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! Here we are and it is your Last weekend to shop for Christmas! Some local churches will have regular Sunday services on the 24th and special services on that evening, Christmas Eve 2023. The Harrisburg Community Church invites you to join them at 6 p.m. The last day of school at Banner was yesterday Dec. 20 and until early January of the new year, No School. However, there are two ball games today. Both are at home vs. Cody-Kilgore, with the girls varsity game at 2 p.m. and the boys varsity at 3:30 p.m. No more sports until the 29...
Pre-K My name is Khloe I am 4 years old This year I have been nice One thing that I have done extra nice Play with my brother and sister very nice Here is my wish list: Barbie car, Barbie, a new mermaid, one more necklace, a white board to play music on, “It’s ok to be different” book, a toy penguin. Your friend, Khloe My name is Breck I am 4 years old This year I have been a little of both, naughty and nice One thing that I have done extra nice Here is my wish list: Rider’s car from Paw Patrol, Ninja Turtle book, A thing that tells me when to...
Good morning! Wow, has that wind been getting after it, and the tumble weeds are not just tumbling, they are taking flight! I know we need the moisture, but personally I hope it holds off until the holidays are over. It would make travel a lot easier. Have any of you ever seen the Big Horn sheep that make the Wildcat Hills their home? I see them a lot, and have happened upon about a half dozen accidents involving them. Well, a few days ago as I was headed north, one of them streaked across Hwy. 71 headed west. He was really moving as he...
Good morning! I have to say that so far December has been great. The sunrise Monday morning was stunning. Hope you were able to see it. After the snow on Sunday and my near miss with a stop sign, slush and ice, I definitely appreciate dry roads, and I am sure you do too! We are sorry to hear of the passing of Lyle Huffman, long time Banner County resident, and our sympathies are extended to his family. Here we go with another busy week. Tonight! – December 7th – the 6th graders will show you their marketing skills at the Sixth Grade Ent...
Three individuals from Banner County received awards and belt buckles Sunday at the Historic Scottsbluff Saddle Club annual banquet. In the Pee Wee division, Mesa (left) won barrels during the Ride and Rope event, while Tacey (center) gathered up winnings in the Junior division choosing Goat Tying as her championship event. Karsyn (right) won the 18 and Under Breakaway Roping for the season....
Three individuals from Banner County received awards and belt buckles Sunday at the Historic Scottsbluff Saddle Club annual banquet. In the Pee Wee division, Mesa Faden (left) won barrels during the Ride and Rope event, while Tacey Cross (center) gathered up winnings in the Junior division choosing Goat Tying as her championship event. Karsyn Chesley (right) won the 18 and Under Breakaway Roping for the season....
Three individuals from Banner County received awards and belt buckles Sunday at the Historic Scottsbluff Saddle Club annual banquet. In the Pee Wee division, Mesa (left) won barrels during the Ride and Rope event, while Tacey (center) gathered up winnings in the Junior division choosing Goat Tying as her championship event. Karsyn (right) won the 18 and Under Breakaway Roping for the season....
Good morning, and here we are in December. I must be a party girl and don’t’ know it. I am not having that much fun, but boy is the time flying! Today is the last day of November 2023, and our wrestling team is headed for Hemingford for a tournament to begin at 4 p.m. Tomorrow, the varsity girls and boys basketball teams head to Hyannis with the boys game at 4 p.m. and the girls at 4:30 p.m. Over the hill, the Midwest will play the movie “Four Christmases” at 1:30 & 7:30 p.m. Friday and again on Saturday, the 2nd at 7 p.m. Torrington will ho...
With a hat full of candy from Kimball's Christmas Parade on Nov. 25, Banner County's Judd Stauffer, 4, stopped by KCTS to visit with Santa. But Judd's younger brother, Jennings, 2, refused the invitation to tell Santa what he wanted for Christmas and hid behind his mother....
HOLIDAY CRAFT-AGANZA – AT THE SAGEBRUSH, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. About 40 vendors. Jewelry, decor, baked goods, crafts and more. 2nd ANNUAL CHILI FEED – KCTS TRANSIT BLDG – 4-7 p.m. HOT COCOA BAR – KCTS TRANSIT BLDG 4-7p.m. HOSTED BY SANTA'S HELPERS. CHRISTMAS PARADE – 5 p.m., DOWNTOWN NOV. 27 RESIDENTIAL/BUSINESS DECORATING CONTEST – REGISTRATION NOV. 27 TO DEC. 9. CALL/TEXT SHARON WILLIAMS AT 235-5259 DEC.6 KIMBALL HALL OF TREES DECORATING CONTEST – REGISTER WITH CHARLOTTA YOUNG BY DECEMBER 5TH....
HAPPY THANKSGIVING to you and yours! I am wishing you time with family, friends,food,fun and relaxation on this weekend, and hopefully many reasons to be thankful. We had a gentle reminder this past weekend on Sunday, and personally I was reminded that even with the loss of loved ones we can be thankful. On Thanksgiving Day, the 40th annual Thanksgiving in the Valley Dinner will be held at the Guadalupe Center offering a Free dinner between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. If you are in need of home delivery, please call 632-3736. Well, and of course now we...
Good morning! Welcome to a beautiful fall season so far, raking leaves and cooler days. Today, Thursday, November 10th our wrestling team is headed to Hemmingford for matches that will begin at 10 a.m. – and the homeschool program will be beginning at the Wildcat Hills at 10 a.m. also. Over those hills the Lied Library in Scottsbluff will be holding Preschool Story Time at 10 a. m and then later at 6:15 p.m. They have this program every Thursday and all preschoolers are invited. That evening the Midwest Theater will have a live program with ...
