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This is new for today!

Posted: April 22nd, 2008, 10:52am CDT by Administrator

Basically, I am just me. I enjoy life and having a god time. I love to laugh and so I surround myself with friends that have good personalities and I’m looking for the same in a potential partner. After all we probably should be friends first. I also enjoy spending time with Jake and Bailey my two dogs. (So if you don’t like animals, please don’t apply, insane cock brothas need no apply too) Mostly I love camping and spending time outside, tinkering in the yard and such. I can be found some days in side, reading a good murder mystery. Also, for all of those that wonder……
Yes I know I don’t have a pic on here. Believe me I have my reasons. But I will say that I am 5′9" BBW with light brown hair and blue eyes. If you want to know more, please ask.
I’m a fun person!

Posted: March 8th, 2008, 1:12pm CST by Administrator

I am an easy going person. I enjoy my job and meeting people. I like to talk and learn about others. I like to travel and sight see whenever possible. Enjoy life and act silly on occassion.
I usually have something funny and witty to say. So you have to be able to handle my jabbing.
I enjoy going out for any type of occasions, be it a nice dinner, dancing or theater.
I like to read when I am at home or surf the web.
I’m looking for someone who wants to enjoy life and just have fun and let whatever happens, happen.
I’m looking for someone who has a great sense of humor and likes to do different things and basically have a good time, while also being responsible and motivated.
Benson Landmark To Go Dark After 92 Years

Posted: October 23rd, 2006, 10:25pm CDT by historicdundee

Hardware Store Shut Down By Big-Box Retailers, Owner Says
POSTED: 3:30 pm CDT October 21, 2006

OMAHA, Neb. — After serving as a landmark in Benson for 92 years, the True Value Hardware store is preparing to close its doors.

The loss will leave an empty space in the community.

Mary Cox said she’s the last of what used to be a crowded field along Maple Street.”There were several hardware stores up and down the street, and Johnson Hardware beat all the competition and stayed here,” Cox said.

The True Value was C.C. Johnson Hardware in 1914. In its tenure, the competition has changed.

“The big box store come in and every year we saw our numbers just kind of dwindling down and we decided that it didn’t make any sense to continue,” Cox said.

Cox said she doesn’t want to focus on the reasons the store is closing. Instead, she and her family and employees are looking back at the impact they had on a community.

“We know our attachment, but it never occurred to me that people would be so emotional to lose part of their history,” she said.

Part of that community was Benson the cat. Benson lives and sleeps — a lot — in the store

“Everybody in Benson that has driven by the hardware store or been in the hardware store knows Benson the cat,” Cox said.

Benson will got home with Cox at the end of the month when the store closes to live with her and her husband, Dan.

When the store goes quiet, the Benson neighborhood will lose something special, Cox said.

“It has to do with Benson and Florence and Dundee. They’re actual neighborhoods. They’re actual towns. And the people that live in those areas are very attached to the downtown areas,” Cox said.

KETV.com: Benson Landmark To Go Dark After 92 Years
Candidate Meet and Greet

Posted: October 10th, 2006, 10:00am CDT by historicdundee

Join the Midtown Neighborhood Alliance for a Candidate Meet and Greet.

October 11, 2006
6:30 pm
Field Club of Omaha
3615 Woolworth Ave

Over 30 candidates will be in attendance. Make an informed decision in November. Get the answers to your questions about the candidates’ issues and position. Talk one on one with the candidates and get to know them personally.

News from Omaha by Design

Posted: October 4th, 2006, 7:42pm CDT by historicdundee

NEWSLETTER, OCTOBER 3, 2006

Mayor Fahey speaks at Benson-Ames Alliance Press Conference

Benson-Ames Alliance Begins Implementation
Omaha by Design and the Benson-Ames Alliance are hard at work on the implementation phase of the recently announced Neighborhood Plan. At a press conference on September 14th, Omaha by Design announced the formation of a new Steering Committee composed of business, neighborhood, and civic leaders. The Planning Board hearing for the Plan is scheduled for October 4th.

This Steering Committee will act as a catalyst for action and monitor future developments consistent with the principles set forth in the Benson-Ames plan.

