Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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What an incredible day we had on Bushnell Day! Even though the temperature was higher than I would have liked, it was a great day. We had a wonderful turnout and it seemed that everyone enjoyed the day! The first annual cow tongue football was a success thanks to all the people willing to participate, Jovan Mays for stepping in to officiate and to Twin City Packing out of Gering for the donation of the cow tongues. Thank you also to Gene Russum for the new event idea! It was quite entertaining...
The Lincoln Highway, much of which mirrors U.S. Highway 30, has recently been named as a National Scenic Byway. In mid-February, the Federal Highway Administration announced 49 new designations to the America's Byways collection, including Nebraska's 450-mile-long border to border Lincoln Highway Scenic and Historic Byway. The Lincoln Highway was America's first transcontinental highway. There are a variety of stories of people making the trek cross-country along this byway, including an army tr...
This past month has managed to pass by quickly, even if I didn’t have any idea what day of the week it was all month! Working from home has presented plenty of challenges, but has also let me find some creative outlets. I have enjoyed creating digital stories about the High Point, a short grass prairie presentation with Shaun Evertson, and an area photo contest. If you are interested in checking them out, visit www.youtube.com and search for ‘Kimball Area Tourism’. I have also put together some bingo cards and word games for a way to have...
Hello Kimball! Let me introduce myself – my name is Jessica Rocha, and I am the Tourism Director for Kimball County. I have decided that it might be nice if we are able to give the community a little update on the Kimball County Visitor Center/High Point Welcome Center every month or so, and the newspaper was so kind to help me out! A little bit about the Visitor Center … The County purchased this property (the old Burger King on the hill) about seven years ago and we opened in July of 2013 as an information/welcome center. Since that tim...