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Can’t be stopped by a tackle, linebacker or cystic fibrosis Some would think it unusual that a girl would play football.

But Victoria Franklin is proof that with or without cystic fibrosis, a girl can hold her ground.

Dr. John Colombo isn’t surprised. He and other pulmonary specialists at the Nebraska Regional CF Center work to give children with cystic fibrosis futures where no dream is out of bounds.* And, as we see it, Nebraska can always use another great quarterback.

*The Nebraska Regional Cystic Fibrosis Center operates in partnership with Children’s Hospital & Medical Center and the University of Nebraska Medical Center. It is accredited by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and is rated among the top CF treatment centers in the country.

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Model trains are the stars of this year’s holiday poinsettia show. Passenger and freight train lines will be whistling and whirring on more than 300 feet of track through the floral display and around dozens of miniature Omaha landmark structures - all constructed of natural materials.

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Breast cancer expert Hamid Band, M.D., Ph.D., and his colleagues are zeroing in on cures that once were deemed impossible. And, with more than $100 million in annual research support at UNMC, scientists here can tackle the toughest challenges facing us as individuals and as a society. Breakthroughs for life.

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Traveling Smithsonian Institution Exhibit at Love’s Jazz & Arts Center American music reveals distinct cultural identities and records the histories of people from Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas. “New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music,” a traveling exhibit developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service and presented in the state by “New Harmonies: the Nebraska Humanities Celebrating American Council (NHC), opened Roots Music” October 8 at Loves Jazz & Arts Center where it is on display through December 31.

Visitors will see and hear how our country’s ongoing cultural process has made America the birthplace of great music – from the blues and country western to folk and gospel.

“New Harmonies” celebrates American values of freedom, democracy, independence, diversity and ingenuity. Robin Koozer, Professor of Music and Chair of the Department at Hastings College, said of the exhibit: “With your visit to ‘New Harmonies’ you will learn and develop an appreciation for the origins of American music…”

Loves Jazz & Arts Center is located at 2510 N. 24th St. For more information on this exhibit, contact Mary Yager at the NHC, (402) 474-2131. www.lovesjazzartcenter. org. or call 502-5291.

Bennington Pines Tree Farm The Bennington Pines Tree Farm opens for business Thanksgiving weekend. The farm is family owned and has won more ribbons for their trees at the Nebraska State Fair than any other grower.

Families are transported out to the field on a wagon, dropped off where they can stroll around and pick out their favorite tree. The trees and families are loaded onto the wagon and taken back to the tree preparation area.

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Owner Kermit Engh says, “It’s about creating memories.

When you see kids running through the fields picking out a tree to take home, those are traditions that are special and should be passed on from generation to generation.”

Bennington Pines Tree Farm is an environmentally friendly farm, which means that for each tree harvested, another three trees are planted.

Tree care tips, tips for selecting your tree, hours and more are available at www.benningtonpines.com.

Bennington Pines is located at 165th & Highway 36 at the intersection of Highway 36th and Pawnee Road near 168th Street. Phone: 238-2907.

Holiday Lights Festival’s 10th Anniversary Celebration Five weeks of family fun are planned for the Holiday Lights Festival’s 10th Anniversary, produced by Mayor Jim Suttle, Downtown Omaha Inc, Foundation and presented by ConAgra Foods, Action 3 News and Star 104.5. Activities kick off with the Mutual of Omaha Thanksgiving Lighting Ceremony Thursday, November 26 from 5:30-7 p.m. in the Gene Leahy Mall at 14th and Farnam. Musical performances start at 5:30. At 6 p.m., Mayor Jim Suttle and a group of children representing ConAgra Foods and Adopt-A-Tree schools will lead the crowd in a countdown to the 2009 lighting display.

Following the ceremony, the lighting display will be turned on each evening from 5 p.m. until 1 a.m. until January 10, 2010. After the ceremony, the public is invited to shop and dine in the Old Market and attend a holiday concert at the Holland Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m., featuring performers from the Nebraska Wind Symphony.

Each Saturday from November 28 through December 19 from 7-8 p.m., the Sounds of the Season will showcase the talent of local musical groups from youth to professional performers in the Gene Leahy Mall and the Old Market.

A Downtown Holiday Condo Tour is scheduled for Saturday, December 5 from 4-7 p.m. Guests may begin their self-guided tour at any of the featured buildings to view model residences and festively decorated homes.

The ConAgra Foods Ice Rink, located on its campus at 10th and Harney, will be open from 1 to 10 p.m.

Sunday through Thursday, 1 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve and

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ConAgra Foods Ice Rink New Year’s Eve. The rink will be closed Christmas Day. Admission is $5 and includes skate rental (patrons may bring their own). The ConAgra Foods Foundation is matching all rink income dollar for dollar up to $100,000, donating it to The Food Bank for the “Shine the Light on Hunger” campaign. Patrons can also bring their own non-perishable food items and household goods to the rink. See more information on this campaign at www.shinethelightonhunger.org.

Free family fun sponsored by Wells Fargo is on Sunday, December 13 from 12-5 p.m. Downtown arts and cultural institutions will provide free admission and hands-on activities for the entire family. A free trolley service will connect all participating locations.

The Holiday Lights Festival will culminate with the First National Bank Fireworks at 7 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. The official viewing site is the Gene Leahy Mall at 14th & Farnam. Spectators are encouraged to bring a radio tuned to Star 104.5 KSRZ to enjoy the musical accompaniment.

For more information on the Holiday Lights Festival, go to www.holidaylightsfestival.org or call 345-5401.

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Compiled by Sandy Lemke 11/13: Omaha Symphony Masterworks: Mendelssohn’s Masterpiece. Omaha Symphony.

Enjoy a vituosic crowd-pleaser that will have you clinging to each note. You’ll be mesmerized

by Mendelssohn’s romantic rollercoaster that expresses the violin’s full emotive spectrum. Don’t be surprised if the sweet, haunting melodies linger in your head for days. With music like this in its arsenal, it’s no wonder the violin is so immensely popular. 8 p.m. $15- $75. www.omahaperformingarts.org 345-0606.

11/14: 11th Annual Art Auction Exhibition. Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. Visitors can experience spectacular works of art during the Bemis Center’s Auction Exhibition opening reception on Friday, October 2nd through to the evening of the 11th Annual Art Auction on Sat Nov 14th, 5:30-10pm. 724 S. 12 St. www.bemiscenter.org 341-7130.

It’s A Wonderful Life. Film Streams Ruth Sokolof Theater.

CHECK IT! Dates and times are current as of press time but please call ahead to confirm.

ONGOING EVENTS American Letterpress: The Art of the Hatch Show Print. The Durham Museum. American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print illustrates the fascinating fusion of art with popular culture and music history. Featuring the work of one of the nation’s oldest and continuously printing shops – Nashville, Tennessee’s Hatch Show Print – the exhibition highlights the uniquely American poster. 801 S. 10 St. www.durhammuseum.org 444-5071.

NOVEMBER EVENTS 11/1: Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

Mid-America Center. The show features TSO’s trademark “symphonic rock,” which fuses elements of hard rock, Broadway, R&B, and classical music into a unique and distinctive blend of original compositions, symphony excerpts and holiday standards.

One Arena Way. www.midamericacenter.com 712-323-0536.

11/4 - 11/30: Featured Artists: Adams / Dewaele / Markoff / Ocken. Artists’ Cooperative Gallery Ltd. New works of Duane Adams, Robert Dewaele, Richard Markoff & Virginia Ocken. Opening party Saturday November 7th, 7-10pm. Food and Drinks & Live Music. Always FREE and open tothe public. Wed & Thurs/11am-5pm; Fri & Sat/11am10pm; Sun/12-5pm Free. 405 S. 11 St. http://www.artistsco-opgallery.com (402) 342-9617.

11/5: Auction Give-Away & Art Talk. Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. Join us for First Thursday Art Talk and a special pre-auction give-away in preparation of the 11th Annual

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Thurs/7pm 724 S. 12 St. www. bemiscenter.org 341-7130.

11/5: First Thursday Art Talk for November. Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. Join us as artists-in-residence Shaun Richards & Mayumi Amada present during the Bemis Center’s First Thursday Art Talk on November 5th, at 7:00 p.m. 7 p.m. Free. 724 S. 12 St. www.bemiscenter.org 341-7130.

11/6: First Friday Gallery Walk in the Old Market. Old Market.

On the first Friday of each month, come visit these Old Market galleries for an evening of art entertainment. Omaha Clay Works - tour down the alley on 12th Street between Jackson & Jones Sts; Old Market Artists Lower Level of the Old Market Passageway on the NE corner of 11th & Howard Sts; White Crane Gallery - Lower Level of the Old Market Passageway on the NE corner of 11th & Howard Sts; Passageway Gallery - Upper Level of the Old Market Passageway on the NE corner of 11th & Howard Sts. Fri/6-9p.m. Free. www.omahaclayworks.com For more information: 346-0560.

11/7: 9th Annual Omaha Blues & Jazz Gospel Concert. Joslyn Art Museum. Featuring Marion Meadows, Karen Briggs and Althea Rene. 7 p.m. $20/adults; $15/students (with student ID).

2200 Dodge St. www.joslyn.org.

342-3300. For more information: 707-8915.

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11/7: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Orpheum Theater.

Join us as Irving Berlin’s White Christmas kicks off its national tour in Omaha. This holiday tradition features a brand new Irving Berlin musical opening and hits such as “Sisters,” “Blue Skies,” and “White Christmas.” www.omahaperformingarts.org 345-0606.

11/7: Omaha Symphony Special Concert: Itzhak Perlman. Itzhak Perlman is one of the few classical artists to achieve genuine celebrity status. This living legend is just as comfortable playing on The Tonight Show as he is at Carnegie Hall. Recently, the entire world saw his talent and personality shine at President Obama’s Inauguration ceremony. 8 p.m. $40-$100.

11/5 - 11/8: Autumn Festival, An Arts & Crafts Affair. Qwest Center Omaha. Hundreds of the nation’s finest artists and craftspeople from all over the country display and sell their handcrafted wares. Voted one of the top 100 shows in the country by Sunshine Artist Magazine! Hourly gift certificate winners, stage entertainment, plenty of food and drink, and great family fun!

Thurs&Fri/11am-9pm; Sat/9am7pm; Sun/10am-5pm $7 Adults, $6 Seniors, Children under 10 are free. http://www.hpifestivals.com 402-331-2889.

11/6 - 11/8: Anime NebrasKon. Holiday Inn Central. An annual convention the art of Japanese animation and culture, featuring special guests, costume contest, Anime Screenings, video gaming, exhibitor room and much much

more. Fri/Noon-Sun/5pm (24 hours) $37 www.animenebraskon.com For more information: 402-250-3446.

11/12: Merr ymakers Association 19th Annual Roast Honoring Susan Jacques.

Embassy Suites La Vista. 6:00 Merrymakers Entertainment & Cocktails, 7:00 p.m. Dinner & Roast Program. For more information:Cindy Copich -rsvp@merrymakers.org.

11/12: Herb Alpert and Lani Hall. Holland Performing Arts Center. Want another “Taste of Honey”? With eight Grammy® Awards and 30 gold and platinum records between them, you’ll fall in love with Herb and Lani. Enjoy legendary chemistry and a masterful line-up from two stars who propelled Latino music into the pop limelight. 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $19. 13th & Douglas Sts. www.omahaperformingarts.org 345-0606.

11/13: Lionel Loueke Trio.

Holland Performing Arts Center.

Deftly executed modern jazz woven with clear vision, wicked improv, mouth clicks, and propulsive West African beats. 8 p.m. Tickets start at $25. 13th & Douglas Sts. www.omahaperformingarts.org 345-0606.

11/13: VFC 29: The Rising. MidAmerica Center. Get ready to throwdown when the Victory Fighting Championship (VFC) returns to the Mid-America Center. Tickets can be purchased at the MAC Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations, online at midamericacenter.com or ticketmaster.com or charge by phone: 800.745.3000. $23-$103. One Arena Way. www.midamericacenter.com 712-323-0536.

11/14: 11th Annual Art Auction.

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. The Annual Art Auction is the Bemis Center’s largest and most important fund raiser of the year. All proceeds support the Bemis Center’s internationally acclaimed artist-in-residence program. Sat/5:30-10pm $25 - $60.

724 S. 12 St. www.bemiscenter. org 341-7130.

11/14: 311 with Kottonmouth Kings. Mid-America Center.

311’s fusion of reggae and rapmetal was created in Omaha in 1990. Tickets can be purchased at the MAC Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations, online at ticketmaster.com or midamericacenter.com or charge by phone at 800.745.3000. 8 p.m. $35 One Arena Way. www.midamericacenter.com 712-323-0536.

11/15: The Art and History of Ak-Sar-Ben. The Durham Museum. This exhibit highlights the rich artistic heritage behind Ak-Sar-Ben and reveals how Ak-Sar-Ben has evolved throughout its more than 100-year history. The exhibition includes coronation dresses, original designer sketches, brochures, dance cards, photographs and restored video.

801 S. 10 St. www.durhammuseum.org 444-5071.

11/18: Author Reading: Steve Langan. Milo Bail Student Center - Nebraska Room. Steve Langan will read from his new collection of poems Meet Me at the Happy Bar (BlazeVox 09. Langan is executive director of ALS in the Heartland, a non-profit health agency, and he’s working toward a Ph.D. in medical humanities at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, concentrating on collaborating with physicians on creative writing projects. He received the Merit Award from the Nebraska Arts Council in 2003, and he’s been nominated for the 2008 Pushcart Prize. 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. http://unomaha.edu/ creativewriting For more information:554-2151.

11/18 - 11/28: The Miracle Worker. UNOmaha Theater.

The Miracle Worker, the touching true story about inspirational historical figures, Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan. This American classic is directed by Dr. Cindy Phaneuf with previews on November 18-19.

Performances run November 20-21 through December 2-5 Nov 18-19 preview/7:30pm; Nov 20-12/7:30pm; Dec 2-5/7:30pm. $15/general admission, $10/ seniors; FREE/UNO students with valid UNO ID; $5/non-UNO student with valid school ID. Weber Fine Arts Bldg UNO 6001 Dodge.

554-PLAY. 11/19: Kaneko Great Minds Series. KANEKO. (Un)covering Human Crisis: Crucial Dispatches from the Innovative Journalist with Nicholas Kristof and Sonia Nazario. 7 p.m. $70/series of 3 events; $60/member price of series; $25/general admission;18/seniors; $10/students.

1111 Jones St. www.thekaneko. org 341-3800For more information:341-3800.

11/20: KANEKO Great Minds Series. KANEKO. On Writing as Witness; A Reporter’s Perspective with Sonia Nazario. 12 noon $70/ series of 3 events; $60/member price of series; $25/general admission;18/seniors; $10/students. 1111 Jones St. www.thekaneko.org 341-3800.

11/20: Omaha Symphony Pops Series: Patriotic Celebration.

Omaha Symphony. Celebrate America at this patriotic program directed by Erich Kunzel, conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. The “Prince of Pops” is renowned for his all-American tributes that mix reverence with enthusiasm. You’ll be bursting with pride and smiling all night long as we salute our country and show off the first-class Omaha Symphony. 8 p.m. $15-$80. www. omahaperformingarts.org 3450606.

11/21: Science Saturday Show.

Strategic Air & Space Museum.

Join us and Egad! Science once a month for a science experience that is sure to inspire.

Science Saturday brings to life the Museum’s mission to inspire learning. November 21 ~ “Optical Delusions”. Strategic Air & Space Museum is committed to educating the community in the areas of (STEM) Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Sat/11am & 1:30pm Adults: $8.50; Children (ages 5-12): $4.00; Seniors: $7.00; Military: $6.00. 28210 W Park Hwy, Ashland. www.sasmuseum.com 944-3100.

11/20 - 11/22: Cirque Dreams Illumination. Orpheum Theater.

American circus arts and Broadway theatrics combine to create what the LA Times describes as “jaw dropping and family-friendly entertainment.”

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11/20 - 12/23: A Christmas Carol. Omaha Community Playhouse. A perfect “glistening confection� for the entire family - complete with fabulous sets, gorgeous costumes and a stocking full of beautiful music.

The Playhouse 85th Anniversary Season would not be complete without this heartwarming holiday entertainment. $39 adults, $24 students. 6915 Cass St. www.omahaplayhouse.com 553-0800.

11/22: Fall Chrysanthemum Show. Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha’s Botanical Center.

The indoor floral display hall is festooned in autumn colors during this Japanese-inspired show, featuring unique chrysanthemums, koinobori, Japanese maples, water features and more. 100 Bancroft St. www.lauritzengardens.com 11/22: Almost, Maine. Omaha Community Playhouse. Almost, Maine is a collection of nine playlets and whimsical tales of unlikely lovers. Set in Northern Maine and crammed with quirky characters this midwinter nights dream is sprinkled with a flurry of bittersweet magic realism.

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11/26 - 12/25: Sounds of the Season at Village Pointe.

Village Pointe. Enjoy your favorite melodies from Dickens carolers and also from local groups, schools and organizations who will help spread cheer through songs of the season! 168th & W. Dodge Rd. www.villagepointeshopping.com 505-9773.

11/27 - 12/25: Annie - The Musical. The Rose Theater. It’s a hard knock life for Annie-a spunky Depression-era orphan determined to find her parents who abandoned her on the doorstep of a New York City orphanage. For ages 4-adult.

Fri/7pm; Sat-Sun/2pm $16; Members Save $6/ticket. 2001 Farnam. www.rosetheater.org 345-4849.

11/27: Christmas at Union Station. The Durham Museum.

Create or continue a holiday tradition, kicking off with the Tree Lighting Ceremony from 4-7 p.m. Visitors will enjoy live performances with Michael Walker and the Heartland Harmonizers. Cookie decorating, crafts, story time and door raffles. Santa’s here too! Christmas at Union Station is presented

by ConAgra Foods. To help support the “Shine the Light on Hunger� campaign, ConAgra Foods employees will be collecting non-perishable food items and cash for the Nebraska Food Bank. www.durhammuseum.org

11/27: Village Pointe Holiday Lighting Ceremony. Village Pointe. Bring the entire family as we kick off the holiday season with a family-friendly concert starting at 6pm at the Alegent Health Amphitheatre in center court with complimentary hot cider and cookies for all. Starting at 7 pm, a whimsical parade led by a local marching band, will include favorite holiday and storybook characters, Victorian carolers, elves and Mrs. Claus.

Santa will arrive by “Cinderalla� carriage. Sparks will fly when our hosts flip the giant “switch� to officially illuminate the center for the holiday season. After the lighting ceremony, visit Santa inside the Village Pointe Cinema and enjoy free horse and carriage rides. Free. 168th & W. Dodge Rd. www.villagepointeshopping.com 505-9773For more information:6 p.m.

11/27 - 2/4: Holiday Poinsettia Show. Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha’s Botanical Center. More than 5,600 poinsettia plants are grown in our greenhouses starting as early as July for this annual show. This exhibit includes a 20-foot-tall poinsettia tree, decorated holiday trees, antique sleighs and three model trains that travel through the display.

Daily 9-5 p.m. $6 adults; $3 ages 6-12, free members and age 5 & under. 100 Bancroft St. www. lauritzengardens.com 11/28: WorldFest 2009. Lied Activity Center. Christmas, Culture & Customs From Around The World; We have live entertainment,Vendors providing food/activities/educational opportunities, and Hay Rack Rides. New for 2009 is the addition of the Medieval and Renaissance Society. Visit the special Medieval/Renaissance Village and learn about rope making, leather work, weaving, woodworking, metal work, jewelry making and more! Santa Claus will visit the children in our special holiday village. Each child receives a complimentary photo with Santa. Free. www. bellevueworldfest.com 11/29: Arte Popular: Mexican Folk Art from the Collection of Pat and Judd Wagner. Joslyn Art Museum. A celebration of the rich folk art traditions of Mexico, guest curated by Jose Francisco Garcia & his wife, Linda. 2200 Dodge St. www.joslyn.org 342-3300.

