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Rechargeable. All accessories included. $69.95 University Boole Sto lower level Nebraska Uni re mwmivi iYr. terns AptlMcaltort C&CuMtXt fH.r(KMil 1 1 9 "! 14 I Applying for food stamps at the Lancaster County Office 220 St. Mary Ave. $95 paid by divorcee yields o $150 return By John Kalkowski A recently divorced college student, with three children, Deborah K. has reason to rely on food stamps for support. Deborah is now receiving food stamps for the third time. Last November, she became a welfare recipient which automatically qualified her for food stamps. She had received food stamps in other states while she was married, Deborah said. "People tend to think of you as a hippie if you're on food stamps," she said. But, Deborah added, she had no qualms about applying for food stamps. According to Deborah, status prevents many persons from using food stamps. "Status bothers people," she said. "Even my relatives think, 'My god, the poor child'." Deborah said that at times she has been so poor, "that I had to go to the back of a grocery store to get vegetables which had been thrown out." Vegetarian diet "I get by because I've been poor for a long time and had to learn to take care of myself," Deborah said. Deborah now pays $95 a month to get $150 worth of food stamps. The stamps are used for food products only. Money to pay for other necessary items, like soap, must come from other sources. Though food stamps can be used for items such as candy, cakes and soda pop, Deborah said she and her children are vegetarians and buy only nutritional foods. Cooking without meat reduces food costs, she said. Fruits and vegetables are expensive too, Deborah said, but they cost less than meat and can be used creatively. When she applied for food stamps, she said she had to "be able to prove anything about my life." It was necessary to have proof of separation, proof she supports her children, and receipts on everything she owns or buys. Applications filed After becoming a welfare recipient, she said she filled out a short food-stamp application. Later, Deborah had to fill out a three-page application, which "asked everything about my life." She described the application process as a "drag," because the welfare office is very slow. According to Deborah, the case workers act bitter and obnoxious to applicants, "like they are tired of working with them." "They seem bored with hearing about cases, don't look enough at the individual person and probably have too much paperwork," she said. "It's really important that food stamp people don't look down on you because you're poor," Deborah said. r juw ojj-'wwi uiw Iwuu Mdllip Uitll, 1UC41CU al LLKTJ M. Mary Ave., is their nutritional consultants, who suggest recipes and help budget food money, she said. Astrophysics major To aid in' budgeting food money, Deborah is also a food co-op participant. Members compile orders together, buy their food in quantity and save money this way, she said. Because of a possible economic depression, she said people should learn to get by on less. "It can be done," she says. Still, Deborah said tensions she faces are not from being poor. Deborah, 24, has not graduated from high school, but received a diploma after taking equivalency exams. She is majoring in astrophysics at UNL, a study course which demands a lot of her time, according to Deborah. Although she is interested in finding employment at an observatory when she graduates, she says it is "silly to think of the possibilities of getting a job." Day-care school Last semester, she worked as a lab assistant in the physics department, but said she was forced to quit because of difficult courses this semester. Two of Deborah's children attend school. Because she is a welfare recipient, her four year-old attends a county-sponsored day care center, Deborah, who is a sophomore, studies during the day, so she can spend her evening hours with her children. However, sometimes it is better for the children to get away from the home during the day so they can be with people their own age, she said. Wednesday, february 26, 1975 (0 194 Application Calculators Incofpixstpd daily nebraskan page 10