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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'm Scott for He's just there's Lucy Chapman. This is
news Radio eleven ten kfab. I wish they wouldn't put
out these articles that say, moms, if you got paid
for everything you did and raising these kids, that you
should be paid a salary of one hundred and eighty
thousand dollars a year. That's the latest going rate for
(00:20):
being a mom. One hundred and eighty thousand dollars a year.
I wish they wouldn't do that because you're not going
to be paid any of that. You will not see
one dime of any of that. But boy, what you
make up for in never being thanked being taken for
granted being taken. I mean, that's priceless. Right now, here's
the part of the show where Lucy says she's glad
(00:43):
she doesn't have kids. You know what I'm doing for
my wife this Mother's Day weekend?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Hard to say, leaving her alone, you demand.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
I'm putting my kid in the car. He's got a
basketball tournament just outside of town, and we're gonna get
the heck out of the way. And my wife is
conflicted on that, like any mom would be. On one hand,
she's excited about the prospect of Wait a second, so
I can just do I don't have to do it, Like, no, no,
(01:18):
we're I'm gonna get all the laundry done before we go.
We're all done, and it's all great, and you can
do whatever you want. You just relax. You can watch
bad Hallmark Christmas movies. After all, it's May, and you
can we got the fancy bourbon. You can drink the
fancy bourbon all day if you want, no judgment. I'm
not even gonna be there, So you do whatever you want.
(01:41):
And she likes the idea of all that, but on
the same on the other hand, she's like, but but
my family. I want to have my family, Like we'll
be back on Sunday and we got dinner reservations on
Sunday night. That's what I'm doing.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
For my Well, that is a great thing to do,
and I think more people should do stuff like that.
I think a lot of moms don't really care about
these silly Hallmark holidays. If your kids want to get
together with you, they're going to get together with you.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
I think that it's worth mentioning, which part that you
don't have to wait for Mother's Day to do something
special for the mother's in your life, whether that's your wife,
the mother of your children, whether that is your mom,
your mama. I had dinner with my mom yesterday and
(02:35):
it was a fantastic experience, I tell you what. So
they had a they had a little Mother's Day buffet
for my mom. And because it's my mom, dinner was
at four forty five, and so.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
I can relate to that.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
All right, you know what, I'm fine. I have a
little light lunch after the little little brunch and I'll
be ready to go for dinner. And you know that
worked out great. So we had a very nice meal
and and then I'll go see her again on Sunday
when we come back into town. That's a great plan
with flowers. But this is something I do for my mom,
(03:23):
my wife. I do this all the time for them
because they deserve it.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Then why celebrate Mother's Day?
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Because because you do it all the time. It's I know,
but it's it's never a bad reminder. It's kind of like,
you know, why do I go to work on Friday?
I was just here yesterday. Well, because that's what you do.
It's all good. I guess fine, we need to honor
those who need to be honored, and sometimes you take
a little special occasion to do that. In fact, there's
something called the Omaha Impact Awards you're gonna hear about next.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Wait one thing, No.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Right, I was right on time for that break. But
that's okay.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
All I wanted to say is that I think you
should hon them all the time. I'm not saying don't
honor your parents. You made it sound like you should never.
I didn't want to celebrate Mother's Day because you should.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
It's stupid.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Sorry about the.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Break, Go now. I was saying that even though Lucy
does not ever want to honor parents. All right, let
me know if I put words in your mouth. I said,
there's a group here in town that is honoring our
unsung workers in Omaha, part of the Omaha Impact Awards.
We've got the creator of the Omaha Impact Awards, Lapora Lindsey,
(04:33):
is here. Lapora, Welcome to eleven to ten kfab.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Yes, thanks so much for having me, Scott, I appreciate.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
It great to have you here. And we've got Ashley
Bro who is the launch partner for the Omaha Impact Awards.
Ashley Bro welcome, Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Scott for having us.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
So when someone like when a kid says bro, do
you immediately always did your last name also get pronounced
occasionally bro?
