Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Good morning! Hope you all got a bang out of this past week! I sure did, sometimes past 1 a.m. Love the holiday, but will admit that I am glad it is over. Now this coming weekend the big deal is Oregon Trail Days. But first, today, July 11th, there is a Zoo Camp for kids grades K-5th between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and there is a Free family swim day in Morrill beginning at 1 p.m. Their pool is located at 126 Jirdon Ave. The movie “Cars” will show at the Midwest Theater at 1:30 p.m. as part of the summer series for kids and at 6 p.m. there will be C...
Good morning and Happy 4th of July, 2024 to you all! A lot of fireworks are blowing up all around the area, and a few have already been here and gone. For example, the yearly Ice Cream Social and fireworks in La Grange was July 3rd, so sorry I missed that last week. However, if you have gone for the last 50 years like some of us, you just know these things. I really am sorry though. There also are two events that happen weekly in the valley, and I don’t always mention them, so here is a reminder. The Gering City Band plays at Legion Park at 7...
Good morning, I hope this finds you keeping cool! My, oh my, but has it ever been hot! A lot of hail and high winds in the valley, and our thoughts are with those folks with severe damage. The rain was greatly appreciated though, and we still need more. This last week of June we are finishing up VBS here at home and looking toward the 4th of July. For today, however, June 27th the Calvary Lutheran Church in Scottsbluff will have their Grab-n-Go Lunch available for you from noon to 2 p.m.; the Midwest Theater will play ‘The Little Mermaid’ at 1:...
Good morning, here is hoping all of you dads had a Happy Father’s Day! We have had a little rain, downpours in a few places with a couple of cooler days this week, and we are thankful for that. Here in Harrisburg, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 22, you are invited to participate in a Community Garage Sale at the Banner County Museum. Anyone is welcome to come sell their treasures. Please bring your own table (or tables) and lunch will be provided by the vendors. More information is available by calling Sharon Sandberg at 308-631-2424 o...
Good morning! Here are upcoming events bringing us through the middle of June, already! Swimming lessons are starting up now and soon all over the area and so are sessions of VBS. The Harrisburg Community Church will hold VBS beginning the 24th of this month. Several posters are planted around town and invitations are being sent out to those who were involved in Kids Club but everyone is welcome! Today, Thursday, June 13th, the group from Omaha, the Frontier Strings, will be performing a free concert in Centennial Park in Scottsbluff. This...
Good morning! Great weather, a little rain and some very unwanted hail. Guess although summer is not officially here, it is here. To begin this week here is a reminder that the hiking path Saddle Rock Trail at the Scotts Bluff National Monument will be closed between sunrise and 10 a.m. on June 6th & 7th due to herbicide application in the area. Today, Thursday, June 6th, the 101 Dalmations will play at 1:30 p.m. at the Midwest Theater as part of the summer series children’s movie program. And at noon there will be a virtual training program t...
Here is assuming you made it through Memorial Day, finishing out May and looking into the face of June, already! Beautiful weather here this week, feeling every bit like summer. This evening, May 30th the Western Nebraska Arts Center will host the opening shows of Ginny Butcher and Karen Henneck with the topic ‘ “Captivated by the Landscape” from 5-7 p.m. These ladies are from Wyoming and have works created with pastels, oils and gouache. This is Free and open to the public. On Friday, May 31st, this is the first day of a three day celeb...
Good morning! Here is trusting you had a great Happy Mother’s Day! Beautiful weather this week and lots of pictures on the aurora borealis – all of them beautiful. Busy week as we are finishing up the school year and looking for the summer to come. Here at the school house, May 16th there will be an AR party, the fourth and last one of the year, the pre-k will have a field trip to the zoo and then graduate at 1:30 p.m. followed by kindergarten graduation at 2:30 p.m. Wow. The next day the kindergarten through 2nd grades will have their fie...
