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Message to Our Members

INSIDE NET (USPS # pending) is published Monthly by the NET Foundation for Television 1800 N 33rd Street,Lincoln NE 68503. Membership dues are $36.00 annually of which $10.00 is for a subscription to INSIDE NET.Periodicals postage is pending at Lincoln Nebraska 68501 and at additional mailing offices. Address corrections,requests for permission to reprint materials and reader’s comments are welcome. POSTMASTER: Send addresschanges to NET Foundation for Television, INSIDE NET, 1800 N 33rd Street, Lincoln, NE 68503. Phone 800-634-6788.

Debbie HamlettAssistant General Manager, Development & MarketingProud NET Member

Big Blue Live Monday, Aug. 31; Tuesday, Sept. 1; and Wednesday, Sept. 2 7 p.m. CT on NET In this three-day live television broadcast, scientists, animal behaviorists and other experts document the extraordinary rejuvenation of the once endangered and now thriving ecosystem of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in California. Some of the world’s most charismatic marine creatures – humpback whales, blue whales, sea lions, dolphins, elephant seals, sea otters, great white sharks, shearwaters and brown pelicans – are featured in this convergence of fins, fur and fangs.

ON THE COVER

It’s hot and humid outside, so spend some extra time indoors this month catching up on NET’s great programming on television, radio and online. And, if you’re planning a vacation, don’t miss Discovering Nebraska. Your continued support and generous membership gifts helped us create this new, local television special about the state’s hidden gems – places to visit that are tucked away in small towns and thriving cities. There’s so much to see and do beyond the I-80 exit ramps. (Read more about the show on page 15.)

Summer also means it’s time for the Nebraska State Fair! NET and the fair share an educational mission, so our Ready To Learn team is pleased to host a mobile learning lab as part of the fair’s Nebraska’s Largest Classroom learning tour. Stop by to try our NET Kids educational apps, and experience digital resources that support students and educators in all areas of the state. We’ll be there Monday, Aug. 31; Tuesday, Sept. 1 and Thursday, Sept. 2.

And, next month, NET is pleased to present another local special, Yours, Willa Cather, premiering Sunday, Sept. 21 at 9 p.m. CT on NET (NET1). Some scholars believed she’d burned all her letters, but that’s not true. Many of them survived – tucked away in drawers, trunks and archives. Meet Willa Cather, a master letter

writer, through words revealed in Yours, Willa Cather. You’ll also enjoy the ibook, website and social reading club that will accompany the program.

On another note, our engineers and crew continue work to replace NET’s KTNE/Alliance television antenna. Channel 13 was knocked off the air in

April when the antenna fell off the tower. A temporary antenna partially restored service, but we continue hearing from viewers who are still without an NET Television signal.

This is a rare and complex situation, and unfortunately, we are not expecting any additional service to be restored before Sept. 1. Please know we are working as quickly and efficiently as possible to navigate the bid and construction process, and we appreciate your patience as we work provide a cost-effective and financially sound solution.

As always, I welcome your thoughts and comments. You can reach me via email at [email protected].

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Upcoming NET Events and Programs

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Did You Know?This is the 27th

season of Big Red Wrap-Up!

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Join us for the most interactive Husker football show in the state – Big Red Wrap-Up premieres Tuesday, Sept. 1 at 8 p.m. CT on NET! Each episode is packed with Husker inside information, highlights, game analysis, recruiting news and behind-the bleachers stories. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and check out our website at netNebraska.org/BigRedWrapUp.

Score a front row seat for the upcoming NET Sports Club Breakfast on Saturday, Aug. 22 at NET. Former Husker Blake Lawrence previews the upcoming football season and shares his insight about the new coaching staff, as well as discusses his work on concussion prevention. This event is free for NET Sports Partners Club Members and registration is required.

Not a member of the NET Sports Partners Club? When you join, your donation supports more than 200 hours of high school and collegiate sports coverage each year – football, volleyball, basketball, wrestling, hockey, baseball and soccer, plus swimming and diving.

Get the best seat in the house for Nebraska sports – as a member of the NET Sports Partners Club. Visit netNebraska.org/donate to join us!

Saturday, Aug. 22 9 a.m. CT NET Television 1800 North 33rd Street Registration is required: netNebraska.org/spcbreakfast 402-470-6378

NET Sports Previews Husker Football Season

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PRIMETIME Aug. 1-7 Poldark on Masterpiece Season Finale Sunday, Aug. 2 at 8 p.m. CT on NET Tragedy strikes when sickness, jealousy and infidelity plague the community and a helpless Ross is pushed to desperate measures to help those he loves.

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Doc Martin Martin’s first official day on the job may be his last

As Time Goes By Keeping Up Appearances

Last Tango in Halifax Caroline gets to the heart of the reason Gillian is reluctant to go through with the wedding.

Poldark on Masterpiece - Finale Sickness, jealousy, and infidelity plague the community and Ross is pushed to desperate measures.

Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Toronto Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Baltimore

Backyard Farmer Garden success in the summer heat

Secrets of the Dead: JFK: One PM Central Standard Time Recount Walter Cronkite’s iconic news coverage of the assassination.

Life on the Reef (Part 3) When a Category 5 cyclone threatens, see how the reef responds

NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword The ultimate weapon of the Middle Ages – a sword both prized and feared

The Forsyte Saga (Part 5) Hopes for happiness, a quiet divorce and love stirs on opposing sides of the family

Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Toronto

Foyle’s War: The Russian House (Part 2)The escape of a Russian POW sets off a chain of events that leads to murder

Live From Lincoln Center: Curtain Up: The School of American Ballet Workshop The next generation ballet stars >>

Constitution USA with Peter Sagal: A More Perfect Union

Constitution USA with Peter Sagal: It's A Free Country

Life on the Reef (Part 2) Spring on the beaches

A Perfect Balance Dancers describe the discipline it takes to become accomplished

Freedom Riders: American Experience (6 p.m.)

