Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Don Lease has been appointed to be the newest Banner County commissioner. He will serve the remaining term of long-time commissioner Robert Gifford that expires January 5, 2025. The appointed followed an open session on Thursday, Dec. 7, in which a committee of Banner County officials interviewed three candidates for the open county commissioner seat. Those interviewed were Eddie Shaul, Lacy Krakow and Don Lease. The interviewing committee is composed of County Clerk Katie West, County Treasurer...
Kimball Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary and Kimball Health Services EMS have accepted the challenge of taking over the Hometown Heroes program. Former organizer Erin Heidemann helped the auxiliary with its first event on Saturday. For 19 local children, Saturday began with breakfast at the fire hall, a fire truck ride, a visit from Santa with gift cards to give out, and other gifts and prizes. Each child's family received a $50 gift card to Main Street Market for the holiday meals. Four...
FirsTier Bank in Kimball invites everyone to its holiday open house from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18. The event will offer door prizes, complimentary coffee, cookies and punch. The bank is located at 115 S. Walnut St.... Full story
Upside Down Childcare opened its doors on Monday, December 11, one year after purchasing the former church building at 1200 East Sixth Street. Mother and daughter co-owners Angie Luppen and Dalton Barber say the license will give them the ability to care for 39 children, including 12 infants. The newly remodeled building has an infant room, a preschool area, and a toddler room. They will accept children from 6 weeks to 13 years of age. When Luppen began her daycare quest, her experience...
Canine respiratory virus is affecting dogs in Fort Collins and along the Front Range of Colorado. Local veterinarian Dr. Mimi Shaw said that, with people and animals from this area going back and forth to the Front Range, it should make it a concern for dog owners. Shaw said she had not seen any cases but encouraged owners to make sure and have dogs current on their vaccinations, including canine influenza, bordetella, and parainfluenza. Shaw confirmed that symptoms include sustained coughing...
Kimball County ended its long exhausting relationship with convicted murderer Vencil Leo Ash III on Friday, October 27, when he was delivered to the Nebraska State Penitentiary. The Kimball County Sheriff's Office was responsible for the transportation of Ash from the Federal Super Max prison in Florence, Colorado, to the penitentiary in Lincoln. Before Ash could fulfill his first degree murder sentence from Kimball County, he had to complete a sentence for federal gun charges from an incident...
Under action items at Tuesday’s Kimball County Commissioners meeting, the commissioners ratified a resolution to transfer funds from the Inheritance Fund to the general fund. Due to a negative balance and cash flow issues in the general fund, $300,000 was transferred as of November 28. In July, $200,000 was transferred to the general fund from the Inheritance Fund. At budget time, the commissioners had determined to budget $900,000 to be taken from the Inheritance Fund for the General Fund. In other action items, the commissioners passed a r...
A traffic stop on Friday, December 1, resulted in the arrest of one person – and then five additional people on Saturday. The half dozen individuals will appear in court for status hearings and arraignments beginning December 13, with the others to follow up on January 10 and 24. The charges for the entire group include possession of methamphetamine. The six arrestees include Crystal Hunter, 29, Gary Peters, 62, Stevn Graupensperger, 30, Mark Vigil, 62, Jeffery Barborak, 55, and Christopher H...
Landfill billing for Kimball County rural residents will be taken over by the City of Kimball beginning in January 2024, according to the discussion at the Kimball County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 21. Rural residents will receive a $23.00 bill for December landfill services, and then future billing will come from the City of Kimball offices. Kimball County Treasurer Cindy Rahmig was on the agenda to inform the commissioners of the billing move, and the treasurer’s office will send letters to rural residents explaining the move a...
The discussion on Gotti Park playground equipment and surfacing consumed a significant amount of time at the Kimball City Council meeting on Tuesday evening, Nov. 21. A variety of colors for the playground surfacing were discussed, but no decision was made. Concerns were raised about the heat retention and pricing of the surface. Other suggestions included matching the surface with the red, white and blue structure. A cost difference between the current funds and expenses for the playground...
Santa was delivered to the kids of Kimball area via the Kimball Volunteer Fire Department truck during the Christmas parade Nov. 25. Kids swarmed the KCTS building to talk to Santa. Kimball residents headed downtown on the bitterly cold Saturday evening to celebrate the beginning of the Christmas season in Kimball. Santa's Helpers served up hot chocolate, while KCTS hosted Santa and had a chili feed. The Christmas parade included decorated police and emergency vehicles, businesses, churches and...
As the shape and sounds of the new Kimball hospital become more of a reality, rumors and questions persist about the new hospital and its helicopter pad. Kimball Health Services Human Resources Director Stephanie Pedersen and Community Relations Director Kerry Ferguson answered questions about the location and safety of the helicopter pad at the new Kimball Health Services facility. The helicopter pad was never going to be anywhere except where it is located on the northeast side of the hospital grounds near Highway 30 and Webster Street, they...
