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Articles from the June 5, 2014 edition


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  • Landfill regulations under review due to unpaid fees

    Sydney Yalshevec, Reporter|Jun 5, 2014

    The city landfill has been working on making sure that they are in compliance with requirements from Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality. As a part of this venture, the city must be sure that those taking trash to the landfill are up to date paying landfill user fees. As many are aware, the city recently increased the landfill rates. Upon the city's decision, the county also had to decide to increase their residents' landfill prices. However, to be sure that this was the best option...

  • Board mulls over options to keep Oliver Rec Area clean

    Sydney Yalshevec, Reporter|Jun 5, 2014

    The snow storm in March, that gave Kimball an estimated sixteen inches of snow, also produced a water runoff once the snow melted. This runoff, while it caused some flooding, also filled Oliver Lake. With spring wrapping up and summer around the corner, Oliver Lake is a great place for locals and visitors alike to spend their summer days. Oliver Lake is 270 acres and sits on 917 acres of land. The grounds include camping grounds, boat ramps and docks, a swimming beach, changing houses, 130...

  • Jim Jenkins: A man without a party

    Daniel Thompson, Editor|Jun 5, 2014

    Jim Jenkins, an independent candidate for U.S. Senate, wants the American people to embrace the "sensible center" of politics so the country can move forward on the important issues. Jenkins, a self proclaimed small businessman residing in Custer County, decided to run for the senate, because he believes that both the republic and democratic party are simply not serving their constituents in an effective manner. "I've just decided that neither party is really governing, the system is broken....

  • Jack E. Sample

    Jun 5, 2014

    Jack E. Sample, 77, of Grand Island died Friday, May 30, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. Services were held at 10:30 am on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at the First United Methodist Church in Wood River with Rev. Phil Sloat officiating. Inurnment was at 1:30 pm at the Trinity United Methodist Church Columbarium in Grand Island with Rev. Theresa Mason officiating. Jack's family will greet friends from 5 to 7 pm on Monday evening at the church in Wood River. Memorials are suggested...

  • Sheila Mae (Fortner) Christofferson

    Jun 5, 2014

    Sheila Mae (Fortner) Christofferson, 63, of rural Lodgepole, NE, went to be with her Heavenly Father May 30, 2014 while in her husband's arms at her home after a long tough battle with lung cancer. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday June 7, 2014 at the Evangelical Free Church, 2763 11th Ave., in Sidney, NE with Pastors Melvin Johnson and Doug Birky officiating. Burial will follow at the Weyerts Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, 13 miles east of Gurley. A viewing will be held from 2:00...

  • Ruth Shepard

    Jun 5, 2014

    Ruth Shepard, 93, of Westminster, California, passed peacefully on January 5, 2014. Ruth was born to Fred and Ella Brodine, July 15, 1920, in Elm Creek, Nebraska. She attended school in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, and married Harry Stahla in 1939. They resided in the Kimball, Nebraska area. She had three children (Harry, Marilyn, and Barbara). Ruth worked a variety of jobs throughout her life- farming, food services, banking, and dog grooming. In 1961, she married Harry Shepard of Cheyenne, Wyoming...

  • Daniel D. Snyder

    Jun 5, 2014

    Daniel D. Snyder, 49, of Dix, Nebraska, died at his home on Thursday, May 29, 2014. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, June 2, 2014 at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with Pastor Jim Nichols officiating. Inurnment will be in the Dix Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view the obituary and leave condolences for the family. Memorials have been established to the family. The services for Daniel have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home....

  • Susanna Lee Daves

    Jun 5, 2014

    Susanna Lee Daves, 41, a loving daughter, sister, aunt and friend, passed away Saturday, May 24, 2014, in Big Spring. Funeral: 10 a.m. Friday at Temple Baptist Church, 6824 Randol Mill Road, Fort Worth. Interment: Moore Memorial Gardens. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Temple Baptist Church. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to be made to A Place of Hope Africa Construction Fund at Temple Baptist Church. Susanna was born Oct. 31, 1972, in Arlington. She lived her...

  • Robert "Wayne" Adamson

    Jun 5, 2014

    Robert "Wayne" Adamson, 93, 0f Kimball, died at the Kimball Health Services on Saturday, May 31, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 5, 2014 at Calvary Methodist Church in Bushnell with Pastor Carla Gunn officiating. Burial will be held in the Kimball Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday from 1:00 until 6:00 p.m. Visit www.cantrellfh.com to view Wayne's Tribute Wall and leave condolences for the family. Memorials have been established to...

  • Anna Margaret Petersen

    Jun 5, 2014

    Anna Margaret Petersen, 94, of Kimball, died at the Kimball County Manor on March 28, 2014. Cremation has been held and memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, June 9, 2014 at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Kimball with Pastor Carla Gunn officiating. Inurnment will be held in the Kimball Cemetery. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view the obituary and leave condolences for the family. Memorials may be given to the family. The services for Anna Margaret have been...

  • Heeg and Greenwood State Golf Medal Winners

    Tom Southard, Reporter|Jun 5, 2014

    Kimball sent two golfers to the Nebraska Class C Boys' State Golf Tournament and Kimball's two golfers brought home two individual state medals! It was an awesome ending to senior Henry Heeg's Kimball high golf career as he tied for fifth place with his two day total of 75-74=149, and it was an awesome beginning for freshman Jordan Greenwood as he tied for 11th place with his rounds of 77-76=153! For both to score both days in the mid-seventies, and actually improve their scores on day two,...

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