Local USA: Native Culture

Film School Shorts: On the Prowl

America ReFramed: Trash Dance Restaging Shelter The artistic process of the Urban Bush Women and their founding director

POV: Beats of the Antonov FRONTLINE: Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA

Control Diabetes For Life: Getting in Touch with Diabetes Self Management

JFK & LBJ: A Time For Greatness Kennedy Half Century

Pati’s Mexican Table

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Martha Stewart’s Cooking School

America’s Test Kitchen

A Chef’s Life Joanne Weir Gets Fresh

Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country Cooking with Nick Stellino

BBQ with Franklin

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Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country Cooking with Nick Stellino

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Live from Lincoln Center Curtain Up: The School of American Ballet Workshop Friday, Aug. 7 at 8 p.m. CT on NET The curtain rises on the next generation of ballet stars during an annual workshop at one of the world’s premier ballet academies.

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Masterpiece Mystery! Endeavour, Series I: Home A hit and run accident claims the life of a professor, and Endeavour visit his ailing father.

Film School Shorts This Perfect World

Austin City Limits: Kacey Musgraves/Dale Watson

Prime Suspect Tennison takes the case of a young girl found in a shallow grave.

Front and Center Little Big Town

POV: Beats of the Antonov Music binds a Sudanese community together, offer-ing hope and a common identity.

Shaolin Kung Fu Monks The famous fighting monks of the Shaolin Temple experience a resurgence.

Homes on the Range: The New Pioneers

JFK & LBJ: A Time For Greatness Examine how LBJ engineered the passage of two laws that transformed America.

FRONTLINE New Tricks: The Sins of the Father

NOVA: Mystery of Easter Island A remote rock in the middle of the Pacific has mystified the world since 1722.

Nature: Attenborough’s Life Stories: Life on Camera

Globe Trekker Food Hour: Sicily

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The King of Clubs A deck with a missing card provides the clue to solve a murder.

Poldark on Masterpiece - Finale Sickness, jealousy, and infidelity plague the community and Ross is pushed to desperate measures.

Nebraska Stories Nebraska’s Schindler

Washington Week with Gwen Ifill

Charlie Rose - The Week

As Time Goes By

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>> Live From Lincoln Center (continues)

America ReFramed: Cambodian Son America By the Numbers

Constitution USA with Peter Sagal

Capturing Grace The worlds of dance and Parkinson's intersect

Living with Parkinson’s Life on the Reef (Part 2)

PBS Newshour Nightly Business Report

DW News Charlie Rose

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America’s Test Kitchen

Pati’s Mexican Table

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Ask This Old House

Rick Steves’ Europe Music Voyager: Florida

Martha Stewart’s Cooking School

America’s Test Kitchen

This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

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Hometime Rick Steves’ Europe Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions

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Rick Steves’ Europe Music Voyager: Tokyo

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Hometime Rick Steves’ Europe Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions

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This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

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PRIMETIME Aug. 8-14 Secrets of the Tower of London Sunday, Aug. 9 at 7 p.m. CT on NET Standing guard for nearly 1,000 years, the formidable Tower of London has been a royal castle, a prison, a place of execution and torture, an armory and the Royal Mint.

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Doc Martin When an epidemic of diarrhea strikes the village the doctor takes immediate action.

As Time Goes By Keeping Up Appearances

Secrets of the Tower of London Unlock doors to secret rooms and learn surprising facts about the famous Tower.

Making of a Lady Follow a penniless woman’s path from pragmatic marriage to life-threatening peril.

Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Salt Lake City

Nebraska Stories Best of Season 6

POV: When I Walk Realities of Multiple Sclerosis. >>

Nature: River of No Return A couple honeymoons in the heart of the wilder-ness

NOVA: Ben Franklin’s Balloons The inven-tor’s fascination with balloon pioneers who left Earth for the first time.

Forsyte Saga Soames is desperate for reconciliation with Irene and a son.

Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Salt Lake City

Easy Yoga For Arthritis with Peggy Cappy

Great Performances: Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live!

Backyard Farmer Get last summer lawn and garden guidance from our experts.

Gunsmith of Williamsburg Watch a mas-ter gunsmith form the principal parts of an early American rifle.

Constitution USA with Peter Sagal: Created Equal

Constitution USA with Peter Sagal: Built to Last?

Life on the Reef (Part 3) A cyclone threatens

Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP

American Experience: Freedom Summer (6 p.m.)

Nebraska Stories Best of Season 6

Film School Shorts: Where Do We Go!

America ReFramed: American Heart Take 2 Reflections on careers and cancer

POV: When I Walk (6:30 p.m.) FRONTLINE

State of Education in Nebraska: Charter Schools: Consider the Alternatives

Now What? Clinical Research & Trials

POV (6 p.m.) Grace Lee Boggs

Nebraska StoriesBest of Season 6

Independent Lens: Spies of Mississippi

Jazzy Vegetarian Lidia’s Kitchen Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking

A Chef’s Life

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A Chef’s Life BBQ with Franklin

Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country Cooking with Nick Stellino

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Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek LIVE! Friday, Aug. 14 at 8 p.m. CT on NET Superstars Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga perform solos and duets from their classic jazz recording. Plus, find out about tickets to Tony Bennett’s October concert in Lincoln!

