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MEET THE MALOLEYS

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written by DAISY HUTZELL-RODMAN | photography by BILL SITZMANNMEET THE FAMILY

l-r, Caroline, Jacob, Meredith, Zachary,

Clara, and Sam Maloley

A VARIETY OF SOUNDS greet one at the front door of the Maloleys' home. The sounds of a piano, at least one violin, and a cello come from different areas of their 1950s home. Something

else sounds like a complete symphony.

“Oh, that’s a CD,” Julie Maloley says with a slight wave of her hand like it’s no big deal.

It’s a bit of a cacophony…but only a little bit. It is, however, everyday life for Maloley and her children. They all play the violin and the piano. Sons Sam, 14, and Jacob, 8, play the cello.

Caroline, 13, practices the piano daily for approx-imately 30 minutes after breakfast, then moves to her violin. Sam practices cello after breakfast, then moves to the piano. Meredith, 17, practices the violin after she attends a math class at Millard North first thing in the morning.

For now, she’s the only one attending class in a traditional school building. Sam wants to play baseball in high school, so along with violin, piano, and cello, he plays on a select baseball team. And yes, he also studies.

Julie home-schools her kids using a curriculum called Mother of Divine Grace. The Catholic-based curriculum emphasizes liberal arts. Youngest daughter Clara comes in from the main room to the library, with its

built-in bookcases packed with tomes on subjects ranging from litera-ture to music theory to biblical studies, and plunks down at the table with a handwriting book and a pencil.

“It’s distracting out there,” she announces, proceeding to perfectly copy pages of cursive letters—mimicking skills learned in

earlier decades.

Indeed. Youngest son Zachary, who turns 7 on June 2, practices piano with Caroline’s aid. Jacob stands

around anxiously waiting with his cello.

“Jacob! Just wait!” Julie calls out as she hears a low note from the string instrument combined with the sounds of the piano. “Sam

will be done soon.”

As Sam comes up from the basement, Zachary heads down.

The chaos actually benefits the kids. They study under the Suzuki method, a theory of musical study started in the 20th Cenutry by Shin’ichi Suzuki. Central in this philosophy is that all people can (and will) learn from their environment.

The family's affair with music began when oldest Madeline, 20, was 3. Julie’s nieces and nephews played instruments, so Julie and husband >

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< Skip began violin lessons for their daughter. The next year Madeline began playing piano.

“It kind of snowballed one right after the other,” Julie claims.

Madeline now studies at the University of Nebraska at Kearney on a violin scholarship.

They aren’t always this anxious to practice. Today (April 13) is Clara’s 11th birthday, and they are all practicing willingly, because they are going to the zoo for her special day. Mom told them they need to finish practicing and schoolwork before they can leave.

Besides, a big event is about to happen. The beautiful, yet disjointed sounds of cello and violin heard in the Maloleys' home are brought together along with violas and a stand-up bass that Friday night at the Omaha Conservatory of Music’s opening night gala. Guests sit in the new concert hall that once housed the sanctuary of Temple Israel, listening to the sounds of the Beatles performed by 30 young strings players. Five of those players hold the last name Maloley.

The group performing such well-known pop tunes as “Let it Be” is Frontier Strings, an ensemble at the Omaha Conservatory of Music.

Aside from performing with the strings group, Meredith takes violin lessons from executive director Ruth Meints. She plays at Hospice

House on Wednesday nights, (per mom's orders) and teaches music to 16 students, who troop through the house one right after another each weekend. Her ultimate goal is to become a music teacher.

Sitting in the audience, often, is their father. Skip is the lead data-base administrator for Green Plains and owns Pacific Solutions Inc.

“Dad enjoys watching the kids. If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t be able to do this,” Julie says of both homeschooling and allowing the kids to participate in multiple music lessons.

Julie herself doesn’t claim to be a musician, but is able to play piano and violin. She often practices with the kids, and sits in on lessons. One of the cores of the Suzuki method is that the parent be able to supervise instrument practice, and take notes at lessons in order to coach the children effectively.

She has coached them well. The perfect sounds of Bach’s Gavat come from Clara and Caroline’s violins, along with several other youngsters, as guests stroll through the executive suite at the conservatory’s gala. The Maloleys, along with all the children, are poised, eager, and happy to perform.

“It’s not that I think they will be Juilliard musicians, but it’s something they can do for the rest of their lives.”


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GRACE JANSEN, AGE 9, and her mother, Kelly, distributed gift cards to dozens of nurses at Children’s Hospital and

Medical Center on July 30, 2015. The tempera-ture read in the high 80s, making it a perfect day for ice cream.

This mother and daughter saw a special reason for distributing treats. That day was Miracle Treat Day at Dairy Queen, and one dollar was donated to Children’s Hospital for each Blizzard sold.

