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Nebraska cowboys volunteer to help wrangle roaming steer in 1996

"Have you ever had something chase you like that? Tell me that's not exciting," said one of the volunteers.

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Douglas County deputies were on a five-day hunt for a roaming steer in 1996.Once they spotted the animal, they called in volunteer cowboys, who came in on their horses looking for a little bit of fun. “Have you ever had something chase you like that? Tell me that’s not exciting,” said one of the volunteers. It was a battle between man and beast, but the roaming steer was outweighed by the odds.”Just having fun,” said another volunteer.More from the KETV Archives:Omaha-area football fans sit down to watch Cowboys and Steelers in Super Bowl XXX in 1996In 1996, the Dallas Cowboys took on the Pittsburgh Steelers, and people in the Omaha area gathered to cheer on their favorites in the final game of the season.Ralston High School develops musical in 1986 that sheds light on importance of theater, arts in schools”They wanted a lot of different elements in it. Things like censorship. They wanted statements on censorship, statements on philosophy, statements on goals. All of that,” said one of the organizers.

Douglas County deputies were on a five-day hunt for a roaming steer in 1996.

Once they spotted the animal, they called in volunteer cowboys, who came in on their horses looking for a little bit of fun.

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“Have you ever had something chase you like that? Tell me that’s not exciting,” said one of the volunteers.

It was a battle between man and beast, but the roaming steer was outweighed by the odds.

“Just having fun,” said another volunteer.

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Omaha-area football fans sit down to watch Cowboys and Steelers in Super Bowl XXX in 1996

In 1996, the Dallas Cowboys took on the Pittsburgh Steelers, and people in the Omaha area gathered to cheer on their favorites in the final game of the season.

Ralston High School develops musical in 1986 that sheds light on importance of theater, arts in schools

“They wanted a lot of different elements in it. Things like censorship. They wanted statements on censorship, statements on philosophy, statements on goals. All of that,” said one of the organizers.

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