Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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As the pool wrapped up its first few days of Summer 2017 business, everyone was pretty busy. The first day open the facility recorded a total of 78 swimmers, though management was forced to close early when some swimmers forgot to shower before getting in the water. "We really want to remind everyone the importance of showering before they get in the pool," manager Regan Hinton said. Time at the lake, sunscreen and even laundry detergent can make the water cloudy if swimmers don't shower first,...
Born in 1985, Jason Hottell has spent his life in the Kimball area and graduated high school here. "The best part of Kimball, and it could be the worst, is knowing everyone," he said. Being a Deputy Sheriff takes up a lot of spare time, however Jason absolutely loves his job. He has been with the Kimball County Sheriff's Department since June of 2016 and he calls it his dream job. But even his dream job is secondary to Jason's favorite position – dad. He said he is the true definition of a f...
Summer brings out the weeds in western Nebraska and Jeff Lampmann, Inspection Specialist for the Nebraska Department of Agriculture joined Kimball County Weed Superintendent Rick Wangler at the recent Kimball County Board of Commissioners meeting, June 6, to review the scores for control of noxious weeds in Kimball County. Kimball County scored 3,373 out of 3,400 potential points that are the expected goal throughout the state. Lampmann said, “Its just like school where you had 100 percent, does it happen all the time? No, but that is the g...
Kimball faced Ft. Morgan during the Gering tournament on Sunday, June 11. The young Legion team was defeated 11-1, but several players made key improvements. Brady Kilgore hit a single then added a triple to the Kimball board. Colton Meilke and Cole Henton each hit a single. All three hitters were able to gain a stolen base, but, the lone scorer, is unknown. Brendan Walker pitched two and one third innings with three strikeouts, and didn't walk a batter. Kilgore closed the game pitching for...
As Kimball took the field at home Thursday, June 1, the young Legion players didn't seem quite ready for their first game against Bridgeport. Kimball had the better bats than Bridgeport and played good defense but when it came to pitching, the local athletes struggled to find a good rhythm. Kimball pitchers combined to walk and hit 17 Bridgeport batters in the first game alone. Again the hitting for Kimball was on point, Ethan Ratzlaff was two for three with two RBIs, Colton Mielke was one of th...
The board received a presentation about the Kimball Power Plant regarding ways to improve the system that runs hot water from the power plant to the electric shop, through the coils under the floor to heat the shop. Keep Kimball Beautiful director Spud Rowley reported that the facility is preparing for single stream recycling. Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN) has used the City of Kimball’s lines from the wind farm to transport electricity. Sandhills Energy purchased the local wind farm and are in the process of redoing things, p...
Kimball Legion Baseball, traveled to Torrington, Wyo., on Friday, May 26 and the young club came home with a loss despite valiant efforts on the diamond. Kimball lost the first game scoring just four runs to Torrington's seven. The pitching for Torrington was stronger than Kimball's with Kimball walking a lot of hitters. Brendan Walker pitched four innings for the Kimball team and gave up no earned runs. Torrington's hitters were also on their game. Brady Kilgore ended 2-5 at the plate on the...
The Mobile Emergency Command Center Region 21 rolled into town Tuesday May 16 to let the Kimball County Board of Commissioners tour the bus. Kimball just joined four other counties that this Mobile unit services on April 1 2017. If needed this bus will go out if a disaster happens, like a flood, tornado and set up. Once set up the command center has the capability of running communications for senior staff, which includes county commissioners, city officials to plan for an event . The bus was...
Future writers of Nebraska between the ages of 13 to 25 are eligible to win up to $350 by entering their own writing. The Writer’s Workshop will offer help with peer review, working with the writer on their individual work, each writer will be given a “tool box” that will contain tools for editing, grammar and much more, snacks will also be provided. Writers will have the privilege of working with published author Carma Weisbrook, and one of the Library’s finest, Becky Lowery. Writers will use oral brainstorming to decide if topics should...
County road maintenance is a long standing concern for Kristopher Nitz, a resident who lives on County Road 63. Nitz addressed the Kimball County Board of Commissioners at their May 16 meeting regarding the condition of the road. Nitz has lived on Rd 63 for six years and said the maintenance of the road is lacking and has been for a long time. He has contacted Dave Hottell, County Highway Superintendent, for the last year questioning when the County plans to gravel it. Nitz said that since he has lived on the county road, six years, the road...
Free 3D printer classes hosted at the Kimball Public Library for children this summer and adults this fall. The Flash Fordge Creator Pro Dual Color 3D printer got put to hard work this last fall when Shari Lindgren's class all created a project to be printed. The project was first sent to the computer to then send a code to print the project out. Thats when these students ideas came to life. For those who want to create a project of your own to be printed, anyone is able to use,...
The Kimball High School will soon receive a facelift, in the form of new windows that will be installed in eight east and west classrooms this summer. Superintendent of Kimball Schools, Marshall Lewis, discussed the capital improvement project with the Kimball Board of Education at their regular meeting on Thursday, May 11. Two companies were considered for the project, Simonton Windows and Pella. Simonton was chosen as the more cost effective solution. The Kimball High School Ag shop also has Simonton Windows that were installed a few years...
Significant utility savings were reported since the City of Kimball had an energy audit preformed at the Kimball Event Center, according to the City of Kimball’s Project Coordinator Amy Sapp during her report to the Kimball Board of Public Works on Tuesday, May 2. Sapp, along with City Council member Christy Warner, also reported on the past events held at the venue as well as events planned in the near future. As the city continues to operate the local event center small improvements continue to be made, but the eventual hope remains that t...
Kimball Public Schools will be welcoming another new educator in the coming school year fooling their regular meeting on April, 27, 2017. Jarrod Williams will begin classes in the 2017-18 school year as the new Computer and Business Technology teacher at both Mary Lynch Elementary, as well as the High School. Williams was hired to replace Shari Lindgren, who will be retiring following the completion of the current school year. Board members also approved a trip to Orlando, Fla., for the music department. The trip, set for May and June in 2018...
A motion was made, and ultimately approved, to add Grandfather Rights in section 4.02 of the Kimball County Planning and Zoning regulations and to add non-conforming uses to Section 25.01 at the recent Kimball County Board of Commissioner’s meeting. “We have new amendments that were adopted by the County Commissioners by resolution for County Zoning regulations,” said Kimball County Zoning Administrator Sheila Newell. Further changes were adopted for the following seven amendments: Section 4.02 Definitions: add borrow pit and excavation and a...
Homestead Exemption applications are due by June 30, 2017 according to Kimball County Assessor Sherry Winstrom. For some the Homestead Exemption program may provide relief from property taxes by exempting a portion or all of the value of the home from taxation. With the base being, one home, one shed, one garage and one acre of land. There is certain criteria that needs to be met, according to the State of Nebraska Revenue website. -Persons over 65 years of age or; -Veterans totally disabled by a non service-connected accident or illness or;...