Speaker 4 (04:56):
I was gonna say it's changed into bruh, but yes,
people usually the h bros is very common that they
love it.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
So sorry, I absolutely can't help it. Omaha Impact Awards
dot Com, Lapora, this is your your creation, tell me
about it. Yes.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
So this was something that was built on as being
a military spouse and moving around a lot and just
not getting a lot of recognition for the work that
I did, and I found that a lot of other
people were experiencing the same And then.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
You're talking about the work that you did as a
military spouse.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
Yes, well not even as a military spouse, but also
in the workforce and professional development. A lot of people saying, well,
you know, you're only going to be here for a
couple of years anyways, you don't really need to be promoted,
or you don't really need to be celebrated, a lot
of things like that. And I found that it wasn't
an isolated event just to me or even just to
military spouses. And I was able to meet Ashley, and
(05:52):
I think that we agreed on a lot of those things,
and so the Omaha Impact Awards was born.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
We always note that family members, especially spouses, that they
serve right along with the active duty military, especially if
that active duty military member is overseas. Yes, you're the spouse.
You don't know where they are. In many instances, you
haven't had a communication in a few days. Your mind
starts to want in some ways, it can be harder
(06:18):
on the spouse. God bless our military spouses.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
Thanks, I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
So you decided that we need to look at some
of these these unsung heroes, these workers in our community.
What are the tell me about the Omaha Impact Awards
in terms of who should be nominated. What nominations have
you received? Is this the first time we've done it.
Give me all those details. Yes, So we're a lot
of questions.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
Yeah, it is a lot of questions. I have actually
helped me out here. We're focusing in on blue collar,
frontline and operational employees. If we had to sum it up,
so another way I kind of think about it is
think about the jobs where if it's done really good,
we don't really say anything, but if it's terrible, you're
going to hear a comple and you're going to hear
it relatively quickly.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
These are the workers we take for granted.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Yes, one hundred percent we take for granted. And we
are finding that the nominations that are coming in are custodians,
security guards, coaches, instructors.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Absolutely, absolutely, so, so many different I'll let Ashley tap
in on this as well, but Ashley check in here.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
Yes, No, I was going to say, it is the
first of its kind within Omaha, and I think that's
why I attracted to it so quickly. Lapour and I
had met a few times prior and just kind of
became friends, and then she brought this idea to me.
And to your point, I want to recognize, we want
to recognize the people in Omaha that truly just bring
that impact every single day. Oftentimes they're not getting that
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light shine on them, and you know, they're just happy
to be there, They're happy to do their work. They
put that smile on their face, and we want to
recognize that because at the end of the day, that's
what keeps us moving, That's what keeps our community moving
and growing.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
So I love that. And one example I always think
about is this goes back few years here. If you're
not originally from Omaha, you never had a chance to
go to. The Ranch Bowl was fantastic, Oh lapoorl let
me tell you about it. It was a bowling alley,
but off the bowling alley there was a stage where
some of the coolest bands who would be some of
the biggest names in the world throughout the nineties would
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just come through town and play as kind of like
garage bands, So like Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, you know, bands
like that would play there before they got to be
big and gave us all the opportunity to say I
saw Nirvana there before they were big liars. There was
like eight people there. I wasn't one of them, but
it was the really cool place. So it was always
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packed and then usually at the end of the night
we would all let out and go across the street
down a little ways to Perkins. There was one night
where there was like, I guess they didn't feel like
there was gonna be that many people coming in. We
all go over to Perkins. The whole restaurant has packed
standing room only, and people didn't show up to work.
One person quit and essentially there was one guy running
(09:01):
around the restaurant serving everybody, smile on his face apologizing.
We're like, you're good, dude, Sorry, don't worry about it.
And that guy was working his tail off. I called
his manager the next day and said, give him whatever
you're paying him, double it. This guy was so great
last night. And you're right. People take workers for granted.
(09:24):
It seems like we always complained about the ones like
you didn't do a good job, but we don't often
take the opportunity to recognize and highlight and thank those
who are doing a great job. So someone wins an
Omaha Impact Award, what do they get? Eight nine million dollars?
What do they get?
Speaker 3 (09:41):
They absolutely deserve it, s guy. Absolutely. This is the
first year, so you know, we got to start somewhere. Yes,
but we have different items that's going in a swag bag,
different awards, plaques, certifications, oh.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
My god, certificates.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
Yes, what are some other items that we have to
on there?
Speaker 4 (10:00):
Again, I'm also partnering with local community, local restaurants, so
again making sure that not only these people are recognized,
but also have the opportunity to hang out with the
people that got them there. So as they're celebrating themselves
at this award ceremony. They're also able to bring up
partner or spouse, maybe they're kiddo that really helped them through,
So again really collaborating with other people and sharing those
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amazing stories.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
Well, this is the last week. Push for nominations.
