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Message to Our Members

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A Capitol Fourth 2015 Saturday, July 4 at 7 & 8:30 p.m. CT on NET Set against the silhouettes of national landmarks – the U.S. Capitol, the Washington Monument and the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials – the skyline of our nation’s capital will shine with vibrant and booming pyrotechnics in America’s premier Independence Day holiday concert. Featuring an all-star musical line-up, A Capitol Fourth 2015 is broadcast live from the West Lawn of the United States Capitol before a concert audience of hundreds of thousands, millions more at home, as well as to our troops serving around the world on the American Forces Network.

Debbie HamlettAssistant General Manager, Development & MarketingProud NET Member

Omaha Gives $ 8,163 Give to Lincoln Day $21,717

Thanks for Giving!

(Totals do not include 2015 matching gifts.)

Here at NET, we celebrate the New Year twice – once on Jan. 1, and again when our new fiscal year begins on July 1. Right now, I can tell you that preliminary figures show NET completed a very successful year. You play a critical role in supporting the service we provide every day to all Nebraskans – thank you! (We’ll outline all the details in the annual report that will be included in the September issue of INSIDE NET.)

And, thank you to each of you who participated in the recent online Omaha Gives and Give to Lincoln Day campaigns. We are still waiting to hear how matching gifts will boost the amount NET receives.

Looking ahead, there are exciting new programs in the pipeline that everyone in Nebraska can enjoy! PBS highlighted many of them during its annual meeting in May:

• Big Blue Live – three nights broadcast live from the thriving ecosystem in California’s Monterey Bay

• Walt Disney – American Masters profiles the master storyteller and animator-extraordinaire

• Nature Cat – PBS Kids animated series encourages children to explore the outdoors

• Ready, Jet, Go! – PBS Kids animated series about astronomy inspires future scientists

• Ken Burns: Jackie Robinson – the man who lifted a nation as he crossed baseball’s color line

And from right here in Nebraska, you’ll enjoy new seasons of Nebraska Stories and Big Red Wrap-Up; a new NET Television documentary giving voice to Willa Cather’s lost letters; NET News specials examining death penalty controversy and prison reform; and in August – Discovering Nebraska invites you to explore hidden gems across the state.

This is just a small bit of what’s coming to your screen – and what’s possible when you support NET. Join us on television, radio and online to see how NET connects you to Nebraska and the world.

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Upcoming NET Programs

Captain Poldark Rides Again! Poldark on Masterpiece Continues through Aug. 2 Sundays at 8 p.m. CT on NET Thursdays at 10 p.m. CT on NET With a scar across his face as a souvenir, the Revolutionary War hero is home in Cornwall and facing new challenges. First, everyone assumed he’d been killed in action – but he’s very much alive and the town is learning more about this headstrong adventurer! Poldark is at work repaying his father’s debts, repairing his property and reopening his abandoned copper mine, which either holds his salvation or his ruin. And, he finds a beautiful woman just as impulsive as he is to share the twists and turns of his eventful new life.

Live from Lincoln North Star High SchoolMonday, July 20

Girls – 6 p.m. CT on NET World (NET2) Boys – 8 p.m. CT on NET World (NET2)

NEBRASKA All-Star High SchoolBASKETBALL

Streamed at netNebraska.org and on the NET Nebraska App

NEBRASKA All-Star High SchoolVOLLEYBALL

Tuesday, July 217 p.m. CT on NET World (NET2)

Streamed at netNebraska.org and on the NET Nebraska App

Live from Lincoln North Star High School

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PRIMETIME July 1-7 First Peoples: Asia and Australia Wednesday, July 1 at 8 p.m. CT on NET Discover the ancient humans who were living across Asia when Homo sapiens arrived, and how Homo sapiens survived and populated Australia.

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Operation Wild An operation transforms the life of a young gorilla

First Peoples: Asia and Australia Discover ancient humans living across much of Asia and how Homo sapiens survived alone in Australia.

Jewel in the Crown Details of Merrick’s death are revealed and Muslims are killed on a besieged train.

Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Denver

Foyle’s War: Broken Souls (Part One)A staff member at the psychiatric hospital is found dead.

Nebraska Stories Restoring railroad history

Ethan Presents: A Celebration of America

A Capitol Fourth 2015 America’s premier Independence Day celebration

A Capitol Fourth 2015

Last Tango in Halifax Alan lets Celia into his secret about Gary, but is saddened when Celia punishes Caroline.

Poldark on Masterpiece (Part Three)Rumors fly about a scandalous relationship between Ross and Demelza.

Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Tulsa Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Des Moines

Backyard Farmer Tips and tricks for keeping your lawn and garden growing in the summer heat

American Experience: Abolitionists: (Part One) Shared voices about slavery come together and powerful leaders begin a movement.

Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country Cooking with Nick Stellino

Joanne Weir Gets Fresh

Martha Stewart’s Cooking School

America’s Test Kitchen

Martin Yan’s Taste of Vietnam




George Hirsch Lifestyle

Farm with Ian Knauer

Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen

Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way











POV: The Over-nighters (5:30)

FRONTLINE: Growing Up Trans

Now What? Putting Prevention into Elder & Dementia Care

Unheard Journey of Deaf Nebraskans

Consider This...

Mount Rushmore: American Experience Following Dreams People pursuing their own path

Liberty or Death Defining the American Revolution

Anthem The story behind the “Star Spangled Banner”

Operation Wild An operation transforms the life of a gorilla.

Appalachians A history of the mountains and the people

Voices: Untold Stories of Mental Illness Local USA Through the Past

Nebraska Stories Railroad history

America ReFramed The Perfect Victim Nebraska’s Death Penalty: What’s Next?

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Foyle’s War: Broken Souls, Part One Friday, July 3 at 7 p.m. CT on NET As WWII reaches its emotional conclusion, a staff member of the local military psychiatric hospital is found dead and Foyle is called in to solve the mystery.