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Herb Alpert and Lani Hall, Holland Performing Arts Center 11/12 12/2 - 1/31: Affordable Treasures, All-Member Holiday Show.

Artists’ Cooperative Gallery Ltd. Visit the Artists’ Co-operative Gallery to find one-of-a-kind gift items for the holiday season. Opening reception Saturday 12/5 from 6-10pm and Sunday 12/6 from 2-5pm with live jazz and refreshments to get you in the spirit. Wed&Thur/11am-5pm; Fri&Sat/11am-10pm; Sun/noon5pm Free. 405 S. 11 St. www. artistsco-opgallery.com (402) 342-9617.

12/5: Omaha Symphony Chamber Series: Schubert’s Second. Omaha Symphony.

Brighten up your winter with this sunny program! Britten and Torke’s playful pieces showcase a lighthearted slice of 20th Century repertoire. After intermission, the audience slips into Schubert’s lovely Symphony No. 2. Here, a young Schubert explores his developing voice, producing a work of great brilliance and cheer. 7 p.m. $30 www.omahaperformingarts. org 345-0606.

12/3: The Imperial Nutcracker.

The Rose Theater. TuesSat/10am-4pm; Sun/12pm-4pm $7 adults; $5 seniors/college students; $4 ages 5-17; free/ ages 4 & under and Members.

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12/7: Holiday Harmony.

Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha’s Botanical Center. Stroll the holiday poinsettia show with added ambience from performers filling the visitor and education center with holiday music.

Enjoy a warm meal or snack in front of the crackling fireplace while listening to the entertainment. 2 p.m. $6 adults; $3 children ages 6-12, free members & age 5 & under. 100 Bancroft St. www.lauritzengardens.com

12/1 - 12/4: Madrigal Christmasse Feaste. Now in it’s 19th year, this unique form of dinner theatre invites you to return to the Renaissance years for a festive holiday evening in an old English Castle. Four course feaste complete with a jester, wench and cast of 30 who entertain with familiar music, madrigals, and mirth. $50/single; $48 groups of 10 or more. www. ibsencostumes.com 12/4: Jane Monheit. Holland Performing Arts Center. Escape this holiday season with the marvelous Jane Monheit, whose acclaimed dewy vocals bring Ella Fitzgerald to mind.

Soak up your favorite seasonal standards from one of the jazz world’s foremost vocalists. 8 p.m. Tickets start at $19. 13th & Douglas Sts. www.omahaperformingarts.org 345-0606.

12/4: The Fred Simon Gallery: Richard Austin and Kimberly Thomas. The Fred Simon Gallery. Displaying the artwork of contemporary Nebraska artists. The Fred Simon gallery is located in the Nebraska Arts Council offices.

12/8: Wynonna - A Classic Christmas.

Mid-America Center. Wynonna is taking her critically acclaimed holiday album, A Classic Christmas, on the road for the third year in a row. Spreading festive cheer across the country, Wynonna will combine her smooth vocals and tremendous live presence in an unforgettable performance that will warm the heart and inspire the spirit. Tickets can be purchased at the MAC Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations, online at ticketmaster.com or midamericacenter.com or charge by phone at 800.745.3000. 7:30 p.m. $58 - $100. One Arena Way. www.midamericacenter.com 712-323-0536.

12/10: USAF Heartland of America Band Holiday Concert. Holland Performing Arts Center. As a gift to our community, the Omaha WorldHerald and the USAF Heartland of America Band proudly present the 23rd Annual Holiday

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12/11: Happy Holly Gayz. Dietz Memorial United Methodist Church. River’s Edge is an outreach group under the River City Mixed Chorus umbrella.

This is their first official concert performance! Featuring songs for the Holiday season, River’s Edge will delight Omaha with their beautiful singing to warm everyone up this holiday season. 7 p.m. $10; $45 season tickets for all 3 shows this season.

1423 S. 10 St. www.rcmc.org 12/11: Gary Mauer and Elizabeth Southard. Holland Performing Arts Center. These star-crossed Phantom of the Opera lovers are also husbandand-wife off the stage. A romantic evening of Broadway standards by the best in the biz. 8 p.m. Tickets start at $25. 13th & Douglas Sts. www.omahaperformingarts.org 345-0606.

12/11: Modern and Co nte m p o ra r y Ar t Acquisitions On View in Exhibition. Joslyn Art Museum.

Works by 21 of the most thoughtful and experimental artists of our time comprise this exhibition of new acquisitions for the Museum’s modern and contemporary collection. The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States features works that come to Joslyn as part of a national gift program that testifies to the remarkable vision of two people committed to acquiring and sharing the art of our time.

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12/11: Modern and Co nte m p o ra r y Ar t Acquisitions On View in Exhibition. Joslyn Art Museum.

Works by 21 of the most thoughtful and experimental artists of our time comprise this exhibition of new acquisitions for the Museum’s modern and contemporary collection. The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States features works that come to Joslyn as part of a national gift program that testifies to the remarkable vision of two people committed to acquiring and sharing the art of our time.

2200 Dodge St. www.joslyn.org 342-3300.

12/12: Jesse Cook. Holland Performing Arts Center. Cook plays a hot mix of jazz and Cuban rumba with smoldering charisma. Called a flamenco guitar “genius,” his soulful fretwork is intoxicating. 8 p.m.

Tickets start at $25. 13th & Douglas Sts. www.omahaperformingarts.org 345-0606.

12/12: Holiday Air Affair.

Strategic Air & Space Museum.

Have your photo taken with Santa, participate in holiday education and craft activities, meet members of the 501 Legion. Please check our website for a complete list of activities! 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Adults: $8.50; Children(ages 5-12): $4.00; Seniors: $7.00; Military: $6.00. 28210 W Park Hwy, Ashland. www.sasmuseum.com 944-3100.

12/7 - 12/13: Irish Christmas at Father Flanagan’s House.

Boys Town. The historic house is open to the public for visitors to discover Irish Christmas traditions from Father’s children in Ireland. Quilts, ornaments, toys and displays from the 1920s.

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11/27 - 12/19: Silent Night of the Lambs. Blue Barn Theatre.

12/4 - 12/31: Yesterday and A twisted take on two classic Today. Omaha Community tales. Mixes one part holiday TV Playhouse. Billy McGuigan and special (Rudolf the Red Nosed his brothers return with their Reindeer) to create a twisted amazing musical tribute to the recipe of mayhem and mistlemusic of The Beatles. Rekindle toe. $80 adults; $64 ages 65+ the spirit of yesterday through & students. 614 S. 11 St. www. the music of the world’s most bluebarn.org 345-1576. popular band. Yesterday and Today will have you twisting 12/19: Science Saturday and shouting in the aisles while Show Strategic Air & Space singing every word to the Museum. Join us and Egad! songs you know and love. WedScience once a month for a sciSat/7:30pm; Sun/2pm & 6:30pm ence experience that is sure to 6915 Cass St. www.omahaplayinspire. Science Saturday brings house.com 553-0800. to life the Museum’s mission to inspire learning. December 19 12/25-31: IT’S A WONDERFUL ~ Leonardo da Vinci’s “Dream LIFE. Directed by Frank Capra, Machines”. Strategic Air & 1946. Film Streams’ Ruth Space Museum is committed Sokolof Theater, 14th & Webster. to educating the community For more information call 933in the areas of (STEM) Science, 0259 or visit www.filmstreams.

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Math. Sat/11am & 1:30pm Adults: $8.50; Children (ages 12/31: Christmas Seals 5-12): $4.00; Seniors: $7.00; History of Boys Town. Boys Military: $6.00. 28210 W Park Town. A display of famous Hwy, Ashland. www.sasmuseChristmas Seals sent out from um.com 944-3100.

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Symphony Pops Series: Christmas With The 12/31: New Year’s Eve Symphony. Omaha Symphony.

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Capturing Human Dignity Photographer David Radler

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David Radler makes his living shooting beautiful images that arrest and entertain but that don’t require much reflection or introspection. His high-end commercial work is geared toward

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But Radler’s more than the sum of his parts. When presented with the opportunity to make portraits of the few remaining Holocaust survivors in the Omaha area, he didn’t hesitate.

It’s not the first time he’s stepped outside the box to undertake a project with deep social and historical importance. Some years ago, he made a personal mission of photographing survivors here. He’s also photographed local Jewish war veterans.

Meeting and photographing these people, hearing their stories, made an impression. That’s why when Kutak Rock attorney Bob Cohen asked Radler to document survivors for an Institute for Holocaust Education exhibit, he enthusiastically accepted.

Beth Seldin Dotan, who directs the Omaha institute, wanted to honor survivors on the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the pogrom many historians use as a marker for the Holocaust’s start.

Radler realized the urgency of documenting these elderly witnesses to atrocity.

“Most of these people are in their 80s or 90s. They’re dying off, and I just wanted to record them. These survivors are an important part of world history because once these people are gone there’s going to be no first-hand witnesses left of what happened. There’s kind of a rush to get what we can,” Radler said from his large studio at 2553 Leavenworth Street.

Portraits of Survival consists of two dozen high-contrast black and white images. Radler was not interested in imposing any

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gravitas or solemnity on his subjects but “in trying to capture them as they are now. To me, the key was the eyes in this. You know, the window to the soul. I wanted to keep a thread through all the pictures and to me, it was just the look that they had — the dignity.” The images have a sober, quiet restraint that reflects their subjects’ defiant, grateful spirit.

“When I first decided I wanted to do this, I took out a book of portraits by Irving Penn and I looked through it as an inspiration,” Radler said. “The pictures to me were just so direct and so simple, and that’s kind of what I wanted to carry out on this project. Not to have any effects. I didn’t want it to be smiley pictures. I wanted it to be kind of neutral. To just be direct and let the people connect to the camera and see these people as they are.”

In capturing them authentically in the moment, he also captures their essence.

In line with his intimate yet unobtrusive approach he stripped down his process to a bare minimum. “I tried to keep the equipment very simple. I used one light. I brought one assistant. We kept it very pure, so it wasn’t a big production.” He photographed folks variously in their private residences, at the Blumkin nursing home and the Remington Heights retirement community.

A few came to his studio.

Said Dotan of Radler’s work: “David has an incredible talent to capture the soul of the individual in his photographs. The portraits seem to speak to us through the eyes of his art. I can’t express how much it means to the families of the survivors when they receive copies of their loved ones. We look forward to having this display of David Radler’s artwork as part of our outreach to the community for a long time.”

The exhibit has shown at the Joslyn Art Museum, the Strategic Air and Space Command Museum, and the Pennie V. Davis Gallery at the Jewish Community Center. An expanded exhibit is currently on display in the main gallery of the JCC, 333 S. 132nd St., through November 30. A limited edition photo book has been produced.

Radler, a Los Angeles native who keeps an apartment in New York City, where much of his work originates, enjoyed the experience. “It was fantastic and they were all great,” he said.

“I’m kind of sad this is done.” He said projects like these represent “my personal journey of photography. I really need to do these kinds of things to keep me balanced.”

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Norm Kerr

"Pays Back" the Salvation Army with Bell Ringing

In the eyes

of a 6-year-old boy, watching strangers in uniform bring wonderful gifts to his struggling family could be considered a miracle. In 1937, Norm Kerr was that boy. His memory of that Christmas is clear, and as “payback,” he has been involved with Salvation Army bell ringing for the Rotary Club of Omaha Suburban for the last 28 years.

Members of Suburban Rotary ring bells at the Westroads Mall J.C. Penney store two Saturdays every December, hoping shoppers will drop a few bills or extra change to help local families during the holidays. Families in need of a little help, just as Kerr’s was 82 years ago.

In 1936, in the midst of the Great Depression, Kerr’s family moved from Genoa, Neb., to Omaha. Jobs were few, and his father struggled to find one. Kerr attended Webster School and was on Christmas vacation in 1937 when there was a knock on the door. Three people in uniform had their arms full with baskets and crates of food, household necessities, clothes, and toys, which included Lincoln Logs building blocks for him and dolls for his sisters.

Days later, the strangers in uniform returned to tell Kerr’s father they had a job for him as a maintenance worker at TriStates Theatre Corporation, which worked out well.

Three years later, Kerr questioned his mother about that Christmas, and she told him they were from the Salvation Army. “The Salvation Army stepped in and really helped our family. There’s a lot of feeling there to see they stepped up for us,” Kerr said. www.omahapublications.com

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He volunteered at bell ringing for Rotary, and in 1984 was asked to take over the service project, which he has coordinated ever since. “To me, it’s a payback time for what they did for our family and what they’ve done for all kinds of people,” Kerr said.

Harry Reyburn, a Rotary member and retired Union Pacific manager, has volunteered for the Salvation Army for more than 50 years. “Happiness is helping others and that’s what we do,” he said. One challenge of ringing came to mind. “Just being cold sometimes. But we always have a good time.

We’ve never had any problems. Everybody understands,” Reyburn said.

Suburban Rotary president Jim Leslie, a retired University of Nebraska at Omaha alumni director, agreed about the cold. He works the same post each year. “I’m on the north door, and it’s brutally cold,” he said, although store management lets them ring the bells between two sets of doors. At times, Rotarians let their young children or grandchildren ring the bell. “People really respond to that,” Leslie said.

William Gust, M.D., of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has volunteered as a bell ringer for 15 years. “People get in the holiday mood and they’ll start taking from their pockets all the change they have,” he said.

Kerr said one time, a woman put a bill in the canister, and volunteer Alan Simon (of Omaha Steaks) asked her if she realized it was a $100 bill. She said yes. “It’s surprising the type of people that give,” Kerr said.

In fact, people with little to give often give more, he said.

Some Rotarians dress in Santa, Rudolf and elf costumes while ringing the bell, which attracts smiles from shoppers. “We all have a good time doing it. I have very little trouble getting people to help,” Kerr said of the volunteers.

Suburban Rotary, with approximately 200 members, has raised nearly $240,000 over the years, and the money collected remains in the local community, Kerr said.

“He’s done a fabulous job,” Leslie said of Kerr. “He really has a heart for this. It’s been his love.”

Kerr was a successful businessman as owner of Norm’s Door Service in Omaha for 45 years, and is now retired. He has always remembered the help his family received in 1937, and said that whenever he passes by a Salvation Army bell ringer, “I always put a nickel or a dime or something in the kettle.”

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“Kids have so many more choices these days, more than we could have ever thought about when we were kids,” says Kevin Kush.

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is convinced that kids – and their opportunities – have changed substantially since the days he played organized youth sports in the 1970s.

In those days, he and his teammates did what their coaches asked them to do with few questions and even fewer complaints.

In their minds, it was understood that Coach knows best.

That was then. This is now. And Kush, head football coach at Boys Town and author of “Competing with Character,” knows the balance of power between coach and athlete has shifted and continues to tilt.

But knowing that of the 40 million youth who participate in sports, only 30 percent will still be competing by age 13 motivates him to create change and opportunities for learning among athletes, coaches and parents.

“Kids have so many more choices these days, more than we could have ever thought about when we were kids,” said Kush, father of two young athletes – Keegan, 14, and Christian, 13.

“Kids are still passionate about sports, but if they don’t like being told what do to or where to play, they can go do something else. We know that, so we have to give them reasons to want to continue. Their biggest reason for quitting is that it’s no longer fun for them. We have to find continued on next page

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ways to make it fun for them.”

As the kids have changed over the years, so have the parents and coaches. Because many youth coaches have little or limited training (and no certification) in how to handle kids, they can become live wires, pushing the kids to extremes and disengaging them from the inherent joy of playing youth sports.

Through his book and motivational talks given all over the country, Kush is making it his mission to make sure coaches and parents – some of whom take living vicariously through their children’s athletics to violent and belligerent extremes – have the proper training and awareness to think before they act.

“A lot of coaches don’t have the knowhow to coach young kids, and they need to recognize it and learn and change,” Kush said.

“This is an area I’m very passionate about, and I’ve created a blueprint for parents and coaches as they can help kids get the most out of their sports and continue to love to play – and play by the rules.”

Defining and enforcing rules is definitely something Kush also believe helps mold the competitive as well as disciplined nature of young athletes.

He experiences it everyday with the young men he works with at Boys Town – young men who grew up with few, if any, rules to help direct and govern their lives. Their lives were mostly composed of looking out solely for No. 1 because no one else was. But Kush believes the structure of athletics helps them develop self-control and responsibility that they can channel into the other parts of their lives – particularly school.

And even though kids spend a lot of time in class growing up, Kush knows some of life’s best and lasting lessons can be learned on the 100-yard classroom.

“A lot of the kids who come out for football haven’t been much involved with sports for various reasons, but they show a desire to want to learn and to play,” said Kush, who played defensive back for UNO before catching the coaching bug during a youth football clinic with his college coach, Sandy Budda. “These kids have grown up looking out for themselves often in an attempt to survive, so teaching them about teamwork, rules of the game, being on time, sportsmanship, etc., is challenging but tremendously rewarding. I can’t imagine doing anything else.”

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Every major healthcare institution in Omaha is growing its services, including Methodist Health System (Methodist Women’s Hospital vice president and COO shown above, right).

Omaha’s Medical Expansion

By Molly Garriott

Omaha has seen staggering growth in the last 10 years, and the healthcare community can claim a lion’s share of this expansion. Even the recent economic turmoil that has seen new housing construction slow to a snail’s pace has not adversely affected healthcare construction. From the city’s western suburbs to the heart of mid-town, new healthcare facilities are being built and existing programs expanded along the city’s main arteries. The result: better medical care for the community, increased job opportunities for health care professionals, and employment for the construction companies.

Though not completely insulated from the country’s economic downturn, Omaha is more recession-resistant than cities on either coast. The substantial building projects in healthcare testify to this. New hospitals and satellite medical offices will need to be staffed. Nebraska Medical Center’s project in Bellevue will generate an estimated 500 new jobs alone. New medical research projects also foster economic growth. Tom www.omahapublications.com

O’Connor, senior associate director of public relations with the University of Nebraska Medical Center, offers this illustration: “For every $1 million of research, you create 36 new jobs.” In the past year, UNMC has conducted over $100 million of research, thus creating 3,600 new jobs in the process.

Every major healthcare institution in the city is an active precipitator of this growth.

Omaha Magazine takes a look at each health system and profiles specific ways in which its expansion has or will bring improved health care to the people of Omaha and beyond.

Methodist Health System More babies are born in Methodist Hospital than any other area hospital. But come June 2010, that will change. That is when Methodist Health System’s $120 million Women’s Hospital opens its doors on 192nd and Dodge streets. Sue Korth, vice president and COO of Methodist Women’s Hospital, says that it “will be the only hospital dedinovember/december | 2009

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In addition, Methodist Health System just received breast cancer accreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Cancer Centers (NAPBC). This national recognition is more evidence that Methodist is striving to be a leader in women’s health care.

Methodist Hospital was beginning to feel capacity issues, says Korth, which precipitated the decision to build an additional hospital. Building west was a response to need as many of Methodist’s patients live west of I-680 and would provide care for those in western Douglas County.

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Alegent Health Systems Five years ago, Alegent Health initiated expansion of health care facilities in Omaha’s western suburbs when it opened Lakeside Hospital. Today it continues its commitment “to provide high-quality care for the body, mind and spirit of every person” through numerous construction projects at all of its metropolitan hospitals, says Wayne Sensor, president and CEO of Alegent Health.

Both Bergan Mercy and Lakeside Hospitals have responded to increasing demands for labor and delivery services. Bergan Mercy Hospital is currently expanding its existing maternity ward, creating the new Best Beginnings Maternity Center. Slotted for completion in January 2010, the center will include 16 more Labor and Delivery rooms and 36 additional Post Partum rooms.

