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This image, taken just seconds after entering the room, shows Robyn and Johnnie Ostermeyer welcoming their baby girl into the world at 9:48 a.m. It was one of the last pictures taken during a series that documented life on U.S. 20 in northern Nebraska. The South Sioux City family went across the river to St. Luke's hospital in Sioux City, Iowa, on March 5, for their birth. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_001.jpg e709b08736fe336e1eea8d6267d9cf2c Although this was the first image taken for the series documenting life along U.S. 20, it was the last to publish in the spring because the photos were spread over the year. When Jules Sandoz settled near the Niobrara River south of Hay Springs about 130 years ago, it was barren of trees. He envisioned an orchard utopia. This small crab tree is one of the last remnants of the pioneer who was instrumental in settling northwest Nebraska. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_002.jpg 5b38c4aacfa3a4e00183ad3ea7a1d861 For the first time in decades, Nebraska received attention from presidential candidates. One of the most energetic visits was by Sen. Barack Obama, who greeted a charged crowd at a packed Omaha Civic Auditorium on February 7. One of the challenges to covering events like this is lack of access for local media. After finding out where Obama would enter the Auditorium, I squeezed in next to a barricade behind handicapped seating. Assuming he would greet Democrat supporters, I just hoped I could get a couple frames before people in front of me stood up. I got lucky, but just barely. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_003.jpg 93246afbd3f41b4ff45820d211e8bba0 Shortly before midnight on November 4, a boisterous crowd gathered near 42nd and Ames in Omaha to celebrate the election of the first African-American president, Barack Obama. The people dancing in the streets radiated happiness, and it was a pleasure to shoot for a few minutes before the crowd was broken up by law enforcement. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_004.jpg 276649e83bafb9bc87d9480323600fcf An assignment to photograph soldiers returning home at Eppley Airfield never gets old, especially when there are babies involved. SFC Rebecca Lantz kissed Zachary Wellman hello for the first time on August 7. Wellman's father, PFC Jeffrey Wellman, right, and mother, Callandra Wellman, far right, along with other family were on-hand to welcome Lantz back for a visit to Omaha from active duty in the Middle East. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_005.jpg 58650e0ac39c94e52c34db1071d2cf53 Cowboys are my favorite subjects to photograph. Horses, cowboy hats and open horizons always seem to come together for interesting photos. During the wild horse race at the 87th Nebraska's Big Rodeo, teams of three try to saddle a wild horse, then ride it for a lap around the track. Luke Nelson survived, but did not win on July 24, in Burwell, Neb. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_006.jpg d3fff82d90134ea65ff59eb8c7997643 The Elite Cheer Rockets wait to compete in The Wacky Jam, a cheer and dance event at the Qwest Center Omaha in Omaha on January 12. Kids in costumes? Just sit back and watch, when left on their own, something funny will inevitably happen. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_007.jpg 811c9e6ec71bb39e91e62ef8c560bb36 One of the joys of sports coverage is the state wrestling meet. There are always at least four matches going on at once, so it is just a matter of waiting for something to happen. Pins don't usually look that interesting because one guy is usually flat on his back, but Rory Wilkinson, from Kenesaw/Shelton, got in a tough position against Ravenna's Josh Albright in the first round of the 119-pound Class C match at the Nebraska State High School Wrestling Tournament at the Qwest Center Omaha on February 14. Wilkinson's coaches were no help, and Albright earned the pin moments later. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_008.jpg 49b7b909e1b0626631ef70d446bcab0f Omaha Central basketball player Josh Jones beared a 9-inch scar from a life-saving emergency heart surgery that was performed six months before this was shot. Portraits such as these can be challenging to get the person to open up, But Josh was a pleasure to photograph at school in Omaha on March 4. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_009.jpg 69872b835e0d1dc8143b4a0cb0b9e07b Generally, the worse the weather, the better the photos are. It's just a challenge to get outside when tendency is to stay indoors. A telephoto lens was used to compress some downtown walkers and street lights over Douglas Street during the morning commute in downtown Omaha on March 31. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_011.jpg 402be2d24583b86b2951051ddb05c848 Sometimes baseball can get a bit tedious during all the games of the College World Series, but grounds crew member Nick McCoy and streaker Jedidian Potter kept one night game entertaining. McCoy raced into left center field and made sure Potter did not make it any further near the end of the University of North Carolina/Louisiana State University game at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha on June 20. Potter was believed to be the first streaker since 1974. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_012.jpg 3486cf44ad994ab2fbfb6f9ab1279996 During the College World Series final game, every photographer knows there will be a dog pile at the end of the game, but no one knows where all the players will turn. I guessed correctly this year when Fresno State defeated Georgia, 6-1, and turned toward left field at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha on June 25. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_013.jpg f8032fe1309cd9feed7a187f88e2d51c The U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials showed Omahans world-class athletes like Katie Hoff, who waved to the crowd at the awards ceremony for the 400 meter freestyle finals at the Qwest Center Omaha on June 30. Major events like this are challenging to show a different angle than is on television. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_014.jpg 5a1006ad5462aec3727049b385919c10 Still photography occasionally shows an angle or freezes a moment that most people don't see. Brendan Hansen emerged in the middle of the 200 meter breaststroke semifinals at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials at the Qwest Center Omaha on July 2. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_015.jpg 12a027a805a1016bdf52bf0cf14ac28f NU receiver Nate Swift stretches for the first touchdown of the game against Iowa State on October 18, 2008. Swift became the career reception leader at Nebraska. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_016.jpg cad596131d2ef09b877133f8732eb03e Omaha has one week of live horse racing every year, so most people were upset that rain was causing the track to turn into a puddle of mud. I learned that jockeys must wear a number of goggles to keep a clear view, which they remove during the race as they get covered in mud. Jockey Yuri Yaranga headed in to get cleaned up after the first race at the first day of races at Horsemen's Park on July 17. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_018.jpg f731b9d1e9ec3be23f53961866d1ca5d The easy part was taking the picture out of our office window, the hard part was running after Omaha police officer Rick Belik and his horse, Sean, afterward to get their names. The pair handled a traffic stop with officer Bobby Clark at the corner of 13th and Douglas streets on July 23. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_019.jpg 8de8777efde22105c4b903eb73862704 When a report of shots fired at a school sound on the police scanner, a number of photographers are dispatched. Usually we get called off before we get to the school. Unfortunately, the call was real on April 24. Lesley Leach kissed her daughter Kennedy Leach, 11, outside of King Science and Technology Magnet in Omaha. The school was locked-down after a bullet from a drive-by shooting a mile away hit a student playing soccer outside. Leach said she was relieved her daughter was safe. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_020.jpg 0a882f56a0cefe0e6633afa2e070cdc7 Fall is always an exciting season in Nebraska because of Cornhuskers football and harvest. Kent Manning, foreground, works alongside his father Tom, 78, piling soybeans at the Manning Grain Company in Burress, Neb., on October 3. Kent Manning is the third-generation to run the elevator and company. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_021.jpg ab1fc20538b823cd245291d02b281b9a Photojournalism is about people, but sometimes the quiet photographs are just as interesting. This mound of soybeans and a shovel make an interesting composition in a shed at the Manning Grain Company in Burress on October 3. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_022.jpg aabbc0f05e6110da90a6148fff401740 One rule of photography: when a 78-year-old man offers you a beer, you take it. Tom Manning spent most of the day getting dusty in this quonset, but at sunset he stood with a cold beer and took in the setting sun. He's "retired," but still a fixture at the Manning Grain Company in Burress. Tom's father, Earl, started the company in 1924, and his son, Kent, carries on today. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_023.jpg d42cf8fe3a1afb3cd028da5aae4e7dac Earlier in the day, I had noted a tire swing behind the Manning Grain Company. A few times during they day, I walked by, but no luck. Then, with golden light from the setting sun, I saw Jackson Beethe pushing his sister, Hannah Beethe, while their parents stop in for a visit. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_024.jpg a1176abcf84a10e689a326b052153c7a The bonus of getting up before dawn is that you get to photograph in pretty light. Chris Graf and his family let me go hunting with them in a frosted field north of Orleans, Neb., on October 25. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_025.jpg e1130477bb8b1637c1ffb54239732068 OMAHA -- Penn State celebrates an undefeated season with a sweep over Stanford. The Stanford Cardinal played the Penn State Nittany Lions in the NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship at the Qwest Center Omaha on December 20, 2008, in Omaha, Neb. MATT MILLER/THE WORLD-HERALD /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_026.jpg d09caa0b923ab742c338ede17e63cf1d PAPILLION -- Papillion firefighters break down the last wall from a home on the property of the Town & Country Humane Society in Papillion, Neb., on December 11, 2008. The owners lost the home, but said none of the animals housed at the business were hurt, but one cat from their home was missing. MATT MILLER/THE WORLD-HERALD /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_027.jpg 3f796c0f555e339ac1f3376dc5320be4 Teddy Bear is the cutest 800-pound boar in Nebraska. Owner Eldon Morgan says he likes to get rubbed behind the ears. Morgan, from Broken Bow, and his two-and-a-half year old pure bred spotted pig won for biggest boar at the Nebraska State Fair on August 25. /html/../gallery/large/2008owh_028.jpg 12134cf6d7ea313766d7a985401a185b