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 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,...
Kimball County’s Welcome Center doesn’t feel as welcoming as High Point Welcome Center’s Tourism Director, Jo Caskey, would like it to. Caskey requested three phases of improvements to the building at the April 19 Kimball County Commissioner’s meeting, beginning with multiple outdated HVAC systems. She added that she was grateful that the City of Kimball capped the electricity expenses for the Welcome Center at $500. “Our utilities bills are out of control and we had better do something to rein those in,” she said. “With the rate increase, we h...
Joe Hernandez, the father of two daughters, a grandfather to six and a great grandfather to two is happy to have spent most of his life in Kimball, the place he has always called home. It is where he said he has met some great people and is content to be living. Joe's parents, Cesario and Petra (Patricia) and their oldest son, Lance, first arrived from San Julian, Jaleco, Old Mexico, in the United States in the early 1920s according to the Kimball man. Joe, the fourth child born to the...
I am responding to the article on the city council meeting and the discussion on dog issues in the community. Let me just start by saying there is a huge problem with dogs not being properly contained and running at large. However, I would like to focus more on the discussion of kennel licenses and the issues regarding those residences. I have a kennel license and was the “problem” kennel being referenced at the council meeting. We have a kennel license not to make money or breed dogs, but in order to be fosters for an animal rescue. We hav...
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...
The Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war. In 1940, Roland L. Thomas (Roland) and his buddy went to see the US Navy recruiter in Springfield, Mass. Both were given the dates for their physical examinations and soon, both were enlisted. The buddy went to the US Marine Corps, Roland went to the Navy. Roland went to “boot camp” at Newport, Rho...
Jaden Withrow and Trent Rutledge picked the best time to have their best efforts at the Best of the West Track and Field Classic, track and field meet, held Monday evening at Bearcat Stadium in Scottsbluff. Withrow had a career best triple jump of 43'7.75" to capture the gold medal,well ahead of second place Mitch Porter of Sidney with his leap of 41'6.75" The talented Kimball junior also saw the medal stand a second time to receive a third place medal in the long jump with his season best jump...
