Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Clean Harbors submitted the winning bid of $1,000 to purchase two lots combined (Parcels 530018519 and 530018527) across from the Kimball County Manor at the most recent Kimball City Council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 15. The Clean Harbors proposal would “develop much needed multi-unit housing to support our need to attract 100 new workers to Kimball in 2023 and 2024.” The Clean Harbors proposal is for an 8-unit, 7,000-square-foot multifamily building with units of 2 bedrooms, 2 baths of approximately 875 square foot each. Brian Johnson from Joh...
The Kimball City Council convened at 6 p.m. Jan 18 for its regular meeting. The council voted to change the meeting date to once a month. Meetings will be on the third Tuesday for the next couple of months until there is more on their agenda. Kimball Library Director Amber Sweetland gave her annual report to the board highlighting youth and teen programs, active attendance at the library and computer usage. In addition, the library has 26 periodical and two newspaper subscriptions. Matt Shoup from the electric department gave a presentation on...
Kimball Health Services (KHS) leadership on Thursday, Jan. 13, announced a $2.2 million fundraising campaign to complete funding for a new hospital in Kimball opening in the fall of 2023. Standing on the site where the hospital will be constructed, officials announced a lead gift of $500,000 from Bonnie Risk to kick off the fundraising campaign. Her contribution brings the private gifts committed to $1.5 million. Risk has been a longtime advocate for Kimball Health Services and is a member of...
The Kimball City Council met with a full agenda on Tuesday, Nov. 16, with a variety of discussion items. Topping the list of items was the approval of needed new sidewalks, gutters, pavement, ADA ramps, and pads at Dollar General. The council had expected two bids but only received one from Hennings Construction, Inc., Gering, for $14,120.74. The weather will determine when the project will begin and be completed. Two ordinances, 796 and 797, were amended by the council to clean up language and clarify the meaning. Ordinance 796 deals with...
James (Jim) Nelson, a long-time resident of Kimball County, died unexpectedly from natural causes in his home on May 30, 2021 at the age of 64. He was born in Sidney, Ne on September 20, 1956, to Harvey and Peggy Nelson. Upon graduation from Dix High School, Jim attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he earned a degree in Ag Economics. He was a member of Alpha Gamma Sigma, and legendary ski trips with friends in his DIY conversion van were a highlight of his college years. In 1985,...
Nebraska Lt. Gov. Mike Foley travelled west for a stop in Kimball on Monday. The stop included a a tour of the town and a visit to Clean Harbors, plus visits to Kimball Health Services and the Kimball Public Schools. Foley told the Observer that he came to Kimball for two reasons. “I like to get out across the state and meet the economic development folks and find out what is really going in these communities.,” he said. “There is a lot happening in Kimball and about to happen, as we all know....
Cowboys and cowgirls from Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nebraska sorted steers in Kimball for the Halligan Agency LLC Ranch Sorting. Kimball was a prelude to ranch sorting at Cheyenne Frontier Days, known as the Big Daddy beginning on Thursday and concluding Aug. 1. The Big Daddy is also a Cinch-sanctioned event. Taking home a trophy headstall were weekend highpoint winners in the youth division Grady Watkins from Cheyenne; beginner/rookie division Ciara Coleman from...
Clean Harbors is looking into a major expansion at its facility south of Kimball that would involve construction of a second incinerator and could create about 100 jobs. The company released this statement to the Observer on Tuesday from Clean Harbors spokesman Jim Buckley: “Clean Harbors is exploring the potential of expanding the capacity at its Kimball, Neb., facility by building a second incinerator. This state-of-the-art incineration unit, which will exceed all state and federal emissions control standards, will go through a rigorous p...
The winter sports season ends with the announcements of all-conference selections for the Western Trails Conference – and Kimball High School had a number of athletes who were named and recognized. Among the Longhorn wrestlers, 145-pounder Trey Schindler earned a place on the All-WTC team for his performance during the 2020-21 season. On top of that, three Kimball student-athletes were named as wrestling honorable mentions, adding to the school's mat legacy. They are Aaron Gillming at 106 p...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday issued a release Monday that the United States and the state of Nebraska announced a settlement with Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc. to address alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Clean Air Act, and Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act at the company’s commercial hazardous waste incinerator in Kimball County. The alleged violations included failure to manage and contain hazardous wastes; failure to comply with air emission limits; failure t...
Clean Harbors Vice President for Compliance and Regulatory Affairs Phillip Retallic spoke to the Western Nebraska Observer on Tuesday about the alleged violations and the settlement reached at the Kimball Clean Harbors Environmental Service facility. The action, he said, is “a consummation negotiations between all the parties, Clean Harbors Environmental Services, U.S. EPA Region 7 and the Nebraska Department of Environmental Protection.” Retallic continued to explain: “There were a number of allegations that were included in several notic...