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Battle Castle Chateau GaillardMultiple walls, deep moats and ingenious geometry terrify any foe.

Globe Trekker: Tough Trains: Siberia

Agatha Christie’s Poiro: Four and Twenty Blackbirds The sleuth investigates an artist’s death.

Poldark on Masterpiece (Part Two)When the local mine closes, Ross re-solves to reopen his family’s old mine.

Consider This...

Best of the Boston Pops A musical history of the orchestra

Washington Week with Gwen Ifill

Charlie Rose - The Week

As Time Goes By

Nebraska Stories Social Medicine & More

Vicious A dinner party disaster

Austin City Limits: Eric Church

Crimson Field (Part Three) Thomas wrestles with a growing attraction to Kitty.

Prime Suspect Jane Tennison feels she has once again been discrimi-nated against.

Live From the Artists Den: Jason Mraz

POV: Tough Love Unfit parents want to regain custody of their children.

Nebraska’s Death Penalty: What’s Next?

Medicine Game Native Americans play lacrosse

American Experience: Abolitionists (Part Two) A movement against slavery becomes a force that changed the nation.

FRONTLINE Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria

New Tricks Breadcrumbs

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Ask This Old House

Rick Steves’ Europe

Music Voyager: Memphis Mojo

Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country

Hometime Rick Steves’ Europe

Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions



This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe

Travelscope Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country


Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen

Cooking with Nick Stellino

Lidia’s Kitchen America’s Test Kitchen

Ask This Old House


Music Voyager: Nashville









PBS Newshour Nightly Business Report

DW News Charlie Rose





America ReFramed Before You Know It Liberty or Death

FRONTLINE: Solitary Nation Jail Talk Talking with inmates in a Tennessee jail

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PRIMETIME July 8-14 Forsyte Saga, Part One Thursday, July 9 at 7 p.m. CT on NET In upper-middle class England, the Forsyte family gathers to celebrate an embroiled engagement while a penniless woman agrees to marry a partner in the family law firm.

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Operation Wild A rhino receives a skin graft and micro-surgery restores an orangutan’s sight.

First Peoples Discover why Homo sapiens prevailed over our genetically similar cousins, the Neanderthals.

Forsyte Saga (Part One)An embroiled English engagement and an unlikely marriage proposal

Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Tulsa

Foyle’s War: Broken Souls (Part Two)A doctor’s murder turns up no shortage of suspects among the patients and staff.

American Masters: Harper Lee: Hey Boo Chronicles how To Kill a Mockingbird was writ-ten, providing the history of the South. >>

Doc Martin Ruth berates Margaret for being an unloving mother.

As Time Goes By Keeping Up Appearances

Last Tango in Halifax Celia builds bridges with Alan and accepts Gary.

Poldark on Masterpiece (Part Four)Demelza works hard to smooth her rough edges for an upcoming event.

Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Las Vegas

Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Providence

Backyard Farmer Trouble with tomatoes or pests in your petunias?

Abolitionists: American Experience: The Abolitionists, Part Three Ending slavery in America





A Chef’s Life Joanne Weir Gets Fresh



Sara’s Weeknight Meals

Grannies on Safari Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge

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POV: Tough Love (6:30) FRONTLINE: Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria

E.N. Thompson Cutting Carbon Emissions: Better Environment, Worst Economy?


American Experience: The Abolitionists (Part Two)

Whispers of Angels: A Story of the Under-ground Railroad

Independent Lens: The Trials of Muhammad Ali American Mosque

Operation Wild Rhino skin graft 1913: Seeds of Conflict Today’s Middle East conflict

Conducting Hope A men’s prison choir Local USA Sense of Place

Film School Shorts Express Yourself

America ReFramed Our Mockingbird Education of Harvey Gantt

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Backyard Farmer Tuesday, July 14 at 7 p.m. CT on NET Join the Backyard Farmer lawn and garden experts for sage advice about growing all things green and dealing with pests in the summer heat.

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NOVA: Why Sharks Attack Analyzing the hunting instincts of this predator could reduce deadly attacks

Battle Castle: Conwy Castle Edward I had an ambitious plan to build not just one castle but three.

Globe Trekker: The Netherlands

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Third Floor Flat Poirot investigates the murder of his new neighbor two flat floors below him.

Poldark on Masterpiece (Part Three)Rumors fly about a scandalous relation-ship between Ross and Demelza.

Consider This...




As Time Goes By

Masterpiece Mystery! Endeavour, Series I: Girl Could Morse’s future on the force be in jeopardy?

Vicious Ash falls in love

Austin City Limits: Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell

Crimson Field (Part Four) Kitty goes to a hotel to see Elliot Vincent – the husband on whom she cheated.

Prime Suspect Jane Tennison feels she has once again been discrimi-nated against.

Front and Center Hunter Hayes

POV: Web Junkie Preferring the virtual world to the real one


Ethan Presents: a Celebration of America

My Louisiana Love Houma Indian family reunites

Blackout: American Experience What happened in New York City when the lights went out in summer 1977

FRONTLINE Escaping ISIS New Tricks The Queen’s Speech

Ask This Old House


Music Voyager: Tennessee Special








Journeys in India Grannies on Safari Music Voyager: Delhi

Healthful Indian Flavors - Alamelu


Ask This Old House


Music Voyager: Israel: Voices




Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope












America ReFramed The Perfect Victim Calling My Children

Independent Lens: Muhammad Ali

FRONTLINE: Prison State Oil Calling Operation Wild





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PRIMETIME July 15-21 NOVA: Chasing Pluto Wednesday, July 15 at 8 p.m. CT on NET After a nine-year, three-billion mile journey, the New Horizons spacecraft flies by Pluto for a detailed view of the strange, icy world on the fringe of our solar system.

