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Don’t miss our weekly town hall. sponsoredKearney Symphony Orchestra's last concert of seasonby Good Life Rhythm and blues and soul singer Jen Kearney will perform at the Spire Center in Plymouth on Thursday Boston rhythm and blues and soul singer Jen Kearney will play on Thursday at the Spire Center for Performing Arts in Plymouth “Atlantic,” was released in March 2022 to national and international acclaim She has recorded and released six studio albums and has done session work on many other projects Kearney tours both as a solo act and with a full band and has shared the stage with Maceo Parker Tickets to the show can be purchased online.  Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Account processing issue - the email address may already exist A look back at what was making headlines years ago An e-newsletter with Bourne news sent each Wednesday Receive notices of breaking news for the Upper Cape An e-newsletter with Falmouth news sent each Tuesday A Monday morning e-newsletter with stories that readers might have overlooked in Friday's editions and a roundup of the stories that attracted the most attention on the Enterprise's website during the past week An e-newsletter with Mashpee news sent each Wednesday An e-newsletter with Sandwich news sent each Wednesday An e-newsletter sent on Thursdays highlighting local entertainment for the coming week A good news e-newsletter delivered every Saturday morning.   A Friday e-newsletter with headlines from all four Upper Cape towns Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account Your access to this service has been limited If you think you have been blocked in error contact the owner of this site for assistance If you are a WordPress user with administrative privileges on this site please enter your email address in the box below and click "Send" You will then receive an email that helps you regain access Wordfence is a security plugin installed on over 5 million WordPress sites The owner of this site is using Wordfence to manage access to their site You can also read the documentation to learn about Wordfence's blocking tools or visit wordfence.com to learn more about Wordfence Click here to learn more: Documentation 6 May 2025 0:03:20 GMT.Your computer's time: document.write(new Date().toUTCString()); the blogger known as "Turtleboy," speaks to reporters outside Norfolk Superior Court Thursday afternoon (Charlie McKenna/MassLive)Charlie McKenna/MassLive .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Luis Fieldman | lfieldman@masslive.comA judge sided with Aidan Kearney a blogger known as “Turtleboy,” on Monday and denied an attempt by prosecutors to bring him back to jail Judge Michael Doolin’s decision came after a tense hearing last week when prosecutors argued a motion to revoke Kearney’s bail in his ongoing witness intimidation case in Norfolk County Superior Court do not mandate revocation of his bail,” Doolin wrote The judge wrote that the comments do not violate the court’s order to have no contact with a witness and that the comments did not constitute a new criminal offense Kearney’s witness intimidation case is related to the ongoing Read murder case which is at the start of the third week of a retrial Under the pseudonym “Turtleboy,” Kearney has written hundreds of articles online in support of Read including witness intimidation and conspiracy in December 2023 and spent two months in jail after having his bail revoked shortly after his indictment Prosecutors say he harassed and threatened witnesses in the Read case Prosecutors recently attempted to revoke Kearney’s bail in response to comments he made about Massachusetts State Police Lt the former commander of the state police unit assigned to the Norfolk County district attorney’s office Tully was involved in the Read case investigation Special Prosecutor Robert Cosgrove said in court that Kearney continued to defame witnesses in the Read case and that he “wished death in the most horrible fashion” on Tully ‘Jesus told him Jesus wants revenge,’ how does that play?” Cosgrove said Kearney has no compunction about wishing death on Lt downplayed the comments as satire and said they were protected by the First Amendment “I am so sick of having to come before a court because of Norfolk County and talk about speech that Norfolk County doesn’t like,” he said “This is intentional infliction of emotional distress on my client.” Doolin told Kearney at the hearing that his actions relating to witnesses in the Karen Read trial left him “walking on kind of thin ice” and pointed specifically to Kearney’s use of the word “revenge” in a recent live stream The next hearing for Kearney’s case is scheduled for June 20 Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/1/2025) © 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. All rights reserved (About Us) The material on this site may not be reproduced except with the prior written permission of Advance Local Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site YouTube's privacy policy is available here and YouTube's terms of service is available here Ad Choices By Jolie Peal Kearney Police Chief Bryan Waugh will be the 19th Nebraska State Patrol superintendent Jim Pillen announced the appointment on Thursday Prior to Waugh taking over as chief at the Kearney Police Department in 2019 he worked at the La Vista Police Department in various roles for 21 years He also spent four years of active duty as a U.S Air Force security police/law enforcement specialist at Offutt Air Force Base “Chief Waugh brings over 30 years of law enforcement experience and a public servant’s heart,” Pillen said "I am confident we’ve chosen the right person to lead the patrol and build on its 88-year-old legacy.” said the biggest challenge facing the State Patrol is recruiting and retaining new troopers “We are facing a crisis when it comes to recruiting hiring and retaining the best and the brightest to serve their communities in policing,” Waugh said “The goal will be just to reimagine and to perhaps look for creative Stan Clouse was Kearney mayor from 2006-2024 and hired Waugh as Kearney Police Chief “I can tell with the officers that he's hired “I take a lot of pride in the fact that your officers that come up and say that says a lot about the leadership of Brian.” who was chosen over three other candidates “I'm proud that I have been part of this team and Nebraskans can be proud of the State Patrol,” Bolduc said “They can be assured that under Chief Waugh’s leadership Get the latest from around Nebraska delivered to your inbox online and mobile platforms.Your support is essential Governor Jim Pillen announced his appointment of Chief Bryan Waugh as the next superintendent for the Nebraska State Patrol Wauch is the 19th superintendent to oversee the agency consisting of more than 700 public servants and launched programs like the Mental Health Co-Responder Initiative and a citywide license plate reader system that sparked a statewide effort His leadership during the 2019 flood kept Kearney safe while strengthening community trust I am confident we’ve chosen the right person to lead the Patrol and build on its 88-year-old legacy.” Four candidates were interviewed for the leadership position Governor Joe Kelly noted that all were highly qualified “It’s encouraging to know that there are many good law enforcement officers in Nebraska capable of fulfilling a role like this,” he said Governor said he was very impressed with his experience interacting with federal “You have to be able to play across the field with everybody in law enforcement Bryan is someone who can reach across those lines and bring everyone together.” who hired Waugh in 2019 when he was Kearney’s mayor joked that today felt like a proud dad moment “The things that Bryan brought to our city are incredible What stands out to me most is his professionalism You can see that in the officers he hired and in the culture that he changed and I think the state will be very pleased with the leadership role that Bryan is taking on Waugh served four years of active duty as a U.S He had two tours of duty in Southeast Asia during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Southern Watch/Enduring Freedom He has nearly 32 combined years of law enforcement experience serving 21 years with the La Vista Police Department Waugh holds multiple law enforcement certifications He is president of the Police Chiefs Association in Nebraska Waugh earned his master’s degree in administrative leadership from the University of Oklahoma and honored by the faith Governor Pillen has placed in me to become the 19th colonel of the Nebraska State Patrol This storied organization’s professional men and women are first-class and driven toward providing the highest level of public safety and professional services for the entire state of Nebraska,” said Waugh Pillen also took time to highlight the service of Col who has reached the Patrol’s mandatory retirement age of 60 Pillen thanked Bolduc “on behalf of every Nebraskan.” Bolduc remarked that it had been an incredible honor to serve as colonel for the State Patrol “I’m proud of the work our team has done and the constant effort our troopers and professional staff put forth every day to serve Nebraskans As this chapter of the agency closes and a new one begins under Chief Waugh’s leadership I have no doubt that our team will remain dedicated to providing excellent public service and our shared mission to keep Nebraska safe.” and committed to leading our premier law enforcement organization into the future,” said Waugh and a strong vision to strengthen our ranks and embrace our challenges I look forward to getting started Until Waugh begins his new position in June Colonel Jeff Roby to 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Copyright Information Website ©2025 Nebraska Rural Radio Association | All rights reserved. | Website developed by Hollman Media you will be automatically redirected here whenever you go to https://ruralradio.com you can click the "Clear home" link in the footer of the site then mainly cloudy overnight with thunderstorms likely Get caught up with the latest headlines from the Kerrville Daily Times Ribbon cutting at the Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney Saturday May 3 the Museum of Nebraska Art reopened Saturday after a massive three-and-a-half year renovation and expansion He was one of the three art professors at Kearney State College (now the University of Nebraska at Kearney) who recognized the need for an organization dedicated to Nebraska arts and artists built this Saturday morning in the Cope Gallery which offers creative activities for children “This building is art itself,” Derek Rusher executive director of the Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce said as he welcomed the crowd outside of the building’s west side a city councilman and board chairman at MONA “This is a great testament to partnerships in Kearney.” “Art Grows Here.” He thanked a multitude of people — elected officials civic groups and others — who had a part in the museum’s reopening “Every visitor will find something that stirs them used a giant pair of scissors to cut the ribbon He's surrounded by MONA board members and others Maurice O’Brien of Kearney made the very first purchase — a set of 3-D Birds playing cards — inside the new Anne Thorne Weaver Shop inside the front door The fun continued all day both inside and out The museum is free. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, visit mona.unk.edu The Grupo Folklorica Belleza de Nuestra Tierra offered colorful dancing both inside and outside MONA Saturday maryjane.skala@kearneyhub.com Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device Courtesy/(At the podium) Kearney Police Chief Bryan Waugh named to head the Nebraska State Patrol to succeed current State Patrol Superintendent John Bolduc Jim Pillen has chosen a central Nebraska law enforcement officer to serve as the state’s new State Patrol Superintendent Kearney Police Chief Bryan Waugh will fill the role of succeeding Bryan Waugh will take over as head of the Nebraska State Patrol following the retirement of Colonel Bolduc who steps down on May 4 after serving as NSP’s superintendent since 2017 He is retiring due to the NSP mandatory retirement age of 60 Waugh said he’s honored to be chosen to head such a premier law enforcement organization… Chief Waugh will take on his new role with NSP on June 2 The announcement was made Thursday afternoon during a news conference at the State Capitol Lieutenant Governor Joe Kelly and former Kearney Mayor and current State Sen Waugh was appointed Chief of Police for the Kearney Police Department in January 2019 Chief Waugh served 14 years in the La Vista Police Department © 2025 Nebraska Rural Radio Association. All rights reserved. Republishing, rebroadcasting, rewriting, redistributing prohibited. Copyright Information who has served as chief in Kearney for six years will take on the post of the NSP’s 19th superintendent on June 2 the governor highlighted that Waugh had served in the La Vista Police Department for 14 years four years of that as a captain overseeing SWAT Waugh has also served eight years with security police at Offutt Air Force Base and in the military “Bryan clearly reflects his readiness to lead,” Pillen said The governor noted Waugh’s ability to innovate noting his mental health co-responder intiative as well as a citywide license plate reader system that sparked a statewide effort Thursday’s announcement comes nearly two months after Gov. Jim Pillen told Nebraskans that Col. John Bolduc planned to retire on May 4 in accordance with NSP mandatory retirement at age 60 Bolduc has served as NSP superintendent since 2017 Pillen’s office took applications for his replacement through April 1 Get a first alert to breaking news delivered to your inbox. Sign up for First Alert 6 email alerts. for saying in a recent YouTube video that he hoped a State Police investigator’s family died in a fire and that his quest for “revenge” is sanctioned by Jesus Christ Doolin issued a brief ruling Monday stating he would not jail Kearney over the video do not mandate revocation of his bail” under state law “The comments do not violate the Court’s order to have no contact The profanity-laced video targeted State Police Lieutenant Brian Tully the lead investigator in Kearney’s harassment case Kearney says in part that Tully can “go get [expletive] Him and his stupid wife and his stupid family Prosecutors said Tully hasn’t wronged Kearney but has investigated “alleged intimidation of witnesses in the Read case served as an affiant for warrants to search Kearney’s car and home Kearney acts to retaliate,” prosecutors said Kearney is barred from having any direct or indirect contact with any “witness in his case” as a condition of his bail “Although Kearney’s comments were reprehensible their content is essentially irrelevant for purposes of determining whether there was a violation of the order,” prosecutors wrote Prosecutors said the blogger is well aware Tully “is highly likely to be informed of Kearney’s remarks,” which are an “obvious attempt” to intimidate him and his family Tully’s family “may justifiably fear that one or more of the defendant’s more fervent followers doubly fortified by the alleged approval of Jesus himself may decide to assist fate in bringing about the death by fire or auto ‘accident’ [of] Lt had blasted the government’s attempt to jail his client Kearney’s bail for First Amendment-protected speech,” Bradl said in a statement last week “This is pure retaliation — abuse of the First Amendment and the witness intimidation statute.” Kearney has championed Read’s assertions of innocence in the sensational case and accused police officers and witnesses of conspiring against her He and Bradl have argued that all his actions were legitimate acts of journalism and advocacy protected by the First Amendment Read has pleaded not guilty to charges including second-degree murder for allegedly backing her SUV into her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, and leaving him for dead on the lawn of a Canton home three years ago In seeking to have Kearney jailed for his remarks in the YouTube clip prosecutors included the entire transcript of his tirade in which he also said he would become aroused “if you told me Brian Tully died in a car accident tomorrow.” “Brian Tully actually deserves to get hit by a car and die Kearney posted a copy of Doolin’s ruling Monday afternoon to X Judge Doolin has issued an order denying the motion to revoke my bail. He calls me a journalist and says that comments I made on my show are not direct or indirect contact, nor do they constitute probable cause for witness intimidation. Even if Brian Tully claims he is in fear. pic.twitter.com/4XyAD48RwS Material from prior Globe Stories was used in this report Travis Andersen can be reached at travis.andersen@globe.com. Home Delivery Gift Subscriptions Log In Manage My Account Customer Service Delivery Issues Feedback News Tips Help & FAQs Staff List Advertise Newsletters View the ePaper Order Back Issues News in Education Search the Archives Privacy Policy Terms of Service Terms of Purchase Work at Boston Globe Media Internship Program Co-op Program Do Not Sell My Personal Information Judge Doolin has issued an order denying the motion to revoke my bail. He calls me a journalist and says that comments I made on my show are not direct or indirect contact, nor do they constitute probable cause for witness intimidation. Even if Brian Tully claims he is in fear. pic.twitter.com/4XyAD48RwS — Splish splash goes the City of Kearney as they opened a new $36 million Water Resource Recovery Facility last week “Big part of us putting this in was Kearney’s growing and accommodating the needs for the Kearney community,” Mike Wieduwilt City of Kearney Wastewater plant Lab Technician The city added that this new facility will double the water capacity limit of the old system “Our last plant we were maxed out at capacity at about 4 million gallons a day but it has doubled or more than doubled our potential water system and what we are able to handle,” Wieduwilt said It also supports more growth for the city as well as more effective measures for clean water we have not been able to treat as effectively prior and so all of the water that we are sending out to our streams and rivers is going to be much cleaner,” Wieduwilt said This facility also benefits farmers with more pure ground water “It’s creating a pure ground water for them to work with and it’s not going to create as many issues having these analytes present,” Wieduwilt said Kearney’s Kole Throckmorton is thrown out trying to steal second base in the fourth inning of Saturday’s 3-1 win over Norfolk Four Kearney pitchers hold Norfolk to four hits in 3-1 victory that gives the Bearcats an all-time season high of 19 victories – The Kearney Bearcats used excellent starting pitcher and a quick start on offense to record their fourth straight win over their Tri-City rival on Friday.  Kearney starter Bryce Andersen set the tone in the first inning with three strikeouts and the Bearcat offense notched two runs in the bottom of the frame.  Kearney scored four more runs in the second inning on two doubles to take a 6-0 lead Hastings managed to get 11 runners on base throughout the game but couldn't push anyone across.  shut down the Hastings offense by going six scoreless innings He also went 3-3 at the plate with two doubles and three RBIs The Bearcats improved to 18-9 on senior day Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application we announce the passing of Graeme Thomas Kearney Graeme was a bright light in the lives of all who knew him Graeme was an exceptional young man with a passion for the arts both in the worlds he created on paper and in the ones he explored through his love of anime His drawings often captured the vivid imagination he possessed constantly diving into new adventures while his love of anime sparked his creativity and wonder Graeme is lovingly remembered by his parents Thomas Joseph Kearney and Kristin Nicole McIntosh; his younger brother Ellis McIntosh Kearney; his maternal grandparents Timothy and Donna McIntosh; his paternal grandparents and a large circle of extended family and friends He leaves behind a legacy of love and kindness touching countless lives with his bright spirit A celebration of Graeme's life will be held for family and close friends on Friday please consider donating to Graeme's scholarship fund which will honor his memory and allow artists like Graeme to achieve their dreams Checks can be made out to Kristin or Tom with a memo line for Graeme's scholarship Graeme's light will continue to shine brightly in the hearts of all who knew him Expressions of sympathy may be viewed or submitted online at mcalister-smith.com Arrangements have been entrusted to McAlister-Smith Funeral and Cremation This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors Read through the obituaries published today in Kearney Hub Neb — The Kearney High Bearcats baseball team beat Hastings High on Friday 9-0 at Memorial Field Kearney jumped out to a 6-0 lead after two innings Bryce Anderson picked up his 18 win of the season They'll host Norfolk at home on Saturday — The current Kearney Police Chief will be the next Nebraska State Patrol superintendent who is retiring after eight years of service Colonel Bolduc's last day of service will be May 4 and Colonel Waugh will begin his new role on June 2 "Bryan brings an extraordinary career of service," Pillen said "He has 30 years of law enforcement experience marked by innovation and an extraordinary public service heart." Colonel Bolduc expressed his enthusiasm for Waugh's upcoming leadership highlighting the patrol's advancements in technology and crime prevention "I'm proud that I have been part of this team and Nebraskans can be proud of the state patrol and they can be assured that under Chief Waugh's leadership this excellence will continue," said Bolduc attended the announcement to show his support "The things that Bryan brought to our city was just incredible and the things that stick out to me the most besides the police night out and all the things we do in the community handing out the cards to the kids and being involved in the schools Colonel Waugh expressed his readiness to lead the Nebraska State Patrol The Nebraska State Patrol is a storied organization with professional men and women who are first class and driven to provide the highest level public safety and professional services for the entire state of Nebraska," said Waugh shared a Facebook post in support of Waugh saying he is saddened to see him leave law enforcement but proud of his work in Kearney The city is currently looking for his replacement because Bryan Waugh was named the next superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol.Thursday 4:57 PM CDTBy Dave GriekChief Bryan Waugh (left) shakes hands with Col The city of Kearney is searching for a new Chief of Police because Bryan Waugh was named the next superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol Jim Pillen says Waugh was chosen from a pool of four finalists. Waugh has over 30 years of experience in law enforcement serving in a wealth of roles on the force during his tenure and is a veteran of the United States Air Force “Chief Waugh brings over 30 years of law enforcement experience and a public servant’s heart,” said Gov “As Kearney’s chief for six years I am confident we’ve chosen the right person to lead the Patrol and build on its 88-year-old legacy.” Following the appointment of then Mayor Stan Clouse Chief Waugh took over the Kearney Police Department in 2019 He was recently recognized by the FBI National Academy with a Centurion Award for his leadership “The things that Bryan brought to our city are incredible You can see that in the officers he hired and in the culture that he changed," said Clouse who is now a state senator representing District 37 and I think the state will be very pleased with the leadership role that Bryan is taking on." Colonel John Bolduc is stepping down because he has reached the age of 60 “I’m proud of the work our team has done and the constant effort our troopers and professional staff put forth every day to serve Nebraskans," Bolduc said "As this chapter of the agency closes and a new one begins under Chief Waugh’s leadership I have no doubt that our team will remain dedicated to providing excellent public service and our shared mission to keep Nebraska safe.” where he hopes to recruit and retain quality employees and honored by the faith Governor Pillen has placed in me to become the 19th colonel of the Nebraska State Patrol," said Waugh "This storied organization's professional men and women are first-class and driven toward providing the highest level of public safety and professional services for the entire state of Nebraska." Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here (KLKN) — More than a dozen vehicles were involved in a crash in Kearney on Tuesday It happened on East 35th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B according to the Kearney Police Department That’s right by Kearney Catholic High School and just northeast of Good Samaritan Hospital Police said on social media that the driver of an eastbound SUV hit 14 parked vehicles Investigators think the driver suffered a medical episode The driver was taken to a hospital with serious injuries Christie Brinkley Takes Us Back to her whirlwind romance with musician Billy Joel will be an evening of all Billy Joel by the master of tribute shows according to Kearney Concert Association President Angela Wright Kearney Concert Association presents “Sing Us a Song … You’re the Piano Man,” a tribute concert featuring the music of Billy Joel Friday at the Merryman Performing Arts Center “We are so proud to bring this highly acclaimed show to the beautiful Merryman Performing Arts Center,” Wright said Witter described his beginnings as a musician “I started out doing country music about 25 years ago and was working with Curb Records in Nashville but was getting frustrated with that and left,” Witter said “I still wanted to pursue something musical and came up with the idea of a ‘70s show which featured the music of Billy Joel and Elton John to keep me busy between other projects and we were getting booked so much that it became a full-time thing.” Kearney Concert Association presents “Sing Us a Song … You’re the Piano Man,” a concert by Witter featuring the music of Billy Joel at 7:30 p.m Admission is by membership to the association New subscribers who purchase a ticket for the 2025-26 season will be admitted to “Sing Us A Song … You’re The Piano Man” at no extra charge. Memberships are $65 for adults, $30 for students or $150 per family. A video previewing the upcoming season is available at KearneyConcerts.org Witter cited Joel as the incentive that inspired him to find a career in music “I had no thoughts of becoming a musician whatsoever but I saw him perform when I was about 12 years old,” Witter said ‘I know what I want to be the rest of my life I want to learn how to play the piano and sing.’ And that’s what I did.” Witter explained how he approaches performing a tribute performance “Because I learned to play the piano and sing listening to Billy Joel I just sort of naturally take on that Billy affectation to my voice,” he said I’m just a firm believer that whenever we cover any artist with whose recorded songs we are all so familiar that I like to stay as close as possible to the recordings.” “On this Midwestern tour we’re doing something we’ve never done before,” he noted we’re giving the audience a chance to vote on what the next song is going to be we’ve been really surprised at what songs they choose Often when I gave them an option between a really big Billy hit and a deeper cut I assumed that nine out of 10 times we were gonna get the big hit requested we’re giving the audience a chance to vote on what the next song is going to be,” said Jim Witter regarding his tribute show featuring the music of Billy Joel Artists have different approaches on how to handle the time between songs “I do just enough of the chat to make everybody feel comfortable and get to know what this music means to me and in turn what it means to all of us,” he said “It’s such a personal pleasure for me to do this show since I learned to play music and sing to Billy Joel’s records,” Witter said to get up on the stage and play this music that has meant so much to me and so many people.” Veteran musician Billy Joel has postponed his 2025 tour by four months to give him time to recover from surgery after he was struck down by a mystery medical condition What: “Sing Us a Song…You’re the Piano Man,” a tribute concert featuring Jim Witter Where: Merryman Performing Arts Center at 225 W Contact: 308-627- 2717; KearneyConcerts.org — The Kearney Volunteer Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 520 W where occupants were reported trapped on the roof the incident commander confirmed that all occupants had evacuated the building and were no longer on the roof Fire crews initiated suppression and search operations The individuals had jumped from the roof before the fire department's arrival and were evaluated by EMS for minor injuries though neither required hospital transport The fire also damaged the neighboring property at 512 W Firefighters brought the blaze under control within approximately 45 minutes The Nebraska State Fire Marshal is assisting in the investigation to determine the fire's origin and cause Initial findings suggest the fire likely started due to the improper disposal of smoking materials Assisting agencies included the Kearney Police Department at Fairview Range Medical Center in Hibbing Tom attended high school in the Minneapolis-St where he made fond memories with his Phi Sig brothers sharing numerous adventures and eventually having their two daughters the family moved back to Minnesota to be closer to family making memories at the family cabin on Tank Lake He was an amazing chef and loved providing good food for his many loved ones Tom was a jovial guy with a contagious laugh and a joke for everything where he enjoyed working outdoors and his time in the dry with his coworkers Tom’s favorite job was raising his girls.  Dorothy and Grace Kearney; parents Peter Kearney and Bob & Marie Westlund; siblings Mike (Sarah) Kearney Maureen (Mike) Swanson; sisters-in-law Bobbi Jo Price and Jamie (Rob) Farnsworth; brother-in-law Jon (Miranda) Westlund; numerous nieces who was instrumental in raising him; great aunt Gretch Babou; and his uncle Tom Kearney A Celebration of Life Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Hibbing with a reception and celebration of his life afterward in St Tom would have wanted everyone to join us over a meal The family asks that donations go to United Way of Northeastern Minnesota in his honor, https://www.unitedwaynemn.org/  Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text Click to watch — Kearney High School is turning this stage into the Nebraska Supreme Court It was a chance for students to fully engage and learn about the judicial system All new to me and it was just very exciting,” Max Rogoff This event is part of the Nebraska Supreme Court’s ongoing civics education and outreach program that began eight or nine years ago “What we’ve found over the years is of the three branches of government the judiciary is the lesser known or the forgotten branch of government come out to the community to share the experience of what we do with the students,” Jeff Funke It’s also broadening horizons for Kearney students he said this experience has pushed him to think about a career in law further “I think it’s definitely open because this experience and mock trial have made me really think about it,” Rogoff said The Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases and they say they are so grateful to provide this educational opportunity for students Kearney Area Community Foundation's "Building for Tomorrow" fund recently awarded $7,500 in grants to eight local nonprofits The Kearney Area Community Foundation has given Building for Tomorrow grants to eight nonprofits Axtell Area Oratorio Society received $500 to help cover expenses for its performance of Handel’s “Messiah” at the Merryman Performing Arts Center Banisters Leadership Academy received $500 to support its program of building future leaders Buffalo County Community Partners received $2,000 to help hire a consultant to create a new space for their organization Crane River Theater received $1,000 to go toward the purchase of a computer for its office Dreamweaver Foundation received $1,000 to help provide live monthly professional musical entertainment for seven Kearney area senior communities Junior Achievement of Kearney received $500 to help cover expenses related to programs in community schools Kearney Rescue Cats received $1,000 to go toward veterinarian expenses Kearney Teen Reach Adventure Camp received $1,000 to help cover the cost of camp for area campers who are at-risk or have been/are in foster care Building for Tomorrow applications are accepted on a bi-annual basis. The next deadline is Aug. 1. To view guidelines or apply, visit www.kearneyfoundation.org/building-for-tomorrow President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to halt federal funding for PBS and NPR accusing the public broadcasters of political bias The order directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other agencies to cut direct and indirect funding the White House claimed the outlets use “millions from taxpayers to spread radical FRANCE 24's Jennie Shin speaks with Clayton Weimers Executive Director of Reporters Without Borders (RSF USA) Subscribe to our Daily Headlines newsletter Thursday’s protest attracted demonstrators targeting a broad array of issues: Inflation Thirty-five firefighters responded to the alarm and brought the fire under control in about 45 minutes Workers and families in Kearney will participate in a nationwide "#MayDayStrong" mobilization to stop the billionaire takeover and demand a be… Applause erupted during the county board’s meeting Tuesday morning as commissioners voted 7-0 to approve a daycare center’s permit application Kearney Eugene Edmiston 84 passed away peacefully at his home in Centennial Texas and graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in Pharmacy His first job was at Kay Drug in Fort Worth Colorado in 1982 and ran the Little Brown Drug in Dillon A bad ski accident caused him to move to Denver Kearney worked for various drug stores in Denver and Centennial and retired from Safeway in 2009.  Kearney loved being involved in his son’s activities He attended and participated in many swim meets for many years and was a boy scout leader where he participated in many activities including high adventure camps in Minnesota and the Caribbean Kearney always remained loyal to the University of Texas and the Texas Longhorns He love seeing them play in person or on television He also volunteered at Littleton Hospital for 10 years and played as much as he could and could not get enough of it!  Kearney and Vivian loved to travel and took trips by car In August of 2022 he took his bucket list trip to Scotland His life dream to stand on the 18th hole bridge at St Andrews was fulfilled Kearney will be remembered as a wonderful husband A memorial service will be held on January 18 2025 at 10:30 AM at Horan&McConaty 5303 E County Line Road In lieu of flowers you may contribute to a charity of your choice Neb — The Adams Central Patriots handed Central City/Centura their first loss of the season The Patriots won 5-2 over the Kernels on Tuesday Kearney scored two runs in top of the first inning and got 6 1/3 innings from starter Owen Waha to beat Bellevue East 2-1 on Tuesday at Memorial Field the Kearney Sportsplex celebrated its opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony City officials talked openly about the excitement around the facility and how it can boost the city’s economy Despite all the teamwork and efforts made by the entire city there was one individual’s contribution in particular that really brought this facility to life “I want to thank Paul Younes and his family which I know quite a few of them are sitting here today They donated the land that this building is sitting on which is a huge financial commitment to the project And truly we talked about the state sales tax turn back This would not have been feasible without the Crowne Plaza opening,” Brenda Jensen “Most of the cost to build this are coming from people who are visiting or shopping in this area a year ago you wouldn’t have recognized this place Two years from now you’re not going to recognize it,” Jonathan Nikkila as the rest of the land continues to develop around the sportsplex the city is eager and excited to sustain and maintain growth and then it’s just going to pull people off the interstate even more to know they have those resources right there,” Nikkila said The sportsplex and the soon-to-be developed land around the facility will also drive tourism and revenue as the mayor put it more people will be pulled off the interstate “The fact that we have a lot of outside people come in for conferences and to watch the cranes Gives them something else they might want