Spring Lake Park and Pool

 I was going to take the kids swimming, but the pool was not yet opened.  AThere is a neat lake at Pring Lake Park.  However I understand the pool is now open.

Memorials at John Stella Field at Brown Park

 John Stella Field at Browns Park serves as the home field for South Omaha High School and South Omaha American Legion.  I was able to view the memorials at Brown Park.  They are usually behind the locked gate, but I was able to see them as an American Legion baseball game was going on.  The memorial is for amateur baseball players from Omaha who have died serving their country during WWII. There are 40 such people on the plaque.  Their names come from many ethnicities.  There is also a plaque to a soldier who died in Vietnam, Sergeant Daniel J. Sandstedt.  There is also a plaque for those who built the stadium.  

Welcome to Omaha/Bellevue: Cascio Pool and Park, Bellevue

We discovered Cascio Pool this week, and went a couple times.  It is behind Logan Fontenelle Middle School.  The pool is fun, and crowded.  Maybe because it is so fun is why it is so crowded.  It is also very refreshing with the water on the chilly side.  It has a splash pad in the shallow end of the pool.  The pool also has two water slides.  They sell snacks at the window, popsicles chips and cookies all for $1.  The pool i open daily 12-6:45 in the summer.  Wednesday it stays open until 8:45 and Sunday until 5:45.  Free to Seniors, kids $3 and adults $5.  Wading pool is $2.  

As for Cascio Park it is mostly just a walking trail from the pool to Cascio road.

To the Symphony: Omaha Symphony: Bahl Conducts Mahler's "Titan"

 Granddaughter and I caught the last symphony concert of the year.  She gets free tickets through her youth orchestra where she plays viola.  The symphony presented Bahl Conducts Mahler's "Titan."  The symphony was a bit long.  It is Gustav Mahler's symphony No. 1 in D major.  He would complete nine symphonies and had started his tenth when he passed away.  It was conducted by Ankush Kumar Bahl, conductor.  This was his last with the Omaha Symhony.  Three other musicians retired after the performance.  

Camberly preferred the first piecde, "Tagic Overture by Johannes Brahms.  I was in a sad mood so didn't like it too much (I broke the car.). 

However I really enjoyed the jazz clarinet performance.  They did Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra by Aaron Copland.  Anthony McGill was the visiting clarinetist.  He did excellent.  

Both Cammy and I felt the symphony No. 1 was a bit long.  I found I was falling asleep.  However parts of it were really good.  There was some dance music.  Mahler was Jewish and you could hear the Jewish pieces.  Reminded me of "Fiddler on the Roof."  

Papillion La Vista School District and Pedestrian Overpass

 The school district office is a bit south of downtown Papillion.  The pedestrian overpass marks where it is and is between the school district office and Papillion Middle School.

Papillion Days Bench

looking north to downtown Papillion