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YOUR FREE ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, PERSONAL FINANCE, MUSIC & CLASSIFIEDS NEWSWEEKLY
EVENTS Top Ten
FINANCE Women & Investments Photo Credit: Emily Horst
HEALTH Spring Cleansing
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VOLUME 1 ISSUE 22
2017 | MAY 24 - MAY 30 | CLASSIFIEDS NEWSWEEKLY FINANCE, MUSIC &
TAINMENT, PERSONAL YOUR FREE ARTS, ENTER
EVENTS Top Ten
FINANCE
FOCUS ON THIS WEEK! HEALTH
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THE ARTS
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FAMILY
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EVENTS
Spring Cleansing
LIVE & LOCAL
Women & Investments
Holy Jester
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SPORTS
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HAPPY HOUR
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD
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CLASSIFIEDS
Husker and Creighton Baseball Highlights and Updates By Focus Staff
Weekly News of the Weird By Chuck Shepherd
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16 FASHION Summer Hats for Fashion By Focus Staff
18 FINANCE
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20 MAY IS NATIONAL BIKE MONTH 22 HEALTH
Focus on Health Sponsored by Jane’s Health Market
24 LIVE & LOCAL
A Familiar Band Takes On a New Name By Andy Roberts Focus on Live & Local Sponsored by Growler USA
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The Amazing Stinko Lauritzen Gardens We’re on a bloom alert for one of the most unique and intriguing plants in the world, the Amorphophallus titanum, or titan arum. Our specimen, dubbed “The Amazing Stinko!,” is growing steadily and when growth levels off, the spathe will unfurl and the spadix will release its extremely foul odor (think rotting fruit, meat, and fish).
fresh ways to experience the visual arts. Nine hands-on activity stations, all with connections to art that you might encounter in Joslyn’s galleries, will pique your curiosity and stimulate creativity! Activities are designed to provide unique experiences, time and again, plus new art-making options will be introduced regularly so you can create a one-of-a-kind memento during each visit to ART WORKS. Come to explore, imagine, and play in an artful way.
ART WORKS is in the Memorial building, lower level east; open - and free! - during all public hours. Joslyn Art Museum, 2200 Dodge St, Omaha, Nebraska 68102 ----------------------------------------------European Galleries Reopening: May 20 at Joslyn Art Museum, 2200 Dodge St. The five European gallerThere have been just over 200 documented titan arum blooms worldwide, ies have undergone a three-month construction period. Updates include and this plant is the first titan arum new paint, lighting, updated labels, and to be on public display in Nebraska. It interpretive materials—such as three is one of the very few blooms to have interactive iPad stations. Admission: ever occurred in the Midwest. free. 402-342-3300. www.joslyn.org The Amazing Stinko! is on display in ----------------------------------------------the tropical house of the Marjorie Omaha Police: Answering the Call K. Daugherty Conservatory and will Since 1857: May 13-Sept. 24 at The remain on display until it finishes Durham Museum, 801 S. 10th St. The its bloom cycle. Because we want everyone to be able to experience this Durham’s newest community partnership tells the story of Omaha’s police “AMAZING” plant, admission is FREE force in artifacts and photos. On May until its bloom cycle finishes. 13, enjoy free museum admission and For updates on the plants growth and a special event, “Hanging with Heroes” (10 a.m.-1 p.m.), featuring uniformed stench levels, follow The Amazing Stinko! on Twitter @AmazingStinko or officers, vehicles, and mounted patrol on site. Admission: $11 adults, visit the garden’s social media $8 seniors (62+), $7 children (3-12), accounts on Facebook, Twitter and free for children 2 and under. Instagram. Moreinformation online at www.durhammuseum.org Lauritzen Gardens is offering free ----------------------------------------------admission until the rare and giant Top Secret License to Spy: May 20‘Corpse Flower’ blooms. ----------------------------------------------- Sept. 17 at The Durham Museum, 801 S. 10th St. Families and children are ART WORKS: A Place for Curiosity encouraged to collaborate by piecing Joslyn Museum together clues throughout more than A 1,500 sq. ft. interactive space where 20 displays. Admission: $11 adults, $8 seniors (62+), $7 children (3-12), free visitors young and old will find fun,
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for children 2 and under. Moreinformation online at www.durhammuseum.org ----------------------------------------------Dinosaur Safari Exhibit: May 27-Sept. 3 at Omaha Children’s Museum, 500 S. 20th St. Families can explore natural history through hands-on activities with authentic fossils and live reptiles, as well as life-like animatronic dinosaurs. Admission: $12 adults and children (3+), $11 seniors (60+), free for members and children age 2 and under. Moreinformation online at www.ocm.org ----------------------------------------------David Brooks: Continuous Service Altered Daily: June 1-Aug. 26 at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, 724 S. 12th St. Brooks presents every single part of a used 1976 John Deere 3300 combine harvester laid out in varying degrees of disassembly. Admission: free. Moreinformation online at www.bemiscenter.org ----------------------------------------------Bijoux Parisiens: French Jewelry from the Petit Palais, Paris: June 4-Sept. 10 at Joslyn Art Museum, 2200 Dodge St. This exhibition portrays the intersection of French fashion, art, and history while touching on social and political
concerns. Nearly 70 works of jewelry and more than 100 original paintings, fashion prints, and photographs will be on display. Tickets: $10 adults. Free for children (17 and under), college students with ID, and Joslyn members. Moreinformation online at joslyn.org ----------------------------------------------The Rebellion Ends: An Apollon Star Wars Story: May 18-27 at The Apollon, 1801 Vinton St. With the rebels wiped out once and for all, Emperor Palpatine announces details for the largest mandatory celebration in history to mark the anniversary of the rise of the Galactic Empire. 7:30 p.m. Admission: $35 adults, $25 students and TAG members.Moreinformation online at www.apollonomaha.com ----------------------------------------------Disney’s Beauty and the Beast: May 26-June 25 at Omaha Community Playhouse, 6915 Cass St. The classic tale of Belle and the Beast is back with spectacular sets and costumes. Times vary. Tickets: $42 adults, $25 students Thursday-Sunday; $32 adults, $20 students Wednesday. More information online at ticketomaha.com