to do instead of our families having to travel to Lincoln and Omaha we can reverse that trend and bring them here for tournaments and so what that does is it fills your motels it’s just a great venue that helps the economy in central Nebraska,” Sen “We do a lot of travel for soccer and having a facility like this to be able to host something locally rather than going to a Gretna We can actually house those here in Kearney and bring some of those tournaments into town and bring some of those people into town,” Andy Bartling “As someone who travels for kids sports at different places around the region you have very few or none facilities that are in the middle of 2,000 hotel rooms or within a half mile you got all kinds of options for food and Paul Younes is currently working on developing the rest of the land talks began about the possibility of opening a two-story golf venue similar to that of TopGolf and more recently construction is underway to build more restaurants and hotels near the Sportsplex — A Kearney man accused of threatening a police lieutenant and stalking the city’s police chief will be going back to jail Judges in both county court and district court handed down sentences in different cases to 59-year-old Marcus Ditchman on Friday afternoon Ditchman received two years of probation for a third-degree assault conviction he received an identical probation term to be served simultaneously for a misdemeanor stalking conviction He also received a 90-day jail sentence but might not have to serve all of it Friday’s court appearances for Ditchman were once again unconventional in a series of cases that date back nearly two years and were at one point described by a judge as among the most bizarre he’s ever seen district judge Patrick Lee ordered a comprehensive psychological assessment to be conducted during a 90-day prison stay Lee issued the probation sentence with atypical stipulations Ditchman can’t use the internet or social media with the exception of paying bills and accessing email Probation officers will search his electronics once per week for nine months to enforce the ban He must also undergo counseling and relapse prevention The other case dates back to September 2023 The details behind the stalking charge are sealed by the court but we know that Police Chief Bryan Waugh and his wife are considered the victims county judge John Rademacher said it involved Ditchman being outside of Waugh’s home recording video said he doesn’t believe his client broke the law and was using his first amendment right to monitor police He gestured to the more than 20 officers in attendance and said they don’t understand the first amendment Garrison said officers didn’t like that Ditchman was doing a “first amendment audit” and the charges were purely retaliatory County attorney Shawn Eatherton responded by offering a 10-foot long visual aid that showed a timeline of the dozens of times Ditchman contacted Waugh or mentioned him via social media Eatherton referenced profanity-laced voicemails in which he says Ditchman offered to fight Waugh and pledged to be outside the chief’s house at night Ditchman's voicemails to Waugh included phrases like come over to my house and see what kind of man you are," and "Come over to my house Eatherton argued the prolonged nature of the contacts and context of the situation made the incident outside the chief’s house rise far beyond the scope of the first amendment Rademacher admonished Garrison for his argument that Ditchman did nothing wrong The judge said there was no question in his mind that Ditchman committed the crime of stalking both legally and factually Rademacher described the case as drug out and said the defense filed frivolous motions He said Ditchman showed no remorse or responsibility and dragged others into it He told Ditchman the way to resolved perceived grievances is in a court of law words — they’re easy,” Rademacher said “Proof is a little more difficult.” The attorneys recommended a sentence of six months probation to be served after the completion of the district court probation Rademacher instead issued a sentence of two years probation to overlap with the district court sentence so that a violation of one would also violate the other He gave him credit for five days already served 75 days of the sentence are set to start January 1 of next year but can be waived if he has complied with the terms of the probation That leaves 10 days of jail time that will be served starting on May 16 Rademacher said he was concerned that Ditchman’s actions could inspire followers He said he went beyond the attorneys’ recommendation and added the jail sentence as a deterrent to the community to discourage others from engaging in similar behaviors Waugh was among the officers in attendance. This sentencing comes the same week as Gov. Jim Pillen appointed Waugh to become the next superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol Part of the conditions of Ditchman’s probation include no contact with Waugh or his wife and retired from the Louisiana State DOTD after 36 years Kearney coached with the Gonales Dixie Youth baseball league for 8 years Kearney loved old classic country music and playing around with his guitar Shawn Elisar (Larka); Keith Elisar; Eric Elisar; and Kyle Elisar Shannon Bowen (Donald) and Tricia Sears; One sister Melvin John Elisar; twelve grandchildren; and five great grandchildren Gertie Marie Poche; Mary Ann Elisar; Nita Faye Elisar; and Ruth Catherine Chaney; five brothers Sr.; Clarence Joseph "Soupy"; and Donald Francis Christina Ramos Elisar (Kyle); and one grandson Devan William Boren and his remains placed in the vault with his wife after her passing An open house style celebration of life will be held on January 11 from Noon to 6pm at the Elisar home on Hwy 621 The family would like to thank Gentiva Hospice and his entire care team Henry Pollock has a target on his back going into the biggest club match of his life three-time Investec Champions Cup winner Rob Kearney warned today England’s breakout star prides himself on getting under the skin of opponents He annoys even his team-mates with his supreme self-confidence yet one and all agree he is a prodigious talent On Saturday in Dublin the 20-year-old goes up against Josh van der Flier fellow openside and former World Player of the Year with both competing for British and Irish Lions selection That would make it a high-octane occasion enough even without it being a Champions Cup semi-final in Leinster‘s backyard with the winner going forward to face holders Toulouse or Bordeaux in Cardiff on May 23 Kearney says the Blues know all about Pollock and will be primed for the threat posed by a youngster who is shortlisted for Player of the Tournament for scoring six tries in Saints’ six-game run to a second consecutive semi-final “He’s riding the crest of a wave as that new guy coming in,” the 98-cap Ireland and Lions full-back told Planet Rugby “He has a huge amount of enthusiasm and energy and “We have to admire and respect that we have different personalities in the game Maybe that’s what he enjoys – it’s the manner in which he gets himself up for games “Characters like that are far and few between,” added Kearney one of the Premier Sports team on duty at the Aviva Stadium “Henry is still young and you don’t want to have a pop at him But the manner in which those [types of characters] act and behave just puts a little bit more pressure on them to perform.” Pollock says being annoying is “part of my game” He admits he sets out to wind up the opposition Just last month he gleefully told Saints team mates his 88,700 followers on Instagram was already the highest in the club “As much as he can divide opinion at times Henry always backs it up by performing,” said captain Fraser Dingwall “There’s no doubt people understand how good a player he is “And if there’s someone that embodies embracing a challenge and wanting to fly into every single opportunity where you don’t shy away from anything and just confront it head on Champions Cup: ‘New kid on the block’ set for biggest British and Irish Lions test while prolific French wingers threaten Toulouse’s crown Northampton will need that impossible-is-nothing attitude from every one of their players this weekend to spring a major shock against the odds-on competition favourites “You have to be somewhat realistic about it,” Kearney continued “If Northampton win this game it will be one of the greatest wins in the history of their club “It is going to be a really good test for Henry We saw a little bit of him in the Six Nations but not starting a game where there’s a bit of pressure on him “He is up against a player in Josh whose quality of performance over the last good long number of years has been exceptional When he won World Player of the Year in 2022 he was head and shoulders above a lot of others he was just a little bit quieter during the Six Nations You could make that argument about an awful lot of the Irish boys “But he’s really come back into form in the Round of 16 and quarter-finals where his performances were back to what we expect He’s in a great place at the moment.” Those two games saw Leinster demolish Harlequins 62-0 and Glasgow 52-0 utterly relentless,” was Kearney’s verdict on the previous round With the finish line now coming into view the question is whether Leinster will tighten up “Coming off the back of three lost finals has to have an impact,” Kearney acknowledged “It’s there living in your subconscious you would argue they’re a better team this year than they were last year They’ve taken all the disappointment of the last few years and been able to put it into a new season where they’ve improved an awful lot of components of their game they’re a completely different outfit to last year That real aggressive blitz defence takes time to get right that there’s a genuine belief and confidence in the system “You take that and you throw in three world class rugby players in RG [Snyman] Jordie [Barrett] and [Rabah] Slimani: you suspect the sole reason they were brought in was to bring them off the bench in the championship minutes where they’ve come short in the last three years.” Asked whether there could be a risk of complacency in the ranks of his former team given they have scored 142 Champions Cup points since last conceding “There’s always that danger when you’ve dismantled teams in the fashion they did in the round of 16 and quarters,” he said “I think one of the beneficial things for Leinster is that they got probably the biggest scare of their season from Northampton “A year is not a very long time in the memories of rugby players They know what Northampton are capable of as a team They play as good and as expansive an attacking style of rugby as anyone in the Premiership “Another good thing for Leinster was losing at Scarlets last week in the URC It meant the whole vibe and atmosphere when the squad came together at the start of the week was very different “They’d had a little bit of a kick up the backside Even though it’s not going to be the same players on the field the whole environment and focus of the week has been given a little bit of a sharpen.” READ MORE: British & Irish Lions match officials including three Test referees for Wallabies series announced Following a breathtaking two days of semi-final action in Europe it's time for James While to select our Investec Champions Cup Team of the Week Lawrence Dallaglio has named the British and Irish Lions squad he wants to see picked to tour Australia – and it includes the French-based Owen Farrell Northampton Saints came away 34-37 victors over Leinster in front of an almost packed out crowd at the Aviva Stadium Finn Russell heads into his final audition for British & Irish Lions selection hailed for his ability to bring calmness and control It is with heavy hearts we announce the death of John Michael Kearney at the Solvay Hospice House in Duluth after a courageous 2 ½ year battle with colon cancer He was a Hibbing graduate with the class of 1964 he spent 3 ½ years in the Air Force with service in Thailand and many other locations during the Vietnam War era He received the Air Force Air Medal for meritorious service during one of his overseas assignments he returned to Hibbing to attend Hibbing Community College where he met his future wife John went on to receive his teaching degree at Bemidji State University and embarked on his 32-year teaching career There was not a single day that he wanted to be something else His teaching career began at Cold Spring ROCORI Elementary School teaching Special Ed He was fortunate to spend the rest of his teaching career in his hometown of Hibbing teaching at Cobb Cook and Greenhaven Elementary Schools He touched many lives and many of you touched him as well He was blessed to coach elementary boys and girls basketball boys and girls high school cross country and boys track He is survived by his loving wife of 54 years daughter Erin (Chris) Bellefy with children Alex and Grace of Hermantown; son Michael (Steph) Kearney with children Travis Portner and Ethan Kearney of Superior brothers Robert Kearney and Roger (Ilona) Kearney all of Hibbing Brother-in-law Harry (Mary) Larson of Hibbing He was preceded in death by his father John Kearney Sr.; his mother and stepfather Evalyne and Robert Erickson his nephew Bryan Patrick Kearney and uncles Nikcevich and the entire Oncology Unit for their care; the Essentia Hospice group for their patience and guidance and lastly the staff at Solvay Hospice House for their compassionate end-of-life care with full military honors at Maple Hill Cemetery in Hibbing will be at 11:00 am with a celebration of life to follow at The Androy Hotel the family requests donations be made to St He will be deeply missed but forever remembered with love and gratitude by all who were fortunate to know him Arrangements are with the Dougherty Funeral Home of Hibbing.  