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Omaha salon providing sensory accessible haircuts

Jan 22, 2025 | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Kassidy Arena |Arthur Jones

That’s one reason why owner Juanita Incontro decided to open the salon. She got the idea from her sister Claudia Delgado Aguero, who had tried to offer sensory-accessible haircuts at other salons. But she was always eventually asked to leave since her clients were considered disruptive. “We noticed that there wasn't a space, a safe space for her that she could run her business out of, for any of her clients that have sensory needs,” Incontro said.
Children's mental health organization offers bilingual training

Jan 14, 2025 | el-perico.com | Arthur Jones

A children’s mental health service organization is presenting a training for Spanish-speaking families with young children. The training, put on by Ad Astra Behavioral Analytic Services, is for parents and will focus on ABA, or applied behavior analysis, as a means of helping children form better communication skills, school readiness and an awareness of school safety. Esmeralda León is a Lead Community Liaison Specialist with Ad Astra and will be hosting the training session.
Children's mental health organization offers bilingual training

Jan 13, 2025 | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Arthur Jones

A children’s mental health service organization is presenting a training for Spanish-speaking families with young children. The training, put on by Ad Astra Behavioral Analytic Services, is for parents and will focus on ABA, or applied behavior analysis, as a means of helping children form better communication skills, school readiness and an awareness of school safety. Esmeralda León is a Lead Community Liaison Specialist with Ad Astra and will be hosting the training session.
Lincoln Children's Museum adds sensory-friendly hours

Jan 13, 2025 | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Arthur Jones

Mandy Haase-Thomas, the museum’s Chief Operating Officer, said the goal with the sensory friendly hours was to make the museum accessible and welcoming for all of the community. “Play is so, so important for cognitive, for physical, for social connection,” Haase-Thomas said. “So in offering these sensory times, we're able to continue to welcome in and be an accessible place for children in our community.”She added the sensory friendly hours are not just for the children.
A tradition like no other: Union Pacific worker has been involved with Omaha tree cutting for 10 years

Dec 23, 2024 | thereader.com | Arthur Jones

It is a rainy November morning and the Durham Museum’s Director of Communications Dawn Myron is checking in with Keegan Smutz. Smutz works for Union Pacific performing bridge maintenance, but for one week out of the year, he and his team cut, deliver and decorate the Durham’s annual Christmas tree. This year is Smutz’s 10th tree. “Everything’s going to go as planned, unless you tell me otherwise,” Myron said. “Everything should go alright.
Pedestrian fatalities in Omaha have doubled compared to last year

Dec 10, 2024 | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Arthur Jones

One proposed way of mitigating distracted driving is by using roundabouts and speed bumps. “I think the nature of, especially something like a roundabout, is that you're going to have to be engaged just to get into it,” Sauma said. “You’re going to have to maybe think a little bit more. And when you're thinking you're being more intentional about what you're doing whatever that is. And so I do think that can do it.
Lincoln's annual Christmas tree lighting planned for Sunday

Dec 5, 2024 | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Arthur Jones

The family, especially Pat, is a fan of the Christmas season. “It's just, it's just such a festive time of year, and I think that Christmas trees and the lights and the decorations add so much to that," Pat said. "They're just beautiful.
Solving an 80-year-old mystery: What happened to Pvt. William Walters?

Dec 3, 2024 | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Arthur Jones

Gerri would eventually go on to marry Jim Eisenhauer and start a family. “He was always just this, this person that we just all had questions about, but we never could know anything,” said Jan Moore, Gerri's daughter. Growing up, she was also curious about her grandfather. When the family would look into records of Roy's time in the military, they found his records were burnt up in a 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
Verdict of medical cannabis trial may affect those with criminal convictions

Nov 27, 2024 | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Arthur Jones

Listen To This Story The voter-approved ballot initiatives legalizing medical marijuana will stand following a legal challenge alleging they received false signatures. This will have a lasting effect on Nebraskans with criminal convictions. That’s according to Senior Director of Advocacy with The Sentencing Project Nicole D. Porter. “Legalizing medical marijuana could impact people who are under criminal legal supervision in a number of ways," said Porter.
Lincoln LGBTQ plus lounge continues legacy of providing a space for queer community during Thanksgiving

Nov 27, 2024 | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Arthur Jones

Lincoln LGBTQ plus lounge DAME is hosting a Thanksgiving dinner for those in the community who may not have a supportive family to celebrate with. It is the first year that DAME is hosting an event, but not the first time a Lincoln bar has held something like this. “I always thought of our predecessor as being the Panic Bar," said DAME’s General Manager Tiff Tate-Bailey. “And the Panic also used to do a Thanksgiving meal for people that didn't have the support of their family as well.