Kimball School Board appears to be the most sought after position in the local elections as nine candidates are vying for three positions. The Observer presented the candidates with questions and requested a photo. Although many voters will be voting early by mail, the primary is May 12 and the nine candidates will be narrowed down to six individuals for the general election. Jennifer Griebel I was born and raised in Colorado, but shortly after nursing school I moved to Kimball, Nebraska where I met my husband (also a Colorado native) and we...
The mystery of the drones in Colorado, Nebraska and now Kansas continues. The sighting of drones has all the area up in arms. Where are they from, who is flying them and, of course, why? Beginning about Dec. 20 and continuing to the present, there appear to be sightings almost every night from Grand Island to Morgan County, Colorado. That includes this past week in the Dix and Clean Harbors areas of Kimball County – and on Monday, Jan 6, night sightings were reported in the Scotts Bluff County a...
More than 200 people took a shot last weekend to avoid the flu or just stay healthy this winter. They attended the Kimball Community Health Fair and Flu Clinic at the Kimball Health Services north campus. They walked in. They drove through outside for flu shots in their vehicles. Either way, they were tested or received a vaccination. "We had 220 people come through the health fair to receive low-cost blood testing over the two days, and gave 159 flu shots in the drive-through and walk-in flu...
David E. Barrett, 73, of Kimball, died at his home in Kimball on Friday, October 25, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Kimball with Pastor Roger Gillming officiating. Burial will be held in the Kimball Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 1:00 until 6:00 p.m. Friends may also visit www.cantrellfh.com to view David's Tribute Wall and leave condolences and stories for the family. Memori...
There will be plenty of treats in the Kimball area this Halloween, along with extra police and sheriff's patrols to promote safety – and minimize tricks. The annual Halloween parade in downtown Kimball, sponsored by Points West Community Bank, will start at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, at Kimball Public Library. Almost all Kimball businesses will participate and hand out candy to kids, organizers said. As of Tuesday afternoon, the list of participating businesses looked like this: Points West C...
The 2018-19 Kimball High School Sports Banquet and Awards Night was held this past week with a very large turnout of both athletes and adult fans along with entire families. Danielle Reader served as Master of Ceremonies for the evening and did a very good job of keeping things entertaining and moving right along. Dave and Darla Klinkhammer provided the delicious beef for the meal complete with all the other sides. A trivia game was played with questions pertaining to naming former Kimball High...
Yet another big weekend of youth wrestling wrapped up Sunday afternoon, March 17. The Nebraska USA State Tournament was held in Grand Island with nearly 200 teams in the state competing for titles. Kimball Wrestling Club, the Banner County MatCats and the Tri-State Grapplers all had wrestlers who qualified during the District 1 tournament March 2 in Scottsbluff. KWC took 11 wrestlers, including Able Kuhns, Laivyn Morgan, Christian Soto-Young, Britton Culek, Kaysn Snyder, Logan Paxton, Trey Cook,...
Lee R. Levesque, 70, recently passed away unexpectedly at his home in Kimball. He had been an employee at Clean Harbors for about 20 years before retirement. Lee enjoyed traveling, cooking, collecting cookbooks, softball, bowling, golf, throwing darts, camping, fishing and hanging out with friends and family. He is survived by son Jay Levesque and daughter Laurie Pickens, ex-wife Jan Levesque, her daughter Michelle Brackeen, granddaughter Kelsey Brackeen and great grandson Sylis Dilliplaine. Cremation has taken place. No service is planned in...
Throughout the past, the "Ribs n' More" cook off took place in June, donating the proceeds to a local organization. After Jowain Sherman passed the cherished baton to the James L. Eatmon Masonic Lodge this year, the Lincoln Highway BBQ Fest took its first form last Saturday at Gotte Park in Kimball. Teams set up camp early Friday evening with campers and smokers and were ready to get cookin'. Even with Mother Nature getting slightly in the way of the afternoon, teams kept the smiles on the...
The Observer sent a list of questions to candidates whose names will be on the Primary Election ballot in May. We are printing their answers as we received them. City Council Stephanie Pedersen 1. Tell me about yourself. I have lived in Kimball the majority of my life. I am married with 3 children and 2 grandchildren. I have witnessed the good and the bad times of Kimball. 2. For which office are you running and why? I am running for City Council to be a voice and advocate for the citizens of Kimball, with an honest and common sense approach....
One local man has experienced a little taste from three neighboring states. Born in Littleton Colorado, then attended college at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, in 2009-2014. During college Zack Donnan met a couple young men from Kimball and became close friends, Brad Weisbrook and Jordan Stahla. After College the two had a large input on the life-changing decision Donnan was about to make, taking him into accepting a job at Clean Harbors in Kimball and moving his family, his girlfriend, M...
The Observer sent a list of questions to candidates whose names will be on the Primary Election ballot in May. We are printing their answers as we received them. County Clerk Cathy Sibal 1. Tell me about yourself. I am Cathy Sibal and I moved to Kimball in 1972 with my husband Pat. We have been in the rental business many years. I have a strong faith and I am very patriotic. I thank God for the privileges I have as an American Citizen. I love to help others and give back what has been given to me. My background before being elected County...