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Damon Strong Named Chief Probation Officer for Omaha Adult Probation

From the Publisher’s Pen

By Terri D. Sanders

I am so excited to be THE publisher of The Omaha Star Newspaper. It is an honor, a joy and a privilege to serve my community in the footsteps of the greatness of Mildred D. Brown. Even in the middle (thought we would be on the other side of this by now) of COVID-19 we have never missed publishing an issue of the paper. I stand among tall grass of four previous Black female publishers who did an outstanding job and I will carry on in the same spirit.

Our elections are coming up on November 3, 2020. While watching a national news program, photos were shown in 1966, Alabama and the throngs of people who stood in line to vote. Exercising their civil right David Turnbo Photography due to the 1965 Voters Rights Act legislation. Voting was serious then and is serious now, as a people we did not always have this right. Do not “waste” what people like John Lewis fought for: The Right to Vote. We are making history with the 2020 election.

History is important. You cannot know where you are going if you do not know where you have been. We at the Omaha Star are bring our archives into the twenty first century by digitizing our collection beginning with 1942. In the Our Community section you will see some of the photos from past issues in 1942 and 1944 Omaha Star Newspapers. From time to time we will be sharing these gems and allow a look into the past of our community.

Thank you to all of the contributing columnists since my tenure at the paper. Sharing your expertise with our community is important. Advertising is the lifeblood of a newspaper and I encourage businesspersons to advertise your goods and services in our paper. Contact: publisher@omahastarinc.com for rates and publish dates.

NO YOU SHUT UP, by Symone Sanders (signed copy) is for sale at the Omaha Star Office for them price of $27.00 Get yours today. You can call 402-346-4041 to reserve your copy for pick up or to have a copy mailed to you (plus shipping and handling). It is a good read.

We are soliciting your articles, family news and opinions for the pages of the star. Send to: publisher@omahastarinc.com. We are YOUR paper. We have a goal to increase our subscriptions by 1000 persons. More to come on that drive.

Until November, wash your hands, social distance and stay well…

33rd Annual Tribute to Women

The WCA will host its 33rd Annual Tribute to Women event, and first ever virtual event to honor nine exceptional women doing important work in our community.

Our 2020 Tribute Honorees are:

Sara Boyd

Victoria Mejias

Samantha Koehler-Overton

Dr. Barbara Jackson

Carolyn CT Williamson

Jenni Shukert

Ashlei Spivey

Carmen Tapio

Carolina Padilla

NO,YOU SHUT UP is now on sale

Symone Sanders’ book is now on sale in the Omaha Star office for $27.00. This is a copy signed by the author.

“Symone’s honest and profound reflection on standing up and speaking out is sure to inspire young people across the country to become the change agents the world needs” CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS BEVERLY BOND, founder of Black Girls Rock said: “Full of spirit, wisdom, and unapologetic truth-telling, No You Shut Up should be required reading for young activists of all stripes.”

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Mr. Damon Strong has been selected to serve as Chief Probation Officer for District 4A Probation (Douglas County, adult services). He began his new position on October 5, 2020.

“I am excited and humbled by this great opportunity. Probation is not a job, I believe it is a calling to give back to the community in which we live and an opportunity to serve others in need,” Strong said. “I am honored to have been chosen and look forward to upholding the Vision and Mission of Probation.”

Mr. Strong joined the judicial branch in 2011 as a Community Based Resource Officer in Omaha. He has served as a Specialized Officer, Navigation Officer, and Chief Deputy Probation Officer.

Damon received state probation’s AC4E Team award in 2019 and is a certified trainer. He also participates in many community related activities including coaching football and basketball for youth.

Strong has a bachelor’s degree from the University of NebraskaOmaha.

Avenue Scholars Announces Growth and Success of Intern Omaha Program Avenue Scholars, an Omaha-based education and workforce development program focused on ensuring careers for committed students of hope and need, announced today that its Intern Omaha program has secured over 100 local business partners for its third year, which will take place during the 2021-22 school year.

“The Intern Omaha program has experienced remarkable growth since its inception in 2019,” said Dr. Ken Bird, Avenue Scholars President and CEO. “It’s our mission to ensure careers for committed students who come from low-income backgrounds. Intern Omaha is the first step of that mission. We look forward to continuing to provide our students with the support they need and to celebrate their accomplishments.”

Intern Omaha’s pilot year in 2019-2020 consisted of 16 participating local businesses and 28 student interns. The 2021-22 program year will include over 100 participating businesses, which are anticipated to provide over 225 internships to high school seniors in five participating school districts. The application period for this cohort of student interns will open in December 2020.

Avenue Scholars provides comprehensive, individualized support services to help Omaha-area students from low-income backgrounds identify, prepare for, and ultimately enter financially sustaining, highdemand careers requiring an associate degree or less. Support begins in the student’s junior year of high school and continues for six months following career entry.

At the high school level, Avenue Scholars’ internship program is channeled through the Intern Omaha initiative. Intern Omaha draws together youth, schools, and employers from across the community in a collective effort to provide year-long, co-curricular, paid internships for high school seniors in high-demand industries, including information technology, building trades/manufacturing, auto/diesel technology, and business.

Students interested in participating in the Intern Omaha program can visit: https://www.internomaha.org/home/apply.

Businesses interested in providing internships through Intern Omaha can contact Kathy McGauvran at kmcgauvran@avescholars.org.

About Avenue Scholars Founded in 2008 by a group of Omaha philanthropists, Avenue Scholars’ mission is to ensure careers for committed students of hope and need through education, training and supportive relationships.

Avenue Scholars provides comprehensive, individualized support services to help Omaha-area students from low-income backgrounds identify, prepare for, and ultimately enter financially sustaining, highdemand careers requiring an associate degree or less. The program also provides scholarship assistance to enable participating students to continue their postsecondary education/training at Metropolitan Community College via support provided through the Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation and Metropolitan Community College.

About Intern Omaha Intern Omaha launched in partnership with Millard Public Schools in the spring of 2019. The program draws together youth, schools, and employers from across the community in a collective effort to provide year-long, co-curricular, paid internships for high school seniors in high-demand industries, including information technology, building trades/manufacturing, auto/diesel technology, and business.

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LOCAL NEWS October 30, 2020 Study Explores Financial Success Program’s Long-term Impact

Creighton University’s Financial Hope Collaborative is partnering with Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NEHII) and Nebraska Healthcare Collaborative for a longterm study measuring the impact of Creighton’s Financial Success Program on health outcomes.

Julie Kalkowski, executive director of the Financial Hope Collaborative in the Heider College of Business, said a 20-year longitudinal extension will study the long-term effectiveness of the financial education/coaching model used in the Finances First clinical trial that examined the link between this model and the physical and mental health in approximately 345 single low-income mothers. The longitudinal extension will begin once final results from the three-year clinical trial are available in early December.

Kalkowski said she wanted to know if Financial Success Program (FSP) graduates will experience a delay in the onset of chronic diseases such as diabetes, strokes and hypertension.

“With heart disease consistently being the #1 cause of death in this country, we wondered what impact a program that increased productive financial behaviors and decreased detrimental ones would have on chronic diseases.” Kalkowski said.

“This study will provide some of the answers about the impact a significant reduction in financial stress has on single mothers over a 20-year period.”

Once consented and enrolled in the extension study, each participant will be matched with a control based on age, race, calculated BMI, smoking status, hypertension status, diabetes status, and zip code.

Creighton’s partnership with NEHII, Nebraska’s designated statewide health information exchange (HIE), is critical to following FSP graduates health outcomes over time. This collaboration allows the team access to health outcomes and ongoing health status of participants.

Investigators will assess for the development of cardiovascular disease and risk factors for cardiovascular disease such as diabetes and hypertension. These data will be compared to their matched controls on an annual basis for post-intervention years 2-5 and every 5 years following until a period of 20 years of follow-up is reached.

“NEHII is excited to partner with Creighton’s Financial Hope Collaborative,” said Joy Doll, chief academic officer of the Nebraska Healthcare Collaborative, founded

by NEHII. “Exploring innovative solutions to address complex health problems is the core of Nebraska Healthcare Collaborative’s mission.

Our work is focused on cross-sector collaborations of diverse stakeholders optimizing health care delivery through teams that study and propose solutions to improve population health. The Financial Success

Stephen Center and Saving Grace Create Virtual Hunger Experience – Register Now! In recognition of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week November 15-22, the Stephen Center and Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue invite the community to participate in the virtual Omaha Hunger Experience on Thursday, November 19.

“We have neighbors right here in the Omaha Metro Area who go hungry each day. Nearly 12.5% of our population struggles with food insecurity, and the pandemic has only made things worse,” Beth Osdiek Smith, Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue Executive Director, said.

“Stephen Center serves over 200,000 meals to homeless and low-income men, women and children each year,” Michael Wehling, Stephen Center Executive Director, said. “Food insecurity and homelessness usually can’t be pinned on just one problem. This event is designed to shine a light on what it is like to experience hunger and homelessness.”

Omaha Hunger Experience participants will receive a heat-and-eat gourmet take-home meal for four and a low-cost sack supper. Back at home, individuals will heat the food at a time that works for them, and draw cards to discover whether their luck provides them with the gourmet dinner or the poverty meal.

Educational materials in the kit and an online video will round out the experience that leads groups through what it is like to be hungry and homeless.

The event cost is $75 per kit. The registration deadline is Thursday, November 5. Kit pickup will be at American National Bank at 90th and Dodge from 3:30-6:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 19.

Participants can also donate a turkey or ham to Stephen Center at pick-up, and receive a free dessert while supplies last. Learn more, view meal choices and register at www.hungerexperience.com.

All proceeds benefit Stephen Center and Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue. The event is sponsored by American National Bank and produced by WMK Media Enterprises.

About Stephen Center Located in South Omaha, Stephen Center is a sober campus of resources for mental health and addiction services. The clients they serve are the homeless, addicted and those in poverty. Their campus includes a homeless emergency shelter, inpatient/outpatient addiction treatment and permanent supportive housing apartments for disabled and low-income individuals.

For more information, visit stephencenter.org.

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Program study is a perfect fit.”

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation primarily supported the research portion of the three-year Financial Hope study. The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the view of the Foundation.

About Financial Hope Collaborative The Financial Hope Collaborative (FHC) at Creighton University identifies economic barriers for lowand moderate-income households, creates replicable programs, and collaborates with community partners to implement these solutions. The FHC identifies effective programs and policies and adapts them to the Omaha community to facilitate access to the financial mainstream for all.

