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Technology A section prepared by the staff of the Midlands Business Journal • April 10, 2020

From compliance to COVID-19, tech providers experience accelerated demand for services by Michelle Leach

Health care organizations and their niche providers are top of mind in the present environment, while technology partners are supporting the health of businesses across wide-ranging industries. “We've always felt our voice biometrics was the way forward for identity and access management, but the COVID-19 virus has accelerated our position,” said VP of Marketing and Development Roxana Safranek of V2verify, which provides a platform that authenticates via voice. “Almost overnight, businesses were faced with supporting a mobile workforce.” Safranek noted many businesses are challenged to authenQueck ticate remote workers. “We’re working with companies to replace passwords and implement a voice biometric to manage employee authentication,” she said. “This allows employees to authenticate using their voice, which is more secure, and it eliminates the tremendous burden IT teams are experiencing supporting employee credentials.” Privileges may be assigned to each user, allowing companies to ensure the right people access the right systems and information. “Many businesses aren't ready to implement a voice biometric to authenticate their employees/customers, but they need to reduce the burden that managing passwords is taking on their IT teams,” she said. “We're able to implement an automated password reset process using the user's voice to authenticate a user.” As an “active” biometric, Safranek said one must choose to engage, unlike facial where she said one may be tracked without his or her knowledge. In the aftermath of the current crisis, Safranek sees increased demand for biometrics. “The privacy concern around biometrics is real, and voice addresses these concerns,” she said. Before COVID-19 spread was everyday parlance, VP of Clinical Informatics Dr. Steven Leitch of CHI Health McAuley Fogelstrom Center, weighed in on machine learning’s positive impacts to medical care, and potential to improve care while reducing waste. “Deep learning (DL) builds on ML, allowing computers to train themselves to perform

V2verify’s Roxana Safranek, VP of marketing and strategic development, and Damian De Rozairo, founder and CEO. tasks,” he said. “Artificial intelligence (AI) intelligence as a focus area on the horizon. “That’s having the tools in place to present includes both allowing machines to mimic them in a manner that looks like a dashboard, human behavior and to comprehend.” Systematically reviewing vast data col- and it’s correlated to help [clients] make faster lections, Leitch said, ML and DL programs decisions,” he said. “We’re starting to get into identify associations humans wouldn’t see that. We use it ourselves today, and it’s pretty to develop more accurate predictive tools, powerful stuff.” Enhanced threat protection, like a probe identify illness at less advanced stages and on a client’s network that “watches for improve outcomes. “The hope is AI will recognize what a suspicious activity,” is another future focus provider or patient is intending to do, inter- area that may join its “standard bundle” of vening when needed to improve accuracy services; for instance, if a new virus comes and speed, reducing error and waste,” he along and behavior on a PC is atypical for said; for example, IBM’s Watson is helping the user (downloads from China at 3 a.m.), researchers develop novel medications and an alert may be sent to the operations center treatments, and recognizing rare syndromes to take action. Generally, end of life for Windows 7 or atypical presentations of more common ailments quickly and accurately. “The ability support was the big 2019 story, as Queck refto reference all published information on any erenced substantial preparation to get clients given topic will prove a valuable health care to replace Windows 7. “We spent a lot of time moving clients resource.” Leitch noted ML/DL sourced info is use- to cloud-based IT platforms and services,” less without individuals to evaluate and use it, he said. In recent years they have “standardized” allowing providers and caregivers to become more efficient — spending less time with the the likes of security awareness training and testing services, such as sending phishing computer, more time caring for patients. “The technology can assist any business, emails to users to see if they take the bait automating repetitive tasks and providing (identifying the “phish-prone”). “It’s definitely an ongoing battle,” Queck insight those businesses might not otherwise said. “People are getting better at recogacquire,” he said. Virtual IT EVP of Marketing and Business nizing phishing email threats. At the same Development Brad Queck referenced business time, criminals are making their stuff a

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lot more sophisticated.” In recent weeks, many clients were — all at once — trying to move to “home work environments.” “A lot never work out of the office, so we had a rush of eight to 10 days where there was a high level of activity, just getting people out of the office and working from home,” he said. “We put a couple of messages out to the primary contact saying not to call the help desk to get set up, we can’t manage it in that fashion. If you have users, give us a list so we can schedule to do it in groups. We were able to move a lot of people to productivity capacity, without deluging the help desk. That traffic has pretty well died down.” At the time of this writing, client requests may center on addressing slower home internet connections, or inferior home PC issues. Post-crisis, Queck sees people are better realizing the “value in not being tied to server hardware.” Pre-outbreak, LightEdge VP and Technical Expert Nate Olson-Daniel spoke to the value of public cloud repatriation, edge computing, cybersecurity and cloud networking, with the first item driven by strict compliance regulations, unpredictable pricing, increasing performance demands, and evolving security concerns — forcing enterprises to reevaluate the “best venue” for workloads. “Organizations may even realize one cloud does not fit all when it comes to the advancement of their business,” he said. “For this reason, multi-vendor and hybrid cloud approaches will continue to gain traction this year.” Comprised of servers extended as far as possible to reduce the time required to access information, Olson-Daniel noted edge computing is done at or as near to the data source as possible, ensuring fast performance of applications. “According to the IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report, the average cost of a breach in 2019 was $3.9 million,” he said. “Cybersecurity threats will only continue to increase in frequency and complexity this year.” As to cloud networking, the need for instant access at one’s fingertips will only intensify. So, Olson-Daniel said, now more than ever businesses are tapping into cost-effective options for two-plus carriers to assure there isn’t a single point of failure with their network. And, with 5G and Satellite options, plus “heavy investment in fiber for underserviced areas,” he said, “the competition, speeds and cost will continue to lean in the consumer’s favor.”

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The Omaha Community Foundation, two years shy of its 40th year and ranked the 16th largest in size out of the nation’s top 200 such organizations by a top industry group, will redouble its efforts to answer perhaps the most salient question facing its industry. New President and CEO Donna Kush said that while healthy discussion has been ongoing and even accelerated in recent months, the time is right for more dialogue on what OCF’s place is in the community environment and the issues to be addressed. “I’m a connector — naturally,” Kush said. “There’s a growing need to help people train and educate around running nonprofits and providing the infrastructure support.” Kush is a Monroe, Nebraska native with a master’s degree in journalism from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, who brings three decades of public and priContinued on page 9.

President and CEO Donna Kush … With wide range of partnerships, organization is navigating the nonprofit world in light of the pandemic. (Photo by MBJ / Becky McCarville)

Quality Glass and Mirror shines with historic marquee projects, automation by Michelle Leach

In its 35 years, Quality Glass and Mirror has remained busy and attracted marquee historical projects such as the $75 million revival of the 105-year-old Blackstone Hotel — a reflection of several attributes, including the wholesale, commercial, and home glass products and services firm’s approach to staffing. “We’ve always operated with,

I don’t want to say a minimum amount of staffing, but not excessive staffing, and part of the reasoning behind that is the shortage of employees that kind of fit into our mold,” said President and co-founder Kevin Kuta. “From a busy standpoint, the construction industry in the area that we sell to — which is a five-state area — has remained extremely strong. What we have Continued on page 10. Andy Wilber, owner of Kolache Factory Omaha/Wilber Enterprises, at the 84th Street location.

Four weeks in, firms guide clients, others making tough decisions by Michelle Leach

Co-founder and President Kevin Kuta, left, and Vice President Jason Hoover … Steady business over last three decades reflects expertise as insulated glass manufacturer, with custom and energy-performance products.

Editor’s note: This article is part of a series sharing firsthand experiences from local organizations on how their respective industries are adapting to COVID-19. Almost a month to the day that COVID-19 was declared a national emergency, a restaurant owner, employment attorney and wealth management leader weigh in on how they’re supporting internal teams and

external customers/clients. “We own two locations in Omaha; however, due to the impact of the pandemic, we elected to close our Maple Street location temporarily in order to consolidate resources,” said Andy Wilber of Wilber Enterprises, which owns the Kolache Factory stores. “Of course, we aren’t keeping the same level of inventory each day either.” While some Maple Street Continued on page 10.

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Percipio Partners maneuvers through pandemic, focuses on acquisition of Kubat Pharmacy by Gabby Christensen

Since its founding in 2008, Percipio Partners’ value-oriented investment style and hands-on approach to operations has allowed it to capitalize on market disruptions and monetize intrinsic value from its investments, according to co-founder and CEO Jim Rich. Together with Bill Ellis, Rich established the Omaha-based company, which focuses on real estate acquisitions and development, partner support and direct investment. To date, Percipio Partners manages approximately $60 million in assets with over $6 million in annual revenues through a series of funds and operating companies. Additionally, the company has developed and manages two operating companies with 20 employees and is building a portfolio of strategic partnerships with a range of clients in small to medium sized businesses. Right now, ideal candidates are professionals that lack finance and business operations bench-strength. “Our service platform is purpose-built, with a flexible array of services, to assist

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CEO Jim Rich … Building out real estate acquisition portfolio with focus on pharmacy industry. our operating partners with their specific businesses.” needs,” he said. “Whether we are supportAccording to Rich, Percipio Parting capital formation, staffing, expertise, ners looks to make direct investments in or scale, our team is dedicated to helping high-quality established legacy businesses. our clients grow and build sustainable “We are an ideal partner for owners

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Challenging childhood equips Callaway for thriving career at Prime Choice Insurance by Dwain Hebda

When Courtney Callaway talks about scrapping as a key element of her success, it’s not casual hyperbole. The founding agent and CEO of Prime Choice Insurance grew up in Norfolk in a single parent household where lean times shaped her early on. “I think a lot of it came from my childhood,” she said. “My childhood was not glamorous. When we were little, there were many times we were homeless and just had problems. But my mom was always a super hard worker and really instilled that in us kids.” From these experiences, Callaway cultivated an independent streak that’s been the hallmark of her success. Her first job in the industry was to recruit and train insurance agents across the country, specializing in Medicaid insurance. She was good at it, so good it didn’t take very long for her to start thinking bigger. “At some point I felt like, ‘Why am I teaching all of these people to do this? Why don’t I just do this? If I know so much on how to train them why am I not doing it?’” she said. “It got to a point where I figured I’m teaching these people how to make dollars while I’m over here making dimes. What do I have to lose?” Then 22 and a single mother herself, Callaway launched Prime Choice Insurance in

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Technology A section prepared by the staff of the Midlands Business Journal • April 10, 2020

From compliance to COVID-19, tech providers experience accelerated demand for services by Michelle Leach

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Digital twinning creates new possibilities across industries by Gabby Christensen

There’s much to be said about “digital twinning” and its applications, according to local professionals. Keith Fix, CEO at Retail Aware, said digital twinning, which is the process of creating a digital representation of a physical object or system, is often designed by data science experts, where a computerized mathematical model is created that simulates real world. “Sensor data from real-world counterparts play a critical role in making the digital twin an accurate representation,” he said. Manufacturing has the furthest adoption, with plane manufacturers using these models for the longest time, but now Fix said it has the ability to be accessible to more industries to make other products and systems safer, better and stronger. This will become even more critical for the automotive industry as more cars become autonomous. Other opportunities exist in health care and retail. For example, grocery brands use Retail Aware shelf data to design a product and know exactly how it will perform before it hits store shelves. “Digital twinning isn't necessarily a new concept, what is new is that IoT sensors and modeling tools are more accessible than ever,” he said. In complicated environments such as farming, Jesse Vadnais, marketing and communications manager at RealmFive, said there are a massive number of individual contributors that drive decision-making. “If we see automation as the end goal, then we will need to be able to pull all of

those contributors into one platform in order to drive decision-making,” he said. “We feel that digital twinning is the first commercial step toward a more efficient and effective future.”

Gradoville Jenkins At first, he said this might be as easy as using a simple device to know whether a bin fan is on or not. “Something as simple as that can provide a value for the user, while also beginning to build the digital fingerprint of the operation,” he said. “As more devices are brought online, we can begin to provide partial automation. The biggest value of full automation depends on bringing many different parts of an operation from as many manufacturers into one digital platform. At RealmFive, we make sure this process is simple, reliable and scalable in order to help our customers expand their operation digitally.” In construction, Andy Gradoville, virtual design and construction manager at Lueder Construction, said digital twinning means a building information model (BIM), which is usually created by the project design team

and includes digital models of the architectural, structural and mechanical systems of the building. According to Gradoville, the applications of digital twinning in the construction industry can include visualization of the building on a proposed site and provide real-time data to stakeholders virtually, online, to aid in decision-making and saving time and cost of non-essential travel to site. Kyle Jenkins, VDC engineer at LuTiensvold eder Construction, said digital twinning in construction is just in its infancy. “The increasing advances in the internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), embedded sensors and other technologies will undoubtedly continue to disrupt the construction industry in the future,” he said. “Lueder Construction is, and will continue to be, a leader in advancing the use of technology in construction and bringing its benefits to our clients.” Tim Tiensvold, director of virtual design and construction at MCL Construction, said the inception of the twin begins during the design phase with the 3D model, design documents and specifications. “MCL facilitates further development during construction when the associated equipment, fixtures and controls are selected and coordinated within the model,” he said.

“The model and project data are then compiled by MCL and handed over to the client for building operations.” Digital twinning has the potential to inform future design and optimization of processes. “Utilizing the data collected on past projects ensures our clients’ resulting structure meets their functional requirements, quality expectations and achieves maximum durability,” he said. “Creating a digital twin is a massive undertaking from both a labor and financial perspective and requires a robust system of support to maintain. When done correctly, the twin provides substantial return by facilitating sound decision-making when it comes to process and system modifications throughout the lifecycle of the structure.”

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Alternative data hailed as ‘next big thing’ in business analytics by Dwain Hebda

Alternative data may not yet be a household word on par with internet of things or artificial intelligence, but experts say it has the potential to be as much of a game-changer. “When we’re referring to alternative data, it’s mostly information that’s used to inform rather than information that’s directly a part of the customer process or transaction,” said Ben Pankonin, CEO of Social AsPankonin surance. “Alternative data is more about data that’s designed to help us understand how we might make better decisions,” he said. “What a lot of companies do is utilize some different algorithms to understand what’s happening in a broad sense around what you’re looking to solve.” Pankonin said one advantage of alternative data is the speed with which analysis occurs, cutting reaction time dramatically. This is particularly appealing in financial services where profits and losses are often separated by seconds. “I think what we’re seeing, especially during times of crisis and change, is the traditional model of waiting for last year’s income statement to be updated might not be sufficient enough,” he said. “If I have to wait for a quarterly earnings call to understand how a company is going to perform,

I’m probably going to miss investment opportunities.” Another area where alternative data holds massive potential is in diagnostic applications, said Mark Floersch, CEO and

Floersch Drieling founder of Catch Intelligence. “If it’s a manufacturing piece of equipment, I can capture that data. And if I’ve got 50 of these pieces of equipment that are running, I can aggregate that data together,” he said. “I can actually build an algorithm that says well, based upon history, I can see that when the sensors start getting hot or things start vibrating it means I’m going to have a problem. “I can then schedule predictive preventative maintenance. I’ve got two months before this thing’s going to break, but it’s going to definitely break, and I need to schedule maintenance to take care of this machine.” In fact, alternative data is potentially so powerful, it’s beginning to influence the initial purchasing decision of various types of equipment.

“More modern equipment, trucks and trains are automatically starting to capture this [data], so part of the justification for buying the latest and greatest is that it captures more information and offers more intelligence,” Floersch said. The future of this technology lies with companies that can quickly and accurately make sense of it, said Jared Drieling, senior director of consulting and market intelligence for The Strawhecker Group. “In order to have a relevant product, a user has to be able to benchmark information,” he said. “It’s got to be consistent, there’s got to be harmonization across all of that different data. That’s key, and I think ultimately that’s the big challenge across every industry. “I think that’s applicable to every

Businesses must be mobile-friendly to stay competitive by David Kubicek

Consumers today are accessing content through mobile devices more than ever, so firms must be mobile-ready in order to remain competitive. Two to three years ago, Google search traffic on mobile overtook the traditional desktop search. Today, almost 60% of all searches and website traffic is via mobile devices or tablets, said Paul Eide, co-owner of Little Guy Design, a company that designs everything from business cards to websites and runs full scale marketing campaigns. “We live in a society where everyone wants quick information and it becomes a

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industry, there’s just different evolution stages across those different industries. I think Dominos is a great example of a forward-thinking company; not all pizza chains are utilizing AI and technology in uncovering insights where Dominos certainly is.” Drieling said capturing data isn’t the issue — everything from ATMs to smartphones to social media are doing that. But knowing how to leverage that data is the real value going forward. “I think it’s applicable to every industry and every tier size,” he said. “Right now, you’re typically seeing a lot of the large enterprise entities with significant resources that they can dedicate to mine data, maybe create alternative data or leverage AI and being able to interpret that data. “I like to use the term, ‘data is the new currency,’ because I really believe it is.”

game of who can get that information in front of a person’s face or into their news feed the fastest, and you have about three seconds to engage them,” he said. In terms of search engine optimization (SEO) and visibility in search results, Google now takes a site’s mobile-friendliness into account when ranking results. “This means that if your site is not mobile-friendly, you’re likely missing out on potential Google traffic,” said Cameron Ramaekers, owner of Omaha-based web design and development firm Open Caret. “If a user is forced to pinch and zoom to try and navigate your website on their Continued on next page.

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Data privacy, security, getting more complicated by Dwain Hebda

As the workplace continues to evolve, network security and ethical stewardship of data tops a list of concerns, say experts. This is particularly true in the era of COVID-19.

