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A wildfire that started in Cottonwood Canyon south of Maxwell on Thursday, March 12, raced west across the hills during the afternoon and overnight hours, causing complete devastation in a 25-mile swath. By Friday morning, the fire had traveled to the hills south of Cozad and had forced the evacuations of countless residents in its path.

With Callaway High School’s graduation now less than eight weeks away, we will be spotlighting this year’s senior class each week in the Courier. We thank Callaway High School for allowing us to use the creative spotlight graphics they put together.

Editor’s Note: The following script was written by Callaway student Braxton Anderson for a speech performance. This serves as fulfillment of the requirement of a published work.

March is Women’s History Month, a time to honor the strength, resilience, and contributions of women across generations. It is also a meaningful opportunity to talk about something that often goes unspoken, women’s mental health, especially later in life.

Did you know that there are lizards that don’t have legs? Yep, there are, and there is one species, known as the western slender glass lizard, here in Nebraska. Worldwide there are over 200 different kinds of legless lizards. You might ask, how do you tell a legless lizard from a snake? They are both long and relatively thin, obviously neither has legs, but lizards, ones with legs as well as those without them, have eyelids.

The Callaway Legion Consignment Sale will be held March 20, due to the bad weather last weekend. The Legion Auxiliary members will serve yum-yums, pie, and coffee at the Legion Hall during the event.

The Callaway American Legion Auxiliary’s monthly meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. at the Callaway Legion Hall on March 9, 2026. Those of us that could meet, got together at 5:30 to take on the task of judging our Legion Auxiliary scholarship applications. We had several applications, all were very deserving of winning this honor.

When I headed home on Thursday afternoon, I thought that the focus of this week's column would be the budget battle taking place in Lincoln. That’s what I was prepared to write about.

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.

Some people may not be aware of the planning and behind-the-scenes work that goes into selecting the curriculum used in the classrooms of public schools. At Callaway Public School, a committee is in place that reviews materials and makes recommendations as curriculum updates become necessary.