About Nebraska Healthcare Collaborative

The Nebraska Healthcare Collaborative bridges the gap between data sciences and health care in order to make systematic improvements across the state. The non-profit entity’s goal is to form teams of data scientists and healthcare professionals to share knowledge, working sideby-side to improve the health of all Nebraskans. Founded by Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NEHII) in 2019, the Collaborative seeks opportunities to become a market resource for data-driven decision making.

MCC receives major grant to fund new re-entry service program Metropolitan Community College is the recipient of a $900,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance.

The award will fund a new program within MCC’s 180 Re-entry Assistance Program called Living In Freedom Everyday (LIFE). LIFE will provide comprehensive education and employment support, increased coaching and tutoring to provide retention support. LIFE will also increase collaborative interaction and information sharing with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services.

“Through the Vocational and Life Skills program, we have come to value the important work MCC does in the 180 Re-entry Assistance Program. They provide muchneeded support and services to individuals reentering our communities,” said Dawn-Renee Smith, deputy director for programs at NDCS. “The LIFE project will increase and expand those services. We look forward to our continued partnership and to see how these targeted services will impact individuals, their families and our communities.”

LIFE will focus service to 120 people housed at Omaha Correctional Center, state work release centers and to those transitioning from prison to reside in the Omaha metro. “We are very grateful for this grant because it is will help MCC expand our award-winning re-entry work while increasing collaboration with NDCS and success of those we collectively serve. 180 RAP has many success stories; the LIFE project will help us build on our success and reach more individuals, placing them on a path to a meaningful career,” said Diane Good-Collins, 180 Re-entry Assistance Program director.

For more information about the MCC 180 Re-entry Assistance Program, visit mccneb.edu/reentry.

Omaha Performing Arts Introduces New Digital Theater Programs

Omaha Performing Arts announces two new digital performing arts education programs this fall, Theater Essentials Online and AT THIS STAGE. Theater Essentials Online is a flexible digital theater curriculum for students in grades 7-12 and teachers. Any student, teacher and parent can participate in the program and choose from a list of pre-recorded lessons in the following categories: vocal technique, acting technique, movement, technical theater basics and professional development for teachers. Each lesson will come with study guides, worksheets and other resources, which are aligned with state curriculum standards.

The 15-minute video lessons are led by local theater professionals and can be taught in-person, hybrid or fully remote classrooms. To remove cost barriers, Theater Essentials Online is a “pay-what-you-can” program.

Our second digital program, AT THIS STAGE® is a series of FREE live-streamed theater workshops for K-12 schools and certified homeschools. AT THIS STAGE produces 45-minute educational workshops, which focus on themes from Broadway shows, addresses required core-curriculum for middle and high schools, and issues of diversity and inclusion, social and emotional learning, and life skills. Educators must enroll in the program to gain access.

“The impact of Theater Essentials Online and AT THIS STAGE is twofold. These programs allow O-pa to support the work of local and national artists and connect students to performing arts curriculum and professionals in a relevant and meaningful way,” said Associate Director of Education, Kathleen Lawler Hustead.

For more details about these programs please visit: Theater Essentials Online and AT THIS STAGE.

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Omaha Graduate Chapter Makes an Impact on Breast Cancer and Participates in the 2020 Virtual More Than Pink Walk

By Sheila Fields Ivy Leaf Reporter The members of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc. Omaha Graduate Chapter participated in AKA’s Breast Cancer Impact Day on October 5, 2020. Thirty-four members participated in a virtual event presented by Dr. Z which included a survivor testimonial from Dr. Webb.

On October 11, 2020, the Omaha Graduate Chapter supported Susan G. Komen’s “2020 Komen Nebraska Virtual More Thank Pink Walk”. Chapter members walked in their respective communities to raise money, posted photos on social media to raise awareness, and encouraged each other via zoom as many of the them walked for a cure.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the chapter successfully maintained safety protocols by not gathering as a group or walking side-by-side. AKA Omaha Graduate Chapter used creativity to come together and share our stories, give testimonies, support one another, and have fun while raising money to save lives. “October is recognized throughout our country as Breast Cancer Awareness month,” said Sheila Estes, AKA Omaha Graduate Chapter target chair. “Through our sorority’s Women’s Healthcare and Wellness target, we recognize the importance of keeping breast health awareness at the forefront. With the challenges of COVID-19, Susan G. Komen as well as the Alpha Kappa Alpha Omaha Graduate Chapter had to be creative in its quest to host and participate in the annual walk which raises funds for research. In addition to this, the event also raises awareness for women as well as men to do monthly personal breast exams. AKA Omaha Graduate Chapter was excited to participate in the walk with over 15 participates raising over $500 toward the mission to eradicate breast cancer. “ Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc Omaha Graduate Chapter is always striving to find creative ways to accomplish 2020 activities that impact our community as they target - Women’s Healthcare and Wellness.

Sheila Estes - AKA Women’s Healthcare and Wellness,Target Chair

Chapter members Cathy Williams, Ayesha Station, Sherie Thomas, and Shereece Dendy Sander - Chapter President walk together virtually.

Other members that participated in the walk – Kimberly NashWilliams, Cassandra Rhodes-Beanum, Freddie Holeyfield, Pamela Herndon-Bell, Almeda Lopez, Treyla Lee, and Dr. Angela FeltonColeman.

LOCAL NEWS Eric Crawford Steps Down as CEO of Heart Ministry Center

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After five years at Heart Ministry Center, three in the role as CEO, Eric Crawford has announced his departure effective November 13.

Mark Dahir, Chief Operating Officer who has been with Heart Ministry Center since 2013, has been named Interim CEO. “I am truly blessed to have been a part of this amazing organization for the past five years,” Crawford said. “Seeing lives change through the services provided by our staff and dedicated volunteers warmed my heart daily. By meeting people where they are, providing a smile and dignity for each client — that’s how Heart Ministry Center makes such a positive impact in our community.”

Over the past three years, Heart Ministry Center has experienced significant growth under Crawford’s leadership. The organization is in the final phase of a $6.2 million capital campaign which has physically expanded their pantry to provide services for more families with food insecurity.

This need for food assistance has only grown during the pandemic.

At the area’s largest food pantry, weekly visits have more than doubled, increasing from an average of 470 a week to 958 a week. Due to COVID19, the pantry shifted from a grocerystore-style food pantry to a drivethru operation, meaning all pantry items are boxed and ready to go.

During a normal year Heart Ministry Center provides 3.5 million pounds

of food to people and families in need. During the last four months the organization has provided two million pounds of food.

The recent campaign also allowed Heart Ministry Center the opportunity Eric Crawford to expand their healthcare and dental services to the community. Medical exam rooms grew from three rooms to four, dental chairs doubled from two to four and HMC will now offer vision care to those in need.

“Working alongside Eric has been an absolute joy,” said Dan Walker, current President of the Heart Ministry Center Board. “The best leaders give everyone a voice and empower people around them to be the best versions of themselves. I’ve never seen anyone do it better.”

As the fourth employee ever of Heart Ministry Center, Dahir developed some of the organization’s signature mission-based programs over the past seven years. The Fresh Start Job Placement Program provides participants the opportunity to learn job skills, effective workplace communication and customer service skills while helping to serve others in the community. The team provides employment placement assistance for

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Bellevue Resident Earns Dual Degrees from Western Governors University Tremayne LaMont, a resident of Bellevue, was recently recognized for earning his Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance and Master of Science in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance from Western Governors University (WGU).

LaMont, who completed his undergraduate degree in February and his master’s degree in August, participated in the nonprofit, fully online university’s commencement ceremony in late August, where he and thousands of other 2020 graduates were recognized and celebrated for their achievements.

LaMont does contract work for the State Department and U.S. embassies around the world, a position that requires him to work 12-hour shifts, six days a week. He thought going to school, while living in a different country almost every year, would be impossible until 2018 when was living in Ankara, Turkey, and learned about WGU from another student.

After researching the university and learning more about WGU’s competency-based learning model, which allows students to complete their coursework at their own pace and advance as soon as they prove they have mastered the subject matter, he decided to enroll.

He found WGU’s flexible, affordable program worked well with his schedule as he continued to move around the globe.

LaMont completed his bachelor’s degree in February 2020 while he was working in Berlin. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, LaMont continued to work in Germany and decided to pursue his master’s degree, which he completed in August.

“I just want to thank WGU,” he added. “I finished my bachelor’s in 18 months and my master’s in four months and four days. Over the last two years, I obsessed over schoolwork, and it was well worth it as it already has paid off.”

Since the beginning of 2020, more than 30,000 individuals have earned degrees from WGU, most of them while working full-time jobs and raising families.

In its 23-year history, WGU has awarded more than 197,000 degrees and has celebrated with ceremonies held multiple times per year, usually in cities across the country. The August commencement ceremony was held virtually in place of previously planned in-person celebrations.

Mark Dahir graduates of the program.

Dahir has also helped launch Heart Ministry Center’s first social enterprise, a 24-unit laundromat that opened in September. While the laundromat provides a needed service to clients in the neighborhood, it also creates jobs and a viable business for the community. Fresh Start Laundromat offers free and reduced laundry based on need.

“Past leadership always has been strong and we have talented staff in place who are committed to the mission and embrace our core values,” Dahir said. “I am incredibly grateful for this opportunity and the privilege of being a part of the north Omaha community, who since coming to the mission seven years ago have treated me like family.”

Crawford believes the Center is in good hands with Dahir as the interim CEO. “I am excited for him and even more excited for Heart Ministry Center, as Mark is an instrumental part of the organization,” Crawford said. “He truly lives by our guiding motto of Dignity for All and his passion is second to none. The organization is in a great place and I am anxious to see him continue to move the mission forward in a positive direction.”

The Board of Directors has assembled a committee to conduct a formal search in the upcoming months for Crawford’s permanent replacement.

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2020 National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week October 25-31, 2020 Could your child be exposed to lead?

Here are important facts to know about lead exposure and its potentially harmful effects.

• Lead is a toxic element, especially in young children. When absorbed into the body, it can result in damage to the brain and nervous system, learning and behavior problems, slow growth and development, and hearing and speech problems.

Lead poisoning is preventable!

Lead can be found inside and outside the home.

The most common source of exposure is from lead-based paint, which was used in many homes built before 1978.

