Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Notes From The Omaha Press Club

The Omaha Press Club's annual poke at public figures and news events will be titled "Rosensplatt...And Other Foul Bawls" and takes place Saturday, March 29, at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs.

The annual read-through for cast, band and crew will be at 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, at the Press Club. Members wishing to be involved with the show who cannot attend the Read-Thru should e-mail Kurt Keeler (kurtykee(at)msn(dot)com.

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The Press Club’s annual meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 17. Cocktails begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by the meeting at 6 p.m. Officers and directors will be elected at the meeting and all members are invited to attend. If you are unable to attend, a proxy ballot can be found in this month's newsletter, which is being mailed this week.

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The Press Club's fifth annual Excellence in Journalism Awards competition opens Monday. The competition honors the outstanding work of media professionals in several categories.

New this year is the "Journalists of Excellence Hall of Fame Award," which will be presented at the Excellence in Journalism Awards banquet on Thursday, May 29.

Contest entry forms are available for download here. Deadline to enter is March 17.

21 comments:

Anonymous said...

i find this funny again...
" The Omaha Press Club's annual poke at public figures and news events will be titled "Rosensplatt...And Other Foul Bawls" and takes place Saturday, March 29, at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs"

way to go and keep it in Omaha, NEBRASKA.. no venues in town to hold it?

Anonymous said...

Exactly.

It kind of reminds me of the radio ad (on either 1620 or 590, can't remember) for an Avril Lavigne concert several weeks back, held at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, yet the radio ad made mention that this was Lavigne's "first trip to Omaha."

Not to mention the Omaha Lancers defecting to the other side of the river.

Anonymous said...

3:50pm - I don't think it was so much the Lancers "defecting" as much as it was that Aksarben didn't renew their lease and UNO hockey had already moved into the Civic.

Actually, it's pretty common in professional sports... look at New York and the NFL...

Anonymous said...

@6:41PM...

Oh yeah...I'm familiar with the NY Giants/Jets in NJ deal.

I just find it funny that the Lancers moved across the river, changed their name but then the "River City" portion of it didn't stick, so they went back to Omaha, though the team itself didn't.

Council Bluffs might as well just ask Omaha to annex them if they want to BE Omaha. ;-)

Anonymous said...

But does Omaha want CB? Nooo....they have those evil casinos....

Anonymous said...

Reminds me of the Casino vote in 2004...

Anti-casino: we don't want casinos, or we'll be as bad as those jerks in Council Bluffs.

Pro-casino: let's build a casino and stick it to those jerks in Council Bluffs.

Anonymous said...

At least it's not a long drive to get your porn...

Anonymous said...

Who drives to get their porn anymore???

Anonymous said...

Us 23/20's do...heh, heh, heh...

Anonymous said...

5:54 AM Apparently lots of people, as I tend to see quite a number of Nebraska licensed vehicles at the Adult Emporium as I pass by on any given day.

Anonymous said...

pass by...as in "every time I go there to shop"???

Anonymous said...

Matt Perrault is Gay

Anonymous said...

10:37 AM...as I said...I am 23/20 and damn proud of it. So yeah...I do shop the Bluffs. What of it...Maybe you Omahans should get off your high horse and realize there seem to more and more Nebraska cars over here as of late. Hmmmm. Perhaps the Bluffs is not really that bad after all is it?

Anonymous said...

Counciltucky is not bad at all . . . if you're looking for cheap porn.

Then again . . . when you have the internet, why cross the river and risk having your IQ and your teeth suddenly come up missing?

Anonymous said...

Pardon my naivety, but what is 23/20??

Anonymous said...

Hey 7:24, the pro and anti Casino ads were made just for you!

Anonymous said...

Ezekiel 23:20
There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.

Anonymous said...

Huhn...?

Anonymous said...

23/20 = WT or White Trash. Urban Slang I think...?

Anonymous said...

Why dont they update this page regularly anymore? I would like to know whats up with the changes at KETV. Rob McCartney and Brandy Peterson are now doing the news on SUN nights with Bill Randby doing weather. Somebody getting fired? Hired?

Anonymous said...

8:33...

Read the latest comments on the "Hottest Newswoman" post for info about the KETV anchor changes.