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Masterpiece Mystery! Endeavour, Season 2: Trove When an unknown man plummets to his death, Morse unearths secrets.

Film School Shorts Holy Hipster

Austin City Limits: Ryan Adams/Jenny Lewis

Nebraska Stories Best of Season 6

Prime Suspect A case becomes mired in prejudice and politics.

Front and Center Zakk Wylde

>> Making of a Lady (continues)

Healing the Warrior’s Heart Examine the emotional trauma of war through the prism of Native American tradition.

Nebraska Stories Best of Season 6

>> POV: When I Walk (continues)

Secrets of the Dead: Ben Franklin’s Bones An illegal anatomy school helped shape modern medicine.

Nature: Attenborough’s Life Stories: Understanding the Natural World

Globe Trekker: Eastern Canada

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The DreamA wealthy man asks Poirot to investigate his recurring nightmare.

Dalziel and Pascoe On Beulah Height (Part 1 of 2)

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Texas Tenors: You Should Dream Cowboy charm and charming music

As Time Goes By >> Great Perfor-mances: (continues)

State of Education in Nebraska: Charter Schools Testing out one school choice option.

Race to Nowhere Students pushed to the brink by over-testing and pressure to achieve

New Tricks The Little Brother

Constitution USA with Peter Sagal

Restaging Shelter

America ReFramed: Trash Dance

Independent Lens: American Denial

Life on the Reef (Part 3)

PBS Newshour Nightly Business Report

DW News Charlie Rose

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Jazzy Vegetarian Lidia’s Kitchen Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking

Sara’s Weeknight Meals

America’s Test Kitchen

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Rick Steves’ Europe Music Voyager: Tohoku

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This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

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Hometime Rick Steves’ Europe Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions

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Rick Steves’ Europe Music Voyager: Miami

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Hometime Rick Steves’ Europe In the Americas David Yetman

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This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

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History Detectives

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PRIMETIME Aug. 15-21 Backyard Farmer Tuesday, Aug. 18 at 7 p.m. CT on NET Fall is coming! Let our experts advise you on planting for a fall vegetable harvest and how to prepare for seeding cool-season grasses.

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Doc Martin The doctor visits a forester who apparently shares his shack with a giant squirrel.

As Time Goes By Keeping Up Appearances

Secrets of Scotland Yard Break through the façade of the most famous police headquarters in the world.

Masterpiece Contemporary: Page Eight >> An MI5 officer discovers a scandal that threat-ens the stability of the government.

Antiques Roadshow: Cincinnati, Hour One

Antiques Roadshow: Cincinnati, Hour Two

Backyard Farmer Planting for a fall vegetable harvest

Navy SEALs - Their Untold Story How U.S. Navy SEALs (Sea, Air and Land) be-came the renowned warriors of today >>

Mystery of Matter: Search For the Elements Out of Thin Air (1754-1806)

Mystery of Matter: Search For the ElementsUnruly Elements (1859-1902)

Forsyte Saga Soames tracks where and with whom, Irene is spending her time.

Antiques Roadshow: Cincinnati, Hour One

Mannheim Steamroller 30/40 Live Celebrate 30 years of holiday magic and 40 years of “Fresh Aire” compositions

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The Bomb The history of nuclear weapons

Nature: River of No Return Independent Lens: The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight For Civil Rights

Independent Lens (6 p.m.)

Independent Lens: The Great Invisible

America ReFramed: By the River of Babylon

POV: Out in the Night

POV: Neuland (6:30 p.m.) FRONTLINE: The Retirement Gamble

Mystery of Matter: Search For the Elements Unruly Elements (1859-1902)

Mystery of Matter: Search For the Elements Into The Atom (1910-1960)

Navy SEALs - Their Untold Story (6 p.m.)

Navy Heroes of Normandy

Travelscope New Scandinavian Cooking

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Travelscope

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Mystery of Matter: The Search for the Elements Wednesday, Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. CT on NET The long (and continuing) quest to understand what the world is made of – to identify, understand and organize the basic building blocks of matter.

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Masterpiece Mystery! Endeavour, Series 2: Nocturne The death of a man specializing in genealogy leads Morse to a girl’s school.

Film School Shorts The Cake Is A Lie

Austin City Limits: Spoon/White Denim

Prime Suspect A case becomes mired in prejudice and politics

Front and Center Train

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POV: Neuland A teacher prepares his students for their new life in Switzerland.

Nebraska Stories Best of Season 6

State of Education in Nebraska

FRONTLINE New Tricks Cry Me A River

Mystery of Matter: Search For the Elements Into The Atom (1910-1960)

Nature: Attenborough’s Life Stories: Our Fragile Planet

Globe Trekker: West Texas

>> Navy SEALs (continues)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Veiled Lady-Poirot becomes a criminal himself when he helps a woman recover a letter.

Dalziel and Pascoe On Beulah Height (Part 2 of 2)

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Mannheim Steamroller 30/40 Live Celebrate 30 years of holiday magic and 40 years of “Fresh Aire” compositions

>> Discovering Nebraska (continues) Explore unique places, people and things to do in Nebraska

America ReFramed: American Heart Take 2 The Bomb

Nature: River of No Return

PBS Newshour Nightly Business Report

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Wild Photo Adventures

Beauty of Oil Painting

Family Travel with Colleen Kelly

In the Americas David Yetman

America’s Test Kitchen

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Rick Steves’ Europe Music Voyager: Telluride

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Rick Steves’ Europe Music Voyager: Pueblo, CO

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Locked Out: The Fall of Massive Resistance

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PRIMETIME Aug. 22-28 Texas Tenors: You Should Dream Sunday, Aug. 23 at 8:30 p.m. CT on NET Combining breathtaking vocals and cowboy charm, this talented trio performs country, folk, opera and Broadway music. Plus find out how to get tickets to their January show in Lincoln!