The hospital’s neo-natal intensive care unit (NICU) will also have 36 additional NICU beds in September 2010.

Lakeside increased maternity beds to 25 from its original 15, added nine Labor and Delivery rooms and 16 Post Partum rooms. Lakeside is also adding 6 private NICU rooms in August 2010.

Mercy Hospital has recently opened a Joint Replacement Center designed for patients undergoing total knee and hip replacement. A new Ambulatory Diagnostic Center is under construction at Immanuel Medical Center, as are renovations to the hospital’s Cancer Center. Both projects will be completed in October 2010.

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Children’s Hospital and Medical Center Traveling down Dodge Street, drivers cannot miss the massive construction project at 84th Street. Children’s Hospital and Medical Center’s Specialty Pediatric Center is nearing completion. “There is a growing demand for pediatric specialty services across the region,” states Gary A. Perkins, FACHE, president and CEO of Children’s Hospital and Medical Center.

“We expect that within just a few years after opening [targeted for August 2010], the Children’s Specialty Pediatric Center will be meeting the health care needs of 60,000 children annually.”

Children’s Hospital and Medical Center is the region’s only freestanding children’s hospital, serving Nebraska and the bordering areas in surrounding states. In just the field of heart health, its effects are far-reaching. In 2008 alone, the hospital performed over 316 heart surgeries on children, says Perkins. It opened one of the nation’s first hybrid pediatric heart catheterization labs, has increased the number of patient beds, expanded its intensive care unit and provides critical care transport around the clock.

In March, Children’s opened a satellite location at West Village Pointe on 175th and Burke Streets. The facility houses a Children’s Physicians office, Children’s Urgent Care, physical, occupational and speech therapy services, radiological services and lab draws.

As part of continuing efforts to match patient needs with services offered, additional clinical services can potentially be offered at the West Village Pointe location.

The Nebraska Medical Center Increased demand for services has precipitated impressive, two-fold growth at The Nebraska Medical Center: physical expansion and diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities expansion.

Last November, The Nebraska Medical Center opened a Cancer Center on 180th and West Dodge Road, affording patients living in west Omaha and western Douglas County all the specialized healthcare services available at the mid-town campus. Chemotherapy and radiation treatments and laboratory support are some of the outpatient treatment options and services available at the Cancer Center.

Cancer patients and their families provided input on the design of the new Cancer Center. Healing gardens and green space are part of the center, providing a soothing respite from treatment. Private infusion rooms are also standard rather than the common area outfitted with multiple beds.

The Nebraska Medical Center has also opened a new Diabetes Center on its Mid-town campus in response to the disease’s continually increasing numbers. The Bellevue Medical Center, a new 100-bed, full-service inpatient hospital, is due to open in 2010.

Growth is not limited to physical expansion. NMC and its physician partners have experienced “growth in diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities,” says Joe Graham, CEO of The Nebraska Medical Center. In March, it joined a handful of other medical centers which offers magnetoencephalograph (MEG) technology. MEG is the most advanced tool doctors have at their disposal for studying brain function, affording the clearest vision inside the brain. Doctors will also use MEG for the treatment of such neurological and psychiatric disorders as epilepsy, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, autism, dementia, depression and schizophrenia.

Currently, The Nebraska Medical Center is expanding the Cardiology Clinic and creating a new hospice program. For future expansion, Graham envisions services which will accomwww.omahapublications.com

modate a growing aging population. “The leading edge of the baby boom bubble turns 65 years of age in 2011. We know that an individual’s need for healthcare services rises significantly as they become elderly,” states Graham. As with all MNC expansion, future growth will not be what Graham describes as a “build it and they will come approach to facility expansion,” but be an outcome of growing programs and response to patient need.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center Where other healthcare institutes are growing out, the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) is expanding its research and educational programming within its mid-town neighborhood. Last year it completed the 134,000-square-foot Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education, dedicated to the education of a new generation of doctors. This past May a three-year project came to fruition when UNMC opened the 252,000-square-foot Durham Research Center II. Ron Schaefer, director of Facilities Planning and Construction for UNMC, says the Sorrell Center will allow UNMC to continue to recruit the “best and the brightest students in Nebraska.” The DRC II gives UNMC the competitive edge it needs to recruit outstanding scientists from around the world.

This summer UNMC began construction on its newest college, the College of Public Health. The college will have tremendous impact on the health of all Nebraskans, Schaefer said, as it will address important issues such as environmental health and reducing infant mortality rates. UNMC is also responding to the shortage of nurses within Nebraska by building an addition to its existing College of Nursing facility at 41st Street and Dewey Avenue. “By increasing the number of nurses and Ph.D.s who can teach nurses, we hope to be able to produce more nurses and fill the void of nurses in the state,” explains Schaefer.

On the docket for future expansion is the late-2010 construction of an eye institute at 40th and Leavenworth streets. The institute will replace outdated facilities and develop a premier center for the treatment of eye disease.

Though many of UNMC’s programs are in Omaha, Schaefer point out that “UNMC’s campus is actually the entire state.” The College of Dentistry is in Lincoln, and the College of Nursing has divisions in Norfolk, Kearney, Scottsbluff and Lincoln. Like the Omaha campus, programming in these areas has expanded to meet demand as well.

Creighton University Medical Center Physician development has been the primary focus of Creighton University Medical Center’s expansion in the last few years, “specifically as it relates to the recruitment of physician specialists — surgery, bariatric, oncology, esophageal, and trauma,” states President and CEO of Creighton University Medical Center Gary Honts. CUMC’s program specialties include: level 3 NICU, level 1 trauma designation, chest pain center designation, surgical treatments for digestive disorders and esophageal cancer, and a surgical oncology program.

Expanding its outreach presence in the areas of trauma and cardiovascular care has been a focus of CUMC’s recent physician development, adds Honts. CUMC recruits “the brightest specialists to practice medicine here in Omaha, specifically in the areas of surgical care,” Honts says. Patients, particularly those with cancer and digestive disorders, from across the country come to Omaha to access CUMC surgeons’ expertise.

As Omaha hospitals continue to acquire technological advances, as patient care facilities continue to be built, as research continues to be funded, and as medical professionals continue to be educated and recruited, Omaha’s national standing as a leader in healthcare will continue to grow. As Alegent’s Wayne Sensor aptly states: “I believe reputations are built around people, not facilities. As long as Omaha can attract and retain great leaders, physicians, care providers and researchers, then I believe our reputation will grow regardless of how many medical facilities we build.” november/december | 2009

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Omaha’s Best Doctors® in America 2009-2010 Who would the finest of physicians turn to if they needed medical care for themselves or their loved ones they could not personally provide? The Omaha metropolitan area physicians listed below have not only established outstanding reputations among their patients, but have been chosen by other top physicians for the honor of being included in the elite, international Best Doctors® database.

The Best Doctors® designation is based on an independent, exhaustive evaluation of the medical profession in which thousands of doctors who have been identified in previous surveys as “the best” in their specialties are asked: “If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, and you could not treat them your-

Addiction Medicine Kathleen Grant

Omaha Division - VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System Substance Abuse Treatment Center 4101 Woolworth Avenue Omaha, NE 68105 Phone: 402-449-0679

Allergy and Immunology Thomas B. Casale

Creighton University Medical Center Division of Allergy and Immunology 601 North 30th Street, Suite 3M100 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-4403

Russell J. Hopp Creighton University Medical Center Department of Pediatrics 601 North 30th Street, Suite 6820 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-4580

Brett Kettelhut Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Associates 2808 South 80th Avenue, Suite 210 Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: 402-391-1800

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Roger H. Kobayashi

James M. Tracy

John C. Peterson

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Associates 2808 South 80th Avenue, Suite 210 Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: 402-391-1800

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Associates 2808 South 80th Avenue, Suite 210 Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: 402-391-1800

Anesthesia West 7822 Davenport Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-391-4855

Kevin R. Murphy

Mark C. Wilson

Boys Town Pediatrics Pacific Street Pediatric Clinic 14080 Boys Town Hospital Road Boys Town, NE 68010 Phone: 402-778-6900

Children's Hospital & Medical Center Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Clinic 8200 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-5570

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 984455 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-7369

Jeffrey S. Nelson

Anesthesiology

Midwest Allergy and Asthma Clinic 16945 Frances Street Omaha, NE 68130 Phone: 402-397-7400

Thomas C. Nilsson Midwest Allergy and Asthma Clinic 16945 Frances Street Omaha, NE 68130 Phone: 402-397-7400

Jill Adair Poole University of Nebraska Medical Center Durham Outpatient Center Emile at 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: 402-559-9101

John H. Tinker

Thomas R. Brandt

Mark L. D'Agostino

109 North 29th Street, Suite One Norfolk, NE 68701 Phone: 402-644-4411

Anesthesia West 7822 Davenport Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-391-4855

Michael G. DelCore

Barbara J. Hurlbert University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 984455 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-5782

Kent Hutton Anesthesia West 7822 Davenport Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-391-4855

Cardiovascular Disease

Creighton University Medical Center The Cardiac Center 3006 Webster Street Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-4566

Arthur R. Easley University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Cardiology Durham Outpatient Center 42nd and Emile Street, Suite 2305 Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-8888

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Dennis J. Esterbrooks

Alan G. Thorson

Creighton University Medical Center The Cardiac Center 3006 Webster Street Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-4566

Colon and Rectal Surgery 9850 Nicholas Street, Suite 100 Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-343-1122

Thomas J. Lanspa

Bernard Timothy Baxter

Critical Care Medicine

Creighton University Medical Center The Cardiac Center 3006 Webster Street Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-4566

Omaha Vascular Surgery 515 North 162nd Avenue, Suite 300 Omaha, NE 68118 Phone: 402-393-6624

Syed Maqdoom Mohiuddin

Pulmonary Medicine Specialists 7710 Mercy Road, Suite 428 Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: 402-392-1404

Creighton University Medical Center Department of Medicine 601 North 30th Street, Suite 5850 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-4570

Aryan N. V. Mooss Creighton University Medical Center The Cardiac Center 3006 Webster Street Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-4566

Thomas R. Porter University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Cardiology Durham Outpatient Center 989510 Nebraska Medical Center, Suite 2305 Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-8888

George Sojka Heart Consultants 6901 North 72nd Street, Suite 3300 North Omaha, NE 68122 Phone: 402-572-3307

John Windle University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Cardiology Durham Outpatient Center 42nd and Emile Streets, Suite 2305 Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-8888

Colon and Rectal Surgery

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Lee Morrow Creighton University Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 601 North 30th Street, Suite 3820 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-449-4486

Craig Arnold Piquette Omaha Division - VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System Department of Medicine 4101 Woolworth Avenue Omaha, NE 68105 Phone: 402-559-4015

Debra J. Romberger University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 985300 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-943-5515

Dan Schuller Creighton University Medical Center Division of Critical Care and Sleep Medicine 601 North 30th Street, Suite 3820 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-449-4486

Joseph H. Sisson

Colon and Rectal Surgery 9850 Nicholas Street, Suite 100 Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-343-1122

University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy Medicine 42nd and Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-9101

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Emergency Medicine Robert Muelleman

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine 981150 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-6705

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Robert J. Anderson Creighton University Medical Center Creighton Endocrinology Dundee Clinic, Suite 101 5002 Underwood Avenue Omaha, NE 68132 Phone: 402-280-1185

Cyrus Victor DeSouza Omaha Division - VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System Division of Endocrinology 4101 Woolworth Avenue Omaha, NE 68105 Phone: 402-346-8800

Andjela T. Drincic Creighton University Medical Center Creighton Endocrinology Dundee Clinic, Suite 101 5002 Underwood Avenue Omaha, NE 68132 Phone: 402-280-1185

J. Christopher Gallagher Creighton University Medical Center Bone Metabolism Clinic 601 North 30th Street, Suite 6712 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-4516

Whitney Sears Goldner University of Nebraska Medical Center Diabetes Center 4355 Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-8700

Sarah B. Konigsberg Diabetes and Endocrine Associates 4242 Farnam Street, Suite 460 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-561-2740

James T. Lane University of Nebraska Medical Center Diabetes Center 4355 Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-8700

Jennifer L. Larsen University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism 42nd and Emile Streets Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-8700

Lynn Mack-Shipman University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism 983020 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-8700

Amy S. Neumeister University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism 42nd and Emile Streets Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-8700

Robert R. Recker Creighton University Medical Center Osteoporosis Research Center 601 North 30th Street, Suite 4820 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-4470

Vijay Shivaswamy University of Nebraska Medical Center Diabetes Center Division of Endocrinology 4355 Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-8700

Timothy O. Wahl Diabetes and Endocrine Associates 4242 Farnam Street, Suite 460 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-561-2740

Family Medicine Robert A. Beer

West Omaha Family Physicians 17030 Lakeside Hills Plaza, Suite 130 Omaha, NE 68130 Phone: 402-758-5105

James Douglas Dunning Alegent Health Clinic Lakeside Family Medicine 16909 Lakeside Hills Court, Suite 300 Omaha, NE 68130 Phone: 402-758-5400

William P. Fitzgibbons Skyline Medical Center Department of Family Medicine 1908 North 203rd Street, Suite Two Elkhorn, NE 68022 Phone: 402-289-4031

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Daniel E. Halm

David Michael Keller, Jr.

Harry E. McFadden

Creighton Medical Associates Creighton Family Healthcare - Old Market 1319 Leavenworth Street, Suite 101 Omaha, NE 68102 Phone: 402-280-5500

University Medical Associates Department of Family Medicine 3604 Summit Plaza Drive Bellevue, NE 68123 Phone: 402-595-2275

Alegent Health Clinic Lakeside Family Medicine 16909 Lakeside Hills Court, Suite 300 Omaha, NE 68130 Phone: 402-758-5400

Methodist Physicians Clinic Regency Family Practice 10060 Regency Circle Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-1406

Dennis P. Goeschel

Jeffrey Harrison

Ralph John Kramper

Paul H. Meissner

UNMC Physicians Clinic West Department of Family Medicine 2727 South 144th Street, Suite 140 Omaha, NE 68144 Phone: 402-778-5677

University of Nebraska Medical Center Physicians Department of Family Medicine 3604 Summit Plaza Drive Bellevue, NE 68123 Phone: 402-595-2275

Primary Care Physicians 12728 Augusta Avenue Omaha, NE 68144 Phone: 402-330-1410

Arbor Heights Family Practice 8720 Frederick Street, Suite 100 Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: 402-397-0700

William Anthony Lowndes

Gordon S. Moshman

Mark D. Goodman

Raymond D. Heller

Creighton Medical Associates Creighton Family Healthcare - Old Market 1319 Leavenworth Street, Suite 101 Omaha, NE 68102 Phone: 402-280-5500

Creighton Family Healthcare 13110 Birch Drive, Suite 152 Omaha, NE 68164 Phone: 402-496-7979

Alegent Health Clinic Lakeside Family Medicine 102 West Highway 370 Gretna, NE 68028 Phone: 402-332-2772

Midwest Regional Health Services Clarkson West Medical Center 2727 South 144th Street, Suite 280 Omaha, NE 68144 Phone: 402-778-5490

Monty S. Mathews

Debra E. Mostek

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Family Medicine 983075 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-7200

University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology 42nd and Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-9600

Norman L. Grosbach Methodist HealthWest Physicians Clinic 16120 West Dodge Road Omaha, NE 68118 Phone: 402-354-0610

Kimberly Jean Jarzynka UNMC Physicians Family Medicine 42nd and Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-7200

OMAHA ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC & SPORTS MEDICINE, P.C.

11704 West Center Road, Suite 200 • Omaha, NE 68144-4327 402.691.0500 • www.omahaorthopedic.com

Richard P. Murphy, MD

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Omaha Orthopedic Clinic & Sports Medicine, PC is proud to have Doctor Richard P. Murphy selected as one of the “Best Doctors” in America 2009-2010 in the category of hand surgery. The Best Doctors database includes the top 3-5% of specialists in more than 30 countries, 40 specialties and more than 400 subspecialties.

“It is an honor to be included in the list of Best Doctors in America. To be selected by fellow physicians, many of whom have been my mentors, is truly meaningful.”

Doctor Murphy is a graduate of University of Notre Dame, completing an orthopedic residency at the University of Kansas, followed by a fellowship in Hand and Microsurgery at the University of Colorado.

He is active in the clinical research and teaching of upper extremity orthopedics, and recently served as the President of the Nebraska Society of Orthopedic Surgeons.

“I became interested in Hand Surgery as a medical student after seeing how hand problems have such a significant impact on patient’s lives and their ability to function in everyday life.”

Doctor Murphy is a partner with Omaha Orthopedic Clinic & Sports Medicine, PC with an interest in hand surgical problems including congenital or birth deformities, traumatic injuries (including sports injuries) and arthritis. This includes the care and treatment of upper extremity injuries in a number of collegiate and professional athletes.

Omaha Orthopedic Clinic & Sports Medicine, PC has been treating orthopedic patients in Omaha and the surrounding areas since 1947 and in addition to Doctor Murphy includes Doctors Michael Morrison, Pete Cimino and Jason Mickels. november/december | 2009

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Patricia Ellen MurdockLangan

Douglas H. Wheatley

Renee L. Young

Susan G. Scholer

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Family Medicine 989350 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-7200

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Gastroenterology 42nd and Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4015

Omaha Internal Medicine 1805 North 145th Street Omaha, NE 68154 Phone: 402-393-1000

Scott Lawrence Wilson

Rowen K. Zetterman

Methodist Physicians Clinic Hawthorne Court Department of Family Medicine 17675 Welch Plaza Omaha, NE 68135 Phone: 402-354-7600

Creighton University School of Medicine Department of Gastroenterology 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178 Phone: 402-280-2600

University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology 981320 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-9600

University of Nebraska Medical Center Family Medicine- Durham Outpatient Center 42nd Street and Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-7200

Dorothy A. E. Zink

Geriatric Medicine

Paul M. Paulman

Gastroenterology

Alegent Health Clinic Lakeside Family Medicine 16909 Lakeside Hills Court, Suite 300 Omaha, NE 68130 Phone: 402-758-5400

Paul J. Nelson Family Health Care 10105 Maple Street Omaha, NE 68134 Phone: 402-572-3140

Audrey Paulman

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Family Medicine 983075 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-7200

Daniel Arthur Pearson Alegent Health Clinic Lakeside Family Medicine 16909 Lakeside Hills Court, Suite 300 Omaha, NE 68130 Phone: 402-758-5400

Michael A. Sitorius University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Family Medicine 989350 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-7200

John Lloyd Smith

Methodist Physicians Clinic Regency Family Practice 10060 Regency Circle Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-1406

University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology 42nd and Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-9600

John L. Gollan

Donald R. Frey

University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of Gastroenterology 983332 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4015

Creighton Medical Associates Creighton Family Healthcare - Old Market 1319 Leavenworth Street, Suite 101 Omaha, NE 68102 Phone: 402-280-5500

Stephen Lanspa Creighton University Medical Center Department of Gastroenterology 601 North 30th Street, Suite 5730 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-449-4692

Mark E. Mailliard University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 45th and Emile Streets Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4015

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Family Medicine 989350 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-7200

John Charles Mitchell II

Julie A. Spencer

Daniel F. Schafer

Alegent Health Clinic Lakeside Family Medicine 16909 Lakeside Hills Court, Suite 300 Omaha, NE 68130 Phone: 402-758-5400

University of Nebraska Medical Center Durham Outpatient Center 45th and Emile Streets Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4015

Edward Vandenberg

Edwin Conrad Schafer II

University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology 981320 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-9600

Midwest GI 4242 Farnam Street, Suite 490 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-504-3880

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Catherine M. Eberle

Midwest Gastrointestinal Associates 8021 Cass Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-397-7057

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William L. Lyons University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology 42nd and Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-9600

Timothy Raymond Malloy University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of Geriatric Medicine 983075 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-8814

James V. Ortman Bergan Medical Building, Suite 301 7710 Mercy Road Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: 402-397-7040

Jane F. Potter University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology 981320 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-9600

Rebecca L. Reilly Methodist Hospital Geriatric Clinic 8303 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-3152

Edward Vandenberg

Hand Surgery

Robert M. Cochran Arthritis and Orthopaedic Surgeons 11819 Miracle Hills Drive, Suite 203 Omaha, NE 68154 Phone: 402-492-9922

Richard Murphy Omaha Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine 11704 West Center Road, Suite 200 Omaha, NE 68144 Phone: 402-691-0500

Nils Nystrom University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 42nd and Emile Streets Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-8000

Hepatology John L. Gollan University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of Gastroenterology 983332 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4015

Mark E. Mailliard University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 45th and Emile Streets Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4015

Timothy M. McCashland University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 983285 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4076

Sandeep Mukherjee University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatitis 983285 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4015

Daniel F. Schafer

Thomas L. Connolly

Andre Kalil

Philip W. Smith

University of Nebraska Medical Center Durham Outpatient Center 45th and Emile Streets Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4015

Physicians of Internal Medicine 7710 Mercy Road, Suite 601 Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: 402-397-6009

University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of Infectious Disease 4400 Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-8650

Nebraska Medical Center Division of Infectious Disease 42nd and Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-8650

Michael F. Sorrell

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Infectious Disease 600 South 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4015

Laurel C. Preheim

Internal Medicine

Omaha Division - VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System Department of Infectious Disease 4101 Woolworth Avenue Omaha, NE 68105 Phone: 402-449-0617

Steven T. Bailey

Methodist HealthWest Physicians Clinic 16120 West Dodge Road Omaha, NE 68118 Phone: 402-354-0550

Mark E. Rupp

Joel Bessmer

University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of Infectious Disease 984031 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-8650

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 987650 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-5630

Akhilesh K. Sharma

Terence Michael Cooney

Creighton University Medical Center Division of Internal Medicine 601 North 30th Street, Suite 5800 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-4180

Methodist Physicians Clinic Indian Hills Internal Medicine 8901 West Dodge Road Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-8600

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 983285 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4015

Rowen K. Zetterman Creighton University School of Medicine Department of Gastroenterology 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178 Phone: 402-280-2600

Infectious Disease Marvin J. Bittner

Omaha Division - VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System Division of Infectious Disease 4101 Woolworth Avenue Omaha, NE 68105 Phone: 404-995-5219

M.D.

