Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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1 years of blue jeans and family dreams at the 2018 Kimball-Banner County Fair. The week started off with the Hay Bale Decorating Contest, round bales were placed throughout the city of Kimball as well as at the fair grounds. The winners were announced with 1st Place awarded to the Colts & Fillies 4-H Club, 2nd Place to FirsTier Bank and 3rd Place to Hometown Floral. Thanks go out to all the participants! According to the judges it was a tough decision as they were impressed with everyone's...
Activate Kimball hosted Felsburg Holt Ullevig Engineering at the regular Aug. 13 committee meeting from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at City Hall in Kimball. The firm, of Lincoln, created a draft report for Activate Kimball as the grassroots group that includes representatives from the Panhandle Public Health District, the City of Kimball, Kimball County and Kimball Health Services and others, attempts to increase activity in the community. The engineering firm will consider current street, intersection and sidewalk conditions, including accessibility....
Back to school time is just around the corner and the Kimball Public Library has many activities planned for all ages. Activities include a weekly Wednesday Preschool story time with 10-16 children attending. Club Next, the after school program is Tuesday afternoons with 16-24 children. According to Jan Sears Kimball Public Library Director the library staff is in partnership with the UNL Extension staff and they learned about pets, healthy food and also a variety of things following the Extension programs. The adult Brown Bag Book Club meets...
The Kimball County Commissioners made a decision not to decide right away on the Kimball Veteran’s Service Officer at their regular meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 7. Andy Bremer, Chairman of the County Veterans Service Committee and Darcee Wheeland, County Veterans Service Office Assistant met with the board to discuss the Veterans Service Officer position, as well as discuss hours for the Veterans Service Office. The Veterans Service Committee tabled any action on this topic and did not make a recommendation to the Board of Commissioners. A decision...
Budget season has begun as the end of the fiscal year approaches and Kimball City Council held the first budget workshop on Thursday, Aug. 2 to review each department’s proposed budget. Council and department heads were pleased, though cautious, with the direction the budget is taking. Estimated sales tax, based on current trends, for the coming fiscal year is conservatively set at $465,000. “This year we anticipate about $500,000 and at $465,000 we are still below that,” City Administrator Dan Dean said. “I like to be conservative because I do...
The High Plains Museum is open on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday each week through Farmer's Day, Sept. 29, thanks in large part to a small group of willing volunteers. According to High Plains Historical Society member Karen Bivens, a call for volunteers netted several citizens willing to sit at the museum, greet guests and show them around. The historic museum, located at the intersection of Highway 71 and Second Street, was built in 1904 as the local Fraternal Hall. The building still houses...
As Kimball Public Schools brings in new students, it also attracts 6 new teachers onto the staff. Mary Lynch Elementary has three new teachers, and the Kimball High School also has three new teachers. Victoria Ingram, who grew up in Kimball, is the new pre-k teacher. Last year she taught in Sidney. "I definitely enjoy being the reason the little ones will love school," she said. She is excited to be working at the elementary school and is ready to not only teach the kids, but to have the kids...