Nebraska high school track and field champions since 2015 Zaire LaGrone-Miller put his foot down for a better start one that got the Kearney senior a second all-time chart mark this season who will run track and play football at UNK ran a state-leading 10.43 in the 100 meters Thursday at Omaha North’s George Anderson Invitational It tied for third on the 100 chart for electronic times “My coaches have been on me about my start in the 100 and finishing,’’ LaGrone-Miller said “I think I did a pretty good job of starting today That was probably my best start of my whole career LaGrone-Miller won three golds in the meet held at Kinnick Stadium He ran on the 400 relay and won the 200 in 21.59 he was told to stop taking long strides coming out of the blocks “They want me to get that first step really quick They just preached that to me all week,’’ he said His 200 time was a shade slower than the 21.32 that has him tied for sixth all-time “because last year I wasn’t really that good at the 200 I feel I’ve gotten a lot stronger over the offseason took the Class A lead in the 800 at 1:53.12 He’s now second in the state behind the 1:52:00 by Class B’s Braden Lofquest of Gretna East His other work Thursday was a leg on the winning 1,600 relay Omaha Benson sophomore Jaeli Franccini tripled in the sprints breaking the school records in each and moving onto the all-class season chart in the 100 at No Her other times were 25.25 in the 200 and 58.42 in the 400 Their Abigail Burger took the state lead in the 1,600 at 5:02.43 Maurice Purify of Omaha Westside went 24-1¾ Ike Ackerman of Omaha Central’s winning marks in the throws were 64-2 in the shot and 181-7 in the discus Jaiya Patillo of Bellevue West ran 55.47 in the girls 400 just .05 slower than her state-leading time Emma Steffensen of Waverly improved her No 5 time on the girls all-time 800 chart with a state-leading 2:10.36 Kelsey Miller of Seward took the state lead in the girls 100 hurdles with a 14.39 clocking Kearney's Abigail Burger runs in the girls 1600 meter run at the George Anderson high school track Invite at Omaha Northwest in Omaha Kearney's Luke Brachle competes in the high jump at the George Anderson high school track Invite at Omaha Northwest in Omaha Omaha Marian's Willow Petri competes in the long jump at the George Anderson high school track Invite at Omaha Northwest in Omaha North Platte's Logan Bussard competes in the long jump at the George Anderson high school track Invite at Omaha Northwest in Omaha Omaha North's Darion Jones runs the 110 meter hurdles at the George Anderson high school track Invite at Omaha Northwest in Omaha Fremont's Noah Sagehorn comeptes in the high jump at the George Anderson high school track Invite at Omaha Northwest in Omaha Kearney's Kelsey Hatcher competes in the 100 meter hurdles at the George Anderson high school track Invite at Omaha Northwest in Omaha Omaha Benson's Tyler Stafford competes in the long jump at the George Anderson high school track Invite at Omaha Northwest in Omaha Omaha Benson's Jaeli Franccini runs in the 400 meter run at the George Anderson high school track Invite at Omaha Northwest in Omaha Fremont's Caden Weverka competes in the long jump at the George Anderson high school track Invite at Omaha Northwest in Omaha Kearney's Evan Shaffer runs in the 400 meter run at the George Anderson high school track Invite at Omaha Northwest in Omaha stu.pospisil@owh.com, twitter.com/stuOWH Email notifications are only sent once a day Kearney's Police Chief is taking over as the Nebraska State Patrol superintendent Governor Jim Pillen announced today that Bryan Waugh will fill the position starting June second The current superintendent Colonel John Bolduc is retiring on Sunday to comply with the State Patrol's mandatory retirement age of 60 Waugh has three decades of law enforcement experience including serving as the Kearney Police Chief for six years and 14 years with the La Vista Police Department As far as we’ve come in the 50 years since Balfour Mount and Sue Britton opened the first palliative care at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Quebec In today’s podcast we welcome some of the early pioneers in palliative care to talk about the roots of palliative care.  Sue Britton was the first nurse hired on that palliative care unit. Michael Kearney on a transformational meeting in Cicely Saunders’s office with Balfour Mount at her side and a glass of sherry Justin Sanders wants to be sure the newer generations of palliative care clinicians understand the early principles and problems that animated the founders of hospice and palliative care Our guests referenced many articles on this podcast, linked above and below.  If you read just one, read Palliative Medicine – Just Another Specialty …While there is an abusive and useless dimension to illness pain and suffering which needs to be removed if at all possible there is also potential in such experience…If we in palliative medicine fail to accept this view a view which allows that there may also be a potential in the suffering of the dying process if we sell out completely to the literalism of the medical model with its view that such suffering is only a problem we will be in danger of following a pattern which could significantly limit our scope for development and lead to our becoming ’symptomatologists’ And love that Jim Croce choice.  What’s in a name? I’ve got a name. Link to the McGill National Grand Rounds Series on Palliative Care Palliative Medicine – Just Another Specialty? In Palliative Medicine By Kearney Joe Wood’s book on Total Pain  Balfour Mount’s memoir Ten Thousand Crossroads paper on Healing Connections in JPSM and Healing and Palliative Care in Palliative Medicine Cicely Saunders: A Life and Legacy Self-Care of Physicians Caring for Patients at the End of Life by Michael Kearney and colleagues in JAMA Perspectives on Care at the Close of Life series Twycross on Readdressing Balance in Hospice ** This podcast is not CME eligible. To learn more about CME for other GeriPal episodes, click here Eric 00:29 Alex 00:42 Eric 00:43 Alex 00:45 We are so honored to have such esteemed guests join us today who’s a palliative and hospice doctor at the Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara and author of several books His latest book is called Becoming Forest A Story of Deep Belonging and he’s the founder of the Becoming Forest Project Michael 01:06 Alex 01:08 And we’re delighted to welcome Sue Britton who was the first nurse in the very first palliative care unit in Quebec at the Royal Victoria Hospital in 1975 Sue 01:26 Alex 01:28 And we are delighted to welcome Justin Sanders Justin is an old friend and a palliative care doc and researcher and is director of palliative care at McGill University in Quebec Justin 01:42 Eric 01:44 And we’re going to be talking about the roots of palliative care but what does that mean for our future as hospice and palliative care providers Justin 01:59 Eric 02:02 Justin 02:05 which is the year that Balformant went to St Christopher’s Hospice in London with the intention of learning from Cicely Saunders about hospice medicine The other reason is because I think many of us are confronted constantly with questions about why we don’t change the name of palliative care I think it’s more important to change how we think about palliative care than to change the name So I think it’s important to assert that we got a name And so this is a nice opportunity to hear a song that we love Eric 02:43 Alex 02:45 Eric 03:40 Alex 03:43 Eric 03:45 I’m going to actually start off with you We’re going to have you be our co host Like why did you think it was important to do a GeriPal podcast on it Justin 04:00 I have felt as I’ve come through this field over the last I guess 2003 is when I realized I wanted to be a palliative care doctor And what I’ve come to see over time is that the clinicians that come into our field are less and less aware of where we come from What I think so special about palliative care is that there’s some really radical and important ideas that sort of undergird our work and that provided a foundation for our work And I think that’s really different from some other fields in medicine And I think it’s important that we remain connected to them because it’s part of how we can be most efficacious and how we can do this work most sustainably And so that’s what I was excited to sort of have an opportunity to visit with you and with these amazing people on the show Eric 04:55 And can you give me an example of what the like one radical idea that comes to your mind that kind of underpins pal Justin 05:02 I think there’s a couple radical ideas this concept that Cicely Saunders articulated which sort of is at the heart of how we understand suffering in this field and also how we respond to it The second is an idea that Michael and Balfour Mount were really which is this idea that healing is possible through the course of serious illness And if medicine sees dying as a series of failures I think the idea that something is possible there that people can experience a sense of Integrity or growth as they approach the end of their life and on up until the end and beyond is really radical Alex 05:44 Eric 05:45 And I want to make sure we talk about those issues like healing and the nature of healing We did a Nature of suffering podcast with Naomi Sacks and B.J You’re a disgruntled medical student You’re figuring out what you want to do You’re thinking about dropping out of medical school And somebody said something that changes the course of your life Michael 06:16 I was thinking of leaving my medical studies and I sat down with a mentor and told him this before you do visit this place in London called St Christopher’s Hospice And so I went and I kind of reached out and found that they were doing a one week training which they offered me a place on as a medical student I kind of think I got a sense by the end of that week what he meant by that Eric 07:16 I also love because I was just listening to a video of yours Alex 07:20 It was what it was the first in a series of talks Justin 07:26 I would encourage everybody to put into their browser McGill Palliative Care National Grand Rounds This is a series of 10 lectures per year that we’ve just started with Michael as the first speaker for the Balfour Mount lecture And we have 10 lectures per year for the next seven years So we encourage people to come to register and come listen We have over 1200 people already registered for the talk and about 600 people attended Michael’s talk in January Eric 07:58 But what I remember from that is at the end of your week long rotation everybody gets a chance if they wanted to sit down with Cicely Saunders She has like a glass of sherry next to her And that was your first introduction together Michael 08:26 Eric 08:29 I’ve heard her name for the last 20 years Michael 08:46 She started her career as a nurse and probably her heightened that worked against her and it was while she was a social worker that she began to formulate her ideas for better kind of end of life care And