Mark As Story

Title: Mark as story: an introduction to the narrative of a gospel Author: David M Rhoads; Joanna Dewey; Donald Michie Publisher: Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1999 ISBN: 978080063160

In Memory of Roland E. Barth

On September 21, 2015, the NOU and the conservation community lost a good friend with the passing of Roland Barth. Barth served 30 years as a meteorologist in the US Air Force, achieving the rank of Colonel. Retirement allowed Roland to pursue his interest in nature and use his considerable leadership and organizational skills for the benefit of a number of conservation groups. He was a member of the Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union for over 20 years and served a term as Director from 2008 to 2011

In Memory of Loren ‘Bub’ Blake, Sept. 17, 1944-Oct. 5, 2004

Loren Blake, known to all of his friends as \u27Bub,\u27 entered many of our lives on a fall evening in the late 1980s. The occasion was the traditional shared nature slide session at the Nebraska Ornithologists\u27 Union Fall Field Days. Rumors circulated about a Sandhills rancher interested in birds and photography who was going to show up with a few slides he had taken “around the ranch.” And show up he did, with a carousel of his best! The room was soon buzzing with Oohs, Aahs, and Wows as Bub dazzled us with his crisp, well-composed photos of everything from sparrows to herons. Over the years, the slides continued. His photos began to appear elsewhere, including in NEBRASKAland magazine. After he retired from the ranch, Bub was a regular springtime volunteer at Rowe Sanctuary and Ashfall Fossil Beds. Bub left us much the same way he came. Quietly, without fanfare or advance notice. But his photos and the words of St. Francis that accompanied his presentations remain with us: All things bright and beautiful. All creatures great and small. All things wise and wonderful. The Lord God made them all

In Memory of Elizabeth Grenon

On November 11, 2016 cancer claimed the life of longtime member and friend of NOU Betty Grenon, perhaps best remembered as our very intelligent, personable, meticulous treasurer and tenacious guardian of organization funds. Our records indicate Betty became a member in 1991. Her talents and qualifications (CPA and Nebraska\u27s first female Certified Management Accountant) were soon recognized. She became NOU Treasurer in 1994, a position held until her death, except for a 3-year hiatus when her employment with Enron took her to Houston, Texas. NOU has benefited in a number of other ways from Betty\u27s organizational skills and attention to detail. Betty was often the glue that held things together or the grease that kept them moving. She was born in Connecticut and lived in a number of states and abroad with her Air Force family before coming to Bellevue, Nebraska, in 1974, where she and her family discovered Fontenelle Forest. She was the volunteer coordinator of the Omaha Christmas Bird Count (and the spring count) for many years, continuing the traditional chili potluck compilation at day\u27s end. Betty trained for and eventually obtained a bird banding permit, which qualified her to do educational programs and initiate a long-term MAPS station, using banding to investigate bird productivity and survival. She was active in the Inland Bird Banding Association and was also a certified Nebraska Master Naturalist. She loved the view of the woods from her home near Fontenelle Forest, witnessing the historic return of Wild Turkeys, nesting Cooper\u27s Hawks, and Pileated Woodpeckers from her living room as well as the birds she coddled at the feeders