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Nebraska Writer Featured in Newseum Exhibit “Reporting Vietnam”

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Tessa Timperley

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July 29, 2015

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Nebraska Writer Featured in Newseum Exhibit “Reporting Vietnam”

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the Vietnam War, and the Newseum marks the date with a new exhibit exploring how the media reported the country’s first televised war. Photos, news footage, historic newspapers and magazines, music, and artifacts tell the story of a divided nation, and debunk some myths about the era. Nebraska writer Beverly Deepe Keever, author of the 2015 One Book One Nebraska: Death Zones & Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting is featured in one of the lead panels in this exhibit in Washington, DC. Keever, who was born and raised in Hebron, NE, was the longest-serving American correspondent covering the Vietnam War and earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination for reporting.

Set to a soundtrack of protest songs, the exhibit opens with an exploration of the culture clash that emerged in the 1960s as seen through mainstream and counterculture publications of the day. “Reporting Vietnam” challenges perceptions that linger fifty years after U.S. troops arrived in Vietnam, and poses the question “Did the press lose the war?” Find out more about the exhibit at http://www.newseum.org/exhibits/current/reporting-vietnam/.

The Nebraska Center for the Book, Humanities Nebraska, Nebraska Library Commission, and other statewide organizations sponsor One Book One Nebraska to demonstrate how books and reading connect people across time and place. For information about One Book One Nebraska, see http://onebook.nebraska.gov or join us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/OneBookOneNebraska.

The Nebraska Center for the Book is housed at the Nebraska Library Commission and brings together the state’s readers, writers, booksellers, librarians, publishers, printers, educators, and scholars to build the community of the book, supporting programs to celebrate and stimulate public interest in books, reading, and the written word. The Nebraska Center for the Book is supported by the Nebraska Library Commission. As the state library agency, the Nebraska Library Commission is an advocate for the library and information needs of all Nebraskans. The mission of the Library Commission is statewide promotion, development, and coordination of library and information services—bringing together people and information.

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The most up-to-date news releases from the Nebraska Library Commission are always available on the Library Commission Website, http://nlc.nebraska.gov/publications/newsreleases.

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Gov. Ricketts Names Appointments to Nebraska Library Commission

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Tessa Timperley

         
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July 22, 2015

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Gov. Ricketts Names Appointments to Nebraska Library Commission

Gov. Pete Ricketts recently appointed Susan Warneke, of Norfolk, and Debby Whitehill Bloom, of Omaha, to three-year terms on the Nebraska Library Commission. Gov. Ricketts also reappointed Mary A. (Molly) Fisher, of Lincoln, to a second three-year term on the Nebraska Library Commission.

Susan Warneke is the Music Director at Christ Lutheran Church in Norfolk. She received a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Concordia College in St. Paul, MN. Susan taught in Lutheran schools in Michigan and Norfolk, NE for twenty-five years. She has been involved with libraries for many years, working as a page while in high school and serving as the student coordinator in the library children’s department in college. She formerly served on the Norfolk Public Library Board of Trustees and is currently a member of the Norfolk Library Foundation Board. Warneke recently chaired the successful Vote Yes for the Library ballot issue for expansion of the Norfolk Public Library.

Debby Whitehill Bloom is an entrepreneur with an MBA in finance and management from the University of Nebraska Omaha. She is the owner of Whitehill Bloom Consulting, LLC, which provides recruiting services for national insurance institutions. Debby holds a Nebraska Life and Health insurance license. She worked in marketing and accounting for Enron/Northern Natural Gas for eighteen years. She volunteers with King of Kings Church, Republican Party of Nebraska, Alpha Xi Delta, and Omaha Liberty Ladies. Debby Whitehill Bloom is the author of two books: Wisdom, Whimsy and Drivel, an inspirational poetry book and Fall Textures, a children’s picture book. She is also working on other children’s books.

Molly Fisher served as deputy director of the Nebraska Humanities Council until her retirement in 2000. She is a founding member of the Nebraska Center for the Book and is currently an ex-officio board member. She also serves on the board of the Nebraska Literary Heritage Association. She received the Mildred Bennett award, Lincoln Arts Council award for literary contributions, and a Nebraska Arts Council Award. Molly and her husband volunteered with state parks across the country, with a special interest in volunteering at lighthouses.

As the state library agency, the Nebraska Library Commission is an advocate for the library and information needs of all Nebraskans. The mission of the Library Commission is statewide promotion, development, and coordination of library and information services, “bringing together people and information.”

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The most up-to-date news releases from the Nebraska Library Commission are always available on the Library Commission Website, http://nlc.nebraska.gov/publications/newsreleases.

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