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OMAHA, Neb. and DENVER, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Catholic Health Initiatives announced today a $6 million gift to Mercy Housing for its affordable homes for low-income families, seniors and people with special needs in Omaha and Lincoln, Neb., and Council Bluffs, Iowa. Catholic Health Initiatives, the second-largest Catholic health system in the country, is also one of the largest health care providers in Nebraska with four hospitals and other related facilities across the state. "Part of...
OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 19, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- It was announced today that All Our Kids, Inc. and Winners Circle Educational Foundation have legally changed the agency name to The Partnership for Our Kids, a name inspired by the vision of both organizations. With a desire to help more disadvantaged youth in Omaha Public Schools to stay in school and graduate, All Our Kids and Winners Circle joined forces in 2005 and officially merged agencies in September 2007. "We hope to send a message to...
By Chelsea Keeney, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Aug. 7--Put the sailboats and fishing poles away -- Cunningham Lake is not ready yet. The lake is being kept about 10 feet below full pool so that construction can be completed on a sediment weir -- a low dam -- in the Pawnee Wetlands, said Randy Winter, aquatic habitat program manager for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Winter said he had hoped that boaters could get out on the water for a few days this fall, but he isn't betting on...
By Joe Dejka, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Aug. 1--The Federal Highway Administration rejected the first two drafts of a Sarpy County report detailing the purpose and need for a proposed Interstate 80 interchange at Pflug Road. The consultant who prepared the drafts hopes the third try will be the charm. "I've got my fingers crossed that we can get their questions answered, but I don't have a clear indication of how this will go," said Randy ElDorado, project engineer with Kirkham Michael, an...
By Martha Stoddard, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Jul. 31--LINCOLN -- Other states are watching what the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission decides about taxing and regulating flavored malt beverages, a national alcohol policy consultant said today. By deciding to treat the products as distilled spirits, Nebraska would add momentum to national efforts to keep the drinks out of the hands of minors, said James Mosher, the California-based consultant. But Marc Sorini, with the Flavored Malt...
By Bob Fischbach, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Jul. 27--Move over, movie fans. Digital projectors and satellite dishes are about to change multiplexes forever. A wealth of live alternative programming -- think college sports, for example -- soon will be delivered on compact hard drives or through the air rather than on film shipped in heavy metal canisters. How soon is a matter of money, contracts and new equipment. But theater owners and programming experts say there's little doubt that the...
By Qianna Bradley, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Jul. 26--More than 600 men will meet at the Qwest Center Omaha and Hilton Hotel next weekend for the Lutheran Men in Mission conference. The three-day event begins Friday, August 1, at 7 p.m. and ends Sunday, August 3, at 11:30 a.m. Coming of Age is the theme of the gathering, which celebrates the ministry's 20th anniversary and the fact that it is becoming self-supporting. The group, based in Chicago, is the men's organization of the...
By David Hendee, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Jul. 24--RED CLOUD, Neb. -- The old tree-choked, shrub-infested, island- jammed ditch south of town has a new function this summer. A river runs through it. For the first time in at least 10 years, the Republican River is reclaiming its channel, flowing faster and virtually unhindered from the Harlan County Dam to Kansas, thanks to a new program to remove invasive vegetation. "We've got a good thing started here," said Mike Clements, general...
By Karen Sloan, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Jul. 23--Neighborhood associations in midtown aren't waiting around for nature to run its course on trees damaged by recent storms. They aren't waiting for the city to take the lead in replacing them, either. The Midtown Neighborhood Alliance has kicked off an initiative to assess tree damage caused by the storms and to seek money to help replace them. Midtown was one of the areas hardest hit by the June 27 storm that blew into town with winds...
By Jason Kuiper, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Jul. 20--This was it. Sean Doolittle had failed. A deadline loomed, and he couldn't get it right. He had grand plans for a fast-paced short story featuring a bounty hunter and a rogue superhero who needed to be brought in a la Col. Kurtz in "Apocalypse Now." But it wasn't coming together. Doolittle begged to be let out of the project, "Who Can Save Us Now," an anthology about new superheroes. But the book's editors -- John McNally and Owen King,...
