Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Good morning, Banner County.
Here is hoping that you have had a good week, Labor Day included! You know it has been quite awhile since we have seen the lights on at the school football field. This past Friday was that night, and although there wasn’t a home win at least there was a game.
Given some time there will be more. The next high school football game will be tomorrow Friday, September 6, at Morrill, 7 p.m.
School will be in full session, a regular day on Friday due to Labor Day. The cross country team will compete at Gering on Friday also. On Monday September 9, the regular meeting of the Banner County School Board will take place in the school cafeteria at 7 p.m.
Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend.
On Tuesday, students need to clean up their act because it is picture day and some high school students will be heading to Scottsbluff to attend the College Fair at WNCC. School will also be starting this first week of September for fourth-graders at Flowerfield, so be aware!
Birthdays here this week include: Sherry Gifford, Kelsey Adrian, Rod Cross, Torrye Lynne Smith, Bill Griffiths, Marlene Jones, Kelsey Loutzenhiser, Cara Jones, Steve Mount, Ashley Kisner, Carter Parsons, and Pat Parsons. Happy Happy Birthday!
Anniversary congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Jamie Cross, JB Bohnsack and Josh Stauffer.
This evening, Thursday September 5, the 11th Annual Light of Hope event will be held at the Gering Civic Center. It will be a free and begin at 5:30 p.m. If you would like more information please call 632-7274.
The folks in Bayard are getting ready for their annual Chimney rock Pioneer Days celebration, which will take place September 6-8. Things will kick off on Friday the 6th with a dance in Library Park beginning at 8 p.m.
On Saturday, there will be pancakes, a 5K, a parade which will begin at 11 a.m., food vendors, craft vendors, bounce houses, a corn-hole tournament, horse shoes, live entertainment and at 8:30 p.m. dancing with the band 5 to Life. All free!
The celebration will finish off on Sunday the 8th with a trap shoot at 1 p.m. For more information on this please call 308-279-0995.
All through the month of September on Fridays the city of Scottsbluff will begin “Food Truck Fridays,” which will be exactly that. Vendors will be at the 18th street Plaza from 4-8 p.m., and local artists will provide music and entertainment.
Farmers Markets are still running in Scottsbluff, Morrill, Bridgeport and Kimball if you happen to be in any of those areas. On Saturday, September 7, the Son’s Legacy Run will take place in Mitchell hosted by the Sons of the Mitchell American Legion. Registration is at 9:30 a.m. and kickstands are up at 10:30 a.m. Both two and four wheels are welcome.
The Riverside Discovery Center will be hosting a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Awareness Day on Saturday the 7th from 1-4 p.m. If you would like more information, please call 308-633-3751.
Also on the 7th from 7-8:30 p.m., Lorene Jacobsen, professor from the University of Nebraska/Kearney, will be sharing her film project chronicling 195 miles across Nebraska.This will be free and open to the public at the Platte Valley Companies Performing Arts Center at WNCC hosted by the Western Nebraska Bicycling Club. Come and listen to “ Stories from the Cowboy Trail.”
Tuesday on September 10 from 6:30-8 p.m. there will be an auction at the Weborg 21 Centre titled “Paws 4 Paws Pack of Icon Dogs.”
Well, folks, that is all for now. Have a great week and take care until time.
Barb Cross is at 436-7152.