Commissioners consider National Motto, hear Walking Trail request

Retirement is in the air for Bev Schnell, Kimball County Manor Administrator. Schnell advised the Commissioners

as to her retirement at their regular board meeting on Monday, May 14. At the end of May, Schnell will be headed into retirement following a 27 year career at the Kimball Manor, 20 of those years were spent in her recent position as administrator.

The newly opened position will be filled by former

Director of Nursing at the Manor, Shannon Monheiser, of

Dix. Shannon grew up in Potter, then attended Chadron

College. Heading back to Sidney once all her schooling

was complete. She then decided she wanted to be a part

of the Kimball community and started at the Manor. She

has been a part of the KCM team for the past 10 years.

“I am embedded in this community,” Monheiser said.

Taking the Director of Nursing position is Kimball native

Sarah Stull.

At Monday’s meeting the Commissioners congratulated

Monheiser on her new position and sent Schnell with

congratulations and best wishes.

Also on the agenda was Barbara Otto of Holt County,

who met with the board to promote the “In God We

Trust” project.

This project is in the works all over the United States,

with the following mission: “To promote patriotism, by

encouraging elected officials to “Vote Yes”, to legally

display our congressionally approved national motto In

God We Trust, in every city, county chamber and state

capitol in America.”

Otto has visited 57 counties over the last three years

and says her experiences have been overwhelming,

though each has been so different.

In 1956, during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration,

the U.S. Congress adopted In God We Trust as the

official National Motto of the United States of America.

In November of 2011 the U.S. House of Representatives

voted overwhelmingly, 396-9, to reaffirm In God

We Trust as our nation’s motto.

This item was to be placed on a future agenda to allow

the board to look into further details.

With summer in swing and Mother Nature not making

up her mind, the Walking Trail project has come to

a small slow down in the last few days, however Jean

Gilbert, representative for the Kimball Community Trail

Project addressed the board and requested clarification on

the County’s Resolution in support of the Project.

“We have over 450 volunteer hours for the walking

trail, things are coming along great,” said Gilbert. “We

will start mowing both sides of the trail as marked, rows

of trees from an NRD grant have been planted, and the

parking lots marked out.”

According to Gilbert the Erin Aerni Memorial has

given nearly $6,000 to the project for benches and shaded

areas.

Hopes that the project will be nearing completion

within the next few months are high, as long as the

weather cooperates.