Alison Gail Freifeld

Gary L. Gorby Omaha Division - VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System Department of Infectious Disease 4101 Woolworth Avenue Omaha, NE 68105 Phone: 402-995-5713

Edward A. Horowitz Creighton University Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 601 North 30th Street, Suite 5800 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-4180

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Rebecca Herink

Richard K. Osterholm

Matthew Alexander Shehan

Omaha Internal Medicine 1805 North 145th Street Omaha, NE 68154 Phone: 402-393-1000

Westroads Medical Group 10170 Nicholas Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-391-3800

Physicians of Internal Medicine 7710 Mercy Road, Suite 601 Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: 402-397-5236

John J. Hoesing

Jennifer Parker

William A. Shiffermiller

Methodist HealthWest Physicians Clinic 16120 West Dodge Road Omaha, NE 68118 Phone: 402-354-0550

Baker Place Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 5050 Ames Avenue Omaha, NE 68104 Phone: 402-595-2280

Methodist HealthWest Physicians Clinic 16120 West Dodge Road Omaha, NE 68118 Phone: 402-354-0550

T. J. Holmes

Anton Frank Piskac

Karen J. Stacey

4239 Farnam Street, Suite 301 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-552-3040

Westroads Medical Group 10170 Nicholas Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-391-3800

Omaha Internal Medicine 1805 North 145th Street Omaha, NE 68154 Phone: 402-393-1000

Joann L. Porter

Thomas Gerald Tape

Omaha Division - VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System Department of Ambulatory Care 4101 Woolworth Avenue Omaha, NE 68105 Phone: 402-346-8800

UNMC Physicians at Turner Park Department of Internal Medicine 2955 Farnam Street Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-595-3939

Eric C. Rice

Methodist Physicians Clinic Indian Hills Internal Medicine 8901 West Dodge Road, Suite 100 Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-8600

Bruce L. Houghton Creighton University Medical Center Division of General Internal Medicine 601 North 30th Street, Suite 5800 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-4180

Anna L. Lavedan Family Health Care 10105 Maple Street Omaha, NE 68134 Phone: 402-572-3140

Anna Maio Creighton University Medical Center Division of General Internal Medicine 601 North 30th Street, Suite 5800 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-4180

J. Scott Neumeister University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 983331 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4015

David V. O'Dell University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 983331 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4015

Mark E. Oberlies

Nebraska Methodist Hospital Department of Internal Medicine 8303 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-2360

Henry Sakowski Creighton University Medical Center Division of General Internal Medicine 601 North 30th Street, Suite 5850 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-4180

Susan G. Scholer Omaha Internal Medicine 1805 North 145th Street Omaha, NE 68154 Phone: 402-393-1000

Lynn Scott Methodist Physicians Clinic Regency 10060 Regency Circle Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-1378

Alegent Health Clinic Lakeside Internal Medicine 16909 Lakeside Hills Court, Suite 300 Omaha, NE 68130 Phone: 402-758-5045

David Sharp

Mark D. Omar

Joseph F. Shehan

Methodist HealthWest Physicians Clinic 16120 West Dodge Road Omaha, NE 68118 Phone: 402-354-0550

Westroads Medical Group 10170 Nicholas Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-391-3800

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Internal Medical Physicians 17030 Lakeside Hills Plaza, Suite 102 Omaha, NE 68130 Phone: 402-758-5800

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Edward J. Taylor

Robert Swift Wigton University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 42nd and Dewey Street Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-559-7299

John Arnold Woodruff Physicians of Internal Medicine 7710 Mercy Road, Suite 601 Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: 402-397-6009

Medical Genetics Julia A. Bridge

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Pathology and Microbiology 983135 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-7212

Bruce A. Buehler University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of Medical Genetics 985450 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-6418

Medical Oncology and Hematology James O. Armitage

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Hematology and Oncology 987680 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-5600

Philip J. Bierman University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 987680 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-5520

Margaret Block Nebraska Cancer Specialists Bergan Medical Building 7710 Mercy Road, Suite 122 Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: 402-393-3110

James Richard Commers Hematology and Oncology Consultants 6901 North 72nd Street, Suite 2244 Omaha, NE 68122 Phone: 402-572-3535

Kenneth H. Cowan University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Hematology and Oncology 4400 Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4238

Ralph Joseph Hauke Nebraska Cancer Specialists Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center 8303 Dodge Street, Suite 250 Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-8124

Margaret Anne Kessinger University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 987680 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-5600

Robert M. Langdon, Jr. Nebraska Cancer Specialists Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center 8303 Dodge Street, Suite 250 Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-8124

Abraham Philip Mathews

Peter Silberstein

Hematology and Oncology Consultants 6901 North 72nd Street, Suite 2244 Omaha, NE 68122 Phone: 402-572-3535

Creighton University Medical Center Division of Hematology and Oncology 601 North 30th Street, Suite 2565 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-4364

Elizabeth C. Reed

Stefano R. Tarantolo

University of Nebraska Medical Center Peggy D. Cowdery Patient Care Center The Lied Transplant Center Building 4400 Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4000

Nebraska Cancer Specialists Midwest Cancer Center-Legacy 17201 Wright Street, Suite 200 Omaha, NE 68130 Phone: 402-334-4773

Samer I. Renno

Hematology and Oncology Consultants 6901 North 72nd Street, Suite 2244 Omaha, NE 68122 Phone: 402-572-3535

Hematology and Oncology Consultants 6901 North 72nd Street, Suite 2244 Omaha, NE 68122 Phone: 402-572-3535

Inaganti Mastan Shah Hematology and Oncology Consultants 6901 North 72nd Street, Suite 2244 Omaha, NE 68122 Phone: 402-572-3535

Joseph Daniel Verdirame

Julie M. Vose University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 987680 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-3848

Douglas J. Long

Nephrology

Robert W. Dunlay Creighton University Medical Center Creighton Nephrology 3316 Dodge Street, Suite 200 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-341-3141

Neurological Surgery

Midwest Neurosurgery 8005 Farnam Drive, Suite 305 Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-398-9243

Neurology

John M. Bertoni

University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of Neurosurgery 982035 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4017

University of Nebraska Medical Center Neurological Sciences Clinic Clarkson Doctors Office North Building, Suite 650 4242 Farnum Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-8600

George Greene

Karen Bremer

Neurological Surgery 4242 Farnam Street, Suite 363 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-552-2929

Creighton University Medical Center Department of Neurology 601 North 30th Street, Suite 5300 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-4686

Kenneth A. Follett

Peter J. Lennarson University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of Neurosurgery 42nd and Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-8600

Pierre B. Fayad University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Neurological Sciences 4242 Farnam Street, Suite 650 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-559-8600

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Harris A. Frankel

Rebecca McCrery

8901 West Dodge Road, Suite 210 Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-2000

Methodist Physicians Clinic Women's Center 8901 West Dodge Road, Suite 200 Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-1700

Obstetrics and Gynecology Craig Alan Bassett

Methodist Physicians Clinic Women's Center 8901 West Dodge Road, Suite 100 Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-1700

Teresa Grace Berg University of Nebraska Medical Center Olson Center for Women's Health 983255 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4212

Alfred Fleming Creighton University Medical Center Creighton Women's Health Center Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine 601 North 30th Street, Suite 4700 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-4434

Carolee Jones

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology 40th and Dewey Avenue Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-2020

Physicians of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2723 South 87th Street Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: 402-393-1550

Michael A. Halsted

Mark E. Goebel

Midwest Eye Care 4353 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-552-2020

Nebraska Orthopaedic Associates 2725 South 144th Street, Suite 110 Omaha, NE 68144 Phone: 402-637-0400

Kerry J. Rodabaugh

Richard H. Legge

R. Michael Gross

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 983255 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-5068

7810 Davenport Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-397-1626

GIKK Ortho Specialists 7710 Mercy Road, Suite 224 Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: 402-399-8550

Kathleen L. Norton

Raymond L. Schulte Omaha ObGyn Associates 4239 Farnam Street, Suite 734 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-552-2700

Kent H. Siemers Mid City ObGyn 7205 West Center Road, Suite 200 Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: 402-397-6600

Michelle S. Knolla

Mid City ObGyn 7205 West Center Road, Suite 200 Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: 402-397-6600

Ann Meissner Sjulin

Carl V. Smith

Mid City ObGyn 7205 West Center Road, Suite 200 Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: 402-397-6600

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 983255 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-6150

Thomas E. Martin

Tifany Somer-Shely

Lonny Joe Legino

Methodist Physicians Clinic Women's Center 8901 West Dodge Road, Suite 100 Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-1700

Methodist Physicians Clinic Women's Center 8901 West Dodge Road, Suite 100 Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-1700

Nancy B. Mathews

Susan A. Westcott

Methodist Physicians Clinic Women's Center 8901 West Dodge Road, Suite 100 Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-1700

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Kevin L. Garvin University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation 4400 Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-8000

Methodist Physicians Clinic Women's Center 8901 West Dodge Road, Suite 100 Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-1700

Methodist Physicians Clinic Women's Center 8901 West Dodge Road Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-1700

Ophthalmology

Methodist Physicians Clinic Women's Center 8901 West Dodge Road Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-1700

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Peter J. Whitted Midwest Eye Care 4353 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-552-2020

Orthopaedic Surgery

Scott McMullen GIKK Ortho Specialists 7710 Mercy Road, Suite 224 Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: 402-361-5205

David E. Brown

Matthew A. Mormino

OrthoWest Oakview Medical Building, Suite 212 2725 South 144th Street Omaha, NE 68144 Phone: 402-637-0800

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation 981080 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-8000

Charles Burt Nebraska Orthopaedic Associates 2725 South 144th Street, Suite 110 Omaha, NE 68144 Phone: 402-637-0400

James Canedy Nebraska Orthopaedic Associates 2725 South 144th Street, Suite 110 Omaha, NE 68144 Phone: 402-637-0400

Edward Vincent Fehringer University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation 989265 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-8000

Timothy C. Fitzgibbons GIKK Ortho Specialists 7710 Mercy Road, Suite 224 Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: 402-361-5205

Randall D. Neumann OrthoWest Oakview Medical Building, Suite 212 2725 South 144th Street Omaha, NE 68144 Phone: 402-637-0800

Eric Donald Phillips Nebraska Spine Center 13616 California Street, Suite 100 Omaha, NE 68154 Phone: 402-496-0404

Otolaryngology

Ann Louise Edmunds Omaha Ear Nose and Throat 16929 Frances Street, Suite 201 Omaha, NE 68130 Phone: 402-758-5330

Jane Emanuel Boys Town National Research Hospital Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic 555 North 30th Street Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-498-6540

Mark Douglas Frey

Trent William Quinlan

Advanced ENT 7710 Mercy Road, Suite 322 Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: 402-932-1999

ENT Specialists 366 Regency Parkway Drive Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-397-0670

Donald A. Leopold

Russell B. Smith

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology 4400 Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-5208

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology 981225 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-6500

Rodney P. Lusk

Britt A. Thedinger

Boys Town National Research Hospital Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic 555 North 30th Street Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-498-6540

Ear Specialists of Omaha 9202 West Dodge Road, Suite 200 Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-933-3277

Daniel D. Lydiatt

Kenneth A. Follett

Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center 8303 Dodge Street, Suite 304 Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-5048

William M. Lydiatt

Pain Medicine

University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of Neurosurgery 982035 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4017

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Kim F. Duncan

Russell J. Hopp

Creighton University Medical Center Department of Pediatrics 601 North 30th Street, Suite 6820 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-4580

Children's Hospital & Medical Center Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Scott Pavilion 8200 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-4360

Pediatric Anesthesiology

Pediatric Cardiology

Children's Hospital & Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 8200 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-4385

Children's Hospital & Medical Center Department of Cardiology 8200 Dodge Street, Fourth Floor Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-4350

Jane Kugler

Christopher C. Erickson

Children's Hospital & Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 8200 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-5400

Children's Hospital & Medical Center Division of Pediatric Cardiology 8200 Dodge Street, Fourth Floor Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-4350

Denise Marie Drvol

David A. Danford

Carl H. Gumbiner Children's Hospital & Medical Center Department of Cardiology 8200 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-4350

University of Nebraska Medical Center Head and Neck Cancer Center 981225 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-6500

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John Dale Kugler

Kevin P. Corley

Pediatric Neurological Surgery

Children's Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinic 7823 Chicago Court Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-3871

Leslie Hellbusch

Midwest Neurosurgery 8005 Farnam Drive, Suite 305 Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-398-9243

Children's Hospital & Medical Center Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Clinic 8200 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-5570

Pediatric Critical Care

Richard E. Lutz

Pediatric Ophthalmology Robert Troia

John L. Colombo

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Pediatric Pulmonology 985190 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-6275

University of Nebraska Medical Center Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation 985450 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-6418

Pediatric Ophthalmology Associates 515 North 98th Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-399-9400

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Pediatric Pulmonology 985190 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-6275

Carl H. Gumbiner

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Sebastian Troia

Jeffrey S. Nelson

Pediatric Ophthalmology Associates 515 North 98th Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-399-9400

Midwest Allergy and Asthma Clinic 16945 Frances Street Omaha, NE 68130 Phone: 402-397-7400

Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

Paul H. Sammut

Children's Hospital & Medical Center UN and CU Joint Division of Pediatric Cardiology 8200 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-4354

John L. Colombo

Children's Hospital & Medical Center Department of Cardiology 8200 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-4350

Mohan R. Mysore Children's Hospital & Medical Center Division of Critical Care Medicine 8200 Dodge Street, Second Floor Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-4200

George Evan Reynolds Children's Hospital & Medical Center Division of Critical Care Medicine 8200 Dodge Street, Second Floor Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-4200

Paul H. Sammut University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Pediatric Pulmonology 985190 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-6275

Pediatric Dermatology Jill S. Nelson

Dermatology Specialists of Omaha 909 North 96th Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-1315

Pediatric Emergency Medicine David M. Tolo

Children's Hospital & Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine 8200 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-5150

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Dean L. Antonson

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology 985160 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-6766

Jon A. Vanderhoof Boys Town National Research Hospital Boys Town Medical Campus - Pacific Street 14040 Boys Town Hospital Road Boys Town, NE 68010 Phone: 402-778-6820

Pediatric HematologyOncology Peter F. Coccia

University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 982168 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-7257

Bruce Gordon University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of Hematology and Oncology 982168 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-7257

Phyllis I. Warkentin University of Nebraska Medical Center Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics 983135 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-7257

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Paul Esposito

Pediatric Orthopaedics 10506 Burt Circle Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-492-9767

Glen M. Ginsburg

Pediatric Pulmonology Hari Bandla

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Pediatric Pulmonology 985190 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-6275

Mark C. Wilson

Pediatric Orthopaedics 10506 Burt Circle Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-492-9767

Children's Hospital & Medical Center Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Clinic 8200 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-5570

Brian Hasley

Pediatric Sleep Medicine

Pediatric Orthopaedics 10506 Burt Circle Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-492-9767

Susan A. Scherl Pediatric Orthopaedics 10506 Burt Circle Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-492-9767

Pediatric Otolaryngology Patrick E. Brookhouser

Boys Town National Research Hospital Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic 555 North 30th Street Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-498-6540

Rodney P. Lusk Boys Town National Research Hospital Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic 555 North 30th Street Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-498-6540

Hari Bandla

Children's Hospital & Medical Center Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Clinic 8200 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-5570

Pediatric Specialist/Abused Children Stephen Lazoritz

6310 South 176th Street Omaha, NE 68135 Phone: 402-861-0367

Pediatric Specialist/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Shashi K. Bhatia

Creighton University Medical Center Creighton Psychiatry Clinic 3528 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-345-8828

Christopher J. Kratochvil University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Psychiatry 985581 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-552-6005

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University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine 42nd and Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-9538

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University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of Neurology 4200 Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-9539

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Alka Desai

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Joseph Straley

Children's Physicians - Eagle Run 13808 West Maple Road, Suite 100 Omaha, NE 68164 Phone: 402-955-3000

University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of General Pediatrics 989400 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4208

University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of General Pediatrics 989400 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4208

Children's Physicians - Eagle Run 13808 West Maple Road, Suite 100 Omaha, NE 68164 Phone: 402-955-3000

Boys Town Pediatrics Pacific Street Pediatric Clinic 14080 Boys Town Hospital Road Boys Town, NE 68010 Phone: 402-778-6900

Anna L. Lavedan

Tina Scott-Mordhorst

Family Health Care 10105 Maple Street Omaha, NE 68134 Phone: 402-572-3140

UNMC Physicians at Plattsmouth 1938 East Highway 34 Plattsmouth, NE 68048 Phone: 402-296-6009

Children's Hospital & Medical Center Hospitalist Service 8200 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-5400

David Finken

Gary Stephen Lerner

Patricia Seivert

Thomas Tonniges

University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of General Pediatrics 989400 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4208

Children's Hospital & Medical Center Children's Developmental Clinic 8200 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-4160

University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of General Pediatrics 4400 Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4208

Boys Town Pediatrics Pacific Street Pediatric Clinic 14080 Boys Town Hospital Road Boys Town, NE 68154 Phone: 402-778-6920

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Gregory C. Severson

John N. Walburn

Children's Physicians - Embassy Park 9202 West Dodge Road, Suite 101 Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-7500

