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Articles from the February 11, 2016 edition


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  • Local boys pass on birthday cheer to many

    Feb 11, 2016

  • Reverse 911 system soon replaced

    Dawn Fossand|Feb 11, 2016

    The local emergency alert system will soon be replaced following an address to the Kimball County Commissioners from Sheriff Harry Gillway last week, regarding the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) program. The program, launched in 2006 in response to presidential executive order #13407, required the United States comprehensive system to “alert and warn the American people in situations of war, terrorist attack, natural disaster or other hazards to public safety and well-being.” This system that we now use locally is...

  • Wellness center considered and meetings reduced

    Tonia Copeland|Feb 11, 2016

    Amid discussion regarding ongoing costs associated with the Kimball Event Center, the Kimball City Council considered partnering with the Kimball County Board of Commissioners and Kimball Health Services to bring a wellness center to Kimball. The matter was considered at the City Council meeting on Feb. 2 following a vote to pursue the matter by the Kimball County Commissioner’s at their meeting earlier the same day. “If you want to explore this, one thing I will be doing is sending the Nebraska Department of Economic Development a request...

  • An agreement renegotiated

    Tonia Copeland|Feb 11, 2016

    The Kimball City Council presented Keep Kimball Beautiful with an amended contract on Tuesday, Feb. 2 following Mayor Keith Prunty’s continued attempts to reach an agreement. Prunty began by stating that he had followed up with discussions from former KKB board members as well as interested citizens throughout the last month and read a timeline of the events as he recalled them. “I would like to let council know what we have been doing and how this came about for this agreement,” Prunty said. “On Jan. 5, I got a request from Susie Abram...

  • Friends and Neighbors: Henry Heeg

    Dawn Fossand|Feb 11, 2016

    Henry Heeg, Sr., comes from a long line of community "doers" in Kimball, and he is no different. Heeg, his family and extended families host the annual Vince's Corner Golf Tournament, one of Kimball's most successful golf weekends. This will be their seventh year and they will host between 120 – 140 golfers for the event, 75 percent of whom travel to Kimball for the contest. The format of the two day, four person, golf scramble tournament is a blind draw for both Saturday and Sunday. The fun...

  • Kimball speech team places first

    Feb 11, 2016

  • Locals receive fraudulent calls

    Dawn Fossand|Feb 11, 2016

    Last Friday, Feb. 5, Kimball resident Jody Childress Hardin received a call that registered as Washington, D.C., on her caller I.D. The caller left a message on Hardin’s answering machine, requesting her to return a call to them. When the woman called the 202-499-1557 number, she stated that a person with a heavy foreign accent informed her that they were with the Internal Revenue Service, and that she was in arrears on her taxes in the amount of $2,015.00. Furthermore, she was advised that if she were to not pay these right away that they...

  • Don Smith

    Feb 11, 2016

    Don Smith, 62 of Milford, formally of Grand Island, died on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016 at Memorial Hospital in Seward. To honor Don's wishes cremation was chosen, a private family inurnment will be at a later date. All Faiths Funeral Home is serving the family. Don was born on January 9, 1954 in Rawlings, WY, son of Merl and Donna (Hamilton) Smith. He is survived by his sisters, Jody (Herman) Meyer of Doniphan, Sandy Smith of Grand Island, and Cathy (Tom) Boragno of Costa Mesa, CA; nephew, Joe...

  • Vernon E. Adels

    Feb 11, 2016

    Vernon Elmer Adels passed away Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016 at home with his family present. Vernon was born March 8, 1930 in Kimball, Nebraska on the family farm. He was raised in Kimball and attended St. John's Lutheran parochial school thru 8th grade and graduated from Kimball County High School in 1947. He entered the US Navy and was stationed in San Diego, California. He married Shirley Dickerson on Oct. 28, 1953 in Kimball, Nebraska. They lived in Kimball and he was employed at Safeway. To this...

  • Thomas William Reader

    Feb 11, 2016

    Born January 14, 1936 in Kimball, NE to Carl Edwin Reader and Winona Adams Reader. Thomas attended rural elementary schools and graduated in 1953 from Kimball County High School. In 1958 he graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University with a major in physics. While an undergraduate he took part in Sputnik watches and seismology data gathering. Thomas was employed at White Sands Missile Range from July 1958 until his retirement in April 2005. The majority of his time there he was engaged in...

  • William Dickerson

    Feb 11, 2016

    William Alonzo Dickerson, 70, of Kimball, Nebraska, passed away in Fayetteville, Ark. on Sunday, January 31, 2016. Bill was born, grew up, and resided in the Kimball, NE, area all of his life. He was born June 25th, 1945, to Harvey Alonzo and Murl Harriett (Howery) Dickerson. He attended Kimball County High School and Chadron State College where he met his wife, Linda Huber. To them was born a daughter, Shannon and a son, Shane. Bill is survived by his wife Linda, daughter Shannon and Tyler...

  • Local teen awarded for heroism

    Dawn Fossand|Feb 11, 2016

    A small group of residents, ambulance crew members and the Kimball City Mayor, joined one grateful Helen Kuhlman to honor 18 year old Garrett Pruett, of Kimball, who some have called a hero. The group gathered at noon on Thursday, Feb. 4 in the City conference room where Prunty presented Pruett with a certificate from the City and introduced Kuhlman to Pruett, stating, "This is Helen. The lady that you saved." The mayor, Pruett and Mrs. Kuhlman stood in front of the room. "Garrett, we would...

  • War inspires commitment

    Dawn Fossand|Feb 11, 2016

    Although the war began with Nazi Germany’s attack on Poland in September 1939, the United States did not enter the war until after the Japanese bombed the American fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. Roosevelt worked to prepare our citizens to prepare for the conflict that he (the President) deemed “inevitable.” This fact was one that influenced young lovers to tie the knot while young and quickly, before they were called to leave – to fight for this great nation. People in the situation were reminded what was really...