UNO Art Gallery 6001 Dodge St., Omaha, 68182 ---------------------------------------------Anderson Enterprises White Crane Gallery 15418 W Center Rd, Omaha, 68144 1032 Howard St, Omaha, 68102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Anderson O’Brien Fine Art Old Market Zombie Art & Glass Gallery 1108 Jackson St., Omaha, 68102 6001 Maple St., Omaha, 68104 ---------------------------------------------Artist Cooperative Gallery MUSEUMS 405 S 11th St, Omaha, 68102 ---------------------------------------------Durham Museum Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts 801 S 10th St., Omaha, 68108 724 S 12th St., Omaha, 68102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Great Plains Black History Museum Blue Pomegranate Gallery 7400 Dodge St., Omaha 68114 17305 Davenport St, Omaha, 68118 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Joslyn Art Museum Cooper Brown Art 2200 Dodge St., Omaha, 68102 2215 Harney St., Omaha, 68102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Omaha Children’s Museum Dundee Gallery 500 S 20th St., Omaha, 68102 4916 Underwood Ave, Omaha, 68132 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Gallery 72 Museum, 28210 W Park Hwy, 68003 1806 Vinton St., Omaha, 68108 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Gallery 1516 PERFORMING ARTS 1516 Leavenworth St., Omaha, 68102 ---------------------------------------------Garden of the Zodiac Holland Performing Arts Center 1046 Howard St., Omaha, 68102 13th & Douglas St., Omaha, NE 68102 -----------------------------------------------Mahler’s 9th Symphony, June 2-3 Hot Shops --David Blaine, June 14 1301 Nicholas St, Omaha, 68102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Omaha Community Playhouse Hugo Art Galleries 6915 Cass St., Omaha, NE 68132 2718 Pacific St., Omaha, 68105 --Superior Donuts, May 5 - June 4 -----------------------------------------------Beauty & The Beast, May 26 - June 2 Joslyn Art Museum --Girls Like Us, June 15 - 25 2200 Dodge St., Omaha, 68102 --#IMOMSOHARD, June 23 -23 -----------------------------------------------Billy McGuigan’s Rock Twist, July12-23 Lewis Art Gallery -----------------------------------------------8600 Cass St., Omaha, 68114 Orpheum Theater ---------------------------------------------409 S Sixteenth St., Omaha, NE 68102 MANGELSEN Images of Nature --Something Rotten, May 16-21 1115 Harney St., Omaha, 68102 --Rent, June 3-4 -----------------------------------------------Norah Jones, June 5 Modern Arts Midtown --Daniel O’Donnell, June 7 3615 Dodge St., Omaha, 68131 ---------------------------------------------Old Market Artists Gallery The Rose Theater 1034 Howard St., Omaha, 68102 2001 Farnam St., Omaha, NE 68102 ---------------------------------------------Peter Pan, June 2 - 18 Passageway Gallery 417 S 11th St, Omaha, 68102 ---------------------------------------------Petshop Gallery 2725 N 62nd St., Omaha, 68104 ---------------------------------------------The Little Gallery & Underground Film Forum 5901 Maple St., 68104 ---------------------------------------------The Union for Contemporary Art 2417 Burdette St., Omaha, 68111 ----------------------------------------------
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Loessfest 2017 May 26-29 Tom Hanafan River’s EdgePark
Visitors can watch while helicopters fly over the horizon and land right in front of them. Inside the museum, visitors can participate in a drone workshop and family-friendly activities. 10 a.m.2 p.m. Admission: $12 adults; $11 senior citizens, active/retired/veteran military; $6 children (4-12); free for children (3 and under). 402-944-3100. www.sacmuseum.org ----------------------------------------------If movies are more your thing, Sunday Salute to Summer Festival night, after the fireworks we’re show- May 25-28 ing Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and LaVista, NE on Monday night it’s the Rocky Horror Kick off Memorial Weekend at Picture Show! LaVista’s Salute to Summer. There will be a carnival, vendor booths, Hot And for the athletes, it’s not to late to Wheels races, a beer garden, live music register for the Run Loess 1/2 Maraand fireworks displays! thon and 5K on Saturday morning, or just show up with your bicycle on Sun- ----------------------------------------------Memorial Day Weekend day to participate in Bike the Bluffs. Saturday, May 27-29 Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, 3701 S. 10th St.
They’ve got something for everyone at Loessfest, starting Friday! Bring your boogie shoes Friday for the free KC and The Sunshine Band concert, and pack your cowboy boots for the free Country Rocks the River Concert Saturday featuring Trent Harmon! The whole family with love the free patriotic Omaha Symphony concert Sunday Helicopter Day May 27 night, followed by Fireworks by J&M Strategic Air Command and AeroDisplays, Inc.! space Museum, 28210 W Park Hywy
The zoo will offer special entertainment, including bounce houses, airbrush tattoos, and animal presentations. The first 800 people to walk through the gates will receive a free patriotic gift. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission: $19.95 adults (ages 12 and older),
$13.95 children (ages 3-11), free for members and children 2 and under. $1 discount for seniors (age 65 and older) or active military members and their children. 402-733-8400. www.omahazoo.com ----------------------------------------------19th Annual Remeberance Walk Saturday, May 27 | 9am Miller’s Landing What better way to start your Memorial Day weekend?! Join your family, friends, co-workers and others celebrating the lives of those no longer with us. Enjoy a mid-morning walk across the pedestrian bridge on the riverfront, then return to beautiful Miller’s Landing for fun activities and THE PANCAKE MAN! The Pancake Man will not only feed you yummy pancakes and sausage, he will also entertain you. ----------------------------------------------Vibes at Village Pointe Saturday, May 27 | 6:30pm Village Pointe Vibes at Village Pointe kicks off their summer concert series on Saturday at 6:30 pm. High Heel will be playing a wide
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variety of hits and covers so everyone can dance, sing along and have a great time. The series continues throughout the summer until August 19th. www.villagepointeshopping.com ----------------------------------------------Saturdays at Stinson Park Saturday, May 27 | 7pm Aksarben Village Join your friends every Saturday night in Stinson Park at Aksarben Village for the Saturdays @ Stinson Concert Series, you will be entertained by the most talented bands in Omaha and the best part its FREE! There will be food and drink vendors, face painting, balloon artists, kids will play in the fountain and on the playground equipment. Aksarben Village‌where there is always something fun going on! www.aksarbenvillage.com/ ----------------------------------------------U.S. Bank Family FUNday! Sunday, May 28 | 7pm Werner Park