“There are a few things we need to make sure we are doing as our user bases are working from home,” said Michael Hannan, chief security and compliance officer at LightEdge. “[These include] having multi-factor authentication, providing

users virtual private network access, and training users on email phishing, of which we are seeing a massive increase now that users are working from home.” Another significant concern is how companies are utilizing the data they have

Businesses must be mobile-friendly to stay competitive Continued from preceding page. device, they’ll quickly lose patience and leave your website.” One Stop Creates is a creative studio that uses insights, design, software, digital media and growth strategies to drive up business value, said owner Justin M. Valla. “Some of the benefits of a mobile-friendly website that we share with our clients are to create a streamlined experience across devices, a positive ranking sigEide nal, improved mobile conversion rate, improved user experience, faster download speed, [and it’s] more flexible and cost-effective than app development,” he said. How do you know if your website is mobile ready? As a general rule of thumb, anything built more than five to seven years ago isn’t responsive. “Back then it was still a desktop-dominated landscape, and [mobile-friendliness]

wasn’t a concern,” Eide said. For the “three-second test,” bring up your website in a browser. With your mouse, grab the right side of the browser window and drag it up and down. If the content adjusts as the window size chang-

Ramaekers Valla es, your site is mobile-friendly. Have someone unfamiliar with your website load the page on their phone and try to navigate it. “Does the site load quickly, even when away from your Wi-Fi and using 4G?” Ramaekers said. “Pay attention to any pain points in terms of navigation or visibility. If a user has to ‘pinch to zoom’ and pan around to read through your content, your site is not mobile-friendly and could likely

use an update.” You can also Google a term like “mobile-friendly test” to find many free quick and easy tools to test your site’s mobile-friendliness. Firms can work with a web designer or developer to optimize their site. “This means converting your site to become responsive, meaning it shifts and rearranges to display and function well on all screen sizes,” Ramaekers said. Other considerations are page load times, which are often affected by larger files like images and videos. Mobile users are often using 4G connections rather than Wi-Fi, so data usage is a concern. A proper mobile site should be considerate of data usage and use smaller versions of images and other large files to ensure that the site still loads quickly on a phone. Because mobile users don’t have a mouse, anything that requires a hover or other mouse interaction should be changed to work with a tap of a finger. “Everyone should have a mobile-friendly site set up by now, being it's 2020 and especially with all the changes to technology and mobile devices,” Valla said. “You want to make sure your customers can navigate easily on the site.”

access to, an ethical responsibility shared by all employees. “The biggest concern is whether or not a company is using the data consistent to when a user or customer provided that data,” he said. “Is the data processed in a significantly different manner? Is data leaving the hands of the company it was originally released to and sent to someone else? Is the company using the data to

Hannan Boyd make financial gain outside of their main line of business? “This comes back to transparency. Patrons are relatively trusting when it is a product or service that they need or want. We want to make sure we are overcommunicating and doing the right thing when it comes to patrons’ data.” Sara Boyd, CEO of VidaNyx, said the future of network security and ethical data management starts with today’s best practices. “There are a number of standard efforts to assuring a secure experience, from third-party audits and related monthly scan services,” she said. “[Companies can] move beyond simply adding security logos to your website and take the opportunity to Continued on next page.

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From basic transactions between businesses to client-focused services and beyond, technology is enabling a more competitive, efficient and responsive environment. One aspect of that has been the growing move to cloud-based strategies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The big push for the last decade continues today â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and that trend will likely continue at an even more rapid pace with the coronavirus pandemic â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the move to cloud computing,â&#x20AC;? said Jim Richards, president at Capstone IT. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doing business in the cloud has allowed organizations to forego costly IT investments on in-house infrastructure to instead, renting computing capacity, allowing companies to pay as they go. The impact of cloud computing will continue to transform industries, including financial services.â&#x20AC;? While many companies have already made the move to the cloud, which can lead to perks including new revenue streams and product expansions, security continues to be at the forefront when it concerns data, especially classified financial information. Surprisingly, or perhaps unsurprisingly, the major risk factor continues to be email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Email security is where most threats originate,â&#x20AC;? said Steven Bartz, IT solutions expert at Kidwell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most breaches happen because an end-user clicks on an email they shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. Educating end-users and helping them understand what might be a phishing attempt is important. There are also products, which are essentially artificial intelligence, that look at emails, watch for trends and analyze content. If there is an email that is a phishing attempt, it will catch that. It has the basic sensibility to tell a valid business communication from an engineered attack and stop it in real time.â&#x20AC;? AI and its subset, machine learning â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the concept of providing machines data from which they will learn themselves â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

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Data privacy, security Continued from preceding page. open a new communication channel. Meet customers at their own concerns and in real terms, share your efforts and impact on the customer.â&#x20AC;? All companies have some risk for a data breach, but regulated industries and those that deal with public health and welfare have to be particularly vigilant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Specific to our work, it is balancing privacy and public Wiggins good, strong compliance with HIPAA, and ensuring resilient cybersecurity and penetration testing measures,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the COVID-19 crisis, we're finding an increased reliance on remote applications like VidaNyx to ensure the life-saving work of protecting survivors of abuse through child advocacy centers can continue amid new work realities.â&#x20AC;? The future of data security, especially post COVID-19, is hard to focus on, said Andrea Wiggins, assistant professor at the University of Nebraska at Omahaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College of Information Science & Technology. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is an interesting question,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The work-from-home paradigm requires that employees use personal or company-provided technology with residential internet access where thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no security guaranteed and often with third-party services. Basically, you have to trust the provider to manage data responsibly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that a critical consideration for ensuring employees are comfortable with the work-from-home situation is clear communication about what activities are monitored, who has access to the information and what circumstances would trigger a review of that data.â&#x20AC;? Work-from-home employees will likely play a more hands-on role in upgrading security technology, just one of several potential new exposures. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strict system security is difficult to ensure if the situation requires allowing employees to install software or updates,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just an issue of trusting your employees will take care of equipment properly, but also ensuring they have the information or instructions needed to facilitate those processes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to predict what new challenges might emerge, but proactive planning, responsive management and clear communication between companies, employees and clients will help as IT staff work to stay on top of the evolving situation.â&#x20AC;?

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Omaha Community Foundation approaches 40 years poised for next challenge Continued from page 1. vate sector experience to OCF. She oversees a staff of 25 that works out of offices at 3555 Farnam St., Suite 222. In a wide-ranging Midlands Business Journal interview last week on her seventh day on the job, Kush said the values learned in her small town of 350 near Columbus and the respect for community initiatives have stayed with her through her career stops that have included NETV, Independent Insurance Agents of Nebraska, University Hospital (now UNMC), TD Ameritrade, Union Pacific, and as owner of Kush Strategies, a consulting firm. Kush now heads an organization that has been consistently ranked in the national top 20 by CF Insights, measuring total assets. OCF made $165 million in grants in 2019, placing it in the national top 3% in per capita giving. A total of 354 nonprofits engage in OCF grant programs. Earlier this year, a COVID-19 fund was set up to raise donations for pandemic relief locally for uses in categories such as food, health care, emergency housing, financial assistance and senior issues. Kali Baker, vice president of communi-

Future of finance industry Continued from preceding page. but clearly think through true return on investment. Second, we’ve seen the most AI/ML value in the finance industry in predictive analytics and decision assistance. For predictive analytics it is looking at large amounts of information and drawing conclusions that drive actionable steps, e.g., which customers are most likely to default on a loan. An example of financial decision assistance is determining a new customer’s risk level based on the firm’s information and external information.” Whether it’s a bank building its own customer app platform or creating internal systems that are more efficient and incorporate AI, businesses must rely on different software. Technology innovators are working to provide new solutions that aim to be relatively seamless, reliable and secure. “One trend is a lot more integration,” Bartz said. “It is basically multiple pieces of software playing together. One piece can talk to the other, and that creates more efficiency and automates things instead of manually transferring from one application to the next.” As new technologies continue to emerge, such as hybrid clouds, blockchain and API (application programming interface) platforms, the security element should also be at the forefront when adding or integrating solutions. More and more data now resides on cell phones. Even if the actual data isn’t on there, many times the phone has access to it. Communicating protocols and being diligent will continue to be an important element regardless of the next innovation. “One of the most prevalent risks is distributed employees accessing key company information, including sensitive data, from unsecured networks,” Richards said. “This could be while sitting in a coffee shop, store or home network. Using capabilities inclusive of VPN is a basic, low cost way to mitigate risk.”

ty investment, said OCF has an important 24-hour campaign. nimbleness in such emergencies to address “As our reports are updated with fresh such issues. data every year, they are becoming more “We’re a collective of donors and initiative-specific and action oriented,” responsible to the community rather than she said. just one donor,” Baker said. OCF expects to be collaborating Kush is taking with the Seattle over the top lead- Omaha Community Community Founership job at OCF, Foundation dation, which has an organization that Phone: 402-342-3458 been on the forefront since its founding Address: 3555 Farnam St., Suite 222, of “benchmarking” in 1982 has granted Omaha 68131 and how the tool can $1.8 billion. How- Service: grant-making public charibe used more effece v e r, s h e s a i d a s ty dedicated to improving the lives of tively in Omaha. times change and people in the Omaha metropolitan area, New hires at t h e c o m m u n i t y including nine communities in western OCF in the past year served evolves, the Iowa have had specialties organization under Founded: 1982 by Willis Strauss and in impact investing, previous leadership Dale TeKolste donor services and had already initiated Employees: 25 digital content comdiscussion of diver- One-year goal: Understanding what munication. sity and inclusion OCF’s plan is and how area issues are Kush said comissues. This is espe- being addressed. munity autonomy cially true of internal Industry outlook: Pandemic will have has been an importmatters. ant component in the impact on nonprofit giving nationally, but “ We h a v e s o also offers localized opportunities for projects and proposm a n y c o m m u n i t y programs and services. als submitted to OCF partners that it is im- Website: www.omahafoundation.org for funding considportant that we look eration. In the first through a diverse lens,” she said. “As we round of funding earlier this year, $60,575 look at actions there may be areas of our was approved for Shelby County, Iowa population that are underserved.” first-responder needs. Kush and Baker cited 18 months of Communities and projects served in work just completed by the Portland, Or- the package included building upgrades egon-based Center For Equity & Inclusion for fire and rescue in Defiance, purchase on such issues and how issues and goals of jaws-of-life equipment in Irwin and can be carried out on a practical basis. Earling, replacement of radio equipment “Action-oriented” is an important in Harlan, and upgraded firefighter protecterm Kush uses as she lauds OCF’s 2016 tion equipment in Portsmouth. Landscape report and an analysis of the Omaha business/civic leaders Willis organization’s Omaha Gives program. Strauss and Dale TeKolste were among Last year Omaha Gives attracted those who joined with a Junior League ef18,612 donations totaling more than $6.8 fort in 1982 to found OCF. About $300,000 million for 963 organizations in its annual was raised in the community in a short time

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to match a $300,000 Kiewit Foundation seed grant. In a July 1998 MBJ interview thenOCF President Jan Stoney and Donor Services Director Yana Morgan said that while the concept of community foundations had mushroomed since the initial organization was founded in 1914 in Cleveland, Ohio, a differentiating characteristic of the Omaha effort was the emphasis being placed on smaller donations and from multiple parts of the community. Former OCF President Mike Leighton in a October 2003 MBJ interview said accounts were being started with as little as $500 or $600 by people in their 40s to their 80s. Kush, 50, who has served on the boards of the Omaha Sports Commission, Invest Nebraska and the Nebraska State Chamber of Commerce, among others, said the challenge for her and OCF includes a commitment to equity and the cultivation of new nonprofits. She’s confident that her communications background, community partnerships, effective networking and understanding of the private and public sectors will serve her well. “Values are very community-driven,” she added.

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Quality Glass and Mirror shines with Historic marquee projects, automation Continued from page 1. done to try to streamline our production is we have added equipment that allows us to be more productive. Plain and simple, we have continued to maintain our business philosophy, which is to provide great products, consistently and on time, and for a reasonable price.”

Quality Glass & Mirror Phone: 402-339-3737 Address: 14242 C Circle, Omaha 68144 (showroom) Services: wholesale and commercial glass products and services, and home and business glass design Founded: 1985 by Kevin Kuta, Dave Welty and Pat McGonigal Website: www.qualityglassomaha.com

In a video message posted on the website for the Omaha-based company, Kuta noted that Quality Glass and Mirror originated from the idea that retail and manufacturers can work together, and with a vision of wanting to be the best. “The [Blackstone Hotel] is one of those marquee jobs,” Kuta said, a nod to its installation division’s work on providing new shower panels and other features associated with the landmark’s rehabilitation. “It goes along with having 35 years in the business and the ongoing benefits of having a good reputation in the industry. There is no substitute for 35 years. We’ve tried all forms of advertising … and, hands down, the best form of advertising is belonging to organizations and meeting with [others]. Because people still do business with other people.” In the aforementioned message, Vice President Jason Hoover also noted how some of their people are 30-year industry

veterans. “They take pride in the work that they do and care about the quality,” he said. Furthermore, leadership mentioned how employees have more respect for them when, as owners, they’re out in the middle of floor doing everything they’d ask of their employees. To automation, Hoover mentioned how these capabilities have resulted in increased volume; additionally, he noted that the business offers everything from clear to tinted glass, and soft-coat, low-E (“low-emissivity”) glass with an eye on energy performance for a customer base that includes glazing shops in the state, Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota. In late March, Kuta shared with the Midlands Business Journal the recent addition of its automated line to the manufacturing division, which reportedly “does the job of about five people.” “We did not eliminate people; we just took advantage that this machine does the

work of five people, and we can do more with the five people that the machine has replaced,” Kuta said. “And we can do more with less and less time. Ultimately, any strong company comes down to your people. You can have all the equipment in the world, but you still need people on the automated line to load and unload the glass, monitor the equipment as the glass is going down the line, and those people are also available to take on other tasks as well.” In fact, in a 2016 Midlands Business Journal article on the business, the company was reported to employ 50 people; at the time of this writing, its team spans 60 employees. These associates also work on the likes of custom products, which Kuta said Quality Glass and Mirror is “very versed in,” and that expertise is embodied in its showroom at 14242 C Circle in Omaha. Kuta said they display options that customers don’t think are possible. Projects that

have kept them busy include the volume of kitchen backsplashes, bar applications and dry erase boards. Quality’s online home also showcases an array of commercial and residential projects and products, and visitors in more recent days and weeks have encountered a message that displays its adaptation amid the current public health crisis; for instance, it features curbside delivery and customer pickups, and notes how it doesn’t anticipate disruptions in the material supply chain or transportation capabilities. Earlier into the outbreak, Kuta let the company’s back-to-basics principles shine, when asked about such adaptation: “People spend money as if the current condition is going to be the future condition, and that is ‘rainbows and unicorns,’ it’s not real … Business isn’t really that complicated. You do what you say you’re going to do. You keep your word and be honest, and give the customer more than what they expect and they keep coming back.”

Four weeks in, firms guide clients, others making tough decisions Continued from page 1. employees were “rerouted,” to its 84th Street store’s online order, drive-through and delivery services, Wilber said they had to lay off a “significant number” of staff. “It was an awful decision to have to make,” Wilber said. “But, in order to keep going, it had to be done.” With sales dropping by more than 68% since the crisis started, Wilber said they’re taking it “day by day.” “Now, more than ever, small local businesses need your support,” he said. “We don’t have the deep reserves that many big companies have to withstand a sustained downturn. Without community support, some of your favorite local spots could go away.” The franchise launched Fueling the Frontline (free kolaches and coffee for health care workers) and Adopt-a-Hero on the Frontlines (individuals or organizations can place a delivery order to the frontline hero, such as paramedic, of their choice). In early March, Jackson Lewis began receiving questions from companies about how to manage losses and minimize employee impacts with greater frequency, according to Attorney at Law Chad Richter.

“Over the past two weeks, President Trump signed into law several key pieces of legislation that impacts businesses, including providing paid sick leave and paid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, as well as a significant stimulus

Richter West package to aid both businesses and their employees during this difficult time,” he said. “There are many federal and state laws that impact business decisions during these difficult times, including notice obligations prior to a layoff or furlough, compensating employees correctly, and ensuring they are complying with the very new mandatory paid leave provisions under recent legislation.” Jackson Lewis staff is leveraging We-

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bEx or Zoom to consult with workmates and is providing proactive counseling to ensure clients avoid time-consuming and costly litigation across its 950-plus stateside attorneys and 62 offices. “It is vital that small businesses understand the nuances of the federal stimulus package to ensure they are taking advantage of the various opportunities to assist their businesses,” Richter said, including: “Trying to obtain forgivable loans, understanding how to obtain tax credits and, based on these resources, make the best decision for the long-term success of their business.” Managing Partner Paul West has been surprised by the number of people (not current clients) who’ve informed Carson Wealth that their existing adviser hasn’t reached out to them. “I think we will see consolidation with advisers leaving business who did not handle clients’ concerns appropriately during this crisis,” he said. Additionally, West said “recency bias” is in full effect. “Because information flows so quickly right now, people are thinking much too short term,” he said. “The most successful will be those who stick to a longterm plan.” Internally, Carson Wealth instituted its business continuity plan the day the national emergency was declared (March 13). “This meant that we had remote workstations and accessibility for our 200-plus stakeholders,” West said. “Many of our clients have been using our client portal that already had video technology integrated; however, due to the fact that we work with money, we’ve had to adopt remote check deposit and other features to make sure we can keep our service standards at the same level.” Coming out of this crisis, West foresees more openness to video-based meetings. “Also, those that didn’t work with trusted professionals and tried to navigate these waters on their own, will come to realize how important partnering with professionals will really be for their family and their financial goals,” he said.