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Operation Wild Extreme dentistry on an elephant and surgery on a giant tortoise

NOVA: Chasing Pluto Our first clear views of Pluto’s icy surface

Forsyte Saga (Part Two)Conditions for marriage and chasing love

Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Las Vegas

Foyle’s War: All Clear (Part One)Foyle delves into secrets that the Allied forces wish to keep hidden.

Great Performances: Driving Miss Daisy A new stage revival of the popular film about the power of friendship

Doc Martin Martin watches sadly as Louisa and their baby leave for Spain.


Last Tango in Halifax A stranger helps Caroline cope with looking after baby Flora.

Poldark on Masterpiece (Part Five)Demelza plays Cupid and Ross joins with other mine owners to upset the status quo.

Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Madison Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Tampa

Backyard Farmer Bugs in your begonias or creatures on your cantaloupe? Our experts can help.

Humanity From Space Satellite data tells the story of humankind’s ascent from hunt-er-gatherer to dominant global species. >>








Moveable Feast-Fine Cooking

Katie Brown Workshop

Cooking 80/20 with Robin Shea

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POV: Web Junkie FRONTLINE: Escaping Isis


Consider This... Now What? Putting Prevention into Elder and Dementia Care

Blackout: American Experience Underground Railroad: The William Still Story

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

Queen of Swing Jazz trailblazer Norma Miller

Operation Wild Dentistry on an elephant

POV: Herman’s House >>

Nebraska All-Star High School Girls Basketball (6 p.m.)

Nebraska All-Star High School Volleyball

Nebraska All-Star High School Boys Basketball >>

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NET Create (NET3) Be inspired to taste, grow, imagine and explore! NET Create is your channel for expert advice on cooking, gardening, arts & crafts, home improvement and travel.

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To Catch a Comet Attempts to land an orbiter on the surface of a comet

Battle Castle: Malbork CastleStill the largest brick building in Europe

Globe Trekker: Building England I

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Triangle at Rhodes An enchanting beauty is poisoned while on the Greek island of Rhodes.

Poldark on Masterpiece (Part Four) Demelza works hard to smooth her rough edges for an upcoming event.

Consider This...

Nebraska Stories Social Medicine & More



As Time Goes By >> Driving Miss Daisy (continues)

Masterpiece Mystery! Endeavour, Series I: Fugue Endeavour meets his intellectual match and it seems only he can decipher a murderer’s cryptic clues.

Vicious An awkward anni-versary party

Austin City Limits: Queens of the Stone Age

Crimson Field (Part Five) Events draw Joan into danger, risking her profession and potentially her life.

Prime Suspect Shefford suffers a heart attack and Tennison assumes leadership.

Front and Center

POV: Return to Homs A young Syrian man goes from the soccer field to the battlefield.

Nebraska’s Death Penalty: What’s Next?


FRONTLINE: Drug Lord: The Legend of Shorty >> Humanity From Space (continues)

Ask This Old House


Music Voyager: Songs -Holy land









Taste the Islands with Chef Irie

Jazzy Vegetarian Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef

Cook’s Country America’s Test Kitchen

Ask This Old House


Music Voyager: Israel: Tel Aviv
















America ReFramed Our Mockingbird Education of Harvey Gantt

Mary Lou Williams: Swing the band

Global Voices My Perestroika Operation Wild

Nightly Business Report




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PRIMETIME July 22-28 Doc Martin – The First Episode Saturday, July 25 at 7 p.m. CT on NET See how it all began! Because of his aversion to blood, Doctor Martin Ellingham gives up his career as a London surgeon to open a new practice in Portwenn – but he’s not finding the idyllic seaside life he imagined.

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Life on the Reef (Part One) Follow green sea turtles returning to the Earth’s biggest reptilian breeding colony.

NOVA: Why Planes Vanish Can new tech-nology prevent the loss of aircraft like the Malaysia Airlines jet?

Forsyte Saga (Part Three) Though Soames tries desperately to keep her, Irene recoils from his entreaties.

Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Madison

Foyle’s War: All Clear (Part Two)A VE committee member is killed and Foyle sets out to uncover the murderer.

Great Performances: Dudamel Conducts a John Williams Celebration With The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s >>

Doc Martin The very first episode! Martin’s tactlessness causes mayhem in a small Cornish community.


Last Tango in Halifax Greg is a natural with Flora and a positive influence on Lawrence.

Poldark on Masterpiece (Part Six)Ross’s success and thirst for justice make him enemies in the community.

Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Charleston

Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Columbus

Backyard Farmer Experts answer your questions on this perennial favorite.

The Bomb The history of nuclear weapons and how they shaped our world since the atomic age began. >>








Rudy Maxa’s World

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POV: Return to Homs (6 pm)

FRONTLINE: Drug Lord: The Legend of Shorty

Consider This... Heuermann Lectures: Agriculture’s Role in Mitigating Global Challenges

Humanity From Space (6 pm)

Space Shuttle Columbia: Mission of Hope

Circus Dreams A movie journey from mud to magic Dreamers Theater Disabled teens

Life on the Reef (Part One) Follow sea turtles to their breeding colony.

Independent Lens: Evolution of a Criminal >>

Death and Politics at Attica Local USA Head Trauma at War

Film School ShortsSeparation Anxiety

America ReFramed Cambodian Son America By the Numbers

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The Bomb Tuesday, July 28 at 8 p.m. CT on NET State-of-the-art techniques turn declassified images into vivid, jaw-dropping footage in this powerful story about the most destructive invention in human history.

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NOVA: Sunken Ship Rescue The epic operation to secure, raise and salvage the Costa Concordia cruise ship.

Troubled Waters: A Mississippi River Story

Globe Trekker: Building England II

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Problem at Sea Poirot’s cruise is disrupted when a passenger is found murdered in her stateroom.

Poldark on Masterpiece (Part Five)Demelza plays Cupid and Ross joins mine owners to upset the status quo.

Consider This...

Nebraska Stories A Soldier’s Story. Reunion & More



As Time Goes By >> Great Performances(continues)

Masterpiece Mystery! Endeavour, Series I: Rocket A proud occasion for the people of Oxford ends with murder.

