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VOLUME 1 ISSUE 36 | AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 5 | 2017

YOUR FREE ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, PERSONAL FINANCE, MUSIC & CLASSIFIEDS NEWSWEEKLY

LIVE & LOCAL Hotel Desperado

EVENTS Carnival, Parade & More

SPORTS More Questions Than Answers

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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LIVE & LOCAL Hotel Desperado

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SPORTS

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FOCUS ON THIS WEEK! 4

THE ARTS

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FAMILY

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EVENTS

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REAL ESTATE

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HAPPY HOUR

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CLASSIFIEDS

Coldwell Banker will Ee sharing real estate inforPation on a Ei-weekly Easis relating to the Euying and selling of your hoPe

To advertise ePail focusonclassiĆeds#gPail coP or call today

13 THIS WEEKS FEATURE 16 EARTHWEEK

Diary of a Changing World By Steve Newman

18 HEALTH

Focus on Health- Sponsored By Jane’s Health Market

20 SPORTS

Focus on Sports- More Questions than Answers

22 LIVE & LOCAL

Hotel Desperado- Eagles Music Live By Andy Roberts

24 FINANCE

Herek Financial will Ee sharing Ćnancial inforPation relating to the Parkets investPents Ćnancial news and other inforPation with regard to Ćnance By Mike Herek

Focus is your FREE Arts EntertainPent Personal Finance Music & ClassiĆeds Newsweekly We’ve Erought all of these elePents together for the Ćrst tiPe all in one weekly forPat Our goal is to provide you the custoPer with the Eest possiEle puElication to suit all of your needs Focus 7914 W Dodge Rd. # 413 Omaha, NE 68114 (402) 208-6545 focusomaha@gmail.com www.focusomaha.com

Petshop 2725 N 62nds Street, Omaha 68104 Petshop invites you to the opening Friday, September 1 reception for Soft Like a Sharp Knife: Memento - New Paintings by Brittany Burton Jess 5eigle Santi Christina NARWICZ Mora-$Paral Nebraska $rts Council | p- p curated by Maggie Weber 00 FarnaP Street OPaha N( During Benson First Friday SeptePber ----------------------------------------------- st - 0p Friday, September 1 ----------------------------------------------BFF: Do you see what I see? Friday, September 1 by Nadia Shinkunas Letting Go: a solo exhibition by Laurie Daisy Jones Locker | 6p-9p Sewell-Muller “My art is about shadows negative Star Deli, 6114 Military Ave., Omaha space and details perceived as insignif- “Letting Go is an exhibition about icant but couldn’t be farther froP that Pany things: New beginnings loss the We absorb a Passive aPount of visual openness of the Pind the openness inforPation daily but do we really of the body PePories of old love coPprehend what we see" ,n this fast thoughts of new love the feeling of paced world , focus on how seePingly the unknown and the feeling of the Pinuscule variables e g light shadow faPiliar SoPe of the works in this location; constantly alter our percepexhibition are new soPe are old tions without us even noticing They are all part of a journey and each one tells the tale of a feeling in tiPe , iPagine being able to see Pultiple Many are like personal Peditations perspectives existing in the saPe and exist only as the PePory of those place and tiPe and what that Pight PoPents ĂŤ look like (xercising the Pind this way allows one to see Pore of the -Laurie Sewell-Muller inĆnite possibilities in both art and life When we open ourselves up to new Laurie is a graduate of UNO where she experiences new paths are created in received her BF$ in painting in 0 0 our brain like taking a different road She then took a few years off froP hoPe ,nstead of robotically repeating painting and attended UNMC and rePePbered rituals we begin to see received her BSN She now works in new avenues new Pethods ,nstead of the coPPunity as a Pental health coasting we can drive ĂŤ nurse and has found a new passion in

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Check out Nadia’s art at - https: www facebook coP artbynad]illa Daisy Jones’ Locker 6003 Maple St OPaha 6 0 ----------------------------------------------Friday, September 1 402 Gallery Opening : Terry Strauss Featuring: DJ Sweetlife (Eric Scott Swanson) Free | Open to the public | 6:30p (402) Arts Collective 6051 Maple St, Omaha, 68104 ----------------------------------------------Friday, September 1 Soft Like a Sharp Knife

caring for these individuals Mental health nursing and art-Paking continue to be passions for her and in Pany ways fuse intricately into one another

The exhibition coincides with Benson First Friday artwalk and is free and open to the public Show will be open through SeptePber 30th 0 The opening reception is froP p to p on SeptePber st Please contact the artist at lsewell studio#gPail coP for inTuires about artwork $rt sales can be Pade directly through artist

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----------------------------------------------Friday, September 1 BFF Artist Kirk Scott Zombie Glass 6001 Maple St, Omaha, 68104 Creative leather Pasks on display ----------------------------------------------Friday, September 1 Warlock Gallery BFF Sailor’s Grave Tattoo | 8p-10p We have -essica Lee and LiTuid Courages own Devin!! Wick and Oil and Wende Popejoy Will be slinging their goods as well! Sailor’s Grave Tattoo Maple St OPaha -----------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------Modern Arts Midtown Dodge St OPaha Old Market Artists Gallery Howard St OPaha ---------------------------------------------Passageway Gallery S th St OPaha ---------------------------------------------Petshop Gallery N nd St OPaha ---------------------------------------------The Little Gallery Underground FilP ForuP Maple St ---------------------------------------------The Union for ContePporary Art Burdette St OPaha ---------------------------------------------UNO Art Gallery GALLERIES Dodge St OPaha ---------------------------------------------Anderson Enterprises White Crane Gallery W Center 5d OPaha Howard St OPaha ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Anderson O’Brien Fine Art Old Market ZoPbie Art Glass Gallery -ackson St OPaha Maple St OPaha ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Artist Cooperative Gallery S th St OPaha MUSEUMS ---------------------------------------------DurhaP MuseuP BePis Center for ContePporary Arts S th St OPaha S th St OPaha ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Great Plains Black History MuseuP Blue PoPegranate Gallery Dodge St OPaha Davenport St OPaha -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------oslyn Art MuseuP Cooper Brown Art Dodge St OPaha Harney St OPaha ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------OPaha Children’s MuseuP Dundee Gallery Underwood Ave OPaha S th St OPaha ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Gallery Strategic Air CoPPand Aerospace 9inton St OPaha MuseuP W Park Hwy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Gallery Leavenworth St OPaha PERFORMING ARTS ---------------------------------------------Garden of the Zodiac Holland Performing Arts Center Howard St OPaha 13th & Douglas St., Omaha, NE 68102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hot Shops Omaha Community Playhouse Nicholas St OPaha 6915 Cass St., Omaha, NE 68132 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Orpheum Theater Hugo Art Galleries 409 S Sixteenth St., Omaha, NE 68102 PaciĆc St OPaha ----------------------------------------------oslyn Art MuseuP Dodge St OPaha ---------------------------------------------Lewis Art Gallery Cass St OPaha ---------------------------------------------MANGELSEN ,Pages of Nature Harney St OPaha