Good morning and here is hoping you have had plenty of rocks in your pockets to keep you from blowing away! Holy moly have the tumble weeds been having a great time. The folks out there trying to repair fence lines really have their work cut out for them. Here we are already moving into the middle of May with Mother’s Day and graduations the big deal. Today, May 9th, the high school Activities and Awards Banquet will take place at 5:30 p.m. and over the hill it is Spa Night between 4-7 p.m. at the Good Life, and beginning at 6 p.m. it is Christ...
Good morning! Here we are in May and looking at about two weeks of school after the end of this one. This evening is the annual Spring Concert & Art Show at the school beginning at 6 p.m. Everyone is invited to come and enjoy the show! At 7 p.m., the Midwest Theater will have a live performance that is billed as the greatest two person circus act, “The Great Dubois.” Starting at 8 p.m. in the Valley Event Center in Gering there will be Midget Mayhem Wrestling. You must be at least 18 years old for this one. On Friday, May 3rd, there will be...
Good morning on this beautiful final week of April! Unbelievable that over a fourth of the year has already come and gone. As the song says, time marches on. Today, Thursday, April 25th the Calvary Lutheran Church in Scottsbluff will serve a Grab & Go Lunch between noon and 2 p.m. if you are in the area. They are located at 17 E, 17th Street, and this is a free will offering. The kindergarten class will be taking a little field trip to Gering to the Legacy of the Plains Museum. Always exciting, and a fun place for the boys especially. The follo...
Good morning! Beautiful spring weather, for today at least. Stinking high winds and tumbling tumble weeds, welcome to Nebraska! Today, April 18th, there is No School at home, but the middle school track team will be headed to Kimball. There is NO School tomorrow either. Believe there is some ACT testing going on. Anyway, there will be a “Women As Warriors” self defense seminar at WNCC tonight from 6-9 p.m. For more information and to register, please call 635-6700. Also beginning at 6 p.m. there will be an informative Medicare Program at the...
Good morning, and as my daughter said last week, something she picked up ... April showers bring snow plowers, or whatever. Yep, near 70 degrees one day and a blizzard the next, actually clear blue skies and almost 50, then clouds, high winds, and blizzard by morning. Some folks are still without electricity as I write this and I know they are working around the clock to repair all of the damage and downed poles. Hopefully that is the last one for this spring. Many schools were closed Monday, including ours. Good call, people. The book sale at...
Good morning! Happy April and hopefully some showers, although March ended with hail at my house. The weather is so weird. When I think about a new month already, I just can’t believe it is going so fast, I’m not having that much fun. A fourth of 2024 is already gone. Graduations are not that far off and a lot of scholarship information is posted online. Today, April 4th, the FFA students are still in Lincoln for the state convention. The JAG conference was cancelled last week along with one other cancellation. Disappointment for those inv...
Good morning! Man, has the month of March flown by or what? This week goes out the door with Easter this Sunday, and I think it is out like a lamb with about 60 degrees predicted with clouds. So we know the real reason for the season, but we are also aware of several Easter egg hunts surrounding our area. We will get to those here shortly, but first today is March 28th and there is high school track at Bayard, the Honor Society Induction at the school at 5 p.m., and the JAG students in Lincoln for Legistative Day. Lakota Language Classes will a...
Good morning! Beautiful weather, and we are sure ready for it, right? Today, March 21st there are two happenings that I think you might be interested in. One is at Backaracks in Scottsbluff this evening at 5:30 and is titled “Equal Pay Day.” It is hosted by Panhandle Business and Professional Women and is expected to end at 7 p.m. The other one is by speaker Robert Zemanek on “DNA for the Genealogist” and will be held at the Gering Public Library Council Chambers at 2 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m. The Close-Up group is still out of town until t...
Good morning! Typical spring weather here in western Nebraska. Nice and pleasant, windy, with rain and snow! This week and weekend many people will be celebrating St. Paddy’s Day; here is to you and your fun and safety if you are one of them. I have a little green St. Paddy gnome that my cat George has gotten a hold of several times this past month. His little four leaf clover and buckle have been glued on more than once. Darn cat. The schoolhouse has very little going on compared to how their weeks usually go. Tomorrow, March 15th, there w...