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Rock, Pop and Doo Wop Classics from the Dick Clark vaults and the best late 50s and early 60s music

Nebraska Land & Sky Take to the air to uncover Nebraska’s diverse landscape, history and legacy.

Texas Tenors : You Should Dream >>

Discovering Nebraska Explore unique places, people and things to do across the state

Member’s Favorites - visit netNebraska.org/television

Backyard Farmer Late season garden-ing and preparations for fall

Country Pop Legends Roy Clark takes you down a musical memory lane >>

More Trains Around North America: Great Scenic Railway Journeys Stunning views, fine cuisine and high-end luxury rail travel >>

John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind Archival folk pop performances and an all new folk reunion

Aging Backwards with Miranda Esmonde-White Combating the physical signs and consequences of aging

Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2015 Chinese piano virtuoso Lang Lang and others>>

Ken Burns: The Civil War Nebraska Land & Sky >>

Discovering Nebraska Alone in the Wilderness >>

Ken Burns: The Civil War Nebraska Stories Restoring the Big Boy

Discovering Nebraska Explore unique places, people and things to do across the state

Nebraska Stories Best of Season 6

Alone in the Wilderness Nebraska Stories Social Medicine & More

Control Diabetes For Life: Getting in Touch with Diabetes Self Management

Nebraska Land & Sky Take to the air to uncover Nebraska’s diverse landscape, history and legacy.

Nebraska Stories A Soldier's Story

Nebraska Land & Sky Take to the air to uncover Nebraska’s diverse landscape, history and legacy.

Alone in the Wilderness >>

Discovering Nebraska Skinny Gut Vibrant You Brenda Watson

Nebraska Land & Sky Texas Tenors: You Should Dream >>

Mannheim Steamroller 30/40 Live Alone in the Wilderness >>

Discovering Nebraska Aging Backwards >>

Texas Tenors: You Should Dream Nebraska Land & Sky

More Trains Around North America: Great Scenic Railway Journeys >>

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Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert Friday, Aug. 28 at 8 p.m. CT on NET Enjoy Chinese piano virtuoso Lang Lang and others in a concert from the magnificent gardens of Austria’s Imperial Schönbrunn Palace.

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Bee Gees One Night Only A legendary act plays pop, soul, dance grooves and disco

Rock, Pop and Doo Wop Classics from the late 50s and early 60s

Nebraska Land & Sky The state’s diverse land-scape, history and legacy

>>Texas Tenors (continues) Cowboy charm and breathtaking vocals

Suze Orman’s Financial Solutions For You Understanding the “goal of money”

>> Member’s Favorites - visit netNebraska.org/television

Discovering Nebraska Explore unique places, people and things to do across the state

>> Country Pop Legends (continues)

Nebraska Land & Sky The state’s diverse landscape, history and legacy

>> More Trains Around North America (continues)

Deepak Chopra: The Future of God Faith meets science in this thought-provoking program

John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind

Member’s Favorites- visit netNebraska.org/television >> Great Performances (continues)

America ReFramed: By the River of Babylon

National Gallery >> Nebraska Land & Sky: (continues)

Black/White & Brown: Brown Versus the Board of Education of Topeka

Nature: Owl Power >>Alone in the Wilderness (continues)

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Ciao Italia Essential Pepin America’s Test Kitchen

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Music Voyager: Macon/Athens, GA

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In the Americas David Yetman

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PRIMETIME Aug. 29-31 African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross Marathon Begins Saturday, Aug. 29 at 1 p.m. CT on NET World (NET2) Follow African American history from the origins of slavery right up to today.

MONDAY-FRIDAY 6:00 am Caillou 6:30 am Arthur 7:00 am Odd Squad 7:30 am Wild Kratts 8:00 am Curious George 8:30 am Curious George 9:00 am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:30 am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:00 am Sesame Street 11:00 am Dinosaur Train 11:30 am Dinosaur Train NooN Peg + Cat 12:30 pm Peg + Cat 1:00 pm Super Why! 1:30 pm Thomas & Friends 2:00 pm Sesame Street (Half hour program) 2:30 pm Cat in the Hat 3:00 pm Curious George 3:30 pm Curious George 4:00 pm Arthur 4:30 pm Odd Squad 5:00 pm Wild Kratts 5:30 pm Wild Kratts

SUNDAY 6:00 am Barney & Friends 6:30 am Bob the Builder 7:00 am Curious George 7:30 am Curious George 8:00 am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 8:30 am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:00 am Sesame Street (Half hour program) 9:30 am Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood 10:00 am Clifford the Big Red Dog

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Big Blue Live First of three live broad-casts from California’s Monterey Bay

Antiques Roadshow: Myrtle Beach, Hour Two

African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross (1 p.m.)

Nature: Siberian Tiger QUEST 1964: The Fight For a Right

American Experience: 1964 (6 p.m.) Bombs Away: LBJ, Goldwater and the 1964 Campaign That Changed It All

Rick Steves’ Europe

Music Voyager: The Capital of Salsa

Travelscope Rhythm Abroad

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BBQ with Franklin

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Big Blue Live Begins Monday, Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. CT on NET A three-day live TV broadcast documents the rejuvenation of the once endangered and now thriving Monterey Bay ecosystem.

NET World brings you PBS favorites, documen-taries, NET Television local productions and NET News features.

NET Create features popular home, cooking, garden, how-to, travel and lifestyle series.