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Aug 25 - Sep 4 Nebraska State Fair The Nebraska State Fair is an annual 11-day event that is held at the end of August through early SeptePber ending on Labor Day The fair is hosted at Fonner Park in *rand Island NE

two ride for the price of one coupons

Friday and Saturday Sept 1 Sept 2 Military people will get into the event for free with ID and also receive (10)

Friday, September 1st --Rock and Soul Music-Ben Baldwin Band :30

The Broadways :30

Saturday, September 2nd 2n Friday SeptePber 1st Dynasty CoPbat Sports will be in the Entertain- ---a]] and Blues Music-The -a]] Circus :30 Pent Tent Rain or Shine The Wa[ Moths :30 2n Saturday Sept 2 2Paha Roller Sunday, September 3rd *irls will be coPpeting with teaPs The Nebraska State Fair offers insights froP Lincoln NE 3D in <our Face will --APericana and Bluegrass-Mace Hathaway Trio 3:30 into the uniTue culture of Nebraska playing at :1 p P in the It is built on 1 years of tradition and EntertainPent Tent followed by *reat Picklegrass :30 ----------------------------------------------showcases the talent products and White! Saturday, September 2 | 8:30a people of Nebraska Here Nebraskans Red Cross Blood Drive / Coconuts coPe together to e[perience the latest 2n Sunday SeptePber 3rd B B Performance & Bounce House Bo[ing ProPotions will be in the technological advancePents in agriCoPe donate at the 9illage Pointe EntertainPent Tent Pro Bo[ing at its culture Ćrst-class entertainPent and the Post delectable and e[traordinary BEST!! The event opens at p P B B FarPers Market on Saturday Sept 2 Fighters that will be Ćghting re: Steven froP 8:30aP – 12:30pP and receive food the state has to offer Like Pany ĂŞSo ColdĂŤ Nelson .evin 9entura Abel a Special Edition Red Cross T-shirt state fairs the Nebraska State Fair a coupon for a FREE haircut at Sport Soriano Trevon ĂŞTopćightĂŤ ColePan includes a coPpetitive livestock e[hiClips a FarPer Buck and a Target bition farPing eTuipPent trade show *uy SPith and Nate Denton Pore Ćghters to coPe and coPpetitions in other Ćelds such as handPade crafts and baked goods SeptePberfest Schedule of Events can The Nebraska State Fair is located at: be found online at Fonner Park Road Ste 200 http://septePberfestoPaha org/inde[ *rand Island NE 8801 ----------------------------------------------- php/schedule/ September 1st - 4th ----------------------------------------------Septemberfest Friday, September 1 CenturyLink Center, Lot D Bison Night! | 5p-7p Hours of SeptemberFest 2017: )DPLO\ 1LJKW DW 8QLRQ 3DFLĆF 0XVHXP Friday, September 1st – 200 Pearl St., Council Bluffs, 51503 p to Midnight Celebrate all things ‘Bison’ during the SeptePber FaPily Night at the MuseSaturday, September 2nd – uP This is a free event held the Ćrst Noon to Midnight Friday of every Ponth ----------------------------------------------Sunday, September 3rd – September 1st-3rd Noon to Midnight Apple Days Music Festival Ditmars Orchard & Vineyard Monday, September 4th – 19475 225th St. Noon to Midnight Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503 Labor Day Parade – We’ve changed it up a bit we have Monday – 10AM different Pusic each day- pick a day to coPe out or Moin us for the weekend! Admission Prices 00 per person per day CoPe Moin us for this awesoPe Labor Day weekend tradition of fantastic Children under adPitted FREE! local Pusicians playing in the beautiful setting of the 2rchard Parade is FREE to attend!

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gift card! There will also be a FREE bounce house for kids and a Pusical perforPance by the band Coconuts <ou won’t want to Piss this! To check available tiPes and to schedule your donation appointPent visit www redcrossblood org - search ê9PFMÍ or contact .atrina at vpfP Panager#gPail coP to reserve a spot ----------------------------------------------Saturday, September 2 | 2:30p Where Books And Art Meet South Omaha Library 2808 4 St 2Paha 810 For children ages 8-12 ----------------------------------------------Sunday, September 3 Find The Light. Suicide Awareness 0RQWK %HQHĆW 6KRZ _ S S The Down Under Lounge

&oPe together as a coPPunity and join to raise awareness on this heavy issue )eaturing a variety of local SerforPers $ll Sroceeds will go to 7he $Perican )oundation for Suicide Prevention If you or anyone know is struggling with deSression self harP or suicidal thoughts Slease reach out for helS National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - - -

Nite Owl, 3902 Farnam St., Omaha, 68131 Join us for a night dedicated to the recovery and assistance of the Sweetest Prince and Nite 2wl aluP the one and only Nayef =gkurt It’s tiPe we give Eack to the one who has given us all so Puch love! &oPe drink dance and yell at the toS of your lungs Eecause that’s what Nayef would do

----------------------------------------------- $ Sortion of sales tiSs and all rafće Sunday, September 3 ticket sales will go directly to Nayef’s Nayef Fundraiser *o )und 0e Sage NayefstanduS :e’ll also Ee serving a êNayef NegroniÍ slushy with all Sroceeds going towards the fund! &an’t Pake it" 'onate to the *o )und 0e Sage at any tiPe even the sPallest aPounts will helS Link httSs www gofundPe coP nayefstanduS 5afće tickets will Ee for or for at the event ----------------------------------------------If you would like to see your event listed, email getintofocus@gmail.com -----------------------------------------------

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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 30 Generations O]one Lounge : p ----------------------------------------------Stary Olsa Arts Collective p ----------------------------------------------Bike Night Bushwacker’s Saloon p ----------------------------------------------Ray’s Piano Party Mr Toad’s p ----------------------------------------------Lindy Lab: Guided Practice Fraternal Order of Eagles p ----------------------------------------------Lydia Can’t Breathe Before , Burn FroP the Arc Reverb Lounge p ----------------------------------------------Magic Beans Linear SyPetry Slowdown p ----------------------------------------------CoPedy Open Mic with Dusty Stehl Barley Street p ----------------------------------------------John Till w/ Jess Errett Harney Street Tavern p ----------------------------------------------Lodgings Wrong Pets Pageturners Lounge p

THURSDAY AUGUST 31 The Cate Brothers ChroPe Lounge p ----------------------------------------------Gooch & The Guys O]one Lounge : p ----------------------------------------------Janet Stanley Duo Vino Mas : p ----------------------------------------------Tyler Folkerts and the Double Barrel Band APeristar p ----------------------------------------------Bike Night with SiPplicated Dr Jack’s Drinkery p -----------------------------------------------

Johnny GoPe] Hotel RL p ----------------------------------------------GlooP Balloon Release w/ Christopher the ConTuered & Middle Folk Slowdown p ----------------------------------------------The High Kings OrpheuP Theater : p ----------------------------------------------DJ Wild Wes Ko]ee Lounge p ----------------------------------------------Karaoke Reverb Lounge p ----------------------------------------------Aaron Lewis Stir Cove p ----------------------------------------------Will Dougherty Loves CoPedy The Backline p ----------------------------------------------BFF FePPe Fest Barley Street p ----------------------------------------------Soul Ba]aar Tour Milk Run p ----------------------------------------------Brikwondo w/ Michael Hulstein & Dillon Adkisson The Down Under Lounge p

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1 SeptePberfest CenturyLink Center Lot D p ---------------------------------------------- LaFesta ,taliana APerican ,talian Heritage Society p ----------------------------------------------Oktoberfest Jerry’s Bar p ----------------------------------------------BFF Artist Kirk Scott =oPbie Glass p ----------------------------------------------Dylan Schneider Bourbon Saloon p ----------------------------------------------Dynasty CoPbat Sports: SeptePberfest Fight CenturyLink Center p -----------------------------------------------

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Chad Lee APeristar p ----------------------------------------------Sweet Tea Music Growler USA p ----------------------------------------------Jake’s Annual Block Party Jake’s Cigars p ----------------------------------------------Soft Like a Sharp Knife Petshop p ----------------------------------------------Private Stock Soaring Wings Vineyard p ----------------------------------------------Letting Go by Laurie Sewell-Muller Star Deli p ----------------------------------------------Schwervon! Barley Street Tavern p -----------------------------------------------

Porter Union and BC and the Big Rig Buck’s Bar & Grill p ----------------------------------------------Red Cross Fire Relief Show with The Shidiots DSM- TiananPen STuares GongferPour The RaPparts Lookout Lounge p ----------------------------------------------El FantasPa Kanales Vo] de Mando Ralston Arena p ----------------------------------------------Manus Mortis w/ Violent Death ETuipPent Dr Jack’s Drinkery p ----------------------------------------------DJ Wild Wes Ko]ee Lounge p ----------------------------------------------A Feocious Jungle Cat The Down Under Lounge p -----------------------------------------------

3 Wheel Jack ChroPe Lounge :3 p ---------------------------------------------- th Celebration with The Six Two Fine IrishPen :3 p ----------------------------------------------Karaoke OèLeaverès Pub :3 p ----------------------------------------------Interrogated The Backline p

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 2 Nebraska Hardcore Showcase Milk Run p ----------------------------------------------Chad Lee APeristar p ----------------------------------------------RooP With A 9iew Breakerès Bay Bar at Fun Plex p ----------------------------------------------Husker Football Kick Off Party w/ Drew Jude ChroPe Lounge p ----------------------------------------------Soul4LifeTrio: Arch/Franklin/Parker The OPaha Lounge :3 p ----------------------------------------------DJ Jacks Post GaPe Party Bushwackers Saloon p ----------------------------------------------The Pinheads Dr Jackès Drinkery p ----------------------------------------------Avoureen Dubliner Pub :3 p ----------------------------------------------Mace Hathaway Growler USA p ----------------------------------------------DJ Wild Wes Ko]ee Lounge p ----------------------------------------------Weekend Karaoke w/ Caitlin Little Mercury p ----------------------------------------------The Six O]one Lounge p ----------------------------------------------3D In Your Face Opening for Great White SeptePberfest p ----------------------------------------------Gallivant (Tour Kick Off) w/ Lillie LePon & Low Long Signal The Down Under p ----------------------------------------------Those Guys Wired Pub p ----------------------------------------------TiPe Travelers The OPaha Mining CoPpany p

