Council encourages KKB to be more financially independent, tables Keno grant

The Kimball City Council tabled a request for a Keno funds grant from Keep Kimball Beautiful at last Tuesday’s meeting.

KKB sought a grant in the amount of $4,000 at the meeting.

“We are here tonight to go over a Keno grant application for the electronics that we have collected throughout the last year,” said KKB representative Earl “Spud” Rowley. “Before this project basically we used to take sponsorships. So we thought we would take a break on some of the businesses for the sponsorship.”

Rowley said the organization has collected nearly 16,000 pounds of electronics this year...