Film School Shorts Together Alone

Austin City Limits: Sarah Jarosz/The Milk Carton Kids

Crimson Field (Part Six) Joan is charged with aiding the enemy and faces a life-time in prison.

Prime Suspect When the body of a young girl is discovered in a shallow grave, Tennison investigates.

Front and Center Sara Evans & Martina McBride

POV: Tea Time Chilean women share 60 years of change.

Caring For Mom & Dad Who will take care of those who can no longer care for themselves?

Crying Earth Rise Up Uranium mining

Uranium - Twisting the Dragon’s Tail Details of uranium’s birth and life

New Tricks The Rock (Part 2 of 2)

Ask This Old House


Music Voyager: Istanbul Crossroads








Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s CountryThis Old House


Equitrekking Smart Travels - Pacific Rim

Travelscope America’s Test Kitchen

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Music Voyager: Cappadocia
















America ReFramed Mothers of Bedford Circus Dreams

Global Voices The Oath Life on the Reef>>Independent Lens: (continues)





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PRIMETIME July 29-30

NET KIDS SCHEDULEMONDAY-FRIDAY

6:00 am Caillou 6:30 am Arthur 7:00 am Odd Squad 7:30 am Wild Kratts 8:00 am Curious George 8:30 am Curious George 9:00 am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:30 am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:00 am Sesame Street 11:00 am Dinosaur Train 11:30 am Dinosaur Train NooN Peg + Cat 12:30 pm Peg + Cat 1:00 pm Super Why! 1:30 pm Thomas & Friends 2:00 pm Sesame Street (Half hour program) 2:30 pm Cat in the Hat 3:00 pm Curious George 3:30 pm Curious George 4:00 pm Arthur 4:30 pm Odd Squad 5:00 pm Wild Kratts 5:30 pm Wild Kratts

SUNDAY 6:00 am Barney & Friends 6:30 am Bob the Builder 7:00 am Curious George 7:30 am Curious George 8:00 am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 8:30 am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:00 am Sesame Street (Half hour program) 9:30 am Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood 10:00 am Clifford the Big Red Dog

NOVA: Nuclear Meltdown Disaster Wednesday, July 29 at 8 p.m. CT on NET Four years after an earthquake and tsunami triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the world watches as experts work to clean up radioactive disaster.

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Life on the Reef (Part Two) In the spring, corals spawn, sea birds nest and turtle hatchlings erupt over the beaches.

NOVA: Nuclear Meltdown Disaster Four years after an earthquake and tsunami, can Japan recover from nuclear disaster?

Forsyte Saga (Part Four) Irene abandons Soames for a destitute life as a music teacher.

Antiques Roadshow: The Incredible TheftA wealthy industrialist’s plan to snare a Nazi sympathizer goes awry.

Foyle’s War: The Russian House (Part One) Foyle is in London to locate a Russian POW suspected of murdering a renowned artist.

Virtuosity - The Cliburn The most gifted young pianists on the planet try to make a name for themselves. >>








POV: Tea Time FRONTLINE: The Trouble with Antibiotics

Uranium - Twisting the Dragon’s Tail Now What? Putting Prevention into Elder and Dementia Care

The Bomb The most destructive invention in history

In My Lifetime History of nuclear weapons

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NET World brings you PBS favorites, documentaries, NET Television local productions and NET News features.

NET Create features popular home, cooking, garden, how-to, travel and lifestyle series.

SATURDAY 6:00 am America’s Heartland 6:30 am Market to Market 7:00 am Market Journal 7:30 am American Woodshop 8:00 am Woodwright’s Shop 8:30 am Hometime 9:00 am This Old House 9:30 am Ask This Old House 10:00 am Garden Smart 10:30 am P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home 11:00 am Martha Bakes 11:30 am A Chef’s Life Noon Lidia’s Kitchen 12:30 pm America’s Test Kitchen 1:00 pm Sewing with Nancy 1:30 pm Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting 2:00 pm Quilting Arts 2:30 pm Best of the Joy of Painting 3:00 pm Backyard Farmer 4:00 pm Rick Steves’ Europe 4:30 pm Expeditions with Patrick McMillan 5:00 pm This Old House Hour 6:00 pm Lawrence Welk Show

Virtuosity – The Cliburn Friday, July 31 at 8 p.m. CT on NET Gifted young artists try to make a name for themselves at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

6:30 – 10:30 am – NET Kids (Schedule on page 12)

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Enola Gay’s Navigator: Theodore Dutch Van

Uranium - Twisting the Dragon’s Tail Uranium’s birth and life

Globe Trekker: Central Japan

Agatha Christie’s Poirot Poldark on Masterpiece (Part Six) Ross’s success and thirst for justice make him enemies in the community.

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Nebraska Stories Runway Magic

Washington Week with Gwen Ifil

As Time Goes By

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NET Radio Schedule NET Radio Main FM ScheduleAvailable anywhere with the NET Radio Nebraska App Monday-Friday 5:00 am Morning Edition - Neb. News at 6:44, 8:44 8:58 am Writers Almanac 9:03 am Morning Concert (Friday Live) NooN Afternoon Concert All About Books (Thursday at 12:04), Classics by Request (Friday at 1:00) 4:00 pm All Things Considered - Neb. News at 4:44 6:30 pm Fresh Air 7:30 pm Performance Today 9:30 pm Classical Music overnight Saturday

6:00 am On Being 7:00 am Weekend Edition - Neb. Humanities at 8:30 10:00 am Car Talk 11:00 am Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! NooN Marketplace Weekend 1:00 pm The Splendid Table 2:00 pm RadioLab 3:00 pm This American Life 4:00 pm Weekend All Things Considered 5:00 pm A Prairie Home Companion 7:00 pm The Thistle and Shamrock 8:00 pm Jazz Currents 10:00 pm Classical Music overnight Sunday