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Coronavirus confusion continues in 2020 tax season by Susan Tompor

Sure, we thought the chaos and confusion of last year’s tax season was long behind us. This year, they told us, was bound to be better as people became more familiar with the new tax rules that initially Taxes showed up on 2018 tax returns. Then the coronavirus crisis took hold in the United States. And 2020 tax season has become more confusing by the minute. Now, the April 15 deadline for filing and SUPER CROSSWORD

paying your taxes has been extended to July 15. But you might not want to wait that long, especially if you’re owed a federal income tax refund. The Internal Revenue Service said most tax refunds are still being issued within 21 days. Here’s a look at key tax questions in light of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020: Q: How can extending the federal deadline to July 15 help me? A: Taxpayers who owe money would be able to defer federal income tax payments that would have been due on April 15 to July 15. MIXED BLESSING

And you would not get slapped with any penalties and interest, regardless of the amount owed. It buys you 90 days and saves you some money. Q: Can the IRS give me information on stimulus checks? A: The IRS has a special page at www.irs. gov/coronavirus, but late on March 29, the IRS site still had no information on stimulus checks. It also stated that people do not need to sign up to get these checks. The page will be updated regularly. The IRS says: “Please do not call the IRS about this.” Q: Can I wait to make contributions to my IRA or Roth IRA? A: Yes. “Because the due date for filing federal income tax returns has been postponed to July 15, the deadline for making contributions to your IRA for 2019 is also extended to July 15, 2020,” the IRS said. Q: Can I get my taxes done now? A: Yes. Many tax services remain up and running. Your CPA is likely working remotely. H&R Block offices remain open, but many are using primarily drop-off services. Even though the federal income tax deadline has been extended 90 days, people still want to get their tax refund cash as soon as possible. Those who face layoffs, reduced hours on the job and loss of gig work need to file a 2019 tax return to get tax refund money soon. “Although Tax Day is now July 15 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the IRS is still accepting returns and processing refunds,” said Susan Waldron, a spokesperson for H&R Block. “Refunds are vitally important for millions of households now more than ever.” Jackson Hewitt advises customers to first call and see if a local office is open and ask about the hours. It offers a variety of ways to reduce time in an office including dropping off documents. But changes were made as well: “We are no longer accepting walk-ins if there is a wait in order to prevent people from congregating in a lobby.” Q: What are free online options for filing taxes? A: This could be the year you want to try “Free File.” Hardly anyone uses it — less than 2% of those eligible — but it’s a good option, especially if you have time on your hands and want to save money. Go to www.irs.gov and look into “Free File.” Roughly 70% of taxpayers would qualify for some services offered, as measured by adjusted gross income. If your adjusted gross income is $69,000 or less, you’re eligible to participate in the program. The tax software

providers may target certain groups by age or income. But one provider will offer services to fit your circumstances if your income is $69,000 or less. Q: Can I walk into an IRS office and get help? A: No. “The IRS has temporarily suspended almost all face-to-face contacts with taxpayers,” according to a notice issued by the IRS on March 24. “All Taxpayer Assistance Centers are closed and face-to-face service discontinued throughout the country until further notice.” The IRS is working to resolve some issues by phone if taxpayers already had scheduled an appointment at a taxpayer assistance center. Q: Are there other reasons to act by April 15? A: Yes. Did you miss out on a tax refund because you did not file a 2016 tax return? To cash in, taxpayers will need to file a 2016 federal income tax return by April 15. That deadline wasn’t extended. Otherwise, you lose the chance to get that unclaimed refund for 2016 for good. Some of the unclaimed refund money could belong to students, part-time workers and others who may have overlooked filing a return. “There is no extension of the April 15 deadline to file a 2016 federal return to obtain a refund,” said Marshall Hunt, a certified public accountant and director of tax policy for the Accounting Aid Society’s tax assistance program in metro Detroit. If you have estate and gift taxes, for example, the April 15 deadline still remains in place. Q: What happens if I already filed my tax return and paid my taxes due for 2019? A: If you already wrote a check to pay your taxes, you’re not getting that money back, even for a short term. The new 90-day extension doesn’t help you now. “But they (taxpayers who’ve already paid) can take some comfort in knowing that their taxes are one less of the many issues that we’re facing today,” Hunt said. For some early filers, there is a way out if you had already authorized an automatic electronic withdrawal of the money for April 15. Your payment isn’t going to be automatically rescheduled to July 15. But the IRS notes in its filing and payment deadlines Q&A that there may be ways to cancel and reschedule your payment until July 15. “If you scheduled a payment as part of filing your tax return (authorizing an electronic funds withdrawal), you may revoke (cancel) your payment by contacting the U.S. Treasury Financial Agent at 888-353-4537. You must Continued on next page.

Percipio Partners maneuvers through pandemic, focuses on acquisition of Kubat Pharmacy

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Continued from page 2. he said the company is hoping for the best while also preparing for the worst. According to Rich, the company’s recent acquisition of Kubat Pharmacy will welcome several new investors to Percipio Partners, keeping the team busy this year with acquisition onboarding. Moving forward, the company will place an intense focus on the pharmacy business and build out its portfolio, using the Kubat Pharmacy chain as a foundation to accumulate other independent pharmacies. This will involve an emphasis on rural, underserved populations, while also helping large employer groups in urban areas save 20 to 40% on pharmacy benefit

costs, which have increased significantly over the past few years. Percipio Partners also has plans to continue to increase its residential real estate portfolio and build out the consulting platform to be more robust. As a business owner, Rich finds reward in having control over his own destiny and day-to-day ventures, but even more so appreciates the opportunity to empower employees. “We move quickly and we’re growing fast, so there’s going to be some mistakes made along the way,” he said. “But that’s okay. We won’t make the same mistake twice. Instead, we’ll learn from it and celebrate our wins.”

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Hairstylist, doctors play critical role in Ford’s coronavirus face shield design by Phoebe Wall Howard

Sometimes miracles happen because every little thing goes right. And people involved are smart and creative and fearless. This is the story of a hairstylist, a team of automotive prototype designers and a massive global company that in just a few days went from creating high-tech cars guided by artificial intelligence with the use of robots to old-fashioned built-byCovid-19 hand assembly the way things were done back in the 1900s. It sounds like a Hollywood movie script. It was, in fact, real life in Detroit in the time of the novel coronavirus. Ford Motor Co. executives issued a call to action March 19, after receiving an alert from the Mayo Clinic. Ford immediately assembled a task force to address the personal protective equipment shortage. Within hours, the automaker decided to pivot from building cars to manufacturing medical devices, setting into motion the first steps that would generate tens of thousands of protective face shields for doctors, nurses and first responders during the rapidly spreading pandemic that causes respiratory crisis. Within one week, a small team of designers from a shop within the company called D-Ford would collaborate virtually to review plans, design prototypes, build the early designs, meet with doctors, test prototypes, redesign, re-test and redesign. Detroit helps NYPD By last Thursday, the team would deliver thousands of face shields to Henry Ford Hospital, Beaumont, Detroit Receiving, and the first responders who did so much to save lives after the 9/11 terrorist attacks — the New York Police Department and New York Fire Department. The plan would go so well that the 25,000 face shields built would become 40,000, with a goal of 1 million a week. All by hand. But let’s back up a minute. The brains behind this feat work at a lesser-known entity within Ford, a “human-centered” design shop called D-Ford, with offices in London, Shanghai and Palo Alto, California. Events unfolded faster than anyone could imagine. Here’s how it all happened: On March 19, the design team was given the cue to explore what can be made to help and quickly. Teams scoured the internet for opensource designs to build from that required few materials and supplies they could easily source from Ford’s existing network. “We were activated and really got going on Friday (March 20),” said Will Brick of Berkley, a prototype design lead at D-Ford, who is based in Dearborn. “We were all working remotely, and through the weekend, early mornings to pretty late at night. The mornings will start with a round of phone calls and meetings.” They got word from people advising Ford that face shields were top among the items of

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personal protection equipment that hospitals would need , so they latched onto disposable face shields for hospital workers. “They have a plastic protector — it’s like a thicker version of a report cover that kids would use when they handed in a school term paper — an elastic band around the head that mitigates against aerosols and splatter from getting into the eyes, mouth. Like a plastic shield. They’re often wearing other protective equipment under that,” Brick explained. “So we rounded up our team. We had phone calls, web chats and we started to brainstorm.” Emergency huddles The team needed to understand the problem from the customer’s perspective, he said. “We agreed to quickly do two things: Reach out to area hospitals directly and try to establish contact with people living with this shortage of material in that moment,” Brick said. “We wanted to look around and see what we could find out there in the world that might already exist or might have thought of — what’s already out there that we could leverage and put into production quickly, even if it was just temporary.” His wife, Erin, is a hairstylist. And two of her clients happened to be emergency room doctors at the Detroit Medical Center and Henry Ford Hospital System. She reached out to them. And that started the thread. “They introduced us to key folks,” Will Brick said. “During the day on that Friday (March 20), we talked about prototypes with Sinai Grace, Henry Ford and Detroit Receiving. We worked with the hospitals to get firsthand feedback.” While all this was happening, designer Dave Singh was looking at open-source designs produced at the University of Wisconsin and talking with Professor Lennon Rodgers, director of the Grainger Engineering Design Innovation Lab, about what had worked and not worked with hospitals. “We needed materials that were simple, available in relatively large quantities,” Brick said. “The design uses a thin transparent flexible plastic sheet widely available in roll form and found from Ford suppliers in giant rolls. Then there’s a strip that goes across the forehead to hold the shield away from your face, like a 1-inch-by-1½-inch strip of foam glued to the plastic shield, and an elastic band stapled to either top corner of the shield.” Brick and his colleague Jeff Sturges found a space near Eastern Market in downtown Detroit to work so they could be close to the doctors for review and discussion and testing, specifically Henry Ford Hospital and the DMC. “We actually sat down with folks with physical prototypes in hand, to have them try them on. It was a big win that we were able to confirm that we had something that would work for them.” Within 24 hours of the go-signal, the prototype team was building in earnest by March 20, he said. “We had contacts by the end of that day, started meeting them on Saturday and making physical prototypes by hand. We had Howard Lew from Ford picking up materials from Ford suppliers and driving to where we were working at Eastern Market and meeting hospital folks. By Sunday, we had three prototypes made to give to doctors and then adjustments needed and we figured out how to manufacture these.” Like Grey’s Anatomy “We got feedback right away,” Brick said, and received FDA approval. By last Tuesday, he said, they had dropped their first shipment of 1,250 face shields to

metro Detroit hospitals. “This is a privilege,” he said. “I never thought I’d be taking a box of face shields produced at Ford and deliver them to the hospital and see instantly in that moment the good that was done. It’s Ford and we’ve got more than 100 years of industrial experience and capability and know-how.” Within seven days D-Ford made it all happen. The design company took a few very simple pieces of material and built a face shield like the kind surgeons wear on popular TV shows like “ER” or “Scrubs” or “Grey’s Anatomy.” Now Will Brick, who woke up in the night, pencil by his side, continues to jot down ideas before they fade. “A lot of people are part of this moment,” he said. “I have two very small children and we’re all in the middle of this together.” Front-line work Meanwhile, workers like Pat Tucker, 55, of Roseville, Mich., wake up at 3 a.m. to get ready for work and drive to Troy for a 6 a.m. start making the face shields. “We made almost 30,000 today,” she said Thursday. “The first couple of days, it was a little rough until we got the hang of it. We have tables set up, and the area is marked off with red tape so we’re all 6 feet apart. We wear the masks we’re making while we work, and gloves. They’re lightweight and not hot.” Assembling three pieces to make the device is tedious but crucial. It all involves a plastic shield, a sponge and a strap. That’s pretty much it. Peeling off the adhesive to stick the sponge to the shield and staple the strap. They’ll work 10-hour shifts and take a half-hour lunch. “I’ve worked in prototype assembly for nine years. Now this,” said the UAW member.

“I care a lot about my country and the people in it. I can’t believe this is happening. I don’t understand why it’s happening.” Tucker said, “We’re doing a simple thing to save a life. We’ll run two shifts, a night shift and a day shift. It takes less than 10 seconds to make one. The longest process is peeling off a stickie. We’re trying to do 100,000 a week.” Helping heroes Todd Jaranowski, 57, of Milford is president of Troy Design and Manufacturing in Plymouth, a subsidiary of Ford with offices in Chicago and China, too. He oversees the teams building the face shields. He said UAW members are essential to the process. They’re working voluntary hours now. “We started out with 40 people and we’ve grown to 80,” he said. “We really kicked off our first prototype on Monday (March 24). We had 25,000 on Thursday,” he said. “We’ll steadily ramp up. We had to quickly design an assembly process.” It’s sort of primitive, the way it’s described. Just putting little pieces together and passing it along. “The UAW has been unbelievable,” Jaranowski said. “Our goal is to make a million a week. Generally, there’s no automation. We had to keep in mind social distancing and set up a production line so people are safe and 6 to 7 feet away from one another.” What’s powerful? Getting photos back from doctors and first responders, he said. “Those people, they’re the heroes,” Jaranowski said. “We’re just trying to keep them safe.” ©2020 Detroit Free Press Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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Key food prices are surging after virus upends supply chains by Agnieszka de Sousa, Ruth Olurounbi and Jen Skerritt

As the coronavirus pandemic penetrates more deeply into global supply chains, prices for key staples are starting to soar in some parts of the world. Rice and wheat — crops that account for about a third of the world’s calories — have Economy been making rapid climbs in spot and futures markets. For countries that rely on imports, this is creating an added financial burden just as the pandemic shatters their economies and erodes their purchasing power. In Nigeria, for example, the cost of rice in retail markets soared by more than 30% in the last four days of March alone. It’s unclear what the biggest drivers were for the retail prices, whether it was a trickle-down effect from grain futures or local logistical choke points or panic buying, or a combination. What is clear is that, while the world isn’t about to run out of food anytime soon, anxiety over policy makers’ ability to deliver it to the right place at the right time and at the right price is mounting. “Without the coronavirus, there would not be any problem whatsoever,” said Stefan Vogel, head of agricultural commodity research at Rabobank International. “People are getting worried about the supply chain.” Most price measures in the broader economy at the moment are moving things in a different direction. There are concerns over deflation as the pandemic shutters businesses, sparks unemployment and unravels the oil market. In fact, a gauge of global food costs fell sharply last month, primarily a ripple effect from the energy plunge which cripples demand for crops like sugar that get turned into biofuels. However, food prices don’t move uniformly around the world. Even within that broader drop, some critical staples were outliers. Rice posted a third straight monthly increase. While global grain inventories have been plentiful for several years, the response to the virus is unleashing ripple effects making it harder for staples to get where they’re needed and helping drive the price gains. That’s happening at the same time that demand has spiked with people loading their pantries while they stay home as much as possible. Adding to the pressure, countries including Russia, Kazakhstan and Vietnam are moving to secure domestic supply by restricting exports that the world depends on. The result? Export prices for rice from Thailand, the world’s second-biggest shipper, are at a six-year high. Wheat futures in Chicago, the global benchmark, shot up more than 8% in March, while Canadian durum, the type of grain used in pasta and couscous, is at the highest since August 2017. There are also signs that price gains could be making their way to consumers for some foods in the U.S. Wholesale egg prices rose to a record as grocers boosted orders by as much as six times normal volumes. Beef also surged, though some of the gains have eased in the last week. Wheat and rice are the world’s most consumed food crops. Staple-crop prices have a long history of fueling political instability. During the spikes of 2011 and 2008, there were food riots in more than 30 nations across Africa, Asia and the Middle East. To be clear, it’s likely the supply disruptions could prove temporary. And that will probably mean that wheat and rice will stabilize. In the last several years, food costs have been relatively benign thanks to plentiful supplies. Global rice

and wheat reserves are both projected at alltime highs, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. But in the meantime, higher prices seen in recent weeks could hit countries that are more sensitive to fluctuations. That’s especially true for nations where food makes up a bigger part of overall household budgets, and it puts the world’s most vulnerable in further risk. Virus-related effects are also exacerbating price gains where food inflation was already an issue. And it’s not just staple crops rising. Prices of fruit and vegetables, essential in providing nutrition, are also going up in many parts of the world. “Within countries there are going to be a lot of people who currently can’t make money,” said Rami Zurayk, a professor at the American University of Beirut specializing in food security. “If their incomes decline, the quality and quantity of the food is going to be declining, especially if this matched by an increase in price.” In Nigeria, stay-at-home orders from state governments have sparked panic buying. Snarled transportation means fewer goods are getting to markets and grocery stores, and inventories are depleting, said Saudat Salami, who owns an online food retailer in Lagos. Some traders in the food markets where she get supplies have also been afraid to stay in operation as the virus spreads, she said. Rikotu Isah, a rice farmer from Kebbi, the country’s largest producing state, said there ha-

ven’t been significant problems with this year’s crop yet, since the harvest just started. “But if restrictions on movement persist and we can’t transport our produce to the market, there will likely be a shortage in the market that will affect prices,” he said. Governments are working overtime to keep prices stable and inflation under wraps. Algeria, Turkey and Tunisia have already stepped up their wheat purchases in recent weeks to secure supplies. Egypt and Saudi Arabia have said they will be boosting grain reserves. The Philippines is allocating more than $600 million for food sufficiency efforts and plans to buy 300,000 tons of rice. Not everyone expects that government intervention can keep things under control, though. Lalatendu Rath runs a small grocery store in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. He shut his shop for safety reasons as cases mount in the nation. Local authorities are controlling prices for essential commodities including food, but he has bought about 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of potatoes, or about three months worth of his household’s needs. “There is no guarantee if prices of staples will remain stable,” he said. “It’s better to buy a little more than the normal requirement, as we have children in the family to feed.” Overall food prices are still well below the peaks from 2008 and 2011 amid the big stockpiles. The oil slump should also help keep costs down for farmers, which tends to put a lid

on crop prices. But food-importing nations are also up against a surging U.S. dollar, which makes commodities more expensive for importers. The dollar is the most expensive ever against the Algerian dinar, and near a record against the Saudi riyal and Indonesian rupiah. Climate change is also a major factor in the outlook. Drought has recently plagued rice crops in Thailand and Vietnam. In Australia, years of dryness have reduced vegetable plantings and sparked some shortages. If this year’s global wheat harvest sees problems, that could prompt more countries to place limits on exports and spark further price gains. The virus also hasn’t yet spread widely in places with food insecurity, particularly sub-Saharan Africa. If it does, there’s a chance that harvests will shrink, food prices will spike and more people will go hungry, the Agricultural Market Information System, a G20 initiative, said. “All bets are off the table right now,” said Neil Townsend, an analyst at FarmLink in Winnipeg, Manitoba. “Food security is going to be a big issue.” (With assistance by Pratik Parija, Salma El Wardany, Reema Al Othman, Isis Almeida, Shuping Niu, Yoga Rusmana, Eko Listiyorini, Ainslie Chandler, Anna Kitanaka, Michael Hirtzer and Samuel Dodge) ©2020 Bloomberg News Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

Small businesses are scrambling to grab $350 billion in coronavirus cash before it runs out by Erin Arvedlund and Joseph N. DiStefano

So many businesses are rushing to get loans through a special Small Business Administration coronavirus relief program that some banks are struggling to keep up. “We got thousands of applications,” said Dan Fitzpatrick, president of Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, which normally processed a few hundreds SBA loans a month. The $350 bilSmall Business lion Payroll Protection Program is part of the $2.2 trillion economic rescue package President Donald Trump signed into law late last month. “I have to applaud the government for moving swiftly with this program. This really helps,” said Amol R. Kohli, president of the Cherry Hill, N.J., restaurant development and management company AARK Enterprises. Kohli said he doesn’t need the maximum $10 million loan allowed under PPP — only enough to keep key staff on payroll at 17 Friendly’s restaurants in Philadelphia, South Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, and Florida during April and May — until he hopes he can re-establish sit-down service. He had to close three mall stores entirely, but said most of his landlords have been willing “to work with us” until the PPP money arrives to keep 14 restaurants open with small crews providing takeout, typically at less than 20% of normal sales. The loan, under PPP rules, will be “forgivable” — covered by U.S. taxpayers — if Kohli spends the money on worker pay and occupancy costs. The new program required a new all-electronic system to speed the loans. Fitzpatrick said major lenders and the SBA had to build online systems in just one week. “The two page application is very straightforward,” Fitzpatrick said. “But they are also asking for pretty significant amounts of tax records. So we are getting some applications in with five electronic attachments.

