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 Kimball City Council received and reviewed the updated Comprehensive Plan from Hanna:Keelan and Associates, along with amended zoning maps and a housing study at their regular meeting on Tuesday, June 21. “Our last comprehensive plan was updated in 2001 if I am not mistaken,” Kimball City Administrator Daniel Ortiz said. “There are a couple of changes incorporated with the comprehensive plan including the energy elements but we also combined the housing study as part of this comprehensive plan and it has been updated to conform to new l...
Kimball City Council discussed, and ultimately approved, in open meeting on Tuesday, June 23, a nuisance abatement agreement with Mike Schadegg for properties located on south Oak Street and west First Street. "The attorneys entered into an agreement because Schadegg made several references to when he could clean up that property, of course the court realized it was going to take a little time to do," City Attorney Kent Hadefeldt said. "So we drafted an agreement and submitted it to the court...
Kimball’s P.E.O. members invite the public to attend the third annual Kimball Garden Walk for a refreshing change of scenery, as well as refreshments, a chance for door prizes and most importantly, to raise funds used to further women’s education and well-being. The P.E.O. Chapter GN is hosting the third annual Kimball Garden Walk on Saturday, July 9, 2016, from 8 to 11 a.m. More than 75 participated in the inaugural event and 85 enjoyed the second annual Garden Walk. Four unique gardens will be on the tour again this year, according to eve...
Galen Wittrock, assistant manager of the South Platte Natural Resources District, hopes to point out new SPNRD signage at Oliver Reservoir Recreation Area west of Kimball. Signs have been erected at the main entrance and the west entrance of the recreation area requiring campers to register as is done is many campsites across the nation. Since we took over the maintenance of Oliver, we have had to come up with our own rules," Wittrock said. "We set up rules and regulations through the advisory...
This is a big year for the Andy Shaw Memorial Softball Tournament – it is 10 years old. The tournament first began as a fundraising effort for its namesake, Andy Shaw, according to his mom, Patty. "About five months before his 21st birthday, Andy was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma," Shaw said. "He was fighting it, and he went to Denver for a stem cell transplant and some of his friends decided to have a co-ed softball game to raise money for his medical bills. It wasn't that Andy was that b...
Kimball Childcare Center and After School Program announced on Monday, June 20, in a press release that they will be closing the doors on Thursday, June 30, 2016. The release states, “It is with regret that we are closing this service but we cannot continue operations due to fiscal concerns. We thank the community of Kimball for approaching our organization to provide this service and again, regret our closing.” The child care center was first opened at the Kimball Health Services north campus, where the West Elementary once stood, in Jan...
Kimball County Commissioners recently attended a three-day state workshop in Kearney hosted by the Nebraska Association of County Officials. As part of a continuing education and leadership development series, the annual workshop provided these officials with more than 12 hours of specialized training. Subjects addressed at the workshop, attended by more than 150 county board members and officials from across the state, included significant proposals currently under consideration by the Nebraska Legislature. Specifically, county officials...
For the first time since 2008 Kimball has a Legion baseball team, though currently we have a junior legion team, athletes aged 17 and under, manager Luke Dea and head coach Wade Brashear hope to grow it. "It started a handful of years ago, trying to rebuild the little league and trying to get it competitive – where we were traveling," Dea said. Local kids were missing out on a great opportunity, Dea said, especially in the summer. So Dea and Brashear stepped up to help the athletes move b...
Claudette and DuWayne Sundet moved to Kimball three years ago under the advice of doctors to slow down a bit. In the three years since buying their home at 308 Jefferson they have busied themselves with various pursuits, one of which, particularly for Claudette, is gardening. Claudette has transformed her front yard into a showcase with several fairy gardens depicting the couples passion for traveling in their RV, in addition to a fairy garden made to mirror their home and one honoring the...
Residents in both the city and county of Kimball will soon face higher utility costs and may soon see increased utility deposits as well following votes at the May 31 Board of Public Works meeting. Kimball’s utility deposit amount has remained steady at $100 for residential utilities and $250 for commercial since 1999. The board took time to compare the current deposits with that of other communities and discussed the average utility bills for both residential consumers and businesses. They further considered the next agenda item, increased uti...
The Kimball Public Swimming Pool is fully staffed for the year, and Director Carla Goranson is happy with her guards, though many are new. "I have never had this many new guards," she said. "That could make you nervous, but these kids are so attentive and they act like they are seasoned guards." The crew recently had a rescue training. The guards were broken up into groups to work on their rescue techniques. "The new guards were nervous," Goranson said. "Before the ambulance crew got there they...
Monica Wasielewski was recently named one of 20 winners of the “Western Knowledge. Exceptional Communities.” essay contest sponsored by Fontanelle Hybrids. According to a recent press release the contest Fontanelle Hybrids awarded the winners across Nebraska with $1,000 to advance their education. Giving our local youth the tools they need to succeed helps the future of Nebraskan agriculture throughout our community, the release stated. The contest, which was open to Nebraska high school seniors that were active in 4-H, FFA or other cer...
Where did we come from? Does this age-old question spark the desire to learn more about ones heritage? The Kimball Public Library presents a new project for kids - “Explore your Heritage” camp with Ali Hunsaker and Jan Sears. The camp will be a two-day workshop on June 27 and June 28 from 10 a.m. through noon for children aged eight to 12 at the Kimball Public Library Children in attendance will learn about the importance of family history by putting together their own fan charts, learning how to use microfilm, searching genealogy sites and...
