Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Last Saturday, Nov. 5, Kimball High School's show choir, New Dimension, competed at the Old West Choir Fest, held in Alliance. Generally held in Scottsbluff, the competition was moved to Alliance due to construction at the Scottbluff High School. New Dimension, under the direction of Jacob Hoffman, began with "Can't Stop the Beat" with solos from Nicholas Thomas-Lewis and Kiersten Anderson. Leisha Casimiro followed up with a solo during the second set, "Bring Him Home," during which she sang...
With a total 1,672 ballots cast in Kimball County, the 2016 preliminary results are in. On the Presidential Ticket, Donald J. Trump/Michael Pence took Nebraska and won Kimball County with a total of 79.48 percent. Republican Representative Adrian Smith won the District 3 congressional race here at home with 98.79 percent. Steve Erdman won the District 47 race for Legislature with 73.78 percent of the votes. Timothy Nolting will continue serving as a Kimball County Commissioner. The Kimball...
County and city residents alike pay a fee for trash services. The last time that the city raised the landfill fees was in April of 2014 at which time, they raised the price $3.00, from $12.00 to $15.00. Currently, those rates are: $7.00 for collection, $1.00 for yard waste and $15.00 landfill fees for city residents, but those rates are expected to increase as of January 1 to $8.00 for collection, $2.50 for yard waste disposal and $17.25 landfill charges for a total of $27.75 per month. All county residents living outside the city limits and in...
America Recycles Day is Tuesday, November 15, 2016 and Keep Kimball Beautiful would like to express our appreciation for all those throughout our community who participate in the recycling programs available to Kimball County residents. The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) provide grant funds for programs to include public education, recycling and waste reduction programs for our Nebraska communities. Keep Kimball Beautiful Board Members; Eileen Rowley, Marlene Walker, Dawn...
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE: November 11, 1919 President Woodrow Wilson: "A year ago today our enemies laid down their arms in accordance with an armistice which rendered them impotent to renew hostilities, and gave to the world an assured opportunity to reconstruct its shattered order and to work out in peace a new and juster set of international relations. The soldiers and people of the European Allies had fought and endured for more than four years to uphold the barrier of civilization against the...
A boy student, in the 12th grade, starved for attention, parched for understanding, handed in the following poem to his teacher: “He always wanted to explain things, but no one cared. So he drew, sometimes he would draw and it wasn’t anything. He wanted to carve it in stone or write it in the sky. He would lie out on the grass and look up at the sky, and it would be only the sky and him and the things inside him that needed saying. And it was after that he drew the picture. It was a beautiful picture. He kept it under his pillow and would let...
I think that we should acknowledge the Sheriff’s Office and Kimball Police for protecting the kids on Halloween. They parked at the intersection of Sixth and Adams, where I live and made sure that children were safe and even handed out little treats. I think it was a positive for Kimball and I think they should be acknowledged. Thank you for your concern, for being there and for the glow sticks that you passed out to the children. Carol Novotny - Kimball...
When I was in high school we had a career fair of sorts. Recruiters from colleges and all branches of the military came to speak with us about our future plans. I was drawn to the Air Force, a dream fueled by fierce patriotism and the movie Top Gun (I know it is a Navy movie) and the dream of flying a fighter jet. After talking with the recruiter, who told me that women were NOT allowed to be fighter pilots (I hope that has changed by now), we engaged in a fairly short but heated conversation. Shortly, this recruiter determined that I did not...
The physical review of all 451 rural residential properties set for reappraisal is now complete with the long process of data entry still in the process of wrapping up. As of this week, more than half of the rural residential properties reappraisal valuations have been entered into the county’s computer system. For the past few months, Stanard Appraisal Services Inc., (Stanard) has been working in conjunction with the Kimball County Assessor’s (Assessor) office to photograph, inspect and review all of the rural residential properties in the...
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. The Selective Service System (Draft Board) in the Fleming, Colorado area was close to being aggressive in late 1944 and into 1945. Maurice J. Schaeffer turned eighteen in March 1944. Before the year was out he was drafted. The Draft Board allowed him...
On Saturday, Nov. 5, 22 students and 11 adults from the Kimball Community distributed over 1,000 bags, donated by Main Street Market, and flyers to houses and apartments in Kimball. Another group of students, alongside adult volunteers, will collect the donations on Saturday, Nov. 12. These donations will be used to help restock the local food pantry before the holidays. If anyone would like to donate, please leave the items outside your door by 9 am on Saturday morning for collection. Items...
Following a one-year hiatus, the St. Hilda’s Episcopal Church parish will once again sell holiday wreaths, according to longtime coordinator, Wilma Gilliland. St. Hilda’s Episcopal Church has raised funds for decades through these annual wreath sales. Though the small congregation now sells solely to repeat, and very satisfied customers, they once made enough money to furnish the parish hall at the church and complete one very large project – Kimball’s first tennis court. But, as Wilma said, first things first. In the beginning, the idea was th...
The Lady Longhorns 2016 varsity season ended with 11 wins and 21 losses. It may have been a disappointing season in comparison to the previous year's record of 17-10 but they did prove that they could work together as a team despite changing from a 6-2 format to 5-1 mid-season. Junior Hannah Biesecker led the Lady Horns in all around stats both offensively and defensively. This season she served up 45 aces, only 10 less than her older sister who served 55 the previous year as a senior, and is...
Kimball-Banner Counties 4-H Recognizes Member Achievements 4-H’ers and their families celebrated their accomplishments of the last year during the annual Kimball-Banner Counties Awards Celebration on Saturday, November 4, during a skating party at the Brannon Bounce House in Gering. 4-H members and leaders were recognized for their achievements. Outstanding 4-H’er for 2016 was Chloe Berger, daughter of Aaron and Elise Berger of Kimball. Friend of 4-H was Danessa Terrill for her dedication and service to the 4-H program. The 4-H Diamond Clo...
The Kimball Junior High girls basketball club began their games from on Tuesday, Nov. 8 against Pine Bluffs, Wyo. Though the seventh grade ladies lost 11-19, coach Michele Daum is optimistic for the coming season. “I saw good things for our first game out with the 7th graders,” Daum said. “Please keep in mind that Pine Bluffs came into this game having already played six games.” Top scorer for the young ladies first outing was Payton Wise, who racked up six points. “I was proud of Payton, handling the pressure the way she did,” Daum said....
Hunters are invited to donate deer to the Hunters Helping the Hungry (HHH) program this fall so ground venison may be provided to Nebraskans in need. Hunters pay no processing costs for this donation-driven program. There will be 21 processors around the state accepting donated deer during the Nov. 12-20 firearm deer season. Eighteen are currently available for archery hunters. The HHH program is funded solely by tax-deductible contributions. Hunters should first talk with processors but may...