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 fireworks display that nearly wasn't went off seemingly without a hitch on Monday, July 4, from Horseshoe Hill in Kimball. When the Kimball-Banner County Chamber of Commerce ceased collecting donations for the Kimball fireworks display, the Kimball Volunteer Fire Department was left with willing members but no funds for the show. Enter lifetime Kimball resident, and owner of Larsens Jewelry Store, Karen Robinson. She, alongside her son, Greg, collected funds from local businesses and...
Following graduation I had the opportunity to move to several cities in Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona, Minnesota and Nevada. These moves happened every few months, and in preparation I would call the local Chamber of Commerce to learn as much as possible about the next town we would be calling home. The Chamber gave me information on rentals, hotels, trailer parks, businesses, and the general feel of the community. I was able to make contact with some of the most active and involved people in the town before I ever entered it, and that enabled me...
The Kimball Landfill has experienced more trouble from aging equipment according to a report given to the Kimball City Council by City Administrator Daniel Ortiz. Steve Pinkerton of Prestige Manufacturing began making repairs to the bailer that is housed inside the large shop. “It’s really showing its age,” Ortiz said. “It started operation out at the landfill in 1998 but we purchased it used.” Landfill supervisor Jim Schulte said the bailer dates back to between 1972 and 1975 and handles, on average, 3.5 to 4 million pounds of waste annually....
Looking back at the events of 2015, it is safe to say the events in and around Kimball have been exciting. We will revisit an appearance from Miss Nebraska, hiring a new Chamber of Commerce directors and then another as well as an assistant for the Veteran’s Service Officer. City leaders approved the purchase of a K-9 officer and a large employer further reduced its workforce following a buyout. Vencil Ash was sentenced for murder; Kimball lost an Economic Development Director, Wilson Bowling and the area experienced a wave of robberies all j...
The Kimball Banner County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors welcome Challenger Industries to Kimball. From left, Erica Allen, Patrick Brown, Mathew Stierman, Seth Barry, all with Challenger, join Ambassadors Peggy Sanders and Elizabeth Shandera, Challenger representatives Taylor Copas and Nate Klussman, and Ambassadors Carol Dunegan and Betty Elliott and Challenger employee Yancy Young for a ribbon cutting ceremony....
The Kimball-Banner County Chamber of Commerce recently held ribbon cuttings at Wind Break Bar and Grill and Inspection Oilfield Services....
The James L. Eatmon Masonic Lodge 294 in Kimball is holding its annual 'Free Coats 4 Kids' drive. To drop off a coat for a child, visit the Kimball-Banner County Chamber of Commerce, Jen's Barber Shop or Schadegg Motors. To schedule a pick up, call John Barrett at 308-249-6992....
Kimball High School can boast another award-winning educator in Spanish teacher Patricia Sulú. Sulú was named the "Spanish Teacher of the Year" by the Nebraska Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese during the Nebraska State World Language Conference in Omaha last Saturday. Letters of recommendation were sent to the conference on Sulú's behalf by co-educator Patricia Randolph, Kimball High School principal Eugene Hanks and a former student Jacob Zitterkopf. "I am grateful for her (R...
A facelift design for the underpass has been chosen. The Kimball city council voted for the first concept and the least expensive one at its Sept. 15 meeting. Three concepts were initially presented, although there were few differences between the three. Though it is the least pricey of the three concepts presented this summer, the chosen concept features a curb and retaining wall with more native grasses. All the designs presented retained a vast amount of the limestone currently used along...
The Kimball-Banner County Chamber of Commerce held a grand opening ribbon cutting last week at The Smokehouse restaurant, located at 209 S. Chestnut in Kimball. Pictured, from left, are chamber ambassadors Carol Dunegan and Diana Engstrom, business owner Dakota Robbins, chamber ambassador Betty Elliott, chamber director Jo Caskey, and chamber ambassadors Elizabeth Shandera and Dawn Moeser. Not pictured: Max Williams, business owner....
Applications for the 2015 Farmer’s Day Queen Contest are available at the Kimball-Banner Chamber Office, Kimball High School, Banner County School and the Potter-Dix School. Applicants must be between 16-19 years of age as of Jan. 1, 2015, must be a resident of Kimball or Banner counties and must be single. Prizes include a $250 scholarship, chamber of commerce gift certificates, tanning sessions and a manicure. Applications must be signed and returned to Kimball High School by Wednesday, Sept. 16....