SATURDAY 6:00 am America’s Heartland 6:30 am Market to Market 7:00 am Market Journal 7:30 am American Woodshop (8/22) Rick Steves’ Europe 8:00 am Woodwright’s Shop (8/22) Suze Orman’s Financial Solutions 8:30 am Hometime 9:00 am This Old House 9:30 am Ask This Old House 10:00 am Garden Smart (8/22) Easy Willpower 10:30 am P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home 11:00 am Martha Bakes 11:30 am A Chef’s Life (8/22) Wheat Belly Total Health Noon Lidia’s Kitchen 12:30 pm America’s Test Kitchen 1:00 pm Sewing with Nancy (8/22) Deepak Chopra 1:30 pm Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting 2:00 pm Quilting Arts 2:30 pm Best of the Joy of Painting 3:00 pm Backyard Farmer 4:00 pm Rick Steves’ Europe (8/22) Aging Backwards 4:30 pm Expeditions with Patrick McMillan 5:00 pm This Old House Hour (8/22) Starlight Ballroom 6:00 pm Lawrence Welk Show

6:30 – 10:30 am – NET Kids (Schedule on page 12)

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10:30 am McLaughlin Group 11:00 am BBC Newsnight 11:30 am Consider This... Noon Foyle’s War 1:00 pm Masterpiece Mystery! 2:30 pm Nebraska Stories 3:00 pm Keeping Up Appearances 3:30 pm As Time Goes By 4:00 pm Agatha Christie’s Poirot (8/29) Easy Yoga For Arthritis 5:00 pm New Tricks (8/29) Lawrence Welk: God Bless America 6:00 pm Doc Martin

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POV: The Storm Makers A chilling exposé of Cambodia’s human trafficking under-world

Nebraska Stories Best of Season 6

Autism: Emerg-ing From the Maze

Songs to Keep: An Adirondack Folk Collector

America ReFramed: Come Hell or High Water: Battle for Turkey Creek

Serving America: Peace Corps

Pioneers of Television

History Detectives Nature: Siberian Tiger QUEST

PBS Newshour Nightly Business Report

DW News Charlie Rose

Smart Travels - with Rudy Maxa

Grannies on Safari Rudy Maxa’s World

Rhythm Abroad America’s Test Kitchen

Ask This Old House

Rick Steves’ Europe Music Voyager: Albany

Martha Bakes America’s Test Kitchen

This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country

Instruments of Change

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NET Radio Schedule NET Radio Main FM ScheduleAvailable anywhere with the NET Radio Nebraska App Monday-Friday 5:00 am Morning Edition - Neb. News at 6:44, 8:44 8:58 am Writers Almanac 9:03 am Morning Concert (Friday Live) NooN Afternoon Concert All About Books (Thursday at 12:04), Classics by Request (Friday at 1:00) 4:00 pm All Things Considered - Neb. News at 4:44 6:30 pm Fresh Air 7:30 pm Performance Today 9:30 pm Classical Music overnight Saturday

6:00 am On Being 7:00 am Weekend Edition - Neb. Humanities at 8:30 10:00 am Car Talk 11:00 am Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! NooN Marketplace Weekend 1:00 pm The Splendid Table 2:00 pm RadioLab 3:00 pm This American Life 4:00 pm Weekend All Things Considere 5:00 pm A Prairie Home Companion 7:00 pm The Thistle and Shamrock 8:00 pm Jazz Currents 10:00 pm Classical Music overnight Sunday

6:00 am Millennium of Music 7:00 am On Being 8:00 am Weekend Edition - Neb. Humanities at 9:30 10:00 am Car Talk 11:00 am A Prairie Home Companion 1:00 pm Nebraska Concerts 3:00 pm Travel with Rick Steves 4:00 pm Weekend All Things Considered 5:00 pm This American Life 6:00 pm Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! 7:00 pm The Verge 9:00 pm Music from Hearts of Space 11:00 pm Classical Music overnight

NET Radio HD-2 ScheduleAvailable with an HD Radio across most of Nebraska or anywhere with an Internet connection or with the NET Radio Nebraska App

HD-2 Monday-Friday 5:00 am Morning Edition - Neb. News at 6:44, 8:44 9:00 am On Point 11:00 am Fresh Air NooN Ask Me Another (M), RadioLab (T), TED Radio Hour (W), Snap Judgment (Th), Latino USA (F) 1:00 pm Here & Now 3:00 pm All Things Considered - Neb. News at 4:44 7:00 pm Jazz all evening & overnight HD-2 Saturday 8:00 am Weekend Edition - Neb. Humanities at 8:30 10:00 am Car Talk 11:00 am Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! NooN Marketplace Weekend 1:00 pm The Splendid Table 2:00 pm On Being 3:00 pm On the Media 4:00 pm Weekend All Things Considered 5:00 pm A Prairie Home Companion 7:00 pm Jazz all evening & overnight HD-2 Sunday 8:00 am Weekend Edition - Neb. Humanities at 9:30 10:00 am Car Talk 11:00 am A Prairie Home Companion 1:00 pm Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! 2:00 pm The Splendid Table 3:00 pm Fresh Air Weekends 4:00 pm Weekend All Things Considered 5:00 pm American Routes 7:00 pm The Verge 9:00 pm Jazz overnight

NET RADIO FREQUENCIES: Alliance KTNE 91.1 FM, Bassett KMNE 90.3 FM, Chadron KCNE 91.9 FM, Lexington KLNE 88.7 FM, Lincoln KUCV 91.1 FM, Norfolk KXNE 89.3 FM, Merriman KRNE 91.5 FM, Hastings KHNE 89.1 FM, North Platte KPNE 91.7 FM