As you can imagine, keeping it organized is a big undertaking. And we need to get it right.” ADP, Paychex and other automated payroll systems are expanding their own software to make it easier for small employers to collect PPP records, Fitzpatrick said. Like many banks, Wilmington-based WSFS Bank is currently targeting PPP applications to its current business customers. WSFS reported “a high volume of applications” Monday from its largely Pennsylvania- and Delaware-based clients. “We have lots of interest from small businesses we serve. They’re our first priority,” said Candice Caruso, director of government guaranteed lending at WSFS. “We launched today and are actively entering applications as we receive them,” Caruso said Monday. “All of our customers are directed to our website and we have gotten loan confirmations,” she said. Not everyone qualifies. Gus Drakopoulos is disappointed: The operator of the V-Lounge “gentleman’s club” near Philadelphia International Airport, Drakopoulos hoped for PPP money. But “the banks are taking the position that, because we are in the adult night club business, that we are not eligible for this loan,” he said. (Banks are taking a similar stance against backing marijuana-related businesses, a lender said.) Drakopoulos said PPP lenders are relying on a 1990s-era SBA exclusion for “businesses that are of prurient sexual nature.” Those are “old rules,” and shouldn’t apply to his 35 employees, who had hoped to expand into the next-door Sin City club this month. “Donald Trump said this is a relief package especially for the hospitality industry,” Drakopoulos said. “My employers are bartenders, waitresses, waiters, bar-backs, line cooks, busboys, managers, assistant managers.” He has no plans to have taxpayers compensate dancers: Performers at the club are “independent contractors,” he said. His lawyer, Bradley J. Shafer, of Lansing,

Mich., has produced a letter citing Supreme Court decisions defining “prurient” as “shameful or morbid” and “unhealthy,” which Drakopoulos says doesn’t apply to his club. “We serve chicken wings, salmon, burgers,” Drakopoulos said. “We were set to expand on April 22 to the new place. But this epidemic is setting everything backwards.” Wells Fargo opened — and swiftly closed — its own online portal for Small Business Administration loans, saying the giant bank maxed out at its target of $10 billion in commitments already. Some bank websites are either crashing due to high demand or aren’t yet functioning. A weekend survey of Businesses for Responsible Tax Reform’s small business network found that most respondents tried to apply for a Paycheck Protection Program loan Friday, the day the program went live. But the majority were not able to submit an application because lenders were waiting for further program guidance from the federal government and were unprepared. About one-fifth, or 21% of the more than 500 respondents, said they can wait only a week for loans to arrive before their business fails. A full 75% said they can wait for a month or less before their business fails. Grant Geiger, founder of EIR Healthcare in Center City, applied for a PPP loan on Friday with Wells Fargo. “We have a local banker, he was open to communication,” he said. “But he had no idea what to do with our application. I don’t really blame Wells, they’ve tried their best.” EIR submitted an indication of interest for the roughly $100,000 loan to cover payroll, but not a formal application yet. EIR’s revenues were on track for $6 million this year, and it has seven employees in Philadelphia. “They said they’d get back to us in a few days,” Geiger said. ©2020 The Philadelphia Inquirer Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

• APRIL 10, 2020 • Midlands Business Journal

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MARY E. VANDENACK, Attorney VANDENACK WEAVER LLC 17007 Marcy Street, Suite 3 Omaha, Nebraska 68118 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF KJK PROPERTIES LLC Notice is hereby given that KJK PROPERTIES LLC has been organized as a limited liability company under the Nebraska Uniform Limited Liability Company Act. The address of the initial designated office of the company is 101 S. 14th St., Ft. Calhoun, NE 68023. The agent for service of process for the Company is Amanda Rossman located at 1143 S Hwy 30, Blair, NE 68008. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 TIMOTHY J. BUCKLEY, Attorney GOVIER, KATSKEE, SUING & MAXELL, PC, LLO 10404 Essex Court, Suite 100 Omaha, Nebraska 68114 LEGAL NOTICE In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska. PR20-400 Estate of Stephen F. Shudak, Deceased Notice is hereby given that on March 18th, 2020, in the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, the Registrar issued a written statement of Informal Probate of the Will of said Decedent and that Christine M. Shudak, whose address is 4419 N. 154th Street, Omaha, NE 68116 was informally appointed by the Registrar as Personal Representative of the Estate. Creditors of this estate must file their claims with this Court, located at Courtroom No. 30, Third Floor, Probate Division, Douglas County Hall of Justice, 17th & Farnam Streets, Omaha, NE 68183, on or before May 27th, 2020 or be forever barred. CARROL L. MILLS Registrar First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION of a Limited Liability Company Notice is hereby given the registration with the Nebraska Secretary of state’s office of JECE HP Construction, LLC under the laws of the State of Nebraska as follows: The name of the company is JECE HP Construction, LLC. Registered agent and office of JECE HP Construction, LLC is Emilio Hernandez at 2506 Adams Street, Omaha, NE 68107. The designated address is 2506 Adams Street, Omaha, NE 68107 . Initial members: Emilio Hernandez. General nature of the business is to transact any and all lawful business for which limited liability companies are allowed by statute. The LLC was organized on March 2020 for the perpetual duration and is managed by its members. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 HOWARD KASLOW, Attorney ABRAHAMS KASLOW & CASSMAN LLP 8712 West Dodge Road, Suite 300 Omaha, Nebraska 68114 NOTICE OF INCORPORATION Kleinberg Holdings, Inc. has been incorporated under the Nebraska Model Business Corporation Act. The street address of the corporation's initial registered office is 8712 West Dodge Road, Suite 300, Omaha, Nebraska 68114, and the name of the initial registered agent of the corporation at that office is Howard J. Kaslow. The corporation is authorized to issue 5,000 shares of Common Stock. The name and street address of the sole incorporator of the corporation are Hershel A. Kleinberg, 8420 West Dodge Road, Suite 510, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION of a Limited Liability Company Notice is hereby given the registration with the Nebraska Secretary of state’s office of Mateo Landscaping, LLC under the laws of the State of Nebraska as follows: The name of the company is Mateo Landscaping, LLC. Registered agent and office of Mateo Landscaping, LLC is Mateo Diego Matias at 2506 S 35th Avenue, Omaha, NE 68105. The designated address is 2506 S 35th Avenue, Omaha, NE 68105. Initial members: Mateo Diego Matias. General nature of the business is to transact any and all lawful business for which limited liability companies are allowed by statute. The LLC was organized on March 2020 for the perpetual duration and is managed by its members. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020

WHITMORE LAW OFFICE LLC 7602 Pacific Street, Suite 200 Omaha, Nebraska 68114 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION Notice is hereby given that thriftshoppin.com, L.L.C. (the “Company”) has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The designated office of the Company is 8534 L Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68127. The registered agent of the Company is Patrick Kinchler, 14736 Grover Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68144. The Company was formed on January 31, 2020. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 BENJAMIN J. PICK, Attorney PANSING HOGAN ERNST & BACHMAN LLP 10250 Regency Circle, Suite 300 Omaha, Nebraska 68114-3728 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF MATLOCK INVESTMENTS, LLC Notice is hereby given of the organization of Matlock Investments, LLC. 1. The name of the limited liability company is Matlock Investments, LLC. 2. The street and mailing address of the initial designated office is 10250 Regency Circle, Suite 300, Omaha, Nebraska 68114, and the name and street address of the initial agent for service of process is Benjamin J. Pick, 10250 Regency Circle, Suite 300, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 BENJAMIN J. PICK, Attorney PANSING HOGAN ERNST & BACHMAN LLP 10250 Regency Circle, Suite 300 Omaha, Nebraska 68114-3728 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF CORDES PARTNERS, LLC Notice is hereby given of the organization of Cordes Partners, LLC. 1. The name of the limited liability company is Cordes Partners, LLC. 2. The street and mailing address of the initial designated office is 10250 Regency Cr. Suite 300 Omaha, Nebraska 68114, and the name and street address of the initial agent for service of process is Benjamin J. Pick, 10250 Regency Circle, Suite 300, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 RUSSELL J. KREIKEMEIER, Attorney KREIKEMEIER LAW OFFICES 126 East Grove Street West Point, Nebraska 68788 NOTICE OF INCORPORATION Notice is hereby given of the incorporation of Shoup, Inc., with its registered office address at 222 South 15th Street, Suite 316, Omaha, Nebraska 68012 and the registered agent at such address is Joseph P. Naatz. The principal office location of the Corporation is at 2222 North Main Street, #3104, Elkhorn, Nebraska 68022. The purpose or purposes for which this corporation is formed is to own, conduct, operate, maintain and carry on the business of a retail lounge and to prepare and serve alcoholic beverages including beer, wine, liquor, cocktails, and other beverages, and to conduct all things incidental to and necessary to said activities and all related matters, including by not specifically limited to, sales and promotions thereof and including the transaction of all or any lawful business or engagement in any commercial venture permitted by the Nebraska Model Business Corporation Act, as amended, and all other applicable law. The initial authorized number of shares of the corporation is 10,000 and such shares shall be issued at such time and under such conditions as the Board of Directors may determine. The Corporation commenced doing business on January 24, 2020, and shall have perpetual existence. The affairs of the Corporation shall be conducted by a Board of Directors and such officers as may be provided in the bylaws of the Corporation. The incorporator is Brian Shoup, 2222 North Main Street, #3104, Elkhorn, Nebraska 68022. DATED the 29th day of January, 2020. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 CAMERON M. RIECKE, Attorney LAMSON, DUGAN and MURRAY, LLP 10306 Regency Parkway Drive Omaha, Nebraska 68114-3743 NOTICE OF INCORPORATION OF PJMD58, P.C. Notice is hereby given that a professional corporation has been formed under the laws of the State of Nebraska, and that the name of the corporation is PJMD58, P.C. The corporation is authorized to issue 1,000 shares of common stock. The street address of the corporation is 1301 North 190th Street, Elkhorn, NE 68022. The name and street address of the corporation’s initial registered agent and office is LDM Business Services, Inc., 10306 Regency Parkway Drive, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. The name and address of the incorporator is Dr. Paul Joseph Schenarts, MD, 1301 North 190th Street, Elkhorn, NE 68022. Dr. Paul Joseph Schenarts, MD, Incorporator First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP, Attorneys 13330 California Street, Suite 200 Omaha, NE 68154 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF ASHTON BUILDING MASTER TENANT, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Ashton Building Master Tenant, LLC has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska on March 12, 2020 (the “Company”). The Company has designated its registered agent as Kendra J. Ringenberg, with registered office at Ringenberg & Rattner Law, LLC, 14301 FNB Parkway, Suite 204, Omaha, NE 68154. The Company’s initial designated office is at 1536 Cuming Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68102. The Company shall be governed by its managing member. The general nature of business is any lawful purpose. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020

AMANDA M. BARRON, Attorney P.O. Box 597 Fremont, Nebraska 68026 LEGAL NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT(s), FRANKLIN L SUTTON You are hereby notified that Credit Bureau Services, Inc., a corporation, filed its complaint in the County Court of DOUGLAS County, Nebraska on 11/12/2019 on Case Number CI19-25569, the object and prayer of which is to recover the sum of $720.80, plus interest, attorney fees and court costs. You are required to answer the complaint of the Plaintiff on or before 05/17/2020 or the allegations in said complaint will be taken as true and judgment entered accordingly. CREDIT BUREAU SERVICES, INC., A CORPORATION First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 ERICKSON l SEDERSTROM, P.C., Attorneys 10330 Regency Parkway Drive, Suite 100 Omaha, Nebraska 68114 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF IMAGINE ENVELOPES, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Imagine Envelopes, LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company (the “Company”), has been duly organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska, with its designated office located at 16317 Hascall Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68130 and designating its registered agent as Erickson & Sederstrom, P.C. a limited liability company with its registered office at 10330 Regency Parkway Drive, Suite 100, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 ERICKSON l SEDERSTROM, P.C., Attorneys 10330 Regency Parkway Drive, Suite 100 Omaha, Nebraska 68114 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF IMAGINE DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Imagine Document Solutions, LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company (the “Company”), has been duly organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska, with its designated office located at 16317 Hascall Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68130 and designating its registered agent as Erickson & Sederstrom, P.C. a limited liability organization with its registered office at 10330 Regency Parkway Drive, Suite 100, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 ERICKSON l SEDERSTROM, P.C., Attorneys 10330 Regency Parkway Drive, Suite 100 Omaha, Nebraska 68114 N OTI C E OF OR GA N I ZATI ON A N D A MEN D MEN T TO CERTIFICATE OF ORGANIZATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that C&C Properties, LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company (the “Company”), was duly organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska, with its designated office located at 10330 Regency Parkway Drive, Suite 100, Omaha, Nebraska 68114 and designating its registered agent as Erickson & Sederstrom, P.C. a limited liability organization with its registered office at 10330 Regency Parkway Drive, Suite 100, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. On March 23, 2020, the Certificate of Organization was amended to change the name of the Company from C&C Properties, LLC to 303 Fulton Investment, LLC. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 KOLEY JESSEN P.C., L.L.O., Attorneys 1125 South 103rd Street, Suite 800, One Pacific Place Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1079 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF LIND THOMAS CREATIVE, LLC The name of the Company is Lind Thomas Creative, LLC. The Designated Office of the Company is: 3124 South 134th Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68144. The Registered Agent and Office of the Company is: Koley Jessen P.C., L.L.O., 1125 South 103rd Street, Suite 800, Omaha, Nebraska 68124. This limited liability company commenced business on March 25, 2020. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 KOLEY JESSEN P.C., L.L.O., Attorneys 1125 South 103rd Street, Suite 800, One Pacific Place Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1079 NOTICE OF MERGER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Articles of Merger of The 3500 Corporation, a Nebraska corporation, with and into 3500 Family LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company, were filed with the Nebraska Secretary of State on March 27, 2020, in accordance with the Nebraska Uniform Limited Liability Company Act. The merger was effective as of March 31, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. The surviving entity in the merger was 3500 Family LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 SMITH SLUSKY POHREN & ROGERS LLP 8712 West Dodge Road, Suite 400 Omaha, Nebraska 68114 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF IOWA AGRI INVESTMENTS, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 4, 2019, IOWA AGRI INVESTMENTS, LLC was organized as a limited liability company under the Model Business Corporation Act of Nebraska, with a designated office at 11213 Davenport Street, Suite 116, Omaha, Nebraska 68154. The Company’s initial agent for service of process is National Registered Agents, Inc., 400 E. Court Ave., Des Moines, Iowa 50309. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020

Midlands Business Journal • APRIL 10, 2020 • LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF PUBLICATION TO: JAYDEN HARGAN AKA JAYDEN DOUGHERTY You are hereby notified that on 10/17/19, the Plaintiff Credit Management Services, Inc., filed a Complaint in the COUNTY Court of DOUGLAS County, Nebraska, against you shown as Case Number CI19 22946. The object and prayer of which is a judgment in the amount of 250.00, plus court costs, pre-judgment interest and attorney fees, if applicable. The Complaint prays that judgment be entered against you. You are hereby notified that you must answer the Complaint on or before 05/10/20 at the COUNTY court of DOUGLAS County, OMAHA Nebraska. Steven J Morrison #24708 P.O. Box 1512 Grand Island, NE 68802 (308)398-3801 Attorney for Plaintiff First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION TO: LAKEDA DUNNING AKA LAKEDA SANDERS You are hereby notified that on 10/17/19, the Plaintiff Credit Management Services, Inc., filed a Complaint in the COUNTY Court of DOUGLAS County, Nebraska, against you shown as Case Number CI19 22926. The object and prayer of which is a judgment in the amount of 451.50, plus court costs, pre-judgment interest and attorney fees, if applicable. The Complaint prays that judgment be entered against you. You are hereby notified that you must answer the Complaint on or before 05/10/20 at the COUNTY court of DOUGLAS County, OMAHA Nebraska. Steven J Morrison #24708 P.O. Box 1512 Grand Island, NE 68802 (308)398-3801 Attorney for Plaintiff First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 THOMAS H. PENKE, Attorney 12020 Shamrock Plaza, Suite 200 Omaha, Nebraska 68154 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION Notice is hereby given that WAIIC Properties, LLC, has organized pursuant to R.R.S. Section 21-101 et seq. The registered office is 12020 Shamrock Plaza, Suite 200, Omaha, Nebraska 68154 and the registered agent is Thomas H. Penke. The designated office is 13510 Giles Road, Omaha, Nebraska 68138. The nature of the business to be transacted is any lawful business. The business will commence on December 1, 2019, and is perpetual. The affairs of the company are to be conducted by the President, Secretary and Treasurer. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 NOTICE OF INCORPORATION OF FARMERS AGENTS CHARITIES OF OMAHA INC Notice is hereby given that Farmers Agents Charities of Omaha Inc, a Nebraska non-profit corporation, is organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska, with its registered office at 19326 Spencer St, Elkhorn, Nebraska 68022. Eric Petersen is the registered agent. The Corporation is a public benefit corporation, which is organized exclusively for charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 509(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1988. The Company commenced its existence on January 8, 2020, and its duration is perpetual. The corporation will not have members. Its affairs are to be conducted by the Board of Directors who shall appoint officers including a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. Jennifer R. Petersen, Incorporator, 19326 Spencer St, Elkhorn, Nebraska 68022 First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020