  • Traditional gifts for Valentine's Day

    Dawn Fossand|Feb 11, 2016

    Traditionally, in the United States – we celebrate Valentine's Day by giving flowers, cards and chocolate. However, have you ever wondered where these traditions may have come from? According to several online sources, the tradition of giving flowers to our "sweethearts" on Feb. 14 began in the 1800's, since roses, which (past and present) represent love – were the flowers of choice for the day. It is offered that roses were the favorite flower of Venus, the goddess of love, because they...

  • Lady Horns finish second at WTC

    Tom Southard|Feb 11, 2016

    The Kimball High Lady Longhorns suffered two major losses at this year's Western Trails Conference Tournament canceling out their goal of winning two conference tournament titles this season. The first loss came Friday night when senior Danika Daum suffered a foot injury that kept her from participating in the championship game on Saturday. This of course, hurt the chances of winning Saturday's title game with Gordon-Rushville as the Lady Mustangs, the number 5 seed, surprised by winning it all...

  • Lady Coyotes dominated Garden Co.

    Tonia Copeland|Feb 11, 2016

    The Potter Dix Lady Coyotes overwhelmed the Garden County Lady Eagles at home on Friday, Feb. 5, by a score of 61-27. Leading the pack for the Lady Coyotes was senior Anna McLaughlin. McLaughlin hit double digits, hitting five of ten two-point attempts and going two for two at the line, for a total of 12 points to her credit. Junior Brooke Glass and Senior Cortney Lewis followed McLaughlin with 11 each. Glass shot 4/8 inside the arch, and 2/2 for a 100 percent shooting average from the line,...

  • Kimball's SPVA competitor, freshman Toby McManigal

    Feb 11, 2016

  • Jock Talk

    Tom Southard|Feb 11, 2016

    The 2015-16 Western Trails Conference Basketball Tournament was a strange, and upsetting, affair! It turned out to be a lot of fun for Gordon-Rushville as they won both the girl’s and boy’s team championships. There should be dancing in the streets back in Gordon and Rushville in celebration of the way their respective teams performed this past weekend. Take the girls team first. The Lady Mustangs came into tournament play seeded number 5. They simply demolished their opponents. In first round play they won 62-46 over 4 seed Morrill, then...

  • Kimball boys fall to Mitchell in first round

    Tom Southard|Feb 11, 2016

    Gordon-Rushville captured the championship of the Western Trails Conference Boy's Division Tournament in a surprise upset of number one seed Bridgeport in the title game, winning 40-34. Gordon-Rushville was the number three seed and won their title by defeating Bayard 65-37 in first round play and taking out number two seed Hemingford 68-44 in semi final action. Hemingford won over Morrill 61-30 in first round play and then held on to win over Mitchell 38-35 to claim third place honors. Kimball...

  • Coyotes suffer big loss to Garden County

    Tonia Copeland|Feb 11, 2016

    Potter-Dix, 8-16 for the season, boys fell 60-34 to the Garden County Eagles, 11-13 for the season, on Feb. 5, at home. Leading for the home team was senior Cole Christensen with15 points to his credit, Christensen, netted one of four attempted treys, shot 5/9 from the inside and 2/4 from the line. Fellow senior hoopster Coby Hicks added nine to the board, netting 3/7 two-pointers and matching that from the line. Tyrus Gawith, a talented junior Coyote, contributed six to the board, shooting 2/5 from the inside and going two for two from the...

  • Junior High basketball underway

    Tom Southard|Feb 11, 2016

    Coaches Dane Wurdeman and Ben Ferguson are busy with games for the Kimball Junior High Boy’s Basketball Teams and there is some talent on this year’s teams. Wurdeman said “The toughest thing we have going for us is trying to match up with the height of some of the teams we go against.” In bringing you readers up to date on some games already played, with more to bring you perhaps next week; On Jan. 19 against Burns the 7-A team lost to Burns 20-10 with five players for Kimball scoring 2 points each including Scott Hunsaker, Christian Va...

  • Lady Cats have a tough week

    Tonia Copeland|Feb 11, 2016

    The Banner County Lady Wildcats suffered back-to-back losses last week, first to South Platte followed by Sioux County. Scoring was a big problem for the Banner County girls on Friday, Feb. 2, with just single digits for each of the Lady Wildcat scorers. The effort was led by Emily Singleton with 7 points to her credit, including the sole trey for the Lady Cats. Singleton added a two-point field goal to that and hit 2/3 from the line. MaKenna Dahlgrin followed closely, hitting three of eight attempted field goals, adding six to the board....

  • Gillways offer camp host services

    Dawn Fossand|Feb 11, 2016

    Kimball County Sheriff Harry Gillway petitioned the Oliver Reservoir Advisory Committee (ORAC), of which he is a member, to consider him and his wife, Ann, for a possible position as camp hosts at the west lake in Kimball during the 2016 Summer, on Tuesday, Jan. 26. The board, along with representatives from the South Platte Natural Resources District (SPNRD) were pleased to know that Sheriff Gillway and his wife will be camp hosts at the lake. The SPNRD has been in control of Oliver Reservoir...

  • KPS builds on technology

    Tonia Copeland|Feb 11, 2016

    Throughout the school year Kimball Jr./Sr. High School has made some exciting advances with technology in the classroom, though they are not teaching technology as much as they are teaching core subjects using technology as a tool. “We are wading into it, because it is a big change,” Superintendent Marshall Lewis said. Lewis and Jamie Soper, Special Services Director, said that teachers, students, administration and the local Board of Education are all excited for the changes being made, still, change is rarely easy. “We are no longer...

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