Contact Joe Bradley at jbradley@bairdholm.com or 402-636-8345 for ticket information.
Joe and Judy Johnston have spent years quietly building their reputation for beautiful,
creative portraits and are happy that son Andrew decided to join them.
Smile! Johnston Portrait Studios
Is Ready to Capture Your Memories
By Andy Roberts
The Daily Record
Tucked away on the northwest corner of 120st and West Center Road in the Bel Air Plaza, sits a business filled with warmth, creativity, and a passion for doing great work.
It’s Johnston Portrait Studios – and in addition to fantastic family photos, it’s been a vital part of the Omaha business community for over 30 years.
Joseph Johnston, a Cathedral High School alumnus and UNO graduate, started the family-owned and operated studio with his wife Judy in 1983. In addition to the Bel Air Plaza location, they operate an Old Market studio on an appointment-only basis.
“Both Judy and I were born and raised in Omaha, have always lived here, raised our family here and know the community well,” Joe Johnston said. “Omaha is a great place to live.”
It wasn’t like Joe planned to own and operate a photo studio.
“It came about the way most photographers get into the career,” he said. “I found it indirectly while pursuing my degree.”
He took classes at UNO while earning his degree in biology. Then he took a few more courses at Metropolitan Community College. The next step was taking photos at weddings and other special occasions.
“You get better at it,” Johnston explained. “You learn your craft at a different level.”
As the learning continued, Johnston Portrait Studios served for a time as the official photographers of the Ak-Sar-Ben Coronation Ball, and for the Omaha Symphony’s Debutante Ball. That work helped provide access and credibility to a number of excellent clients.
As the photography business was building, Judy worked as a UPS driver, providing stability to the family’s finances.
Today, the studio’s specialty is portrait photography.
“That would include portrait needs throughout the entire family life cycle: wedding coverage, engagement portraits, maternity/infant portraits, portraits for young growing families, high school senior portraits, large extended family groups, business/ professional portraits and even pets portraits.”
Those in the legal profession know the Johnston Portrait Studios name well. “We have many, many friends and clients who are attorneys or work in law-related fields,” Johnston said. “And they have families.”
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Contact them at 402-333-5105 or visit their website at www.JohnstonPortraitStudio.com for more information.
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Husch Blackwell Celebrates Move to West O
Three Husch Blackwell associates welcome client Bill Fleming of Pharmaceutical Technologies to an open house November 21 celebrating their new offices at 13330 California Street. From left, Michael Schmidt, Bill Fleming, John Menicucci Jr., and David Newman enjoy the new West Omaha offices. Husch Blackwell has 17 offices across the United States and in London. Among the firm’s many accolades, Best Lawyers selected 106 Husch Blackwell attorneys in its 2013 rankings as leaders in their respective areas of law and named six of its attorneys “Lawyers of the Year.” Chambers USA 2013 America’s Leading Lawyers for Business named 37 Husch Blackwell attorneys as leaders in their respective fields. The firm also received top rankings in seven practice areas.
Wolfe Named Recipient of the
FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award
Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Thomas R. Metz, announced that Kim Wolfe is the recipient of the 2013 FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award. Each FBI field office selects one individual or organization for the award. Wolfe will attend a formal ceremony on April 4, 2014, in Washington, D.C., where he will be presented the award by FBI Director James B. Comey, along with recipients from across the country.
Wolfe was initially presented the award on Monday, November 25, 2013. Governor Dave Heineman said, “Kim Wolfe is an outstanding Nebraska community leader. He works diligently to help the citizens of our state, ranging from our children to our elderly, because he cares about the continued betterment of our society. Congratulations to Kim, Jill and their family on their continual generous and caring efforts to support their neighbors and community.”
“The Director’s Community Leadership Award is the FBI’s way of expressing our thanks to Kim Wolfe publically,” said SAC Thomas Metz.
