Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Kimball County Rodeo royalty stopped for a selfie during their busy schedule. Nicole Delaplane, left, and Mckynna Deeds, right, have represented Kimball and Banner Counties throughout the year at events in the panhandle of Nebraska and in nearby Wyoming. They are joined this year by 2018 Old West Trail Rodeo Junior Princess, Karsyn Chesley, 8, of Banner County.
Deeds signs a photo for Kimball Centarian Martha Mossberg at the Kimball County Manor. Deeds and Delaplane spent time with the residents there last week.
Your 2018 Kimball PRCA Rodeo has been represented well this past year, from Kimball's 2017 Farmers' Day parade to Cheyenne Frontier Days and many stops in-between.
Nicole Delaplane of Kimball and Mckynna Deeds of Dix are your 2018 Kimball PRCA Rodeo Royalty. Kicking off this year's long road ahead, the young ladies started with a bang in the 2017 Farmers' Day parade, giving horse back rides at Gotte Park and followed up the rainy evening with the Demo Derby.
Once snow fell and the air turned crisp, the ladies represented the Kimball PRCA in hometown favorite, the Parade of Lights.
Delaplane and Deeds were invited to attend Old West Trails PRCA Rodeo where they represented Kimball County in the parade, followed by the chance to run sponsor flags during the rodeo performance on the 4th of July.
Next up was heading down the road to Gering for Oregon Trail Days where your Kimball Royalty took first place in the parade. Delaplane and Deeds headed west to take part in the Queens Luncheon for Cheyenne Frontier Days, having the opportunity to meet rodeo queens from many different states and even countries, including Miss Rodeo Australia, according to Deeds. After taking part in the Cheyenne Frontier Days parade the ladies headed home to prepare for the upcoming Kimball/Banner County Fair and Rodeo.
Delaplane and Deeds want to invite the community of Kimball and Banner County and other surrounding areas to come out and attend the 2018 Kimball PRCA Rodeo this weekend, August 11 and 12, as well as the Kimball/Banner County Fair this week the 6-13.
Other Royalty joining Delaplane and Deeds will be Karsyn Chesley, the 2018 Old West Trail Rodeo Junior Princess. Chesley is the eight-year-old daughter of Dan and Heidi Chesley of Harrisburg. She will be a third grader at Mary Lynch Elementary in Kimball this fall. Chesley loves riding her horse, reading books, playing guitar and piano.
Also joining is your 2018 Miss Rodeo Nebraska, Kristin Kohmetscher, (Ko-met-sure) of Lawrence, Nebraska. Kometscher is the daughter of Duane and the late Laurie Kohmetscher. She graduated in May with her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine and is practicing as a rural mixed animal veterinarian in Nebraska and Kansas. Kohmetscher is honored to be the representative of professional rodeo and the western way of life for the state of Nebraska!
A special experience for these ladies, as they follow their dreams and continue their journey to encourage more young cowgirls to become involved in the sport of rodeo. Cowgirls between the ages of 11-21 interested in becoming a part of the Kimball PRCA Rodeo Royalty are encouraged to stop in at the Kimball/Banner County Extension Office and pick up an application or contact SanDee Underhill at [email protected] or 308-230-0620.