Lead can also be found in drinking water. The most common sources of lead in drinking water are lead pipes, faucets and fixtures.

You can take simple steps to protect family members from lead poisoning, such as eating a healthy diet, regularly cleaning the home, washing children’s hands and toys often, and wiping shoes before entering the home.

If you live in a home built before 1978, a certified inspector or risk assessor can be hired to check your home for lead-based paint or lead-based paint hazards. Many communities have free resources to assist with home assessments and removal of lead hazards. Contact your local health department or community development corporation for information.

Children can become exposed to lead by: • Putting their hands or other lead-contaminated objects in their mouths • Inhaling or ingesting lead-contaminated dust • Playing in lead-contaminated soil • Eating food made with lead-containing imported spices or candies Some children are at greater risk for lead exposure than others, including those who are: • From low-income families • Living with adults whose jobs or hobbies involve working with lead • Members of racial-ethnic minority groups • Recent immigrants • Living in older, poorly maintained rentals

By the numbers

About 3.6 million American households have children under 6 years of age who live in homes with lead hazards. According to the CDC, over 500,000 American children between the ages of 1 and 5 have blood lead levels at or above the CDC blood lead reference value (the level at which CDC recommends public health actions begin).

Get your home tested

If your home was built before 1978, you can get it tested for lead-based paint by obtaining: • A lead-based paint inspection that tells you if your home has lead-based paint and where it is located.

• A lead risk assessment that tells you if your home currently has any lead hazards from paint, dust or soil, and where they are located.

• Free resources available in some areas to assist in home repairs. Contact your local health department.

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LOCAL NEWS THE OMAHA STAR Page Five Humanities Nebraska awards nearly $309,000 in pandemic relief grants to 74 Nebraska organizations

October 30, 2020

Humanities Nebraska (HN) recently provided an additional $308,956 in relief grants to 74 humanities organizations across Nebraska, each of which continues to battle the challenges of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

This funding was made possible by a special distribution to HN from the Nebraska Cultural Endowment (NCE), which in turn was matched by an anonymous funder.

As a demonstration of the continuing financial struggles of cultural institutions serving local communities during the pandemic, more than $650,000 in support was requested during the two- week application window.

“Humanities Nebraska is grateful to our partners at the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, who recognized the continuing operational challenges facing cultural nonprofits who have endured prolonged closures, reduced revenues, and other factors due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” stated HN executive director Chris Sommerich. “This support, along with the generous match from a funder who wishes to remain anonymous, is enabling these local groups to retain staff, pay bills, and provide programming as we all find our way forward.”

“The Nebraska Cultural Endowment board of directors met in a special session to determine how best to support the sustainability of the cultural sector, in light of the pandemic’s continued impact,” added NCE executive director Kyle Cartwright. “They were unanimous in their desire to support Nebraska’s humanities organizations in sustaining operations.”

The NCE board approved a similar distribution to the Nebraska Arts Council to support Nebraska arts organizations.

Below is the entire list of organizations awarded new grants, and the award amounts.: Ashland Strategic Air and Space Museum, $5,000 Aurora Plainsman Museum, $5,000 Bancroft John G. Neihardt Foundation, $7,500 Beatrice Friends of the Homestead, $7,500 Gage County Historical Society, $7,500 Bellevue Bluebird Cultural Initiative, $3,500 Fontenelle Forest, $2,500 Broken Bow Custer County Historical Society, awarded $2,500 Brownville Brownville Fine Arts Association, $1,000 Brownville Historical Society, $5,000 Columbus Platte Valley Literacy Association, $2,500 Cozad Robert Henri Museum and Historical Walkway, $4,000 Elmwood Bess Streeter Aldrich Foundation, $2,093 Fort Calhoun

Fort Atkinson Foundation, $1,000 Fremont Fremont Area Art Association awarded $1,000 Genoa Genoa U.S. Indian School Foundation, $2,400 Gering Legacy of the Plains,$7,500 Grand Island Hall County Historical Society, $3,000 Stuhr Museum Foundation, $7,500 Hastings Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History awarded $4,640 Kearney Buffalo County Historical Society, $7,500 Crane River Theater Company, $5,000 Kearney Area Children’s Museum, $1,000 Robert M Merry Man performing Arts Center, $3,750 Nebraska City Kregel Windmill Factory Museum, $7,500 MRB Lewis & Clark Visitors Center, $5,000 Neligh Antelope County Historic Society, $3,500 Norfolk Norfolk Arts Center, $5,000 North Platte Golden Spike Tower, $5,000 Lincoln County Historical Society, $4,600 Prairie Arts Center, $2,500 Lincoln American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, $2,500 Asian Community and Cultural Center, $3,000 Blixt Locally Grown, $2,500 Bright Lights, $3,750 Flatwater Shakespeare Company, $4,000 Friends of the International Quilt Study Center, $5,000 History Nebraska, $7,500 Lincoln Children’s Museum, $1,000 Malone Center, awarded $5,000 Nebraska Wesleyan University, $5,232 Rabble Mill, $4,000 Sheldon Art Association, $4,000 University of Nebraska State Museum, $2,500 Ogallala Front Street Cowboy Museum, $6,000 Omaha African Culture Connection, $5,000 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, $5,000 Bluebarn Theatre, 5,000 Creighton University, $2,500 Douglas County Historical Society, $5,000 The Durham Museum, $7,500 El Museo Latino, $6,500 Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home, $2,500 Great Plains Black History Museum, $5,000 Great Plains Theatre Conference, $5,000 Joslyn Art Museum, $4,000

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Omaha City Councilman Vol. 72 - No. Ben Gray will commemorative 2 Omaha, Nebraska deliver a address on the Monday, Jan. UNMC campus Thursday, January 18, to on Rev. Martin Luther honor slain civil rights leader, 7, 2010 50 cents King Jr. Gray’s speech, which is sponsored The Nebraska

by UNMC and Medical Center, Truhlsen Campus will be in the Events Center Center. in the Sorrell “We are pleased The Partnership to bring a city For community volunteer leader and tireless non-profit organization Our Kids, a Schools.” to campus,” Newland, M.D., that provides disadvantaged director of UNMC’s said Myrna “The Partnership The mission of students For Our Kids Staples Foundation and coordinator of Equity Office academic enrichment with positive works to for Learning Inc. the Martin Luther provide Commemoration is to teach, train King Day received a $10,000 experiences, has mentary school disadvantaged ele- inspire.

Committee. “I and Founded in 2002, grant from Staples students with positive believe our campus Foundation for the founda- can look forward to an tion has contributed Learning, a private academic enrichment experiences,” inspiring and speech.” foundation created relevant said Briana Curran, million to national more than $17 manager, Staples The and Funding from SFFL by Staples Inc. Foundation that provide educational local charities best annual address is regularly for Learning. will support the one attended events “Staples and opportunities Winners Circle Foundation for on Martin Luther of the city’s job skills for all program, which Learning supports King Jr. Day. people, with a This year, the event starts pro- Winners vides underserved the special Circle program, at noon, is free which cre- youth. emphasis on disadvantaged to the public. Guests dents with access elementary stu- ates an environment and open can park in Lot to rigorous math, Staples Foundation the visitor parking where youth are 15V, which is reading and citizenship recognized for for area located on Learning has also their achievements the south side developed lasting the Student Life Center increase their academic activities to teachers, peers, by relationships of at the corner of parents and the achievement.

40th & Jones com- of America, with Boys & Girls Clubs Streets.

“The Winners munity.”

Circle program Earth Force, Hispanic Gray is a first-time ensures disadvantaged Winners Circle elected city council students have for the 2nd District. and All Our Kids Heritage Foundation, and the the resources and member Initiative joined forces in for a Competitive support needed 2007 to form Prior to his election, Inner City. In addiOmaha City Councilman to Partnership develop an enthusiasm The tion, Staples Gray had a 30-year For Our Kids, to Ben Gray Foundation for a television for learning,” help dis- supports said Beth Smith, career as Learning advantaged students. photojournalist nered with Executive Director, Ashoka, an organization “Kaleidoscope” and host the emergency Winners Circle creates a community The Partnership develops and on of that department at Program of The supports social KETV NewsWatch Omaha’s ABC’s affiliate station, Nebraska Medical Center of caring for stuThe Partnership For entrepredents from pre-kindergarten to use intervention neurs around the Our Kids. “With discussions about 7. The show featured passionate gies to decrease youth world, in nine stratesup- high school through tries: port from Staples violence, such a variety of Argentina, Belgium, coun- Gray has to help Foundation for as immediate community issues. engagement after violent won multiple Learning we can Brazil, taged youth graduate more disadvan- Canada, incidents to reduce local, regional tion attempts. continue France, Germany, awards as a reporter, and pursue highretaliaand national grades and standardized to increase er education the photojournalist In 1998, Gray to become employable Netherlands, Spain and test scores for Gray dedicates and his wife, youth throughout the United productive citizens much of his time and host.

States. For more Freddie, began ing with the African-American Omaha Public lives of severely who give back information about workto foundation their community. at-risk youth and to improving the to close the Achievement or how to apply gang members. the achievement Council for a grant, is the emergency team He Omaha gaps of children visit www. staplesfoundation.org.

Community Connection, director for Impact Public School in the (OPS) District.

Inc. — a non-profit, One A sought lence prevention vio- his Martin after motivational speaker, organization.

Its members Gray titled Luther King Jr. part- Love,” Day speech, “Strength after one of Dr. to King’s most read books.

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North Omaha Boys & Girls Club Welcomes Club Members New and Old for the New Year

On Jan. 4 the North Omaha Boys & Girls new and old Club Club opened members. The its doors to a new year with Club staff looks new Club parents forward to beginning age appropriate and members. programs for We offer a variety kids ages gram areas such of as, Sports, Fitness, 6-18. We offer five core Leadership Development, pro& Recreation, Character & Education & Career Life Skills, and Development, The Health & from certain schools Arts. We are also offering FREE transportation In order to qualify in the Omaha metro area (please call for a listing). a paid program for this special service all Club membership fee members Spring program and a valid membership must have fee is $30.00 card. Our that will be valid Club hours are from 3-8 p.m.