Wolfe, a community leader and volunteer, was selected by the Omaha Division of the FBI for his many accomplishments. Over the years, he has developed a strong reputation as a key community leader in the State of Nebraska.His volunteer activities primarily focus on children and the elderly. Wolfe implemented a “Home for the Holidays” program utilizing the services of Midwest Medical Transport Company, Nebraska’s largest privately owned ambulance service. The program provides free ambulance transport statewide on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day uniting families that may otherwise not have the means to pay for a medical transport.
An avid Nebraska Husker fan, Wolfe acquired a Husker Helicopter as part of his fleet and donates his time and costs associated with flying patients and charity auction winners in his well-known helicopter for tours across Nebraska. He has donated his time to a wide variety of non-profit organizations to include private fundraiser initiatives for terminal children as well as JDRF Foundation, Make A Wish Foundation, American Heart Association, the FBI Citizens Academy Alumni Association and local fire departments and hospitals.
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Thanksgiving Comes Early
The Omaha Civic Center was a joyous place Saturday, Nov. 23, as 42 children formalized their “forever homes” during National Adoption Day. The main floor was a flurry of activity, with clowns, Stormtroopers, magicians, musicians, and face painters making it a glorious day for kids and their new families alike. One family celebrating that day was the Washington family. Juvenile Court Judge Christopher Kelly declared that La’Zaya’s (fourth from left) last name would henceforth and forever be Washington. Flanked by Judge Kelly and her mom, Angela, La’Zaya flashed the grin she is famous for.
In fact, the whole family (including new sisters Amyiia, left, and Loyren, in front of Angela) never stopped smiling that whole morning. During this Thanksgiving holiday, these newly-minted families have much to be thankful for. These adoptions affect not only the children and families but all involved. Tom Incontro, La’Zaya’s guardian ad litum, confided, “Don’t you dare catch me crying in your picture.” He has been a guiding hand during La’Zaya’s eight years in the foster system.
 
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La’Zaya, who will formally join her forever family Saturday, was featured in the Nebraska Families
Collaborative 2013 calendar.
National Adoption Day Saturday
These Parents Make Adoption Look Easy
By Lorraine Boyd
The Daily Record
“When Marty at CSI [Child Saving Institute] called me, she said, ‘I have to tell you about this young lady,’” Angela Washington recalled. “‘She’s reserved, shy. She doesn’t like touching much. Will you meet her?’ I said sure.”
When 15-year-old La’Zaya met Angela, she was sure.
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Jack Cavanaugh, chair of the Douglas County Board, picks up JFK at Eppley on one of his presidential campaign trips to Omaha, surrounded by Mercy High School girls recruited by Cavanaugh’s daughter Mary Anne (’61) to greet him.
JFK: 1917–1963
Omaha Memories of a Fallen President
By Lorraine Boyd
The Daily Record
Boston has its Kennedy clan. Omaha has its Cavanaugh clan.
In 1957, members of the two families met and began a bond that could only be broken – at least partially – by the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in 1963, 50 years ago today.
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Why Hanukkah and Thanksgiving
Will Never Again Coincide
By Joel M. Hoffman, Ph.D.
Author of And God Said
 This month, Hanukkah and Thanksgiving will overlap for a joint celebration that will never happen again. Here’s why. (Try to keep up with me on this.)
Thanksgiving is the 4th Thursday in November. Hanukkah is the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev.
The 4th Thursday in November can range from the 22nd to the 28th. If the 29th is a Thursday, then so is the 1st, so the 29th would be the fifth Thursday, not the fourth. And if the 21st is a Thursday, then it’s only the third Thursday. On average, then, Thanksgiving falls on the 28th about every seven years. It will fall on the 28th this year, then again in 2019, 2024, 2030, and 2041, or four times in the next 28 years. (It’s not exactly every seven years because leap days throw things off a little.)
The Jewish month of Kislev can currently start as early as November 3 or as late as December 2, which means that the first day of Hanukkah can come as early as November 28 or as late as December 27.
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