Methodist HealthWest Physicians Clinic Department of Pediatrics 16120 West Dodge Road Omaha, NE 68118 Phone: 402-354-0620

Methodist HealthWest Physicians Clinic Department of Pediatrics 16120 West Dodge Road Omaha, NE 68118 Phone: 402-354-0620

University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of General Pediatrics 989400 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4208

Mary Jane Fitzgibbons Mikuls

Joseph T. Snow

Robert D. Woodford

Children's Physicians - West Village Point 110 North 175th Street, Suite 1000 Omaha, NE 68118 Phone: 402-955-5437

Children's Hospital & Medical Center Hospitalist Service 8200 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-5400

Children's Physicians - Embassy Park 9202 West Dodge Road, Suite 101 Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-7500

John C. Moore

Sheilah J. Snyder

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Children's Physicians - West Village Point 110 North 175th Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-5437

Children's Hospital & Medical Center Hospitalist Service 8200 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-5400

Aesthetic Surgical Images 8900 West Dodge Road Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-390-0100

Charles J. Sprague

Aesthetic Surgical Images 8900 West Dodge Road Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-390-0100

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Francis J. Harrison Children's Physicians - Val Verde 9801 Giles Road, Suite One La Vista, NE 68128 Phone: 402-955-8400

Rebecca Herink Omaha Internal Medicine 1805 North 145th Street Omaha, NE 68154 Phone: 402-393-1000

David Kaufman Children's Physicians - Eagle Run 13808 West Maple Road, Suite 100 Omaha, NE 68164 Phone: 402-955-3000

Jillyn Kratochvil Creighton Medical Associates Children's Physicians 119 North 51st Street, Suite 201 Omaha, NE 68132 Phone: 402-955-7676

Kari A. Krenzer Children's Physicians - West Village Point 110 North 175th Street, Suite 1000 Omaha, NE 68118 Phone: 402-955-5437

Kent Kronberg Children's Physicians - Eagle Run 13808 West Maple Road, Suite 100 Omaha, NE 68164 Phone: 402-955-3000

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Michael J. Moore Creighton Medical Associates Children's Physicians 119 North 51st Street, Suite 201 Omaha, NE 68132 Phone: 402-955-7676

Paul J. Nelson Family Health Care 10105 Maple Street Omaha, NE 68134 Phone: 402-572-3140

Laura Nielsen Children's Physicians - Indian Hills 110 North 175th Street, Suite 1000 Omaha, NE 68118 Phone: 402-955-5437

Jennifer Parker Baker Place Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 5050 Ames Avenue Omaha, NE 68104 Phone: 402-595-2280

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Boys Town Pediatrics Lakeside Pediatric Clinic 16929 Frances Street, Suite 101 Omaha, NE 68130 Phone: 402-758-5125

Betsy Stephenson Children's Physicians at Mission Village 16909 Q Street Omaha, NE 68135 Phone: 402-894-2400

Sharon Stoolman Children's Hospital & Medical Center Pediatric Hospitalist 8200 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-4496

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Shashi K. Bhatia Creighton University Medical Center Creighton Psychiatry Clinic 3528 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-345-8828

Subhash C. Bhatia Omaha Division - VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Science 4101 Woolworth Avenue Omaha, NE 68105 Phone: 402-345-8828

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Pulmonary Medicine Lee Morrow, M.D. Dan Schuller, M.D. Rheumatology John Hurley, M.D. Jay Kenik, M.D. Surgery Samuel Cemaj, M.D. Robert J. Fitzgibbons Jr., M.D. Robert Armour Forse, M.D. Surgical Oncology Brian W. Loggie, M.D.

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Psychiatry 985580 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-552-6062

Chung-Chou Chu Creighton University Medical Center Creighton Psychiatry Clinic 3528 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-345-8828

Mark H. Fleisher University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Psychiatry 985578 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-552-6007

Carl B. Greiner University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Psychiatry 985575 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-552-6002

Thomas M. Magnuson

Todd W. Stull

Craig Arnold Piquette

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Psychiatry 515 South 26th Street Omaha, NE 68105 Phone: 402-552-6007

University of Nebraska Medical Center Adult Psychiatry Services 988470 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 38198 Phone: 402-552-2112

PaulaJo Malin

Steven Wengel

Omaha Division - VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System Department of Medicine 4101 Woolworth Avenue Omaha, NE 68105 Phone: 402-559-4015

Creighton University Medical Center Creighton Psychiatry Clinic 3528 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-345-7100

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Psychiatry 985580 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-552-6007

William A. Marcil

Daniel R. Wilson

Creighton University Medical Center Creighton Psychiatry Clinic 3528 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-345-7100

Creighton University Medical Center Creighton Psychiatry Clinic 3528 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-345-7100

Frederick Petty

Pulmonary Medicine Guillermo Huerta

Omaha Division - VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System Department of Mental Health and Behavorial Science 4101 Woolworth Avenue Omaha, NE 68105 Phone: 402-346-8800

Pulmonary Medicine Specialists 7710 Mercy Road, Suite 428 Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: 402-392-1404

Lee Morrow

William H. Roccaforte University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Psychiatry 515 South 26th Street Omaha, NE 68105 Phone: 402-552-6007

Arun Sharma Alegent Health Psychiatric Associates Heritage Center 6901 North 72nd Street Omaha, NE 68122 Phone: 402-572-2534

Creighton University Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 601 North 30th Street, Suite 3820 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-449-4486

Peter James Murphy University of Nebraska Medical Center Durham Outpatient Center Emile at 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: 402-559-9101

Radiation Oncology Charles A. Enke

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Radiation Oncology 987521 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-552-3844

Stephen I. Rennard

Joan Keit

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 985885 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-7313

Immanuel Medical Center Midwest Radiation Oncology 6901 North 72nd Street Omaha, NE 68122 Phone: 402-572-2265

Debra J. Romberger

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Radiation Oncology 987521 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-552-3844

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 985300 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-943-5515

Dan Schuller Creighton University Medical Center Division of Critical Care and Sleep Medicine 601 North 30th Street, Suite 3820 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-449-4486

Joseph H. Sisson University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy Medicine 42nd and Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-9101

Susanna Gertrude Von Essen University of Nebraska Medical Center Durham Outpatient Center 45th and Emile Streets Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4015

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Radiology

Joseph C. Anderson University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Radiology 42nd and Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-1000

Kimberly Ann Apker University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Radiology Emile at 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-1010

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Jud W. Gurney

Jay Kenik

Bernard Timothy Baxter

Byers W. Shaw, Jr.

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Radiology 981045 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402 559-1010

Creighton University Medical Center Division of Rheumatology 601 North 30th Street, Suite 5700 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-5600

Omaha Vascular Surgery 515 North 162nd Avenue, Suite 300 Omaha, NE 68118 Phone: 402-393-6624

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Surgery 983280 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-8272

Suzanne H. Hruza

Lynell W. Klassen

Immanuel Medical Center Department of Radiology 6901 North 72nd Street Omaha, NE 68122 Phone: 402-572-2324

Thomas J. Imray University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Radiology 981045 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-1010

Richard A. Kutilek Methodist Hospital Department of Radiology 8303 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-4344

Timothy E. Moore University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Radiology 981045 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-1000

Kevin L. Nelson Methodist Hospital Department of Radiology 8303 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-4344

Nick Nelson Methodist Hospital Department of Radiology 8303 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-4344

Craig W. Walker University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Radiology 981045 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-1010

Rheumatology John Hurley

Creighton University Medical Center Division of Rheumatology 601 North 30th Street, Suite 5700 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-5600

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University of Nebraska Medical Center Internal Medicine Clinic Durham Outpatient Center 42nd and Emile Street, Fifth Floor Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4015

Ted Mikuls University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of Rheumatology 986270 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4015

James R. O'Dell University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of Rheumatology 983025 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4015

William R. Palmer Westroads Medical Group 10170 Nicholas Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-391-3800

Sleep Medicine Hari Bandla

Children's Hospital & Medical Center Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Clinic 8200 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-5570

Teri Jo Barkoukis UMA at University of Nebraska Medical Center Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Durham Outpatient Building, Fifth Floor 42nd and Emile Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4015

Surgery

Gary J. Anthone Methodist Physicians Clinic Regency Bariatric Surgery Unit 8111 Dodge Street, Suite 220 Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-1320

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Jean Frederick Botha University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Surgery 42nd and Emile Street Omaha, NE 38198 Phone: 402-559-3382

Samuel Cemaj Creighton University Medical Center Department of Surgery 601 North 30th Street, Suite 3700 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-4351

Robert J. Fitzgibbons, Jr. Creighton University Medical Center Department of Surgery 601 North 30th Street, Suite 3700 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-4503

Robert Armour Forse Creighton University Medical Center Department of Surgery 601 North 30th Street, Suite 3520 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-5292

Glenn Gardner 7710 Mercy Road, Suite 305 Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: 402-393-1338

Timothy K. Kingston Surgical Services of the Great Plains 4242 Farnam Street, Suite 355 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-552-2222

Alan N. Langnas University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Surgery 600 South 42nd Street Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-5000

Aaron R. Sasson University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Surgery 45th and Emile Streets Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-8941

Russell B. Smith University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology 981225 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-6500

Surgical Oncology James Edney

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Surgical Oncology Durham Outpatient Center 600 South 42nd Street, Fourth Floor Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-7825

Janet Grange 401 East Gold Coast Road, Suite 329 Papillion, NE 68046 Phone: 402-934-9323

Brian W. Loggie Creighton University Medical Center Creighton University Cancer Center Division of Surgical Oncology 601 North 30th Street, Suite 2803 Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-280-4100

James A. Reilly Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center Breast Care Center, Suite 302 8303 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-354-3090

Aaron R. Sasson University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Surgery 45th and Emile Streets Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-8941

John William Shook Alegent Health Breast Health Center 16909 Lakeside Hills Court, Suite 300 Omaha, NE 68130 Phone: 402-717-8505

Edibaldo Silva-Lopez The Nebraska Medical Center Olson Center for Women's Health Olson Comprehensive Breast Center 4400 Emile Street Omaha, NE 68105 Phone: 402-559-7825

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Bernard Timothy Baxter

Colon and Rectal Surgery 9850 Nicholas Street, Suite 100 Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-343-1122

Omaha Vascular Surgery 515 North 162nd Avenue, Suite 300 Omaha, NE 68118 Phone: 402-393-6624

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James Martin Hammel

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Children's Hospital & Medical Center Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery 8200 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402-955-4360

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Surgery 983280 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-9549

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Stephen Torpy

University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery 982315 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 Phone: 402-559-4424

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Omaha Vascular Surgery 515 North 162nd Avenue, Suite 300 Omaha, NE 68118 Phone: 402-393-6624

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The remaining feature material in this issue, besides our event calendar and event coverage, is our exclusive event preview column, which shares insight into upcoming events for the Omaha Food Bank, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, the Omaha Hearing School and Girls Inc. Together, our cover stories, Q & As and columns provide the most timely, informative, compelling and accessible coverage in Omaha of our city’s charitable sector.

It’s been a pleasure to establish this section in Omaha Magazine and help connect our vast readership with Omaha’s nonprofit community. But the work has hardly been mine alone. The efforts of many people have gone into making this section a success, including many members of the community who serve local charitable organizations in a volunteer capacity and are pro-active in their publication relations efforts to get the word out about events and the good works of their respective organizations.

I can’t emphasize enough that this section is a joint venture and relies heavily on input from a range of sources to provide the most informed coverage possible. If you serve an organization in any capacity, never hesitate to drop me a line (402.884.2039) or send me an email (corey@omahapublications.com) to help keep me in the loop.

A lot was accomplished in the first year of Gala, but even better things lie ahead in the second year as, by doing the good work it does, the Omaha nonprofit community continues to provide opportunities to share stories that inform, inspire and educate.

May there be even more to celebrate on the second anniversary of Gala than there was the first.

e in the media are known to be suckers for anniversaries, and I’m no exception.

Milestones matter, which is why I’m taking a few minutes to appreciate this one: Gala is celebrating its one-year anniversary this issue.

It was more than a year ago when Omaha Magazine publisher Todd Lemke approached me about starting a charity/nonprofit section.

Having worked in that domain for five years with another publication, I was eager to bring that coverage to an established city magazine and reach new audiences.

One year later, that’s exactly what has happened, and Gala has brought a few new twists to coverage of Omaha’s charitable and nonprofit community. By working in advance of events, we’ve made Omaha’s charitable community accessible to those who’d care to get involved, and I’m convinced we’ve educated many about the good works of Omaha’s nonprofit sector.

This issue represents a fitting beginning to Gala’s second year. On the cover, we profile Omaha’s nonprofit project of the year, The Salvation Army’s Kroc Center in south Omaha. Once open in November, the Kroc will present new opportunities to many with its facilities and programs to provide athletics, music and the arts to an under served portion of the community.

Our Q & A subject this issue, Dr. Patch Adams, continues that theme in the medical field. He’ll appear on behalf of OneWorld Community Health Centers in November to share his thoughts on health care in his uniquely entertaining and inspiring way.

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The opening of the $30 million Kroc Center in south Omaha ushers in a new era of hopes, dreams and possibilities for the area.

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alvation Army Administrative Corps Officer Major Herb Fuqua was attending a community education event for the new Kroc Center in south Omaha last September when he spotted a group of Sudanese children.

Pointing to the massive Holland Center-like structure at 28th & Y Sts., Fuqua, one of the managers of the facility, asked the group members, “Do you know what that is?”

The kids exchanged befuddled looks before one of them finally ventured a guess: “A Wal-Mart?”

Fuqua chuckled and chose to spare the group the long answer, deciding instead to tempt them with news he knew would widen their eyes.

“It has a swimming pool,” he replied.

Actually, the building has two – and much, much more. The term “community center” doesn’t adequately encompass all the activities that will take place in the new $30 million facility, not to mention the mission or vision of its benefactor and facility managers.

Herb Fuqua, who will oversee Kroc operations along with wife Major Yaneth Fuqua, says that if

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the facility only becomes a community center after its dedication on Nov. 6, it will have failed.

“A community center is a place that gets people off the street. That will happen, but if that’s all that happens, we’ve missed the boat,” Fuqua says. “Our role is help people discover their natural gifts and develop them. We want to get these kids and adults plugged in at the next level and help them discover who they really are.”

By being an incubator for talent in athletics, music and the artists, the Kroc Center will thereby become a catalyst for growth in the community, or so the thinking goes. It has already happened at least once, with the first Kroc Center, which opened seven years ago in San Diego.

The San Diego Kroc Center was the first facility to espouse the vision of Joan Kroc, wife of McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc. Joan Kroc donated $80 million to build the original Kroc Center – known officially as the Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center - in a beleaguered section of San Diego. She wanted to create a place where world-class recreational, educational and cultural arts would be available to all

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people, but especially the under served.

The Omaha Kroc Center is the fifth such facility since San Diego to carry out that mission. At 122,000 square feet, it’s the second largest Kroc Center yet built and the first center to open in the Midwest.

Yaneth Fuqua says what the San Diego center’s impact has extended far beyond the walls of the facility.

“The neighborhood around the first Kroc Center is totally different now than it was seven years ago,” she says. “They will tell you that the whole community has been revitalized. It’s a completely different place.”

It’s hoped that the Kroc Center will have a similar catalytic effect in south Omaha, where momentum has already been building with the restoration of the Livestock Exchange Building, South High’s new football stadium and the future construction of a new library.

One early sign of respect for the center from the community, Kroc officials note, is that the construction site has remained undisturbed – i.e., no graffiti – despite the lack of a construction fence.

A Popsicle reception for residents in early September to introduce the Kroc Center drew around 400 children and adults. Herb Fuqua says the enthusiasm for the facility was a strong indicator of neighborhood interest, but it will take more than that to make the center a success. Since it will receive no funding from The Salvation Army itself, he says the center will be sustained largely by memberships and facility rentals and needs to involve all of Omaha to be successful.

“Even though our rates are low ($54.50 a month for families of six or less), there isn’t enough wealth in the neighborhood to support this,” he says, noting that scholarships will be made available to local residents in need.

Some of that money will come from corporate sponsorships, such as the one made by the Hy-Vee on 35th & L to sponsor four youths for a year in the first year of the facility.

Bob Osborne of Hy-Vee made that donation for his company and says he’s hopeful they’ll go to two girls and two boys, one of each in the 6-13 and 14-18 age categories.

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“And I’m trying to convince some other businesses to do the same and maybe get between 18 and 20 kids sponsored for the first year,” Osborne says. “The Kroc Center is a great thing for that area. It’ll give those kids an outlet and resources they haven’t had before. For example, to think that South High will have a swimming team for the first time is amazing.”

The two swimming pools – one being a competition pool and the other a combination kids’ pool, with a lazy river, and a therapy pool – are just one of many highlights of the facility.

It also includes: - A three-court gymnasium that can hold a crowd of up to 1,200 - A computer lab with 60 computers donated by UNO - A 600-seat assembly-fellowship hall, which seats 450 - Eight large classrooms that can broken down into small units - A large conference room - Three party rooms for birthdays, etc.

- A reading lounge - A 390,000-square-foot outdoor plaza and outdoor sports complex The outdoor plaza, Herb Fuqua says, will be a great gathering area for the center, hosting concerts, plays and other community activities for up to 4,000 guests.

“We hope to do a lot of outdoor festivities and gatherings for the neighborhood, as well as for the city,” he says.

What goes on outside the Kroc Center will be an extension of what goes on inside the center, and it’s hard to say how far that reach may extend. Yaneth Fuqua says the San Diego Kroc Center has produced two Olympians, which, if nothing else, she hopes will cause children in south Omaha to dare to dream.

“The Kroc Center is going to be about the kids who are inside this building, and it’s really going to make a difference in their lives,” Yaneth Fuqua says. “It’s not going to happen overnight, but it’s going to happen one by one. And what a gift for these families.

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behind the mic... dr. patch adams by corey ross

Patch's Prescription

Physician and comedian Dr. Patch Adams will espouse his unique views on medicine in November for OneWorld Community Health Centers Long before the recent health care debate came to a boil in Washington, D.C., Dr. Patch Adams came up with his own prescription for curing the ills of the American medical system.

His answer was the Gesundheit! Institute in West Virginia, a place where medical care would be given for free, care for patients would be put at a premium and doctors could practice freely and without fear of malpractice suits.

Thousands have been served in that system since the 1970s, but the dream of it taking place in its own hospital remains elusive. Still, Patch Adams, who was portrayed by Robin Williams in a 1998 film of his namesake, continues to practice and preach his vision of quality health care for all and does so while spreading love and laughter around the world.

Adams will tell guests why “Laughter is the Best Medicine” on Nov. 5 when he appears at the 10th Annual Milagro Dinner for OneWorld Community Health Centers, Inc. of Omaha. The dinner will be held at the Historic Livestock Exchange Building, 4920 S. 30th St. Like Dr. Adams, OneWorld believes in providing high quality, affordable health care to the underserved.

Q. When did you conceive your answers to the flaws of the modern medical system?

A. I entered medical school in 1967 to use medicine as a vehicle for social change. I used my free time to study the history of health care delivery around the world and to look at contemporary models with the idea of creating a medical model that would address all the problems of the way care is delivered.

The original vision had all the principles we have maintained all these years. There would be no charge for the care. We didn’t want people to think they owed something; we wanted them to think they belonged to something. We could not conceive of a community that did not care for its people. This also meant a refusal to accept third party reimbursement, both to refuse payment and to sever the stranglehold that insurance companies had on how medicine was practiced.

We would also have nothing to do with malpractice insurance, which forces fear and mistrust into every medical interaction. In such a flagrantly imperfect science, we need the right to make mistakes.

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Q. What’s the biggest difference in terms of how you treat patients?

