Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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The theme for the 2019 Kimball Farmer's Day celebration was "Sowing Seeds of Success." That phrase may apply to the event itself. Some new events this year, such as the bike race and cornhole tournament, worked out well and are worthy of growing, Farmer's Day chairperson Assunta Nelson told the Observer. Nelson said the Farmer's Day Committee held its wrap-up meeting last week. She said the committee did a "bang-up job" this time around. "I think things went really good," she said. "I mean,...
Kimball County’s early blast of winter-like weather this week was expected to bring 3 to 4 inches of snow, icy roads and hazardous travel conditions through Friday morning, the National Weather Service in Cheyenne warned. All of which followed a temperature free fall on Wednesday that was forecast to nosedive from about 80 to 20 degrees and cause pre-snow rainfall to freeze. Good news for the Kimball area is that it was expected to escape considerably more severe weather to the north and west, and that more seasonal autumn weather was anticipat...
Jason L. Weigle has been appointed Extension Educator in Community Vitality for the Nebraska Extension that serves Kimball County and is based in Sidney. His appointment was announced by Extension Educator Karen DeBoer, unit leader. Weigle began his duties on Oct. 1, replacing Connie Hancock, who has retired. He will serve Cheyenne, Morrill, Kimball, Banner, Scotts Bluff, Garden, Deuel, Keith and Arthur counties, providing support and leadership for regional and statewide, community vitality...
Mark Nelson drives a vintage yellow Minneapolis-Moline tractor down 2nd Street during this year's Farmer's Day Parade. The classic brand name was last used in 1974, and this G-1000 model was part of the mighty six-cylinder G series that brought the largest and most powerful Minneapolis-Moline tractors to ag producers....
Good morning Banner County, at least so far. As I write this, we are preparing for our first winter snow. Yuck. I am never ready, and won’t be until about Dec. 24. Too bad, too sad for me; here it comes anyway! Here are a few things going on that will help keep you busy this week, mostly indoors. Today, Oct. 10, at 7:30 p.m. there will be a Science on Screen discussion and screening of “Between the Folds,” which is an overview of origami as an art form.I myself have always thought of origami as such. However, this is also about the influ...
The Village of Potter sponsored a fall community cleanup event this past weekend to help residents and businesses get rid of unwanted household and nuisance items for free. Initially held in May 2012, the cleanup now happens twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. Potter Village Clerk Melissa Gorsuch noticed that the village was dealing with quite a few nuisance issues and this service seemed like a great way to make it easier for people to maintain their properties. "Now they...
A total of 58 brave runners ran in this year's Farmer's Day Fun Run, according to Tiffany Johnson, who heads up the project. There were only six runners in the 5-mile race won by Dennis Schildhauer with his time of 38 minutes and 23 seconds. The 2-mile race attracted 53 runners, ranging from age 8 and under to the upper 80 age. Patrick Mars, entered in the 13-19 age division, was the winner with his time 13:07. With an early morning start, the runners had to battle cold and wind. Following is...
No cross country to report this week thanks to lack of communication from Gothenburg to Kimball. Coach Tiffany Johnson took her cross country team all the way to Gothenburg this past Thursday afternoon (193 miles) only to arrive and be told the meet had been cancelled! Anyway, you can read about the running of the Farmer’s Day Fun Run in this week’s sports. A change in advance of the cross country meets scheduled for this week as officials have wisely moved them ahead of the bad weather we are forecast to get. The Western Trails meet at Bay...
Kimball will have two golfers in next week's girls state golf tournament at Lake Maloney Golf Course in North Platte as Payton Wise and Katie Heeg both earned top 10 finishes at the district tournament in McCook this past Tuesday. On a very difficult hilly course with tall native grass on every hole, Wise shot the best score of the day to take top individual honors with her round of 88. Heeg finished eighth with her round of 117, and the sophomore teammates will both move on to state play....
Potter-Dix's Lady Coyotes travelled to Chappell Friday to take on rival Creek Valley and won three sets to one against a tenacious Lady Storm team that battled throughout the match. Potter-Dix started fast in the first set, pulling out to an 8-to-1 lead before the Lady Storm was able to string consecutive points together to narrow the lead. The Lady Coyotes finally regained their rhythm, and opened up a big lead and looked to cruise to a comfortable first set win. But the Lady Storm started a...