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Students Magnet students school congratulated wrote detailed reports, who won awards conducted experiments the eight Award for emony. Pictured of Excellence and presented their projects in the annual are the Awards winners and 7th & 8th grade a display board Alec Williams; 25 first place Luke Armitage; of Excellence winners (l to at least two winners with to r): Emily Beck; and Katie Cramer. Nick Schultz; Ian Brummel; a Breakfast of Champions judges. The awards cerMadeleine Dangerfield; Martha Winterer;

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Film Streams More than when tries are In presents the Best represented, including ten coun- Recommended English. Australia; 95 min. of the New York International ages: 9 to adult. works from Australia, (NYICFF). From Children’s Film Festival Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Jan. 9 to March Latvia, Sweden, Streams’ Ruth 18, Film U.K. Switzerland, the Feb. 6-7, 11, 13-14, 18 — Sokolof Theater, and nonprofit cinema, Omaha’s within the U.S. Tickets for all screenings Azur & Asmar Directed will screen five Best

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MILDRED D. BROWN 9, 1938

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homes as you are hardly can continue to repair and buy I of the people that no good money and invest it now doing, save your “Dedicated to the service believe that the bonds that you and that evil shall not go wisely. Buy more Savings cause shall lack a champion Omaha Star has if and when things may be comfortable unopposed.” been in existence for change. seventy-two years a former pastor of the newspaper, Mildred Reverend Joseph Forbes, In an introduction to and I have been the said, “Mildred was St. John A. M. E. Church Gilbert wrote: publisher for the It is with profound pleashe made her paper To the Citizens of Omaha: a friend of the pastors ... last twenty years. It a platform. She Publishing Co., and [sic] available anytime we needed sure that the Omaha Star seems like yesterday well trained journalistic ministry. She believed that organization of energetic, by saw her work as a that I started after my One entire page day a paper of the people, God had given her a calling. minds, give to you this aunt Mildred Brown We here and now wish devoted to the work of the people and for the people. its was per edition was expired. Some of the Omaha Star dedicates community, submitted by to have you know that in the churches in the you have been supserving the general public the pastors. existence to the task of porters almost from It shall be our policy the struggle for Among her concerns was every way humanly possible.

Others of the start.

Brown’s primary path of duty in the behalf racial equality. Mildred to move in an unerring became supporters it already had. She worked bringing to you the local Star was in selling Many others became supportfoothold in Omaha than early role in the Omaha Black America in Omaha, for equalas the years went by. sincere it, as well as the national many organizations to work only an excellent salesperyou I want to give my news of the city as we find of tirelessly with of ads. She was not of the National ers recently. To all of backing for the welfare could use the ads as a tool peace. She was a member son; she found that she highlights, promoting and ads to ity and Colored People thanks.

Black America in general.

The Omaha for the Advancement of She refused to sell newspaper the citizens of Omaha and She Association at a newspaper is fascinating. our paper. adven- her activism.

Association, the workers.

Working journalistic black of Publishers sea employ the Black not into because this is (NAACP), the As we launch out of companies that did Star is especially fascinating her readers to procan the support of the general League, the Urban League Anyone who is interested also used editorials to encourage and she challenged National Business ture, we sincerely request Plains Black museum.

This paper is about us. in when we as a group must military Nebraska, and the Great and issues. Where else test the segregation of the public. The time is at hand was submit their story, events the Martin Bomber plant During the time during which it was active, she Omaha Star a firm foundaSince the recent recession, them to apply for jobs that begin to build. Give the She De Porres Club, and also this State can this happen? and reading support and in Bellevue, Nebraska. rollerthe spokeswoman for the at Offutt Air Force Base tion by way of subscribing an emotional, financial after the paper has also been who is widely remem- allowed it to meet in the Omaha Star building in turn will build an enterhired Charles Washington, we will assure you that we are determined to persevere. and a mouthpiece and a to support their own facility. coaster at times but we civil rights, as a reporter the club ran out of funds to contact us concerning bered for his work for prise worthy of consideration, working in the commuI encourage the public who was the executive She spent countless hours or even if you want to columnist. Whitney Young, force for the people of Omaha. commucomplaints, recommendations are certainly apprecithe Star as a mouthpiece Urban League before eventu- nity, receiving over one hundred and fifty In addition to offering secretary of the Omaha the “Unsung Heroine director of the National compliment us. Your comments community in Omaha, the nity service awards, including the NAACP, one of ally becoming the executive for the African-American in behalf of the community by editorials. the community to realize ated. The staff is working Award” for service awarded Urban League, contributed Gilberts also encouraged better and more enlighten to call attention power 16,000 Africantrying to always have a in the country to be honored boycotts and buying people the supported effect thirty-five paper only The the positive was small, and is an outstanding cater often time of her death. She paper. Our staff is very she and her staff were if they would carefully with this award by the to discrimination, and Americans could have working to satisfy you.

Lyndon B. Johnson as a businesses that employed team and they are always to also appointed by President their purchases only to support base and I wish well.

East Germany to investigate We have a large religious treated the community goodwill ambassador to African-Americans and for the support of the churches following the conissue of the paper, Edward express sincere thanks, alleged human rights violations worked to improve Specifically, in the second clergy leaders.

She also members of the North Omaha in the community and the struction of the Berlin Gilbert pointed out that I want to thank our her office shop least, and not cream ice carriers an certainly but Last the lives of the newspaper black community were patronizing which would be there would not be that someone did not have Ice Cream, advertisers. Without advertising, workers. If she learned of at 24th and Lake, Reed’s published. Advertisements hiring practices over she would buy them bags an Omaha Star Newspaper enough food at home, targeted for their discriminatory an the printing of the publicalarded The newspaper carriPorres Club. Gilbert spent and retail sales pay for groceries to supply their a decade later by the De advertisers have stuck with Christmas or Easter party shop and counted at least tions. Many of our older us. ers often received a special hour outside the ice cream Newer ones have joined work, when they might approving of their us throughout the years. gratitude for their hard adverin to one hundred African-Americans have don’t year. that they were given all their purchasing power.

Others have the feeling them receive the only gifts they hiring practices through Americans we will give in 1989, the Omaha Star divorced in 1943, and tise because as African At the time of her death Mildred and Edward Gilbert in Star readers look at the a circulation of 30,685 her maiden name, Brown. our business anyway. Omaha and had a staff of twenty, and Mildred resumed using for those who support us Mildred Brown wrote, Omaha Star, the longest advertising in the paper thirty-nine states. In 1969, As the publisher of the from those advertisers. persist? The answer newspaper run by a woman, we encourage them to purchase or think our readers “Why then do Negro publishers of his press, all of operating black-owned refuse deprived neighborhood news and For those advertisers, who is clear. If the Negro is Mildred Brown provided to market to, we encourage through the years since than fifty years. The paper are not important enough the tortuous gains achieved commentary for more shop to ask those merchants lost, and tomorrow’s Negro by calling attention to our readers when they his emancipation will be served an important function of the powerful forces, they don’t? If they continue people in the black commuthat do not advertise Why youth will be at the mercy our the accomplishments of man the ramparts of bigthe Omaha Star, I urge values. The newspaper North and South that still to refuse to advertise in $$ nity and emphasizing positive got Mildred Brown their products. Remember who received awards, or otry, prejudice and discrimination.” to do so. From readers to stop buying recognized individuals closed been compelled had previously persisted because she felt speak. new jobs in industries that civic she had established readers, supporters, merIt announced acts of the first edition of her newspaper, Thanks again to my staff, to African-Americans. good writers and all others They highlighted one She guided the newspa- a challenge to herself and her staff, “that no chants advertisers, contributing labeled “troublemakers.” pride and community charity. not of the continued existence eras of the Civil Rights cause shall lack a champion and that evil shall week in order to continue through the tumultuous who lend support to making neighborhood family per On the occasion per Brown and her staff were to the demonstrations Your help is greatly apprecigo unopposed.” Mildred in to foster a sense of community. Ms. Brown again Movement, from segregation the Omaha Star possible. future for unrest of the late of their community, Brown to a bright and continued champions and 1960s, to the racial forward 1950s certainly look I the of of the Star’s ninth anniversary, ated. the voice in the wildercommunity, congratulated The Omaha Star reported particular. She was an outspoken 1960s and early 1970s. pledged her support to the not the Star in the Omaha community.. of its businesses and that occurred both locally ness that the tortuous gains of their emancipation triumphs and the tragedies North Omaha on the growth end. up this advice for her Mildred Brown was not are lost, and she worked tirelessly toward that and throughout the nation. fast development, and offered get any further a interested in letting discrimination neighbors. wishes to urge that you The Star on its anniversary

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and Engage, Business Success “Power to Lead: Leverage, for the Perpetual stewardship. the theme Adopt & Deliver” was Winters advised the in Leadership steps to 3rd Annual Women of Color Awards group of eight Summit & legacy of Leadership at the Inclusion on their per25, 2010 jourLuncheon held on June Center. sonal diversity Holiday Inn Central Conventionluncheon neys; the Over 200 people attended 1. Know self first – was Marywhere the keynote speaker am I? What do I of CEO’s Who Who Quaites-Ferris, Dr. Marguerita Frances Winters, Author for? What makes (L-R) Tanya Cook, Vicki from the Heart stand Get It; Diversity Leadership Leadership Award Recipients: of the Winters me “me”?

Crowder and Soul and President Washington, Annette 2. Value self – What can become? enhance who I am and gifts?

Group.

How are other ences Inclusion are my unique 5. Learn about others – What can learn from differences? circle to Ms Winters spoke on Women’s is my best self? your different from me? How today. She gave Who 4 . individuals/groups 7. Include others – Expand in the business world 3. Acknowledge your Tawanna Black and Dr. Winters continued on page 2 to sustained sucmy are they the same? examples of eight steps How do differ- See Leadership to change – What are prejudices – In what 6. Value differences – contribute to Open yourself be my best self? cess: Motivation, Passion/commitment, do I exclude? How do I opportunities to grow? To Magnitude of the ways What are my blind spots?

In-depth Inquiry, and and transforming, intolerance? gap, Resolve, Learning

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Friday, August 11, 2017 NAACP Names Johnson Interim Derrick President The

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“You can’t rain Stepping Saints, on our parade,” said one of lining up for the as the drill team gathered to the Salem The NAACP has pray before 21st named Derrick Members laughed biennial Native Omahans their board of directors, Johnson, Day parade. as they recalled soaked uniforms the organization’s vice chairman of performing in The unanimous interim president. raindecision was the Saints have over the years, 50 to be exact. committee of For 50 years thrilled crowds the board of directorsmade by the executive stepping and with their precision during the that Association’s stories and much always-on-beat rhythm section. high 108th annual convention Many in Baltimore. The the parade when laughter were shared the NAACP is the night before close to 100 largest team staffers rights organization and oldest civil gathered for their former members and drill celebration.