A. The loudest cry of patients was for compassion and attention, which was a call for time. So initial interviews with patients were three to four hours long, so that we could fall in love with each other. Intimacy was the greatest gift we could give them, especially at a death bed, with intractable pain or chronic, unsolved medical problems.

It was natural to insist on a house call to sweeten this intimacy. When I made a house call, I opened every drawer and snooped in every closet. I wanted to know the patients in all of their complexities.

Q. What did this level of service teach you about health in general?

A. Good health deeply related to close friendships, meaningful work, a lived spirituality of any kind, an opportunity for loving service and an engaging relationship to nature, the arts, wonder, curiosity, passion and hope.

What the majority need is an engagement with life. This is why we fully integrated medicine with performing arts, arts and crafts, agriculture, nature, education, recreation and social service, as essential parts of health care delivery. We knew that the best medical thing we could do for the patients was to help them have grand friendship skills and find meaning in their lives.

Q. What role did fun and humor play in your vision?

A. One of the most radical parts of the vision was that we wanted all of the activity to be infused with fun. I wanted to build the first silly hospital in history. In our normal, serious world with somber medical environments we saw no contradiction in feeling that a hospital could also be an amusement park, even implying it is important for staff and patient.

The ideal staff people we looked for were, by intention, happy, funny, loving, cooperative and creative. The point was not to try to teach a staff this, but to find people for whom this was their way of life.

Q. Do you remain confident your vision will eventually be housed in the hospital you’ve long been seeking?

A. We now enter our 33rd year without having broken ground on the hospital. However, we have asked our architect to go to finished drawings so that we can begin building as soon as we have funding in hand.

None of the journey has gone as I imagined, (but) the vision is so much deeper, more comprehensive and farreaching as a consequence of such deliberate progress.

More information about Patch Adams and his practice can be found at www.patchadams.org. For more information about OneWorld and the Milagro Dinner, go to www.oneworldomaha.org. www.omahapublications.com

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Taking the Cake

Ace of Cakes star Duff Goldman to headline Food Bank celebrity chef event

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Duff Goldman, star of The Food Network's "Ace of Cakes," will appear at The Food Bank's celebrity chef event on Feb. 25, 2010.

hef Duff Goldman’s creations aren’t the kind of cakes made by Betty Crocker, and his methods are certainly outside the box. (We’re guessing Betty never fired up a blowtorch to make a Bundt cake.)

Baking by the motto “Make it bigger, make it badder, make it awesome,” Goldman’s cake-making tools include blowtorches, power tools and chainsaws. The results, which have been known to take up to 29 hours to produce, are equally extreme.

Working with his staff of artists, musicians, and fellow chefs, Goldman’s creations have included a seven-tiered Dr. Seuss-like wedding cake and replications of both Wrigley Field and the Hogwarts Castle from the Harry Potter book series.

Goldman, star of "Ace of Cakes" on The Food Network, will be the celebrity chef at the Food Bank’s Celebrity Chef Fundraiser on Feb. 25, 2010, with the cocktail and silent auction beginning at 5:30 p.m. This annual event, sponsored by ConAgra Foods, is the Food Bank’s main fundraiser and will be held at the Holiday Inn Central, located at 72nd and Grover.

Event co-chair Michelle Mapes says Goldman’s creations are a spectacle.

“The difference is really that grand scale. It’s not in his nature to do something small.”

Being a baker makes Goldman something of a non-traditional chef, but Mapes says the top priority when selecting the celebrity chef is that they are “interested in the Food Bank and its mission.”

Unique to this year’s event, Goldman will judge a guest cakebaking contest, with participants being local cake makers, and award prizes, as well as demonstrate his own cake decorating techniques. Goldman will also be on hand to sign copies of his book, Ace of Cakes: Inside the World of Charm City Cakes. Proceeds from book sales will support The Food Bank, and the event planners ask that no outside books be brought in for signing.

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Before becoming a TV star, Goldman trained at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in California’s Napa Valley. While in Napa, he worked at The French Laundry and later worked under Chef Todd English at his Olives restaurant in Washington, D.C. Goldman’s TV show follows him and the rest of the staff at his Charm City Cakes in Baltimore as they create dynamic cake creations, including one for the cast and crew of the ABC television series "Lost," as they celebrated their 100th episode. Now one of the most sought after cake makers in the country, he counts both Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former First Lady Laura Bush among his customers.

“You know how people say, ‘He marches to the tune of a different drummer?’ In our family,” says his mom, Jackie Winch, “we say Duff has got himself a whole other orchestra.”

Indeed, far from your typical baker, when not putting a chainsaw to his latest cake, he plays bass for the indie rock band “...soihadto...”

“Ames” Author to Appear for Hearing School Jeffrey Zaslow, author of the recent best seller The Girls From Ames, will appear at the Omaha Hearing School’s sixth annual author luncheon at the Omaha Hilton on Dec. 10.

Zaslow will discuss Girls, which chronicles the friendship between 11 girls growing up in Ames, Iowa, to today, when all are in their 40s and scattered across the country. In addition to Girls, Zaslow co-authored The Last Lecture with Professor Randy Pausch, who delivered his “last lecture” at Carnegie Mellon after being diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer.

Zaslow’s latest co-authored book, Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters, is with Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the pilot who emergency-landed a plane on the Hudson River, saving all aboard, in January of 2009. That book was to be released in October.

For more information about the luncheon, call 558.1546 or go to www.hearingschool.org.

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Movie Memorabilia Highlights Bemis Auction Memorabilia from a movie filmed in Omaha will highlight the live auction at the 11th annual Bemis Center Art Auction on Nov. 14.

Two auction items from Nick Fackler’s film Lovely, Still will be up for bid. One is a portrait of lead actors Martin Landau and Ellen Burnstyn painted by local artist Aaron Holz.

The second item, donated by Fackler, contains memorabilia from the film and tickets to the film’s world premiere later this year.

Over 200 local, national, and international artists will be showcased at the auction, which is the Bemis Center’s most significant fundraiser.

The Bemis is holding several events throughout October and November leading up to the auction and exhibition, including a collectors’ forum and a preview cocktail party.

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A Manly Girls Nite Girls Nite Out for Girls Inc. will have a leading man for the first time and a new venue in 2010.

Comedian Chad Daniels will be the first male comedian to headline the event, which will take place at the Mutual of Omaha Dome on Jan. 28th.

Among other performances, Daniels has appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn and Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham.

Girls Nite Out is Girls Inc.’s largest fundraiser and a “friend-raiser” for Girls Inc’s volunteer guild, girlFRIENDS and has feature exclusively female comedians in the past.

Event chair Cindy Leiferman says Daniels will bring a different perspective to the evening.

“He’s going to poke fun at men a little bit, which should be highly entertaining for a crowd of hundreds of women,” she says. “It should give a new flair to the evening.”

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A two-month look at upcoming fundraisers and other charitable events

November 2 The Second Annual Nebraska Humane Society’s Purses 4 Paws The Market Basket in Countryside Village, 5 p.m., 8722 Pacific St., 5:30 p.m., 397-7935, 556-4211 or www.nehumanesociety.org/purses4paws.

and a silent auction as well as a preview of the homes.

families who support and care for them.

Where the money goes: Proceeds support The Assistance League’s Operation School Bell, which provides clothing and supplies for needy children.

Merrymakers Association 19th Annual Roast Embassy Suites LaVista, 6 p.m., rsvp@merrymakers.org.

What it is: New and donated purses will be available for sale at this wine event for the Humane Society’s Friends Forever guild.

November 12 Paint the Town Orange Scott Conference Center, 6450 Pine St., 6 p.m., Allyson.

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Where the money goes: The proceeds will all be used to benefit the animals at the Nebraska Humane Society.

November 4 Santa’s Preview The Nebraska Medical Center, Clarkson Tower Storz Pavilion, 42nd & Dewey Streets, Through Nov. 5, 559.4197.

What it is: An annual Christmas boutique featuring unique gift items and holiday merchandise sponsored by the Clarkson Service League.

There’s a kickoff luncheon on Nov. 4. Shopping runs from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the 4th and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the 5th.

Where the money goes: Proceeds benefit programs at The Nebraska Medical Center.

November 5 OneWorld Community Health Center’s Tenth Annual Milagro Dinner featuring Dr. Patch Adams Livestock Exchange Building 10th Floor Ballroom, 4920 South 30th Street, 5:30 p.m., 502.8850 or www.oneworldomaha.org.

What it is: The Milagro Dinner recognizes the many contributions made by volunteers and supporters of OneWorld Community Health Centers. Dr. Adams is an advocate for providing medical treatment to underserved populations.

Where the money goes: Proceeds will support OneWorld’s mission to provide high quality, affordable health care to the underserved in Omaha.

Christmas Caravan for the Omaha Assistance League West Shores, near 250th and West Dodge Road, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., 342.4288 or 933.5443.

What it is: An annual tour of four luxury homes decorated in holiday style by local florists. A preview party will be held of Nov. 4 at Indian Creek golf course. The preview event features dinner

What it is: Liz Funk, author of Supergirls Speak Out: Inside the Secret Crisis of Overachieving Girls, will be the keynote speaker at this YWCA event.

Funk will talk about the pressure on young women to be perfect.

Where the money goes: The event, hosted by the YWCA Partners guild board, will benefit YWCA Omaha and fund the organization’s mission of helping women and their families build lives of strength, growth and stability.

Stock Market Challenge to benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands Scoular Building, 2027 Dodge St., 5:30 p.m. registration, 6:30 p.m. opening bell, 342.1600.

What it is: Borsheims President and CEO Susan Jacques will be the subject of this year’s roast, which will be emceed by Mary Maxwell.

Where the money goes: Merrymakers improves the quality of life for seniors by encouraging active participation, increasing social interaction, and sparking memories through professional entertainment.

November 14 11th Annual Bemis Art Auction Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, 5:30 p.m., 724 S. 12th Street, 341.7130 or www.bemiscenter. org.

What it is: An auction featuring the works of more than 200 international, national and local artists. A preview event for the auction will be held on Nov. 12.

What it is: Around 40 fourperson teams from Omaha’s business community will battle it out in this fast-paced and exciting fundraising event.

Where the money goes: This event feeds the core of the Bemis Center’s mission to support artists. The auction is designed as a cyclical gift exchange. Through this event, over 200 former artistsin-residence, exhibiting artists and artist friends have offered their work to support future artists-in-residence.

Where the money goes: All proceeds go to the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands (Omaha, Carter Lake, Council Bluffs).

The Midlands Community Foundation’s Reflection Ball Embassy Suites LaVista, 991.8027 or www.midlandscommunity. org.

Fourth Annual Art with Heart Rockbrook Village, Through Nov. 14, 895-4000.

What it is: A benefit dinner to honor individuals who’ve contributed significantly to Sarpy and Cass counties and the mission of the foundation. The Reflection Award will be presented to educators Ken and Charlotte Mozer.

What it is: Three days of interaction with artists, including viewings of their booth displays, to support Children’s Respite Care Center. Featured media ranges from ceramics to mosaic, metal sculpture to painting, glass to jewelry and much more.

Where the money goes: CRCC serves children with special needs and their families in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. They provide comprehensive services to children who are medically fragile, physically challenged, developmentally delayed and challenged by mental illness and the

Where the money goes: Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands is the official proceeds recipient.

November 17 National Philanthropy Day Luncheon Doubletree Hotel, 1616 Dodge St., noon, 402.323.8841 or acrisp9@gmail.com.

What it is: The luncheon will honor individuals and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to Nebraska. Honorees are:

Mike and Lin Simmonds, Valmont Industries, the Weitz Family Foundation, William Fitzgerald and Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska. Celebrated first in 1985, Philanthropy Day creates an awareness of the countless daily contributions individuals and organizations make to missions around the world.

Where the money goes: Proceeds support the work of the Nebraska Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the event sponsor.

November 19 The Salute to Families Recognition Dinner Happy Hollow Club, 1701 South 105th St., 553.3000 or www. heartlandfamilyservice.com.

What it is: A program sponsored by Heartland Family Service to honor four Omaha families who project a positive message about family life.

Where the money goes: Proceeds support Heartland Family Service in its mission to strengthen individuals and families in the community through education, counseling and support services.

November 20 The Durham Museum’s Sentimental Journey, Miracle on 10th St. The Durham Museum, 801 South 10th St., 6 p.m., 444.5071.

What it is: An evening of dining and wassailing to celebrate The Durham Museum.

Honor chairs are UNMC Chancellor Dr. Harold Maurer and wife Beverly.

Where they money goes: Proceeds support educational programming and exhibitions at The Durham Museum.

Laugh With The Angels for Angels Among Us The Georgetown Club, 5:30 p.m., 934.0999 or www.myangelsamongus.org What it is: A benefit for Angels Among Us that includes dinner, auctions and the comedy of The Weisenheimers.

Where the money goes: Proceeds support Angels Among Us, which supports families with children battling cancer.

November 21 The Bergan Mercy Medical Center Auxiliary’s 50 th Anniversary Candlelight Ball Embassy Suites LaVista, 398.6199.

What is it: An annual tribute to Bergan Mercy physicians.

This year’s benefit will honor all Bergan Mercy doctors. A raffle will be held for 2010 Buick LaCrosse.

Where the money goes: The proceeds will go toward the Bergan Mercy Auxiliary Education/Research Center, which is under construction.

December 5 Night of a Thousand Silver Stars for Nebraska AIDS Project Holland Performing Arts Center, 552-9260 or www.nap.org.

What it is: An evening of dancing and entertainment to support Nebraska AIDS project. Former Omaha Mayor Mike Fahey is the chair of this 25th annual event.

Where the money goes: Proceeds support the services of Nebraska AIDS Project to promote AIDS awareness and education.

December 10 Sixth Annual Author Luncheon for the Omaha Hearing School Omaha Hilton, 558-1546 or www.hearingschool.org.

What it is: A luncheon featuring out Jeffrey Zaslow, author of Girls From Ames and co-author of The Last Lecture.

Where the money goes: Proceeds help fund the Hearing School’s programs to teach deaf and hard of hearing children to learn and communicate though listening and spoken language, while advancing the education of families, professionals and the community.

December 27 The 44th Annual Debutante Ball for the Omaha Symphony nd Holiday Inn, 72 and Grover Sts. 6 p.m.

What it is: An elegant evening to honor supporters of the Omaha Symphony and their families.

Where the money goes: The ball is the main fundraiser for the Omaha Symphony and helps support its programs.

Charitable events for Gala’s calendar of events can be submitted to Corey Ross at corey@omahapublications or 884.2039.

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Henry Doorly Zoo raises $2.2 million at biennial Zoofari benefit

A weekend of antiques and education draws thousands to Lauritzen Gardens

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he auctioning of exotic vacations and opportunities to adopt newborn animals helped the Henry Doorly Zoo raise $2.2 millions at its biennial fundraising event, Zoofari, in September.

Highlights of the evening included a parade of zoo animals and African music performed by children and local musicians, including members of Opera Omaha, Jesuit Middle School and the UNO Percussion Department.

A record attendance of 1,260 people took part in the evening.

Jane and Ed Miller, with the assistance of the Gallup Organization, served as chairs of the event. Walter and Suzanne Scott were the honorary chairs.

It was also announced that Shirley and Jim Young will chair Zoofari 2011.

Proceeds from Zoofari 2009 will be used toward enhancing the visitor experience, educational programs, conservation and research efforts and endowment. Under the direction of new CEO and Director Dennis Pate, the zoo is aiming to reach new heights with new exhibits, extensive renovations and special projects that will transform the zoo inside and out.

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Education was the focus of this year’s show, in particular education about antiques as well as gardening. A new “Kimball’s Korner,” in honor of late show visionary Kimball Bowles Lauritzen, was home to free lectures throughout the weekend.

Attendance was strong at the show’s signature events. A soldout crowd of 400 attended a luncheon featuring author and designer Charles Faudree on Friday afternoon, and a Saturday morning brunch lecture by gardening expert and television host P. Allen Smith drew more than 200.

Calling himself a “plant nerd,” Smith’s talk centered around garden design, which he described as “painting with plants.” He showed samples from his own garden and shared tips about how they could be applied to local plots.

Smith also expressed great appreciation for Lauritzen Gardens.

“I’m pea-green with envy about this facility,” he said.

Other guest speakers at the show included Borsheims president and CEO Susan Jacques, and Krissa Rossbund, senior editor with Traditional Home Magazine.

For more information, visit www.lauritzengardens.org or call (402) 346-4002.

Top: The parade of the animals. Bottom: Chairs Ed and Jane Miller and honorary chairs Sue and Walter Scott with Jessica Pate and Zoo Director Dennis Pate.

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Top: Ellen Wright (general chairman), Sandy Parker (general chairman), Cindy Bay (honorary chairman), Charles Faudree (Friday luncheon speaker; author and interior designer) and Cindy Leiferman (general chairman) Bottom: Saturday morning lecture guest P. Allen Smith with brunch chairs Karla Cassels, Mary Kerr and Deenie Meyerson. november/december | 2009

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You, Me & UP

The Community Playhouse honors Howard and Rhonda Hawks at its auditorium unveiling

Durham luncheon celebrates the railroad’s glamorous past

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Top: The City of San Francisco dome lounge car, part of Union Pacific's Heritage Fleet. Bottom: Randy and Laurette Hess, First Lady Sally Ganem and Carter Jones. (Laurette was co-chair of the event).

n September, the Omaha Community Playhouse unveiled a newly renovated Main Stage Auditorium and recognized the donors who made it possible.

Long-time Playhouse supporters Howard and Rhonda Hawks were honored for their generous gift by having the main stage named The Howard and Rhonda Hawks Main Stage Theatre before a crowd more than 400 Playhouse supporters at an event to kickoff the theater’s 85th season.

In conjunction with the main stage unveiling, the Playhouse announced the beginning of the public phase of an Endowment Campaign to “preserve the tradition and secure the future” of the Playhouse programs and productions.

The Endowment Campaign is imperative to ensure that the quality entertainment and educational opportunities the Playhouse provides are available for future generations. An initial goal of $6 million has been set to be raised by June 30, 2011. The Playhouse has already secured $3.1 million in pledges of support.

Future campaign goals include an $8 million Strengthening Goal to allow the Playhouse to build a strong foundation of staff and resources needed to expand programming as well as a $10 million Aspiration Goal which would allow the Omaha Community Playhouse to expand programming to include dream projects such as creating original works, expanding touring, increasing educational/ outreach efforts, bringing gifted artists to Omaha to enhance programming.

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he Durham Museum’s On Track Guild, in partnership with Union Pacific Corporation, in September hosted You, Me and UP, a fundraiser luncheon celebrating the region’s rich railroad history.

“You, Me and UP was a unique opportunity for our guests to step back in time to the glamorous days of rail travel by touring passenger cars used in primarily in the 1940’s and 1950’s,” said Phyllis Choat event co-chair.

Guests were invited to tour several cars from Union Pacific’s Heritage Fleet. Highlights included the 1914 Shoshone Pullman Standard, a business car, and the Little Rock, which was built originally in 1950 as a 12 roomette, four-bedroom sleeper car and has been converted to a deluxe four-bedroom sleeper.

An elegant luncheon catered by Hap Abraham and the Paxton Ballroom followed the tour. Dian Moore was honorary chair for the event and the luncheon co-chairs were Phyllis Choat and Laurette Hess.

Guest speaker Robert Turner, Senior Vice President - Corporate Relations at Union Pacific Railroad, gave a humorous and insightful speech sharing the history of rail travel in America and specifically women’s contributions to the industry, which were significant.

Proceeds from the luncheon will go toward expanding the steam train exhibit in the Trish and Dick Davidson Gallery. The Durham Museum is partnering with the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia to incorporate hands-on components to the gallery, allowing visitors to explore the science behind steam engine technology.