6:00 am Millennium of Music 7:00 am On Being 8:00 am Weekend Edition - Neb. Humanities at 9:30 10:00 am Car Talk 11:00 am A Prairie Home Companion 1:00 pm Nebraska Concerts 3:00 pm Travel with Rick Steves 4:00 pm Weekend All Things Considered 5:00 pm This American Life 6:00 pm Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! 7:00 pm The Verge 9:00 pm Music from Hearts of Space 11:00 pm Classical Music overnight

NET Radio HD-2 ScheduleAvailable with an HD Radio across most of Nebraska or anywhere with an Internet connection or with the NET Radio Nebraska App

HD-2 Monday-Friday 5:00 am Morning Edition - Neb. News at 6:44, 8:44 9:00 am On Point 11:00 am Fresh Air NooN Ask Me Another (M), RadioLab (T), TED Radio Hour (W), Snap Judgment (Th), Latino USA (F) 1:00 pm Here & Now 3:00 pm All Things Considered - Neb. News at 4:44 7:00 pm Jazz all evening & overnight HD-2 Saturday 8:00 am Weekend Edition - Neb. Humanities at 8:30 10:00 am Car Talk 11:00 am Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! NooN Marketplace Weekend 1:00 pm The Splendid Table 2:00 pm On Being 3:00 pm On the Media 4:00 pm Weekend All Things Considered 5:00 pm A Prairie Home Companion 7:00 pm Jazz all evening & overnight HD-2 Sunday 8:00 am Weekend Edition - Neb. Humanities at 9:30 10:00 am Car Talk 11:00 am A Prairie Home Companion 1:00 pm Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! 2:00 pm The Splendid Table 3:00 pm Fresh Air Weekends 4:00 pm Weekend All Things Considered 5:00 pm American Routes 7:00 pm The Verge 9:00 pm Jazz overnight

All aboard for a new episode of Nebraska Stories!

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A year after it was towed from California to Union Pacific’s railroad repair facility in Wyoming, NET revisits the largest steam locomotive in the world for an update on its restoration.

Every town had a team, but not every team had a town. NET checks out the Nebraska Baseball Hall of Fame in Beatrice to explore a time when independent baseball leagues played every Sunday on old ball diamonds across our state.

Former gang member, Fredy Rincon, is now a hard-working Nebraskan, part-time artist and married father of three. Last year, he was voted Best Emerging Visual Artist at the Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards. Rincon shares his portfolio and hopes with NET.

With the close of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the National Guard is implementing new methods to maintain troop preparedness. NET takes a look at how the Nebraska Army National Guard uses competition in training to stay ready for the next time soldiers go to war.

And, students from St. Joseph’s Catholic School in York take a field trip to Wessels Living History Farm near the edge of their town. From shelling corn by hand to eating pancakes fresh from a hot cob stove, they spend the day experiencing life as early 19th-century children.

Friday, July 3 at 8 p.m. CT on NET

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Project Extra Mile Recognizes NET Programs Two NET Television programs were recently honored with Media Awards from Project Extra Mile. Binge Drinking and Your Kids Are Drinking were recognized for their messages about teens and alcohol. Project Extra Mile is a statewide network of community partnerships in Nebraska working to prevent underage drinking. NET General Manager Mark Leonard accepted the awards during a recognition event in Omaha.

Friday, July 10 at 9 a.m. CT on NET Radio International Quilt Study Center and Museum 1523 N. 33rd St. Free and open to the public. Join NET Radio’s Genevieve Randall as she hosts Friday Live from the International Quilt Study Center and Museum in Lincoln on Friday, July 10. The doors open at 8:30 a.m. CT for light refreshments, and the show begins at 9 a.m. CT. If you can’t join the show in person, listen live on NET Radio; watch on NET World; or stream it at netNebraska.org/radio and on the NET Nebraska App. Randall will talk to Leslie Levy, center director and Carolyn Ducey, curator of collections, about the center’s expansion, a new digital gallery and two new exhibitions featuring quilts by Michael James. James will also be interviewed. Bassoons Across Nebraska will play live during Friday Live, and Andrew Norman from Hear Nebraska will preview the Good Living Tour, which features Nebraska bands performing in several Nebraska cities including Valentine, Imperial and Norfolk. Good Living Tour musician Dan McCarthy of the folk ensemble McCarthy Trenching will also play live during the show.

Meadowlark Music Festival Returns in JulyNET Radio is pleased to be a part of a summer tradition in Nebraska. The Meadowlark Music Festival returns July 10-18 with concerts and musical surprises in Lincoln, Grand Island and Hastings. The festival brings world-class chamber music to unique Nebraska settings.

“This festival began 15 years ago, and NET Radio has been a media partner from the beginning. Every year we look forward to seeing our NET Radio listeners at Meadowlark events,” said NET Radio Network Manager Nancy Finken. 2015 Meadowlark Music Festival Artists • Francois Rabbath Double Bass Virtuoso Winner of the prestigious Isaac Stern International Award • Anna Vayman Violinist Former Associate of the Russian Kirov Orchestra • Christian Howes Jazz Violinist • Mimmi Fulmer Soprano NET Radio records various Meadowlark Music Festival performances each year for broadcast. Visit netNebraska.org/radio for more details about the festival and a complete schedule.

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NET Television

An active Minuteman Missile field still exists in the southwestern corner of the Nebraska Panhandle. U.S. Air Force

Did You Know?

POV: Tough Love Monday, July 6 at 9 p.m. CT How do you prove you are responsible after you’ve been deemed an unfit parent? Having lost custody of their children, two parents fight to win back the trust of the courts and reunite their families.