Good morning and happy Windy month of March! Nice kite weather if anyone does that anymore. Before we start the weekend, today, March 7, is the beginning of a Lakota language learning class that will be taught at the Scottsbluff High School. Beverly Running Bear from Black Hills State University will be teaching the classes through the 13th of March at 6 p.m. Friday, March 8th is an eventful day with a lot going on. There will be no school at Banner County School. State Sen. Brian Hardin and the Nebraska State Patrol will hold a meeting in the...
Good morning! Well after today February is a thing of the past. This past week has been filled with spring and winter days buffeted by winds with speeds up to 40 miles an hour. So the expected wind of 18 miles per hour for March 1st seems pretty mild, bringing the question of lamb or lion? What do you all think? Winter sports continue to wind down with great year end finishes for both speech and boys varsity basketball. On March 1st, Friday, the annual FFA silent auction will take place at 5:30 p.m. I hear that the FFA group had quite a display...
Good morning and welcome to the last day of February, seems impossible! We do have one extra day this year, so there is that. Congratulations to Banner County wrestler Wyatt Reichenberg for his 2nd place win at state! Does not appear to be much going on at the schoolhouse this week. However, tomorrow, February 23rd, will be a regular day of school with no sports, just to give everyone a breather. The Gering Library will host Board Game Night that evening at 6 p.m., and the Midwest Theater will...
Good morning! Lovin' Nebraska with flashes of near 60 degrees one day and 6 inches of snow the next!! This last blast of winter brought some pretty good moisture though, so that was appreciated. Interesting to see what the rest of the month will bring us. Here today, midway through February, the 15th, there is a Homeschool program out at the Wildcat Hills recreation area beginning at 10 a.m., and here at school there is an early OUT. Students will head home early for parent-teacher conferences....
Happy Valentine’s Day! Many area celebrations are offered to help with this mid-week holiday on the weekend prior. A few include: • This evening, February 8th, February Sip & Shop at 401 Beltline Hwy. W Suite 5, Scottsbluff. • Several on the 9th: Valentine’s Day Date Night in Mitchell, which will include a movie, flowers & gifts, and dinner. This will be available on Friday the 9th at 5 p.m. and on Saturday the 10th at 8 p.m. Contact information is available at Pinnacle Bank or Redz Bar & Grill. • Elodie’s Oddities at 102 E Overland in...
Good morning! It’s February but feels like May! Least for awhile, and how about that Punsutawney Phil? If he were here in Nebraska I do believe his weather predictions would be quite different, but I still have high odds for more winter. Safer that way. Well, here at home on February 1st we have the annual spelling bee at the school at 12:30 p.m. and everyone is invited to go watch. Also the high school wrestling team will be competing at a MAC conference tournament in Bridgeport. That evening the Western Nebraska Art Center will host an o...
Good morning! I hope you are enjoying this heat wave that we are having, nothing below zero, at least as far we can tell for now. Personally I have never been very fond of January, partly due to the weather. After the 1st, it seems to go on forever! Even with all of that, it is hard to believe that this is the last week before February says “hello!” However, starting this final week, tonight January 25, the Midwest Theater will host a musical comedy as the Three Redneck Tenors perform at 7 p.m. It also is Adult Anime Night for Adults at the...
Good morning, and wow has it ever been cold! From here in Nebraska where we are accustomed to extreme weather, I have been in touch with family in Nevada, Missouri and Oklahoma – and they have all been experiencing weather much like ours. With that said, it still doesn’t make me feel much better about it all! Thankfully, I am one of the lucky ones who does not HAVE to go out, and I do not have animals that are out there and needing care. For those of you that do have to be out, please take care. I think that we are looking to have somewhat of...