Wednesday Mini Mag

CUTLINES Emporia native Rex Bugbee of Medicine Lodge has posthumously been honored as pro rodeo’s Pickup Man of the year.

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association last week in Fort Worth, Texas, posthumously honored Kansas cowboy Rex Bugbee as their Pickup Man of the Year.

Of the more than 100 rodeo performances which Rex Bugbee picked up at annually, the Medicine Lodge cowboy is shown doing his job at RFD-TV’s The American in Arlington, Texas.