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Friends and Neighbors: Tickling the ivories came natural to Patricia Randolph at an early age

Kimball is a place of hidden talents. People with talents big and small inhabit Kimball, and some even share their talents with others. Patricia Randolph is a talent nestled in Kimball and she tries her best to share it with her students.

Randolph came to Kimball around 1990, but before that she was playing music and teaching music at several colleges.

"I started playing piano at 2. You can start as young as 3 if there is a real talent or a strong influence to practice at home. I was a prodigy. I could play you anything after hearing it once," Randolph said.

Randolph grew up in Lincoln,...