NET Radio Series Creates Portrait of Platte Basin Water shapes our landscapes and lives on the Great Plains, but often in ways we don’t notice until there’s a flood or a drought. The new NET Radio series Voices of the Platte examines how water intersects with the lives of farmers, scientists, teachers and professionals from across Nebraska. The radio series will air each weekend in August during Weekend Edition on Saturdays at 8:35 a.m. CT and All Things Considered on Sundays at 4:35 p.m. CT. After August, Voices of the Platte will continue as an occasional series airing on NET Radio and online at netNebraska.org/radio. Voices of the Platte is a cooperative multimedia project produced by NET Radio and the Platte Basin Timelapse Project. It will highlight a variety of voices from the Platte River Basin, and greater Central Plains, sharing their reflections on how this watershed affects their life, work and sense of place to create a rich portrait of the region through the lens of the environment. The first four voices featured in Voices of the Platte are poet and writer Don Welch; environmental educator and Omaha Tribe member Renee Sans Souci; University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Natural Resources scientist Dan Snow; and retired director of the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources Ann Bleed. Voices of the Platte is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the NET Foundation for Television.

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My Farm Roots Series Returns to NET Radio Fresh air, open spaces and dusty roads. Early morning chores, showing 4-H livestock at the county fair and harvest. Kids who live in the country know their food doesn’t come from a grocery store. The Harvest Public Media short series My Farm Roots returns to NET Radio in late July and August with a focus on farm kids. You’ll hear from country kids in Nebraska and surrounding states as they talk about what it’s like to grow up on a farm. My Farm Roots airs on NET Radio Saturday and Sunday mornings at 8:35 a.m. CT from July 25 through Aug. 30.

At 75 miles-per-hour, pretty much everything along I-80 goes by in a colorful blur. But beyond the exits and the off-ramps are hidden Nebraska gems – just waiting to be discovered. And, sometimes the best vacations are the ones taken right here at home. The new NET Television special, Discovering Nebraska, explores the unique places, people and things to do in Nebraska’s 93 counties. In short segments, you’ll hear from Nebraskans about what makes our state special and why your “must see” list should include some of these sites.

Scotia Happy Jack Peak & Chalk Mine York Wessels Living History Farm Winnebago Honoring-the-Clans Sculpture Garden

and Cultural Plaza Gering Five Rocks Amphitheater and Robidoux

Trading Post Gothenburg Pony Express Stations Neligh TK-Starlite Drive-In Theater Lewellen The Most Unlikely Place

Friday, Aug. 21 at 8:30 p.m. CT on NET

facebook.com/nebraskastoriesWatch Nebraska Stories anytime on Facebook!

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Antiques Roadshow to Create Three “Omaha” Shows More than 5,000 people carried and carted their treasures to Omaha’s CenturyLink Center on June 27 to show Antiques Roadshow appraisers. They were hoping to find out their collectibles, heirlooms and knickknacks were worth a

fortune – and a spot on the show. More than 125 volunteers spent the day helping guests. Antiques Roadshow will compile the appraisals and produce three Omaha episodes to air in 2016. Watch future issues of INSIDE NET to find out when!

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“Whitey” Ford and Yogi Berra Yankee Jerseys $130,000 (insurance value) One uniform belonged to 10-time All-Star “Whitey” Ford and is valued at $30,000, and the other belonged to 3-time MVP Yogi Berra and is valued at $100,000. “Paul Newman” Rolex Daytona Watch $100,000 (retail value) This watch was purchased in 1973 for $543 by a private pilot scouting locations for a national restaurant chain. He still has the original box and paperwork which added to the value.  Mormon Book Collection $33,000 to $45,000 (retail value) These inherited books have been passed down through the family after being purchased in Australia during the 1850s.

Top Three Finds in Omaha

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A Variety of Programs Airing in August

Mannheim Steamroller 30/40 Live Friday, Aug. 21 7 p.m. CT on NET Celebrate 30 years of holiday magic and 40 years of “Fresh Aire” compositions. Plus find out how to get tickets to their December shows in Omaha and Grand Island!

Suzi Orman’s Financial Solutions for You Saturday, Aug. 22 8 a.m. CT on NET Understand why financial decision-making should be guided by an understanding of the “goal of money,” and find financial solutions that fit you unique situation.

Starlight Ballroom Saturday, Aug. 22 5 p.m. CT on NET Celebrate the golden era of swing with the orchestras, bandleaders and singers who ruled the radio and dance halls – Perry Como, Benny Goodman, The Mills Brothers and more.

Rock, Pop & Doo Wop Saturday, Aug. 22 7 p.m. CT on NET New performances and rare, never before available archival classics from the Dick Clark vaults bring back the best songs from the late 50s and early 60s era.

Nebraska Land & Sky

Sunday, Aug. 23 7 p.m. CT on NET

In this glorious visual spectacle, take to the air to uncover Nebraska’s diverse landscape, plus the state’s history and legacy.

John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind Thursday, Aug. 27 7 p.m. CT on NET A treasure trove of historical footage features the greatest singers and songwriters of the 50s and 60s folk era.

Country Pop Legends Tuesday, Aug. 25 8 p.m. CT on NET Country music legend Roy Clark hosts this emotional trip down three decades of memory lane as country pop legends unite to perform their most-loved hits.

More Trains Around North America Wednesday, Aug. 26 7 p.m. CT on NET Hop aboard and experience stunning views, fine cuisine and high-end luxury rail travel. Plus, trace America’s railroad history from Canada to New York.