then she retrained as a physician because a mentor of hers said to her You’re talking about a paradigm shift in healthcare but I don’t think doctors are gonna listen to a social worker Eric 09:53 Sue 09:55 And I think that nurses were doing this kind of care all along The only thing that we couldn’t do is prescribe for medication but we were doing a lot of that bedside work I was trained in the hospital where it started Mount was going around talking about his experience at St Christopher’s but also the value in palliative care I decided that I wanted to go and work there although I was on a surgical ward and somebody said why would you want to go and work there where everybody’s dying what do you do with the patients that are here on this ward I loved the relationship that we developed and the fun we had I think that was from a point of view of how do you cope with sadness and grief is that you find a funny bone somewhere and you have So I think that I don’t know what it’s like now because I haven’t been there for a while It gets rid of the things that are building up they were concerned about the fact that nurses were going to be only working with people that were very ill and people that were grieving So they actually asked a psychiatric group from Toronto to come and evaluate us every so often And the interesting thing they found was that our addictions had elevated Justin 11:54 it’s funny if I can interject one of the things I often say to the To people who aren’t familiar with our work in the hospital that our unit is the one place in the hospital where people consistently experience joy And so I love hearing what you’re saying about how it was a place of laughter Like part of our work is giving people the opportunity to experience something besides sorrow and to really experience joy Sue 12:23 And I think that the richness of our relationships like I have kept involved in a lot of the people that I was working with and they had a one year old daughter and now she’s in her 60s And that’s that whole cycle which has been so wonderful Eric 12:58 because we’re talking about the unit that was created Sue 13:07 Eric 13:10 Sue 13:11 Eric 13:14 Sue 13:15 There was only one head nurse doing that and a consult nurse that was seeing patients on other wards that were a likely admission choice It grew into where I went into the home care component I spent 20 years doing home care and we were keeping 100 patients at home between four nurses We each had an average between 23 and 25 patients each And the main thing is to get to the patient and family before they’re tired out we’re going to have a Hard sell to stay at home they would just let us know and we would go back and see them on a regular basis Eric 14:15 Sue 14:18 we started in 75 and our home care program closed in 97 Eric 14:26 Justin 14:27 And he really talks in great extreme depth about how all of this came to be And he came to be the person in this position And one of the interesting things about this to me is that when Balformount wanted to create a space in Royal Victoria Hospital for to take care of people at the end of life But it was in part because of this place in Quebec and people’s ideas about what hospice would mean to the francophone public here that he really looked around for another name which he writes about as sort of coming to in the shower and a lot of evidence to show what palliative care can be now it was really just another word for hospice Eric 15:30 Alex 15:34 Justin 15:36 The term hospice among the Quebec Francophones brought the Brought to mind the neglect and warehouse style nursing home home shabbiness of les hospices So it had a really like a strong connotation for a place for the poor and the destitute Alex 16:05 I hadn’t heard that part of the story before Sue 16:09 once they heard what palliative care was all about it was just being comfortable with being able to talk about how you felt was the important thing Eric 16:27 Justin 16:29 Alex 16:30 Justin 16:35 I’m curious if I could ask a question of Michael as having been around for a long time in this world One of the things that Bell writes about is how Cicely Saunders and Robert Twycross were really upset with They didn’t like the term palliative care I’m curious if you were around at all when some of these discussions were taking place the UK was the first to have a palliative medicine specialty but do you recall what that was like in those early days and sort of what the thinking was about this name Michael 17:05 Was first recognized as a medical specialty in the UK in 1987 and what that meant to be a medical specialty He was the sort of researcher at St Christopher’s he was the one who was actually looking at what What happened when you gave morphine or diamorphine which was also available for prescription in in the UK at that time on a four hourly basis around the clock it was kind of just being done for the first time And that was before extended release opioids were available But he was right at the beginning and kind of researching that and I think getting credibility for this new field I think it was 1979 in the proceedings of the Royal College of Medicine in the uk And the title of the paper is Hospice Medicine Redressing the Balance in Medicine And really kind of just seeing how philosophically what hospice was about was in a way bringing back not just attention to people at the end of life and their families but bringing back a certain away from the kind of technology of medicine coming back to the bedside as sue was talking about coming back to the sort of heart element of it Eric 19:05 which is really interesting because I feel like we’re constantly struggling with that And I’m not sure if that’s a struggle or if it’s just innate with our work they’re doing the hard Western medicine research publishing this stuff and also recognizing that there’s so much more to palliative care than just those prescriptions Sue 19:38 Eric 19:48 Michael 19:49 And I think that ties in with the concept that Justin referred to earlier that Cicely Saunders articulated the concept of total pain And kind of recognizing that that’s what our patients are talking about and that their symptom issues whether it’s pain or nausea or shortness of breath that below the surface you’ve got all these other dimensions that are feeding that symptom the actual interaction with those who are involved in the care and recognizing that it’s just far more than a physical symptom Alex 21:14 Justin 21:16 I was just gonna say I’d really encourage everybody to read a new book everybody in our field to read a new book by Joe Wood from the uk He was a researcher at King’s College London and he wrote a book called Cicely Saunders and Total Pain And not only is it a beautiful book on its cover but it really gets into the history about how Cicely Sanders formulated and talked about total pain through the course of her career Eric 21:43 is the field just becoming symptomatologists Are we losing that thing that makes palliative care special that Dame Cicely Saunders talks about those Those other components when we’re just focusing on symptoms Alex 22:08 Eric 22:10 It sounded like you were concerned about this even back in 1997 Michael 22:18 And I was absolutely delighted at the time that palliative care and now palliative medicine was a recognized specialty Realizing this just gave us a place at the table in A way that we had or And I think it’s made all the difference the phrase that launched the hospice movement was a Polish I only want what’s in your heart and in your mind And that’s why we need the research piece That’s why we need the hard science as well as the human element And my concern in palliative medicine becoming a specialty was and kind of saying We doctors can really just kind of specialize kind of focus on the biological part of the job And I knew that that’s not what Cicely Saunders had in mind at the get go I think there’s a recognition of the value of each specialist on the team including the physicians having a particular place with symptom management But to kind of think it’s just about our skills and our interventions and not about our presence not about what we bring in our interaction And over time I’ve come to see that piece as being more and more central Sue 24:24 That was the patient and the family were of equal importance I’m going through the healthcare system with my husband and all I can think of Eric 24:44 Sue 24:46 in the 70s I thought we had a very compassionate society At that time in the 90s it’ started to get into me I’ve not had any doctor come and tell me what the results of what my husband’s been going through we’ve lost some of the really important things Eric 25:17 But I also HEAR Back in 1970 there was a young disillusioned doctor who even back in 1974 was disillusioned with medicine that even on the wards there were nurses that didn’t quite get everything that you were talking about with palliative care back then So how much has times really changed versus we haven’t changed much Justin 25:49 Sue 25:50 I don’t think we’ve changed enough Justin 25:53 it’s one of the things I find really compelling and sad is that often in our palliative care unit I hear people say things like this is the first time I felt really cared for in our healthcare system and that’s often at the very end of life that we hear that And I think that in a time where care is becoming increasingly fragmented and transactional and patients feel less and less like people and more and more like numbers the ideas that are at the core of our field are so important they’re even more important now maybe than they’ve ever been because clinicians also get lost in this shuffle and they and I think it’s part of the key to our sustainability to lean into relationships in the way that it was considered conceptualized at the very beginning of our field as sort of based on the skills that we developed in caring for people with serious illness But he didn’t want it to get sort of isolated in palliative medicine or palliative care he saw the value of this for all clinicians And so he separated out some of these ideas that we were learning and created this sort of concept of whole person care that sort of then became a formal curriculum And I think over time has sort of come to be sort of thought of as person centered care But that’s really comes from our field And I think it’s so critical that we as as increasingly leaders in our healthcare systems that we’re aware of this history because it’s essential to our sustainability Alex 27:42 I was listening to your Balfour mount talk at McGill which you did just at the end of January on the 50th anniversary of the launch of the first unit And you described the importance of healing as a concept within palliative care I found it jarring and I was reflecting on why did I feel maybe this is because we’re caring for patients who are at the end of life and so much is falling apart about them I think you may have triggered this because you may have mentioned Rachel Remond who’s been at UCSF and runs the Healers Art program I remember taking her course in medical school and I remember my dad reading her book Kitchen Table Wisdom and undergoing a sense of spiritual growth towards the end of his life and how that in some ways was a healing We’ve gotten away from the roots of palliative care I was just at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Nurses association meeting with Eric and Justin in Denver And I don’t remember seeing the word healing I certainly didn’t go to a lot of sessions and I may have skipped a few sessions after the GeriPal pub crawl Justin 29:14 this connects to what we’re talking about now Alex 29:23 your argument for the importance of healing in palliative medicine as a concept Michael 29:30 there’s so many ways I could respond to that in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management published a paper called Healing Connections answers your question better than better than otherwise I think it was 10 of whom were self identified as experiencing existential anguish as being rating their quality of life as really poor and 10 of whom were experiencing what they described as a sense of wholeness all the demographics were equal across the group So there wasn’t any difference in the demographics but there was a huge difference in half the group were pretty miserable and half the group were actually flourishing And where it’s talking about a sense of completion So they sat down and talked to them