the return of Wildlife Encounters, clowns and balloon artists. Before the game, you’re invited to play catch on the field and stick around after for a post-game fireworks show! ----------------------------------------------2017 Summer Movie Express May 30 - July 26 Regal Omaha Stadium 16 Family fun movies playing on Tuesdays & Wednesdays! Admission to the Summer Movie Express is only $1. Tickets available for purchase at the box office and all movies start at 10:00 am. Each week both movies play on both days. A portion of the proceeds goes to the Will Rogers Institute. Regal Omaha Stadium 16, 7440 Crown Point Avenue Omaha, NE ----------------------------------------------If you would like to see your event listed, email getintofocus@gmail.com
On Sunday, May 28th celebrate Memorial Day with the Omaha Storm Chasers! The U.S. Bank Family FUNday is the perfect day for families at Werner Park. The event will feature
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WEDNESDAY MAY 24 OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS FUNK TANK FOR OMAHA GIVES! AKSARBEN VILLAGE, 10A ----------------------------------------------A JAZZY OMAHA GIVES! LOVE’S JAZZ & ART CENTER, 11:30A ----------------------------------------------PLAYING WITH FIRE PRESENTS HEATHER NEWMAN HARNEY STREET TAVERN, 3P ----------------------------------------------ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY MERCURY, 5P ----------------------------------------------COMMUNITY 360 OMAHA GIVES PARTY, JERRY’S BAR, 6P ----------------------------------------------DADDY MAC & THE FLAK OZONE LOUNGE, 6:30P ----------------------------------------------BLUES ED CONCERT (402) ARTS COLLECTIVE, 7P ----------------------------------------------BOSS’ DAUGHTER, WOLVES X4, LIAR WIRE, BUMMERTOWN LOOKOUT LOUNGE, 7P ----------------------------------------------RAY’S PIANO PARTY MR. TOADS, 7P ----------------------------------------------ACOUSTIC W/ MIKE BROCK THE NEW FRONTIER BAR, 7P ----------------------------------------------PWP’S 12TH ANNIVERSARY SPECTACULAR, WAITING ROOM, 7P ----------------------------------------------TRIVIA NIGHT O’CONNOR’S IRISH PUB, 7:30P ----------------------------------------------SOMO SOKOL UNDERGROUND, 8P ----------------------------------------------ZACH SCHMIDT, EVAN BARTELS REVERB LOUNGE, 8P ----------------------------------------------COOL GHOULS, THOSE FAR OUT ARROWS, BROTHERS LOUNGE, 9P ----------------------------------------------BFF PRESENTS: OMAHA GIVES! KARAOKE THE SYDNEY, 9P
THURSDAY MAY 25 CHRIS ANTONIK CHROME LOUNGE, 6P ----------------------------------------------FINEST HOUR OZONE LOUNGE, 6:30P ----------------------------------------------KEVIN KILLION VINO MAS, 6:30P ----------------------------------------------SKYLOFT CONCERT (402) ARTS COLLECTIVE, 7P ----------------------------------------------TAMI HALL AMERISPORTS BAR, 7P ----------------------------------------------MAY PEDAL HAPPY POTLOCK OMAHA BICYCLE CO., 7P ----------------------------------------------BIKE NIGHT W/ BANJO LOCO DR. JACK’S DRINKERY, 7P ----------------------------------------------VERBAL GUMBO FEAT. OMAHA ROCKETS KANTEEN, 7P ----------------------------------------------KARAOKE W/ DJ MAD MATZ REVERB LOUNGE, 8P ----------------------------------------------OMAHA IMPROV FEST THE BACKLINE, 7P ----------------------------------------------A BENSON HOME COMPANION, HOOT N HOLLER FOR A $1 BARLEY STREET TAVERN, 9P ----------------------------------------------JARED WILLIAM HARNEY STREET TAVERN, 9P ----------------------------------------------VENACULAS LOOKOUT LOUNGE, 9P ----------------------------------------------BIKE NIGHT W/ PLAN B SHAMROCKS PUB, 9P ----------------------------------------------VOX COMBO, VERNON JOHN, PAT GEHRMAN, DOWN UNDER, 9P ----------------------------------------------REGGIE SHAW DUBLINER PUB, 9:30P ----------------------------------------------MIC CHECK SHOWCASE THE WAITING ROOM, 10P
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FRIDAY MAY 26
----------------------------------------------GROWLER USA AFTER DARK W/ HOLY JESTER GROWLER USA, 9P ----------------------------------------------VENACULAS, THE TALE UNTOLD LOOKOUT LOUNGE, 9P ----------------------------------------------JOYSTICK OZONE LOUNGE, 9P ----------------------------------------------ROBBY WICKS BAND W/ THE TIME GIANTS REVERB LOUNGE, 9P ----------------------------------------------LEIGHTON, FALLEN REIGN, SKYSAIL & CYNGE SHAMROCK’S PUB, 9P ----------------------------------------------ROCK AND ROLL SUICIDE SLOWDOWN, 9P ----------------------------------------------AMERICAN DISCHORD, HEATWAVES, THE RAMPARTS THE SYDNEY, 9P ----------------------------------------------THE LOVE DOWN FEATURES E RAWQ OMAHA ROCKETS KANTEEN, 9P ----------------------------------------------ECKOPHONIC THE WAITING ROOM, 9P ----------------------------------------------TOPSPIN TWO FINE IRISHMEN, 9P ----------------------------------------------DICEY RILEY DUBLINER PUB, 9:30P ----------------------------------------------SALSA DANCING GUSTO CUBAN, 9:30P ----------------------------------------------SATELLITE JUNCTION, WEIRD-AIR O’LEAVER’S,9:30P ----------------------------------------------DJ SAM EC PARLIAMENT PUB DWNTWN, 9:30P
FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB W/ ALY PEELER, GROWLER USA, 4:30P ----------------------------------------------ROOM WITH A VIEW BLUE CHIP, 5P ----------------------------------------------KELLER NIGHT GERMAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY, 5P ----------------------------------------------OMAHA IMPROV FEST THE BACKLINE, 6P ----------------------------------------------TURNER PARK NIGHT MARKET MIDTOWN CROSSING, 6P ----------------------------------------------DYNASTY COMBAT SPORTS: THE WARRIORS TRIBUTE RALSTON ARENA, 6:30P ----------------------------------------------THE PERSONICS BELLEVUE AMPITHEATRE, 6:30P ----------------------------------------------BRUCE CRAWFORDS AIRPLANE JOSLYN ART MUSEUM, 7P ----------------------------------------------LIVE MUSIC SERIES FEAT. DARRYL WHITE & DEBORAH BROWN LOVE’S JAZZ & ART CENTER, 7P ----------------------------------------------DIRTY DANCING NIGHT OMAHA BALLROOM, 7P ----------------------------------------------SOLDIERS OF SOUL SOARING WINGS VINEYARD, 7P ----------------------------------------------KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND TOM HANAFAN RIVER’S E. PARK, 7P ----------------------------------------------GOTTBERG BOGIE’S WEST, 7:30P ----------------------------------------------DISNEY’S BEAUTY & THE BEAST OMAHA C. PLAYHOUSE, 7:30P ----------------------------------------------KILL IT WITH FIRE, THE SUPERBYTES, EIGHTH DAY BROKEN, SATURDAY MAY 27 TRASHBAG PONCHOS & STATELY WAYNE MANOR. DR. JACK’S, 8:30P ----------------------------------------------- MEMORIAL DAY MASSIVE BLOCK PAT O AND THE SHOW PARTY, WAITING ROOM, 4:30P AMERISPORTS BAR, 8:30P -----------------------------------------------