Something To Chairish

‘Fab’ Fundraiser

Methodist benefit raises $150,000 to support new women's hospital

Beatles tribute band brightens Children’s Hospital Gala

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Story and photos courtesy of Children’s Hospital and Medical Center

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diverse group of local and national celebrities played a significant role in helping the Methodist Hospital Volunteers In Partnership (VIP) raise approximately $150,000 during its first-ever “Something To Chair-ish” event in October at the Mutual of Omaha Dome.

The event was a benefit to support the new Methodist Women’s Hospital currently under construction at 192nd and W. Dodge Road.

More than 30 chairs designed by local artists or donated by notable individuals were up for auction during silent and live auctions throughout the evening. Warren Buffet, Tom Osborne and LPGA pro Cristie Kerr donated chairs for the event. CNN’s Soledad O’Brien not only served as the event’s keynote speaker, but also was the winning bidder on two chairs.

The chair donated by Buffet brought in the largest bid of the evening at $10,000.

Sue Korth, vice president and chief operating officer of Methodist Women’s Hospital, said the while event helped raise money for the state-of-the-art hospital, it also raised awareness.

“Methodist Women’s Hospital will be a reflection of the community,” Korth said. “This facility has been built with the input of doctors, nurses, staff -- and most importantly-- patients and the women of Omaha. The combined contributions of these groups, as well as the financial contributions of many others, have been invaluable.”

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popular tune sung by a The Beatles tribute band “The Fab Four” set the stage for a fun-filled evening at the 61st annual Children’s Hospital & Medical Center Gala in October.

Community friends contributed nearly $300,000 to benefit the new Children’s Specialty Pediatric Center under construction at 84th and West Dodge Road.

“The theme of this year’s gala, ‘Here Comes the Sun,’ was wellreceived and provided an opportunity to enjoy the classic tunes of The Beatles,” said Roger Lewis, executive director, Children’s Hospital & Medical Center Foundation. “Our guests told us they had a wonderful time, and more importantly, they helped to make a significant difference in the lives of children with their gifts to the Specialty Pediatric Center. We are very grateful for our generous supporters.”

Besides The Beatles music, guests also enjoyed bidding on travel packages, including an exclusive stay at a California vineyard and a week-long trip to a beautiful mountain home in the Rockies.

The Children’s Hospital & Medical Center Gala was sponsored by the Friends Board of Children’s. Gala co-chairpersons were Jennifer Bettger and April Karstens. Bill and Sharon Griffin served as honorary chairs.

For more information on Methodist Women’s Hospital, go to www.methodistforwomen.org. To see the chairs that were up for bid, go to www.mhvip.org.

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Top: Roger Lewis, executive director of Children’s Foundation, and his wife, Carol. Gary Perkins, CEO and president of Children’s, and his wife, Carol. Bottom: Beatles Tribute Band, The Fab Four, takes the stage.

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Showhouse Showcase

Designer Showhouse draws huge crowds to the restored Brandeis Mansion Story courtesy of Eventive Marketing. Photos by Corey Ross

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he Joslyn Castle Trust and ASID Designer Showhouse at the historic Brandeis Mansion, drew 12,785 attendees during its run Sep. 18 through Oct. 4.

Guests toured 25 professionally designed spaces and experienced the complete restoration of the 9,500-square-foot Gold Coast home The $120,000 raised from the event will benefit another Gold Coast gem, the Joslyn Castle.

"The success of this year's Designer Showhouse makes possible further restoration of the Joslyn Castle property. The proceeds will be used to preserve the Joslyn Castle buildings and grounds and to develop programming suitable for this historic home,” said Nano Little, Joslyn Castle Trust executive director.

Homeowners Al and Delores Maser and their son Mark will move into the home by year-end. Attendees had a chance to meet the Masers throughout the Showhouse run and hear their personal stories about the transformation process.

“I wouldn’t let 10,000 people through my bedroom if it wasn’t for a terrific cause,” said Delores Maser. “I am so pleased that we could help in this way to continue Joslyn Castle’s restoration and preservation.”

ore than 150 guests partied the night away collegiate style in August at the Box Office Bash benefit hosted by The PRESENTERS at the Orpheum Theater to support Omaha Performing Arts.

Titled “Phi Beta Blonde,” this Greek-inspired fundraising event was held in honor of Broadway’s hit touring production Legally Blonde The Musical, and main character Elle Woods’ association with the Delta Nu sorority.

“Pledge Moms” (honorary chairs) for the event were Sandy Parker, Amy Scott and Karen Dixon. “Social Chairs” (event chairs) were Gabrielle Mormino and Jeanie Jones.

In line with the Legally Blonde theme, guests gathered in the lobbies to partake in mini-manicures, have their photo taken in the photo booth and enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. The party continued with a live auction on the Orpheum stage that was set with oversized, mismatched couches and chairs and beer can centerpieces.

Dressed as a judge, auctioneer Kris Covi entertained guests with comedic skits as he auctioned off prize packages, including tickets to upcoming performances in the Omaha Performing Arts 20092010 season.

The Phi Beta Blonde event raised more than $50,000 to support Omaha Performing Arts’ presentation of high-quality local, national and international artistic performances and its educational and community involvement programs.

Legally Blonde The Musical will appear at the Orpheum from April 27-May 2, 2010.

Top: The Showhouse Conservatory. Bottom: Design committee members Melissa Guenther, Becki Wiechman, chair Kris Patton and and Robin Lindley.

Chair Gabrielle Mormino with honorary chairwomen Sandy Parker and Amy Scott and chair Jeanie Jones.

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he Nebraska Children’s Home Society celebrated 115 years of providing adoption services in August with an anniversary gala at Marriott Regency.

The event drew 235 guests, including many families who have adopted through NCHS over the years.

Adoptee Sarah Culberson served as special guest. Culbertson is an African princess, actress and author of the book “A Princess Found,” which tells the tale of her journey to find her biological parents – a journey that ended in her discovery that her father is a chief of a village in war-torn Sierra Leone.

The event was organized with the help of the NCHS Family Guild, led by President Susan Hertzler.

The following awards were presented: The Randall Biart Philanthropy Award - awarded to Millard Drywall Services; Harris Van Oort Friends of Children Award - Blake and Kathy Collingsworth; and the Volunteer of the Year Award - John and Ruth Sage.

More information about NCHS is available at www.nchs.org

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In total, the event, organized by the University of Nebraska Foundation, raised nearly $32,000 to expand services and programs for individuals with disabilities at UNMC’s MunroeMeyer Institute (MMI).

Olympic swimmer and gold medalist Josh Davis was among those in attendance. Davis, who has an 11-year-old son with autism, gave an inspirational speech before the event in which he told the crowd, “Always do your best and everything will work out just fine.”

MMI Director Mike Leibowitz, Ph.D., said the Big Splash epitomized the institute’s mission.

“MMI is all about children with disabilities being part of the community and helping them to achieve everything they can achieve,” he said. “The Big Splash made those ideals a reality.”

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In Vanessa Barrett’s cozy living room, walls are covered with lithographs found at estate sales and flea markets, paintings by artist friends, and photographs Barrett has taken during her travels abroad.

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Barrett cannot resist the lure of shopping. When she left her Omaha home last year for Paris and Venice, she brought back antiques, artwork and pottery.

During a trip to Rome with her 22-year-old son, Dylan, who was spending a semester studying abroad, she discovered an antique store down the street from the hotel. Lithographs of Roman warriors now have a place over the fireplace in her west Omaha house.

All purchases from her travels end up in her memento-filled home.

“It’s like living with those memories,” she says. “That’s what makes the house ‘me’.”

An eclectic mix of French, Italian and Chinese artwork and antiques decorate an all-American house. With the creativity and restlessness of an interior designer, which she is, Barrett frequently changes items on display.

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“My home is a work in progress,” she laughs.

Barrett is a free-lance interior designer with design partner Pat Nicholo, owner of LeMarche shop in Countryside Village.

The home is a delightful study in contrast. In the sitting/dining room, a cowhide rug clashes with the antique table and mismatched chairs.

Barrett spends much time in the room. “I eat, read, talk to my dogs.” Her conversational partners are Lola, a Silky Terrier; Elton, a Malti-Poo, and the baby of the canine family, Stella, a Yorkie.

The severely modern kitchen with its stainless steel appliances strikes an incongruous note in the antique-filled home. But even there old-world things are happening with touches of memorabilia in the room. It was the first room remodeled when she moved in 24 years ago.

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Barrett likes to mix styles. In the sitting/dining room, where she eats, reads and talks to her dogs, a cowhide rug nicely contrasts with an antique table and mismatched chairs.

“They appeal to me, because I think about who they might be,” she says.

“Eclectic” is one adjective for the two-story home sitting in a wooded neighborhood. Another is “cozy.” Guests cozy up to a gas fireplace in the snug living room.

Walls are covered with lithographs found at estate sales and flea markets and with photographs Barrett has taken during her travels.

Many paintings are by Omaha artists.

A beaded crystal chandelier in the hallway is a French antique she found on eBay. She doesn’t claim to be an expert on antiques. “I buy what I like, what I respond to. What I want to look at in my house.”

When asked what her home would be like if it was a person, Barrett pauses for several minutes, but has an answer: “It would be a very creative, free-spirited person with a European background.”

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OMAHASTYLE

Story by: Sandy Lemke Photos by: minorwhitestudios.com

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What is the quality that you most like in people?

A warm smile can turn even the dreariest day around What Inspires you?

Getting up everyday knowing I have the opportunity to help people realize their dreams What is a favorite family activity?

Enjoying a great meal with family and friends How do you relax?

With a glass of wine with my wife How would you describe you style?

Classic with an edge What is your most marked characteristic?

My ability to talk to a perfect stranger What is your Motto?

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines.

Sail away from the safe harbor.

Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover” — Mark Twain

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OMAHAFOOD

Story by: Mystery Reviewer Photo by minorwhitestudios.com

Jams is a restaurant example of “don’t judge a book by its cover.”

Jams

Mark Hoch's Consistent Quality Rates It a Favorite

From the

outside, Jams really doesn’t look that impressive. It looks like just another strip mall restaurant on Dodge Street. Once inside, however, you start to get the feeling that it might be something special when you smell the wonderful aromas coming from the semi-open kitchen and feel the excitement coming from all the happy people in the bustling dining room. You will be taken aback by the beautiful bar that runs the length of the space on one side, and the colorful wall mural of a busy restaurant scene on the other. Still, there is no escaping the fact that the restaurant is in a strip mall. But once you get past that, you see they have actually done a good job with the space, making it feel warm and comfortable.

During a recent visit to Jams on a Saturday evening, I was reminded of how busy Jams can get. They do not take resservations for parties of less than six, but you can use their “call ahead seating.” This is a concept that I have never truly understood. Nonetheless, I did call ahead for “call-ahead seating” and found that we were sat after the party that walked in just before us that had not used “call-ahead seating.” Go figure. On the plus side, the wait was really not that bad and well under the quoted time.

While waiting, we enjoyed a glass of wine at the bar. The wine-by-the-glass selections were excellent, but the bar service was slow and the bartenders seemed much more interested in talking to people that already had drinks than helping the nearly dozen patrons that did not. Shortly after we got our wine our table was ready, and we were told we would need to first settle our tab at the bar. That seemed fair enough, but the bartender was so engrossed in his conversation that it took well over five minutes to get the bill and a few more minutes to get my credit card back.

Once we were seated, things started looking up, as I suspected they would. Our server immediately came over to our

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Jams

An American Grill

7814 Dodge St. Omaha, NE 68114 402-399-8300 www.jamseats.com

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table and enthusiastically took our drink orders. She came right back and described the delectable-sounding specials and pointed out some of her favorites on the summer version of their seasonal menu. I took some time to read over the summer menu and as usual, the founder and executive chef Mark Hoch was featuring many imaginative global dishes. At this point I must disclose that I have been coming to Jams for years, and I have always thought that the food is probably the best you can find anywhere in midtown Omaha. We started off with some appetizers that included their Sesame Chicken Lettuce Wraps ($9.25) and Today's Pizzette ($10.95). The lettuce wraps were excellent, featuring a cashew dipping sauce and fresh romaine leaves as wrappers. The Pizzettee was incredible and had a rich tomato sauce, moist chicken, seasoned chorizo and a couple of different cheeses.

For dinner, I ordered the Pepper Rubbed Wild Canadian Salmon with Grey Goose Citrus Tomato sauce and Chopped Olive Caper Relish ($27), and my date had the Whiskey Marinated Flat Iron with Yukon Mashed Potatoes and Blue Crab Parsely Butter ($19). We also ordered a bottle of 2007 Seghesio Zinfandel ($42) which is a great wine at a reasonable price. As is usually the case at Jams, our entrees were overthe-top fabulous. Both the salmon and the steak were cooked perfectly with big flavors, and the supporting ingredients made both memorable dishes. Desserts at Jams are every bit as good as the rest of the menu, and this visit was no exception. We had the Carrot Cake with Macadamia Nuts and Ginger Creme Anglais ($5.50). If you’re a carrot cake fan, this is as good as it gets! Our service was flawlessly executed by someone who really seemed to enjoy what she was doing and appeared to be genuinely interested in making our dining experience as pleasant as possible.

One of my measuring sticks of a great restaurant is if they can consistently execute at a high level every time. Over the years, Jams has proven to be one of those great restaurants. The food alone is reason enough to frequent Jams, but the friendly service is also high on my list. My recent visit served as confirmation of these points, despite the small service hiccup at the bar. I urge you to get out and try Jams for yourself. I am confident it will become one of your favorite restaurants as well.

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VILLAGE POINTE 168th & Dodge 934-5757

REGENCY COURT

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AMERICAN 94/95 SPORTS GRILLE 504-9853 17857 PIERCE PLAZA (180TH & PACIFIC) Omaha's only gourmet sports restaurant, chef inspired menu with classic sports fare, great wine list.

Monday's $9.99 steak night. Wednesday wine down.

Friday happy hour with live music from 6-10p.m. Faw Friday after work.

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Council Bluffs 50 Arena Way 256-1221 (by the MAC)

Millard 120th & L 829-1616

BREWSKY'S FOOD & SPIRITS TWO OMAHA LOCATIONS 614-2739, 153rd & Q Sts.; 201-2739, 84th & Park Drive; Brewsky’s Food & Spirits opened it’s first restaurant/bar in Lincoln, NE in 1990.

Brewsky’s now boasts six restaurants in Lincoln and Omaha. Our menu (created by Certified Executive Chef Ed Janousek) surprises people that are expecting the normal “bar food” found at most sports bars. The menu consists of steaks, burgers, chicken, wraps and about everything in between. We offer all the sports packages on our banks of TVs as well. The atmosphere created, the quality of the food served and the modest prices charged define Brewsky’s. We’ve been voted Best Sports Bar in Omaha in 2008 and 2009 (Omaha magazine).

Come let us WOW you!

DAVE AND BUSTER'S 778-3915 132ND & WEST CENTER Have a drink and then go play. Or play, and then grab a bite to eat. At Dave & Buster's, it's totally your call. You can start with a delicious meal in our Grand Dining Room. Then move on to some games in our Million Dollar Midway. Check out our drink specials with your friends-or meet new ones-in our lively bar areas. The options are many! How you do it is up to you.www.daveandbusters.com DUNDEE DELL 553-4010 (OMAHA) 5007 Underwood. 11 AM until 1 AM every day, Monday-Sunday.

Famous for Fish n’ Chips since 1934. Single malt & scotch tastings open to the public four times a month. Private tastings also available. We serve food from 11 AM to Midnight Sunday through Thursday, and from 11AM to 12:45 AM Friday and Saturday. We also serve a fantastic Sunday brunch from 11AM - 2 PM on Sundays. $

Get a Little Saucy.

ICE HOUSE 934-2337 (OMAHA) 10920 Emmet St. The Icehouse was established in 1998 and has grown to become a landmark venue in the Omaha area. Our kitchen serves up restaurant quality food that you'll find second to none. Our food is just one of the reasons that we've been voted Omaha's Best Sports Bar for 8 years in a row.

Icehouse - Omaha's Best Sports Bar...PERIOD! www.icehouseomaha.com JAMS 399-8300 (OMAHA) 7814 Dodge St. Welcome to the home of Independent food. Jams is a popular locally owned restaurant for a wonderful dinner or a glass of wine and appetizers. An American Grill, Jams menu takes on refined twists on old classics. From the Jumbo Crab Cake Burger to Midtown Meatloaf, Jams can please any palate. www.jamseats.com QUAKER STEAK AND LUBE 712-322-0101 (COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA) 3320 Mid America Dr. Council Bluffs, IA."The Lube" serves over 70 million wings annually, has bottles sauces for retail sale and has won the title of "Best Wings USA" Mondays are kids eat free from 5 to 9pm and Tuesdays are all you can eat wings for $12.99 all day. The Metro's only, Quaker Steak and Lube also offers great steaks, ribs and burgers. Live Music again this fall on Friday nights.www.quakersteakandlube.com.

SPEZIA SPECIALTIES

UPSTREAM BREWING COMPANY TWO OMAHA LOCATIONS Old Market, 514 S 11th St.; 344-0200: West Omaha, 171st & W. Center; 778-0100. Upstream features an extensive menu of new American pub fare including: appetizers and thin-crust pizzas, superb steaks featuring “Omaha Steaks”, fresh fish, pasta, salads, sandwiches and a great children’s menu. Fresh, handcrafted beer and root beer on tap. Extensive wine list. Call ahead for group reservations or to be placed on our waiting list. Visit our classic, upscale poolroom located on the second level.

FRESH SEAFOOD • ANGUS BEEF INNOVATIVE PASTA • RISOTTO GNOCCHI • FRESH SALMON DAILY

BBQ

SATURDAY LUNCH [11am–4pm]

FAMOUS DAVE’S BARBEQUE 614-9333 (OMAHA) Old Market, 71st & Ames, 171st & Center, Council Bluffs and Bellevue locations. Famous Dave’s has been voted Omaha’s favorite barbeque by Omaha Magazine’s readers and the Reader’s Choice. Real hickory smoked ribs, brisket, pork and a great selection made-from-scratch recipes. Open lunch and dinner 7 days a week. Take out and catering available. $$$$

LADIES NIGHT ~STARTS AT 4:00 EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT ~ in the bar and dining room, all cocktails, beer or wine by the glass are half price from 4pm until close.

COCKTAIL HOUR MONDAY – SATURDAY 4:00 – 6:00PM ALL COCK TAILS, GL ASS WINE AND BEERS ~ HALF PRICE

CALL FOR RESERVATIONS • 402-391-2950 CENTRAL LOCATION • 3125 SOUTH 72ND STREET • EASY ACCESS OFF I-80 • 72ND STREET EXIT

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ITALIAN BIANCO RISTORANTE ITALIANO OMAHA Located at 13110 Birch Drive (SE Corner of 132nd Street and Maple in Eagle Plaza Shopping Strip). Specializing in Traditional Italian foods with optional five-course menu consisting of Imported meats and cheeses, homemade bread, pastas, soup & sauces, fresh salads, brick oven style pizzas, veal, steak, seafood & chix entrees and finally all our homemade desserts from tiramisu to gelatos. We offer 170 bottle (most of them Italian) wine list with 20 by the glass & our specialty Italian cordials!! Best outdoor patio in Omaha. Casual attire, but neat.

Amex, MC, Visa accepted. Mon & Tues-4 to 9:30; Wed & Thurs-4 to 10; Fri & Sat-4 to 11; Sun-4 to 9. Bar stays open until closing time. Happy hour Mon thru Sat-4 to 6:30.