and analyzed their conversations And what it all kind of came down to was the presence or absence of what they called healing connections If an individual had a sense of connection to themselves to the phenomenal world through the senses however that was conceived by the individual if the individual had a sense of connectedness in any of those areas it gave them a sense of being part of something greater than their isolated individual self And that sense of being part of something bigger and greater and more connected is what they were describing in their own words as feeling a kind of a sense of wholeness Whereas at the other end of the spectrum were individuals who didn’t have that sense of connection who were feeling isolated and who were describing a loss of control and a need to be in control he told a story about a client of his patient of his who was undergoing psychoanalysis And Edinger went back and looked at the dreams that this man had brought to him in the weeks and months prior to his death And what he saw in those dreams were images metaphors of what he described as kind of transpersonal reality And what I’m getting at is he kind of said what he saw in that patient And what he sees is that it’s as though there’s an urgency in the unconscious to communicate that sense of what he called metaphysical reality but could also that sense of wholeness before we experience biological death And so I think part of the reason why this is so pertinent in palliative care is there is this opportunity and this dynamic and this move that if we’re open to it Eric 33:29 unit was a place of healing despite everybody dying outside of just prescribing medicines to help with the symptoms That doesn’t seem like it’s a healing maneuver It’s a cloaking palliative care maneuver Sue 34:01 I think where the healing takes place is when the family gets involved And it brings a closeness that they had not had And then I would sit with all these adult children They didn’t want to let their mother go because she’d been such an integral part of their life and it was a matter of them coming to terms with it And it took just like another day after I had visited with the family and there were seven there that we sat and talked together the other three got to have that conversation And I think because everybody was there and involved in it and being able to give back to her because she’d given to them Justin 35:05 wrote about was about healing was that it’s It’s a relational process that leads to a sense of integrity or transformational growth in a person And so I think that this is what I find so radical about this idea but we know in caring for people at the end of life and through the course of their serious illness that there’s something possible there when all of us know someone who’s come to the end of their life and said And that’s because something happened in that time that couldn’t have otherwise happened And part of our work in palliative care is to either whether it’s through the expert control of symptoms or through the work that we do in relating to people in a time where their social relations are entirely disrupted And we set an example for them about how to relate with others That’s what I hear when I hear sue telling this story about this family is what we do when we kind of fearlessly engage with people at this really difficult time it gets back to Cassel’s understanding of suffering Michael 36:28 and what I just like to add to what you’re just saying sue and Justin is but it’s also that there is an inner wholeness at least this is how I conceptualize it and understand it That part of what that coming into wholeness or coming into healing is somehow it could be seen as a kind of an awakening of the inner healer or it could be seen as just resting back into the wholeness that’s already there And sometimes one just senses that shift in an individual and the impact that that has coming back the other way to the family around them they become the wounded healer within their families But all of that is preventing that person coming into that sense of wholeness because it’s generating fear and fear is the big culprit And I think that’s coming back to what we do in palliative care is we really very effectively through all we do in a very holistic way and in a very effective way Hopefully we’re lessening the fear and we’re allowing that person to relax and to relax deeply into themselves Sue 38:09 Justin 38:11 one of the things they talk about is the importance of meaning based adaptation to advanced illness that they learned from this And if you talk to people like Vicki Jackson in all of the studies that Jennifer Temmel is doing what these studies support is the idea that our ability to support adaptive coping in patients is what really makes the difference we can think of coping as sort of this sort of clinical construct I think is about the relationships that we build with people and the way in which they feel safe So I think there’s a way of connecting these ideas that are at the very core of our field from to this modern state of the science and what we’re doing And I think that’s really exciting if we can if we can understand that and nurture that connection Alex 39:10 as a palliative care researcher between the outcomes I see studied in palliative medicine and these larger concepts that are at the heart of why many people went into palliative medicine in the first place to be a healer for patients who are nearing the end of their lives And it gets at that tension that you spoke And I think that has obviously existed since the beginning of our field And so I appreciate the way that you connected those dots And I would say that was partly the frustration with With Tippett’s plenary session at the assembly I’m not coming away with something concrete that I can use to help the people I’m caring for and their families Eric 40:19 Michael 40:22 it was in a forward for an earlier book I wrote the way care is given can reach the most hidden place Sue 40:43 Michael 40:44 and I think goes a huge way to lessening the fear and to opening that space where healing is possible The most we can do when it comes to healing is to prepare and hold the space where the miraculous may happen Justin 41:30 which I think is really interesting to ask sue about a lot of people are not familiar with one of the earliest one of our earliest drugs in palliative care which is called Brompton’s Cocktails Sue 41:44 Justin 41:45 Sue 41:47 Justin 41:50 Sue 41:54 And the thing is that you could concentrate that morphine so it wasn’t a big volume that they had to swallow that’s one thing that I wanted to say I put a few notes down of what I wanted to mention We had a man come in and curled up in pain And we started him on a very 5 milligrams of the morphine liquid But he was given it every four hours on a regular basis Because if you don’t get the right amount or if you give them too much then they lose confidence in it and they don’t want to go near it anymore So it’s very delicate in how you put it all together Justin 42:51 The reason I say this is because people just think of palliative care is fun because of the GeriPal pub crawl But at the very beginning of our field is a medicine that includes there’s a party from the beginning going on in our Eric 43:11 Sue 43:14 Eric 43:16 And we have these medicines that can knock people out But I also hear that there is this almost redemptive quality of the suffering There’s ways to heal outside of just cloaking those symptoms And is there a redemptive quality about this I’d love to hear your thoughts about that Sue 43:51 I think that’s where the relationship stands of just coming and keeping it going You just keep going back to make sure that it’s working I think that’s what was exciting about being in this field Eric 44:13 Michael 44:17 I’ve become a little more Buddhist and kind of this kind of sense that we and we’ve called that the innate healing potential and then there is this potential that just that kind of can flourish Eric 45:11 what are you hoping for for the field of hospice and palliative medicine Sue 45:23 I think we got to bring our compassion back That’s what’s missing right now in our healthcare system It’s certainly where I’m living it’s the happiest time in my whole life When I was working with a physician for 91 now it was the thing I loved the most in my whole career Eric 45:55 Michael 45:57 I think I would sort of just end by quoting Michael Balint from the Tavistock Clinic in London We are the most powerful medicine we give our patients Sue 46:18 Eric 46:19 Justin 46:22 I would just add that I think for reasons that are demographic as well as important for the sustainability of our field I hope people who practice palliative care take the time to really understand where we come from And there’s so much that we can do in being familiar with that that will help us in our work with our patients Eric 46:44 we’ve got a name we should hear where it came from yeah like Alex 46:49 Eric 47:44 Sue 47:47 Justin 47:48 Michael 47:49 Eric 47:50 “doing their own research.”  Self-identified… I read Farah Stockman’s article in the NYT on why… We invite the brightest minds in geriatrics, hospice, and palliative care to talk about the topics that you care most about, ranging from recently published research in the field to controversies that keep us up at night. You’ll laugh, learn and maybe sing along. Hosted by Eric Widera and Alex Smith. Learn more Ryan passed away with his wife by his side surrounded by friends and co-healthcare providers April 26 at the Intermountain Health ER in Cedar City Utah at the McKay-Dee Hospital where his mother worked as an RN His father Rick David Kennedy was also at the main event Ryan graduated in 1994 from Clearfield High School After returning from serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Mexico City south mission he began working as an orderly for McKay-Dee Hospital It was while working there he was invited to sit in the Life Flight Helicopter and visit with the pilot The seed was planted for the dream of flying for the hospital he became an instructor pilot while earning more flight hours he began to fly transport in the Gulf of Mexico oil fields His first EMS flight position was with Good Samaritan AirCare in Kearney While there he completed his BS in Flight Sciences from Utah Valley University and earned Chief Pilot He also flew for OSF Life Flight in Bloomington The goal of flying Life Flight Helicopters for Intermountain Health was finally achieved in January 2023 All along the way he made countless friends that he kept in contact with Ryan flew his final mission just hours before his passing He loved flying and getting his patients where they needed to be as fast and as safely as possible Ryan and Marissa were married in Las Vegas on November 27 Ryan and Marissa made their home in Kearney and Ethan were blessed with the people they met and the opportunities they all found with the move to Cedar City Funeral services will be held Monday May 5 A second viewing will be held Sunday May 4 Private family burial site services to be held in Eden Family and friends are invited to a luncheon at Liberty Second Ward at 4279 N 3300 E The funeral service will be lie-streamed and may be viewed by scrolling to the bottom of Ryan's obituary page at www.lindquistmortuary.com ORDER VIDEOS Director of Bands Brian Alber talks about the band and choir clinic that hosted over 550 highschool students on Jan when he auditioned for a youth symphony in Illinois more than two decades ago “We go pretty far back,” he said in an interview from his home in Stoney Brook “I met her during my freshman year in high school and we ended up working together throughout high school She was a mentor figure for me for quite some time.” Gaines recently contacted Krause to commission a piece for the Kearney Symphony Orchestra “Verdigris Cathedrals,” by Krause in a performance at 7:30 p.m Gaines remembers when she heard Krause perform Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No intelligent and thoughtful person,” the director of the symphony said I would not have guessed that all that fire was inside that young man.” is currently finishing his advanced studies at Stoney Brook University in New York His list of published compositions include opera When it comes to creating music for a specific musical group you need to be very careful who you are writing for making sure that the pieces are within the wheelhouse of the performers,” he said “It needs to be something the musicians can manage Other responsibilities would be to the specific audience You want to make sure you are writing something that is acceptable to the people who are going to be the primary listeners.” Krause wants to create music that maintains his own artistic vision “Even though I am responsible to the performers I can’t water down my artistic voice to accommodate their ability,” he said Even though Krause has been writing mostly vocal music “Verdigris Cathedrals” uses a typical symphonic setting “I’ve been primarily writing a fair amount of vocal music lately but the music I’ve written for the Kearney Symphony Orchestra is pretty standard for an orchestra; woodwinds in pairs standard brass section and a string section,” he said “The few changes I’ve made is that this piece uses a little more percussion and it also uses some digital recordings.” When she commissioned Krause to write a piece of music “I asked Kyle to put a bass guitar part in the music because I had a bass guitar student,” she said but you never hear that in orchestral music I gave him a list of things I was looking for but I didn’t tell him what kind of tonal language I wanted I didn’t tell him what kind of form I wanted Gaines gave the composer an idea of the length of the piece “That’s actually how they get paid,” she said “There’s some kind of international composer’s group that set what they consider to be fair rates for payment for commissions They break it down by five-minute segments I told him how many minutes based on how much we thought we could spend.” Krause will travel to central Nebraska for the premier of “Verdigris Cathedrals.” He plans to attend several classes at the University of Nebraska at Kearney to work with students before the concert and to sit in on rehearsal sessions of the orchestra “It gives me the opportunity to make a few small changes,” Krause said about attending rehearsals “I have to be careful about the changes I make because anything too large can impact the orchestra’s ability to pull it off But I’m also able to assess my envisioned sound compared to the reality of what is being produced because there are so many variables with that many musicians playing.” Krause expects to make changes in the balance of the music noting where a certain section can play louder or softer keeping the combined sound closer to his artistic vision but the artists who are performing it are always going to have their own touch,” he said Two minds working together is always going to be better than one mind — or in the case of an orchestra In composing “Verdigris Cathedrals,” Krause said playing close attention to where sounds originate and how they move around the hall “I also wanted to pay attention to the way I use metal sounds not in terms of ‘metal music,’ but music being produced on metal instruments,” he said Some of the electronic sounds are set up behind the audience The way those electronic sounds mirror some of the sounds that the orchestra creates maybe helps the listener track the evolution of the music on a spatial level Rick@YardLightMedia.com What: "Across Three Centuries" a concert of music presented by Kearney Symphony Orchestra on the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus Contact: 308-865-8618; box office 308-865-8417; UNK.edu The Nebraska Medicine Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center – Kearney opened on Dec advancing cancer care in central Nebraska and beyond $52 million facility represents more than just a new building – it embodies a commitment to making advanced cancer treatment accessible to all Nebraskans The new center offers integrated cancer care services For William Lo, MD, PhD, a radiation oncologist who trained at Harvard Medical School and Washington University in St. Louis and joined Nebraska Medicine in June 2024, the new facility represents an opportunity to address a critical health care gap in rural America "We believe that we should be reaching out to the patients and we should be bringing the care to them instead of the other way around," Dr "This center will allow us to do that – to really bring the care to patients instead of them having to travel for hours and hours." The difference in patient outcomes can be dramatic when care is readily accessible Lo recalls treating a patient in Omaha who needed urgent care for brain metastases “Imagine a similar patient who could not get to Omaha The patient could have died from not having access to the treatment There is urgency to some of these treatments and not having access to a cancer center near you – it’s very easy to predict what the outcome would be.” Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center – Kearney builds upon the expertise of Heartland Hematology and Oncology who have served the Kearney community for two decades.  patients have access to additional resources A wider range of advanced cancer treatments Connection to Nebraska's only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center for possible clinical trial enrollment Dr. Lo emphasizes that patients in Kearney can receive the same level of care available in Omaha. Radiation oncology will be delivered with the same technology used at Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center – Nebraska Medical Center choosing to practice in Kearney aligns with his passion for improving rural health care access His decision to join Nebraska Medicine after completing his residency was influenced by the opportunity to make a difference in Central Nebraska."Everyone should be able to receive the same level of care we should be able to bring state-of-the-art care clinical trials and the best technology to rural Nebraska," Dr Lo’s vision extends beyond traditional cancer care He sees technology and innovation as pivotal in expanding access to rural communities With a PhD in engineering from the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program Lo envisions advancements in radiation therapy equipment that could increase its mobility allowing cancer treatment technology to be transported across the state you wouldn’t have imagined you could put a PET CT or PET MRI on a truck “I always think something is impossible only because you haven’t tried it yet.” The center's opening is just the beginning Plans for future expansion are already in place with space dedicated to additional radiation equipment and services Lo sees the Kearney facility as a model for rural health care delivery across America."With the construction of this new cancer center we can set an example for the rest of America and even the rest of the world at some point," Dr "We can tell people that there is a way to advance rural medicine by proactively setting up centers like this to bring cancer care to these patients."As the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center – Kearney serves its first patients it sets the standard for the future of rural medicine And for patients and families in Central Nebraska and beyond who are facing cancer this means spending less time traveling and more time focusing on what matters most – getting better you are consenting to receive electronic messages from Nebraska Medicine Get taken care of today. Call 800.922.0000 or Schedule an Appointment Richard Kearney at the ceremony with University College Dublin President Orla Feely CHICAGO, Feb. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Global management consulting firm Kearney is pleased to announce the strategic acquisition of IMTEK Inc. a business consulting and systems integration company focused on services and solutions for supply chain planning and execution IMTEK colleagues specialize in leveraging platforms like Kinaxis a global leader in supply chain orchestration Planning excellence matters more than ever with a changing global landscape that demands companies continue to invest in their supply chain resiliency and planning. Digital platforms allow clients to use analytics to improve real-time decision-making Adding IMTEK's expertise to Kearney's capabilities creates a one-stop shop for clients who are seeking support with supply chain planning transformations IMTEK is positioned to be immediately impactful for clients around the world and data enables companies to rethink their supply chains from end-to-end and with IMTEK Kearney is positioned to support them even more fully through this journey," said Ben T global chair of Kearney's Digital and Analytics practice "Planning is the jump-off point for truly successful supply chain transformation IMTEK has a track record of partnering with Kinaxis to help leading companies around the world to transform their supply chains and we look forward to expanding our reach as part of the Kearney community," said Hossein Naeini Kearney continues to invest in our capabilities to support our clients in creating more efficient and responsive supply chains to meet their evolving needs while delivering the business outcomes they desire." acquisition represents a continuation of Kearney's strategy of using inorganic moves to better serve clients Kearney continues to acquire businesses that bolster the firm's ability to create even greater value for our clients IMTEK will work closely with the wider Kearney team to offer holistic planning solutions "With the addition of IMTEK and our firm's deep expertise in strategic operations Kearney can deliver client outcomes from idea to realization," said David Hanfland we are better able to support our clients through all aspects of a planning transformation—from development of the strategy through to the implementation of the technology—ensuring client impact is achieved." IMTEK is a team of dedicated experts and innovators providing consulting services that bridge technology and business strategy With deep expertise in supply chain planning we leverage platforms like Kinaxis Maestro™ (formerly known as RapidResponse®) and PlanetTogether® but as enablers of strategic transformation Our expertise ensures these technologies are seamlessly integrated into business processes aligning with end-to-end objectives to drive real we help organizations enhance decision-making Our approach transforms challenges into opportunities delivering solutions that create long-term value across the entire supply chain ecosystem Media contactMeir KahtanMeir Kahtan Public Relations, LLC+1 917-864-0800[email protected] global strategy and management consultancy Kearney released its 2025 Reshoring Index: The great reality check Kearney's Global Business Policy Council today released its 2025 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index (FDICI) Computer & Electronics Supply Chain/Logistics Supply Chain/Logistics Transportation, Trucking & Railroad Do not sell or share my personal information: By Jordan Howell The University of Nebraska-Kearney likely has its next chancellor The University of Nebraska System on Tuesday named Nebraska native Neal Schnoor as the priority candidate to head up its campus in central Nebraska Schnoor has more than 30 years of experience in higher education leadership Schnoor has been president of Northern State University in Aberdeen where he led a five-year strategic plan that changed the implementation of academics to promote innovation and growth and also secured major legislative funding “UNK is poised to expand its vital role in providing affordable access to transformative education – serving as a hub for rural health and wellness and as a driving force for economic development across the state and region,” Schnoor said in a news release who was born in Norfolk and grew up in Pierce serving as an associate professor and director of bands from 1997-2010 and as senior advisor to the chancellor from 2012-2019 Schnoor also earned master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and his bachelor's from Wayne State College Schnoor understands the mission of a regional public university campus and has proven his ability to deliver results combined with his leadership across multiple university systems gives him a deep appreciation for what makes this campus and its people so special.” University of Nebraska President Jeffery Gold said in a news release Schnoor will visit the UNK campus to meet with students Details on public participation and engagement will be announced in advance of the visit Schnoor would succeed Chancellor Doug Kristensen who served as UNK chancellor for 22 years before his retirement last year online and mobile platforms.Your support is essential!