50th anniversary executive committeein the U.S. The reunion of the board is Saturday morning comprised of 14 during the parade, people. wore name tags the alumni members On May 19, with their dates their participation of service. They announced that the NAACP board consider ministry of Salemservice because they were Cornell William the contract of an outreach Baptist Church.

Brooks, the outgoing team co-founder president, would According Salem’s pastor, Phyllis Hicks, it was in August to drill Brooks’ contract not be renewed. the Rev. J.C. ended on June holding a parade Wade Sr., had 1966 that Brooks began 30. the idea of his tenure as NAACP Derrick Johnson Wanting to shineto celebrate Salem’s annual President in May youth a spotlight on of 2014.

(NAACP) of the church, all of the youth month.

“I am thrilled a quickly began drill team was formed. The Derrick Johnson to announce that my friend girls choreographing and colleague has been appointed while the boys marching routines, CEO. I could interim president developed beats not think of a routines. Many to accompany more qualified better, more battle-testedand the of the young individual to guide people or transition period,” found the their said Leon Russell, NAACP through this niche and after board of the NAACP. their the chairman of the first performance, “Derrick’s longtime encouraged him to take decisive service with the Association Rev. will allow action to deal Wade to make will also serve with daily challenges. as the primary the drill He spokesman for have every confidence team the NAACP. I in Derrick permanent. new endeavor every step of the and will support him in this As the rain way.”

In a statement came is truly an honor released on July 22, Johnson down said and a privilege Saturday morning, president and to be named the that it CEO of an organization interim aboard Ollie decades. the that he’s served Trolley, for “There’s a lot Hicks of work that needs and several of waste any time the getting to it. We to be done and we won’t original members threats to our are facing unprecedented democracy and marveled at the we will not be sea sidelined while of blue created See NAACP by continued on t-shirts worn by the Carolina blue page 2 current and alumni members as they filled the street.

Omaha Section Salutes 2017 Award , NCNW, Recipients

The Omaha Section - National Council Negro Women of Inc. recognizes individuals community for outstanding achievement. in the year individuals Each are recognized in medicine, education, for excellence involvement, embodimentleadership, community of the Mary McLeod Bethune Legacy and youth in excellence.

Awards will be McLeod Bethune presented at the annual Mary Award Luncheon at 11 a.m. at on Aug. 26 the DC Centre, 11830 Stonegate Dr. The community is invited to important event. attend this The keynote speaker Esq., Human Resources is Shawntal M. Smith, and Talent Development Leader for Omaha Precious Davis Home for Boys. also a social Field of Medicine Smith is justice attorney.

Award “Extraordinary The theme is Rising above Women: Breaking Barriers, Lives.” Omaha Challenges, Transforming Section, NCNW women of African advocates for descent as they families and communities. support their It fulfills its mission through research, community based advocacy and national and health, education, services and programs on Omaha Section, and economic empowerment.

NCNW is a 501c3 organization. non-profit Omaha Section Davis, Field of 2017 Award recipients: Precious Rone, Field of Medicine Award; Beverly A. Education Award; Julia D. Anderson Willa Visionary Award; Midder, Theola M. Cooper Cooper, Community Theola M. Community Supporter Award; Supporter Cannon, Bethune Briana Concept Award Book Wasmoen, Bethune Award; Lara Concept Book Denise Lee, Award; Mary McLeod Bethune Legacy Award; Aariona Hagler, Youth Award in Excellence For more information or to obtain contact Perlie tickets, Whitley at 402-320-0375. tickets on-line, For go 2017 Mary McLeodto Eventbrite.com and enter under Search Events Bethune Awards Luncheon or Category.

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“Family is not an important thing, How important it’s everything.” is always been, very family to us? The answer is, and has important. Indulge moment. After me for a brief the overwhelmed by Civil War, Union military officershistory ex-slaves who were were on the roads, for family members searching Agents of the Bureau from whom they had been separated.

Lands, commonly of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned known as the were hired after Freedmen’s Bureau, the war to provide who and ex-slaves, relief to refugees received hundreds requesting assistance of letters from freedmen wrote to the Bureau in locating lost relatives. One ex-slave from Texas with in locating “my a request for assistance own dearest relatives” list of sisters, and included nieces, nephews, whom he had uncles, and in-lawsa long been from twenty-four years separated when he was sold in Virginia before. Others in local newspapers, took out advertisements lost family members offering rewards for the return of (Wilma A. Dunaway, American Family The Africanin England: Cambridge Slavery and Emancipation (Cambridge, University Press, Reconstruction, 20013), 257. 33 82.)

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PRAISE, WORSHIP, DEVOTION, OBITUARIES & INSPIRATION

Rosie Lee Gray

Mrs. Rosie Gray passed Wednesday, October 7, 2020 in the home. A prolific Gospel director and staple in Omaha black church music, Rosie (Rose) Gray helped to lay the foundation of music in Omaha for over 50 years. Working with her late husband, Charles, Rosie along with several key directors and musicians from all over the city partnered together to create, refine and share a unique and robust sound that was uniquely Midwest, full of Spirit and charged with good Gospel power!

Mrs. Gray was the choir director and member of Freestone Baptist Church under the tutelage of Rev. Darryl Eure – Omaha, Nebraska. She also served as Sunday School Teacher, Bible Study Teacher, Pianist, and co-founder of the Nebraska Gospel Music Workshop of America.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Charles H. Gray; son, Alan Kelly Gray; grandson, Charles Jason Gray (CJ); God-daughter, Elaine Edmonds; sister, Mary McKee; brother, James Harris; parents, Gosbey & Izelria Tyson Harris. Mrs. Gray is survived by two sons; Albert (Sally) Briggs and Charles (Leanna) Jason Gray Sr.; three daughters, Alice Marie Briggs, Tina Gray, and Diedre Gray; Thirteen grandchildren; Tamika Briggs, Tiffany Briggs-Long, Rafayel Rahn, Andrea (Mike) O’Leary, Albert (Siobhan) Briggs, Nala Keye, Kellie Chandler (Jeremy), Sidney Johnson (Maurtice), Tier Gray, Adam Gray, Joseph Ventry, Anthony Gray, Sr., and LaShea Richard Edmonds; Honorary Son, Phillip Bailey II; twenty-five great-grandchildren; three greatgreat grandchildren; five sisters; Lillie Gresham, Zeria Williams (Sister/ Friend), Sarah Davis, Lottie Harris, and Diane Johnson; three brothers, Bennie Williams, Henry Harris, and Cleophus Harris; nieces, nephews, and other relatives.

Who does God want to be President?

By Billy Holland This year has passed by quickly, and now the election is just a few days away. For those who read this column, I’m sure you have noticed that I rarely talk about politics or social issues. Of course, I have my thoughts like everyone else, but to be honest I avoid these controversial areas intentionally. My focus is more about the Lord and the Christian life. Nonetheless, I believe we can agree that America needs leaders who are honest and who demonstrate the nature and character of God. We also realize the Almighty has given us a free will to have elections even if the winners are not His choice. I’m sincerely grateful to live in a country that allows anyone to believe and express whatever they want, but it’s important to remember that for the most part, what we hear and read are only someone else’s ideas and perceptions.

With a dysfunctional political system, the dishonestly of many leaders, and voters filled with contempt, we have a slim chance for peace. As long as there are opinions there will always be strife and conflicts as even the early followers of Jesus argued over who He was and why He had come. Today we see that political stress has lured many believers into anger and a subtle hatred which has caused a distance in their personal relationship with God. So, what can we do? II Chronicles chapter seven reminds us of the critical need for repentance.

“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn

from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

Instead of trying to change everyone else, let’s ask God to help us become the person He has called us to be.

It’s a good possibility that a portion of what we think is being interpreted through a lens that is dusty and out of focus. Have we considered embracing humility, setting aside our party bias, and sincerely praying that God would reveal the individual He wants us to vote for? Can we agree that God knows who would be the best person for the job?

And what about unity? Well, with God being absolute truth, the solution to seeing eye to eye would be for everyone to listen and follow our Creator. This would allow us to be on His page with every subject and we would all be correct. Opinions are relative to the individual, but truth is God’s universal standard of right and wrong. I know this is a stretch for the imagination, but Jesus prayed in John chapter 17 that all who believe in Him would be one with God the same as He is one with His Father.

You see, spiritual unity is established on our love for God and all people and the less love we have for others, the less unity we will experience.

I Timothy 2:1-2 encourages us, “I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.”

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Deaths & Funerals Webster L. Hughes Mr. Webster L. Hughes, age 94, passed away Saturday, October 10, at a local hospital.

Interment: Mt Hope Cemetery Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home ***** Herbert L. Johnson, Jr Mr. Herbert L. Johnson, Jr, age 54, passed away Friday, October 23, at a local hospital.

Survived by daughter: Faith Johnson, Houston, TX; sons: Daeonn E. Davis, Wichita, KS, Matthew Richey, Omaha, Marlin Rickey, Omaha, Ezra Vaughn, Denver, CO. Cremation Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home ***** Louise M. Latimer Mrs. Louise M. Latimer, age 91, passed away Sunday, October 18, at a local care facility.

Survived by sons: LaRohn (Brenda) Latimer, Bloomington, MN, Lathan (Lisa) Latimer, Lincoln, NE; daughters: Louise, II, Lauren Latimer, Lonnetta Daye, Omaha; 9 grandchildren, 8 great-grand, other relatives.

Funeral Service: 11 am

Wednesday, October 26, Mortuary.

Interment: Forest Lawn Cemetery Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home ***** Minnie H. Lindsey Mrs. Minnie H. Lindsey, age 78, passed away, Thursday, October 15, at a local hospital.

Survived by husband: Eugene Lindsey, Omaha; son: Eddie (Vivian) Lindsey, Columbia, MD; daughter: Sherri Lindsey, Omaha; brothers: Ray & Charles Johnson; sisters: Queenie, Hazel, Janie, Iona Johnson, Los Angeles, CA; nieces, nephews, other relatves.

Funeral Service: 9am Saturday, October 24, Mt. Nebo Baptist Church, Rev. Terry Arvie, officiated.