Speaker 4 (10:23):
Yeah, get them in, get them in.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
What goes into a nomination?
Speaker 3 (10:28):
You know, I think it takes ten minutes, max. And
I know people like to try to cut the time short,
but I don't want to cut it short because you
put in your contact information. But then there's two questions
that people have to answer, and those two questions are basically,
how has this person made an impact in the work
that they do and how do they go above and beyond?
It's worded slightly differently, but I really, we really want
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people to take the time to answer those questions, tell
those stories, Tell the stories, because without that voice, there's
no possible way that the selection committee is going to know, Hey,
this is the type of impact that this person is making.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
So yes, Lapura, Lindsey Ashley bro Omaha Impact Awards dot Com.
Do you have stories along the lines of my Little
Perkins story there from your background or maybe as recently
as this morning, where you say that's the kind of
person who should win an Omaha Impact Award.
Speaker 4 (11:23):
Yes, yes, I would say both. I think Lapoura and
I both just have background. My parents worked with I
should say my grandparents worked you know, down on el
Street and the kmart when it used to be down
there in the stockyards. And my husband owns a small business.
So seeing those those people show, you know, work from
five am to seven pm every single day, just wanting
to recognize that. But also I've told Lapora my husband
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has gone out of his way and I just love
to see this and I'm excited for other people to
get involved to again, as your Perkins story, I have
seen so many waitresses, cashiers, gas attendants, so many daycare
teachers that have gone above and beyond. And I think
that even reading the stories that we've gotten currently on
our nominations, we are so thrilled that they're being shared.
(12:07):
And to your point, I can't think of one because
I have so many stories of again, restaurant people who
just smiled through who went above and beyond. I can
think of and organizations at Porky Butts, I just walked
in and they were like we want to be a
part of this.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
We love it.
Speaker 4 (12:21):
So I just think this this Omaha community, we constantly
have people Scott showing up as that Perkinsky. We just
need to make sure we're shining the light on them.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Yeah, Labora absolutely well. I mean there's this one story.
I can't nominate the person because I don't I don't
live there anymore. This is back when we lived in
New Jersey and I always used to go to this
one store and this guy who was a stalker. He
not like stalking me, but like stalking inventory stalker s. Yes,
absolutely so at the time, I was looking for eggs
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and this is when like the price of eggs were
like sky high, and I'm just you know, la la
la la, just grabbing and as I'm reaching for it,
he's like, oh no, no, no, don't get those eggs.
And I'm like whoa, Like, what's happening to here? Like
are these eggs like contaminated. He's like no, no, no,
that's not the better price of the eggs, and I'm like,
(13:13):
oh okay. So then he then redirects me to a
better price and I'm like, dude, I don't know if
you're gonna lose your job over this, but thank you.
And that's the kind of stuff that he did all
of the time. And so it's not even something that's like,
doesn't have to be astronomical to someone outside of that situation,
but to someone who's trying to just get through the
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day to have that kind act of that type of
act of kindness, like, that's the type of stuff that
we're looking for.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
Ye, to look out for each other.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
Yes, which absolutely, I.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Don't know if you've paid any attention to the news lately.
We're not great at doing that anymore. Yes, yeah, yeah.
I always say I don't care for whom you vote.
I care how you treat people who vote differently than you.
And even better if we don't don't lead with that, like,
let's not find things to fight about and find divisions.
Let's just we're all trying to get through the day.
(14:08):
Here to laugh, cry, get through the day together, and
recognize those workers who often don't get that recognition. It's
always great. I love those stories when you have like
a school custodian who at the end of the year,
and you'll see this here the next few weeks, someone
retires after working for a school district for fifty years
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and they give them a car or something like that.
I love those stories. I'm a sucker for those stories.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
So hope.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
So nominate that person in your sphere of influence. Yes,
and the Omaha Impact Awards dot com website. And then
there's an actual Impact Awards ceremony coming up right.
Speaker 3 (14:49):
Yes, September nineteenth, Saturday, September nineteenth, the Thompson Alumni Center.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
You O great? Yes, yes, can you make a reservation
right now for that?
Speaker 3 (14:59):
No, tickets aren't.
Speaker 4 (15:00):
Tickets are on sale yet, but they will be. And
I think to your point, Scott, of recognizing those people,
I am going to add in of that brunch. Oftentimes
when people do nominate people or you know, it's the title,
or it's the big company that gets the fancy award
or the big check.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
This is about the person.
