Chamber Board Votes Funds To Assist With Derrick Restoration

The Board of the Kimball-Banner County Chamber of Commerce voted unanimously at their meeting Monday night, December 10, to help out the local efforts to get the oil derrick put back up through a donation of an unspecified amount of funds.

“We have money set aside that was given to us by the state of Nebraska when they took the oil derrick down from its location,” said Jennifer Provance, President of the Chamber board. “When that happened, we put that money into some CDs with the intent of putting the oil derrick back up.”

The amount has been waiting for a decision.

“We still have that money,...