KELLER NIGHT, GERMANAMERICAN SOCIETY, 5:30P ----------------------------------------------COUNTRY ROCKS THE RIVER TOM H. RIVER’S EDGE PARK, 5:30P ----------------------------------------------ROB & MARY~ REUNITED JERRY’S BAR, 6P ----------------------------------------------STEVE THORNBURG TRIO MARKET BASKET, 6P ----------------------------------------------OMAHA IMPROV FEST THE BACKLINE, 6P ----------------------------------------------VIBES SUMMER CONCERT SERIES FEATURING HIGH HEEL VILLAGE POINTE, 6:30P ----------------------------------------------LEMON FRESH DAY AKSARBEN VILLAGE, 7P ----------------------------------------------SUNSET MUSIC SERIES FEATURING EVANOFF BREAKER’S BAY @ FUNPLEX, 7P ----------------------------------------------MATT HACKETT LIVE BURRITO ENVY & TEQUILA BAR, 7P ----------------------------------------------THE DOLLAR BRAWLER FEATURING EARTH GROANS, YOUR LAST CHANCE, THE BEATSEEKERS, GOODBYE OLD FRIEND, FRACTURED PROLOGUE LOOKOUT LOUNGE, 7P ----------------------------------------------KEN SITLER VINO MAS, 7P ----------------------------------------------SEETHER: POISON THE PARISH WORLD TOUR SOKOL UNDERGROUND, 7:30P ----------------------------------------------PAT O AND THE SHOW AMERISPORTS BAR, 8:30P ----------------------------------------------THE RAMPARTS, LAYDEN & THE LION, CHAOS REVOLUTION THEORY BARLEY STREET, 9P ----------------------------------------------TOKE, BONGHAMMER, BLACKSEEKER, MODERN COLOR DR. JACK’S DRINKERY, 9P ----------------------------------------------DJ MISTA SOUL FIREBARN PAPILLION, 9P ----------------------------------------------RANDOM RETRO SATURDAY NIGHT: JIMMY BUFFET ISLAND GOODTIMES BAR, 9P ----------------------------------------------LINOMA MASHERS GROWLER USA, 9P -----------------------------------------------
RHYTHM COLLECTIVE HARNEY STREET TAVERN, 9P ----------------------------------------------TRIVIA NIGHT JULIO’S, 9P ----------------------------------------------BO’DELL& THE RELIC’S VIRGIN EXCURSION ON THE Q ST BAR, 9P ----------------------------------------------HI-FI HANGOVER OZONE LOUNGE, 9P ----------------------------------------------IMAGINARY FRIENDS SHAMROCKSPUB, 9P ----------------------------------------------DICEY RILEY DUBLINER PUB, 9:30P ----------------------------------------------RETRO VERTIGO PARLIAMENT PUB DWNTWN, 9:30P ----------------------------------------------NEBRASKA LEFT COALTION PRESENTS HARDCORE/HIP HOP AGAINST FASHYS, O’LEAVER’S, 9:30P ----------------------------------------------MEMORIAL DAY MASSIVE BLOCK AFTER PARTY, REVERB LOUNGE, 11P ----------------------------------------------MEMORIAL DAY MASSIVE BLOCK AFTER PARTY, WAITING ROOM, 11P
SUNDAY MAY 28 KEN SITLER SOARING WINGS VINEYARD, 2P ----------------------------------------------JON LANGFORD, THE ELECTROLINERS, O’LEAVER’S, 6P ----------------------------------------------OMAHA IMPROV FEST THE BACKLINE, 6P ----------------------------------------------OMAHA STORMCHASERS & FIREWORKS WERNER PARK, 7:05P ----------------------------------------------THE BLOODY LIPS, BUGGY LEWIS & TRG, TITANIUM SQUARES DR. JACK’S DRINKERY, 8P ----------------------------------------------ECKOPHONIC PARLIAMENT PUB DWNTN, 9P ----------------------------------------------JAZZ WITH LUIGI INC. MR. TOAD, 9P -----------------------------------------------
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MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY HEROES OF THE HEARTLAND FOUNDATION, 11A ----------------------------------------------MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION PROSPECT HILL CEMETARY, 11A ----------------------------------------------A LOW DOWN WEEKLY COMEDY SHOW, DR. JACK’S DRINKERY, 8P
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OPEN MIC NIGHT THERAPY, 8P ----------------------------------------------THE DEVILS CUT & SAINT CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER DR. JACK’S DRINKERY, 8P ----------------------------------------------BLACK MARBLE REVERB LOUNGE, 9P ----------------------------------------------IAN SWEET THE WAITING ROOM, 9P
SECOND ANNUAL OMAHA AUDIO SHOW FIREFIGHTERS UNION HALL, 10A ----------------------------------------------THE I-80 EXCHANGE OPEN MIC HOSTED BY CJ GRECO HOTEL RL, 6P ----------------------------------------------PETE FUCINARO OZONE LOUNGE, 6:30P ----------------------------------------------NEW HUMANS LIVE! JAMBO CAT, 7P ----------------------------------------------LIL UZI VERT W/ BIBI BOURELLY SOKOL UNDERGROUND, 8P -----------------------------------------------
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Service Continues By Andy Roberts & The Focus Staff Whether it’s fighting on the front lines in battle, healing the sick and wounded, or fighting fires to protect our lives at home and abroad, many who have risked their lives to secure our freedoms continue to serve as civilians. Focus had a chance to visit with two members of Station 63, originally part of the Millard Suburban Fire District which was taken over by the City of Omaha after annexation in the late 90’s to talk about service, what Memorial Day means to them, and their real-life experiences. Fire Capt. Tim Jackson knows a thing or two about service. But, this stop on 168th and S Streets where he works as a paramedic is just the latest in a life filled with helping others who are in life-threatening situations. Jackson is joined at the station by Capt. Duane Eivins, who spent three years as an Army MP (military police), then moved to the Air National Guard where he continued his service as an Air Force SF (Security Forces) from 92-99 before completing his tour of military career as an ANG firefighter from 99-2009. Elvins served as a firefighter during Operation Iraqi Freedom in Talil, Iraq, which is about 150 miles southeast of Baghdad. Thirteen out of the 27 members of the Lincoln Guard detachment became the leadership group on a Rams Response team that had special equipment in case of emergencies. Jackson grew up in Eagle Grove, Iowa, and moved to Council Bluffs at the age of 16 where his father, a minister, was assigned to a congregation. He graduated with eight people from what was then called Full Gospel Academy. Needing something to do between his junior and senior years in high school, he joined the Army.
“When I joined up . . . I wanted to be a diesel mechanic and the recruiter put me in as a medic,” he said. “The sight of blood made me sick to my stomach. It was not for me.”
“It was tough. I was the overnight supervisor in the intensive care unit,” Jackson stated. “It’s hard to explain (to people who weren’t there) what all you saw over there because it’s just so foreign to them.”