Interment: Forest Lawn Cemetery Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home ***** Virgil T. Watson Mr. Virgil T. Watson, age 61, passed away Saturday, October 17, at a local care facility.

Survived by daughter: Trinity Nicole Watson, Pearl, MS;

mother: Gwendolyn Watson; sister: Kina (Lindsey) DeBerry; brother: Brice Watson, Omaha; other relatives.

Funeral Service 11 am Tuesday, October 27, Mortuary.

Interment: Omaha National Cemetery Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home ***** Chester B. Young Mr. Chester B. Young, age 95, passed away Tuesday, October 13, at a local hospital.

Survived by son: Arthur E. (Christine) Young; daughters: Eleanor E. Brown, Cheryln A. Young, Miriam C. (Mark, Sr.) Owens, Denver, CO, Mary L. (Robert,III) Kennedy, Omaha; brother: Wyndle (Sharon) Young, Omaha; 10 grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives.

Funeral Service 1 pm Friday, October 23, Zion Baptist Church, Pas. Kenneth Allen officiated.

Interment: Forest Lawn Cemetery Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home

A Great Harvest

By Velma Jean Sanders You do not have to drive far in town before you will see a “Help Wanted” sign.

The Bible has, as it were, a “Help Wanted” sign posted, as well.

It is not that there is no one working in the kingdom of God. There is. But there is also a definite shortage of laborers; and the harvest is ripe; the harvest is great.

One day Jesus said, in Luke 10, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore, pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” This harvest is not a crop of vegetation or grain; it is instead a crop of people that are ready to hear and receive, repent and believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

When we think about a natural crop, we know that someone in the past planted seeds and then those seeds were watered. Over time, the plants grew until they were ready to be reaped. Spiritually speaking, the seed of the Word of God is planted, perhaps by a parent or family member; maybe it was through a sermon or a few words on a billboard. But somewhere, somehow, in the past there has

been the planting and watering of spiritual truth into the heart of a soul ready for harvest.

The value of earthly crops varies depending on the crop planted; on supply and demand; and the size of the field. However, the crop that Jesus speaks of is immensely greater; in every way. It is greater because of its quality; the souls of men. It is greater because of its quantity; there are many people, male and female, young and old, all over the world. It is also greater because of its cost; the blood of Jesus. And finally, it is greater because of its benefit; the forgiveness of sins and eternal life.

But there is a problem!

Although the employer or owner of the field is hiring every day, there are not enough workers. Could it be because the value of a soul is not considered by would-be laborers or is there no real sense of urgency in regards to the imminent danger of a person facing eternity without having their sins forgiven? Possibly, it may be a mistaken belief that only certain people such as preachers and pastors are responsible to share the gospel.

But, in spite of the shortage of workers, someone must work. And so, Jesus appoints seventy others to go forth, realizing that not everyone would be receptive to them, their message or the Christ they represented. But there would be some who were receptive and they must be harvested.

As it was true then, so it is true now, there is a shortage of workers in the harvest of the souls of men. Will you be a worker? The Lord is still seeking those that will serve as messengers to share the good news of the Gospel.

Kids Talk About God What Is The Meaning Of The Proverb, “The Lord Laughs At Those Who Laugh At Him”?

Carey Kinsolving and Friends “This verse means you can make fun of God, but he will laugh right back at you,” says Elizabeth, 10. “It says next that he is gentle and kind when you are not proud.”

Another translation of this Proverb reads, “Surely He (God) scorns the scornful, but gives grace to the humble” (Proverbs 3:34).

“God doesn’t like people when they laugh at him,” says Meredith, 6. “He gets mad. When they are not proud, God loves them.”

You can be sure God is not amused when he laughs at a mocker. This is the laughter of a heavyweight champion of the world in response to taunting from a child who wants

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to fight. You don’t want to hear this laughter. It may be your last memory before the lights go out.

Like the child who can’t imagine the power of the champ’s right hook, so the scornful remain arrogantly ignorant of God’s power. The proud mocker’s laughter returns to haunt him as illustrated in another Proverb: “Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him” (Proverbs 26:27).

The image of a stone rolling back over the one who meant it to roll on an unsuspecting traveler reminds me of the “Roadrunner” cartoon series. The most ingenious traps keep backfiring on the supposedly wily coyote.

The Book of Esther tells the classic story of a man who became the victim of his own scheme. So great was the

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hatred of a man named Haman for a righteous Jew named Mordecai that he plotted to destroy all the Jews in the Persian Empire. So certain that his plot would succeed, he built a gallows for Mordecai. Guess who hung on the gallows?

“The Lord does not bless and laughs at the ones who don’t believe in him and say he is stupid,” says Shelby, 11.

“They are stupid to laugh at God because he is real and very powerful. God loves and blesses those who believe and love him.”

There’s a tendency among the arrogant to interpret God’s longsuffering as weakness. The Apostle Peter wrote that God is “longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (II Peter 3:9). Imagine how everyone must have mocked Noah for building the ark. Noah warned, but only his family listened.

The mockery that Jesus endured during his trials and crucifixion is a source of never-ending amazement to me. Here is the Son of God, who could have summoned legions of angels to fight for him, enduring jeers and blows without one word or act of retaliation. Instead, he cried out on the cross, “Father forgive them, for they do not know what they do” (Luke 23:34).

“The Lord laughs at those who laugh at him, but he is kind to those who are not proud means that God loves both of them,” says Landon, 11. “Although God loves both, he weeps for those who are lost who might laugh at him. But he smiles at those who love him and are his children.”

Think about this: God is never threatened by our arrogance.

Memorize this truth: “Surely He scorns the scornful, but gives grace to the humble” (Proverbs 3:34).

Questions to consider: Is God laughing at your arrogance and weeping over the consequences of the destructive road you’ve chosen? Or, is he smiling because you’ve humbled yourself to accept the grace of forgiveness Jesus purchased on the cross? Can you smile today because you know the joy of living in the light of his love?

PRAISE & WORSHIP DIRECTORY THE OMAHA STAR

October 30, 2020

ALLEN CHAPEL A.M.E.

ST. MARK BAPTIST CHURCH

Rev. Willie Morris, Pastor 2842 Monroe Street Omaha, NE 68107 Off: (402) 5734-3399 Email: admin@allenchapelomaha.org

Rev. Willie Morris

Sunday School...........................9:00 a.m.

Sunday Praise & Worship.....10:00 a.m.

Thursday Bible Study..............8:00 p.m. via teleconference, dial-in number 563-999-2090 and access code 576989

Pastor Jarrod S. Parker

MORNING STAR BAPTIST CHURCH 2019 Burdette Street Omaha, NE 68110 Ph: 402-342-0018

3616 Spaulding Street, Omaha, NE 68111 Phone: 402-451-0307 Email: smbcsecretary@ stmarkbaptist.org Pastor Jarrod S. Parker

Sunday School – Sunday 9:00 a.m.

Worship Service .............10:00 a.m.

Sunday School .................8:45 a.m.

Excluding First Sunday Tuesday Evening Service.........7:00 p.m.

“Where Life is for Everyone”

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Live Streaming Sunday Service-10:00am on Morning Star Baptist Church-Omaha Facebook Page

SUNDAYS 10:00 AM

Worship Service – Sunday 10:15 a.m.

Children’s Church (except 2nd Sunday) Holy Communion every 1st Sunday Prayer and Bible Doctrine Study Midday - 12:00 noon; Evening – 7:00 p.m.

Televised Broadcast – Sundays at 6:00 p.m., KPAO Cox Channel 22 & CenturyLink Channel 89 Our Mission: “To exalt the Savior, edify saints, evangelize sinners and elevate society.”

awcchurch.org 402-341-1866 5417 N. 103rd St. Omaha, NE

MOUNT CALVARY COMMUNITY CHURCH

Drs. Martin & Lynnell Williams Founders & Lead Pastors

5112 Ames Avenue Omaha, NE 68104 (402) 457-4216 Church Phone (402) 453-4084 Pastor’s Office

BETHEL MISSIONARAY BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. Dr. Lorenzo S.L. Fincher Senior Pastor 5318 South 30th Street Omaha, NE 68107 Phone: (402) 731-1840

2207 Wirt Street Omaha, NE 68110 Phone: 402-451-5755 Bishop Kevin Chambers

MT. MORIAH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Dr. Ralph B. Lassiter, Pastor 2602 N. 24th St. Off: (402) 451-8800 Fax: (402) 451-8522 mtmoriahomaha.net pastorlassiter@gmail.com

Rev. Ralph Lassiter, Sr.

Wednesday Bible-Prayer Service 11:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m

“Come Get Your Hilltop Experience” Rev. Portia A. Cavitt, Pastor 5544 Ames Avenue, Omaha, NE 68104 Telephone: 402-451-8322 • Website: www.cmumc.net Email: clairumc@cumc.omhcoxmail.com Rev. Portia A. Cavitt, Pastor

Sunday School………………………8:45 a.m.

Sunday Worship Experience………...10:00 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study….…….…….6:00 p.m.

First United Methodist Church is a welcoming and inclusive community, inspired to grow with and in God.

Weekly Services Sunday Morning Worship Service .....................8:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.

Children’s Church (2nd & 4th Sunday) ................8:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.

Life Development (Sunday School) .........................................10:15 a.m.

Wednesday Word and Worship (WWW) ................................ 6:30 p.m.

Pastor Terry L. Arvie 5501 N. 50th Street Ph: 402-451-4245 Fx: 402-451-2130 office@mtneboomaha.org www.mtneboomaha.org Pastor Barbara Mitchell

8:30 am Early Sunday Morning Worship 9:30 - 10:15 am Sunday Morning Breakfast 10:15 - 11:15 am Sunday School 11:30 am Sunday Morning Worship 6:30 pm Wednesday Bible Study 8:00 pm Friday Night Service Noon day prayer Thursday - Saturday

ZION BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. Kenneth A. Allen, Pastor

“Where CHRIST is Preeminent and the Word Prevails!”

2215 Grant Street Omaha, NE 68110 Ph: 402-346-1502 Fax: 402-344-2720

Pastor Brian Page 5555 Larimore Avenue Church: 402-346-8427 www.pleasantgreenomaha.org Pastor Brian Page

Wednesday: Prayer Power Hour ......................................12:00 p.m Thursday: Youth For Christ ............................................6:00 p.m Prayer & Bible Study ....................................6:30 p.m Sunday: Sunday School.................................................9:00 a.m.