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153rd & Q Streets, 614-2739 84th & Park Drive, 201-2739 www.brewskys.com

At The Paxton Jet Fresh Seafood Extensive Scotch Selection Award Winning Wine List 402.341.1222 • 14th & Farnam • Downtown

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2202 South 20th Street – Omaha

Family Restaurant • Fine Steaks Chicken • Seafood Party Rooms Available

Hiro Sushi Japanese Cuisine “Top quality food, great atmosphere, traditional sushi, they let the sh speak for its self... an Omaha ‘Must Have’” - OmahaCritic.com

342-9038 • 346-2865

OPENING NEW DOWNTOWN LOCATION

The Original Whiskey Steak 2121 S. 73 St. (402) 391-7440

HAPPY HOUR Monday-Thursday, 4-6PM Friday, Saturday, 10-12PM LIVE JAZZ Wednesday Nights 8-10PM

3655 North 129th Eagle Run Square Omaha, NE 68164 402.933.0091 www.hirosushiomaha.com

The Greek Islands Full Bar • Carry Out • Dine In Catering For All Occasions Open Seven Days A Week Thank you for voting us Best of Omaha

3821 Center 346-1528

Visa, MC, Diners & AMEX Accepted

Home of the Famous Fish Sandwich Grilled Fish, Catfish, Chicken, Shrimp and Oysters

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DON CARMELO'S 2 LOCATIONS (OMAHA) Tradition - Excellence - Value! Two locations: Rockbrook Village (9333190) and 204th & Dodge (289-9800) Omaha's First and Finest NY Style Pizza, Stromboli, Calzone, Oven-Toasted Hoagies, Philly Cheese Steaks, Pasta, Salads, Beer & Wine. We also feature take-out and delivery and can cater your special event large or small. Stop in for daily lunch specials 11am -2 pm!

GRISANTIS 330-0440 (OMAHA) 10875 W. Dodge Rd. Grisanti's (serving Omaha & Lincoln for over 20 years) is a fun, casual classic Italian restaurant that offers an extensive menu featuring a full selection of house-made and imported pasta, homemade soups & salads, pizza, flatbreads, seafood, chicken, steaks and desserts.

Large portions of affordably priced menu selections are prepared with the freshest ingredients available. www.grisantis.net JOHNNY SORTINO’S 339-5050 (OMAHA) 7880 L St. Hours: Mon-Thurs 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Fri & Sat 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sun 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Family owned and operated for more than 35 years, Johnny Sortino’s specializes in pizza, pasta and salads. Their pizza sauce is prepared daily with special spices and no imitation ingredients – nothing frozen. The spaghetti sauce and meatballs are prepared fresh daily with a special recipe.

LO SOLE MIO RISTORANTE ITALIANO 345-5656 (OMAHA) 3001 So. 32nd, Ave. This quaint authentic restaurant is located in the middle of a neighborhood surrounded by charming homes. Inside you will find a friendly staff, simple elegance with art & statues of Italy, the aromas of home cooked food & the sound of Italian music welcomes you.

At the table everyone is greeted with homemade bread, a bowl of fresh tomatoes & basil, a bowl of oven roasted garlic cloves, special seasoned olive oil, & at night, a jug of Chianti, to set the stage for a wonderful experience! You will always find a family member around in this family owned & operated restaurant. Large variety of pasta, chicken, veal, seafood, & even a delicious New York steak. Traditional dishes such as lasagna, tortellini, & eggplant parmigiana are also available. Lunch offers all of the above, along with panini, salads & one of the best pizza in town. Patio seating, full bar, & a great wine list complete this "Simply Elegant, Simply the Best" restaurant. No reservations, except for private rooms.

PASTA AMORE 391-2585 (OMAHA) 108th & West Center road (Rockbrook Village). Pastas are made fresh daily, including tortellini, fettuccine and capellini. Daily specials and menu items include a variety of fresh seafood and regional Italian dishes, such as Linguini Amore and Calamari Steak, Penne Florentine, Gnocchi, Spaghetti Puttanesca and Osso Bucco. Filet mignon also offered for those who appreciate nationally renowned Nebraska beef. To complement your dining experience, the restaurant offers a full bar and extensive wine list. Be sure to leave room for homemade desserts, like the tiramisu and cannolis. Lunch: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Dinner: 4:30 p.m. Reservations recommended. AE-MC-V. $$ SPEZIA 3125 South 72nd Street (3 blocks north of the I-80 interchange).

Choose Spezia for lunch or dinner, where you’ll find a casual elegance that’s perfect for business, guests, get-togethers, or any special occasion. Exceptional food, wine and service, with a delectable menu: fresh seafood, Angus steaks, innovative pasta, risotto, gnocchi, cioppino, lamb, entrée salads. Mediterranean chicken, flatbreads, fresh salmon daily. Enjoy a full bar, Italian & California wines, Anniversary Lovers Booth (call to reserve), private dining rooms, and wood-fired grill. Open Mon-Sat. Cocktail hour: 4-5 pm-all cocktails, glass wine and beers half price. Evening reservations recommended. Call 391-2950.

VALENTINO’S Eight Neighborhood locations. (refer to our ad for address and phone numbers) Voted Omaha’s Best Pizza and Buffet by Omaha Magazine, Valentinos has been a Nebraska Tradition for almost 50 years. Convenient Delivery/ Carry out location throughout Omaha serving not only the Best Pizza but also Pastas, Salads, and Breads. The Grand Italian Buffets have something for everyone. Award-winning Buffets offer not only mouthwatering Italian Food but also various other cuisine as well.

Open Daily at 11am for Lunch and Open every Sunday at 10am for a Special Sunday Brunch.

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PIZZERIA

Freshest Pizza Best Flavor Midtown 7834 W. Dodge Road 391-1881

Hand Stretched New York Style Pizza! *By the slice

West Omaha 12997 W. Center Road 330-1444

*Whole Pies *Lunch Specials

Downtown 1109 Howard (Old Market) (*New Store) 344-2222

*Dine-In *Carry-Out

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*We deliver Downtown

Most Bountiful Toppings at Zio’s!!!

Experience the Flavor ...

Online.

Rotella’s Italian Bakery Inc. invites you to experience the flavor and variety on our all new website.

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ZIO’S PIZZERIA SEVERAL OMAHA LOCATIONS Three locations: 7834 Dodge Rd. (391-1881), 12997 W. Center Rd. (3301444), and 1213 Howard St. (344-2222). DELIVERY, DINE-IN, and CARRYOUT. Serving New York style pizza by slice or whole pies, calzones, hoagies, pastas, salads and garlic breads. Zio’s pies are hand-stretched and baked in old-world ovens. Zio’s offers 35 of the freshest toppings. Taste the freshest pizza at Zio’s. Family dining – open seven days a week. Lunch special and beer and wine available. For delivery call 333-FOOD. $

LIGHT & EASY O’CONNOR’S IRISH PUB & GRILLE 934-9790 (OMAHA) 1217 Howard St. Comfortable, relaxing atmosphere. Great before and after games. O’Connor’s offers pub style food: burgers, reubens, daily specials and homemade soups. The pub offers all the traditional Irish favorite libations: Guinness, Harp and Irish whiskey. Grill hours: Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. $

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bianco ristorante italiano

SUSHI SAKE GRILL

www.biancoitalian.com 13110 Birch Drive, Omaha NE. 68164

402.884.9500

www.bluesushisakegrill.com

BLUE SUSHI North West 14450 Eagle Run Drive, Suite 240 68164

402.445.2583 South West 16939 Wright Plaza, Suite 103 68130

402.547.5959

Omaha Locations:

402.408.5566

BANQUET ROOMS

www.rojagrill.com

402.408.5566

402.333.7652

& Catering Services Available

Old Market Blue & Baby Blue locations.

Red Lounge www.redloungeomaha.com 14450 Eagle Run Drive, Suite 200 402.445.2583

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mexican grill + margarita bar

Downtown / Old Market 416 S. 12th Street 68102

Sake bombers Lounge second oor / martinis

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17010 Wright Plaza, Omaha NE. 68130

SPIRITWORLD (OMAHA) Spirit World is Omaha's original gourmet deli and specialty wine store. Our deli offers a variety of the freshest homemade salads, soups and sandwiches. In the evenings, enjoy a glass or bottle of wine with a cheese plate or light entree. Spirit World caters and delivers.

MEXICAN FERNANDO’S TWO OMAHA LOCATIONS Two locations: 7555 Pacific St. (339-8006), 380 N. 114th St. (330-5707).

Featuring Sonoran-style cooking made fresh daily. Catering and party rooms also available. Hours: Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sun. 4 p.m.-9 p.m. AE-MC-V. $ ROJA MEXICAN GRILL 333-7652 Located just off Center west of 168th at 17010 Wright Plaza. RoJA features Tex-Mex cuisine with several interior Mexican dishes as well as a coastal influenced grill. The best house margaritas in town made with real lime juice and over 80 tequilas to chose from for an unbelievable margarita experience. Late night Happy Hour Fri. & Sat. 10p.m.-12a.m.

Open Mon.-Sun. 11:00 am - Close.

ORIENTAL

Private Rooms Catering & Delivery 330-0440 fax:330-5433

www.grisantis.net

10875 W Dodge Rd. (Old Mill & 108th)

Sundays Brunch Buffet 10-2 Mon & Tues evenings Kids eat free Wednesdays: 1/2 off all bottles of wine

MT. FUJI INN 397-5049 (OMAHA) 7215 Blondo St. For Japanese dining in the traditional atmosphere, take time to visit Mt. Fuji Inn. Specialties include fresh Sushi and Sashimi, Sukiyaki and Shrimp Tempura. Also featuring Cantonese Chinese dinners and appetizers.

Dining in individual tea rooms is available by reservation. Enjoy one’s favorite beverages in the Mai Tai Lounge. Cocktail hour: Mon.-Thu. 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.

Dinner: Mon.-Thu. 5 p.m.-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 5 p.m.-11 p.m. AE-DC-V. $

NOW FEATURING SUSHI & SASHIMI DINNERS

SEAFOOD BLUE SUSHI SAKE GRILL 445-2583 Located on SW Intersection of 144th & Maple at 14450 Eagle Run Drive. More than just Omaha’s freshest and most innovative sushi, Blue offers a creative mixture of Asian inspired grill dishes. The finest Omaha Steaks, chicken, and the freshest fish available are professionally prepared using traditional, as well as cutting-edge cooking techniques. Late night Happy Hour Fri. & Sat. 10p.m.-12a.m. Open Sun-5 to 9; M-11 to 10; T-11 to 10; W-11 to 10; F-11 to 11; Sat-11 to 11.

CHARLIE’S ON THE LAKE (OMAHA) 144th and F streets (894-9411). Charlie’s is the only fresh-fish daily seafood restaurant in Omaha. Featuring a relaxed, yet contemporary atmosphere that is fun for all ages. Besides fresh seafood, Charlie’s is the home of the James Bond style martini, shaken not stirred, in over 20 varieties, in addition to over 60 wines. Lunch: Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Dinner: Mon.-Thu. 4:30 p.m.-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 4:30 p.m.-11 p.m.; Sun. 4:30 p.m.-9 p.m. $ HIRO SUSHI OMAHA 3655 N 129th St. Voted Omaha’s best Sushi Restaurant and Best Japanese Restaurant for 2009, Hiro strives to bring Omaha nothing but the best. Imperial Palace Chinese food available, and the largest sake collection in the Midwest. Omaha’s largest happy hour selection, Fri/Sat night, 10-12PM. www.hirosushiomaha.com JOE TESS' PLACE 731-7278 5424 S 24th St., Omaha, NE 68107. As seen on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, our specialties include carp, whole catfish, rainbow trout, salmon, shrimp, oysters, tilapia, walley, chicken, kids menu, daily lunch and dinner specials. Call for reservations. Sun.-Thrs. 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.

SPECIAL DINING GREEK ISLANDS 346-1528 (OMAHA) 3821 Center St. Greek cuisine with specials every day at reasonable prices. Well known for our Gyro sandwiches and salads. We do catering and can accommodate a party for 65 guests. Carryout and delivery available. Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-8 p.m. AE-DC-MC-V. $ HORSEMEN'S PARK 402-731-2900 (OMAHA) Horsemen’s Park located at 6303 Q Street. Happy Hour Mon-Wed from 5-9 p.m. - $1 pints, $1.75 domestic bottles and $2 well drinks. Tuesday 25¢ wings from 3-8 p.m. Wednesday - $5.95 Steak Night after 5:00 p.m.

Thursday - 75¢ tacos and $1.75 margaritas after 5:00 p.m. Friday – $7.95 Prime Rib Dinner after 5:00 p.m. Daily specials 7 days a week. Open daily at 10:00 a.m. Check out our website at www.horsemenspark.com.

Sukiyaki • Shrimp Tempura Teriyaki Steak • Cantonese Dinners • Family Style for Two or More • Intimate Tea Rooms Available • Reservations Preferred in Tea Rooms.

Try Our Famous Plus 20 Exciting Polynesian Cocktails and Delicious Cantonese Appetizers

Open 5pm Mon.- Sat. Closed Sun.

7215 BLONDO

Blimpie’s China Buffet Famous Dave’s Feta’s Gandolfo’s

Jack and Mary’s Jerico’s Julio’s Katie’s Greek Restaurant Grecian Gyros

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MAI TAI LOUNGE OPEN

4:30 P.M.

Newman’s Pasta O Dining & Lounge Panda House Red Zone BBQ Taste

Call or log on for more details!

Visit us at www.OmahaCarryOut.com or call 402.504.1100 Omaha’s Premier Multi-Restaurant Delivery Service 10920 EMMET ST. OMAHA, NE 68164

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KONA GRILL 779-2900 (OMAHA) 295 N 170th St., Village Pointe. Kona Grill is the winner of over 50 awards nationally, including Best New Restaurant and Best Sushi. The eclectic menu offers a variety of dishes from gourmet pizza to the award winning sushi. Kona Grill’s recipe for casual elegance includes mesmerizing aquariums, sushi bar, and an exhibition kitchen. Their lively patio is a great place to see and be seen. At Kona Grill there is something for everyone.

TED & WALLY’S ICE CREAM 341-5827 Come experience the true taste of homemade ice cream at 12th & Jackson in the Old Market. Since 1986, we've created gourmet ice cream flavors in small batches using rock salt & ice. We offer your favorites plus unique flavors like Margarita, Green Tea, Guinness, and French Toast. Special orders available.

Daily Food & Drink Specials!

Voted Omaha’s Best Sports Bar 8 Years in a Row!

“ALL SPORTS... ALL OF THE TIME!” www.omahapublications.com

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Friday:

Happy Hour Open - Close

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27th & L Sts. Five minutes from downtown

STEAKHOUSES 801 CHOPOUSE AT THE PAXTON 402.342.1222 1403 Farnam St. Designed with a 1920's era New York Chophouse in mind, 801 is the epitomy of elegance. You will not forget the crisp white tablecloth fine dining experience. From their USDA prime grade beef and jet-fresh seafood from all over the world, 801 Chophouse is truly the best Omaha has to offer. Open 7 nights a week.

THE DROVER 391-7440 2121 S. 73 St. (just 1/2 block south of Doubletree). Famous for our Whiskey Steaks! Serving seafood, chicken and chops. Fine wine in an intimate atmosphere. Casual attire. Lunch Mon-Fri 11am-2pm. Cocktail Hour 3-6pm Dinner nightly at 5pm. Reservations accepted. AE-DC-MC-V. $$$ JOHNNY’S CAFÉ – SINCE 1922 731-4774 (OMAHA) 27th and L streets. Years of quality dining and hospitality make Johnny’s Café a restaurant to remember. Serving only the finest corn-fed beef the Midwest has to offer. Aged steaks and prime rib are the specialties, with homemade bread and pies to complete one’s meal. An excellent wine list adds to the enjoyment at one of Omaha’s original restaurants. Hours: Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m. AE-MC-V. $$ OMAHA PRIME 341-7040 (OMAHA) 415 S. 11th St. (Old Market). Only restaurant featuring complete Prime beef. Open seven days a week, Mon.-Sat. 5 p.m.-close. $$-$$$ PASSPORT RESTAURANT 344-3200 (OMAHA) 1101 Jackson St. An elegant, but simplistic ambience highlights this upscale Old Market eatery. Serving Prime grade beef. Open at 5 p.m. seven days a week. $-$$

Always a Large Selection of Fresh Fish

PICCOLO’S RESTAURANT 342-9038 (OMAHA) 2202 S. 20th St. One of Omaha’s finest traditions, where quality steaks are served at low prices. Especially designed for a family outing or a business social. The specialty is tasty prime rib, served for the last 60 years under the crystal ball. Daily lunches: Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Dinner: Mon.-Thu. 5 p.m.-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 4:30 p.m.-110:30 p.m. Daily and night specials.

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It’s that time…

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Treat your employees to an event at Omaha Prime or Passport Restaurant.

Think you can’t afford it this year? We’ll create a custom menu that fits your budget. We have several private rooms at both restaurants – you can book them for your group at no extra charge. We can also cater lunch or dinner to your location at no delivery charge. In addition, we can also provide free parking for your group at nearby lots or even arrange for transportation.

To discuss your options and answer any questions, please call me personally. I look forward to working with you!

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Variety is

the spice of life.

And no one knows that better than Mark Tussey, the head chef and owner of Tussey’s Casual Grill. With a menu that ranges from steaks to Shrimp Caliente and Caesar salads to “Windy City” Dogs, the year-old restaurant has fare that pleases all palates.

“The cuisine is a little bit of everything, American with a few ethnic surprises,” Tussey said.

Who knows if it’s coincidence or providence that the food at Tussey’s Casual Grill is as varied as owner Mark Tussey’s childhood, but either way, it’s one of the establishment’s strong points.

Tussey comes from an Air Force family, and grew up in an assortment of places in the United States; he even lived in the Philippines for a time. The chef graduated high school in Bellevue and decided to stay in the area, earning his culinary degree from Iowa Western Community College across the river in Council Bluffs, Ia. He began working as a line cook at the Holiday Inn and Convention Center in Omaha, and within just three years was promoted to replace the executive chef. Tussey credits the hotel as a place that helped him cultivate his abilities.

“I ended up spending most of the last 30 years there,” Tussey said. “It was a great place to grow and be challenged.”

Last July, armed with plenty of experience in the business, Tussey and his wife, Catherine, decided to open Tussey’s Casual Grill.

“We wanted to create a warm, welcoming environment with great, fresh food and friendly service,” Tussey said.

The tenured chef said his favorite dish to prepare is the Thai Chicken Pasta, but he also enjoys the day-to-day test of inventing new feature meals. Tussey plans to keep his business growing, hoping to further the restaurant’s catering side and enhance the menus by making most of their food in-house.

Tussey has the initiative to continue to advance the restaurant and it won’t be leaving the area anytime soon.

“My wife and I love Omaha,” Tussey said. “We plan to keep growing our business here, raise our kids and retire here. november/december | 2009

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YESTERDAY & TODAY STORY BY: KRISTINE GERBER

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open-air pavilion stands in the background as ice skaters stop to pose in this photo taken in 1915. Two fires eventually destroyed the pavilion. Today Omaha’s oldest existing park at 3201 Woolworth Ave. features a playground, ball field, soccer field, basketball court, tennis courts (both indoor and outdoor), a leisure swimming pool, bike paths, picnic area, pavilion and many floral displays throughout the park. Most of the original trees are still there. The lagoon was completely reconstructed in 1995. Boulders were replaced, a lit fountain was put in the middle and new walkways were constructed. Deepened to six feet, the lagoon is a place to fish and enjoy a tranquil resting place in the middle of the city.

About the writer: Kristine Gerber is the author of Omaha & Council Bluffs Yesterday & Today and owner of Omaha Books, a subsidiary of Eventive Marketing LLC. To date, Gerber has helped produce 17 books including Building for the Ages, Omaha’s Architectural Landmarks and Toast to Omaha, A Cookbook by the Junior League of Omaha.

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