Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First

GETTING READY FOR THE fair

It’s Kimball-Banner County Fair Time !

The excitement is plausible as Theo, 9, and Elizabeth Perry, 6, describe their upcoming Kimball-Banner County Fair projects.

“I am more excited than I can explain,” Theo said.

Yet the excitement for Theo was curtailed a bit when he required surgery on his foot from a BB gun incident just days ago. A BB from someone else’s gun was embedded in the bone of his big toe. With surgery a few days behind him, he is not letting it stop him from working his steer, although carrying buckets of feed are off limits. He limps around while his mother cautions him not to let the steer step on his foot.

Both y...