Well, it seems everything has worked out all right. Following his senior year of high school, Jackson went through advanced medic training in San Antonio. That paved the way for his military service and work as a paramedic with the Omaha Fire Department. Next came civilian training to be an EMT and a job with American Ambulance, training to become a paramedic, and his enlistment in the reserves. Jackson recalls being an infantry medic for about three and a half years and a flight medic for about ten years and then went to the Air Force to finish serving a total of 21 years in the military. He was hired by the Millard Fire Department in 1995 as a firefighterparamedic. The City of Omaha later merged them into the Omaha Fire Department. Jackson makes his home in rural Southwest Iowa where he lives with his wife and two sons. While he served honorably on many assignments, it was those months from January through June of 2007 that hold the most powerful memories. During that time he was the night shift supervisor at the 28-bed Balad Air Force Base Theatre Hospital during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The extraordinary nature of combat injuries was something he had been unable to anticipate. Eivins saw much the same in his work “I had seen a lot of different injuries while on my job with the fire department,” Jackson said. “What I saw was a lot greater than anything I had seen on the job.” He didn’t realize the human body could sustain some of the injuries it did and survive.
Trailer after rocket attack Jackson’s unit oversaw the care of more than 500 patients during those six months, More than 5,000 people came through the hospital doors, as they took care of Iraqi civilians as well as our soldiers. Eivins vividly recalls the time that there was a rocket attack just outside of Talil Air Base. They received a call that there were wounded coming in the front gate and they received a report that they needed to respond to a vehicle carrying U.S. soldiers that was hit. They found five men, including one who lost two fingers and had a concussion. Two more were knocked into a ditch, including one of them who survived with burns to 80 percent of his body. Three more were found dead and still in the truck. The burned man was Sgt. Joel Tavera, who, after 107 surgeries and, at last check, with three more still remaining, has become a voice and a face for polytrauma and the wounded warrior movement. For their part, Eivins and his crew received a commendation for their work that day.
Fire rages after rocket attack
“I was always working side-by-side with those guys, the infantry,” he said. Jackson did all the same training, and then he had to care for them.
It is the soldier, his fellow warriors, who made the greatest impression on Jackson.
Actual rockets The news media always talked about the deaths, Jackson said: “But they never talked about all the guys we sent home severely broken, both physically and mentally.” The training, the experience acquired, and the knowledge gained have lasting value.
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“It’s one of those things, in my opinion, one of the only good things that comes out of war is medicine and trauma medicine,” Jackson stated. He recalled how injured troops could be in the hospital by 6 p.m. and on a plane to Germany for more advanced care by 3 a.m., leading to a higher survival rate.
as a major crisis in life didn’t feel like such a crisis when I went over. “It really put things into a whole different perspective,” he said. A person learns what is truly near and dear to them. “I gave up a lot of things and time with my family.”
After his days at Balad, he returned and became to settle in, learning how to deal with what he had seen.
Jackson looks back on his service with deserved pride.
“I think that’s why a lot of people hold those stories close to their chest,” Jackson said. Soldiers are met with disbelief or encounter people who are unable to handle their stories.
“I felt like I did a lot of good for a lot of people,” Jackson said. He also taught, and was able to pass on the knowledge, training his replacement whom he said:
One of the benefits of service organizations, like the American Legion, he said, is how they serve as a place where people can share similar experiences.
“Actually did a better job than me.”
Jackson is quick to acknowledge his experiences in Iraq changed him, especially in regard to his perspective on daily events. “It did,” Jackson said. “I don’t want to say it made my cynical, but what someone saw
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“And, the He then humbly added: “I didn’t leave a difference you can make in people’s big hole there.” lives. Jackson offered this to others who might consider serving their country.
“And it’ll make you grow up,” he added with a chuckle.
“It’s an incredible experience, one that you just cannot comprehend the knowledge and the skills you can gain from being in the military,” he said.
Eivins’ message to others who are thinking about joining the nation’s military is clear: “Do it! It’s a great adventure and you should go for it!” To kids he says: “Don’t let your parents talk you out of it.” That makes Memorial Day, that time when we honor our nation’s war dead, deeply important to both men. “This is what service is all about,” Jackson said. “These guys paid the ultimate sacrifice . . . that’s what we’re observing.”
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To Elvins, Memorial Day is a time to remember the good and the bad. “The people that have served deserve a moment to be remembered,” he stated. And that they do!
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Summer Hats By Focus Staff Bucket Hat- (also known as a session hat, fisherman’s hat or Irish country hat) was first adopted in the 60’s as a high fashion item. But that’s not where it originated. It actually dates to 1900 and was worn by fishermen and Irish farmers (for radishes?) to keep the rain from their head. Thus, they were given the name “Irish walking hats.” Trucker Hat is now part of mainstream This well-ventilated dandy is sure to fashion. get you noticed at the festivals this summer. Classic Sports Cap (or baseball cap)We couldn’t have a conversation about hats without including the good old baseball cap. Variations are worn by law enforcement, the U.S. Navy, the Coast Guard, and others. How can this not be cool? This baby goes all the way back to 1860, when the Brooklyn Excelsior’s (what’s an excelsior?) donned this ancestor to the modern cap. By 1940 they had it perfected, and the modern baseball cap was born! This is considered by some to be the All-American hat and with good Trucker Hat- Oh, yes, the trucker hat. Originally only warn by rednecks and farmers, this baby was made famous in the 80’s when they were used as promotional giveaways from U.S. feed or farming supply companies to farmers, truck drivers, and other small town workers. But, it since has evolved. Thanks in part to Hollywood and a feud between Ashton Kutcher and Justin Timberlake about just who started fashionably wearing it first, the
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reason. It came from America’s game! Safari Hat- Also known as the pith helmet, sun helmet, topee, Panama hat, and more! They were routinely issued to European military personnel serving in “hot climates.” Thankfully they lost popularity in military circles after WW II, as they seemed to symbolize nations that liked to colonize others. Though it has a long and storied history, this baby can still make you look cool while keeping those sun rays from burning your melon and can aid in the prevention of heat stroke! Trilby Hat- This used to be known as the rich man’s hat. Once seen frequently at the horse races in Britain, this baby has come back with retro vengeance and is now a fashion trend. There are more hats of course, but these happen to rank with the
favorites. Be sure to try them on, one or all, and see what looks best on you!
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Women and Investments – Something’s Happening Here
investing efforts or just looking to break into the market, here’s how to use your natural temperament to your advantage as you strive for long-term financial success. Do you lack confidence?
