friday, november 11, 1977
daily nebraskan
page 5
Former pro football player still works for goals
Stresses on teamwork and drilling on skills mav seem.
to some, more at home on a football field than in a class
room. But not if one knows that the instructor, Al Kilgore,
45, is a former college and professional football player
and high school coach.
Kilgore, in his first year at UNL, is director of
NUSTEP, a secondary teacher education program.
Kilgore said there is a "strong team component in the
secondary education program at UNL. Everyone is
working toward the same goals."
Kilgore said some of these goals are to develop new
ways to prepare students to become teachers. Another is
to create a strong relationship with the public schools.
Finally, Kilgore said, the UNL program is seeking new
knowledge and ways to apply it.
Kilgore, originally from Ohio, said he came to UNL
because he wanted to build a career connected with the
public schools system.
Public school experience
He had 20 years of public school.experience, in teach
ing and administrative positions, in schools in Ohio and
New York.
Kilgore said the goals he has for NUSTEP are much
Omaha service and government jobs
good choice for employment seekers
By Jane Johnson
If you're job hunting in Omaha, the places to look are
in services and government, according to this month's
issue of Business Nebraska News, published by the UNL
College of Business Administration. The article states that
job opportunities in these areas have doubled since 1960.
Steve Bair, manager of Research and Industry for
Omaha's Chamber of Commerce said these areas have
increased with Omaha's population.
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"As the population grows, so does the need for
services and. government employees," said Bair.
Services include jobs in the areas of education, legal,
business, repairs and others. The government jobs are state
and local rather than federal.
Manufacturing, the second largest employment area
in 1960, dropped considerably. By 1976, Omaha's manu
facturing had dropped below that of Nebraska and the
nation. This is the opposite of the services and govern
ment sector which increased in Omaha more than Neb
raska and the nation that same year.
Omaha's manufacturing has been affected by the loss
of meat-packing plants, once located in Omaha, which
have moved out-state. Bair said this is generally because
the plants want to be near the fresh meat, because it is
more profitable. He also, said many workers at Western
Electric lost jobs due to a cutback in the demand for
their product.
The article said the possible upgrading of Omaha
meat-packing, plants could create a positive outlook for
the Omaha meat-packing industry. Bair said he does not
think the upgrading would help, and does not think
it's necessary since the meat-packers want to be near
their supplier. ,'
Machinery is an Omaha industry that has remained
stable since 1960, but lately has been increasing; Omaha
has maintained a 50 percent share of the state's machinery
employment since 1960.
Bair attributes the machinery industry's success to
farm equipment production which always is in demand.
The fastest growing industries in the Omaha Standard
Metropolitan Statistical Areas in relation to the nation
were, trade, finance, real estate, insurance, service and
government. Bair said since 1970, finance, real estate and
insurance have increased 20 percent and still are growing.
The industries dropping were manufacturing, construc
tion, mining, transportation, communications and
utilities.
Vicki Stepp of the business research department, who
researched and prepared the article, used the "shift-share"
method for surveying, the subject. This method uses
United States employment growth rates as a reference to
sort the differences in employment areas. It breaks the
employment , areas into participation and growth in the
national economy, economic structure of the region
and the comparative advantages.
Lung-power pedalers bike for bucks
Members of three sororities and fraternities will "pedal
for lung power" Saturday outside the Nebraska Union.
From 1 1 a.m. to 1 p m., the students will ride Exer
cycles set up on the Union plaza, seeking donations from
Big Red fans.
The cycling concludes two weeks of soliciting
donations for the Nebraska Lung Association.
Sororities and fraternities participating include Kappa
Kappa Gamma, Delta Delta Delta, Alpha Phi, Kappa
Sigma, Theta Xi, and Tau Kappa Epsilon.
The students will be divided into three teams of eight
members each, according to Mary Kay Wingender, fund
drive chairman. Each person will pedal 15 minutes.
The cycles are equipped with odometers to record the
miles pedaled, Wingender said. The total number of miles
pedaled then will be divided into the amount of money
collected by each team, she said. The winning sorority and
fraternity will each win an Exercycle.
The Exercycles also are equipped with large baskets so
that people passing by on their way to the football game
can contribute, Wingender said.
This is a way for people throughout the state of
Nebraska to contribute to the fund," Wingender said. "It
also gives people the chance to see how university
students get involved with such projects."
The money will go to the Nebraska Lung Associa
tion general program fund, Wingender said. She said she
also hopes the "Pedal for Lung Power" drive will become
ah annual event.
the same as those he had while a football coach at Cleve
land Heights School, in Ohio.
" "Both the kids on the field and the kids in the class
room have certain skills they have to perform. They must
master these skills before the whole team can move
ahead," Kilgore said.
He said his coaching experience has helped him in his
administrative positions.
"A coach and an administrator have to be able to get
different kinds of people to work together."
Much of his coaching experience has helped him in
other positions, Kilgore said, but nothing he learned in
professional sports helped him in coaching.
Kilgore said when he entered the pros as an offensive
guard he had some misconceptions. -
Having played college football at Kent State and made
all-conference in the mid-American conference,
he said he thought football was supposed to be fun.
Wrong.
Training camp
Training camp was definitely work. Our coach's
philosophy of football was that the game was a jungle
survival of the fittest."
Kilgore was drafted into the pros in 1954 by the St.
Louis Cardinals.
Kilgore said he was disappointed by the lack of team
cooperation in pro ball. The Cardinals seemed to con
centrate on individuals, he said.
He said he thought all pro teams were run like Paul
Brown, coach of the Cleveland Browns, ran his team.
According to Kilgore, Brown "revolutionized"
football. He held highly organized practices and empha
sized the "intellectual" aspect of the game.
Kilgore said Joe Stydahr, coach of the Cardinals at that
time, emphasized long physical workouts which lasted
nine hours a day.
The essence of coaching is to teach skills and promote
team work. But the two also apply in the classroom.
"A new teacher must learn to teach in order for the
whole program to be successful, just like a lineman must
learn to. block if the team is to score," Kilgore said. "Both
need careful coaching along the way." .
Early snow won't
affect grain yield
Nebraska's bumper autumn grain harvest is nearly
completed, so this week's adverse weather will have little
effect on total yields, according to a Nebraska Crop and
livestock Reporting Service statistician.
Dennis Johnson said the corn harvest was 80 percent
completed on Monday. About 70 percent completion is
normal for this date, he said, adding that grain sorghum
and soybean harvests are 85 percent completed.
However, the blizzard this week and generally wet
autumn conditions could spell trouble for the small per
centage of crops still in the field, according to a
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation spokesman.
Jack Ketterer said the snow cover over muddy soil will
prevent harvesting machinery from moving through fields.
Because corn and beanstalks are standing in wet soil, he
said, the stalks may begin to rot and fall down.
Soybean pods may begin to open and drop beans be
cause of alternating wet and dry conditions, he said.
Ketterer said grain sorghum is particularly susceptible
to snow damage becasue the large seed head is supported
by a thin stalk.
Specific reports of damage are not yet available, he
said.
Johnson said the remaining crop still may be harvested
if warm weather melts the snow cover. This will expose
the ground and allow it to freeze solid, permitting
machinery to move easily.
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