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SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 3 Katie Logan Soaring Wings 9ineyard 2p ----------------------------------------------Open Mic FullHouse Bar 2:3 p ----------------------------------------------32nd Anniversary Party Barry Oès Tavern 3p ----------------------------------------------Elevate presents Elevated #2 Dewey Park 3p ----------------------------------------------Find the Light Suicide Awareness Month The Down Under Lounge 4p ----------------------------------------------Sinners N Saints Surfside Club p ----------------------------------------------Brandon & Eddies Labor Day Blowout Bourbon Saloon p ----------------------------------------------NeBRASSka Hotel RL p ----------------------------------------------The Anchor Lookout Lounge p ----------------------------------------------Runaway Brother Prince Daddy & The Hyena Milk Run p ----------------------------------------------SuPTur Sunday Unplugged featuring SuPTur APphitheater :3 p ----------------------------------------------Riot Ten Bar 4 p ----------------------------------------------Lynyrd Skynrd Stir Cove p ----------------------------------------------Prince Daddy & The Hyena Milk Run p ----------------------------------------------Ja]] with Luigi Inc Mr Toad p ----------------------------------------------Bent Life with BlindsideUSA Reverb Lounge :3 p ----------------------------------------------When a Party Was A Party Hanks Lounge vs Reign Lounge p

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Thursday August 31

The High Kings ORPHEUM THEATER

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Friday September 1

Dylan Schneider BOURBON SALOON

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Thursday August 31

Gloom Balloon SLOWDOWN

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Saturday September 2

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Friday September 1

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Friday-Monday September 1-4

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Friday September 1

Benson First Friday BFF Septemberfest Oktoberfest CENTURYLINK CENTER JERRY’S BAR

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Sunday September 3

Nebarska Huskers Lynyrd Skynyrd MEMORIAL STADIUM STIR COVE

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Sunday September 3

Riot Ten BAR 415

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Monday September 4

Septemberfest Labor Day Parade DOWNTOWN

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nuPerous as they once were but Moore said locally not counting teachers about 0 000 people belong to unions

*erPany caPe out better after the conćict It was done to prevent the next 7he process of a workforce to unioni]e war and included soPe good ideas but is fairly siPple he said SoPeone calls it hurt workers the labor union and the callers are asked why they need to organi]e “7hey’d add to that too ĂŤ Moore “Now the United States was behind ePphasi]ed with those educational in soPe of these Pajor areas ĂŤ Moore If there are problePs then they set union nuPbers including classrooP said 7hat included Poderni]ing up a Peeting with soPe individuals to professionals froP districts in the Panufacturing and Pore &oPpanies discuss it but it needs to be a signiĆcant surrounding counties then began Poving abroad for lower nuPber taxes and cheaper labor “If they can’t bring 0 to people over So how strong are unions these days" Union busting by coPpanies has hurt as to organi]e forget it ĂŤ Moore stressed “I can only speak for Py area ĂŤ he said “I well he adPitted 3eer pressure is used in Pany locations think we’re doing pretty darn good ĂŤ to get co-workers to join existing “7hat’s always been there ĂŤ he unions laPented “Still is ĂŤ He pointed out there haven’t been any strikes and contracts are coPing through for PePbers “We’re What’s reTuired to keep unions strong Why should soPeone get the beneĆts Moore said is ePployees who will work of being in a union shop without paying doing well at the bargaining table hard show their ePployers they can for it Moore asked" “It’s like the person 3roductivity is up ĂŤ Pake a proĆt and then they keep their on your street that doesn’t want to pay jobs any property taxes ĂŤ Moore adPitted the PovePent nationally is not what it was While labor unions were once largely On occasion the cry goes out that this “What hurt us was outsourcing of jobs ĂŤ the doPain of the 'ePocratic 3arty is the tiPe for a new labor PovePent that no longer is true Moore said but he said “APerican industry they Moore said that’s already happening they rePain a political force didn’t stay up with the tiPes ĂŤ “We’ve got a new labor PovePent ĂŤ “Labor has a way of voting for the Much of that he said is due to what Moore stated “7he labor PovePent is happened in foreign countries which individual they’re voting for their coPpletely different than the one when the U S rebuilt after World War II Not paycheck ĂŤ he ePphasi]ed adding I went to work in 1961 in the packing wanting to leave theP desperate as health care is another priority “7hey house ĂŤ happened with *erPany after World are not in lock step with any party any War I they particularly -apan and Pore ĂŤ SoPe of the changes include better

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job training better education on the business they’re working in and partnering with the businesses thePselves “How can we work together to accoPplish Pore ĂŤ he said “Attitude direction and deterPinationĂŤ are the hallParks of the new labor PovePent As for SeptePberfest that is just added evidence of the continued inćuence of organi]ed labor It started in 19 and has becoPe one of the city’s biggest events 7he parade on Monday starts at 16th and &ass heads south to &apitol then east to 10th and north to Mike Fahey %oulevard 7his year’s parade will feature soPe Ćve-story balloons “SaPe as you see on Macy’s 7hanksgiving 3arade ĂŤ Moore proudly stated <ou can expect a total of 100 participants Moore said including Ćve school bands “It just keeps going up ĂŤ he said Apparently there is still a lot of life in the old labor PovePent

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Diary of a Changing World

By Steve Newman Ice-Free Repose

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But they began showing up instead on Point Lay along the Chukchi Sea coast in as global warPing Pelted their icy habitat This year they arrived two weeks before the previous earliest date in Up to of the Parine PaPPals have crowded onto the narrow island in recent years putting theP at risk of deadly staPpedes

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Two people were killed and do]ens of others injured as a Pagnitude tePblor struck a resort island off the coast of 1aples ,taly causing roofs to collapse and buildings to cruPble ï (arth PovePents were also felt in northeastern ,raT northern ,ndia 1ew Zealand’s 1orth ,sland *uaP Hawaii and the Chilean capital of Santiago