Only 47 percent of women are confident in their investing skills compared with 61 percent of men, according to a 2012 RBC Direct Investing study. A lack of confidence can actually be a good thing, as By Mike Herek men tend to be overconfident, overestimating their abilities to the Studies have found that women’s detriment of their portfolio. Just as returns tend to outpace men’s, but men stereotypically refuse to stop and women often get a bad rap when it ask for directions when lost, they also comes to investing. Let’s look at how tend to want to navigate the investing to leverage the natural approach that world relying on their own sense of allows many women to succeed at direction. But asking for help, or at investing. least admitting your shortcomings, is the best way to improve your Warren Buffett has said that an investor’s temperament—the ability to abilities. Experts conjecture that male remain calm and level-headed—is more overconfidence may stem from their important than intellect when it comes historically privileged status in society, whereas women are often socialized to to long-term investing success. A number of studies over the years have believe that investing is not for them. consistently reported that women Do: Ask for help and be aware of your generally possess this temperament investing ability so you don’t make (and as the most successful investor mistakes. of our time, Buffett does, too). This is good news for women who don’t Don’t: Lack the confidence to invest feel confident about investing or in the first place or do other things to other financial concerns. These days, improve your financial status, such as more women are taking the lead with asking for a raise. investing—76 percent are now the main retirement planner for their Should you consider low-risk households, according to a 2009 study by DailyWorth. Whether you’re investments? currently leading your household
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One look at the 2008 financial crisis can tell you how many male investors feel about risk—they love it. Women, on the other hand, tend to be more cautious and favor lower-risk investments. This difference may also be born from women’s historically lower position in society, because lower wages mean less room for risktaking. Additionally, women are raised to favor child-rearing and elder care, putting their focus on protection. Men have been traditionally wired for quick thinking and risk-taking for immediate results, such as in hunting and fighting. Even outside of investing, women tend to take fewer risks—they’re safer drivers, wear their seatbelts more often and floss their teeth more than men do. Do: Be realistic about how risky many investment vehicles can be and avoid those outside your risk tolerance. Don’t: Be so risk averse that your investments can’t even keep up with inflation. Should you trade less frequently? A lack of confidence may lead to risk aversion, which can lead to less frequent trading. This, according to several studies, may be the key to female success. Men trade 45 percent more than women, yet their annual returns are about 1.4 percent less than women’s, according to a 2001 UC Davis study. Interestingly, the study found that neither gender excels at beating the market—it was merely the frequency of trades that differentiated returns between men and women.
Do: Take a long-haul investing approach. Don’t: Hold on to poor performers too long. Does it help to be goal-oriented? How often have you heard the stock market described as a battlefield or investing as a vicious sport? Playing the market, beating down the competition and winning are not motivators for the majority of female investors. Women tend to focus on specific goals—saving enough for a comfortable retirement, sending their kids to college, etc. Men report investing for high returns more often, focusing on maximizing returns and out-earning other investors. This attitude can be highly effective in good times, but it tends to promote unnecessary risk-taking. Working toward specific goals allows women to know when enough is enough. Do: Make goals and a plan for how to reach them. Don’t: Abandon your plan when the market is in flux. Does calm and collected help? Biologically, women may be the more emotional gender (may be), but their history of analyzing, displaying and managing a range of emotions has actually made them more stoic in the face of economic uncertainty. Because men are taught to suppress their emotions, they may not be as aware of their emotional state when
making rash decisions as women are. A man might make an ill-timed trade or attempt to overhaul his investments when the rest of his life seems out of control. That can backfire. A 2009 study found that men were 10 percent more likely to sell at the bottom of the market than women, due to panic. Do: Keep emotions out of investment decisions. Don’t: Panic, let public opinion sway you, or make trades in the wake of an emotional crisis. Being empathic can have advantages. Just as women generally have a better handle on their own emotions, they also tend to be skilled at reading the emotions of others. If you look at the stock market as a reflection of public emotions, it can be easier to analyze what has traditionally been thought of as a numbers game. Women tend to be empathic and intuitive, traits that help them sort through extraneous information about the market. Do: Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful (Warren Buffett said this).
personality to be good investors, but that doesn’t mean all women are naturally inclined to investing. It also doesn’t mean all men are impulsive risk takers. What we can learn from these studies is what personality traits the best investors have and how to embody those traits in our own investment approach. If you’re a woman who doesn’t currently participate in your household investing activities, these findings should bolster your confidence (but not too much!) so you can get involved, too. After all, you’ll be directly affected by your household’s financial successes or failures, so you might as well participate in the investment decisions. Registered Representative of and Securities products offered through Capital Synergy Partners, Member FINRA/SIPC. 4400 MacArthur Blvd #850. Newport Beach, CA 92660. (888) 277-1974. Herek Financial and Capital Synergy Partners are Unaffiliated Entities Sponsored By
Don’t: Get caught up in the numbers and confusing business jargon. Does being less impulsive help? Perhaps because of the tendency to be less confident, women also tend to take their time and gather necessary information before making decisions. When asked whether having ambiguous information would reduce their confidence and raise their perception of risk, 92 percent of women and 69 percent of men said yes, according to the RBC Direct Investing study. Women tend to do their homework and push for more background information from their advisors, while men prefer to take action right away. Do: Your own research. Ask for clarification if you don’t understand something, and make informed decisions. Don’t: Wallow in information to avoid making decisions. Get the necessary information, and then pull the trigger. Women tend to have the right
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LOESSFEST 2017 May 26-29, 2017 Tom Hanafan River’s Edge Park They’ve got something for everyone at Loessfest, starting this Friday! Loessfest is an annual celebration of the all of the great things happening in Council Bluffs, as well as the unique landscape. Friday, May 26 KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND
Sunday, May 28 BIKE THE BLUFFS Sunday, May 28 OMAHA SYMPHONY Sunday, May 28 FIREWORKS FOR FREEDOM Sunday, May 28 MOVIE IN THE PARK – STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
Monday, May 29 MOVIE IN THE PARK – THE ROCKY Saturday, May 27, 2017 RUN LOESS 1/2 MARATHON AND 5K HORROR PICTURE SHOW Saturday, May 27, 2017 COUNTRY ROCKS THE RIVER
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Spring Cleansing Continued: By Focus Staff
Last week we discussed the recipe for Kitcharee. This week, we’re offering some recipes for variations that you can use to bring a bit of variety to the original recipe. A special thanks to Jane’s Health Food Store for these recipes:
2 Tbsp Dill and last but not least, 11/2 Tsp Cumin 2 T Sesame Seeds 1/4 Cup Shredded Unsweetened toasted Coconut We’re starting our five-day Kitcharee cleanse this week and look forward to sharing our progress! Until next week, Stay healthy Omaha!
