Whatever Wednesday Reappears!

Volleyball...Bowling...Roller Skating...Coffee Drinking...Pig Chasing

There Is No Place Like Nebraska!

• From Norfolk Daily News (10/30):  "A striking success for bowling couple. Both bowled a perfect 300 game, on same night. Jasmine & Michael Snell are the perfect bowling couple. They both bowled for UNL & now spend their spare time hitting local lanes. But last week the Papillion couple pulled off something really striking. Each bowled a perfect 300 game on the same night, in the same league." MY COMMENT:  "Striking success?" "Spare time?" "Something really striking?" This story must have been super fun for the OWH headline editor. 
• From Omaha World Herald (10/30):  "No stopping Huskers--once they get to arena. After bus mishap, NU uses block defense to complete 'tough' weekend sweep. Nebraska has been able to navigate a mine-laden path through the country's toughest conference. For the most part, handling whatever the Big 10 could put in the way. But before finishing another unbeaten weekend on the road, the Huskers had a new obstacle to overcome--arriving at the match. After the team bus broke down, players scrambled to line up Uber rides to Keen Arena [Michigan, Ann Arbor]. But that was the most drama #7 Nebraska faced SUN." MY COMMENT:  Let's not talk about football just yet.
• From OWH (10/31):  "Rooftop skating rink will open on Dec. 2. People will be able to skate on surface made of synthetic material even with temps above freezing. Rooftop ice skating--w/o the ice--will soon be available at Midtown Crossing [in Omaha], as a benefit for the Salvation Army. The skating rink, made of a slick synthetic material instead of actual ice, will open to the public Dec 2 on a garage rooftop next to Wohlner's Neighborhood Grocery & Deli, near 33rd & Dodge Streets . . . With a $5 minimum donation for admission & optional skate rental, skaters will be able to glide on the lubricated plastic surface even when temperatures rise above freezing. All of the proceeds will benefit the Salvation Army & the 100,000 people they help in the Omaha-Council Bluffs area each year . . . " MY COMMENT:  Although the article didn't reference the manufacturer of this surface, my guess is that it originated in the UNL Technology Park in response to the global climate change crisis & warmer winters. 
• OWH (10/31):  "Army vet is getting new roof as thanks for her service. U.S. Army veteran Rebecca Holbrook is getting a new roof on her Omaha home this week thanks to the Owens Corning Roof Deployment Project, a national program aimed at thanking those who served their country . . . Holbrook, 78, was selected for the project through a partnership with Habitat of Humanity of Omaha. She said she served in the Army from 1957-1963. She swerved as a medevac nurse in Southeast Asia during part of her military career."  No need for any comments here.
• OWH (11/3):  "Scooter's reached for local link with holiday cup design. Papio-LV South grad is a designer whose work will be sipped this season. A college student from Bellevue took on an important task this year for a coffee shop chain--she designed its 2017 holiday cup. Mariah Adams' design is appearing on thousands of Scooter's Coffee cups in 14 states during the holiday season . . . "  MY COMMENT: Too bad I couldn't "enclose" a picture of the cup. I can assure you that it's a cheery, traditional Christmas design unlike the pagan designs that PC Starbucks will undoubtedly place on their Christmas cups again this year.
• OWH (11/4):  "Pig tracked down by trooper finds a home. Life keeps getting better for a piglet named Wilbur. Last month a NE state trooper rescued the little guy after finding him loose in a median along I-80 near Lincoln. Now he's been adopted by a local woman--& he's got a friend. The woman last week adopted Wilbur & another piglet, named Chubbs, from the Capital Humane Society in Lincoln . . . Though both animals are your typical farm pigs, the woman plans to keep the young porkers as pets on her acreage near Lincoln . . . The 2 pigs were adopted a day after the shelter posted their availability on Facebook . . . " MY COMMENT: Wilbur? Chubbs? That's a little trite, don't you think? If these were Iowanians I have a sneaking suspicion that these piglets would be destined to grace the Thanksgiving table.