Buffalo Commons

Pam Wolford (top) helps Kids Festival participants make dragon masks Saturday afternoon in Norris Park. Storyteller Barbara McBride-Smith (second from top, right) added her tales for children. Alpha Delta Kappa Women Educators and Southwest Nebraska Reading Council conducted the special event. Bluegrass favorites the Toasted Ponies perform at the Fox Theater on Friday night and at the High Plains Museum (bottom) on Saturday afternoon. McBride-Smith (middle) also received Storyteller of the Year honors, as well as an anniversary cake for her and her husband.