Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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If given a choice, Kimball junior Kaden Adrian would choose to perform over just about anything else, and recently he was given that very option, with an exciting twist. Adrian, and his trumpet, will travel this summer to Europe for 16 days of performances as an Ambassador of Music through Voyageurs International Ltd. Chosen, with several other students, by Kimball band instructor Kristi Hiles-Smith, Adrian was the only Longhorn to jump on this opportunity. "Mrs. Hiles-Smith chooses the...
More than $5,000 in Keno money was requested, and subsequently dispersed during the Jan. 17, 2017 Kimball City Council meeting, most of which will be used to help the youth of the area. Chari Mohr requested a Keno grant of $2,500 on behalf of the 2017 Post Prom Committee at the meeting. Kimball’s prom will be on April 8, in the gym with the post prom activities held in the high school as well. The total cost for post prom activities are projected at $6,000. Currently the committee is tallying up grocery receipts and two fund raisers have b...
Carey Story, son of Don and Sheila Story, blends his teaching degree with a love of the outdoors, the agriculture background he embraced, his interest in economics and the home-grown hospitality of Kimball to make the Thunderstik Lodge in Chamberlain S.D., and his story, a success. Story is the fifth generation of his family born in Kimball. He graduated from Kimball High School and went on to study agriculture education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a minor in economics. His...
City of Kimball street department superintendent Jim Shoup reported to the City Council that two projects were deleted from last year's one to six year plan and two different projects replaced them. At the regular City Council meeting, on Tuesday, Jan. 17, Shoup said that the deleted projects originally on the one to six year plan were no longer necessary or feasible. One, a turning lane on Highway 30 near IOS/Castronics, could not have been completed because the highway belongs to the State of...
Kimball City Council recently took another step forward on properties deemed unsafe within city limits. During the recent City Council meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 17, council considered properties at 106 and 106 ½ Washington Street. These properties are listed as fire hazards and unsafe for neighbors; they have non-operational vehicles, and debris that can harbor vermin, as well as broken windows that could allow access into the dwellings. City attorney Kent Hadenfeldt counseled city leaders...
Traditionally, the Kimball school board uses the first meeting of each new year to reappoint officers, board committees, media and financial affiliates. This year was no different. At their Jan. 9 regular meeting, the Kimball Board of Education renewed the officers of the board, electing to keep everyone in the current positions. President of the board remains Lynn Vogel, board vice president is Clint Cornils, Heather Norberg is secretary and Carrie Tabor is treasurer. Each board member serves on various committees as well, assigned by the...
Naturopathy is her calling, but at one time Dr. Kim Matteo had chosen a much more traditional healing path, that of a surgeon. Matteo began researching natural healing with the birth of her second son, who had suffered a stroke in utero. Doctors told her to continue school and put him in a facility for the short amount of time he would have. "I chose to be his mom, instead. It was for the quest for my son's health, that I started the journey into natural healing, and it started with nutrition,"...
My grandma used to watch us when my mom worked and we were too young for school. Our time together was short, usually just a few hours. Still, we often had lunch with her and then she would rest in her chair and watch her stories. I would get a big Children’s Bible out, a pencil and paper, and begin copying the symbols on each page, one after the other in long lines – just like I saw them in the book. I couldn’t read, and I didn’t know that those symbols were letters which, when strung together in certain patterns became words. I had no idea th...
The Potter-Dix Coyotes faced a tough opening weekend following the holiday break. The Potter-Dix club began with an away game against the Bayard Tigers on Friday, Jan. 6 and came home with a 60-29 loss. The Coyotes faced a deeper Bayard bench which coach Ryan Mumm attempted to combat strategically. “With our lack of depth, fatigue can become an issue but we try to control the tempo of games to counteract our lack of depth,” he said. “ Scoring against the Tigers was led by Dylan Nielsen with 12. Nielsen landed one trey and shot 2/4 from the f...
How does one choose a set of photographs to showcase all the history, wonder and beauty of the area surrounding them? That was the biggest challenge for Kimball's Kimberley Sharples as she narrowed her entries down for the "Bridges: Sharing our Past to Enrich the Future" exhibit. Ultimately, Sharples decided on ten distinct pieces. "That was very hard because I wasn't sure what they were looking for. I was thinking historic things that had been around a long time but still looked good," she...
The Kimball City Council considered Mayor Keith Prunty’s appointment for City Administrator during a special meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 3. Prunty offered the position to Dan Dean just prior to the new year, and Dean accepted the offer, but the decision was not made final until last Tuesday, when council unanimously approved the appointment. Dean will begin duties, upon completion of his 30-day notice for his current position, on Feb. 6. Council further considered the contract negotiations performed with the appointment. With input from City A...
When high energy, creativity and a strong western Nebraska work ethic mix with an open mind and a desire to experience new cultures, one finds possibilities endless. Kimball native Patrick Faden embodies this melding of forces and has moved from the fields of the Panhandle and the halls of Potter-Dix High School to Beijing, China. Faden, a 2006 graduate of PDHS, followed high school with a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism from the University of Wyoming. Faden enjoyed activities...