Morning Worship..........................................10:15 a.m.

Charles Galloway - President, Rev John Deang - Pastor, Dr John Beasley - Elder

HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH

Televised Broadcast Sunday @ 10pm on KPAO Cox Communication channel 22 & Century Link channel 89

Missouri Synod 2721 N. 30th Street 402-453-1583 Sunday School................................10:00 a.m.

Church Service...............................11:00 a.m.

YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME

SUNDAY Sunday Morning Worship……………10:00 A.M. Sunday School……………………….. 9:00 A.M. WEDNESDAY 11:00 A.M. ~ Hour of Power Bible Study Wednesday is Family Night!

6:00 P.M. ~ Prayer & Praise Service 6:30 P.M. ~ Feast & Fellowship (Light Meal) 7:15 P.M. ~ Discipleship Academy (Classes for ages 5 & up)

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North 24th Street Church of God “Presenting the Never-Changing GOD to an ever-changing World!”

2423 Grant St. Omaha, NE 68111 Ph: 402-348-0631 • Fax 402-342-4451 Sunday Mass: 9:00 a.m.

Reconciliation: Sunday after Mass or by appointment

Pastors Eric and Cynthia Butler

Rev. Vitalis Anyanike

6401 N. 56th Street Omaha, NE 68104 Ph: 402-399-9628 E-Mail: Jolpastor@aol.com Sunday School..........................9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship......................10:30 a.m.

Sunday Evening Worship.......6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Night ....................7:00 p.m.

Bible Study and Youth Ministries

Pastor Kenneth A. Allen

ST. BENEDICT THE MOOR CATHOLIC CHURCH

JOY OF LIFE MINISTRIES COGIC

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HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pastor Eric Butler and Co-Pastor Cynthia Butler

Rev. Dr. Selwyn Q. Bachus

Pastor Barbara Mitchell 2404 Fort Street, Omaha, NE 68111 402-455-1800 Church 402-455-3390 Fax

PLEASANT GREEN BAPTIST CHURCH

Rev. Kent H. Little

3131 Lake Street Omaha, NE 68111 402-455-1000 www.salembc.org

“The Church Where Fellowship is Real”

Services on Sundays at 8:30 am & 10:50 am 7020 Cass Street, Omaha, NE 68132 402.556.6262 www.fumcomaha.org

SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH

Serving God and One Another in the Spirit of Excellence Rev. Dr. Selwyn Q. Bachus Senior Pastor

TABERNACLE OF FAITH CHURCH

Sunday Morning Worship ...................................9:00 a.m.

Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting .....................7:00 p.m.

Wednesday Night Church School ......................7:30 p.m.

Youth/Children Ministry Focus (Wed.) ............7:30 p.m.

Rev. Kent H. Little, Lead Pastor

Thursday - School Mass 8:10 am in Church

MT. NEBO MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

Pastor Terry L. Arvie

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Mass Schedule: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday - 8:00 am in Rectory (2218 Binney)

Sunday - 8:15 am and 10:30 am

Sunday School .............................................. 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship ..........................................10:45 a.m.

Overcomers in Christ......................Sunday 7:00 p.m.

CLAIR MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Fr. Dave Korth

Saturday - 5:00 pm

Sunday School .............................................. 9:30 a.m.

Worship Services .............................................. 10:45 a.m.

Wednesday Prayer Services ..........................................6:30 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study.....................7:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Biblically Based, Family Oriented, Dynamic Fellowship

Fr. Dave Korth

Services: Sunday School .................................................... 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship Experience ......... 11:00 a.m.

Word On Wednesday (WOW) ........................ 7:00 p.m.

“Large enough to serve you, Small enough to know you”

Rev. Dr. Lorenzo S.L. Fincher Senior Pastor

SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH

“Jesus is the Light of the World” Bishop Kevin Chambers, Senior Pastor (Elect) www.m3comaha.org

2901 Fontenelle Blvd. 68104 Ph: 402-451-6622 • Fax 402-457-6901 Mass Schedule: Mon. - Fri. 8:30 a.m., Sat. 8:30 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.

Sun. 8:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m. & Noon (Spanish) Reconciliation: Sat. 4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. or by appointment Pastor: Rev. Vitalis Anyanike

Dr. Stan Rone - Senior Pastor 2021 N. 24th Street • Omaha, NE 68110 (402) 341-4297 Dr. Stan Rone Senior Pastor

Sunday Kingdom Academy 9:00 a.m.

Worship Celebration 10:15 a.m.

Tuesday Prayer Hour 7:00 a.m. & 12:00 noon Wednesday Power Hour (Prayer/Bible Study) 6:30 p.m.

Youth and Children 6:30 p.m. www.theworshipcenter24cog.org

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LIFE & STYLE/HEALTH & WELLNESS

Learning From Home Part 5

By Tiffany White-Welchen My Learning from Home Series focused on providing structure in the home as a way to ensure overall student success during these challenging times.

I discussed four easy tips to use in order to establish or increase structure in your home. To review, Tip Number One was “Creating a Study Area”. Tip Number Two was “Establishing Day and Nighttime Routines”. Tip Number Three was “Setting Consistent Family Routines” and my final and favorite Tip Number 4 is “Teaching your kids quick, easy ways to deal with stressful moments” which will be the focus of this article and serve as my final article for this series.

Some children have learned to deal with the pandemic successfully, while others might struggle. According to the American Institute of Stress, the following are signs and symptoms of increased stress in your child.

• Difficulty focusing • Struggling to relax • Extreme emotional reactions such as anger or crying • Changes in eating habits • Increased refusal to do chores,

cooperate with schoolwork at home, or other forms of stubbornness.

• Increased aggression towards caregivers or siblings • The emergence of new or re-emergence of old fears • Increased need to be physically near a parent/caregiver If your children are dealing with any of the above, it could be a sign they are becoming overwhelmed in dealing with all the constant changes in their world. Children are dealing with school scheduling changes, getting used to wearing mask daily, having limited opportunities to hang out with their friends and not to mention, possibly losing a family member to COVID-19.

The best way to help your children is to..

• Have an open honest conversation regarding the stress they are feeling and be realistic. Don’t promise rainbows and butterflies, but tell them you will be by their side to support them.

• Provide quick stress relievers such as deep breathing, self-talk, stretching, silent counting and positive visualization. Don’t forget to have your child to practice these

quick stress relievers.

• Start the day with a prayer or a positive affirmation kicking off your child’s day with positivity and good vibes.

• Do frequent check-ins either in person or through personal devices to make sure things are ok • When your child reports to you or you witness your child dealing with stress in a constructive way, continually encourage them by letting them know how proud you are of their abilities to overcome stress If your family is unable to meet the needs of your child, please seek professional assistance. There are several professional counselors in Omaha who are more than willing to assist you and your family. As a parent, you know your children and if you see a significant change, don’t panic but reach out and get professional help. The key is not only teaching how to deal with stress today, but how to deal with stress in the future.

Being a parent during the pandemic is not an easy task and I hope this series has helped. Please stay healthy, stay safe, practice social distancing and please understand your mental health is vital to surviving these challenging times.

October 30, 2020

Flu Shots

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska and 14 Nebraska YMCAs are teaming up to offer no-cost flu shot clinics to the community, regardless of insurance coverage, the week of Nov. 9th, locations in Omaha are: • Downtown YMCA, 430 S. 20th St., Omaha, NE – Tues., Nov. 10, from 8-11 a.m.

• Armbrust YMCA, 5404 S. 168th St., Omaha, NE – Weds., Nov. 11, from 5-8 p.m.

• Southwest YMCA, 13010 Atwood Ave., Omaha, NE – Weds., Nov. 11, from 8-11 a.m.

• Columbus Family YMCA, 3912 38th St., Columbus, NE – Weds., Nov. 11, from 4-6 p.m.

• Sarpy YMCA, 1111 E. First St., Papillion, NE – Thurs., Nov. 12, from 8-11 a.m.

• Maple Street YMCA, 7502 Maple St., Omaha, NE – Fri., Nov. 13, from 8-11 a.m.

• Butler-Gast YMCA, 3501 Ames Ave., Omaha, NE – Sat., Nov. 14, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Flu shots are more important than ever this year and we’d love to make sure people in your area are aware of these clinics.

Which Environments Are Fertile for The Spread of COVID-19

Racial and ethical approaches to community health (REACH) is a periodic column featuring articles that focus on reducing health disparities in the African American community. It will include topics submitted by Creighton University Health Sciences Multicultural and Community Affairs (HS-MACA) department and is supported by the COVID -19 agreement with Douglas County Health Department.

It has been nearly eight months since the U.S. began to shut down due to the spread of the Coronavirus, also known as COVID19. Restaurants, bars, and night clubs were among the establishments. Since, studies over the weeks and months show the virus’s origin, how it spreads, ways to prevent infection, and potential damage to the U.S. economy. Very unfortunately, political posturing about the disease has blocked forming a universal and acceptable plan about rules for preventing the spread.

Some schools reopened virtually without gathering in buildings. Some schools resumed with both virtual and in class processes. Others reopened fully in class instruction with distancing and sanitation precautions. However, the virus continues to spread in certain parts of the country and in certain environments.

For this article, I wanted to know which environments produced the greatest opportunity for the spread of the virus.

This is what I found: As states and other entities ease their lock downs and begin to reopen, bars and in door dinning at restaurants are emerging as fertile infection areas. These two entities emerged as tailor-made for spreading infection. Researching the literature and closely following the daily news account of the virus spread, I learned that bars create a risky cocktail of tight quarters, young adults without the fear of illness and, in some instances, proprietors who don’t enforce crowd limits and social distancing rules.

Public health authorities have identified bars as the locus of outbreaks in Louisiana, Florida, Wyoming and Idaho. A few weeks ago, the Texas alcohol licensing board suspended the liquor licenses of 17 bars after undercover agents observed crowds ignoring rules that required patrons to keep a safe distance from each other and limit tavern occupancy. In Boise, Idaho, at least 152 people were diagnosed with COVID19 in cases that health authorities linked to people who, unaware they were infectious, visited bars and nightclubs, officials said.

The Central Health District, which oversees four counties, had to roll back its reopening

Financial Tips from Veridian

Get assistance if you need it

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to affect our communities, it’s more important than ever to get the assistance that you may need. Public services and benefits are meant to be used, and there are many different groups with expertise in different areas.