Speaker 4 (15:16):
This is about the individual person who showed up, who
did the work, who made that impact. And we are
so excited to shine, as I say over and over,
to shine the light on those actions that truly made
an impact in the community and organization itself.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
So you know who that is at our radio station,
Lucy Chapman.
Speaker 3 (15:32):
Oh, then we'll see a nomination, that nomination.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Coming unsung hero here at this radio station, and she
does so much throughout the day, and she does it
with a smile on her face, even though I know
that she wants to throw all of us in the
dumpster behind the building.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
It's not big enough.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Though. We're going to come back to you for another
traffic update in just a moment, but I want you
to go to Omaha Impact Awards dot com. You can
see about this. Think about this. You got a week
and maybe to this point you don't have that story.
But perhaps you go out this next week thinking a
little differently about the people with whom you interact and
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and say, you know what, every time I take, for example,
the shuttle bus from where I park to go to
the airport and go to the airport, seems like running
into this guy a lot. And he's always really fun
and by the way, he's got KFAB radio on. He's
super good dude. You know what, maybe it should it
should put him up for the Impact Awards. So think
about that. It just be kinder, gentler and nicer to everyone.
(16:34):
All right now. I think what it'll be really funny
is at the Impact Award banquet in September. We also
take nominations for people who are doing a horrible job. Oh,
because that'd be funny. So that'd be a funny story. Like, hey,
this guy, he always go up to work, but he
wouldn't do any work. He was just at this furniture store.
He gets stoned on the stainmaster and he'd fall asleep
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in a a warehouse room in the back. We want
to recognize him different, I guess, and he would show up,
he'd be happier than the guy that got the Impact towards, like,
hey man, thanks appreciate it. You know these guys they
managed through too. Yeah, you know we all have our thing.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
That is Ashley bro Lapoora Lindsay with the OMAHA Impact Awards.
This is a great thing you're doing. Thanks so much.
Thank you, Omaha Impact Awards dot com. Scot Fords News
Radio eleven ten k FA
I'm Scott for He's just there's Lucy Chapman. This is
news Radio eleven ten kfab. I wish they wouldn't put
out these articles that say, moms, if you got paid
for everything you did and raising these kids, that you
should be paid a salary of one hundred and eighty
thousand dollars a year. That's the latest going rate for
(00:20):
being a mom. One hundred and eighty thousand dollars a year.
I wish they wouldn't do that because you're not going
to be paid any of that. You will not see
one dime of any of that. But boy, what you
make up for in never being thanked being taken for
granted being taken. I mean, that's priceless. Right now, here's
the part of the show where Lucy says she's glad
(00:43):
she doesn't have kids. You know what I'm doing for
my wife this Mother's Day weekend?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Hard to say, leaving her alone, you demand.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
I'm putting my kid in the car. He's got a
basketball tournament just outside of town, and we're gonna get
the heck out of the way. And my wife is
conflicted on that, like any mom would be. On one hand,
she's excited about the prospect of Wait a second, so
I can just do I don't have to do it, Like, no, no,
(01:18):
we're I'm gonna get all the laundry done before we go.
We're all done, and it's all great, and you can
do whatever you want. You just relax. You can watch
bad Hallmark Christmas movies. After all, it's May, and you
can we got the fancy bourbon. You can drink the
fancy bourbon all day if you want, no judgment. I'm
not even gonna be there, So you do whatever you want.
(01:41):
And she likes the idea of all that, but on
the same on the other hand, she's like, but but
my family. I want to have my family, Like we'll
be back on Sunday and we got dinner reservations on
Sunday night. That's what I'm doing.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
For my Well, that is a great thing to do,
and I think more people should do stuff like that.
I think a lot of moms don't really care about
these silly Hallmark holidays. If your kids want to get
together with you, they're going to get together with you.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
I think that it's worth mentioning, which part that you
don't have to wait for Mother's Day to do something
special for the mother's in your life, whether that's your wife,
the mother of your children, whether that is your mom,
your mama. I had dinner with my mom yesterday and
(02:35):
it was a fantastic experience, I tell you what. So
they had a they had a little Mother's Day buffet
for my mom. And because it's my mom, dinner was
at four forty five, and so.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
I can relate to that.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
All right, you know what, I'm fine. I have a
little light lunch after the little little brunch and I'll
be ready to go for dinner. And you know that
worked out great. So we had a very nice meal
and and then I'll go see her again on Sunday
when we come back into town. That's a great plan
with flowers. But this is something I do for my mom,
(03:23):
my wife. I do this all the time for them
because they deserve it.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Then why celebrate Mother's Day?