Nebraska marks 150 years of statehood on March 1, 1867, but the state has planned a year long celebration including many programs and projects across the state. Planning for this once-in-a-lifetime event began in 2012 when a group of community minded citizens from across the state formed the Friends of the Nebraska 150 Foundation. Later, in 2014, state Legislature established the Nebraska Sesquicentennial Commission. Governor Pete Ricketts appointed 17 members to the commission. The Celebrating Nebraska Statehood Foundation was formed in 2015...
Much of the public is still uncertain about the future of the ambulance service in Kimball. Though a new contract has been signed, a new partnership made, the service can remain vastly unchanged according to Kimball County Commissioner Tim Nolting. Following the steady five-year climb of property tax requirements needed for the county-run ambulance service, the board of commissioners sought an in-depth study of the service as well as viable alternatives. The Paramedic Foundation was contacted by the Nebraska EMS & Training Program to conduct...
With the dawning of a new year many of us are cleaning out closets, cleaning out friends lists and just preparing in general for the new year. I have started a new year with lofty ideals and intentions for more years than I care to count. There is the lose weight/eat healthy resolution and the read more or stress less goals. I have lost, and regained, several times. I have enjoyed new books and found creative ways to diminish stress due to these goals. In years past I have cleared my closets and cupboards of unused and unloved items, donating...
Kimball Mayor Keith Prunty has chosen Dan Dean for Kimball’s City Administrator. Prunty offered the position to Dean this week, Dean accepted the offer, and a special council meeting will be scheduled for next week for council approval. Dean, the former Town Manager of Mead, Colo., has more than 30 years of experience in local government management. Dean has been a city manager in Colorado, Nebraska and Oregon and holds a master’s degree in public administration from Indiana University. He is currently the interim town administrator of Pao...
Kimball City Council said goodbye to council member John Morrison at the regular council meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 20, ending 18 years of public service. Morrison's four-year term on the council was up, and following the election on November 8, former council member Kim Baliman and James Shields each won a seat on the board. Morrison began his public service on the Kimball Economic Development Committee in September of 1998. In April 2003 he sat on the Planning Commission and in September of...
Zebbedia G Gibb, received his Ph.D. in social psychology on Dec. 10, from the University of Nevada in Reno. While this is the acme of his formal education, Zeb looks forward to lifelong learning through his research. He graduated from Kimball High School in 2000 and attended Western Nebraska Community College to get his general education credits. Zeb said he attended the nearest community college, "mainly because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with my life. This let me stay close to the area...
The holiday season is coming to a close and the year's Santa's Helpers finale included a chili cook-off, cookie exchange and wreath auction with plenty of time for friends to gather and enjoy the festivities. The final event for the grassroots group was held on Sunday, Dec. 18 at the Eagles Club #3389 in Kimball. Dave Klinkhammer was awarded first place in the traditional chili cook-off and Steve Pinkerton took first in the non-traditional category with his pork green chili. An abundance of...
Representatives from the Kimball City Council, Board of Public Works and City of Kimball staff were present to interview two candidates for the City Administrator position left open when former administrator, Daniel Ortiz, resigned on Oct. 21. The two candidates, interviewed at the Kimball Event Center on Monday, Dec. 19, were narrowed down from a field of more than a dozen applications. While City of Kimball representatives were present, the interview was facilitated by Bill Podraza, a...
Kimball students have become active members of the Kimball Prevention Coalition (KPC) and have focused on keeping themselves and others tobacco free. Several student leaders have taken the initiative to enforce tobacco-free public school properties by posting signs, making announcements at events, distributing printed material and using the school’s all-call system to remind patrons that “Kimball Public Schools are proud to be tobacco-free.” Three of these students spoke at the most recent Board of Education meeting, on Monday, Dec. 12. Junio...
The evolution of Christmas is a natural progression for millions across the world, and I find that I am no exception. Though Christmas has always been my favorite holiday, has the reason I enjoy this season progressed as I age or has it remained steadily always the same? When I was young, of course, it was the magic of Santa Claus’ annual visit. As a curious youngster I had so many questions! How did he know just what I wanted? How could he possibly monitor the behavior of all the children in the world? How did he travel to every home in every...
With unanimous approval on Monday, Dec. 12, from the Kimball Board of Education, the local district will repair the air handler that is housed in a small room off the band room at the junior/senior high school. Though the aged unit is currently functioning, the ongoing issue can only be repaired by rebuilding a shaft and bearings, which cannot be replaced with newer parts. Additionally, the pulleys will be replaced. “The shaft is no longer made, it will have to be custom-built,” Building and Grounds Director Gregg Fossand said. “It is just...
New Dimension, Kimball High School’s show choir, will once again have the opportunity to sing the National Anthem at a Denver Nuggets game in March. Because the group attended last year, and many expressed interest in doing so again, according to choir teacher and show choir coach, Jacob Hoffman, he budgeted much of the expense into his classroom budget. “The kids pay for their own tickets to the game,” band teacher and show choir coach Kristi-Hiles Smith said. “If the kids have money in their individual account, they can use that to help de...
Though the Potter-Dix girls are still missing teammate Audrey Juelfs, and were also missing starting guard Payge Hoffman during the rivalry game against Leyton, they added another win to their season, bringing them to 3-2. According to coach Jeff Einspahr, the Lady Coyotes played very well against the Lady Warriors on Tuesday, Dec. 13. "We had to adjust to playing against a defense designed to take away one of our strengths, our inside presence of Alexus Rozelle and Trinity Langley," Einspahr...