The Neighborhood Center for Greater Omaha will continue as a partner and provide resources and training for the Steering Committee. City Planning has designated staff for the process while the Mayor‘s office and UNO will supply an intern for administrative support. Click here for more information on the plan and steering committee.

Metropolis magazine

Omaha by Design in
Metropolis Magazine

In this month’s issue of Metropolis magazine Stephen Zacks profiles the work of Omaha by Design in his article Great Plains Urbanism. He characterizes Omaha as having “one of the country’s most progressive sets of urban-design standards.”

Metropolis is a nationally distributed publication written for the lay person interested in the built environment. It addresses why design happens in a certain way and explores the economic, environmental, social, cultural, political, and technological context.

Click here to view the article.

O! Sculpture

O! What a Public Art Project!
Omaha by Design has been selected to participate in the O! Public Art Project sponsored by Alegent Health in partnership with the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts and Omaha’s O! Campaign.

The project will bring together art, health and community spirit to beautify and celebrate Omaha with 20 three-dimensional, six-foot O! sculptures artistically designed by commissioned area artists. In May 2007, the decorated O!s will be on display in public spaces throughout the city. Find out more about the O! Public Art Project here.

Place Games Go Over the River
and Through the Parks
Omaha by Design Place Games help neighborhoods all over the Metro Area brainstorm improvements, identify potential partners and plan implementation.

This summer, residents of Council Bluffs discussed ways to enhance the historic character of their downtown neighborhoods. The Ridgefield Homeowners’ Association prepared for their upcoming neighborhood park renovation by inviting children and adults to share suggestions. On South 10th Street, two neighborhood associations began a collaboration to make a more vibrant connection between the Old Market and the Zoo. The Omaha by Design website has lots more creative ideas neighborhoods use to make the Metro Area a more vibrant, connected and distinctive community. Click here to find out how your neighborhood can have a Place Game.

So Long and Thanks
for All the Place Games

Ellen Fitzsimmons, Omaha by Design’s Program Manager for the last two years, has accepted a position in the planning division at HDR. Ellen has been an invaluable asset to Omaha by Design, and brought her extensive knowledge of urban planning and design to bear on a multitude of problems.

She diligently served the interests of Omaha’s neighborhoods through her Place Game leadership, neighborhood association assistance, organization and coordination of community events and public meetings. We will greatly miss her, and wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors.

Taking over for Ellen, we welcome Teresa Gleason to Omaha by Design, effective October 2nd. Teresa comes to us from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where she held several positions in the University Affairs office since 1998. Recently, Teresa served as Director of Communications, overseeing the university’s public relations, advertising, and marketing efforts. We are very excited about this latest addition to the Omaha by Design staff, and look forward to working with Teresa.

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Historic Dundee photos included in Omaha Travel guide

Posted: October 2nd, 2006, 8:43am CDT by historicdundee

Hopefully you have been enjoying the photos of the neighborhood’s homes, businesses, historic maps and more on Flickr.

Some of my photos were selected by a Schmap for inclusion in their Omaha travel guide. Schmap produces travel guides for the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia & New Zealand.

Three years ago…

“Wouldn’t it be great if travel guides had searchable, customizable, updatable content? What if we could bookmark and custom print only those places of interest to us? What if a guide had maps that could interact dynamically with reviews and pictures for sites and attractions, hotels, restaurants, bars, parks, theatres, galleries, museums… and came with links to even more content and travel resources on the Internet? How about adding virtual tours for a city or even an island destination - tours that could be played, paused and fast-forwarded, just as easily as using a media player? You’re a software engineer – you could make something like that…”

I downloaded & installed the Omaha Schmap guide. The interface is easy to use and the maps are excellent.

The entry for Central Omaha mentions the Dundee Dell, Trovato’s and Bomba Dia. Some of the sources of data are a few years out of date! The entry also lists the historic district neighborhoods, but omits Dundee. I’ll have to contact them to update the data.

Five of my included photos are of Joslyn Art Museum. The other photo is of Lady Caroline’s Tea Shop and the former Dundee Dinner Theater. I haven’t located that image in the guide yet.