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4.4 5.6 a vast array of Picrobes in the huPan body previously unknown to science Stanford University’s professor of bioengineering and applied physics Stephen 4uake and colleagues Pade the discovery by looking at the cellfree '1A circulating in blood plasPa

êOnce they establish thePselves here it would be Pore difĆcult to control and Paybe we’ll see soPe diseases we haven’t seen before Í Pedical ofĆcial :ajid AhPed told the CBC ,t has long been predicted that cliPate change will result in expanding habitats for disease-carrying insects

Of all the non-huPan '1A fragPents the teaP gathered percent of theP failed to Patch anything in existing Blue Dogs of Mumbai genetic databases the researchers Untreated industrial waste exaPined duPped into greater 0uPbai’s .asadi River is 4uake says Post of the '1A blaPed for a rash of blue dog fragPents were froP proteobacteria which includes such pathogens as ( coli and SalPonella Previously unknown viruses were also found

sightings

-70° ,ndia’s Hindustan TiPes Vostok, reports that blue dye Antarctica used to Panufacture detergents is being absorbed by stray dogs that wade into the polluted water in search of food One aniPal-care ofĆcer said the dye seePs to be water-based and is not causing any ill effects for the canines other than a blue tint in their fur which washes out Pollution control ofĆcials say the

Canadian Invaders

The species of PosTuito Post responsible for the transPission of huPan Zika virus cases has been found for the Ćrst tiPe in Canada

Companions Within

An adult Aedes aegypti PosTuito was captured in a southern Ontario Researchers studying ways trap only a week after twobAedes to detect early rejection of albopictusbPosTuitoes were also transplants in huPans have uncovered found in the area

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Some street dogs of Mumbai have become coated with blue industrial pollution, which experts say appears harmless to the canines. Photo: Arati Chauhan-Facebook

unnaPed offending coPpany also releases dye powder into the air potentially threatening huPan health

Tropical Cyclones Sixteen people were killed when Category-2 Typhoon Hato lashed Hong Kong Macau and China’s Guangdong province with wind gusts of up to 1 kP h

They found that a warPer cliPate is causing soil in rural landscapes to dry out Pore Tuickly leaving it less likely to ćood %ut urEan settings have far less soil Paking theP Pore and Pore prone to ćoods froP the heavier downpours caused Ey a warPer and Poister atPosphere

• Hurricane Harvey was approaching the Texas coast late in the week Hurricane Kenneth churned the 3aciĆc west of %aMa California

Rainfall Divide CliPate change is causing urEan ćooding to accelerate as the world’s countrysides dry up according to a new study puElished in the Mournal ScientiĆc 5eports 5esearchers froP the 8niversity of 1ew South :ales Pade the discovery Ey analy]ing data froP rivers and rainfall gauges in 160 different countries

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Hydrogen Water

By Focus Omaha Hydrogen Water. What?

Regular water has a very low concentration of hydrogen. Not the case with hydrogen water, as you might suspect from the name. It includes added molecular hydrogen, or “diatomic hydrogen,” which is just another way of saying molecular hydrogen.

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It’s said to have antioxidant properties, help reduce lactic acid, help with recovery, slow aging and give you energy. I can personally speak for the energy part, as I have tried it and it does seem to give me a boost. But it also costs an average of $3.99 for about one pint at Jane’s Health Food Market. It also is normally carried at No Name Nutrition, although they were out at the time of this publication.

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Hydrogen water is not a new trend. It’s been around since the 1960’s and was used in Japan for everything from baths to drinks. Not too long ago it was also approved by Japan’s Health Ministry to be used in saline IVs to aid in treatments for dehydration to infections. Studies also have shown that those that bathed in hydrogen-enriched water for a period showed signiĆcant improvement in neck wrinkles compared to those who didn’t.

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Another thing to keep in mind is that once you open it, the hydrogen will immediately start to decrease, so you must make sure to drink it expeditiously to avoid drinking a very expensive pint of normal water. Until next week, Stay healthy Omaha!

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Huskers Football By Focus Omaha The Huskers are getting ready to roll and the football season is back! Here are soPe e[cerpts of statePents froP Mike Reilly and offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf courtesy of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on where they’re at and how the key positions are shaping up

Langsdorf on the offense this Saturday:

“We want to have good pace and good tePpo We want to look sharp and take

care of the ball We want to be clicking on all cylindersĂŤ said Lansgdorf “We don’t want to have to take a tiPe out because we were in the wrong forPation or lined up incorrectly We Must want to play a good clean gaPe When you watch us we want to look fast and sharp ĂŤ

On the recovery of De’ Mornay Pierson-El: “He’s in great shape He’s had a lot of work in fall caPp I feel good about his conditioning I think that he’s the guy that deserved a lot of work and I think it’s helpful We’ve had to use hiP a lot and he looks good doing it so I think he’s ready to play I think he is going to be fun to watchĂŤ Langsdorf said

Coach Reilly had this to say on

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characterizing Tanner Lee:

of where Tuarterbacks Pake you feel good When I’P watching a gaPe and “If I look big picture with Tanner the Ćrst word I would use froP day one to we call a play I can see a coverage out there I know what the coverage is I right now is consistency He is kind of know what the pattern is that we’ve the saPe every day coPing to work going to his Peetings studying getting called and I know then where the ball ready to go $lways out there doing his should go and if it’s not going there then we’ve got a probleP 6o I feel thing when he’s supposed to I think good about Tanner’s ability to know really ePbracing the football end of what to do with the football and that it I think he loves it %eing ready at will always continue to grow with the Peeting being ready at practice continued study and play ĂŤ that was always consistent The thing that you hope continues to grow that I don’t think is ever a Ćnished process On Team Chemistry: is taking his knowledge of what we are “I think when you get a Tuality in a doing and doing it Pore efĆciently and teaP that appears to be that this group is really consistent We had virtually Tuicker all the tiPe I think the Pore no one showing up late for Peetings I watch and learn over the years one of the attributes I love the Post is everybody participating in the stuff that is kind of out of our eyesight but a guy who can hit his back foot Pake part of their day whether it’s the ice a decision and get the ball out of his tub or the rehab or the conditioning hands $ lot of problePs disappear that’s taking place when we’re when you do that 6oPetiPes they watching ĆlP There was no draPa in Pight even have a free clear rusher that area When you get all that what and the ball is gone so that attribute you’re really getting underneath it is one that you never stop growing all is an engagePent that shows that and that’s one that I think you see in they want to do what’s right for the big professional football *uys whose group What I think that does for you skills Pay be diPinishing but their is when it is hard or when you have Tuarterbacking hasn’t They’re still Tuarterbacking at a high level because invested a lot they won’t Tuit They’ve invested in doing it the right way I’ve all of that stuff goes faster They get asked theP for days that it was rid of the ball Tuicker they know Must going to be football We weren’t Pore about getting out of soPething in school we Must wanted really and into soPething else I think that’s good days and it would take a sacriĆce where Tanner will continue to grow on their part to Pake sure there was He’s got a great release throws a great ball can throw all the balls arP- no distraction and the distraction is being late not showing up not wearing strength-wise that we would want to the uniforP the way you’re supposed throw That part of it will never end to on the practice Ćeld Must stuff we Even our young guy the other day in don’t want to deal with Let’s do this our two-Pinute drill Tristan *ebbia had in our two-Pinute drill where our right so we don’t have any draPa Let’s offense ended up scoring he Pight’ve get ready to practice football and this teaP did a good Mob of that $s far as had si[ throws in it Ćve coPplete the Pessage this teaP wants to do the The Ćve that he coPpleted he hit his back foot took a Tuick hit or not at all right thing ĂŤ threw the ball and Poved the teaP They blit]ed on the last play froP the -yard-line he hit a back Tuick before Here are some facts about the anybody could get there and scored a Huskers: touchdown It was really fun for Pe to -Nebraska is a perfect - all-tiPe see a freshPan Tuarterback do that against current PePbers of the 6un in a two-Pinute drill That’s a picture %elt &onference including - against

Arkansas State A great night gaPe record Nebraska is in its 128th season and has won 1 consecutiYe hoPe night gaPes dating back to 2008 Nebraska is - all-tiPe in hoPe night gaPes at 0ePorial StadiuP

Records

• The Cornhuskers rank fourth alltiPe with their 88 Yictories • Nebraskaès all-tiPe bowl appearances rank second in NCAA history • Nebraska football is the only teaP in any sport in NCAA history to total 100 athletic acadePic All-APericans • 0ePorial StadiuP has sold out eYery gaPe since NoY 1 2 a streak of consecutiYe sellouts (including Arkansas State) There are Must as Pany Tuestions as answers this year It will be interesting to see how these young Huskers shape up on both sides of the ball If the offense ticks and the defense can at least Panage the gaPes these Cornhuskers could be a big surprise to eYeryone

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Hotel Desperado – Eagles Music Live

electric guitars plus bass; Dan Korb on electric and acoustic guitars; Dave Bontrager who plays piano; and TiP Ranard on bass and electric guitar

By Andy Roberts

Honestly given the vocal abilities that are reTuired as well as the versatility of the Paterial there are easier bands to cover than the Eagles

WelcoPe Hotel Desperado As you Pight guess froP the naPe the latest entry into the local tribute band sweepstakes features the Pusic of the Eagles

“We all sing of course you have to ĂŤ said Ehrig pointing to the incredible harPonies that have to be produced for a band to properly play the Eagles

So why did they decide to do it" “We’re all seasoned Pusicians we’ve played in bands forever and the Eagles are super challenging ĂŤ Ehrig said “Honestly it was Dan’s idea ĂŤ

2ne of the Post successful bands in Pusic history the Eagles have a Pyriad of fans but also a few detractors for So Korb called Ranard who said he whatever reason Mark the Ćve PePwas interested and he then called bers of Hotel Desperado as fans and Ehrig expect theP to have a lot of success The PePbers of Hotel Desperado are -erePy Ehrig on druPs and guitar; Chuck Tostenson on acoustic and

“And I was interested ĂŤ he stated “How do you get better than the Eagles catalog"ĂŤ There is plenty of strong Paterial to consider for the playlist

PePbers have roles in which they are dedicated to Ćlling the shoes and voice of an Eagle

“I think that kind of laid a little foundation ĂŤ he stated and pointed out that Korb had it in Pind

“That’s one thing that is kind of uniTue to this group ĂŤ Ehrig pointed out Korb sings the -oe Walsh stuff Ehrig does the Don Henley songs and Tostenson does the *lenn Frey songs while Ranard handles TiPothy B SchPitt and Randy Meisner – the Eagles bass players

Hotel Desperado also will do soPe solo Paterial by the PePbers of the Eagles such as -oe Walsh songs and Don Henley Paterial

The band is still in the early stages of building an audience so Hotel Desperado played live on The Keg radio station in -uly to proPote a show in Council Bluffs The band will be on KFAB during the Scott Vorhees show at about Friday Porning

“It’s been a lot of work ĂŤ

Maybe it’s in their blood as three of the guys are still in Recaptured the -ourney tribute band Ehrig said

For Pore inforPation look on Facebook https www facebook coP hoteldesperadooPaha "fref ts

Ehrig said it has been alPost two years since Korb Ćrst called hiP about the project With all of theP playing on other Pusical projects they’ve There is no player identity for Bontrag- been trying to get in at least one joint er Ehrig said rehearsal per week 1ow that things are to a point where they can perforP “He doesn’t really have an Eagle role they focus rehearsal tiPe on getting he Ćlls in a lot of cracks ĂŤ ready for the shows

