What better way to celebrate May as National Bicycling Month than to attend Lincoln’s first Biketacular event? The event will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 30th in the area south of the State Capitol, along Goodhue Boulevard.
At 12:15 p.m., Mayor Chris Beutler will kick off the festivities, that will include a kids bike parade, prize drawings, food, a bike rodeo, bike mechanical checks and licensing, kids racing and excitingly, the return of the Capital City Criterium with pro and semi-pro racing.
Registration for the Capital City Criterium opens at 8 a.m. and closes 15 minutes before each event. The main entrance of McPhee Elementary will be the starting and ending location of the .7 mile course. Medals will be awarded in all races and select categories will be given cash prizes amounting to $1,500.
On Saturday, May 30th, 2009, from 11am to 2pm, Mike Gochnour of the Bandiola Spice Company, and Dennis Kornbluh of the Star City Blog, will greet shoppers outside Leon's Gourmet Grocer on 2200 Winthrop Road in Lincoln (located off of South Street, just East of S 27th) to provide free samples of pulled pork prepared with Bandiola Spice Company's new line of spices, as well as to answer questions about Star City Blog.
Editor's Note: Play to the end, and you'll learn that the license plate vote has been re-tallied to factor out votes cast by CollegeHumor.com, which resulted in changing the plate selected. The video is still relevant because it illustrates the finesse that's required to satisfy the public. What could the state have done differently? Consider more choices? Use more sophisticated survey technology?
The chairman and CEO of TierOne Corporation acknowledged to the company's shareholders on May 21 that the nationwide economic meltdown that came to a head in 2008 isn't solely to blame for TierOne Bank's disappointing recent financial results. Gilbert Lundstrom, speaking at the company's annual meeting of shareholders, took responsibility for the bank's drop in earnings and the distressed loans it holds. However, he remained confident that TierOne would make it through the current economic disruption.
"Our goal is very simple," Lundstrom said. "To 'manage through' this challenging period and rebuild our shareholders' value."
Sheldon Museum of Art invites the public to an opening reception for James McNeill Whistler: 40 Years of Printmaking. Approximately 40 etchings and lithographs from the Sheldon’s permanent collection will be shown together for the first time.
The works, dating from 1859 to 1899, include prints from two well-known portfolios called the Thames Set and the French Set. The most recognizable pieces in the collection include Black Lion Wharf (1859), Bibi Lalouette (1859), Early Morning Battersea (1878), and Savoy Pigeons (1896). Numerous works in the exhibition were the gifts of James A. and Ann K. Rawley and the F. M. Hall bequest.
Editor's Note: The video in this article has been removed from YouTube post-publication. Hopefully the critical attention that it received led to a realization by the person who produced the video, as well as others, that the behavior the dog was exhibiting was potentially dangerous, and not cute.
By Jill Morstad
I see many dogs and their families in the classes I teach where biting
and chewing are issues we must address, and where an examination of the
interaction of children and dogs is preoperative to a successful
training outcome.
Recently, another trainer sent a link to this video, which is very
representative of what we might see on one of those Funniest Home Video
programs:
The following note was posted on Facebook this evening by Jeremy Buckley:
"editor's note: I had Jeremiah (owner of Box Awesome) sign off on this letter before I posted it publicly to make sure he was OK with its content.
An open letter to the local music community:
I'm writing to you today with conflicting feelings in my heart. Mostly, I'm sad and confused. For reasons we're not exactly clear of yet, the landlord for the building that acts as the home to Box Awesome is no longer interested in having us as a tenant. We've been asked to leave the building and the landlords along with their lawyers are trying to find ways of forcing us out. In recognizing that we're still dealing with this as a legal matter I don't want to speculate about a possible motive for the landlord's decision, but I know that we have a court date within a few weeks and a judge will decide either then or at a later court date when and if we have to leave the building before the end of our lease.
If you’re looking for a special and unique way to let our troops know you care, look no further than Lincoln’s own Licorice International. At any time, take the time to visit Licorice International and buy either a 12-pound box of Licorice Candy Twists (approximately 500 twists) or an 8-pound box of Licorice Candy Twists (approximately 350 twists).
Shareholders of TierOne Corporation — the Lincoln-based parent company of TierOne Bank, which has 59 banking offices in Nebraska and 10 in Iowa and Kansas — will meet May 21st at the Embassy Suites hotel downtown.
Against the perfunctory business of electing two nominees to the company's board of directors and appointing independent auditors for the current fiscal year, the shareholders this year are gathering at a time when the nation's economy is in a severely weakened state. Declining home prices, shrinking credit and growing unemployment are all signs of the troubled economic times.
