The Ideal School, Papillion, NE

Many thanks to Stacey Morgan, whose mother is affected by ALS, for meeting with Lisa LaViolette's students at the Ideal School and talking with them about Tuesdays with Morrie and about her experience. Lisa says it was helpful for her students; I hope it was a good experience for Stacey.

The firm Leininger, Smith, et al., is our most recent sponsors of the Grand Island Walk. Many thanks and welcome!

Great contributions from Craig and Erin on wrist band sales. Plus, they received a nice donation from someone who saw them in the media.

Also a story beginning in the media: we heard from Jean Ruwe, whose father John Ronan, of Fremont, NE, died of ALS. She sent a notice to the Arlington Citizen, and Melissa Rice, a writer there who did the great story on Craig and Erin, responded that they would get together to work on a piece. Jean and her husband Dan are great and inspiring people. I look forward to the next piece from Melissa, whose former employer was the late Bill Phelps of HDR, who died of ALS and was honored at a variety of golf tournaments over the years that were chaired by Gary Lortz and others.

So many people to pray for, our people who are affected by ALS, the people stuck in all this devastation in the south.