POV: Web Junkie Monday, July 13 at 9 p.m. CT China has declared Internet addiction a national health crisis and is the first

In July on NET, PBS’s award-winning independent documentary series POV (Point of View) introduces extraordinarily strong and determined individuals, and takes you into the lives of characters on the frontlines of current events.

country in the world to classify this evolving diagnosis. Follow the treatment of obsessive gamers who prefer the virtual world to the real one. POV: Return to Homs Monday, July 20 at 9 p.m. CT War changes people, including 19-year-old Basset Saroot, who went from star goalkeeper for the Syrian national soccer team, to peaceful advocate for Arab Spring reforms, to armed insurgent.

POV: Tea Time Monday, July 27 at 9 p.m. CT Meet five Chilean women whose monthly gathering for tea and pastries is a ritual – one that has sustained them through 60 years of personal and societal change.

The Bomb Tuesday, July 28 at 8 p.m. CT on NET Using recently declassified images that have been transformed into vivid, jaw-dropping footage, The Bomb tells the history of nuclear weapons and how they shaped our world since the atomic age began. This powerful story about the most destructive invention in human history follows the weapon from its earliest test stages to its use as the ultimate chess piece in global politics. Explore how America developed the bomb, how it changed the world and how the world’s first mushroom cloud still looms large in our lives.

Spotlights People Making Transformations

Uranium – Twisting the Dragon’s Tail Tuesday, July 28 at 10 p.m. CT on NET Embark on an epic journey across the globe to explain the fascinating details of uranium’s birth and life. Host and physicist Dr. Derek Muller unlocks the mysteries of uranium, one of the Earth’s most controversial elements. Born from the collapse of a star, uranium has brought hope, progress and destruction – and revolutionized society from medicine to warfare.

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PBS is committed to giving audiences a front row seat, a backstage pass and the behind-the-scenes story. Friday evenings in July, tune in for the best in the arts on NET!

pbs.org/filmfestival

The 4th Annual PBS Online Film Festival continues through July 17. The festival features 25 short films in one exciting showcase.

The diverse films come from PBS member stations, the POV series and collaborations with public television producers. The online festival has attracted more than one million video streams in its first three years.

Some of the 25 films featured in the series include stories about a young man sitting Shiva (mourning) after his father’s death with strangers from the Internet, an inspired group of artists hoping to heal the divide between Mexico and the U.S. by turning the border into a giant canvas and a teenage female wrestler on an all-boy wrestling team facing her biggest challenge.

Friday, July 3 at 9 p.m. CT Best of the Boston Pops

Follow the orchestra’s 129-year history – from its beginning as summertime entertainment for Bostonians to its current role as a national icon and beloved institution.

Friday, July 10 at 8 p.m. CT Harper Lee: Hey Boo – American Masters

In honor of the release of her new novel, Go Set a Watchman, delve into a mysterious profile of To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee. It was her Alabama childhood that provided the inspiration for the classic novel.

Friday, July 17 at 8 p.m. CT Driving Miss Daisy

Starring the legendary duo of Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones, this new stage revival of the popular film moves audiences with a quiet message about the transformative power of friendship.

Friday, July 24 at 8 p.m. CT Dudamel Conducts a John Williams Celebration with the LA Philharmonic

The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s gala celebration of Williams’ achievements reunites him with violinist Itzhak Perlman and features many of Williams’ noted compositions.

Friday, July 31 at 8 p.m. CT Virtuosity – The Cliburn

Gifted young artists make a courageous journey as they try to make a name for themselves at the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

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To thank you for your generous support of NET, we create partnerships with Nebraska businesses and organizations that offer you members-only discounts. Visit participating museums, arts, cultural, dining and lodging venues, and they will welcome you with 2-for-1 savings and privileges that only come with your 12-month NET membership!

Visit netNebraska.org/membercard for a complete list of offers.

Featured Offers for July 2015 Grand Island Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer 3133 US Highway 34 July 2015: Valid for 2-for-1 admission, plus 10% off in the gift shop; not valid with other offers stuhrmuseum.org Omaha Shelterbelt Theatre 3225 California Street July 2015: Valid for 2-for-1 admission; excludes subscription sales and subject to availability shelterbelt.org Raymond James Arthur Vineyards 2001 W Raymond Road July 2015: Valid for 2-for-1 wine tasting and 10% off same-day purchases jamesarthurvineyards.com

NET MemberCard Pet Benefits

89 percent of Americans think PBS Kids is a trusted and safe place for children to watch television. - Caravan ORC International, Jan. 2015

Did You Know?

NET cares about your furry friends, too! The NET MemberCard offers discounts on grooming, veterinary care, boarding, training, doggie daycare, treats and toys from nearly 40 partners across the state.

Make Plans for a Happy, Healthy Summer with Your NET Kids!NET Kids wants children to be healthy this summer! “We know that a healthy body, healthy mind and healthy relationships all make up a healthy child. We want kids to get off the couch, get moving, make good food choices, exercise their minds and treat friends and family with kindness,” said Emily Nash, NET’s early childhood education specialist.

NET will be encouraging kids to participate in activities that create healthy habits on air, online and in a social media campaign.

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NET Kids and You

Wild Kratt Wednesdays Back in Creature Time Wednesday, July 1 at 7:30 a.m. & 5 p.m. CT on NET Brothers and wildlife explorers Martin and Chris Kratt are making Wednesdays “wild” on NET! They start the month with the one-hour special, Back in Creature Time – jumping back in time to meet extinct animals like dodo birds and Tasmanian tigers. Then, watch each Wednesday in July for back-to-back premiere episodes featuring adventures with the Kratts, including the first episode from the all new fourth season of Wild Kratts. Follow along as the Kratts hunt for insectivores, meet baby golden bamboo lemurs in Madagascar and take a pirate adventure on the Indian Ocean. (See page 12 for broadcast times.)

PBS Kids’ Mr. Steve to Visit Nebraska July 25

Make Plans for a Happy, Healthy Summer with Your NET Kids!Parents and caregivers can also visit pbskids.org/parents to find summertime games and crafts, adventures in learning, ideas to help kids get fit and healthy recipes.