Ironically, all of the current Senior Center Hand Quilters picked up the hobby later in life. Gretta Shoenemann, in her mid-90s, picked up quilting about 20 years ago. She said they did a lot of hand work as a child, but quilting was not one of them. She started quilting after her husband passed away in 2001. Claude Jones, a regular senior center quilter, began quilting after she retired in 2005. Each individual stitch is hand-done through every layer, making the back of the quilt design almost...
Good morning, sure has heated up around these parts. We seem to be having June and July in August, which fits pretty well into the “Gone Baby Gone” category. Hard to believe September is just around the corner. Summer street markets are still going and some peaches are starting to show up. The 18th Street Market and the one in Morrill are open on Saturday mornings from 8 to 11 a.m. for Scottsbluff and until 2 p.m. in Morrill. The Gering Public Library will host the Chess Club tonight, August 24th, from 6:30-8 p.m.and they are having the fin...
Joseph Bremer dressed as the Gigabyte character for Kimball's Christmas parade last Saturday while spending time with the daughter of a new police officer, Greg Deweese....
Good morning Banner County! Happy Thanksgiving to each and all. Here is hoping that you all spend this day with family and friends and eat too much. The Guadalupe Center will be hosting its 39th Thanksgiving in the Valley meal Today, Thursday, November 24th. They will serve between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. and are located at 1200 E. 9th street in Scottsbluff. There will also be a free meal today in Morrill between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The location is 117 Center Avenue. Everyone is welcome to both, or either, dinners. On Saturday the 26th...
The yard of Carl Stander at 702 Burg Street was award Kimball's Yard of the Week. In the front yard is a large flower bed which was landscaped about five years ago when a large tree had to be removed from the area. The flower bed now has day and tiger lilies, along with ornamental grass and chickens and hens. The focus point of the flower garden is a large slice of the tree stump that was removed and now sports a large red N. The south side has a beautiful field of four o'clock flowers....
With Valentine’s Day behind us and a few days off from school it sure has been nice to just enjoy being home. We (I) have under taken a re-modeling project that I am getting really tired of and will be glad to have completed. Hopefully that will happen this week! The blizzard type weather we had last Sunday closed all of our local Churches, and although we hated that, it was necessary and better to be safe. On top of all of that we have had a lot of flu in the community, some with severe symptoms, and the swine flu has also been diagnosed a f...
The village meeting was pretty short again this month, but some helpful reminders were mentioned. The landfill fee is increasing by two dollars a month, to $13. The postal service meeting to gather input on preferred window hours will be held Tuesday, February 26 at 1 p.m. in the community center. The village board meetings will be held at 7 p.m. starting in March (because of Daylight Savings Time). And the annual pet clinic will be held April 16 from 6-7 p.m. in the fire hall – shots will be provided at a reduced fee and pet licenses may be re...
“The Gap” threaded through the wind-cut spires and time-worn edifices of nature’s carved cathedrals in the towering sandstone walls of Scott’s Bluffs. North of the bluffs, reaching to the banks of the Flatwater (Platte), lay a rugged expanse of land known as “The Badlands,” an area of deep-cut ravines and gullies that no team of horses or oxen, pulling an overloaded immigrant wagon, could possibly traverse. And so, about five miles east of the gap, the trail would leave the nearby banks of the river and strike more westerly toward the imposing...
Good morning Banner County, neighbors near and far. What a busy week last week was--Music students at Chadron, District FFA at Gordon, and District wrestling at Sutherland…Not to mention basketball. As these particular sports seasons are starting to wind down we find everyone pumped up and more than one parent taking a deep breath. A little more rest is in the near future. As for the events that I just mentioned, however: Mrs. Sandy Wounded Arrow, music instructor, said that the young ladies that attended High Plains Music in Chadron r...
For those of you who missed the Kimball Concert Association’s show on Sunday night, the Thuringer Salon Quintet gave a beautiful performance. It’s too bad the weather deterred people from coming. The Lions Club pancake feed was a success, as usual. It’s always a pleasure to sit and visit with neighbors and friends–and all for a good cause! The Bushnell Lions Club also has calendars for sale at the Sisters Grimm. Stop by and pick one up for only $5. The village board will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, February 14. Family night is Saturda...
Born in Racine, Wisconsin on February 14, 1849 to Irish immigrant parents, Valentine Trant M’Gillycuddy would become one of the wests most notable military surgeons, government agent of the Pine Ridge, Sioux Reservation and influential statesmen. At the young age of twenty years, he graduated from Detroit Medical School and a year later became an instructor at the college. Teaching apparently did not suit him and so he took a job with the geodetic survey crew that was mapping Lake Michigan. Tall, gangly and in poor health, Dr. McGillycuddy s... Full story
The Kimball High School boys basketball team recently dropped by West Elementary to visit with kindergarten and grade school students. The children took turns reading stories to the varsity athletes....
Feb. 2012 Kimball’s junior high boys lost two heartbreakers to Bridgeport on Monday. The 7th graders dropped a tight two point contest, 29-27--a game coach Dane Wurdeman characterized as hard fought all the way. “We just couldn’t get shots to fall when we needed them to,” he added. Brandon Barker let the way with 12 points, followed by Jaden Withrow’s eight. On the 8th grade side things were even more nerve-wracking. Bridgeport’s closest game coming into Monday’s matchup was an 18 point runaway. Over the weekend they drilled Bayard 68-2....