In Which We Blush and Bumble
For a person who deals with words I’m in the awkward position of not knowing how to express how very touched I am to be honored tonight with the title of 2016 Southern Humboldt Citizen of the Year.
The first thing you should know is the Southern Humboldt Chamber of Commerce and Visitor’s Center invited you all to a dinner party and silent auction at the Mateel Community Center to celebrate. The price for tickets and what’s included is posted below in the invitation.
The second thing you should know is that KMUD posted a lovely interview with me and since I don’t know what to write, I’ll let Izzy Vanderheiden help me use my voice instead.
The third and final thing you should know is that without my family’s support (they are mostly good-humored as I work through birthday parties, burn dinners, leave the dishes in the sink and show up late for everything), without my incredible crew who work long hours for way too little, and without the photos, tips, and trust as well as the kind words of so many community members, there would be no Redheaded Blackbelt. I hope we get to bring you the news for many, many years to come.
Here’s your invitation to join my family and friends tonight.
The Southern Humboldt Chamber of Commerce and Visitor’s Center would like to announce a very special evening on September 7th at The Mateel Community Center.
In Recognition of the 2016 Southern Humboldt citizen of the year Kym Kemp!
We have a very special evening planned honoring Kym for all that she brings to our community. Kym has graciously allowed us to relay a bit of her history and her most momentous stories. We are blessed to have Kym in our Southern Humboldt community! It is time to celebrate and thank Kym for all that she does!
*Dinner buffet by Moses, Barbeque To You, no host bar
*Silent auction with ALL proceeds going to Heart of the Redwoods Community Hospice per Kym Kemp’s request.
*Tickets $35 for Chamber members $45 for prospective Chamber members
*Chamber member business table purchase of 8 guests $350***Space is limited -email Chamber with ticket reservation request and Chamber conformation of payment receipt is required.
Visit our website for more details wwwgarberville.org***Save the date of September 7th! Celebrate with the Southern Humboldt Chamber of Commerce and Kym Kemp!
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Congratulations!
Yes. Congratulations. Only decent news source I can get to when I’m not there. Keep up the good work.
Congratulations, Kym! 💐💐💐
Well deserved congrats.
Yes Kim you are a Rock Star for all that you do …Thank You…..
Congratulations! We are so fortunate to have you!
A well-deserved acknowledgment by your community, Kym. First thing I do in the morning when I awake is to pick up my iPad and check out Red Headed Black Belt because I’m confident that you’ll be on top of anything that happened during the night. Of course, I check RHBB out several times during the day to see what else you’ve dug up and I’m always up to date on what’s happenin’ in SoHum.
You provide a wonderful community service and I thank you! Kudos!
yeah, what he (Tim Cochrane) said!!!
Super happy for you. Thank you for all you do.
Congratulations Kym Kemp!! Well deserved for sure!! Thank you for all you do keeping us all informed on all that’s going on not only in just Humbolt County, but also on the news you report for us over here in Trinity County also. And for everything else you do!! Again, Very Well Deserved!!!
Congratulations
Congratulations Kym! I loved listening to the interview! I could really sense the passion you have for your work!
Yahoo! Be sure to wear a bib, you don’t want to stain those pretty parrots with finger licking BBQ.
The Best Always Thanks for everything.
GO
I cannot think of a more deserving award. If I were asked to nominate someone, you would be at the top of the list. You are a woman of great integrity and kindness. Our community shines with your example. Thank you Kym.
Congrats to you Kym!!! You are so deserving of this award!!! Thanks so so much for what you do!!! 🙂
Congrats Kym on the award, you really truly deserve it. Your work has only come to fruition the last few years, but it really serves our community, and for that I cannot thank you enough!
Congrats Kym! It’s about time.
Congratulations Kym! Well deserved honor; happy to see it! I start my day checking RHBB, and continue to refresh during the day to stay on top of happenings back in the world.
Congrats Kym. Your love for your community and beyond shines thru. What a service you provide. I don’t know how many times a day I check RHBB to get the latest. Thank you so much.
Congratulations Kym!