This summer, NET Kids is also planning to work with families affected by food insecurity at food distribution sites in David City, Crete, Peru and Fairbury. “We will offer PBS Kids materials and resources from our mobile learning labs to at-risk children in those communities,” said Nash.

Llorente, C., & Pasnik, S. (2014), Peg + Cat Content StudyA Report to the CPB-PBS Ready To Learn Initiative, New York & Menlo Park, CA: EDC-SRI

Research shows that children’s exposure to Peg + Cat content leads to notable gains in their understanding of math concepts such as 3-D shapes and patterns.

Did You Know?

Mr. Steve and Hooper will be in Nebraska on Saturday, July 25 for free shows in Omaha and Lincoln. After each show, children and families can enjoy free educational activities and take pictures with Mr. Steve and Hooper. Omaha Saturday, July 25 at 10:30 a.m. Joslyn Art Museum (Free Admission) Witherspoon Concert Hall 2200 Dodge St. Lincoln Saturday, July 25 at 2:30 p.m. NET, Ron Hull Studio 1800 N. 33rd St.

Mr. Steve and the loveable animated guinea pig, Hooper, make learning an adventure every morning on NET Television. Entertaining and educational breaks around the PBS

Kids programs Curious George, Sid the Science Kid, Super Why! and Dinosaur Train

teach children critical ideas and thinking skills that help prepare them for kindergarten. Parent’s Choice Gold Award-winning music sensation Steve Songs joined PBS Kids as Mr. Steve in 2008, and his winsome smile, melodic voice and guitar have been delighting preschoolers ever since. Combining his two passions, music and kids, Mr. Steve believes he has “the coolest job ever!”

Although both shows are free and open to the public, reservations are required. 1-800-634-6788 netNebraska.org/mrsteve

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Omaha Press Club Honors NET Founder NET founder and former general manager John “Jack” McBride was one of seven Journalists of Excellence inducted into the Omaha Press Club Hall of Fame on June 6. For 43 years, McBride guided the development of what is now known as NET Television and NET Radio. His efforts helped build NET into one of the nation’s premier public broadcasting organizations. As a national and international consultant, McBride helped form other state networks and guided officials in Nigeria, Egypt and the Philippines as they developed public television systems. McBride died in 2008.

The Nebraska Legislature has approved and Gov. Pete Ricketts has signed a bill providing $385,000 in state funding to cover the replacement and installation costs of NET’s KTNE/Alliance television antenna, which serves viewers in the Nebraska Panhandle.

Channel 13 was knocked off the air on April 9 when the 10-ton antenna fell nearly 1,500 feet to the ground. A temporary antenna has partially restored service for viewers in an approximately 40-mile radius around the Alliance tower. NET is working with the State of Nebraska to order the new antenna and making preparations to have it installed. The entire process is expected to take several months.

“We realize the temporary signal does not restore service to Scottsbluff and the surrounding region and that is unfortunate,” said CEO & General Manager Mark Leonard. “But, we are working as quickly as possible to order and install the new antenna so NET can restore service to all of our viewers in the area.”The following counties are in the KTNE/Alliance coverage area: Arthur, Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff and Sioux.

The State’s Risk Management and Attorney General Offices are actively involved in assisting NET. Crews, engineers and insurance adjusters have been on site assessing the situation, and investigating possible causes of the antenna failure. The antenna was installed in 2008 and its life expectancy is usually at least 20 years.

Translators K06KR Crawford Channel 6 and K08LN Harrison Channel 8 are also off the air until the KTNE antenna replacement is complete. NET Television viewers in those areas are encouraged to watch programming online at netNebraska.org or pbs.org. The free NET Nebraska App can also be downloaded on a mobile device for live and on-demand viewing.

Our nation invests $1.35 per American, per year in public broadcasting. NET matches every dollar of this critical seed money with six dollars in locally-raised funds.

Did You Know?

KTNE/Alliance Television Antenna Will Be Replaced

Jack McBride’s son, Dave McBride, accepted the Omaha Press Club Hall of Fame award. (Photo credit: Gary Willis)

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LIFE ON THE REEF

It is Australia’s greatest natural icon and one of the richest and most complex ecosystems on earth. The Great Barrier Reef is home to a stunning array of animals, from microscopic plankton to 100-ton whales. Amid the reef’s coral cays and islands, human residents seek to find the critical balance between their needs and those of a diminishing natural world. Life on the Reef offers a breathtaking look at one of the world’s greatest natural treasures. Set against a backdrop of extraordinary marine habitats, three episodes take you above and beneath the waters to see how nature adapts to the changing seasons throughout the year. Life on the Reef airs at 7 p.m. CT on Wednesday, July 22; Wednesday, July 29; and Wednesday, Aug. 5 on NET.

Operation Wild Premieres Wednesday, July 1 at 7 p.m. CT on NET In an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at how pioneering human medicine can also transform the way to treat ailing wildlife, the three-part series Operation Wild tells the remarkable stories of animals in need and the dedicated caregivers who push the boundaries of veterinary medicine to help them. Operation Wild takes you on a compelling global journey

to see a gorilla recovering from being shot in the arm by poachers, life-saving surgery on a giraffe that caught his leg in a snare and efforts to improve the life of a dolphin with no tail. Plus, see how human heart technology is being used to prevent heart disease in chimpanzees and how micro-surgery saves the sight of an orangutan. Operation Wild airs at 7 p.m. CT on Wednesday, July 1; Wednesday July 8; and Wednesday, July 15 on NET.

Premieres Wednesday, July 22 at 7 p.m. CT on NET

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Donor Profile

“I promised myself that when I finally made some money, I would support public media and honor my family.”

