If you saw a painted pig at Bruster’s Real Ice Cream in September, it wasn’t a judgment of your diet. It’s part of a new campaign reminding Vestavia Hills residents to support their local businesses. At its September luncheon, the Chamber…
Cranes on Parade with Artist John Lillyman
There’s a new attraction at the Merryman Performing Arts Center; it’s tall and colorful but totally silent…. So what is it? Another crane in the Kearney Dawn Rotary Club’s Cranes on Parade. The auction for all of the cranes will take place on…
Cranes on Parade III will have many more birds for sponsorship
KEARNEY — Tami Moore wants everyone to own a crane. “We’re taking a different direction this time,” said Moore, a member of the Kearney Dawn Rotary Cranes on Parade III Steering Committee. “We want to make them more affordable and accessible…
Tampa’s Streetcars Designed to Draw Attention
TAMPA — Colorful scenes of Tampa Bay, the downtown skyline, a pirate’s map and World War II posters splashed across 41 streetcar sculptures on display at the Yacht StarShip on Wednesday, just days away taking their final perches around the city….
Icon Poly: Molding the future for Family
Giant light bulbs that decorate the streets of Lincoln, Nebraska, artistic cranes spread throughout Kearney, the wolf mascot that stands high above each Bosselman convenience store and to-scale replicas of fire hydrants found in mainstream movies are just some of the…
Cranes are on their way
A miniature of the Cranes on Parade II fundraising project stands on a table as the announcement of artists was made Tuesday at the Museum of Nebraska Art. Artists will receive their 6-foot cranes in the next few weeks and start…
Annual Cattlemen’s Ball begins 3-foot-tall boot decorating contest for cancer research fundraiser
KEARNEY — One of the major fund-raising activities for the 2010 Cattlemen’s Ball June 4-5 at Lori and Norris Marshall acreage southwest of Kearney will be an auction of 3-foot-tall decorated fiberglass Western boots. Many of the plain white boots were…