Benefit will Help Kaspar Scholarship Fund
February 15, 2011 • No comments
A spaghetti feed, silent auction, alumni T-shirt sale and tours of Millard South are planned Friday night at the school. Proceeds will go to benefit the Dr. Kaspar Scholarship Fund. Vicki Kasper, an assistant principal at the school, was killed in January when a student shot her in the school's office. A scholarship fund to honor her work and memory has been established by the Millard South School Foundation. The fundraiser runs from read more »
Millard Lesson Plan: The Year in Review
December 16, 2010 • No comments
Can what may seem the most mundane of objects also be one that takes on the aura of the iconic? The “Millard”-emblazoned water tower that dominates our skyline casts a shadow that sometimes appears to stretch to forever. Some of Neighborhood News’ stories in our first year of publication were written in those same shadows … and some were penned at the horizon of a place that is forever expanding, forever “on the
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Millard Neighborhoods: The Year in Review
December 16, 2010 • No comments
Just like the Millard area itself, Neighborhood News was filled with stories of family, history and a special sense of place in this, our first year of operation. The folksy crowd-pleaser that is Millard Days (our August issue) was a reminder that our neighbors are the heart of any community. The 46th annual event was an elbow-to-elbow mass of finger-lickin’ (that powdered sugar on funnel cakes gets everywhere) fun. Two years read more »
Omaha’s Newest Neighborhood Association
November 19, 2010 • No comments
Updates on the events and initiatives of neighborhood associations are a common occurrence in this space. There’ll be none of that this month, but that’s only because there is nothing new to report from the Prairie Lane Neighborhood Association save for that most notable update of all: the fact that there now exists an entity called the Prairie Lane Neighborhood Association. Omaha’s newest community group just last week
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Millard - Coming to the Table: Messages of Faith, Family, Community
November 19, 2010 • No comments
Neighborhood News asked area spiritual leaders to share their thoughts on the theme of ‘Coming to the Table’ this Thanksgiving season: "I believe Love and Belonging are the essence of genuine faith, true community, and of coming to a shared ‘table’ with thankful hearts. As we serve, meet needs, and care for one another in our community throughout the year we bring more and more people into a shared sense of love, belonging,
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