Ginger Cilantro Chutney 2 bunches cilantro 1/2 cup lemon juice 1/2 cup water 1 cup unsweetened dried coconut 3 in fresh ginger 1 Tbsp raw honey 1 tsp Himalayan pink salt Or 2 Tbsp Ghee 1 cup Fresh Cooked Broccoli
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Farmer’s Market Aksarben Village 67th & Center Every Sunday through October 15th 9 a.m — 1 p.m Benson 4343 N. 52nd St. Every Saturday, rain or shine 9 a.m.-1 p.m. through September 30 Charles Drew Health Center Join us every Wednesday beginning July 5 from 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Council Bluffs (Bayliss Park in Council Bluffs) Every Thursday 4:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Gifford Park 33rd and California St. Fridays starting June 3, 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Florence Mill 9102 N. 30th St. Sundays starting June 4, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Old Market, 11th & Jackson Streets Open every Saturday through October 14th, 8:00 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. Papillion (Washington St. and Lincoln Road) 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Wednesdays starting May 31. West Omaha Farmers Market at Village Pointe 168th and Dodge streets Saturdays through October 7 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Open Rain or Shine
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A Familiar Band Takes On a New Name By Andy Roberts
Kerwin on vocals, acoustic guitar, and keyboards; Kevin Kerwin on vocals, acoustic and lead guitar; Frank Prince on co-lead guitar; Tim Pascale on bass and background vocals; and drummer Dan Putjenter, son of Joe Putjenter of Blue House fame. All are established players in their own right. Before we move on with Holy Jester, a little more on the Kerwins. The couple have a duo “And that’s how called, not surprisingly, Kristi and I got our The Kerwins, and a cover start,” he said. band called Ecstatic that In 2008, Kristi, then is in rehearsals. The duo has been playing Curtis, came out with an album titled around for about six or seven years, so they Croquet with the know their way around a Queen. Released stage. under her former name, it can be The Friday show at found on Amazon Growler USA will be the and CD Baby. first show for Holy Jest er, but not the debut for Kristi Kerwin some of the material. “We are a band pointed out that performs its own music,” Kristi Croquet with Kerwin said. the Queen is full band music, and it makes up much of Holy Jester is a straightforward rock what they will play band, with a 1980s feel featuring choppy rhythms, Kevin Kerwin said. “Each in Friday’s set. song really speaks for itself . . . The overall drive of the record is rock.” Holy Jester includes Kristi
A Friday night debut at Growler USA is not an initial baptism to the stage for an Omaha band that is re-launching its career. But first, before we look ahead to Holy Jester, we need to look back at Kevin and Kristi Kerwin and her solo history, and then there’s Red Queen. Kevin and Kristi met around 2002 when she auditioned for local cover band Switch 625, a band in which Kevin was playing.
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The band had a stint around 2009 called Red Queen and recordings feature artwork that, as Kevin Kerwin described it, is sort of an Alice in Wonderland thing with the queen spinning around and going nowhere. The music to be played on Friday comes from an album Kristi Kerwin wrote in 2008, mostly with Clint Law-
rence, and some other songs. “I just love writing music,” she said. Originally it was hard to decide how to proceed with the songs, agreeing with her husband that there is an 80’s influence. “Melodic,” she offered. “Contemporary is a good word for them . . . I believe they are contemporary enough to be played at any time.” Kristi said Heart and Led Zeppelin were influences for her while growing up. “There’s some blues in them,” she said. “I don’t know who to compare the music to, I really don’t.” The name change, from Red Queen, came about as a band in L.A. has Red Queen and the web domain. Holy Jester is something that came out of a song Kristi wrote and carries the message: “It just means to live in harmony,” she said. “And truth . . . love.”
Friday night will not be the last songs Holy Jester has to offer. “We plan on doing a full album. At this point we have six songs,” Kristi Kerwin said, so an EP can be expected to emerge first. At the Growler USA show, Holy Jester plans to play 17 originals and may add a couple covers, the couple said. They are hoping this is just the start of something big. “We would like to go regional if we could,” Kevin Kerwin said. “There’s no cap on creativity.” For more on this and other Growler USA shows: https://growlerusa.com/ craft-beer-pubs/ne-omaha-maple-creek/
The original material to be played on
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Nebraska Baseball By Focus Staff It’s been a long drought for the 4 p.m. Wednesday. Go Big Red! Cornhusker baseball team. To put it in its proper perspective, the Huskers haven’t won a league title since finishing as co-champions of the Big 12 conference in 2005. So, when we talked about them winning the conference at the beginning of league play, it was a long-shot to say By Eddie Torrez the least.
Creighton Baseball
But this group of Huskers is special. Nebraska knew going in they had to at least win two out of three games at Penn State to take the conference. They also had their backs to the wall after losing the first game in dramatic fashion, and easily could have lost their composure. Although they were playing the last place team in the Big Ten, they still had work to do. And work they did. After winning Game 2 by a score of 3-1, they put on their big boy pants and gave the Nittany Lions a serious thrashing in Game 3. Pitcher Jake Meyers had arguably his best outing of an already stellar season by throwing 71 pitches and striking out a career-best seven batters. And then there’s the senior leadership and a guy that we’ve talked about as being a key all year long. Senior Ben Miller went 4-6 with 3 RBI’s and had a two-run double in the first.
The regular season left us with many things that can be said about the Creighton baseball team. Following a 1-11 start, the wins started to come regularly, but not without a few missteps and offensively challenged periods in the season. Still, as May comes to an end, the Creighton Bluejays are the Big East Baseball champions of the regular season. The clinched the title on Saturday as St. John’s, a team they swept, fell to Villanova. Three conference games for Creighton, including Saturday’s matchup at Butler, were rained out. CU’s bats (like their rivals in Lincoln) and record (23-23, 11-4 Big East) may not scare anyone, but surprising to some they still have dreams of an NCAA Tournament berth if the club can win the league tournament. That, conveniently, is being played in Omaha.
The Jays open Big East Tournament play on Thursday against Seton Hall (29-22, 10-8), with first pitch scheduled for 6:30 at TD Ameritrade Park. That starts a four-team double elimination event. Final Score NU 21 PSU 3 Tickets will be available at the TD Ameritrade box office or through The Huskers will now head to the conference tournament in Bloomington, Creighton’s ticketmaster site. Indiana to face eighth seeded Purdue at Fast forward to the eighth and senior Jake Schleppenbach added a grand slam, his second of the year, to push the lead to a football score of 21-0.
