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Front and center in the action, Giltner Fire Chief Brad Consbruck (left) and firefighter Derreck Eastman help guide this gurney toward an ambulance during the training scenario.

Front and center in the action, Giltner Fire Chief Brad Consbruck (left) and firefighter Derreck Eastman help guide this gurney toward an ambulance during the training scenario.

Giltner fire department aids in crash scenarios

Giltner Fire Chief Brad Consbruck, alongside firefighter Derreck Eastman, were just two of many first responders who volunteered their time Nov. 1 to help train Nebraska State Patrol recruits in crash response scenarios.
It took just over a day for friends and neighbors of Richard LaBrie to cut through the final 80 acres of this year’s harvest, helping finish a job that had become troublesome due to complications with his cancer treatment.

It took just over a day for friends and neighbors of Richard LaBrie to cut through the final 80 acres of this year’s harvest, helping finish a job that had become troublesome due to complications with his cancer treatment.

Neighbors return favor to Giltner farmer

Richard LaBrie has been on the giving end of a harvest bee, helping friends and neighbors bring in their crops when they could not. He just never expected to be the recipient of the kind of goodwill Nebraska farmers offer to one of their own when times are tough.