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Because because you do it all the time. It's I know,
but it's it's never a bad reminder. It's kind of like,
you know, why do I go to work on Friday?
I was just here yesterday. Well, because that's what you do.
It's all good. I guess fine, we need to honor
those who need to be honored, and sometimes you take
a little special occasion to do that. In fact, there's
something called the Omaha Impact Awards you're gonna hear about next.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Wait one thing, No.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Right, I was right on time for that break. But
that's okay.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
All I wanted to say is that I think you
should hon them all the time. I'm not saying don't
honor your parents. You made it sound like you should never.
I didn't want to celebrate Mother's Day because you should.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
It's stupid.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Sorry about the.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Break, Go now. I was saying that even though Lucy
does not ever want to honor parents. All right, let
me know if I put words in your mouth. I said,
there's a group here in town that is honoring our
unsung workers in Omaha, part of the Omaha Impact Awards.
We've got the creator of the Omaha Impact Awards, Lapora Lindsey,
(04:33):
is here. Lapora, Welcome to eleven to ten kfab.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Yes, thanks so much for having me, Scott, I appreciate.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
It great to have you here. And we've got Ashley
Bro who is the launch partner for the Omaha Impact Awards.
Ashley Bro welcome, Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Scott for having us.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
So when someone like when a kid says bro, do
you immediately always did your last name also get pronounced
occasionally bro?
Speaker 4 (04:56):
I was gonna say it's changed into bruh, but yes,
people usually the h bros is very common that they
love it.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
So sorry, I absolutely can't help it. Omaha Impact Awards
dot Com, Lapora, this is your your creation, tell me
about it. Yes.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
So this was something that was built on as being
a military spouse and moving around a lot and just
not getting a lot of recognition for the work that
I did, and I found that a lot of other
people were experiencing the same And then.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
You're talking about the work that you did as a
military spouse.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
Yes, well not even as a military spouse, but also
in the workforce and professional development. A lot of people saying, well,
you know, you're only going to be here for a
couple of years anyways, you don't really need to be promoted,
or you don't really need to be celebrated, a lot
of things like that. And I found that it wasn't
an isolated event just to me or even just to
military spouses. And I was able to meet Ashley, and
(05:52):
I think that we agreed on a lot of those things,
and so the Omaha Impact Awards was born.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
We always note that family members, especially spouses, that they
serve right along with the active duty military, especially if
that active duty military member is overseas. Yes, you're the spouse.
You don't know where they are. In many instances, you
haven't had a communication in a few days. Your mind
starts to want in some ways, it can be harder
(06:18):
on the spouse. God bless our military spouses.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
Thanks, I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
So you decided that we need to look at some
of these these unsung heroes, these workers in our community.
What are the tell me about the Omaha Impact Awards
in terms of who should be nominated. What nominations have
you received? Is this the first time we've done it.
Give me all those details. Yes, So we're a lot
of questions.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
Yeah, it is a lot of questions. I have actually
helped me out here. We're focusing in on blue collar,
frontline and operational employees. If we had to sum it up,
so another way I kind of think about it is
think about the jobs where if it's done really good,
we don't really say anything, but if it's terrible, you're
going to hear a comple and you're going to hear
it relatively quickly.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
These are the workers we take for granted.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Yes, one hundred percent we take for granted. And we
are finding that the nominations that are coming in are custodians,
security guards, coaches, instructors.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Absolutely, absolutely, so, so many different I'll let Ashley tap
in on this as well, but Ashley check in here.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
Yes, No, I was going to say, it is the
first of its kind within Omaha, and I think that's
why I attracted to it so quickly. Lapour and I
had met a few times prior and just kind of
became friends, and then she brought this idea to me.