AMANDA M. BARRON, Attorney P.O. Box 597 Fremont, Nebraska 68026 LEGAL NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT(s), KOFFI D ABOKI You are hereby notified that Credit Bureau Services, Inc., a corporation, filed its complaint in the County Court of DOUGLAS County, Nebraska on 12/22/2019 on Case Number CI19-28254, the object and prayer of which is to recover the sum of $435.00, plus interest, attorney fees and court costs. You are required to answer the complaint of the Plaintiff on or before 05/17/2020 or the allegations in said complaint will be taken as true and judgment entered accordingly. CREDIT BUREAU SERVICES, INC., A CORPORATION First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 ROBERT L. FREEMAN, ATTORNEY FRASER STRYKER P.C. L.L.O. 500 Energy Plaza, 409 South 17th Street Omaha, NE 68102-2663 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF VILLAGE POINTE MED, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Village Pointe Med, LLC (the “Company”) has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska on November 20, 2019. The Designated Office Address of the Company is 500 Energy Plaza, 409 South 17th Street, Omaha, NE 68102-2663. The Registered Agent of the Company is Robert L. Freeman 500 Energy Plaza, 409 South 17th Street, Omaha, NE 68102-2663 First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 ROBERT J. KMIECIK, Attorney STINSON LLP 1299 Farnam Street, Suite 1500 Omaha, Nebraska 68102-1818 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF Milan Laser New York, LLC Notice is hereby given that a Nebraska limited liability company named Milan Laser New York, LLC (the “Company”) was formed under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The street and mailing address of the initial designated office of the Company is 17645 Wright Street, Ste. 300, Omaha, Nebraska 68130 and the Company’s initial agent for service of process at such address is Capitol Corporate Services, Inc., Suite 800, 1125 S. 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 PHILLIP A. BELIN, Attorney BELIN LAW FIRM, P.C., L.L.O. 12341 Westover Road Omaha, Nebraska 68154 NOTICE OF INCORPORATION Notice is hereby given that TAP Church, Inc. has been organized as a non-profit corporation in the state of Nebraska. The address of the registered office of the corporation is 1305 South 95th Street, Omaha, NE 68124. The agent at such office is Jonathan C. Cook. The corporation is a religious corporation and has no members. The corporation commenced on December 10, 2019, and shall have perpetual duration. The affairs of the corporation are to be conducted by its board of directors. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 KOLEY JESSEN P.C., L.L.O., Attorneys 1125 South 103rd Street, Suite 800, One Pacific Place Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1079 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF 3500 FAMILY LLC The name of the Company is 3500 Family LLC. The Designated Office of the Company is: 1120 South 101st Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124. The Registered Agent and Office of the Company is: Clarence L. Landen, III, 1120 South 101st Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124. This limited liability company commenced business on March 19, 2020. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020

CAMERON M. RIECKE, Attorney LAMSON, DUGAN and MURRAY, LLP 10306 Regency Parkway Drive Omaha, Nebraska 68114-3743 NOTICE OF THE ORGANIZATION OF A&E HAWLEY, LLC Notice is hereby given of the formation of a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Nebraska, and that the name of the limited liability company is A&E HAWLEY, LLC. The address of the initial designated office is 733 Road, Brock, NE 68320. The name and address of the registered agent and office is LDM Business Services, Inc, 10306 Regency Parkway Drive, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. The general nature of the business is any or all lawful business. The company commenced existence on February 19th, 2020 and shall have a perpetual duration. The affairs of the company shall be conducted by the Members, as prescribed by the Operating Agreement. LDM Business Services, Inc., Organizer First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020

GNUSE & GREEN LAW OFFICES, P.C., Attorneys 11311 Chicago Circle Omaha, Nebraska 68154 NOTICE OF INCORPORATION OF I LOVE PAD THAI, INC. Notice is hereby given of incorporation of I LOVE PAD THAI, INC. under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The number of shares that the corporation is authorized to issue is up to 10,000 shares of voting common stock. The name and address of the incorporator and the initial registered agent is Rodney G. Gnuse, 11311 Chicago Circle, Omaha, Nebraska, 68154. The Corporation shall engage in any lawful business for which a corporation may be formed under the Nebraska Model Business Corporation Act. Perpetual existence commenced December 20, 2019, when articles were filed with the Secretary of State. Affairs are to be conducted by the Board of Directors and Officers authorized by the Bylaws and the Board. Rodney G. Gnuse, Incorporator First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020

MARY E. VANDENACK, Attorney VANDENACK WEAVER LLC 17007 Marcy Street, Suite 3 Omaha, Nebraska 68118 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF J&C SIMMENTALS LLC Notice is hereby given that J&C SIMMENTALS LLC has been organized as a limited liability company under the Nebraska Uniform Limited Liability Company Act. The address of the initial designated office of the company is 17007 Marcy Street, Suite 3, Omaha, NE 68118. The agent for service of process for the Company is VW Agents LLC located at 17007 Marcy Street, Suite 3, Omaha, NE 68118. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020

MARY E. VANDENACK, Attorney VANDENACK WEAVER LLC 17007 Marcy Street, Suite 3 Omaha, Nebraska 68118 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF AJ CRUZ CREATIVES, LLC Notice is hereby given that AJ CRUZ CREATIVES, LLC has been organized as a limited liability company under the Nebraska Uniform Limited Liability Company Act. The address of the initial designated office of the company is 17007 Marcy Street, Suite 3, Omaha, NE 68118. The agent for service of process for the Company is VW Agents LLC located at 17007 Marcy Street, Suite 3, Omaha, NE 68118. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020

RUSSELL J. KREIKEMEIER, Attorney KREIKEMEIER LAW OFFICES 126 East Grove Street West Point, Nebraska 68788 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION Notice is hereby given of the organization of Stavas Medical Imaging, LLC, with its registered office address at 126 East Grove, West Point, Nebraska 68788 and the registered agent at such address is Russell J. Kreikemeier. The designated office location of the Company is 662 North 63rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68138. The purpose or purposes for which this Company is formed is to specialize in diagnosing injuries and diseases using medical imaging procedures such as X-Ray, Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine, Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and ultrasound; from body imaging to diagnostic radiology, mammography, to molecular medicine/imaging, interventional radiology procedures and medical consulting. The Company will conduct any other matter(s) including the transaction of all or any lawful business or engagement in any commercial venture permitted by the Nebraska Limited Liability Company Act, as amended, and all other applicable law. The initial capital of the Company has been contributed and evidence of membership in the Company will be issued by the Management Board. The Company commenced doing business on November 6, 2019, and shall have perpetual existence. The affairs of the Company shall be conducted by a Management Board and such other Officers and Managers as may be provided for in the Operating Agreement of the Company. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 NICK R. TAYLOR, Attorney FITZGERALD, SCHORR, BARMETTLER & BRENNAN, P.C., L.L.O. 10050 Regency Circle, 200 Regency One Omaha, Nebraska 68114-3794 LEGAL NOTICE In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska. PR20-425 Estate of Kathleen W. Smith, Deceased Notice is hereby given that on March 23rd, 2020, in the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, the Registrar issued a written statement of Informal Probate of the Will of said Decedent and that Christine M. Shudak, whose address is 4419 N. 154th Street, Omaha, NE 68116 was informally appointed by the Registrar as Personal Representative of the Estate. Creditors of this estate must file their claims with this Court, located at Courtroom No. 30, Third Floor, Probate Division, Douglas County Hall of Justice, 17th & Farnam Streets, Omaha, NE 68183, on or before May 27th, 2020 or be forever barred. CARROL L. MILLS Registrar First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP, Attorneys 13330 California Street, Suite 200 Omaha, Nebraska 68154 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF GOOSE ISLAND LANDOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Goose Island Landowners Association, Inc. has been organized as a nonprofit public benefit corporation under the laws of the State of Nebraska on February 7, 2020 (the “Company”). The Company has designated its registered agent as CSC-Lawyers Incorporating Service Company, with registered office at 233 South 13th Street, Suite 1900, Lincoln, NE 68508. The incorporator is Colleen Tieman with address at Husch Blackwell LLP, 13330 California Street, Suite 200, Omaha, NE 68154. The Company will have members. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 ERICKSON l SEDERSTROM, P.C., Attorneys 10330 Regency Parkway Drive, Suite 100 Omaha, Nebraska 68114 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF DEEZY, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Deezy, LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company (the “Company”), has been duly organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska, with its designated office located at 614 S. 123rd Street, Omaha, NE 68154, and designating its registered agent as Dale T. Eesley with its registered office at 614 S. 123rd Street, Omaha, NE 68154. The Company was organized for the purpose of engaging in the transaction of any lawful business and the performance of any lawful activities that a limited liability company may engage in under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The Company shall have perpetual existence unless dissolved in accordance with its Certificate of Organization, its Operating Agreement or the Limited Liability Company Act. Unless otherwise provided in the Company’s Operating Agreement, the affairs of the Company are to be managed by its (members) (managing member). First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 ROBERT J. KMIECIK, Attorney STINSON LLP 1299 Farnam Street, Suite 1500 Omaha, Nebraska 68102-1818 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF Milan Laser Non-PC Management, LLC Notice is hereby given that a Nebraska limited liability company named Milan Laser Non PC Management, LLC (the “Company”) was formed under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The street and mailing address of the initial designated office of the Company is 17645 Wright Street, Ste. 300, Omaha, Nebraska 68130 and the Company’s initial agent for service of process at such address is Capitol Corporate Services, Inc., Suite 800, 1125 S. 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020

• APRIL 10, 2020 • Midlands Business Journal

LEGAL NOTICES ROBERT J. KMIECIK, Attorney STINSON LLP 1299 Farnam Street, Suite 1500 Omaha, Nebraska 68102-1818 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF Milan Laser PC Management, LLC Notice is hereby given that a Nebraska limited liability company named Milan Laser PC Management, LLC (the “Company”) was formed under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The street and mailing address of the initial designated office of the Company is 17645 Wright Street, Ste. 300, Omaha, Nebraska 68130 and the Company’s initial agent for service of process at such address is Capitol Corporate Services, Inc., Suite 800, 1125 S. 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 NOTICE OF INCORPORATION AMENDMENT Notice is hereby given that Citylight Benson Church of The MidAmerica District of The Christian and Missionary Alliance, has amended its legal name to Citylight Benson Church of The Christian and Missionary Alliance. It is a Nebraska Non-Profit Religious Corporation and has been organized under the Laws of the State of Nebraska. The name change was effective February 25, 2020. The registered agent and office: Tyler Zach, 5612 Corby St, Omaha, NE, 68104, is the sole incorporator of the corporation. The corporation has members. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Kobi, LLC (“the Company”) has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The Designated Office Address of the Company is 8817 Weir Street Omaha, Nebraska 68127. The Registered Agent of the Company is Michael D. Young at 8817 Weir Street Omaha, Nebraska 68127. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION for deMayo Web Development LLC Notice is hereby given that deMayo Web Development LLC has been organized under Nebraska state laws as a Limited Liability Company. The company's designated address is 3135 Armbrust Drive, Omaha, Nebrakska, 68124-2724, and is managed by Augustin Reagan deMayo. The registered agent for the company is Registered Agents Inc, 530 S. 13th St., STE 100, Lincoln, Nebraska, 68508. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 KOLEY JESSEN P.C., L.L.O., Attorneys 1125 South 103rd Street, Suite 800, One Pacific Place Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1079 NOTICE OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF OMAHA ELECTRIC SERVICE, INC. Notice is hereby given that the Articles of Incorporation of Omaha Electric Service, Inc. have been amended and restated in their entirety as follow: Article 1 states the name of the Corporation as Omaha Electric Service, Inc. Article 2 states the purpose. Article 3 states the number of shares the Corporation is authorized to issue as as 1,000 shares of common stock having a par value of $10.00 per share. Article 4 states the Registered Office of the Corporation as 8506 Madison Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68127, and the Registered Agent as John Lepak. Article 5 states the Corporation shall have perpetual existence. Article 6 states the provisions relating to amending the Articles and Bylaws. Article 7 states the provisions relating to director liability. The Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Nebraska Secretary of State on March 17, 2020. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 KOLEY JESSEN P.C., L.L.O., Attorneys 1125 South 103rd Street, Suite 800, One Pacific Place Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1079 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF MY WAY PROPERTIES, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that My Way Properties, LLC has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The designated office of the limited liability company is 4010 Dahlman Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska 68107. The registered agent and office of the limited liability company is Koley Jessen P.C., L.L.O., 1125 South 103rd Street, Suite 800, Omaha, Nebraska 68124. The Certificate of Organization was filed with the Nebraska Secretary of State on March 19, 2020. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 HOWARD KASLOW, Attorney ABRAHAMS KASLOW & CASSMAN LLP 8712 West Dodge Road, Suite 300 Omaha, Nebraska 68114 NOTICE OF INCORPORATION KH Sub, Inc. has been incorporated under the Nebraska Model Business Corporation Act. The street address of the corporation's initial registered office is 8712 West Dodge Road, Suite 300, Omaha, Nebraska, and the name of the initial registered agent of the corporation at that office is Howard J. Kaslow. The corporation is authorized to issue 1,000 shares of Common Stock. The name and street address of the incorporator of the corporation are Hershel A. Kleinberg, 8420 West Dodge Road, Suite 510, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020

KOLEY JESSEN P.C., L.L.O., Attorneys 1125 South 103rd Street, Suite 800, One Pacific Place Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1079 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF COMMISSION FUND 6, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Commission Fund 6, LLC has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The designated office of the limited liability company is 11011 Q Street, Suite 101B, Omaha, Nebraska 68137. The registered agent and office of the limited liability company is Koley Jessen P.C., L.L.O., 1125 South 103rd Street, Suite 800, Omaha, Nebraska 68124. The limited liability company commenced business on March 27, 2020. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 KOLEY JESSEN P.C., L.L.O., Attorneys 1125 South 103rd Street, Suite 800, One Pacific Place Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1079 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF COMMISSION FUND 7, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Commission Fund 7, LLC has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The designated office of the limited liability company is 11011 Q Street, Suite 101B, Omaha, Nebraska 68137. The registered agent and office of the limited liability company is Koley Jessen P.C., L.L.O., 1125 South 103rd Street, Suite 800, Omaha, Nebraska 68124. The limited liability company commenced business on March 27, 2020. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 KOLEY JESSEN P.C., L.L.O., Attorneys 1125 South 103rd Street, Suite 800, One Pacific Place Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1079 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF COMMISSION FUND 8, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Commission Fund 8, LLC has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The designated office of the limited liability company is 11011 Q Street, Suite 101B, Omaha, Nebraska 68137. The registered agent and office of the limited liability company is Koley Jessen P.C., L.L.O., 1125 South 103rd Street, Suite 800, Omaha, Nebraska 68124. The limited liability company commenced business on March 27, 2020. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 DANA ROCHE, Attorney RINGENBERG & RATTNER LAW 14301 FNB Parkway, Suite 204 Omaha, Nebraska 68154 NOTICE OF AMENDMENT OF GOLDENROD AUGUSTA PLYMOUTH OPERATIONS, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the Certificate of Organization of Goldenrod Augusta Plymouth Operations, LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company, has been amended to change the name of the entity to GCA Plymouth Operations, LLC. The Amended Certificate of Organization was filed with the Nebraska Secretary of State on March 24, 2020. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 NOTICE OF INCORPORATION OF S-CAPE FITNESS, INC. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that S-CAPE FITNESS, INC., is incorporated under the laws of the State of Nebraska, with a registered office at 5052 North 155th Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska 68116. The registered agent is JON AGENOR. The general nature of the business is to operate a general gym business, to own, operate and perform services of every kind and nature whatsoever, which are not inconsistent with law, which are necessary, suitable, proper, convenient or expedient to the operation of a general gym business. The authorized capital stock is $10,000.00, consisting of 10,000 shares of stock having a par value of $1.00 each, which stock shall be paid for wholly or partly by cash, by labor, by personal property and by real property. The corporation became a corporate body on February 18, 2020, and shall have perpetual existence. The affairs of the corporation are to be conducted by a Board of Directors, the number of directors to be provided in the By-Laws, and the officers shall be a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, and such other officers as shall be designated in the By-Laws. ANTHONY L. GROSS, Incorporator CATHERINE L. WHITE, Incorporator 3018 South 87th Street, Omaha, NE 68124 First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 BARBARA MEDBERY-PRCHAL, P.C., L.L.O., Attorney 10305 Joseph Circle La Vista, Nebraska 68128 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF EK Marketing, LLC Notice is hereby given that a limited liability company has been formed under the laws of the State of Nebraska, and that the name of the company is EK Marketing, LLC The name and street address of the company’s initial registered agent is Law Offices of Barbara Medbery-Prchal, P.C., L.L.O., 10305 Joseph Circle, La Vista, NE 68128. The designated office is located at 21871 Marinda Street, Elkhorn, NE 68022. Dave Ekdahl, Member First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 WHITMORE LAW OFFICE LLC 7602 Pacific Street, Suite 200 Omaha, Nebraska 68114 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION Notice is hereby given that Semper Roofing, L.L.C. (the “Company”) has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The designated office of the Company is 10043 Scott Circle, Suite 101, Omaha, Nebraska 68122. The registered agent of the Company is Drew Vamosi, 7370 N. 122nd Avenue Circle, Omaha, Nebraska 68142. The Company was formed on March 30, 2020. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020

HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP, Attorneys 13330 California Street, Suite 200 Omaha, Nebraska 68154 NOTICE OF INCORPORATION OF CITYLIGHT MOSAIC CHURCH NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Citylight Mosaic Church has been incorporated as a nonprofit religious corporation under the laws of the State of Nebraska on March 16, 2020 (the “Company”). The Company has designated its registered agent as Alejandro Duran, with registered office at 3401 Oak View Drive, Omaha, NE 68144. The incorporator is Alejandro Duran with address at 3401 Oak View Drive, Omaha, NE 68144. The Company will have members. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP, Attorneys 13330 California Street, Suite 200 Omaha, Nebraska 68154 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF ASHTON BUILDING MT MANAGER, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Ashton Building MT Manager, LLC has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska on March 12, 2020 (the “Company”). The Company has designated its registered agent as Kendra J. Ringenberg, with registered office at Ringenberg & Rattner Law, LLC, 14301 FNB Parkway, Suite 204, Omaha, NE 68154. The Company’s initial designated office is at 1536 Cuming Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68102. The Company shall be governed by one or more managers. The general nature of business is any lawful purpose. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP, Attorneys 13330 California Street, Suite 200 Omaha, Nebraska 68154 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF OCERG, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Ocerg, LLC has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska on March 20, 2020 (the “Company”). The Company has designated its registered agent as Joseph Greco, with registered office at 6123 Poppleton Avenue, Omaha, NE 68106. The Company’s initial designated office is at 6123 Poppleton Avenue, Omaha, NE 68106. The Company shall be governed by one or more managers. The general nature of business is any lawful purpose. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP, Attorneys 13330 California Street, Suite 200 Omaha, Nebraska 68154 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF VG DESIGNS, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that VG DESIGNS, LLC has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska on March 20, 2020 (the “Company”). The Company has designated its registered agent as Ryan Bunkowski, with registered office at 1220 N. 87th Street, Omaha, NE 68114. The Company’s initial designated office is at 1220 N. 87th Street, Omaha, NE 68114. The Company shall be governed by one or more managers. The general nature of business is any lawful purpose. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 MATTHEW T. PAYNE, Attorney PANSING HOGAN ERNST & BACHMAN LLP 10250 Regency Circle, Suite 300 Omaha, Nebraska 68114-3728 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF FSS SOLUTIONS, LLC Notice is hereby given of the organization of FSS Solutions, LLC: 1. The name of the limited liability company is FSS Solutions, LLC; and 2. The street and mailing address of the initial designated office is 12020 Shamrock Plaza, Suite 200, Omaha, Nebraska 68154, and the name and street address of the initial agent for service of process is Evan Meester, 12020 Shamrock Plaza, Suite 200, Omaha, Nebraska 68154. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 HALEY REAL ESTATE GROUP, LLC 10703 J Street, Suite 101 Omaha, NE 68127 NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF HRICJT, INC. Notice is hereby given that HRICJT, Inc. (the “Corporation”) was dissolved effective as of March 24, 2020 (the “Dissolution”). The terms and conditions of the Dissolution are that all outstanding liabilities have been paid or otherwise adequately provided for, and the assets of the Corporation have been distributed to the persons and/or entities entitled thereto, leaving no liabilities or assets in the Corporation. The person who is to wind up and liquidate the business and affairs of the Corporation is Carl J. Troia, Jr., Secretary of the Corporation. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 TIEDEMAN, LYNCH, KAMPFE, McVAY & RESPELIERS, Attorneys 6910 Pacific Street, Suite 300 Omaha, Nebraska 68106-1045 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION Notice is hereby given that JTV FAMILY PROPERTIES, LLC, has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska with its designated office at 6910 Pacific Street, Suite 300, Omaha, Nebraska 68106. The initial registered agent is John S. Kampfe, and the registered agent’s address is 6910 Pacific Street, Suite 300, Omaha, Nebraska 68106. The general nature of the business is to engage in any lawful business for which a limited liability company may be organized. The limited liability company was formed on December 12, 2019, and shall have perpetual existence. The affairs of the company shall be conducted by its Members. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020

Midlands Business Journal • APRIL 10, 2020 • LEGAL NOTICES BENJAMIN J. PICK, Attorney PANSING HOGAN ERNST & BACHMAN LLP 10250 Regency Circle, Suite 300 Omaha, Nebraska 68114-3728 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF B3 Capital, LLC Notice is hereby given of the organization of B3 Capital, LLC. 1. The name of the limited liability company is B3 Capital, LLC. 2. The street and mailing address of the initial designated office is 10250 Regency Cr. Suite 300 Omaha, Nebraska 68114, and the name and street address of the initial agent for service of process is Benjamin J. Pick, 10250 Regency Circle, Suite 300, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 DENNIS P. LEE, Attorney LEE LAW OFFICE 2433 South 130th Circle, Suite 300 P.O. Box 45947 Omaha, Nebraska 68145 NOTICE OF SUIT TO: MIGUEL A. NAVARRETE-ARCHULETA, 3819 Terrace Dr, Omaha NE 68134, you are hereby notified that on January 23, 2020, American Family Mutual Ins. Co. filed a suit against you in the Douglas County Court at docket CI20-1649, the object in prayer of which was to secure a judgment against you in the amount of $15,168.06, together with court costs, interest and attorney's fees as allowed by law. Unless you file your Answer with the Douglas County Court on or before the 25th day of May, 2020, the Petition against you will be considered as true and judgment will be entered against you accordingly. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 24, 2020 DVORAK LAW GROUP LLC 9500 West Dodge Road, Suite 100 Omaha, Nebraska 68114 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF RHK PROPERTIES, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that RHK Properties, LLC (the “Company”) has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The Designated Office Address of the Company is 21874 Martha St., Omaha, NE 68022. The Registered Agent of the Company is DDLG Business Services, Inc., 9500 West Dodge Road, Suite 100, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 DVORAK LAW GROUP LLC 9500 West Dodge Road, Suite 100 Omaha, Nebraska 68114 N O T I C E O F O R G A N I Z AT I O N O F S T R A I G H T L I N E DEVELOPMENT, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Straightline Development, LLC (the “Company”) has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The Designated Office Address of the Company is 16255 Woodland Drive, Omaha, Nebraska 68136. The Registered Agent of the Company is DDLG Business Services, Inc., 9500 West Dodge Road, Suite 100, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 DVORAK LAW GROUP LLC 9500 West Dodge Road, Suite 100 Omaha, Nebraska 68114 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF PLATFORM LIFE OUTDOORS, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Platform Life Outdoors, LLC (the “Company”) has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The Designated Office Address of the Company is 185 South 3rd Street, Springfield, NE 68059. The Registered Agent of the Company is DDLG Business Services, Inc., 9500 West Dodge Road, Suite 100, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 DVORAK LAW GROUP LLC 9500 West Dodge Road, Suite 100 Omaha, Nebraska 68114 NOTICE OF ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF D&M ROOFING AND SIDING, INC. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of D&M Roofing and Siding, Inc., a Nebraska corporation, have been amended and were duly filed with the Nebraska Secretary of State on March 27, 2020. Included in the Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation is a name change from DNDM Roofing, Inc. to D&M Roofing and Siding, Inc. and does not affect, exchange, reclassify or cancel any issued shares of the corporation. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 KOLEY JESSEN P.C., L.L.O., Attorneys 1125 South 103rd Street, Suite 800, One Pacific Place Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1079 NOTICE OF AMENDMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Certificate of Organization of DogWatch, LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company, has been amended as follows: the limited liability company has changed its name to JBS Hidden Fence, LLC. The Amended Certificate of Organization was filed with the Nebraska Secretary of State on March 17, 2020. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020

MATTHEW WURSTNER, Attorney CARLSON & BURNETT, LLP 17525 Arbor Street Omaha, NE 68130 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF JESPOPHOLDINGS, LLC Notice is hereby given that JESPOPHOLDINGS, LLC is organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The Company’s initial registered agent is Matthew Wurstner, whose address is 17525 Arbor Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68130. The address of its registered office is 17525 Arbor Street, Omaha, NE 68130. The purpose of the Company is to engage in any lawful business and such activity, as may be mutually agreed upon by the Members from time to time, and which is not prohibited by the Nebraska Limited Liability Company Act. The Company commenced on March 26, 2020, and will have a perpetual period of duration. The Company is to be managed by its initial Members of the Company who are Jesse Kruse, 12025 N. 225th Street, Valley, NE 68064, Gary Kruse, 21402 Cedarwood Rd, Elkhorn, NE 68022, Matthew Wurstner, Organizer First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 MATTHEW WURSTNER, Attorney CARLSON & BURNETT, LLP 17525 Arbor Street Omaha, NE 68130 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF GYMHOLDINGS, LLC Notice is hereby given that GYMHOLDINGS, LLC is organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The Company’s initial registered agent is Matthew Wurstner, whose address is 17525 Arbor Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68130. The address of its registered office is 17525 Arbor Street, Omaha, NE 68130. The purpose of the Company is to engage in any lawful business and such activity, as may be mutually agreed upon by the Members from time to time, and which is not prohibited by the Nebraska Limited Liability Company Act. The Company commenced on March 26, 2020, and will have a perpetual period of duration. The Company is to be managed by its initial Members of the Company who are Jesse Kruse, 12025 N. 225th Street, Valley, NE 68064. Matthew Wurstner, Organizer First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 TIEDEMAN, LYNCH, KAMPFE, McVAY & RESPELIERS, Attorneys 6910 Pacific Street, Suite 300 Omaha, Nebraska 68106-1045 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION Notice is hereby given that H MARCHIO, LLC, has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska with its designated office at 6910 Pacific Street, Suite 300, Omaha, Nebraska 68106. The initial registered agent is John S. Kampfe, and the registered agent’s address is 6910 Pacific Street, Suite 300, Omaha, Nebraska 68106. The general nature of the business is to engage in any lawful business for which a limited liability company may be organized. The limited liability company was formed on March 26, 2020, and shall have perpetual existence. The affairs of the company shall be conducted by its Manager. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 TIMOTHY J. BUCKLEY, Attorney GOVIER, KATSKEE, SUING & MAXELL, PC, LLO 10404 Essex Court, Suite 100 Omaha, Nebraska 68114 LEGAL NOTICE In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska. PR20-465 Estate of Leonard C. Bausback, Deceased Notice is hereby given that on March 27th, 2020, in the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, the Registrar issued a written statement of Informal Probate of the Will of said Decedent and that Jeffrey D, Bausback, whose address is 15363 Nicholas Street, Omaha, NE 68154 was informally appointed by the Registrar as Personal Representative of the Estate. Creditors of this estate must file their claims with this Court, located at Courtroom No. 30, Third Floor, Probate Division, Douglas County Hall of Justice, 17th & Farnam Streets, Omaha, NE 68183, on or before June 3rd, 2020 or be forever barred. CARROL L. MILLS Registrar First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF BOURBON BIRD, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Bourbon Bird, LLC has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The designated office of the limited liability company is 11600 Seabiscuit Lane, Walton, Nebraska 68461. The registered agent and office of the limited liability company is Bourbon Bird, LLC, Attention: Rahul Razdan, 11600 Seabiscuit Lane, Walton, Nebraska 68461. The limited liability company commenced business on March 11, 2020. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 DVORAK LAW GROUP LLC 9500 West Dodge Road, Suite 100 Omaha, Nebraska 68114 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF SMITH & HASCALL FAMILY DENTISTRY, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Smith & Hascall Family Dentistry, LLC (the “Company”) has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The Designated Office Address of the Company is 17725 Welch Plaza, Suite B, Omaha, Nebraska 68135. The Registered Agent of the Company is DDLG Business Services, Inc., 9500 West Dodge Road, Suite 100, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. All members, managers, professional employees and agents of the Company dentistry services are licensed, certified or otherwise legally authorized to render dentistry services in this state. First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020

THOMAS H. PENKE, Attorney 12020 Shamrock Plaza, Suite 200 Omaha, Nebraska 68154 LEGAL NOTICE In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska. PR20-479 Estate of JOHN L POVONDRA, JR., Deceased Notice is hereby given that on the 21st day of March, 2020, in the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, DEREK J. O'BRIEN, whose address is 28026 Sunrise Court, Valley, Nebraska 68064, has been appointed Personal Representative of this estate. Creditors of this estate must file their claims with this Court, located at Courtroom No. 30, Third Floor, Probate Division, Douglas County Hall of Justice, 17th & Farnam Streets, Omaha, NE 68183, on or before June 3rd, 2020 or be forever barred. CARROL L. MILLS Registrar First publication April 3, 2020, final April 17, 2020 KELLOGG & PALZER, P.C. 10828 Old Mill Road, Suite 6 Omaha, Nebraska 68154-2647 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION 1. The name of the Company is MAINELLI ENTERPRISES, LLC. 2. The street address of the initial designated office is 207 N. 118th St., Omaha, NE 68154. The registered agent is James Mainelli and the Registered Agent's address is 207 N. 118th St., Omaha, NE 68154. 3. The general nature of the Company is property and construction management. 4. The Company commenced on March 18, 2020, and shall have perpetual existence. 5. The affairs of the Company are to be conducted by Members, the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and such other officers as the Members shall determine. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 KOLEY JESSEN P.C., L.L.O., Attorneys 1125 South 103rd Street, Suite 800, One Pacific Place Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1079 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF ECHOBAY LLC The name of the Company is EchoBay LLC. The Designated Office of the Company is: 9516 Capitol Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. The Registered Agent and Office of the Company is: Shirley L. Huerter, 9516 Capitol Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. This limited liability company commenced business on March 20, 2020. First publication March 27, 2020, final April 10, 2020 SEAN D. MOYLAN, Attorney MOYLAN LAW, LLC 1010 South 120th Street, Suite 320 Omaha, Nebraska 68154 NOTICE OF INCORPORATION OF MALLARD REMODELING, INC. Notice is hereby given that MALLARD REMODELING, INC., a Nebraska Corporation, is organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska, by its incorporator Kevin Clanton, whose address is 19903 Elkhorn Ridge Drive, Elkhorn, Nebraska 68022. The initial registered agent is Sean Moylan located at the initial registered office, 1010 S. 120th Street, Suite 320, Omaha, Nebraska 68154. The corporation is authorized to issue 300 shares. The purpose for which MALLARD REMODELING, INC. has been established is to engage in the remodeling business, and any and all lawful businesses for which a corporation may be organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. Perpetual existence commenced on December 4, 2019. First publication April 10, 2020, final April 24, 2020 ROBERT J. LIKES, Attorney LIKES MEYERSON HATCH LLC 444 Regency Parkway Drive, Suite 100 Omaha, Nebraska 68114 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF PATRONUS PROPERTIES LLC Notice is hereby given that PATRONUS PROPERTIES LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company (the “Company”), has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The street and mailing address of the initial designated office and registered office of the Company is 1803 North 173rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68118, and the Company’s initial agent for service of process at such address is Jeremy Warren. First publication April 10, 2020, final April 24, 2020 BENJAMIN J. PICK, Attorney PANSING HOGAN ERNST & BACHMAN LLP 10250 Regency Circle, Suite 300 Omaha, Nebraska 68114-3728 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF DPL CONSULTING, LLC Notice is hereby given of the organization of DPL Consulting, LLC. 1. The name of the limited liability company is DPL Consulting, LLC. 2. The street and mailing address of the initial designated office is 2116 N 179th St, Omaha, Nebraska 68116. 3. The name and street address of the initial agent for service of process is Benjamin J. Pick, 10250 Regency Circle, Suite 300, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. First publication April 10, 2020, final April 24, 2020 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF Charred SP LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Charred SP LLC (the “Company”) has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The Designated Office Address of the Company is 2132 S 181st Circle, Omaha, Nebraska 68130. The Registered Agent of the Company is Jason Kuhr, 2132 S 181st Circle Omaha, NE 68130. First publication April 10, 2020, final April 24, 2020

• APRIL 10, 2020 • Midlands Business Journal

LEGAL NOTICES LEGACY DESIGN STRATEGIES 9859 South 168th Avenue Omaha, NE 68136 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION TAX SMART, LLC Notice is hereby given that Tax Smart, LLC, a Nebraska Limited Liability Company, has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska, with its initial agent for service of process as Colin Kastrick, and with its initial designated office at 13710 FNB Pkwy, #105, Omaha, NE 68154. First publication April 10, 2020, final April 24, 2020 LEGACY DESIGN STRATEGIES 9859 South 168th Avenue Omaha, NE 68136 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION SMART WEALTH, LLC Notice is hereby given that Smart Wealth, LLC, a Nebraska Limited Liability Company, has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska, with its initial agent for service of process as Colin Kastrick, and with its initial designated office at 13710 FNB Pkwy, #105, Omaha, NE 68154. First publication April 10, 2020, final April 24, 2020 KOLEY JESSEN P.C., L.L.O., Attorneys 1125 South 103rd Street, Suite 800, One Pacific Place Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1079 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF ABH CONSULTING, LLC The name of the Company is ABH Consulting, LLC. The Designated Office of the Company is: 1111 Elk Ridge Drive, Elkhorn, Nebraska 68022. The Registered Agent and Office of the Company is: Koley Jessen P.C., L.L.O., 1125 South 103rd Street, Suite 800, Omaha, Nebraska 68124. This limited liability company commenced business on April 3, 2020. First publication April 10, 2020, final April 24, 2020 DVORAK LAW GROUP LLC 9500 West Dodge Road, Suite 100 Omaha, Nebraska 68114 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF CASH UNLIMITED, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Cash Unlimited, LLC (the “Company”) has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The Designated Office Address of the Company is 2929 California Plaza, Apt. 4170, Omaha, Nebraska 68131. The Registered Agent of the Company is DDLG Business Services, Inc., 9500 West Dodge Road, Suite 100, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. First publication April 10, 2020, final April 24, 2020 ERICKSON l SEDERSTROM, P.C., Attorneys 10330 Regency Parkway Drive, Suite 100 Omaha, Nebraska 68114 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF A.L.F. ROOFING, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that A.L.F. Roofing, LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company (the “Company”), has been duly organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska, with its designated office located at 5144 North 17th Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68110 and designating its registered agent as Erickson & Sederstrom, P.C. a limited liability organization with its registered office at 10330 Regency Parkway Drive, Suite 100, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. First publication April 10, 2020, final April 24, 2020 JODIE L. HAFERBIER MCGILL, Attorney MCGILL LAW, P.C., L.L.O. 1411 N. 72nd St. Omaha, Nebraska 68114 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF TREE OF HOPE THERAPY GROUP, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has formed a limited liability company under the Nebraska Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, as follows: The name of the company is Tree of Hope Therapy Group, LLC. The address of the initial designated office is 13304 West Center Road Suite #110, Nebraska 68144 and the initial registered agent is Jodie McGill, 1411 N. 72 St, Omaha, NE 68114. The company is organized to engage in and do any lawful act concerning any and all lawful business, other than banking and insurance, for which a limited liability company may be organized under the laws of Nebraska. The limited liability company commenced existence on the filing and recording of its Statement of Qualification with the Secretary of State on April 1, 2020 and shall have a perpetual period of duration from the date the Certificate was filed with the Secretary of State. Management of the Company shall be vested in its members in proportion to their contribution to the capital of the company, as adjusted from time to time, to reflect additional contributions or withdrawals by the members. First publication April 10, 2020, final April 24, 2020 NOTICE OF INCORPORATION OF DOMORE CONSULTING COMPANY. DoMore Consulting Company has been incorporated under the laws of the state of Nebraska. The Articles of Incorporation were filed on March 6, 2020. The street address of the corporation's registered office is 10341 Rockbrook Road, Omaha, Nebraska 68124 and the name of the initial registered agent at that office is James Mackiewicz. The corporation is authorized to issue 1.000,000 shares of common stock. James Mackiewicz, Incorporator, 10341 Rockbrook Road, Omaha, Nebraska 68124 First publication April 10, 2020, final May 1, 2020

