Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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According to Forbes.com more than half of the American public work in small business and 52 percent of all small business are home businesses. That is roughly 80 million people in the U.S. alone. Although there is currently is no way to know exactly how many home businesses there are in Kimball County, we can estimate that approximately one-fourth of our population has some sort of home business. We can guess with some accuracy that every person reading this knows of at least a few people who...
Build housing and industry will come. This was the message presented at a multi-county regional housing study presented by Keith Carl with Hanna:Keelan Associates of Lincoln, Nebraska on Tuesday, July 19 at the Kimball Event Center. The study, sponsored by the Western Nebraska Economic Development (WNED), included strategies for affordable housing. Hanna:Keelan and Associates recently completed and updated the comprehensive plan and new housing study for the City of Kimball. Although less than a dozen people attended the five o’clock meeting, t...
Nate Entingh was born in a suburb of Dayton, Ohio, his last name of Dutch origins. When he was six years old his mother, Paula Weiss, and three siblings moved to Julesburg, Colo., following his parent's divorce to live closer to his mother's family. The family lived there a few years while his mother worked four jobs to support her young family as well as her sister and niece. Later, the family, moved to Sterling, Colo., for several years while Ms. Weiss went to college and became a nurse. Once...
Kimball County saw no changes to land valuation following protests, according to state statute. A packed room opened the 8:30 am meeting of the Kimball County Board of Equalization (BOE) on Monday, July 25 concerning the 2016 property valuation protests. The meeting was considered to be the finalization of the protests and that is exactly what it was to the confusion and frustration of the public. No valuations were changed by the BOE as they accepted every land value recommendation by County Assessor Sherry Winstrom. After a call to order and...
On July 14, Vista Villa held their 2nd annual Ice Cream Social. Doubling last year's numbers, approximately 55 people delighted in the sweet afternoon treat. Vista Villa sponsored the function but the homemade chocolate and vanilla ice cream was made by Dan and Judy Perry. Homemade brownies, nuts, chocolate, cherry and caramel toppings were also offered. The gathering of residents, family and friends ranged in age from 2 to their mid 90's and enjoyed a few hours of great conversation and relief...
Jack and Gloria Cook have been enjoying the Community Garden for the past eight or nine years. For the Cooks, it's not just a way to produce their own food, it is fun and good exercise. Jack feels that gardening is therapy for him, "Different people have different ways of relaxing. I come out here in the evenings, it's how I relax." According to the Cooks, in years past a group of people would get together every spring and plan out their plots. Though they may not have always been there at the s...
Eighteen riders from Swizerland, Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands stopped in for a late lunch on July 11th at the Kimball Pizza Hut. Among the riders was editor in chief of Wheelies Magazine and tour director, Eberhard Hermann of Schwäbish Hall, Germany. Wheelies Magazine is considered the only free motorcycle magazine in Europe. Mr. Hermann has been well known for decades in the European motorcycle community and classic motorcycle racing industry. Although this was Hermann's sixth year...
The Kimball Volunteer Firemen were unusually busy this past weekend as five calls came in over the two days. All but one of the fires were due to dry grass caused by the high temperatures of the past few weeks. It all began Saturday morning when they were called to a small grass fire two miles north of town where an electrical line sparked on a center pivot. Firemen arrived in time to contain the fire to less than half an acre. Later in the day there were two more calls, both to help out Weld...