The Kimball Banner County Chamber of Commerce held ribbon cuttings last week for the one-year anniversary of Beer & Loathing and the grand opening of Monkey Ranch Buffalo Tours....
As Sam Fox criss-crossed the dirt roads leading to the Nebraska High Point, the 28-year old Rhode Island native said it looked like one giant party was ahead. It was. More than 40 people turned out to greet Fox as he reached the high point shortly after 5 p.m. Monday evening. Fox has been traveling across the country since early June to each state's high point as part of Tour de Fox, part of the Michael J. Fox Foundation, to raise both funds and awareness to help cure Parkinson's disease. The Ne...
The Kimball City Council approved three Main Street Design and Improvement grant requests at its regularly scheduled meeting July 21. The first of the three requests came from the Kimball State Bank for landscaping improvements at 205 S. Locust Street in Kimball. “I want to improve all sides of it, but we may wait for a little bit to do the big lot behind the dentist’s office,” said Josh Enevoldsen, representing the bank. “We are going to put up some trees that can kind of block out the neighbors a little bit.” Enevoldsen said that while he...
The City of Kimball and the Kimball City Council have been making an attempt once again to clean up properties in town. Letters were recently sent to residents regarding junk or abandoned vehicles, nuisance properties, excessive junk and properties with weeds or grass taller than 12 inches. Mayor Keith Prunty has acknowledged mixed reactions to the letters regarding junk and abandoned vehicles. While some residents are responding quickly and taking care of their property, others have not made forward progress at all. Unsafe buildings were...
Jo Caskey was recently hired as the new executive director of the Kimball-Banner County Chamber of Commerce. "Jo will be expanding her role of promoting our community through tourism, and she is excited to use her many years of chamber experience to also benefit our organization," said Josh Enevoldsen, chamber board president, in an email to chamber members. Caskey has accumulated more than 20 years experience in both the tourism and the chamber of commerce fields. "I know how hard the chamber...
The 2015 community cleanup, sponsored by Keep Kimball Beautiful, will begin at 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 11, at the Kimball-Banner County Chamber of Commerce. Tasks will be assigned for areas of litter collection at that time and there will be a short informational meeting, according to Larissa Binod, director of Keep Kimball Beautiful. Binod asks participants to bring gloves, water bottles and snacks if needed, though lunch will be provided for volunteers....
Calling all volunteers. Keep Kimball Beautiful is sponsoring a litter pickup day April 11 to coincide with the Great American Cleanup campaign. Local efforts will kick off from the Kimball-Banner County Chamber of Commerce at 8 a.m. and is expected to last at least a couple of hours, according to Keep Kimball Beautiful director Larissa Binod. That will depend on the number of volunteers present. “One year we had 35, another we had 50 and one year we had to cancel it altogether,” Binod said. “I would really like to reach 50 volunteers again...
Kim Baliman is called Kimball's biggest cheerleader by many, and it is one of the names she proudly wears. "That's a big honor, so I will take it," Baliman said. "I don't know why I have such passion for Kimball, I think it is just who I am." Born and raised in Kimball, Baliman said she cannot think of a better place to live, work and do business – or a better place to call home, than Kimball. "We have good people, honest people," Baliman said. "We have great businesses, banks, hospital, schools...
The City of Kimball approved funding for the Kimball Banner County Chamber of Commerce and a KENO grant for the Kimball Lions Club at the regularly scheduled city council meeting on March 3. The city council voted to approve $450 each month to the chamber for additional part-time help. Josh Enevoldsen, president of the chamber, sought the monthly support to allow for additional help. This would be in addition to Larissa Binod, the chamber director, who was recently hired to that part-time position. “I’ve always believed that chambers and cit...
The Kimball Banner County Chamber of Commerce will focus more on its membership in 2015. “One of my main things that I want to focus on is the membership, and how the board and how the director can provide you with more value to your membership,” current chamber president Josh Enevoldsen told members Monday night at the annual chamber banquet. “We want it to be if someone new to town comes up to you and asks, ‘Why do you belong to the chamber?,’ we want to just be able to rattle off they do this and this and this for us and we wouldn’t...