CAMERON M. RIECKE, Attorney LAMSON, DUGAN and MURRAY, LLP 10306 Regency Parkway Drive Omaha, Nebraska 68114-3743 NOTICE OF THE ORGANIZATION OF COONEY HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS, LLC Notice is hereby given of the formation of a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Nebraska, and that the name of the limited liability company is Cooney Healthcare Holdings, LLC. The address of the initial designated office is 14488 Erskine Street, Omaha, NE 68116. The name and address of the registered agent and office is LDM Business Services, Inc, 10306 Regency Parkway Drive, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. The general nature of the business is any or all lawful business. The company commenced existence on April 6th, 2020 and shall have a perpetual duration. The affairs of the company shall be conducted by the Members, as prescribed by the Operating Agreement. LDM Business Services, Inc., Organizer First publication April 10, 2020, final April 24, 2020 KOLEY JESSEN P.C., L.L.O., Attorneys 1125 South 103rd Street, Suite 800, One Pacific Place Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1079 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF LINCOLN STRUCTURAL REAL ESTATE, LLC The name of the Company is Lincoln Structural Real Estate, LLC. The Designated Office of the Company is: 8930 South 137th Circle, Omaha, Nebraska 68138. The Registered Agent and Office of the Company is: Koley Jessen P.C., L.L.O., 1125 South 103rd Street, Suite 800, Omaha, Nebraska 68124. This limited liability company commenced business on March 31, 2020. First publication April 10, 2020, final April 24, 2020 DVORAK LAW GROUP LLC 9500 West Dodge Road, Suite 100 Omaha, Nebraska 68114 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF SR PROPERTIES, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that SR Properties, LLC (the “Company”) has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The Designated Office Address of the Company is 13045 Craig Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68142. The Registered Agent of the Company is DDLG Business Services, Inc., 9500 W. Dodge Road, Suite 100, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. First publication April 10, 2020, final April 24, 2020 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION TO: ASA FETHERSTON You are hereby notified that on 10/29/19, the Plaintiff Credit Management Services, Inc., filed a Complaint in the COUNTY Court of DOUGLAS County, Nebraska, against you shown as Case Number CI19 23867. The object and prayer of which is a judgment in the amount of 440.98, plus court costs, pre-judgment interest and attorney fees, if applicable. The Complaint prays that judgment be entered against you. You are hereby notified that you must answer the Complaint on or before 05/24/20 at the COUNTY court of DOUGLAS County, OMAHA Nebraska. Danielle Ihle #26177 P.O. Box 1512 Grand Island, NE 68802 (308)398-3801 Attorney for Plaintiff First publication April 10, 2020, final April 24, 2020 DENNIS P. LEE, Attorney LEE LAW OFFICE 2433 South 130th Circle, Suite 300 P.O. Box 45947 Omaha, Nebraska 68145 NOTICE OF SUIT TO: BRIAN S. LAFFERTY, PO Box 214, Williston, OH 43468, you are hereby notified that on December 19, 2019, American Family Mutual Ins. Co. filed a suit against you in the Douglas County Court at docket CI19-27700, the object in prayer of which was to secure a judgment against you in the amount of $4,546.33, together with court costs, interest and attorney's fees as allowed by law. Unless you file your Answer with the Douglas County Court on or before the 1st day of June, 2020, the Petition against you will be considered as true and judgment will be entered against you accordingly. First publication April 10, 2020, final May 1, 2020 WAYNE S. RASMUSSEN, Attorney SMITH SLUSKY POHREN & ROGERS LLP 8712 West Dodge Road, Suite 400 Omaha, Nebraska 68114 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF VT MANAGEMENT, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 14, 2020, VT Management, LLC was organized as a limited liability company under the Nebraska Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, with a designated office at 8712 West Dodge Road, Suite 400, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. the Company’s initial agent for service of process is Wayne S. Rasmussen, 8712 West Dodge Rd., Suite 400, Omaha, Nebraska 68114. First publication April 10, 2020, final April 24, 2020 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF MPR, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that MPR, LLC has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska, with its initial designated office at 16114 S Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68135. The Registered Agent of MPR, LLC is Peggy S. Hoover, 803 Matthies Drive, Papillion, NE 68046. First publication April 10, 2020, final April 24, 2020

STATE OF NEBRASKA PAROLE BOARD HEARINGS NOTICE A total of 157 cases will be heard by the Board in April, 2020. The following case(s) sentenced in Douglas County will be seen by the Board of Parole. April 14, 2020 – 8:30 a.m. Lincoln Correctional Center, Lincoln, Nebraska Davis, Michael 46039 Murder 2nd Degree, Use Firearm to Commit Felony Gonzalez, Manuel 79577 Assault 2nd Degree, Pos Cntrl Sub Except Marijuana McClanathan, Christopher 86686 Sex Offender Reg Act Violation (2 counts) Guevara-Perez, Jose 210502 Manu/Dist/Del/Disp or Poss W/I Martinez, Marlon 210705 Sexual Assault 1st Degree April 17, 2020 – 8:30 a.m. Community Correctional Center – Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska Dvarro, James 66033 Sexual Assault of Child 1st Deg Bridgeford, Brandon 74614 Theft by Receiving Stolen Prop (2 counts), Theft by Unlwfl Taking or Disp Fields-Carr, Jamal 75187 Robbery (3 counts), Use Deadly Weap to Commit Fel Leffler, Joseph 77525 Sexual Assault of Child 1st Deg Cronin, John 78309 Forgery 2nd Degree (2 counts), Manu/Dist/ Del/Disp or Poss W/I, Operate Motor Veh/Avoid Arrest, Viol of Financial Trans Device Fabian, Cody 85688 Poss Deadly Weap by Felon/Fug (2 counts), Terroristic Threats Dillard, Dewayne 89274 Poss Deadly Weap by Felon/Fug Curry, Shonda 96011 Forgery 2nd Degree (3 counts), Theft by Deception (2 counts) Arias, Jeneva 98888 Aslt Peac Ofcr/DCS Emp 3rd Dgr, Assault by a Confined Person, Robbery Brown, Abbey 99423 Escape, Forgery 2nd Degree (4 counts), Pos Cntrl Sub Except Marijuana (2 counts), Theft by Shoplifting (3 counts) Cobb, Andrew 210477 Driving While Intoxicated Fay, Jeffrey 88003 Operate Motor Veh/Avoid Arrest, Theft by Receiving Stolen Prop McWilliams, Christopher 86781 Manu/Dist/Del/Disp or Poss W/I (2 counts) April 20, 2020 – 8:30 a.m. Nebraska State Penitentiary, Lincoln, Nebraska Solorzano-Ramirez, Camilo 82320 Poss Deadly Weap by Felon/Fug Langford, Jacion 86255 Robbery (2 counts), Theft by Deception, Theft by Unlwfl Taking or Disp Holmes, Jonathan 88119 Burglary, Theft by Unlwfl Taking or Disp Harris, Larry 88848 Driving Under Revoked License, Driving While Intoxicated Dorsey, Ralph 88899 Theft by Unlwfl Taking or Disp Colchin, Chad 210617 Theft by Receiving Stolen Prop, Theft by Unlwfl Taking or Disp Clayton, Allex 84315 Manu/Dist/Del/Disp or Poss W/I Jaimes, Alex 84739 Burglary (4 counts) April 22, 2020 – 9:30 a.m. Nebraska Correctional Center for Women, York, Nebraska Holder Fellows, Avryn 99389 Theft by Shoplifting McDaniel, Courtney 99953 Forgery 1st Degree, Pos Cntrl Sub Except Marijuana, Possession of Forgery Device Guevara, Gabriella 99333 Accessory to a Felony April 23, 2020 – 8:30 a.m. Community Correctional Center – Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska Albright, Michael 62855 Sexual Assault 1st Degree (5 counts) Pierce, Travis 71134 Robbery (3 counts) Morrison, Jorge 74883 Sexual Assault of Child 1st Deg April 27, 2020 – 8:30 a.m. Omaha Correctional Center, Omaha, Nebraska Rose, Eric 86660 Operate Motor Veh/Avoid Arrest, Theft by Receiving Stolen Prop, Theft by Shoplifting Williams, Eric 87515 Arson 1st Degree Aviles, Marcos 87583 Leave Scene of Injury Accident, Robbery (2 counts) Conway, Gerald 75923 Operate Motor Veh/Avoid Arrest, Theft by Receiving Stolen Prop, Theft by Unlwfl Taking or Disp, Theft by Shoplifting Lefler, Joseph 77525 Sexual Assault of Child 1st Degree April 28, 2020 – 9:30 a.m. Tecumseh State Correctional Institution, Tecumseh, Nebraska Anderson, Kelvin 31978 Murder 1st Degree Corona, Miguel 77527 Burglary (4 counts) Hathaway, Anthony 88045 Assault 2nd Degree April 29, 2020 – 8:30 a.m. Community Correctional Center – Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska Johnston, Sean 58003 Forgery 2nd Degree, Operate Motor Veh/ Avoid Arrest, Pos Firearm by Fugitive/Felon, Poss Deadly Weap by Felon/Fug (3 counts), Theft by Receiving Stolen Prop (4 counts) Purdy, William 59643 Murder 2nd Degree, Usae Deadly Weap to Commit Fel Russell, Billy 78949 Burglary, Poss Deadly Weap by Felon/Fug, Poss/Receive Stolen Firearm, Theft by Unlwful Taking or Disp (2 counts) Scruggs, Bailey 86344 Burglary, Tampering Potmesil, Ashley 99773 Theft by Receiving Stolen Prop, Viol of Financial Trans Device Schuett, Kristina 99893 Manu/Dist/Del/Disp or Poss W/I, Pos Cntrl Sub Except Marijuana Coleman, Darnell 210459 Operate Motor Veh/Avoid Arrest, Poss Deadly Weap by Felon/Fug ROSALYN COTTON, CHAIR NEBRASKA BOARD OF PAROLE April 10, 2020

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Bunker with a bowling alley: How the rich are running from coronavirus

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How to rally your team when your company is struggling by Liz Reyer

Q: I lead a very talented team but morale is low due to issues with our company’s performance, layoffs and lack of communication from our executive team. I think there’s a decent vision for the future, but confidence is low. What can I do to help rally them while our company turns around? -Alisa, 46, director, service strategy Workplace A: Realistically, you are facing a lot of flight risk. Top performers have options, and if they believe your company is circling the drain, they may well choose to move on. It’s up to you to attract them to stay. Put yourself in your team’s shoes. Dig deep to understand why you want to stay. Your rationale is probably a combination of things, but others need to hear your authentic reasons. Much of your case relies on a promising future. What leads you to have hope? What do you like about the new vision? Be specific — being able to articulate reasons for your support will drive your ability to communicate with your team. Then create links between current problems and the future direction that will entice people to stay. It is genuinely inspiring to be part of the solution to complex problems. Here, too, you will need to be specific. If your company performance was tied to poor sales, explain how the new vision addresses that. Perhaps it addresses quality issues. Then show how your team has a role. Balance this with honesty about the continued challenges you anticipate. More happy talk will undermine their confidence in the positive parts of your message. You will notice that these steps are designed to fill in the communication gaps from your executive team. This is what they should be doing. Spend a lot of time talking with your team members individually and as a group. They will raise issues you haven’t thought of. Take them seriously, share any information you can, and dig for answers to important questions. Keep an eye on their day-to-day situations. Often with layoffs, the remaining teams get overburdened picking up the slack. Be their advocate. Find ways to reward them. You probably don’t have much financial flexibility, but push management to consider some targeted bonuses to show appreciation for team members’ loyalty. Give them opportunities for learning and development. Sometimes when companies are having problems, there is actually too little work to do, which causes its own stress. In this case, authorize work time for additional training. Encourage them to explore their options. You want to them to choose to stay, not feel trapped. The team really is the thing. People come to work to be part of something. Yes, we need paychecks, but great jobs I’ve had include being part of great teams. Even in tough times, it’s hard to walk away from a place where people feel appreciated, valued, respected and liked. ©2020 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

by Jack Flemming

Hand sanitizer? Sure. Face masks? Fine. But as the coronavirus spreads, the rich are investing in a much more extreme way to ward off the disease: bunkers. Inquiries and sales are skyrocketing for bunkers and shelters across the country. Most come equipped with special air-filtration systems, which buyers believe will come in handy to keep out a virus that can reportedly linger in the air for several hours. And for those fearing a broader societal collapse down the road, a secure safe room with a year’s worth of food can provide peace of mind. Bunkers are nothing new; tens of thousands Trends of Americans built private fallout shelters as Cold War tensions rose in the early ’60s. Tornado country provides a steady demand for wind-resistant shelters — above or below ground — that typically cost about $3,000 to $11,000, according to HomeAdvisor.com. But in an age ruled by capitalism, manufacturers are pumping out safe spaces with amenities usually reserved for mega-mansions. Gary Lynch, general manager of Texas-based Rising S Bunkers, said the phone has been ringing nonstop since last week. “As unpopular as coronavirus is, it’s getting the publicity of a Backstreet Boys hit in the ’90s,” he said. “People have an infatuation with it.” One of the first people to call in bought a bunker the same day. Soon after, a customer from Japan ordered 1,000 of the company’s custom-made NBC air-filtration systems. At $3,000 a pop, it was a $3-million sale. Similar to the ones used in hospitals, their standard NBC systems (which stands for nuclear, biological and chemical) suck in air and remove harmful particles such as bacteria or nuclear fallout dust, providing clean air for up to 15 occupants. Encased in steel, the bunkers come with a variety of addons such as escape tunnels, hidden doors, bullet-proof glass and pepper spray portals. For those with a bit more coin, Lynch and his team will make the bunker feel like a home. “Movie theaters are common,” he said. “We built one in California that has a shooting range, swimming pool and bowling alley.” The company has 24 standard options, with the smallest being 8 by 12 feet. Complete with a bunk bed, air filtration system, kitchen counter and toilet, it costs $39,500. Other models include a 2,400-square-foot bunker for $539,000 called the Eagle and a complex with 42 bunk beds, 15 private bedrooms, a gun room and panic room for $1.009 million called the Fortress. The one with the most amenities is the Aristocrat. Priced at $8.35 million, it has a gym, sauna, swimming pool, hot tub, billiards room, greenhouse and garage. Lynch said it takes six to eight workers one to two months to build a 10-foot by 50-foot unit. To keep up with orders, he’s hiring a second shift. Buyer demographics change frequently. He’ll see a flurry of young conservatives one month and liberal, middle-aged women the next. The most common buyers, he said, are self-made business owners. “In 2008, I talked to a guy for four-five months who was thinking about purchasing a shelter. I think he probably used the coronavirus to convince his wife, because he finally just bought one,” Lynch said. “That’s how most buyers are; they’re not in it for one single reason.” Ron Hubbard, CEO of Atlas Survival Shelters, echoed the sentiment, saying the outbreak has helped buyers on the fence decide to order a shelter. He’s promoting a model called the Safe Cellar, which is a secret space installed under a 28-inch concrete slab inside a house. It can be tucked under the kitchen, living room, closet or garage and boasts a safe room, wine cellar, gun room and tornado shelter. Afraid of getting lonely during the apocalypse? Vivos has you covered. The company — which translates to “living” — sells exclusive spots in community shelters in secure locations around the globe. Its underground shelter in Indiana has room for 80 people with 120 square feet each. For $35,000, it promises one year of autonomous survival with queen-sized bunk beds, a 30,000-gallon fuel tank and food for 12 months. Built during the Cold War, the once-gray shelter now boasts a 12-tone color palette of earthy shades that touch up spaces such as a lounge, dining area and kitchen. “It’s cozy,” Vivos CEO Robert Vicino said. “We’re providing people a sense of comfort.”

