Culbertson News

Lindsay Schauda of Broken Bow, Neb., riding her pony, Musket. She sang the Star Spangled Banner at a summer rodeo.

Jerry Kotschwar knows he lives in the crosshairs of the irrigation police. Kotschwar's irrigation pumps would be among the first shut down if state officials pulled the trigger in dry years and sacrificed southwest Nebraska irrigators to send Kansas more water from the Republican River.

The Hayes Center Lions Club will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the "Grand Duke Alexis Rendezvous" with a "grand ball" Saturday, Sept.

Hayes Center Nebraskaa s Grand Duke Alexis Rendezvous 2009 will be held Sept. 25, 26, and 27 near the actual site of the historic campground of Buffalo Bill Cody, General George Custer, General Phil Sheridan and the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia.

Veldron Hall of McCook prunes some of the rose bushes she has at her home, one of the many activities the 89-year old does to keep busy.

Maureen Rohlfs, middle photo, development manager with the Nebraska Multiple Sclerosis Association , answers questions posed by Adam Spanier, station manager at KNGN 1360 AM and worldwide at www.kngn.org during a live remote Saturday during the MS Walk.

EMTs and EMTs-in-training pose in front of Hayes County Rescue's new 2009 walk-through ambulance, purchased with a donation from the estate of Walter and Bertha Kutz and equipped using memorial funds and donations.