“The idea was for the nurses to get these cards, then take their families with them, and hopefully even more Blizzards would be sold,” Kelly says.

It was one way that Grace could give back to those who have helped her.

In October 2014, Grace was diagnosed with Pre-B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, a rare form of leukemia that almost never hits young children. The cancer required her to receive nearly 40 blood transfusions, more than most kids with leukemia require. She’s in remission at this time.

She’s grateful to everyone who has given to her during her illness. People she didn’t know gave her gifts at Christmas time. Friends brought meals to her family, and people donated dozens of stuffed animals.

Even while she was battling cancer herself, she gave to others. She participated on Team Kody for the Heart Walk in honor of her cousin, Kody Krapp of Gretna, whom died of a heart condition in November 2014 at age 6.

Last year, at Christmas time, she raised money to give gifts to patients at Children’s Hospital.

“If other people are in the hospital, we should make it fun for them,” Grace says. She knows it isn’t easy to lay in bed for hours at a time. She’s spent a lot of time on the sixth floor of

the hospital, either inpatient or outpatient. She knows it can be boring, and she knows other kids can get bored, too.

“We played a lot of cards, we painted nails,” Grace says of her multitude of visits at the hospital.

She may have painted her own nails, but she remembers painting others’ nails as well.

“Dr. [Bruce] Gordon came in and I had all the nail polish out and was painting the nurses’ nails,” she recalls fondly. “Dr. Gordon asked to have one nail painted. But just one.”

She smiles brightly as she thinks of applying blue polish to one of the hematologist-oncol-ogist’s pinkies.

They also baked cookies, often distributing them to the nurses.

When she isn’t in the hospital, she and her family often participate in fundraising events. She served as the Red Cross Ambassador for the Omaha/Council Bluffs area during the holiday season to encourage others to give blood. She and her family were chosen as one of 12 mir-acle families to attend Creighton University’s Dance Marathon. She helped represent Camp CoHoLo (Courage, Hope, and Love) at the Brian Dunning Foundation 2015 Camp CoHoLo Gala to help raise funds for children battling cancer so they can attend summer camp.

“We give a lot to other children battling cancer,” says her father, Chris.

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It’s not always easy, because summertime presents a range of nuisances from insect bites to poisonous plants. Even a child’s own perspiration can be a problem.

“Some people call it ‘heat rash,’ ‘sweat rash,’ or ‘prickly heat,’ but the medical term is ‘mil-iaria,’” says Nelson, a dermatologist whose patients include both children and adults. “In hot or humid conditions, small, itchy bumps or papules can occur in warm, sweaty areas. It’s little occluded sweat ducts.”

Fortunately, she says, miliaria often resolves on its own, and a bath with some mild mois-turizer usually helps expedite healing. If the child is experiencing a great deal of itching, over-the-counter hydrocortisone cream can provide relief.

Not so easy to treat is the skin rash caused by poisonous plants that may lurk in wooded areas or near dense shrubbery.

“The big three that cause the classic rash that can blister and be very miserable are poison ivy, oak, and sumac,” Nelson says, adding that a physician may need to be consulted if the rash is severe.

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The best medicine in this case is prevention (“leaves of three, let them be” in reference to poison oak and ivy), but she says a quick internet image search can help everyone in the family identify and avoid the culprits.

Nelson says insect bites are another out-door hazard.

“Avoid the outdoors in the evening. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends insect repellents to only be used over age two months, and I think it’s best to have children take a bath or shower afterward,” she says, adding that most minor bug bites can be treated with a cool pack or OTC hydrocortisone cream. “Some people have exaggerated reactions from mosquito bites where they have a lot of swelling and itching. The thing to look for is that if there’s pain, I would worry more about infection. If there are signs of infection like pain or pus or drainage, you would want to see a physician.”

Nelson says outdoor play can also lead to minor injuries.

“For a simple scrape or scratch, you’d want to gently clean the area with water, or some mild soap and water. My favorite remedy is a little bit of Vaseline jelly or Aquaphor to protect it, and if needed, a bandage,” she explains. “If it is a deep gaping wound, that would be a reason to seek medical care and see if medical care is needed. A gaping wound will heal better if it’s sutured.”

Above all, protect your children’s skin from sun exposure, Nelson says. As a dermatologist, she frequently sees the downside of sun exposure in adults, and says although children may not appreciate their parents’ efforts now, it pays off later.

“Many of us acquire a lot of ultraviolet damage to our skin as children, most likely because of many outdoor activities,” she explains. “The more we can protect our children’s skin from sun exposure or ultraviolet light, the more healthy their skin will be as adults. It will decrease their risk of skin cancer and sun damage their whole life if you can help them develop good habits when they’re young.”


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