And to your point, I want to recognize, we want
to recognize the people in Omaha that truly just bring
that impact every single day. Oftentimes they're not getting that
(07:43):
light shine on them, and you know, they're just happy
to be there, They're happy to do their work. They
put that smile on their face, and we want to
recognize that because at the end of the day, that's
what keeps us moving, That's what keeps our community moving
and growing.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
So I love that. And one example I always think
about is this goes back few years here. If you're
not originally from Omaha, you never had a chance to
go to. The Ranch Bowl was fantastic, Oh lapoorl let
me tell you about it. It was a bowling alley,
but off the bowling alley there was a stage where
some of the coolest bands who would be some of
the biggest names in the world throughout the nineties would
(08:18):
just come through town and play as kind of like
garage bands, So like Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, you know, bands
like that would play there before they got to be
big and gave us all the opportunity to say I
saw Nirvana there before they were big liars. There was
like eight people there. I wasn't one of them, but
it was the really cool place. So it was always
(08:38):
packed and then usually at the end of the night
we would all let out and go across the street
down a little ways to Perkins. There was one night
where there was like, I guess they didn't feel like
there was gonna be that many people coming in. We
all go over to Perkins. The whole restaurant has packed
standing room only, and people didn't show up to work.
One person quit and essentially there was one guy running
(09:01):
around the restaurant serving everybody, smile on his face apologizing.
We're like, you're good, dude, Sorry, don't worry about it.
And that guy was working his tail off. I called
his manager the next day and said, give him whatever
you're paying him, double it. This guy was so great
last night. And you're right. People take workers for granted.
(09:24):
It seems like we always complained about the ones like
you didn't do a good job, but we don't often
take the opportunity to recognize and highlight and thank those
who are doing a great job. So someone wins an
Omaha Impact Award, what do they get? Eight nine million dollars?
What do they get?
Speaker 3 (09:41):
They absolutely deserve it, s guy. Absolutely. This is the
first year, so you know, we got to start somewhere. Yes,
but we have different items that's going in a swag bag,
different awards, plaques, certifications, oh.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
My god, certificates.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
Yes, what are some other items that we have to
on there?
Speaker 4 (10:00):
Again, I'm also partnering with local community, local restaurants, so
again making sure that not only these people are recognized,
but also have the opportunity to hang out with the
people that got them there. So as they're celebrating themselves
at this award ceremony. They're also able to bring up
partner or spouse, maybe they're kiddo that really helped them through,
So again really collaborating with other people and sharing those
(10:20):
amazing stories.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
Well, this is the last week. Push for nominations.
Speaker 4 (10:23):
Yeah, get them in, get them in.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
What goes into a nomination?
Speaker 3 (10:28):
You know, I think it takes ten minutes, max. And
I know people like to try to cut the time short,
but I don't want to cut it short because you
put in your contact information. But then there's two questions
that people have to answer, and those two questions are basically,
how has this person made an impact in the work
that they do and how do they go above and beyond?
It's worded slightly differently, but I really, we really want
(10:51):
people to take the time to answer those questions, tell
those stories, Tell the stories, because without that voice, there's
no possible way that the selection committee is going to know, Hey,
this is the type of impact that this person is making.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
So yes, Lapura, Lindsey Ashley bro Omaha Impact Awards dot Com.
Do you have stories along the lines of my Little
Perkins story there from your background or maybe as recently
as this morning, where you say that's the kind of
person who should win an Omaha Impact Award.
Speaker 4 (11:23):
Yes, yes, I would say both. I think Lapoura and
I both just have background. My parents worked with I
should say my grandparents worked you know, down on el
Street and the kmart when it used to be down
there in the stockyards. And my husband owns a small business.
So seeing those those people show, you know, work from
five am to seven pm every single day, just wanting
to recognize that. But also I've told Lapora my husband
(11:45):
has gone out of his way and I just love
to see this and I'm excited for other people to
get involved to again, as your Perkins story, I have
seen so many waitresses, cashiers, gas attendants, so many daycare
teachers that have gone above and beyond. And I think
that even reading the stories that we've gotten currently on
our nominations, we are so thrilled that they're being shared.
(12:07):
And to your point, I can't think of one because
I have so many stories of again, restaurant people who
just smiled through who went above and beyond. I can
think of and organizations at Porky Butts, I just walked
in and they were like we want to be a
part of this.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
We love it.
Speaker 4 (12:21):
So I just think this this Omaha community, we constantly
have people Scott showing up as that Perkinsky. We just
need to make sure we're shining the light on them.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Yeah, Labora absolutely well. I mean there's this one story.
