Omaha Symphony will premier piece by Council Bluffs youth Follow Us
Question of the Day By TIM JOHNSON - Associated Press - Saturday, March 6, 2021
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Franklin Elementary School student has won a composition contest for young composers held by the Omaha Symphony.
Fourth-grader Kendra Jurek’s piece, “Thanks to You,” will be premiered by the symphony this spring during its virtual Link Up concert for elementary students. The symphony will record a video of the performance and send links to Council Bluffs-Omaha metropolitan elementary schools, according to Liz Kendall Weissner, the symphony’s director of education and community engagement.
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Donated plane helps aviation students in Council Bluffs Follow Us
Question of the Day By MIKE BROWNLEE - Associated Press - Sunday, January 3, 2021
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) - As the newest addition to Iowa Western Community College aviation technology department’s fleet of airplanes, taxied to its new home, a group of students excitedly watched before jumping into action to get the bird in the college’s hangar.
Robert Faulk, an Omaha physician, donated the 1981 Piper Cheyenne 2XL on Thursday, giving the program its newest, nicest plane to help enhance students’ work as they prepare for careers in the field.