Aging Backwards with Miranda Esmonde-White Friday, Aug. 28 7 p.m. CT on NET This scientific, yet entertaining special shares practical information on slowing down and potentially reversing the aging process through exercise and lifestyle choices.

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State of Education: Charter Schools – Consider the Alternative  Tuesday, Aug. 11 at 9 p.m. CT on NET NET and Nebraska Loves Public Schools are partners in The State of Education – a series about Nebraska’s students and teachers and how they are addressing the most pressing educational challenges in our state. In the education reform debate, school choice options such as charter schools are among the most discussed alternatives to traditional schools. State of Education: Charter Schools – Consider the Alternative examines publicly funded charter schools. Hear about this educational option from charter school supporters, public school

teachers and administrators, members of the legislature, the Nebraska State Board of Education and perhaps most importantly, a parent moving through the charter school education system.

Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle Monday, Aug. 17 at 8 a.m. CT on NET Launch into the adventure of a lifetime with everyone’s favorite monkey in an all-new movie. When Curious George is asked to take part in a very important space mission, a little monkeying around forces him to crash-land in Africa. While a worried Man with the Yellow Hat searches for him, Curious George bravely explores the jungle and makes new animal friends along the way. Reunited at last, the two best pals have an unforgettable adventure! Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle premieres right before another special, Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey, which airs at 9 a.m. CT on NET that same morning.

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NET Kids and You

Join NET Kids for “Schuyler Scramble”

New Super Why! Episodes Beginning Monday, Aug. 17 at 1 p.m. CT on NET

Join the Super Readers for five all new Super Why! shows during the week of Aug. 17-21. Find out how the Super Readers got their powers, plus use your powers to help Whyatt find his new comic book and his new board game; and Pig needs help finding the

lemons from his lemonade stand and the last piece of his puzzle. The missing things are a mystery, but learning to read isn’t with help from the Super Readers from Super Why!

Play the live action game, Schuyler Scramble, during a night of fun, learning and food at the Schuyler Elementary School in Schuyler on Thursday, Aug. 20 from 5 to 7 p.m. CT.

Families and children will use giant letters to answer farm-related trivia questions in a variation of the board game Scrabble. This NET Learning Services family event is part of the PBS grant-funded program, Kart Kingdom. It includes the “Schuyler Scramble” game, which is presented by NET Kids and Play Their Way.

NET Learning Services is partnering with more than ten community organizations to make the family friendly event possible. All events are free and open to the public.

OF SAFE, EDUCATIONAL KIDS SHOWS EVERY WEEKDAYON NET TELEVISION.

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Bridget Robbins Omaha Director of Development

402-932-2110

[email protected]

Have a question about membership, estate gifts or planning your will?

Support NET with a Charitable

Bequest

Engaging Nebraska

Are you someone who would enjoy supporting NET in our mission to enrich lives and engage minds?

A simple, flexible and versatile way to ensure we can continue our work for years to come is a gift in your will or living trust, known as a charitable bequest.

Even people who don’t consider themselves “wealthy” often have the resources to make a charitable bequest. It’s an easy way to support the mission of NET, offers several benefits, and, by naming NET in your will or living trust, you become a valued member of NET’s Friends of the Future Society.

Charitable Bequests are:

• Simple – a few sentences in the will or trust are sufficient

• Flexible – you retain control and can change your mind at any time

• Versatile – designate a specific amount, percentage or an exact item

• Specific – choose how the gift will be used

• Beneficial – can provide tax benefits By including a bequest to NET in your will or living trust, you are ensuring that we can continue our mission for years to come. Your gift also entitles your estate to an unlimited federal estate tax charitable deduction. For more information, visit netNebraska.org/giftplanning, or contact one of our planned giving officers to discuss what might work best for you.

Michele Peón-Casanova Director of Major & Planned Giving

800-634-6788, ext. 375 [email protected]

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Donor Profile

Don Pederson practiced law for 40 years in North Platte before being elected to the Nebraska Legislature in 1996. During his tenure, Pederson’s support of NET was nothing short of remarkable, according to NET’s former general manager Rod Bates, who took over the reins of the organization about the same time Pederson started in the Unicameral.

In 1999, after the Federal Communications Commission mandated that all broadcasters begin using digital technology, consultants said it would take an estimated $30 million to complete NET’s conversion.

Senator Pederson took time to discover how NET served his constituents, and convinced others in the legislature that an investment in NET was an investment in Nebraska, according to Bates. Pederson and Senator Roger Wehrbein of Plattsmouth persuaded fellow appropriations committee members to support NET’s request for funds to meet the digital technology mandate.

Today, Pederson and his wife June continue to personally support NET as generous donors, in addition to being avid viewers and listeners. They’ve been married for 11 years and are enjoying a second chance at love after both losing their first spouses and then getting to know each other in a familiar place – the Capitol. (June worked as a registered lobbyist for 20 years.)

“We watch and learn every night,” said

Pederson’s Leadership Benefits Nebraska and NET

June, who is the director of Aging Partners in Lincoln.

Don also serves NET with his time; he just wrapped up service in June as the finance chair of the NET Foundations for Radio & Television. “NET is a body that holds all of the state together. It is not just important, it is essential,” said Pederson.

“Don’s advice and experience have been invaluable to me since arriving at NET.  His affection for NET and the state is boundless,” said Mark Leonard, NET General Manager.

June and Don Pederson

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Underwriter Spotlight

Did You Know?The Nebraska State

Fair diverted 93 percent of waste from landfills in 2014 – qualifying it as a Zero Waste event.

here’s always something new (and maybe a little bit trendy) at the Nebraska State Fair. This year, prepare your taste buds for Spam

on a stick, bacon in a blanket, new gourmet burgers and barbeque burritos. And, for a sweet treat, try a pumpkin spice funnel cake.

