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her family's land burned in 1989 -- and the pine trees she loves may never be the same.
• "It probably will take a person's lifetime to see it like it was again, and it may never happen," Douthit said.
• The Douthit fire is nearly contained, but it burned about 30,000 acres. The other fire in the area, the West Ash fire, had consumed nearly 58,000 acres by Sunday and was about half contained.
• Douthit said it has been fantastic to see the way people came together to help fight the fire and support those affected. She and her 66-year-old husband especially appreciated the help because of their age.
• "We're retirement age, so we're not as agile anymore," Douthit said.

• Firefighters have already battled several wildfires in Nebraska this summer, and more than 35 volunteer firefighting departments are working with NEMA and federal incident command teams to contain these.
• Conditions are likely to remain ripe for fires for at least several more weeks because the land is so dry.
• "Firefighters have put more water on the ground than Mother Nature this year," Chadron Fire Chief Pat Gould said during the governor's tour.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- It's been almost 10 years since Karen Stemwedel learned she was one of the winners of South Dakota's first Powerball jackpot prize.
• She was one of the "Watertown 34." It was a group of factory workers who pooled their money and played the lottery regularly.
• In February 2003, they found out they'd matched the Powerball jackpot numbers. They ended up splitting a $102 million jackpot with an Indiana man.
• Stemwedel and her coworkers ended up getting almost $590,000 each after taxes. She bought a new house with some of the money, and she spends her winters in Arizona.
• The Sioux Falls Argus Leader (http://argusne.ws/OJcCUn) says since 2000, almost 18,000 people have won $443.7 million playing South Dakota lottery games. Most prizes have ranged from $100 to $500.
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