I can't nominate the person because I don't I don't
live there anymore. This is back when we lived in
New Jersey and I always used to go to this
one store and this guy who was a stalker. He
not like stalking me, but like stalking inventory stalker s. Yes,
absolutely so at the time, I was looking for eggs
(12:53):
and this is when like the price of eggs were
like sky high, and I'm just you know, la la
la la, just grabbing and as I'm reaching for it,
he's like, oh no, no, no, don't get those eggs.
And I'm like whoa, Like, what's happening to here? Like
are these eggs like contaminated. He's like no, no, no,
that's not the better price of the eggs, and I'm like,
(13:13):
oh okay. So then he then redirects me to a
better price and I'm like, dude, I don't know if
you're gonna lose your job over this, but thank you.
And that's the kind of stuff that he did all
of the time. And so it's not even something that's like,
doesn't have to be astronomical to someone outside of that situation,
but to someone who's trying to just get through the
(13:34):
day to have that kind act of that type of
act of kindness, like, that's the type of stuff that
we're looking for.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
Ye, to look out for each other.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
Yes, which absolutely, I.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Don't know if you've paid any attention to the news lately.
We're not great at doing that anymore. Yes, yeah, yeah.
I always say I don't care for whom you vote.
I care how you treat people who vote differently than you.
And even better if we don't don't lead with that, like,
let's not find things to fight about and find divisions.
Let's just we're all trying to get through the day.
(14:08):
Here to laugh, cry, get through the day together, and
recognize those workers who often don't get that recognition. It's
always great. I love those stories when you have like
a school custodian who at the end of the year,
and you'll see this here the next few weeks, someone
retires after working for a school district for fifty years
(14:28):
and they give them a car or something like that.
I love those stories. I'm a sucker for those stories.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
So hope.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
So nominate that person in your sphere of influence. Yes,
and the Omaha Impact Awards dot com website. And then
there's an actual Impact Awards ceremony coming up right.
Speaker 3 (14:49):
Yes, September nineteenth, Saturday, September nineteenth, the Thompson Alumni Center.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
You O great? Yes, yes, can you make a reservation
right now for that?
Speaker 3 (14:59):
No, tickets aren't.
Speaker 4 (15:00):
Tickets are on sale yet, but they will be. And
I think to your point, Scott, of recognizing those people,
I am going to add in of that brunch. Oftentimes
when people do nominate people or you know, it's the title,
or it's the big company that gets the fancy award
or the big check.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
This is about the person.
Speaker 4 (15:16):
This is about the individual person who showed up, who
did the work, who made that impact. And we are
so excited to shine, as I say over and over,
to shine the light on those actions that truly made
an impact in the community and organization itself.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
So you know who that is at our radio station,
Lucy Chapman.
Speaker 3 (15:32):
Oh, then we'll see a nomination, that nomination.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Coming unsung hero here at this radio station, and she
does so much throughout the day, and she does it
with a smile on her face, even though I know
that she wants to throw all of us in the
dumpster behind the building.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
It's not big enough.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Though. We're going to come back to you for another
traffic update in just a moment, but I want you
to go to Omaha Impact Awards dot com. You can
see about this. Think about this. You got a week
and maybe to this point you don't have that story.
But perhaps you go out this next week thinking a
little differently about the people with whom you interact and
(16:12):
and say, you know what, every time I take, for example,
the shuttle bus from where I park to go to
the airport and go to the airport, seems like running
into this guy a lot. And he's always really fun
and by the way, he's got KFAB radio on. He's
super good dude. You know what, maybe it should it
should put him up for the Impact Awards. So think
about that. It just be kinder, gentler and nicer to everyone.
(16:34):
All right now. I think what it'll be really funny
is at the Impact Award banquet in September. We also
take nominations for people who are doing a horrible job. Oh,
because that'd be funny. So that'd be a funny story. Like, hey,
this guy, he always go up to work, but he
wouldn't do any work. He was just at this furniture store.
He gets stoned on the stainmaster and he'd fall asleep
(16:57):
in a a warehouse room in the back. We want
to recognize him different, I guess, and he would show up,
he'd be happier than the guy that got the Impact towards, like,
hey man, thanks appreciate it. You know these guys they
managed through too. Yeah, you know we all have our thing.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
That is Ashley bro Lapoora Lindsay with the OMAHA Impact Awards.
This is a great thing you're doing. Thanks so much.
Thank you, Omaha Impact Awards dot com. Scot Fords News
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