Kevin Miller

By donating your unwanted car, boat, motorcycle, RV or farm equipment to NET you enjoy:

• Easy, no-hassle process • Tax deduction • Fast, free towing

Call 1-844-CAR-2-NET (844-227-2638)or downate online at netNebraska.org/cardonations

Teacher Makes Good on Promise By Mary Jane Winquest

Donate a Vehicle

Kevin Miller recently returned to Lincoln from Philadelphia where he retired from Bucks County schools. We met over chai lattes so that I could

learn more about this teacher and administrator who specializes in education of the deaf. Now a substitute teacher for Lincoln Public Schools and adjunct professor at Concordia University in Seward, Miller has immersed himself in his home town and NET.

He credits his mother for his love of reading and lifelong interest in education and his grandmother for his pull to PBS. “She would call me and tell me what was on channel 12,” he remembers.

In addition to being an NET member, Miller has put NET in his will. “I promised myself that when I finally made some money, I would support public media and honor my family,” he said.

When I asked him about his connection to public radio, Miller launched into a story from grad school in 1978. “I roomed with a really great Palestinian student from the West Bank. He and his friends listened to NPR for more in-depth international news. I got hooked.”

Miller clearly thrives on expanding his boundaries and admittedly has a touch of wanderlust. This itinerant teacher has called many places home – Nebraska, Kansas, Ohio and Colorado. As a visiting Fulbright scholar, he taught in Taiwan and Greece. As an educator and administrator, he has been part of the evolution of instructional methods for students who are deaf, always focusing on developing their language skills.

In “retirement,” Miller is a church volunteer, TeamMates mentor and academic author. He also loves the music on NET Radio. Earlier this year, he joined the Friday Live radio audience to hear American classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein perform live at NET.

“During a career where I was frequently on the move, there was always one constant in my life: NPR.”

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Television • RadioLearning Services • Technology Services

CEO: Mark Leonard ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER FOR DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING:Debbie Hamlett DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS: Cameron RisherEDITOR:Kim RogersCONTRIBUTING WRITERS:Sandi KarstensMary Jane WinquestMULTIMEDIA GRAPHIC DESIGNERS: Lisa CraigKristi KoserNET FOUNDATIONS FOR TELEVISION AND RADIO BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIR: Carol Russell, Omaha VICE CHAIR: Nicholas Baxter, OmahaSECRETARY/TREASURER: Mark Leonard, LincolnASST. TREASURER: Randal Hansen, LincolnASST. SECRETARY: Debbie Hamlett, Lincoln Michael Winkle, LincolnBOARD MEMBERS: Will Armstrong, Grand Island Lucy Buntain Comine, Lincoln Dana Falter, Lincoln Dr. William Griffin, Omaha Margaret Hornady-David, Grand Island Laura Jana, M.D., Omaha Steve Kiene, Lincoln Kris McElligott, Grand Island Dan O’Neill, North Platte Don Pederson, Lincoln Margaret Sibbitt, Hyannis Kathleen Thuman, LincolnNET COMMISSION CHAIR: Clay Smith, LincolnVICE CHAIR:J. Richard Shoemaker, Cambridge SECRETARY/TREASURER: Mark Leonard, LincolnASST. SECRETARY/TREASURER: Randal Hansen, LincolnCOMMISSIONERS: Dennis Baack, Lincoln Dr. Kenneth Bird, Omaha Dr. Matt Blomstedt, Lincoln Curt Frye, WayneMarilyn Hadley, Kearney Patricia Kircher, Omaha Dr. Fred Ohles, Lincoln Darlene Starman, Lincoln Dara Troutman, Lincoln

CONTACTS:NET Foundations for Television and Radio 1800 N. 33rd Street, Lincoln, NE 68503 netNebraska.org/foundation FOR INFORMATION CALL:800-634-6788 or 402-472-6788 NET is a proud member of

The mission of NET is to enrich lives and engage minds by connecting communities and celebrating Nebraska with services that educate and enlighten.

Charitable Gift Annuities Offer Benefits

Michele Peón-Casanova Director of Major & Planned Giving 800-634-6788, ext. 375 [email protected]

Bridget Robbins Omaha Director of Development 402-932-2110 [email protected]

Have a question about membership, estate gifts or planning your will?

Call 1-844-CAR-2-NET (844-227-2638)or downate online at netNebraska.org/cardonations

If you would like to support NET’s mission and the television and radio programming you enjoy every day, a charitable gift annuity could help you meet both your philanthropic and financial goals. A charitable gift annuity allows you to support NET’s work while receiving fixed payments for life. In addition, you could receive a variety of tax benefits, including a federal income tax charitable deduction.

The NET Foundation can help you establish a charitable gift annuity with your gift of $10,000, or more. In this simple contract, NET pays income to you, and if you wish, a second beneficiary. The amount you receive is determined by the size of your gift and your age(s). Any residual assets remain with NET upon your death, and the payments to you are guaranteed by the general resources of the NET Foundation. The proceeds of the gift annuity become part of a permanently restricted endowment at NET.

Gift annuities can be established using cash or appreciated securities held for longer than one year. When cash is used, more of your income is tax free. Another option to consider is a deferred charitable gift annuity. With this gift, you could receive higher payments and a higher immediate income tax deduction because the payments to you do not begin until a specified future date that you choose.

BENEFITS To You:

Generous, partially tax-free income for life

An immediate income tax deduction

Reduced capital gains taxes if appreciated securities are used to establish the annuity

Membership in NET’s Friends of the Future Society

Visit the NET website (netNebraska.org/giftplanning) for more information about charitable gift annuities, including a calculator that can provide a financial illustration based on your expected contributions and age. NET’s planned giving officers are also available to discuss planned giving options and what might work best for you.

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NET Sports Partners Club Breakfast Saturday, Aug. 22 at 9 a.m. CT NET Television – Lincoln Former Husker Blake Lawrence previews the upcoming football season and the new Nebraska coaching staff, as well as sharing his work with concussion prevention. The event is free for NET Sports Partners Club members and registration is required at netNebraska.org/spcbreakfast or by calling 402-470-6378.

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