New Hope Assembly of God Church in Kimball entered one of the nicely designed floats, "Jesus The Sweetest Name," in the Kimball Christmas Parade on Nov. 25. See other parade photos on pages A1 and A6....
Although a bit chilly, Reese Hinton, 10, throws candy out at the Christmas Parade. Reese rode along in the Ag Society float....
All bundled up on a very cold November evening, Daryl Leitza, 1, enjoyed tasting the fresh snow as he and his family waited for the Kimball Christmas Parade to begin....
With the Thanksgiving holiday approaching, Lela Carpenter is thankful to "be here." She is also grateful to be around her family and can now hear their laughter daily. She has been home about a week from an extended stay at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, and then two different nursing homes in the central and eastern parts of the state. Lela is home to Kimball as a quadriplegic. But her goals center on "being a good grandma and getting up and walking again." At her home, Lela tells...
The exit and entrance ramps to Kimball are cluttered with trash and other types of waste from truckers who park there, creating a disgusting look for travelers getting off for business or pleasure in Kimball. The trucks also create a safety issue as cars and others enter or depart the interstate. Any day or night, truckers park on the exit or entrance ramps even though the ramps are clearly marked as a no parking zone. Signs clearly displayed on the ramps direct vehicles to the large truck...
Litter continues to be a problem on Road 32 south of Kimball across from the walking path and dog park. Three pigs’ heads were found this past week alongside the road with other trash. Speculation was that someone cleaned out their freezer and dumped the contents in the ditch. Another option would be taking the trash to the Kimball Landfill. Kimball and Kimball County residents are charged monthly for use of the landfill, and out-of-county residents are charged fees at the gate. The Kimball County Sheriff’s Office was on clean up duty to rem...
Everyone was a winner at the Kimball Recycling Center open house in honor of America Recycles Day on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Every participant received a gift or a prize and free promotional products. Kimball Recycling Center Executive Director Spud Rowley's celebration included breakfast, lunch and dinner, along with raffles and a guessing contest for his guests. He gave tours and provided education on recycling. Over 50 people enjoyed the games, food and gifts at the Kimball facility. Everyone...
Isaac Olsen, above, was among those who delivered remarks at the Veterans Day program Nov. 13 at the Banner County School gymnasium. Two days later, he did something else. He placed second in senior public speaking at the FFA District 12 Leadership Contest in Chadron to qualify for the state contest next April. See story on Page 5A about the students from Banner, Kimball and Potter-Dix who placed highly at district....
Operation Christmas Child in the area is finishing after a year of planning. Organizer Roger Gillming said the goal for the area, including Kimball, Bridgeport, Mitchell, Alliance, and Chadron, was 3,000 boxes filled with items for children around the world. He estimated they would have 37 more than that. Kimball, Bridgeport, Sidney, and Mitchell's total was 1,600 boxes. From Kimball, FFA members loaded the boxes on a truck to Denver, where they will be processed to go all over the world....
Veterans Day speaker Matt Dillow shed light on the namesake of the Kimball American Legion Post 22. The post is named for the only World War I death from Kimball, Charles Neely. The Neely American Legion Post was established in August 1919. The Kimball Jr./Sr. High School Civics class under the direction of Jeri Ferguson organized the program on Friday. Seniors Shannen Acheson, Julia Winstrom and Hayden Sours served as masters of ceremony. After the presentation of colors, Kimball students...
A variety of activities and events are scheduled for the Christmas Parade of Lights in Kimball. The parade will travel down Second Street on Nov. 25 at 5 p.m.. Ten floats are entered and more are expected. Anything goes for the parade – drive, walk or ride an animal. Flower Haven is sponsoring a coloring page for kids. Bring the colored picture to Flower Haven by Nov. 25 for your child to pick a prize. Santa, sponsored by Nebraska Coffee, will be seeing kids of all ages at the corner of Second and Chestnut streets next to Chute 7. Santa will a...
Air Force and Northrop Grumman officials, along with the Army Corps of Engineers, met with local landowners last week at The Sagebrush in Kimball. The focus of the Nov. 8 meeting was to update local landowners on Phase 1 of the Sentinel project, which is acquiring land for utility corridors. The meeting immediately broke up into groups consisting of negotiations, appraisals, the 90th missile wing public affairs, GIS views, and surveys for permitting, right of way and program management. No new information was presented to the 50 attendees...
Students from the Kimball FFA presented at the Kimball School Board meeting on Monday evening. Memorizing and giving the FFA Creed is a requirement for freshmen, and Carly Norberg gave her Creed and will compete at districts on Wednesday. Mallory Hottell also presented to the school board. Her speech was about the future of agriculture. Other teams or members will compete in parliamentary procedure, conduct chapter meetings, ag demonstrations, job interviews, and extemporaneous speaking. Under...