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  • All-Class Reunion: Building relationships key for McBride's longterm success

    Tonia Copeland|Jul 2, 2015

    Building relationships over the years has paid off for one local business with four generations of Kimball High School graduates - so much so that many of its orders come from KHS graduates who now live out of state. Though the Flower Haven has changed hands many times in the last several decades, this local business is one that Kimballites have come to count on. Kay McBride, the third of four generations of Kimball graduates, recalled several owners of the longtime Kimball business. Bertha...

  • All-Class Reunion: Rutledge looks back at Kimball's booming days

    Tonia Copeland|Jul 2, 2015

    Jeri Hays (Halstead) Rutledge graduated from Kimball High School on a Thursday, she recalled, as was customary at the time. Rutledge, a 1975 graduate in a class of around 90, said that students were required to attend the baccalaureate, offered the Sunday prior to graduation. Before graduation, Rutledge recalls her school experience, different in many ways but still so familiar. Rutledge remembers that not only was the oil field booming, but Boeing was also in town during her school years. "I...