That has included reviewing live records by the Eagles and checking out perforPances on YouTube to see “You look at their greatest hits albuP how best they can produce the studio and you pretty Puch have to play all sound in a live situation Many of the songs on there tiPeless really ĂŤ the songs are highly layered and not In addition to the vocals lead and har- A coPPent posted on the band’s Face- soPething Ćve Pusicians can do live But don’t think Hotel Desperado isn’t Pony the Pusic can be instruPentally book page reads in part “I aP blown away!! They need to play in arenas and going to give it their all challenging as well They Pust be construction stadiuPs!! “A lot of their songs are deceptive ĂŤ workers because they all ç1ailed it!!’Í “We’re going the best we can do to Ehrig said “It doesn’t sound difĆcult Pake it sound like the original recordbut when you try to do the vocals and the instruPents together it’s really So the early returns are good but with ings ĂŤ Ehrig proPised Pany bands locally focusing on doing hard to replicate ĂŤ as Puch variety as they can or workHotel Desperado is next open for busiing on original Paterial the Tuestion ness Labor Day eve at the Cottonwood 3lus virtually everyone in the audirePains “Why a tribute band"ĂŤ Marina in Blair ence knows the songs inside and out “You can’t really do your own version of any of these songs ĂŤ Ehrig adPitted With that in Pind several band

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Adjusting to Life Financially after a Divorce By Mike Herek There’s no doubt about it--going through a divorce can be an ePotionally trying tiPe ,roning out a divorce settlePent attending various court hearings and dealing with coPpeting attorneys can all weigh heavily on the parties involved ,n addition to the ePotional iPpact a divorce can have it’s iPportant to be aware of how your Ćnancial position will be iPpacted 1ow Pore than ever you need to Pake sure that your Ćnances are on the right track You will then be able to put the past behind you and set in place the building blocks that can be the foundation for your new Ćnancial future

$VVHVV \RXU FXUUHQW ĆQDQFLDO situation

Following a divorce you’ll need to get a handle on your Ćnances and assess your current Ćnancial situation taking into account the likely loss of your forPer spouse’s incoPe ,n addition you Pay now be responsible for paying for expenses that you were once able to share with your forPer spouse such as housing utilities and car loans 8ltiPately you Pay coPe to the reali]ation that you’re no longer able to live the lifestyle you were accustoPed to before your divorce

Establish a budget

A good place to start is to establish a budget that rećects your current Ponthly incoPe and expenses ,n addition to your regular salary and wages be sure to include other

types of incoPe such as dividends and interest ,f you will be receiving aliPony and/or child support you’ll want to include those payPents as well As for expenses you’ll want to focus on dividing theP into two categories: Ćxed and discretionary Fixed expenses include things like housing food and transportation Discretionary expenses include things like entertainPent vacations etc Keep in Pind that you Pay need to cut back on soPe of your discretionary expenses until you adjust to living on less incoPe +owever it’s iPportant not to deprive yourself entirely of any enjoyPent You’ll want to build the occasional reward for exaPple yoga class dinner with friends into your budget

Reevaluate/reprioritize your ĆQDQFLDO JRDOV

Your next step should be to reevaluate your Ćnancial goals While you were Parried you Pay have set certain Ćnancial goals with your spouse 1ow that you are on your own these goals Pay have changed Start out by Paking a list of the things that you now would like to achieve Do you need to put Pore Poney towards retirePent" Are you interested in going back to school" Would you like to save for a new hoPe" You’ll want to be sure to reprioriti]e your Ćnancial goals as well You and your spouse Pay have planned on buying a vacation hoPe at the beach After your divorce however you Pay Ćnd that other goals Pay becoPe Pore iPportant for exaPple Paking sure your cash reserve is adeTuately funded

Take control of your debt

While you’re adjusting to your new budget be sure that you take control of your debt and credit You should try to avoid the tePptation to rely on

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credit cards to provide extras And if you do have debt try to put a plan in place to pay it off as Tuickly as possible The following are soPe tips to help you pay off your debt: -Keep track of balances and interest rates -Develop a plan to Panage payPents and avoid late fees -3ay off high-interest debt Ćrst -Take advantage of debt consolidation/reĆnancing options

Protect/establish credit

Since divorce can have a negative iPpact on your credit rating consider taking steps to try to protect your credit record and/or establish credit in your own naPe A positive credit history is iPportant since it will allow you to obtain credit when you need it and at a lower interest rate *ood credit is even soPetiPes viewed by ePployers as a prereTuisite for ePployPent Review your credit report and check it for any inaccuracies Are there joint accounts that have been closed or reĆnanced" Are there any naPes on the report that need to be changed" You’re entitled to a free copy of your credit report once a year froP each of the three Pajor credit reporting agencies You can go to www

annualcreditreport coP for Pore inforPation To establish a good track record with creditors be sure to Pake your Ponthly bill payPents on tiPe and try to avoid having too Pany credit inTuiries on your report Such inTuiries are Pade every tiPe you apply for new credit cards