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getting certain cancer-fighting drugs to reach targeted areas in women’s reproductive tracts, but doctors in Germany announced in April a bold technique that appeared to work: sending the drugs via sperm cells, which seem to roam without obstruction as they search for an egg. The process involves coating active sperm cells with an iron adhesive and magnetically steering them to their internal targets. [Phys.org, 4-14-2017]
Ironies (1) The Wall Street Journal reported in February that among the most popular diversions when Syrian households gather to escape the country’s bombs and bullets is playing the Hasbro war board game Risk (even though the game’s default version contains only five armies -- not nearly enough to simulate the many Syrian factions now fighting). from molds in understanding the sex By Chuck Shepherd (2) The parliament of Australia’s New act’s mechanics. Dolphins’ vaginas South Wales, entertaining a February News That Sounds Like a Joke are “surprising” in their “complexity,” citizen petition to cut societal “waste,” -- Sean Clemens, now awaiting trial she told Canadian Broadcasting admitted that the petition’s required in Liberty, Ohio, in the death of Corporation News in April, for 107,000 signatures (already on a an 84-year-old woman, allegedly example, with the ability to twist USB stick) would, by rule, have to confessed his guilt to a co-worker inner folds to divert the progress of be submitted in hard copy (4,000 after telling the man that something any sperm deposited by undesirable pages), even though the pages would was bothering him that he needed to mates. [CBC News, 4-26-2017] immediately be electronically scanned tell someone about -- but only if the co-worker would “pinkie-swear” not to into a format for data storage. [Wall Bright Ideas tell anyone else. (The co-worker broke Street Journal, 2-16-2017] [Sydney -- Compared to busy coastal Morning Herald, 2-26-2017] the code.) [WKBN-TV (Youngstown), metropolises, Indiana may evoke 4-25-2017] repose, and entrepreneur Tom People Different From Us Battista is suggesting the state’s In March, an electrician on a service largest city capitalize on the sentiment -- In the course of pursuing claims call at a public restroom in Usuki, against Alaskan dentist Seth by reserving a destination site on Japan, discovered a crawlspace Lookhart for Medicaid fraud, a low-lying hill overlooking the above the urinal area, which had government investigators found a chaotic merge lanes of two interstate video on his phone of him extracting a apparently been a man’s home (with a highways -- affording visitors sedated patient’s tooth -- while riding space heater, gas stove and clothing). leisurely moments watching the on a hoverboard. (He had apparently Investigators learned that Takashi frantic motorists scrambling below. Yamanouchi, 54, a homeless wanderer, sent the video to his office manager He plans three rows of seats and a had been living there continuously under the title “New Standard of sunshade for the relaxed gawkers Care.”) Lookhart had been indicted in for three years -- and had arranged to take in the “ocean”-like roar and 2016 for billing Medicaid $1.8 million everything very tidily, including the imagine overwrought drivers’ rising LEAD STORY -- Pedestrian Calming for patient sedations unnecessary for 300-plus plastic two-liter bottles of blood pressure (while their own the procedures they received. [Alaska his urine. (It was unclear why he was remains soothingly calm). [WTHR-TV Officials in charge of a Beijingstoring his urine when he resided Dispatch News, 4-21-2017] (Indianapolis, 4-25-2017] Hangzhou Grand Canal heritage site above a public restroom.) recently installed “speed bumps,” [Rocket News, 4-24-2017] Perspective -Several treatments are available to similar to those familiar to Americans In April, Tennessee state combat the heart arrhythmia “atrial driving residential streets -- but on a representative Mike Stewart, aiming Least Competent Criminals fibrillation,” but all require medical pedestrian walkway, with row upon Not Ready For Prime Time: (1) In to make a point about the state’s lax supervision, which John Griffin, row of risers to resemble a washboard. March, WTTG-TV in Washington, gun-sales laws and piggybacking 69, said he tried to acquire at the A Western travel writer, along with D.C., broadcast surveillance video onto the cuddly feeling people have emergency room at New Zealand’s editors of People’s Daily China, of a 7-Eleven armed robbery in the about children’s curbside lemonade Waikato Hospital in April, only to be suggested that officials were irked that city’s northeast sector -- since some stands, set up a combination stand met with delay and frustration. Griffin “disorderly” tourists had been walking footage offered a clear picture of on Nashville’s Capitol Hill, offering went home that day, took notice of past the ancient grounds too rapidly to the suspect’s face. Moments into the for sale lemonade, cookies -- and his neighbor’s 8,000-volt electric appreciate its beauty or context. [Daily robbery, the man peered upward, an AK-47 assault rifle (with a sign security fence and, with boots off, Telegraph (London), 5-4-2017] caught sight of the camera and, reading “No Background Check,” in a fit of do-it-yourself desperation, shocked, reached for his apparently to distinguish the private-sale nudged it with his arm. He got quite a The Job of the Researcher forgotten ski mask on top of his head, AK-47 from one purchased from a jolt, he said, but he walked away, and “Marine mammologist” Dara where (better late than never) he federally licensed dealer). (In fact, his heart returned to natural rhythm. Orbach’s specialty is figuring out pulled it into place. (2) In November, some states still regulate lemonade The medical director of the Heart how bottlenose dolphins actually fit three teenagers were arrested after stands more than gun sales -- by Foundation of New Zealand said that their sex organs together to copulate. stealing superfast Dodge cars in the nettlesome “health department” Griffin was lucky and sternly warned When dolphins die of natural causes, middle of the night from a dealership and anti-competitive rules and against the “procedure.” [New Zealand Orbach, a post-doctoral fellow at in St. Peters, Missouri. (After driving licensing, though Tennessee allows Herald, 5-2-2017] Nova Scotia’s Dalhousie University, is the stands in most neighborhoods as less than a mile, police said, the sent their genitals (and also those of three had lost control of their cars, long as they are small and operated Weird Science whales, porpoises and sea lions) and infrequently.) [WKRN-TV (Nashville), crashing them, including “totaling” two Medical researchers have been fills each one with silicone to work 700-horsepower Challenger Hellcats.) 4-5-2017] frustrated for years at failures in
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[WTTG-TV, 3-28-2017] [KTVI (St. Louis), 11-16-2017] No Longer Weird News that was formerly weird but whose patterns more recently have become so tedious that the stories deserve respectful retirement: (1) On May 5, an elderly woman in Plymouth, England, became the most recent to drive wildly afield by blindly obeying her car’s satellite navigation system. Turning left, as ordered, only to confront a solid railing, she nonetheless spotted a narrow pedestrian gap and squeezed through, which led to her descending the large concrete stairway at the Mayflower House Court parking garage (until her undercarriage got stuck). (2) Police in East Palestine, Ohio, said the 8-yearold boy who commandeered the family car and drove his sister, 4, to the local McDonald’s for a cheeseburger on April 9 was different from the usual underaged drivers in that he caused no problems. Witnesses said he followed traffic signals en route, which the boy attributed to learning from YouTube videos. [DevonLive.co.uk, 5-5-2017] [WFMJ-TV (Youngstown), 4-12-2017] A News of the Weird Classic (October 2013) Imminent Swirling Vortex of Damnation: Land developers for the iconic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado (the inspiration for the hotel in Stephen King’s “The Shining”) announced recently (2013) that they need more space and thus will dig up and move the hotel’s 12-gravesite pet cemetery (another Stephen King trope). Neighbors told the Fort Collins Coloradoan in September (2013) that they feared the construction noise more than the potential release of departed spirits (though an “Animal Planet” “dog psychic” who lives in Estes Park volunteered her services to calm the pets’ souls). (Update: Apparently, it worked.) [Fort Collins Coloradoan via USA Today, 9-26-2013] Thanks This Week to Chuck Hamilton and to the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors. COPYRIGHT 2017 CHUCK SHEPHERD
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