Addison Pechar claps as Judge Chris Kelly announces that she and her brother Nathanial are officially adopted by Patricia Pechar and her husband David Pechar. Their adoption took place at the Douglas County Courthouse as part of the 10th Annual National Adoption Day.

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Published Saturday November 21, 2009

Adoption Day marks 10 years

By RICK RUGGLES

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Forty-five children were adopted today during National Adoption Day ceremonies at the Omaha City-County Building.

The event celebrates adoptions and encourages more people to adopt.

Similar ceremonies took place in Council Bluffs, Kearney, Grand Island and Hastings. They will occur in Scottsbluff next month and have already taken place in Lincoln and O'Neill, Neb.

This is the 10th year for National Adoption Day. Omaha was one of the founding cities for the event.

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