Archive For July 2011
From the Editor: A Story From The Information Age
July 29th, 2011
Last Thursday morning was interesting. To some extent it reminded me of the time when I was a kid of four or five--maybe 15, it's hard to remember--and first encountered a pedestrian cross...
Bushnell Bits
July 29th, 2011
We’re getting ready for Bushnell Days! Mark your calendars for Saturday, August 20th. The Lions Club is putting together a pancake breakfast at the fire hall from 7:30-9:30 AM. Proceeds...
Editorial: Safety Is Important, Too
July 29th, 2011
Planting a garden in the front yard to make a home more appealing is a good idea, but if the entrance past that garden is hazardous, wouldn't the time and money be better spent ensuring sa...
Council Addresses Forgotten Laws
July 29th, 2011
It is unlawful to discharge a firearm within city limits except by an officer of the law while on duty.
Most of the citizenship knows this to be true, however, City Attorney Ken...
Ambulance Debate Piercing
July 29th, 2011
Discussions regarding the ambulance service continue between the Kimball County Commissioners, their attorney Robert Brenner, current ambulance service director Jim O‘Brien, and hopefu...
Reuben Fritzler
July 22nd, 2011
Reuben Alexander Fritzler, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, July 1, 2011 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born December 5, 1921 in Kimball NE to Peter and Elizabeth Grauberge...
A Legend Steps Down
July 22nd, 2011
What can one say when a legend tells you he's ready to live a life free of deadlines and the AP Style Manual? If anyone has earned the right to retire, it's Tom Southard, the spirit of Kim...
Restaurants: Two Crazy Cooks, Mitchell, Nebraska
July 22nd, 2011
When Dan Deines first met his future wife, he could only handle so much in the kitchen--Totino's Pizza Rolls and coffee, to be precise.
Now every day he slaps burgers on the gri...
Editorial: Kimball Needs A K-9 Unit
July 22nd, 2011
Over $11,500 idles in Kimball county's coffers, and has been sitting there since a fund raiser in 2007 initiated by the sheriff at that time for the purchase of a drug dog.
The...
What Will Help Kimball Survive And Grow?
July 22nd, 2011
It's difficult to flip through dated photographs of Kimball and not wonder what happened.
Yellowing black and white images show a proud community--small, but busy with shops, re...
High School Asks For Zoning To Allow Livestock
July 22nd, 2011
When Mary's lamb of nursery rhyme fame followed her to school one day it was, of course, against the rules. But that may not be the case for long in Kimball.
Superintendent Troy...
Teachers, Principal Hired
July 22nd, 2011
With the school year closing in quickly, the Kimball Board of Education approved the hiring of new staff to fill vacancies left over the summer.
One critical change resulted fro...
Dennis Davis
July 15th, 2011
Dennis Davis, 58, of Dix, died at Kimball Health Services on Saturday, July 9, 2011. Cremation has taken place and memorial services will be held at a later date. Memorials have been e...
Susan Bohac Card
July 15th, 2011
Susan Lynn Bohac Card, 60, of Lincoln, died at Lincoln on Sunday, July 10, 2011. Cremation has taken place. Memorial services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, July 14th at the Cantr...
Restaurants: Rock Ranch
July 15th, 2011
Rock Ranch is like the mythic Isla de Muerta of Pirates of the Caribbean fame.
You remember, right? The speck of land that can't be found, except by those who already know its l...
Leadership Is Critical To Small Town Survival
July 15th, 2011
Mark Twain famously ranked statistics as the most pernicious form of lying, the other two being regular lies and "damn lies." Yet survey and census data collected over the past couple of d...
Junior Golfers Finish Season
July 8th, 2011
A total of 67 young golfers took part in the Kimball Junior Golf Program this summer. The final tournament and “fun days” were held last week at the Four Winds.
Organizer Wi...
From the Editor: Lessons Learned From A Musical
July 8th, 2011
I have a Fourth of July ritual of sorts. On or about the holiday every year I kick back and watch the musical “1776.”
Granted, it’s not the manliest of activities. I could...
Small Towns Must Analyze To Survive
July 8th, 2011
Compared to some fading rural communities, Sidney is a boomtown. Their main drag--Illinois Street--supports diners, retail shops and a theater. Eighteen-wheel convoys lumber constantly off...
Ambulance Contract Extended...Again
July 8th, 2011
The Kimball County Ambulance contract has been extended until October 31, 2011. This, the fifth extension in some two years, came at the regular Kimball County Board of Commissioners meeti...
Ronald Osban, Jr.
July 1st, 2011
Ronald Eugene Osban, Jr., 57, of Sidney, Nebraska died Saturday, June 15, 2011 in Sidney.
He was born September 29, 1953 in Salinas, California and had lived in Sidney for the p...
John Lee Selves
July 1st, 2011
John “Jack” Lee Selves, 83, of Kimball, died at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff on June 25, 2011. Funeral services for Jack will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June...
Clifford L. Harrison
July 1st, 2011
Clifford L. Harrison, 79, of Kimball, died in Phoenix, Arizona, on Monday, June 20, 2011.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 25, 2011 at the Cantrell...
Opinion: Some Opinions Matter More Than Others
July 1st, 2011
Back some years ago when I lived in Pennsylvania, my ex-wife and I asked an artist friend to create a piece reminiscent of a Midwestern evening. He returned with a simple painting: an empt...
Breaking Rules
July 1st, 2011
Taylor Brown has had a lot of breaks in his short life--19 of them, to be exact.
When the recent Kimball High graduate was in the fifth grade, he signed up to play on a tackle f...
How Can Small Towns Survive?
July 1st, 2011
A woman behind the counter at Woody’s looked up from the register. “I used to own a business,” she said, nodding in the direction of Chestnut Street then shaking her head. “It’s...
Court Battle Looms
July 1st, 2011
When attorney Robert Brenner balked at handing over a copy of his written statement last week because he expected litigation on the High Point Motor Speedway (HPMS) matter, he was right.