Vivos inquiries and applications are up 1,000% year-overyear, and sales are up 400%. Over that same span, their average buyer has shifted from middle class to upper class. These days, the accommodations are locked with no residents, Vicino said, but he and his staff have a daily conversation on when to activate the shelter. “We don’t need the shelter for the quarantine. We’ll need the shelter for all the other bad things that are going to happen. We may open it tomorrow, I don’t know.” In the Black Hills of South Dakota lies the company’s other U.S. bunker community, where people can take refuge in one of 575 military bunkers once used to store bombs. Secluded in soil, each dome spans 2,200 square feet and can fit 10 to 24 people. The units cost $35,000 (plus a yearly lease of $1,000), and Vivos will comfortably outfit them for $25,000-$75,000. Guests will need to fly to Germany to access the firm’s flagship bunker. Called Europa One, the 76-acre compound was carved from bedrock under a 400-foot mountain by the Soviets during the Cold War. Vicino calls it a modern-day Noah’s Ark. In addition to pools, theaters, gyms and bars, it includes 228,000 square feet of secure living areas, 43,000 square feet of above-ground space and three miles of tunnels. Private apartments start at ?2 million euros, or nearly $2.2 million. “Buyers want the same fit and finish as a private yacht. People have to not only survive, but psychologically survive,” Vicino said. He said more than 1 million people have shown interest in the bunkers, and there are spaces available in all three. “We don’t create fear. We resolve it. The true elite all have backdoor plans. They’re jumping on planes and flying to islands,” he said. “We give people the peace of mind that they have their own backdoor solution for when it’s time to take shelter.” The company is currently developing its largest shelter yet — a 3-million-square-foot underground complex with 30-foot ceilings and room for between 5,000 to 10,000 people. Planned amenities include baseball, golf and a 400-foot underground lake. “As long as time permits, we will continue to build bunkers. This world won’t be safer tomorrow.” ©2020 Los Angeles Times Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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To help churches stay connected and minister to their members during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, Back to the Bible, based in Lincoln, is offering a free digital service. The BttB.App platform offers churches the ability to integrate their existing websites with various functions such as coordination of online groups and classes, live streaming as well as taped sermons, direct email correspondence with congregants, social engagement between members, among other uses. QuikTrip launched its new On-lot Pickup service throughout the Omaha metro and nationwide. The company’s newest offering has been in development since early 2019 and was recently test in QT’s Tulsa market. On-lot Pickup service will be offered in more than 800 stores and in 11 states. To place a pickup order, customers must download and log in to the QT mobile app. Customers can pickup now or later. Fareway Stores, Inc. announced its Fareway Family Frontline Plan to provide cash bonuses and additional paid time off for its hourly employees who have worked on the frontlines during these unprecedented, last several weeks. A one-time cash bonus will be paid to hourly employees under the age of 18. Part-time hourly employees 18 and over will receive an additional 20 hours of paid time off; full-time hourly employees will receive an additional 40 hours of paid time off; and assistant managers and warehouse foremen will each receive an additional 47 hours of paid time off. This can be used for time off, or as a cash payment. Hy-Vee, Inc. is giving a 10% bonus to all employees who have worked from March 16 to April 12. Hy-Vee is also offering job protective leave for employees who either test positive for COVID-19 and/or are required by health officials to self-quarantine. This benefit will provide job protection for a minimum of two weeks and applies to all employees. A second benefit offers employees affordable access to telehealth services. Hy-Vee is waiving co-pays for full-time employees and their dependents and is allowing part-time employees to use the service for a minimal fee per visit. CHI Health launched a new, free service that will help consumers understand their coronavirus risk and what care options are available. It’s called Provider Chat and it connects people across Nebraska and southwest Iowa with a health care provider in a secure online chat. Visit CHI Health’s Coronavirus page and take the questionnaire. If you appear to be high risk, you can click on the live provider chat link for immediate access to a CHI Health provider who can answer your COVID questions. The service is free. Heartland Family Service continues to provide services during the COVID-19 pandemic and is accepting appointments from new and current clients. In order to minimize the risk of COVID-19 transmission and infection, HFS is offering services for the following programs via phone, telehealth, and/or video conferencing: In-home services, homeless prevention, mental health counseling, substance use treatment. Please call and make an appointment before visiting one of its locations during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the coronavirus disease pandemic affects nearly everyone the need for mental and emotional support is becoming more apparent. Methodist Health System has launched

the Methodist Emotional Support Line. The free, confidential service can be accessed by dialing 402-815-8255 and is available daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The support line is staffed by licensed professional counselors from the Methodist Hospital Community Counseling Program. The counselors can assist callers who may be experiencing feelings such as: fear, anxiety, sadness, and depression. Counselors can help callers by answering questions, addressing concerns, scheduling counseling appointments for additional care and providing referrals to community resources. The University of Nebraska Medical Center has launched a mobile app to screen large groups of individuals who are concerned that they may have COVID-19 and to help first responders and other health care providers determine a person’s likelihood of carrying the disease. UNMC worked in concert with Apple and with assistance from students at the University of Nebraska at Omaha to fast-track development, repeatedly test and now distribute the app, which can be downloaded on the App Store. Although not a diagnostic tool, 1-Check COVID will provide appropriate advice based on the user’s symptoms, recent travel, geographic region (based on the ZIP code) and medical history. Developers say the screening app will enable individuals to make thoughtful decisions about when, or if, they should seek medical attention and allow them to immediately share the results only if they so choose. The Rainbow Connectors’ largest fundraiser to support Omaha Children’s Museum, For The Kids Benefit, has been moved to an online format in 2020 based on the directions by Douglas County Health Department, and Nebraska’s publication of guidance on cancelling events and limiting the number of people in public gatherings. An online auction has begun and is open to the public. The auction will end on May 2, coinciding with a virtual event planned for that day. The For The Kids Benefit raises more than $300,000 for the museum each year. Heartland Bike Share is dedicated to helping health care workers with transportation and healthy activity. Health care workers can get an annual Heartland B-cycle membership for free this month. The Heartland B-cycle system has over 70 stations and a mix of classic and electric pedal-assist bikes that help keep the Omaha Metro moving. To get their free annual pass, health care workers must email memberships@heartlandbikeshare.org from their work emails with their institution name in the subject line for information on how to sign up. NMotion, in partnership with gener8tor and the Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development, announced a new initiative supporting Nebraska small businesses affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Under the Emergency Response Program, small businesses, startups, freelancers, and nonprofits will have access to a free, week-long webinar series designed to identify and leverage critical resources in order to weather this ongoing public health crisis. In addition to webinars, gener8tor will host dedicated, daily office hours for small businesses to meet digitally with business advisers. The gener8tor team will be working one-on-one with companies to address the various issues small businesses Continued on next page.

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OneNeck IT Solutions was named to the 2020 Managed Service Provider 500 list in the Elite 150 category. The annual list, published Briefs… by CRN, recognizes North American solution Gallup recognized Foster Group as a providers that deliver operational efficiencies, 2020 Exceptional Workplace Award winIT system improvements and a higher rate of ner. Foster Group is the only Registered return on investments for their customers. Investment Advisor (RIA) in Nebraska In addition to managing and operating data and Iowa to be a part of the list. This year centers, OneNeck also offers a full suite of Gallup introduced the Gallup Exceptional hybrid IT solutions, including cloud and hostWorkplace Award. Backed by Gallup’s aning solutions, managed services, enterprise alytics and research into high-performance application management, professional services workplaces, Gallup presents this honor and IT hardware. to organizations that have high levels of The U.S. Environmental Protection workplace engagement. Foster Group is Agency announced that AirLift Environone of 19 small employers to make the list mental LLC in Lincoln will receive a $99,004 of the 38 total employers. This is the third contract through its Small Business Innovation consecutive year Foster Group has received Research program to develop a remedial this award. treatment to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl Prof. Edward J. Birmingham at substances and associated co-contaminants Creighton University School of Law has from soil and groundwater. EPA announced received Nebraska State Bar Founda$2.3 million in funding for 23 contracts with tion’s Outstanding Legal Educator Award. small businesses through the SBIR program At Creighton, Professor Birmingham has to develop technologies that will help protect taught more than 20 different course offerhuman health and the environment. ings. As associate dean, he conceptualized Omaha-based OpsCompass, a provider and promoted a master’s degree program for of SaaS solutions for Cloud Security Posture students seeking careers in government law. Management, acquired Omaha-based House He was instrumental in initiating a program of Brick Technologies, a company specializthat condensed three years of law school into ing in optimizing on-premises, hybrid cloud, an intensive two-year program and another and public cloud based business critical that extended a combined business school systems. and law school program to include students Farmers National Company recognized in the College of Arts and Sciences. He also Eric Mueller with membership in the Farmers oversaw the development and implemenNational Company President’s Circle. Mueltation of plans to maintain and improve ler, real estate agent and auctioneer, received Creighton’s accreditation with the American thePage company’s top award for real estate sales 1 4/1/20 12:56 PM 1 BarVW_MBJ_April2020.qxp_Layout Association.

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Mark Svoboda, director of the National Drought Mitigation Center in Lincoln, was selected to serve on the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Drought Initiative working group, and was also chosen to be a lead author of a U.N. Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Global Assessment Report that will be dedicated solely to drought. Phi Theta Kappa has named Bellevue University to its 2020 Phi Theta Kappa Transfer Honor Roll. The Honor Roll recognizes the top four-year colleges and universities for creating dynamic pathways to support community college transfers. Bellevue University was the only Nebraska institution recognized on the Honor Roll and one of 122 institutions recognized nationwide. Colleges were selected based on their Transfer Friendliness Rating, which is determined by the online profile the college creates in PTK Connect. PTK Connect is Phi Theta Kappa’s online tool that helps students find their best-fit colleges, career pathways and more. With widespread closings of schools and before- and after-school programs, students and families’ routines have been upended — and many are struggling to adjust. To help parents keep their children occupied, entertained, and most importantly, learning, United Way of the Midlands compiled local and national education resources in one, easily accessible webpage: www.unitedwaymidlands.org/ educationresources. UWM will continually

update the resources page so children and families can access the supports they need to grow and learn at home. MEETINGS AND SEMINARS Wednesday, April 15 The Accounting & Financial Women’s Alliance Omaha Chapter is hosting a Virtual Happy Hour to connect and play some games. The cost is free to both members and non-members and it will be hosted in the app Houseparty. Those wishing to attend should register for the call-in information. The After-Tax Season Social originally planned may be rescheduled at a later date. The American Marketing Association’s Omaha Chapter is hosting an online workshop featuring David McBee, author of Every Day: A Journey from Grump to Grateful. The workshop will be from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. McBee will talk about the lessons he discovered and share several strategies for how to navigate the new work-from-home environment COVID-19 has created. For every registration AMA will also donate $5 to the Heart Ministry Center to help support the community during the pandemic. Registration is online. Thursday, April 16 The Business Ethics Alliance is taking the Spring Mind Candy Dialogue online. This sessions topic is “Ethically Navigating A Crisis: What to do when business is anything but usual” and will feature panelists Susan Ann Koenig, Dr. Beverly Kracher, and Elizabeth Simpson moderated by Eve McLain. The discussion starts at 7:30 a.m. and registration is online.

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Professionals across diverse expertise support rise of the home office, remote work by Michelle Leach

The importance of ongoing trends, related to business continuity, connectivity and cybersecurity, have been elevated in ways that could not have been foreseen a short month ago. “Security will always be a top focus for IT managers as threats evolve and companies expand collaboration tools and remote workplace options,” said Scantron Director of Information Technology Brian Edwards. “We’ve also seen a lot of concern around the importance of business continuity. Previously this was more of an enterprise activity, but Edwards the need is now apparent in all markets. Migration of workloads from on-premise servers to the cloud or to ‘X-as-aservice’ present challenges and opportunities to adjust capabilities and cost.” Video conferencing, chat and screensharing, and other collaboration tools increase communication, while reducing travel needs and enabling remote workplaces. “Scantron received a significant and rapid increase in requests during the last month for remote workforce enablement,” Edwards said. “We responded by creating a team specifically designed to address that need. Activities include network and system changes, remote desktop, virtual private network (VPN) configuration, user assistance and, in some cases, the acceleration of planned upgrades.” Likewise, Scantron has been increasing communication, while reducing travel needs, with internal and external collaboration tools, and is observing guidelines or restrictions set

implementation of design standards that are more conscience of hygienics; [for instance], new code requirements,” Cunningham said. “As far as workflow is concerned, companies may adjust their policies to allow employees the flexibility to work remotely more often. “I’ve had many conversations with col-

Todd Foje, chief executive officer at Great Plains Communications. (file photo) forth by client locations and the Centers for monitoring our network around the clock to Disease Control and Prevention during visits. ensure our customers’ businesses, homes, “The current pandemic has created a rising health care and other critical institutions stay trend in remote activities among our customers connected.” and communities that include working from Partner Crystal Cunningham said RDG home, distance learning, telehealth, telebanking, Planning and Design has seen requests for inand so on,” said Great Plains Communications formation on how to create an effective home CEO Todd Foje. “This has led to a rise in the office environment. need for increased capacity and scalability, as “As a workplace designer, I tend to refer to well as an increased need for proactive unified best practices in office design and how those communications platforms to coordinate re- practices can be implemented in the home,” she mote business activities across all areas of our said. “Create an environment with comfortable footprint.” seating that allows you to maintain proper posThe telecommunications provider has tak- ture and, if you can, work in a space with natural en steps to maximize its network and handle light or views to the outdoors.” increased capacity, while keeping employees It’s helpful to have a dedicated workspace and clients safe. to focus on tasks and provide separation from “We continue to operate with the majority home life. of our workforce working remotely,” Foje said. “The long-term impacts of COVID-19 “With more people and devices online, we’re are hard to predict, but I anticipate we’ll see

Cunningham Schuring leagues in which the question has been posed of whether the ‘remote work genie’ really can be put back into the bottle; given the recent shifts towards working from home, it’s unclear how or if we can ever truly go back to the way things were. To put another positive spin on all of this, I feel this pandemic is bringing families closer together; children, parents and loved ones are spending more time together and hopefully realizing what is most important in life.” In the past year, Vice President-Sales Administration Doug Schuring indicated All Makes has been on the receiving end of office trends related to “phone booths,” biophilic design (bringing in lots of plants), and open offices with access to power and technology wherever it’s needed. “The open office environment, while beneficial for many, has only fueled the demand for private space,” he said, citing a recent Harvard Continued on next page.

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Bill Vobejda, a veteran operations leader, has been named vice president of integrated service for Methodist Health System. Vobejda previously served as the vice president of operations at Methodist Fremont Health for eight years. Vobejda will oversee the management of Methodist Health System’s Integrated Service Division, which provides support and services to patients and clinical staff. The division consists of 50 managers in 15 departments with over 600 employees. He takes over for Don Matson, who served in the role since 2016. Prior to joining Methodist, Vobejda was regional publisher of the Fremont Tribune and Columbus Telegram. He also was marketing director at the Lincoln Journal Star. He has taught at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Midland University. Vobejda earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He’s highly involved in the Fremont community and, among other leadership positions, serves as board president for the Greater Fremont Development Council, the Fremont Opera House and Archbishop Bergan Catholic School.

WoodmenLife has promoted Nic Olari to Director and Associate General Counsel. In this role, he uses his passion for problem-solving and talent for resolving challenges to help the organization act in the best interest of its members. Olari oversees and directs WoodmenLife litigation, arbitration, disputes, and regulatory proceedings; leads enterprise projects; collaborates with other departments on legal and compliance issues; and ensures all organization policies conform to legal standards. Visit WoodmenLife.org to learn more.

Professionals across diverse expertise support rise of the home office, remote work Continued from preceding page. University study that found workers miss their privacy. “Phone booths offer a cost-effective alternative, which, when available, are heavily used.” Tall, narrow spaces insulate sound and provide quiet space for employees to focus on work or take phone calls, while biophilic design that also includes natural colors and patterns recognizes how nature makes interiors “a little less gray,” and improves mental and physical well-being. “Many manufacturers provide cordless, battery-powered portable charging stations allowing laptops, tablets and mobile phones to be charged at the same time,” he said, of access to power. “They can sit within a cluster of chairs or tables in a collaboration space providing more than ample power options to the group.” To present day, Schuring said clients have expressed concern with regard to: “What happens to our project schedules if the manufacturer shuts down their factory? Will our project finish on time? Where will our employees work if our facility isn’t ready?” “Many projects can take months or even

years to complete,” he added. “The furniture installation portion generally happens at the very end, the last major milestone before clients begin moving in.” Many vendors are shutting down manufacturing operations completely, Schuring said, due to executive state orders in Michigan and North Carolina (where many large contract furniture manufacturers are headquartered). Their order entry and customer service departments are operating with reduced staff and remote workers. “At this point, all we can do is communicate the information we’re receiving from those vendors with our clients,” he said. “Short term, many jobs sites have slowed with activities coming to a halt. Long term, we are adjusting schedules based on projections and expectations. As many of our clients have had to adapt to their own new realities caused by interruptions in their businesses, so have we.” Schuring also noted how All Makes services essential sectors, such as hospitals. “As long as our manufacturers stay open, we plan to do the same, within the CDC and health department guidelines,” he said.

CUES Fund

Bob Glow joins the CUES Fund as our new CEO/Executive Director. Bob has a passion for working to build relationships and systems that impact lives and families. He most recently served as the chief executive for Great Plains Physician Network, a division of Great Plains Health in North Platte. Bob also served as the principal adviser to physicians and hospital leadership with respect to operating hospital-based clinics. His prior experience includes his time as chief administrator officer of Children’s Specialty Physicians, chief operating officer and then chief executive officer of Creighton Medical Associates, in Omaha. Bob has significant experience in relationship development, compensation and benefits, financial and operational planning, cost performance improvement, contract negotiations and budgeting which spans a 30-year career. Bob earned a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from Creighton University and a master’s in healthcare administration from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He has been very active in the community serving on the boards of Habitat for Humanity and United Way in North Platte. He is married 36 years to his wife Ann and they have three adult children: Kathleen, Michelle and Alex. CUES Fund is a dynamic, non-denominational, nonprofit that has been providing organizational and financial support to inner city, socio-economically diverse schools for more than 40 years. The organization currently provides financial support to three schools that make up the CUES School System: Sacred Heart, All Saints and Holy Name. “We are thrilled to announce our new executive leadership team and look forward to the energy and experience they both bring to our organization,” said Tim Kudron, CUES Fund Board of Directors Chair.

Ruth HultgrenHenneman Chief Development Officer CUES Fund

Ruth HultgrenHenneman joins the CUES Fund as our Chief Development Officer and brings more than 27 years of fundraising, communications, public relations and marketing experience most recently serving as Vice President of Development at Lutheran Family Services where she oversaw all program, operating, endowment and capital fundraising, and communications. Her prior experience includes roles as Vice President of Institutional Advancement at College of Saint Mary, Regional Director of Development for Creighton University, and (title at) Dana College. During her time in South Dakota State Government, Ruth was a member of Governor George S. Mickelson's senior staff as director of constituent service, director of the community assistance program, executive policy analyst and also worked as an executive policy analyst for Governor William J. Janklow. Ruth holds a bachelor of sciences degree from the University of South Dakota with graduate studies in public administration. Ruth is a member of Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church, is active with the church and serves as a volunteer to advance Kountze Common’s inner-city community outreach. Ruth is married to Scott and has two married, adult, children and five grandchildren. CUES Fund is a dynamic, non-denominational, nonprofit that has been providing organizational and financial support to inner city, socio-economically diverse schools for more than 40 years. The organization currently provides financial support to three schools that make up the CUES School System: Sacred Heart, All Saints and Holy Name. “We are thrilled to announce our new executive leadership team and look forward to the energy and experience they both bring to our organization,” said Tim Kudron, CUES Fund Board of Directors Chair.

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