As you browse the livestock barns and visit more than 600 indoor and outdoor booths, you’ll see a milking parlor, birthing pavilion, tractors, combines, and products like a new Doggybag that offers a dry bath to your pungent pooch.

But don’t worry – the state fair staples you’ve expected since 1868 are still part of the fun. “Our main goal is to mix traditional food, merchandise, attractions and exhibits with things that are new and unique,” said Jaime Parr, facility director for the Nebraska State Fair.

This is the fair’s sixth year in Grand Island, and the new location is feeling like home. And, like home, it’s a family-friendly place. “We have fun, interactive activities for families and sneak in education whenever we can,” added Parr.

One of the newest educational attractions this year will be the exhibit, STEMming into the Future, which focuses on exploring new worlds relating to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). “Designed in partnership with the University of Nebraska, the exhibit will feature more than 20 interactive stations or experiences that incorporate STEM learning,” said Parr.

NET and the fair share a similar educational mission. STEM-related television programs, including NOVA, Nature, PBS Kids programs such as Curious George

and PBS online content create opportunities for teachers, home educators and childcare providers to enhance learning in STEM subject areas.

The Nebraska State Fair also supports agricultural education with its award-winning Ag Trading Cards and Agventure Farm where kids pick apples, collect eggs and sell items at a farmer’s market – experiencing how food moves from farm to fork. And, nearly 4,500 students and teachers are expected to take part in Nebraska’s Largest Classroom – a self-guided learning tour of the fair. NET will be one of the exhibitors at the popular educational event.

The fair opens Aug. 28 and runs through Labor Day, Sept. 7.

Adding Entertainment to Education Equals Fun at the Nebraska State Fair

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Television • RadioLearning Services • Technology Services

CEO: Mark Leonard ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER FOR DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING:Debbie Hamlett DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS: Cameron RisherEDITOR:Kim RogersCONTRIBUTING WRITERS:Sandi KarstensMary Jane WinquestMULTIMEDIA GRAPHIC DESIGNERS: Lisa CraigKristi KoserNET FOUNDATIONS FOR TELEVISION & RADIO BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIR: Nicholas Baxter, Omaha SECRETARY/TREASURER: Mark Leonard, LincolnASST. TREASURER: Randal Hansen, LincolnASST. SECRETARY: Debbie Hamlett, Lincoln Michael Winkle, LincolnBOARD MEMBERS: Will Armstrong, Grand IslandLucy Buntain Comine, LincolnDavid Chait, LincolnDana Falter, LincolnDr. William Griffin, OmahaDr. Laura Jana, OmahaKris McElligott, Grand IslandDan O'Neill, North PlatteCarol Russell, OmahaKathleen Thuman, LincolnNET COMMISSION CHAIR: Clay Smith, LincolnVICE CHAIR:J. Richard Shoemaker, Cambridge SECRETARY/TREASURER: Mark Leonard, LincolnASST. SECRETARY/TREASURER: Randal Hansen, LincolnCOMMISSIONERS: Dennis Baack, LincolnDr. Kenneth Bird, OmahaDr. Matt Blomstedt, Lincoln Stan Carpenter, LincolnMarilyn Hadley, KearneyPatricia Kircher, OmahaDr. Fred Ohles, Lincoln Darlene Starman, LincolnDara Troutman, Lincoln CONTACTS:NET Foundations for Television and Radio 1800 N. 33rd Street, Lincoln, NE 68503 netNebraska.org/foundation FOR INFORMATION CALL:800-634-6788 or 402-472-6788 NET is a proud member of

The mission of NET is to enrich lives and engage minds by connecting communities and celebrating Nebraska with services that educate and enlighten.

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Visit participating museums, arts, cultural, dining and lodging venues, and receive special members-only discounts with your NET MemberCard. Enjoy the savings and thank you for your support of NET!

KEARNEY Great Platte River Road Archway 3060 E 1st Street August 2015: Valid 2-for-1 admission archway.org

OMAHA Boulder Creek Amusement Park 14208 S Street August 2015: Valid for 2-for-1 activity of equal or lesser value; not valid with other offers funinomaha.com

Visit netNebraska.org/membercard for a complete list of offers.

Nicholas Baxter of Omaha has been named the new chair of the NET Foundations for Radio & Television. Baxter is chief risk officer and senior vice president of First National of Nebraska. David Chait is a new board member of the foundation. He is chief executive officer and co-founder of Travefy of Lincoln. Board members Don Pederson of Lincoln, Steve Kiene of Lincoln, Margaret Hornady-David of Grand Island and Margaret Sibbitt of Hyannis have completed their service on the board. Carol Russell of Omaha also recently completed her term as chair of the foundation. Stan Carpenter of Lincoln returns as a member of the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission. Carpenter is the chancellor of the Nebraska State College System. Marilyn Hadley of Kearney has also been appointed to the commission. Curt Frye of Wayne recently completed his term on the commission. NET thanks all board and commission members – past and present – for their service.

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Friday Live Visits Norfolk Friday, Sept. 18 at 9 a.m. CT Cox Activities Center at Northeast Community College NET Radio's Friday Live explores the arts and entertainment scene in Norfolk and surrounding communities. Join us for the live show and enjoy light refreshments beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Yours, Willa Cather Sunday, Sept. 21 at 9 p.m. CT on NET Until recently, most scholars believed that Willa Cather burned most of her letters before her death. Not so. Yours, Willa Cather introduces the woman who thoroughly mastered the art of letter writing. The program is accompanied by an iBook, website and social reading club.