Get a fee, downloadable Schmap for yourself for your next trip.
UNO’s neighbors upset over fireworks display

Posted: September 29th, 2006, 11:09pm CDT by historicdundee

Scott Stewart
September 29, 2006

A local resident protested a recent UNO football fireworks display by holding a sign for the rush-hour commuters on Dodge Street to see on Monday afternoon.

Bonny Price, a long-time resident of the Happy Hollow neighborhood, held a sign saying “U.N.O. Happy Hollow is not Lebanon: No fireworks” in front of the Milo Bail Student Center and Eppley Administration Building.

“I don’t understand why they’re doing it, and I don’t want them to do it,” she said. “They’re too close to the neighborhood. They’re not good neighbors.”

The Happy Hollow neighborhood borders UNO to the east. It is the neighborhood nearest to Al Caniglia Field, where fireworks lit the sky on Saturday night following Maverick football’s 59-28 victory over Augustana.

Price said she thought a bomb had hit her house or that lightning had struck nearby when she first heard the fireworks going off.

“For a fleeting moment, I thought maybe we were being attacked. I really, honestly did. I am not being exasperated,” she said. “It sounded like an impact grenade.”

The fireworks were a particular inconvenience to Price because of her nine-year-old dog, who “just started to be deathly afraid of thunder, lighting and fireworks” this last year. Her dog gets so bad, she said, that she drugs her during the Fourth of July firework season.

“It may have been ten minutes for UNO, but it was ten hours for me, because that was about how long she just panicked, shivered, frothed at the mouth,” Price said. “I hope to God that they don’t do it again.”

The fireworks display was put on as a publicity stunt by the UNO Athletics Department to encourage attendance at the football game. Fireworks are a common marketing strategy for sporting events, such as the Omaha Royals’ “Fireworks Fridays” events.

UNO advertised the event on its Web site, gomavs.unomaha.edu, as “Football and Fireworks Saturday.”

“Athletics did it,” said David Herbster, director of UNO Athletics. “The idea behind it is to increase attendance … everyone likes fireworks.”

Herbster went on to say the department received “so many positive comments” but only a few complaints about the noise. Most of the complaints focused on the use of percussion fireworks, which are louder than fireworks commonly available in the summer.

“The biggest concern is it was so loud,” he said. “[The problem was] we got late notice of the final approval.”

Because of the late approval, neighborhood awareness was minimal, although the presidents of the local neighborhood associations were notified, Herbster said. Dundee-Memorial Park Association President Jack Kubat was out of town until Saturday.

Despite the handful of complaints, Herbster said he expects to have fireworks again next year, although he hopes to provide better notification to the surrounding community.

UNOgateway.com: UNO’s neighbors upset over fireworks display
City Won’t Appeal Dundee Cell Tower

Posted: September 28th, 2006, 9:40pm CDT by historicdundee
POSTED: 11:24 am CDT September 28, 2006
UPDATED: 11:30 am CDT September 28, 2006

OMAHA, Neb. — A cell tower project in Dundee will go forward.

The city of Omaha said on Thursday that it will not appeal a federal judge’s decision to allow a 75-foot cell tower to go up in a church parking lot.

Neighbors in the area of 52nd and Charles streets have been fighting the plan since March.

US Cellular wants to build the a tower on church property near Harrison Elementary. The company said it needs the tower in that area to improve its coverage, and a federal judge agreed with the plan earlier this month.

Previous Stories:
- September 15, 2006: Cell Phone Tower Can Be Built, Judge Rules
- August 31, 2006: Dundee Cell Tower Request Taken Under Advisement
- April 4, 2006: City Council Denies Cell Phone Tower Proposal
- March 22, 2006: Midtown Neighbors Fight New Cell Tower
KETV.com: City Won’t Appeal Dundee Cell Tower
Marks in the Media

Posted: September 25th, 2006, 5:16pm CDT by historicdundee
[via Google Alerts]
Western front is quiet, for now
Posted on Sun, Sep. 24, 2006

I already have a favorite restaurant, a wine bar/bistro named Mark’s that is located in a charming neighborhood called Dundee.

Greetings from my new home away from “home,” Omaha, Neb.

Three days and more than 1,000 miles after leaving beloved Bellefonte, I arrived in Omaha, my fiancé, my cat and a gazillion boxes in tow.