The thing that comes to my mind when I think of Kym is roots. She was here, and her family was here, when everything happened in recorded history. A person has a completely different, and far more accurate take on what this area is all about when you have soaked in it. She knows all of the subtleties of where we came, from where we are going, and what may go wrong, and she is willing to share her knowledge with us. Kym is one of SoHum’s most valuable assets, more precious than diamonds.
Well said Ernie Branscomb, I couldn’t agree more.
Listening to the interview I discovered that you are as lovely a person as I had imagined. Congratulations on the award Kym!
I, too, depend on you… for breaking news and follow-ups. I brag to my friends outside of our area that, sometimes within 15 minutes of a “happening”, you are reporting the facts to us.
…and i’ve been here listening to the scanner and following kym’s live step-by-step reporting as it comes to her over her scanner. i really do admire everything i’ve come to know about kym.
we’re fortunate.
thanks kym!
Congrats Kym!
Thanks for doing what you do and being who you are.
Congratulations Kym!!I get my news and what not ‘ s from RHBB.thanks for being the kind human you are and keeping us informed on our part of the world!!!
Kym after becoming aquainted with you and reading RHBBB for many years this is AWESOME! Well deserved! Much love on this special day <3
Congrats indeed VERY well deserved!!!!!! :oD
Congratulations…you have set an wonderful example of excellent journalism and with humor and compassion….may your special evening fill you with some much deserved love….
I’m proud to be related to you, Kym, and I agree with the other commenters. Great interview, too. See you tonight!
Congratulations and very well deserved Kym!
Congratulations!
Richly deserved, from where I’m sitting. Congrats.
Congratulations! I’m honored to know you, my faraway friend.
Kym u rock! You are the only news source that returns emails as well, you take the extra time to care on top of all the other amazing things you do!!!
We are so very truly blessed to have you. It’s beyond words how incredible it is to have someone who ‘gets’ our community reporting everyday.
And have to say it’s not just our community, I know many grateful folks in Lake county who valued your fire reports so much, both last and this year.
Many blessings&thanks to you and your family kym!!!
It’s your day in the spotlight!
I too start my day with a check of your site. I have learned much and benefitted from the info you work so hard to share!! I am so very pleased that your contributions have been recognized! You are so deserving!! And, having known you for years before RHBB, I know the quality of your caring character. Even in your home community of relatively good people, you have distinguished yourself as a fair, compassionate, positive and loving human being.
So proud of you and happy that you are getting this well deserved award. Congratulations Kim!!
Fantastic honor! Congratulations for being recognized for your sincere and effective efforts to improve communication and sense of community. We love you.
Thank goodness we have folks like Kym .Freedom is not free
Very cool, for a very deserving person!
So very happy for you miss Kym!! Best wishes from my wife and I, with a warm hug!
gratz Kym,Thanks for haveing this site and keeping it going.
I couldn’t be prouder.
hey mom, thanks to you too for your contributions in rearing her, and for being there so kym can continue accomplish what she does.
it was nice to read how glad she is that you can be proud of her.
are y’all some weird nuclear family or something??
a reversion to earlier ancestral characteristics?
My mom is a wonderful glue that sticks families together (she’s so sticky that all sorts of friends become stuck to us and soon they’re family, too.)
Well deserved, Kym. Thank you for your integrity and hard work in making your site and keeping us all informed.
Thank You is inadequate, but the best I can offer. “You appeared when you were needed, and we could not have asked for more, than to hear your iMac tapping behind your study’s door.” (Apologies for the plagiarism.) RB is the glue we need to keep us together. Thank You! af
Ernie branscomb said it best without RHBB I read it every day ,and I enjoy commenting on yor righteous news .right on kym your biggest fan .you look great kym do you ever change.
It is well deserved! Thank you for your never ending dedication to our community.
Very cool. Congratulations. Ernie B. said it best. Ditto.
Well deserved for a great public service.
You sooooo deserve this, Kym.. Congratulations..!!
Not a troll in the string.. 🙂
Mazeltov, Kym! Although I can’t make it to your event, here’s a big Mendonesian muah! from yours truly. Make sure to really soak up all the love around you today , you’ve earned every last bit.
Congrats! Thank you so much for your hard work. You deserve it!!!
A well-deserved honor for someone who does an incredible job for the community–solely for the love of what she does. Such dedication to purpose and service deserves the highest praise.