also f...
Sutherland dominated in their 80-18 win over the Kimball High Longhorns in 8-man football action Friday night at the Sutherland site. The winners jumped out to a 22-6 lead at the end of the opening quarter of play and led 64-12 at halftime after scoring 42 second quarter points. They coasted to the 80-18 win with a running clock the entire second half. Kimball kept it close early when Austin Lulf returned a Sutherland kickoff 75 yards to score just 14 seconds after the host team scored the opening touchdown. The Horns scored again in the...
The Kimball Longhorns lost 2-0 to St. Patrick's-North Platte by scores of 8-25 and 11-25 before turning in more competitive performances Saturday against Bridgeport and Perkins County in the SPVA conference tournament. They lost 2-0 to Bridgeport by scores of 24-26 and 29-31; and 2-1 to Perkins County by scores of 23-25, 25-23 and 18-25. That brought the Longhorns' record to 5-20 on the season going into Tuesday night's away match at Perkins County, which they lost 3-0 by scores of 23-25, 13-25...
It certainly was a WISE season for the Kimball High girls golf team and it mostly centered around sophomore Payton Wise, who once again ended her season with a state appearance – and a state medal winning appearance. Payton brought home nine individual medals this season, including winning first place medalist honors at five tournaments. She started the season with a ninth place at Sidney, then won at Bayard with a new school record round of 81. She followed that up with a win at the K...
Deven Sullivan is back at it, representing the Banner County Wildcats at state competition. The long-distance running star will compete Friday at the State cross country meet in Kearney after a strong second-place showing at the Class D District 6 meet at Bridgeport. Sullivan, a senior, ran the course at Courthouse and Jail Rock Golf Course in 18:06, 9 seconds behind winning runner Trevor Kuncil of Mullen. Last spring, Sullivan advanced to the state track meet and did Banner School proud,...
The Leyton/Banner County WarCats entered Thursday's Homecoming contest against Paxton winless, and the inability to stop the big play again sent the WarCats down to defeat. After the opening Homecoming festivities, the Tigers received the kickoff and junior Remington Schimonitz returned it right up the middle of the WarCats coverage for a touchdown and a quick 8-to-0 lead. After going three-and-out, Leyton's Zac Henke boomed a punt all the way down to the Paxton 8 yard line. But the Tigers went...