Rick Brown

KEARNEY — Meggan Sommerville, assistant to the director at the Nebraska Firefighters Museum & Education Center, understands the importance of recognizing the efforts of emergency personnel.

Understanding poetry can be as simple as encountering the correct text — or the right person behind the words.

KEARNEY — “Nature doesn't care what you believe,” said author John Janovy Jr.

KEARNEY — Don Wisnieski hopes to do more than make pretty pictures in the night sky with the lights from drones.

Weirdness and education — Stephanie Sandlin hopes to combine these two elements on the airwaves at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

“Trees add so much to the landscape,” he said. “It gives the campus a sense of grandeur as you walk across the grounds. You can see some of those trees that have been there for 60, 70 or even 80-plus years. It adds to the history of the campus, as well.”

KEARNEY — Weirdness and education — Stephanie Sandlin hopes to combine these two elements on the airwaves at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

MINDEN — When it comes to vehicles that fit in a car show, Dwane Wilson understands that one person's classic might be another person's work truck.

CALLAWAY — Callaway resident Connie May had an idea for a kite festival in this village in Custer County in 1991.

KEARNEY — When Bruce E. Whitacre worked as the executive director of an arts organization called Theatre Forward, he struck up a friendship with actor Richard Thomas.