Here are some good places to start if you need help.

• Call the United Way by dialing 211. This hotline is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. A trained professional will listen to your needs and tell you about organizations and resources that can help you.

• Talk to your local Community Action Agency.

Iowa and Nebraska are split into regions of counties, each with its own group that can help provide basic necessities and point you toward other resources.

To find your Community Action Agency, do an online search for “community action agency” plus the name of the county and state where you live.

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It was reported by Rau and Lawrence, writers for Kaiser Health News, that the owners of a group of bars in Houston had their license suspended due to overcrowding that violated new safety rules. Bars are also tailor-made for the spread of the virus because loud music and many conversations require raised voices.

Such speaking may increase the force of air (and virus expulsion) when breathing.

Further, the alcohol can impede judgment about diligently following rules meant to prevent contagion. People don’t go to bars to social-distance, they want to touch and dance and talk.

For skeptics, a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is evidence that restaurants and bars are a significant source of viral transmission.

The study found that people infected with the Coronavirus were twice as likely to have been at a restaurant than those who had not. And they were three times more likely to have frequented a bar. Linsey Marr, a leading aerosol scientist at Virginia Tech who was not involved in the new CDC study, maintain that indoor dining, even at 25 percent capacity is of concerns.

“Restaurants are the worst of all situations,”

she says, because people don’t wear face masks while eating and drinking. They also tend to talk loudly, which is associated with increase pathogenic spread.

The new CDC study, published in September 2020, surveyed 314 adults across the nation in July. They all went for Coronavirus testing after experiencing symptoms of COVID-19. One hundred and sixty of those people turned out not to have COVID-19, while 154 did test positive for the disease. Those who contracted COVID-19, the new CDC study says, were “approximately twice as likely as were control participants to have reported dining at a restaurant in the 14 days before becoming ill.” They were also more likely to have visited a bar or coffee shop. Several outbreaks have been traced back to bars that cater to college students.

While my research on this topic is not exhaustive, I am convinced that it could be risky to dine indoors at a restaurant or visit a bar. I have not frequented either since March of this year and probably will not until I feel that it is safe or a safe vaccine is developed.

Finally, we of the Creighton CPHHE Covid-19 Project remind everyone that: “The coronavirus is real! Its only mission is to kill!”

Dave Roberts Becomes Second Black Manager to Win the World Series

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia

The Los Angeles Dodgers are the champions of baseball in large part because of a masterful managerial job by Dave Roberts, who becomes just the second African American skipper to win the World Series.

The Dodgers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in Game 6 at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, the first-time Major League Baseball held the Fall Classic at a neutral site.

“It feels great,” proclaimed Roberts, who joined Cito Gaston of the Toronto Blue Jays as the only Black managers to lead their team to a world championship.

Gaston’s Blue Jays won back-to-back titles in 1992 and 1993.

The title is the seventh in franchise history for the Dodgers and first since 1988.

It marked the second celebration in less than a month for a Los Angeles professional sports team – the Lakers defeated the Miami Heat on October 11 to win the NBA championship.

The victory also comes 33 years after then-Dodgers General Manager Al Campanis appeared in a controversial and racially-charged interview on ABC News’ “Nightline” with Ted Koppel.

During the mostly forgettable 1987 broadcast, Campanis infamously told a live audience why he believed African Americans couldn’t succeed in managing a Major League Baseball team.

“No, I don’t believe it’s prejudice,” Campanis blasted when Koppel asked the reason for the lack of African American managers in baseball.

“I truly believe that they may not have some of the necessities to be, let’s say, a field manager, or perhaps a general manager.”

When Koppel responded by questioning whether Campanis believed that, the Dodgers’ boss didn’t relent.

“Well, I don’t say that all of them, but they certainly are short. How many quarterbacks do you have? How many pitchers do you have that are black?” Campanis demanded.

To his credit, Koppel shot back: “I gotta tell you, that sounds like the same kind of garbage. That really sounds like garbage, if – if you’ll forgive me for saying so.”

Unrelenting, Campanis volleyed: “No, it’s not garbage, Mr. Koppel, because I played on a college team, and the center fielder was Black, and the backfield at NYU, with a fullback who was Black, never knew the difference, whether he was Black or white, we were teammates. So, it just might be – why are Black men, or Black people, not good

swimmers? Because they don’t have the buoyancy.”

Roberts, like Gaston before him, proved his so-called buoyancy.

With a deft-touch, Roberts guided the Dodgers from a 2-0 and 3-1 deficit in the National League Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves.

Just 14 teams out of 89 in baseball history have come Dodgers Manager back to win a best-of-seven Dave Roberts series after dropping three of (Photo: Arturo Pardavila III / the first four games.

Wikimedia Commons) Since 1992, 11 Black men have managed Major League Baseball teams, including Dusty Baker, who came out of retirement this year to manage the Houston Astros to the American League Championship Series.

Roberts’ success is already legendary.

Since he took over the Dodgers in 2016, he’s guided the team to three National League Championships. Now, he’s delivered the ultimate prize, defeating the relentless and talented Rays in just six games.

Roberts has compiled an impressive 436-273 won-loss record for a Hall-of-Fame like .615 winning percentage.

“No manager bats 1.000, as it were, and Roberts has made plenty of decisions this series and in the playoffs that have backfired or looked bad from the start,” Jon Tayler of Fangraphs wrote.

“Yet it’s worth noting that, aside from [Ray’s pitcher] Blake Snell’s excellent Game 2 [and Game 6] start and the back half of Game 4 culminating in the Yakety Sax routine, that was the final play, the Dodgers have been firmly in control of this Fall Classic,” Tayler noted.

“It all came together as he planned, as all of his moves worked.”

After a COVID-shortened but challenging 60-game regular season and an extra playoff round that culminated into a world championship, Roberts said he’ll let it all sink in.

“It means a lot for me personally, of course,” Roberts exclaimed as his players doused him and each other with champagne.

“But for the Dodgers organization, the franchise where they’ve always been forward-thinking and groundbreaking as far as race and color barriers,” Roberts continued.

“So, for the Dodgers and for me to be the manager of this ballclub to bring a championship back to Los Angeles, I think it’s well beyond bigger than me.”

BUSINESS BITES/CLASS/YOUTH NEWS THE OMAHA STAR Bilingual Liaisons Connect Follow us on Families and Schools

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Family partnerships are essential for student success. With more than 20,000 students who speak a language other than English at home, Omaha Public Schools has created a robust team to navigate families through the education system and help newcomers feel comfortable in their community.

Bilingual Liaison Javier RodriguezTorres leads a team of 53 staff members who work throughout the district to connect with non-English speaking families and support them using the language they speak at home. The team provides these services in Spanish, Karen, Karenni/Burmese, Arabic, Somali, French, Swahili and Nepali. “We look for those individuals who are not only bilingual but can be bicultural,�

Rodriguez-Torres said of his team. “A lot of them belong to different organizations that their neighborhood schools serve, so they know the community.�

While translations are a big part of the job, the bilingual liaisons also use their knowledge as engaged members of our community to help families adjust to their new homes, Rodriguez-Torres said.

They also work to bridge cultural gaps to help students and teachers feel more

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Mandela Surpasses its Five-Year Goal for Growth in Reading and Writing When Nelson Mandela Elementary opened five years ago in 2015, its leaders set out to close the achievement gap by making sure all attending scholars were on grade level in reading, writing, by the time they reached third grade. Data from the Woodcock Johnson, a comprehensive assessment used to evaluate academic achievement and cognitive development, reveals that current fourth grade scholars have achieved 5.97 years of growth in reading and writing. That is almost 6 grade levels in five years. Not only are Mandela scholars on grade level, but they are surpassing it.

Mandela uses a curriculum known as Spalding, a phonetics-based approach to reading and writing. Although there is no data to support a direct causation, the test data suggests that there is a strong positive correlation between Spalding and growth in reading and writing.

Mandela is proud of its team of educators, past and present, who have worked hard to help scholars at Mandela achieve academic success. The best curriculum in the world would mean nothing without wonderful educators capable of teaching it. The team at Mandela looks forward to what the next five years will bring.

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Brotherhood Love at Jesuit Academy The definition of brotherhood is the relationship between brothers; a community of people linked by a common interest. That interest at Jesuit is a solid education that is inclusive of “Finding God in all Things” : self-discipline, academic excellence, being open to growth, and being a Men for Others through the avenue of the brotherhood that is developed and supported by the staff and students at Jesuit Academy!

Take a moment to hear the heart of his reflections on the brotherhood at Jesuit Academy.

-Dr. LeDonna Griffin At Jesuit Academy there’s a variety of students that show love towards others, and the act of kindness is very popular here too. The meaning of Brotherhood at Jesuit Academy is that ‘us’ brothers help one another and show precise feelings such as love, caring, leadership and passion to teachers and other students.

Showing Leadership at our school is saying the Pledge of Allegiance, Jesuit Academy Pledge and our prayers like family. Jesuit Academy Pledge: Just like you would show brothers and sisters in a household the same feeling of love and brotherhood will come to you at Jesuit Academy. For example; if your brother or sister were to help you with homework or a school project at home, the same thing at our school would happen like that because we have a lot of intelligent young men that attend Jesuit, that are willing to end a helping hand.

Our Principal, Mr. Glenn Mitchell, has a big impact on our relationships with one another as brothers at Jesuit because if someone gets into a conflict with a peer, he reminds us that we don’t have to see eye

to eye all of the time, but at the end of the day, it’s about being respectful and becoming a leader.

Later in life, I pray to have the same brotherhood with each and every student I entered with at Jesuit from the 4th Grade. It’s important to be friendly and kind as you never know what one may be going through before a young leader enters the doors of Jesuit Academy and what he has to face when he leaves.

Brotherhood love is the care for fellow-students (known as our brothers).

This is an expression used from Early Christian communities. A fun fact is St. Ignatius used brotherly love when he met St. Xavier and St. Francis.

When he met them he showed brotherly love and affection by caring for them and treating them like brothers.

That is why he is a big part of our school, because what he did gave us the model to follow what he did; just like Jesus our Lord and Savior taught us to do. A photo of just a few of my brothers at Jesuit Academy!

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“I was surprised during this pandemic how much the families reached out to us to ask where was the right information, what was trustworthy,” RodriguezTorres said. “That shows the responsibility we have as a community agency to not only educate the kids but also the community trusts that we will be giving them the right information.”

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