Our drive here was pretty unadventurous: western Pennsylvania, bland Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, a side trip to Wisconsin to visit family, surprisingly beautiful Iowa and across the Missouri River to Nebraska.

We’ve since unpacked, and as soon as we have some free time, we’ll be off to explore Omaha. Henry Doorly Zoo, here I come.

Our cat, Molly, has adjusted quite well to her new surroundings — and to her new collar. Molly’s a house cat, so I’ve never made her wear a collar, but in Nebraska, cats, like dogs, must be licensed. Thus, Molly is now wearing a bright purple collar, complete with a new license and an adorable bell that jingles when she runs through the apartment.

Dan started his job as a professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and has a few weeks of classes under his belt now. He’s even found us some friends, a nice couple that also recently moved to Omaha to teach.

Me? I think I’m adjusting well. I love our apartment and what little I’ve seen of the city. The weather’s been sunny and comfortably warm, offering me plenty of time to lounge by the pool. And best of all: I haven’t gotten lost yet. Of course, it’s next to impossible to get lost in Omaha. The north-south streets are numbered, and the east-west streets have names.

I’ve been able to find the grocery store, the bank, two shopping malls, Target and the Wal-Mart halfway across the city. I already have a favorite restaurant, a wine bar/bistro named Mark’s that is located in a charming neighborhood called Dundee.

The only problem I seem to be facing right now is a lack of employment. Being at home all day, despite the luxury of having a gym and a pool in our apartment complex, just isn’t for me.

I spend my days taking care of our home, making Dan a hot dinner and waiting, ever so impatiently, for the phone to ring with a job offer. I’ve had some promising responses and have even scheduled interviews, but I still don’t have the security that comes with holding a job.

In preparing for my interviews, I have been trying to bone up on current events and Nebraska history. That, however, has proven a bit daunting.

If you asked me who the governor of Pennsylvania is, I would have no problem answering. Heck, my brain is chock full of trivia about my home state. I even wrote questions for “The Pennsylvania Game” for my college internship.

But I had to check online to learn that the governor of Nebraska is David Heineman.

Pennsylvania was the second state admitted to the Union, but what about Nebraska? Try 37th.

Here are a few other facts I’ve learned about Nebraska:
- Nebraska is an American Indian word meaning “flat water,” and Omaha is translated as “against the current.”
- Nebraska is the only state to have a unicameral legislature, meaning there is only one house in state government.
- Kool-Aid and the Vise-Grip were invented in Nebraska, and Arbor Day was founded here.
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. There’s much more for me to learn and plenty of interesting places for me to explore. I better get started.

CentreDaily.com: Western front is quiet, for now
Kansas City Roanoke Historic District Fall Homes Tour

Posted: September 25th, 2006, 5:07pm CDT by historicdundee

October 21, 10 am to 5 pm
October 22, noon to 5 pm

Thirteen different houses will be showcased.
Advanced Tickets: $20 both days; $12 single day
Day-of-Tour Tickets: $25 both days; $15 single day

Advanced tickets go on sale September 21st at UMKC Central Ticket Office, 4949 Cherry Street, KCMO, (816) 235-6222 or through this web site. Day-of-tour ticket sales, parking and bus stop will be located at the Westport/Roanoke Community Center, 3601 Roanoke Road, Kansas City, Missouri.

Guided tours will be given through seven (7) houses on Saturday and seven (7) on Sunday. Only one house will be open both days. Also featured will be 1930s film reels of the Roanoke area, a history center in an old 1901 carriage house, and prize drawings from local merchants.

The District was placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1984. It contains some of the most architecturally distinctive private residences in the entire city. The area (which once had been the site of a fairground park in the 1880s) evidences architectural preferences associated with the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Another characteristic of Roanoke is that it takes advantage of the natural topography of the land. Homes are sited on peaks and rises, and are oriented toward the winding roads. The area was home to many persons of renown including artist Thomas Hart Benton, Carrie Volker Wagner (daughter of William Volker), and Richard Stern (philanthropist).

Historic Kansas City Foundation has been the face of historic preservation in the Kansas City community for over thirty (30) years. Our mission is to demonstrate the economic and cultural value of preserving the built environment.