With no new resignations or retirements, the Kimball Public School District is now fully staffed following the approval of the board to hire Jordon Sukup for Kindergarten. “Currently we are full for 2016-2017 school year,” Kimball Superintendent of schools, Marshall Lewis, said. “No vacancies!” This after Lewis’s announcement during a previous board meeting that it could be a tough hiring year for the district. Kimball Public Schools business manager Harold Farrar is currently composing a list of new hires for the district. That informati...
Kim Sharples came to Kimball after her son moved his family here. With three grandchildren and a fourth on the way, Sharples stays active with her growing family, as well as her business, Earth Blessings Photography, and she has been a much-sought-after local volunteer since her arrival. "I have done a lot of volunteer work here," she said. "I've done stuff with the 4-H group and I was president of the Kimball Business Boosters for a year. I love to volunteer and help others." She has served on...
Kimball Public Library's six-week summer reading program got off to a great start. As of Friday, May 27, 60 youth were registered from Kindergarten through sixth grade, according to director, Jan Sears, with the pre-school session yet to begin and scheduled for Friday, June 3. While the teen session, Get in the Game, has eight students registered, Sears said there is room for more. Likewise with the adult summer program, though 11 are already signed up. Award winning ventriloquist, Meghan Casey...
Nearly 100 interested parties prompted the beginning of a new youth tumbling class in Kimball, according to Bob Nemnich Executive Director of the Terry and Hazeldeane Carpenter Intergenerational Center in Terrytown. The Center offers similar classes in Terrytown and Nemnich said that within the first year those classes doubled in attendance. “We are trying to get kids in Kimball, Bushnell, Potter, Dix and even Sidney,” Nemnich said. “With classes offered in Kimball they won’t have to drive so far to participate.” Registration will be June 4 fr...
An unsafe building that plagued the City of Kimball for the last year was moved off of the registry for such properties, and pending litigation over the matter was dismissed, with approval from the Kimball City Council at the May 17 meeting. The building, located at 301 S. Webster, was declared unsafe due to the sagging southwest corner, as well as loose bricks that had fallen close to the sidewalk and the potential for the south and west walls collapsing. "The building has since changed hands...
“The Kimball Public SchoolsFoundation does a lot of really cool things for the Kimball Public Schools, but I don’t know that people really know about us,” Foundation board member Michele Daum said. The Kimball Public Schools Foundation was established as a non-profit organization in 1991 by business and community leaders, and though there is no membership the board is comprised of ten members elected to fill three-year terms. The Foundation accepts donations in an effort to build a financial base to begin awarding grants for use by indiv...
As the weather got warm, then cold, then warm again, my Darling Significant Other (DSO) and I began considering a patio set. After much discussion about what we wanted, I began the process of pricing sets. I traveled here and there for various reasons, and while I was away I stopped in a BigBox Superstore (which shall remain nameless) and I looked at my favorite Close-out Special store too. While the prices seemed reasonable when compared with one another, I just couldn’t imagine spending that much money on a set that would be used just a f...
The Kimball Federation wrestling club, with 23 athletes in grades 4-8, wrapped up their year in April with coaches Luke Kelley, Jim McGinnis, Bob Culek, Tyson Culek, Dillon Snyder and Jason Hottell. Britton Culek closed his first year wrestling with a 28-5 record first year wrestling. Culek wrestled in 10 events took first in six of them, second in three events and third at one competition. He placed second at districts, second at state and third at Midwest classic. Matthew Johnson ended the...
Kimball High School’s top graduates of 2016 are Alisha Hunsaker, valedictorian and Danika Daum, salutatorian. Hunsaker, daughter of Jared and Susy Hunsaker, and Daum, daughter of Mitch and Michele Daum have both attended Kimball Public Schools from the beginning of their education. These two outstanding young ladies have served as leaders for classmates, academically and athletically, throughout their years at Kimball schools and they will lead the class of 2016 one last time through commencement ceremonies in the KHS gym on Saturday, May 14 a...
Banner County’s valedictorian, Megan Gifford, and salutatorian, Paige Cross, encourage future graduates to participate in every opportunity, work hard and enjoy high school life. “Participate in everything you can, and always remember to enjoy yourself,” Gifford said. “When you reach the end of high school, it will seem like it took no time at all.” “Make sure you cherish every moment you have in high school, because no matter how much you hate it, you will not want to graduate,” Cross added. “Work hard in your classes from freshman year so you...
The Kimball City Council considered job vacancies at their latest meeting, on April 19 following a question asked by council member Christy Warner during the March meeting. Vacancies have been reported in the linemen crew, the power plant and the water department, in addition to the Economic Development Director position that has not been filled since Wilson Bowling vacated the position in late May 2015. At that time, according to City Administrator Daniel Ortiz, the city would begin open recruitment and move forward with the hiring process,...
Mother’s Day is just around the corner and each year around this time I think back to my childhood and all that my mom taught me, maybe without even knowing it. She tried to teach me how to sew, explaining tension and showing me how to thread a machine, choose a stitch and use a seam ripper (sometimes endlessly). Though I can barely sew a straight seam, in this she taught me patience through endless arguments with a stubborn ten-year-old, perseverance and the pride that comes with a job well done and a fight hard won (mostly with the bobbin b...