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FILM STREAMS DISCUSSION – Film: Praying with Lior.  Panel: Rabbi Aryeh Azriel of Temple Israel; Mary McHale, President of the Omaha Down Syndrome Parents’ Network, whose son recently received his First Communion; and Doug Wolfson, a member of Temple Israel, whose son Avi’s Bar Mitzvah was presided over by Rabbi Azriel

OMAHA PRESS CLUB – William E. Ramsey and Betty Dineen Shrier, authors of “Doorway to Freedom: The Story of David Kaufmann”

Final program to air September 25th.

By KIOS

Omaha, Nebraska – KIOS will air the final installment of the 2008 Jazz Heritage Series featuring The USAF Airmen of Note this week.

The final program, airing Thursday, September 25th, features the talents of drummer Butch Miles. Miles played with the Count Basie Orchestra from 1975-1979 and again from 1997-2007. He also has played with such luminaries as Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme', Ella Fitzgerald and Woody Herman.

FILM STREAMS DISCUSSION – Films: Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus) and La Historia Oficial (The Official Story).  Orfeu panel: Maria Arbelaez, Associate Professor of History at UNO; and Omowale Akintunde, Chairman of the UNO Black Studies Department. Historia host: Claudia Garcia

Second program to air September 18th.

By KIOS

Omaha, Nebraska – KIOS will air the 2008 Jazz Heritage Series featuring The USAF Airmen of Note with special guests on Thursdays at 8:00 this month.

The second program, airing September 18th, features the talents of Paquito D' Rivera, a latin jazz legend who is an 8-time Grammy award winner. Most recently he won for Best Classical Recording for "Riberas" with the Buenos Aires String Quartet.

NEBRASKA FARM BUREAU STATE FAIR DEBATE – Nebraska Senatorial debate between Republican Mike Johanns, Democrat Scott Kleeb, and Green Steve Larrick, from the Nebraska State Fair