Omaha page 1 by ric gustafson
August 21 1999 was a sunny summer day. At 67th and Pacific street in central Omaha, a dedication was going on. The Peter Kiewit Institute of Information Science, Technology and Engineering was being dedicated. It was a $70 million project paid by private and public funds. US secretary of education Richard Riley told the crowd that the institute would help the nation meet its need in information technology education. The goal for the institute was to become one of the best learning centers in the nation.
In south Omaha on the same day, another key event was happening. In the lobby of the Livestock Exchange Building, an auction was going on. Items from the stockyards were being auctioned. The 116 year old stockyards was closing. The south Omaha stockyards linked Omaha to the Corn Belt and the Great Plains. Betty Votaw was at the auction. Her father in law Eli Votaw brought cattle from across the state to the stockyards for over fifty years. Two months after the auction, the stockyards closed.
Omaha and Council Bluffs was changing and evolving.
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Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric
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