Archive For September 2011
Kimball Housing Agency
September 23rd, 2011
The Kimball Housing Agency will hold their regular meeting on Monday, September 26, 2011, at 5 p.m. in the Cultural Room of the Kimball Public Library, 208 S. Walnut, Kimball, NE. The meeting is open...
Linda Cottam
September 23rd, 2011
Linda Jean Cottam was born April 5, 1958, in San Bernardino California, and passed peacefully in her sleep on September 15, 2011, in Aurora Colorado. Linda loved life and always had a smil...
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September 23rd, 2011
Ed (Buzz) Petersen passed away Sept 8, 2011, in Mesa, Arizona, at the age of 83 after a brief illness.
Born February 4, 1928, in Bushnell to Elizabeth Marie (Rutledge) and Edwar...
Jackie L. Stines
September 23rd, 2011
Jackie L. Stines, 75 of Sidney, passed away at her home late Wednesday evening, September 14, 2011.
Memorial services were held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, September 19, in the Gehrig...
Kimball Girls Golfers Win At Four Winds
September 23rd, 2011
Kimball’s girls golf team opened the schedule just about as coach Aaron Delhay expected, shooting 463 at Sidney then putting in a 471 showing at Bayard.
Just before the Septem...
Coyotes Fall 60-32 At Home
September 23rd, 2011
Potter-Dix started where they left off last weekend, Ty Ottoson hauling in pass from Luke Johnson and taking to the house.
Against Wauneta-Palisade, that combination clicked for...
Drinks: New Belgium's Hoptober
September 23rd, 2011
There’s no irony or false advertising in New Belgium’s Hoptober. The name says it all.
Hops erupted from this deep gold ale from the moment you pour. Aficionados might appre...
Restaurants: Silver Dollar Bar & Grill, Sidney
September 23rd, 2011
Bars in Nebraska shouldn’t bother with names, whether clever or fancy or just plain “Bob’s Bar and Grill” American. Signs and logos cost money, after all.
Nope, they sho...
Editorial: It's Up To Us
September 23rd, 2011
Several years ago the book It Takes A Village To Raise A Child sparked a lazy wisdom cottage industry that found expression on talk shows and in newspaper columns. It takes a village to br...
Utility Bills To Increase For Kimball Residents
September 23rd, 2011
Kimball residents will be seeing a four to six percent increase in their utility bills come October 1.
Residential and commercial electric bills will see a six percent increase...
On The Fast Track
September 23rd, 2011
Dean Cole, Program Administrator with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Program, presented an hour long consultation with the Kimba...
Banner County Volleyball Squad Splits
September 9th, 2011
If one night of volleyball predicts an entire season, Banner County’s fans will see streaks, collapse, recoveries and some very exciting play.
In last Thursday’s...
Longhorns Volleyball Squad Surprising, Despite Opening Loss
September 9th, 2011
Kimball opened the 2011 volleyball season as if they intended to dominate the conference, drubbing rival Bridgeport in the first, 25-20.
Balancing Amber Kilgore and Annie McClou...
Big Is Better...Sometimes
September 9th, 2011
If the right person happens to be working behind the bar, Big Mamou is the only place in town serving a near-proper martini--right balance of gin and vermouth, right cocktail glass, right...
From The Editor: Have We Changed Much In Ten Years?
September 9th, 2011
September 11, 2001, started off like any other Tuesday. I was driving to work, listing to the same old classic rock, probably reminding myself to call my brother later and wish him a happy...
Kimball Area Foundation To Hold Fundraising Auction
September 9th, 2011
When the Kimball Area Foundation incorporated in 2005, they did so with hopes of establishing a $1 million endowment fund in relatively short order. Within a year, they receive a challenge...
County Opts To Hire Ambulance Service Director When O'Brien Contract E...
September 9th, 2011
The Kimball County Commissioners voted Tuesday to seek an Ambulance Service Director that will be an employee of the county.
For the past 41 years, Jim O’Brien has held a cont...
Virginia Allen
September 5th, 2011
Virginia Allen, age 89 of Fort Collins, Colorado, and former Cheyenne and Kimball County resident, passed away early Friday morning, August 19, 2011 at the Spring Creek Health Care Center...
Jeanette E. Nelson
September 5th, 2011
Jeanette E. Nelson, 89, of Cheyenne, went to be with her Lord on Sunday, July 24, 2011. Her wishes to have her body donated to science were carried out with Science Care in Aurora, Colorad...
Garret M. Schmoeller
September 5th, 2011
Garrett M. Schmoeller, 87, of Kimball, died at the Kimball County Manor on Saturday, August 27, 2011. Cremation has taken place. Memorial services for Gary will be held at a later date...
Juanita H. Wosika
September 5th, 2011
Juanita H Wosika, age 93, passed away August 25, 2011, at the Hawthorne Inn where she had resided for over 10 years. She suffered from Alzheimer's for several years.
Drinks: Table Mountain Winery's Cowgirl Red
September 5th, 2011
Table Mountain Vineyard has the audacity to turn Valiant grape--normally used only for simple blueish jams--into a semi-sweet red wine…of 2007 vintage, no less.
Experts will t...
Editorial: A Restaurant First
September 5th, 2011
Residents have been discussing the city’s survival lately. Well, here’s one thing that would bring instant improvement to Kimball—and it doesn’t require a special election or a len...
Kimball Exchange Students Fitting In
September 5th, 2011
Denise Petschnig and Tamara Koerner still laugh about the rows of lockers lining Kimball High's hallways. Niclas Nissl wonders why people drive their trucks to the grocery store, when a sm...
City Directed To Trim Draft Budget
September 5th, 2011
The Kimball City Council directed city staff to trim its draft budget for fiscal year 2011-2012 during its budget workshop held in the city council chamber room Wednesday, August 24.
Seeds Of Knowledge
September 5th, 2011
Can Goodstreak wheat, a red winter wheat developed cooperatively by the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station and the USDA-ARS, be germinated in space?
Fifty-fo...