Review your insurance needs

Typically insurance coverage for one or both spouses is negotiated as part of a divorce settlePent +owever you Pay have additional insurance needs that go beyond that which you were able to obtain through your divorce settlePent When it coPes to health insurance Pake having adeTuate coverage a priority 8nless your divorce settlePent reTuires your spouse to provide you with health coverage one option is to obtain tePporary health insurance coverage up to Ponths

through the &onsolidated 2Pnibus %udget Reconciliation Act &2%RA You can also look into purchasing individual coverage or if you’re ePployed coverage through your ePployer 1ow that you’re on your own you’ll also want to Pake sure that your disability and life insurance coverage Patches your current needs This is

especially true if you are reentering planning docuPents the workforce or if you’re the custodial parent of your children Consider tax implications You’ll also need to consider the tax Finally Pake sure that your property iPplications of your divorce Your insurance coverage is updated $ny sources of incoPe Ćling status and the applicable property insurance policies credits and/or deductions for which Pay need to be PodiĆed or rewritten you Tualify Pay all be affected in order to rećect property ownership changes that Pay have resulted froP In addition to your regular salary and your divorce wages you Pay have new sources of incoPe after your divorce such as aliPony and/or child support If &KDQJH \RXU EHQHĆFLDU\ you are receiving aliPony it will be designations considered taxable incoPe to you $fter a divorce you’ll want to change Child support on the other hand will the beneĆciary designations on any not be considered taxable incoPe life insurance policies retirePent accounts and bank or credit union Registered Representative of and accounts you Pay have in place .eep in Pind that a divorce settlePent Pay Securities products offered through reTuire you to keep a forPer spouse as Capital Synergy 3artners a beneĆciary on a policy in which case 0ePber FI1R$/SI3C 0ac$rthur %lvd you cannot change the beneĆciary 1ewport %each C$ designation 7his is also a good tiPe to Pake a will Herek Financial and Capital Synergy or update your existing one to rećect 3artners are 8nafĆliated (ntities your new status 0ake sure that your forPer spouse isn’t still naPed as a personal representative successor trustee beneĆciary or holder of a power of attorney in any of your estate

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7 Reasons Buying Beats Renting ,n Post parts of the country hoPe buying is better than renting 'iscover the advantages hoPe buyers have in today’s Parket that renters are Pissing out on

By Alexandra Filiaci Why Buying a Home is Better than Renting

&onventional wisdoP used to state that buying a hoPe is always a great investPent %ut after the housing crisis Pany people who saw their eTuity sliced in half began Tuestioning this logic 7hat’s unfortunate ,n Post parts of the 8 6 hoPe buying is still a better decision than renting for people who plan to rePain in the space for at least years or Pore both for Ćnancial and ePotional reasons /et’s e[plore soPe of these factors in depth

Price Security in Home Buying

+istorically prices tend to rise over

tiPe )or e[aPple a loaf of bread a gallon of Pilk and a sePester of college tuition cost Pore today than they did in 0 <our Portgage payPent however is one constant you can rely upon ,f you hold a Ć[ed rate Portgage your Ponthly principle and interest P ,

payPent rePains the saPe regardless of how prices are Poving in other industries <our property ta[es and hoPeowners insurance Pay rise

Price consistency offers the advantage of planning for the long terP future $s a hoPeowner you can anticipate your Ponthly housing costs in 0 or years $s a renter you can’t lock in this type of security $s prices cliPb landlords raise the rent to Peet the current Parket ,n fact soPe landlords write rent escalation clauses into their leases systePatically raising the rent annually ,f you’re renting with a Ponth to Ponth lease your landlord Pay announce a price MuPp with only 0 to 0 days of advanced warning depending on the laws in your area 7his puts renters in the difĆcult position of needing to either Ćnd the additional funds or scraPble to secure new housing with little advance warning

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Investment – Cash-on-Cash Return

$s a hoPebuyer the outlay of a sPall down payPent can give you the opportunity to Pake outsi]ed gains +ypothetically for e[aPple iPagine that you put a 20 percent down payPent on a 00 000 house 7he price rises percent to 0 000 <ou would earn 000 on your initial outlay of 20 000 – a return of 2 percent 7his is known as cash on cash return and hoPeownership can Pake this type of gain accessible to the average person

Forced Savings

$ hoPe can be a type of êforced savings Í (ach Ponth a portion of your Portgage payPent is returned to you in the forP of eTuity 7he longer you own your hoPe the Pore eTuity you build – both via Portgage payPents as well as in potential value increases 5enters don’t have this lu[ury 0any of the pro rental arguPents hinge on the assuPption that Poney êsavedÍ either via lower Ponthly payPents or through alternate uses of the down payPent would be invested in the stock Parket 5ealistically though what’s the likelihood that a renter would invest that Poney rather than spend it on a trip to the %ahaPas" $nd if that Poney

were invested what’s the likelihood that a renter wouldn’t panic during the ne[t crash and sell at the bottoP of the Parket turning paper losses into actual losses" $ hoPe functions as çforced savings ’ helping you build eTuity /ike a personal trainer it keeps you accountable

Flexibility with Home Improvements

$s a hoPeowner you can have the freedoP to upgrade your hoPe to your heart’s content – without carrying risk or ongoing Ćnancial coPPitPent ,f you get a bonus at work you can celebrate by installing hardwood ćoors or renovating the bathrooP ,f you suffer a Ćnancial setback you can defer your plans to rePodel the kitchen 5enters don’t hold this će[ibility 7he only way they can upgrade their living space is by Poving and this entails both hassle and coPPitPent +oPeowners by contrast can upgrade their hoPe piecePeal as they accuPulate cash over the years +oPe iPprovePents are a one tiPe e[pense that doesn’t reTuire continuous coPPitPent

Pride of Home Ownership

You wouldn’t invest hundreds of hours cultivating an e[Tuisite garden in a rental property You wouldn’t hang wallpaper or replace the light Ć[tures on a rental property $s a hoPeowner you can taNe pride in crafting personali]ing and perfecting your hoPe 7he space can truly Porph into a rećection of you in a way that a rental property never could

Neighborhood Connection

$s a hoPeowner you’re Pore liNely to becoPe involved in your local coPPunity 7here’s a stronger chance that you’ll join the neighborhood association organi]e potlucNs or blocN parties with your neighbors coach a local sports league or volunteer at the local school :hile it’s possible that you’ll get involved with the coPPunity as a renter you’ll also liNely feel an ePotional barrier that stePs froP Nnowing you Pight Pove in a year or two &oPPitting to an area for the long terP can inspire you to invest Pore tiPe and energy into iPproving the neighborhood and connecting with the surrounding coPPunity

Christina O’Donnell

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