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Vaccinations for travel abroa
- Dy Cheryl Kisling
, Overseas s travel could require
Vaccination and immunization shots
depending on which country visited,
Mary Ann McAtee, secretary of Disease
Control at the Nebraska State Health De
partment, laid that generally, European
countries don't require any shots but most
South American and African countries do.
: "Each country sets it's own require
ments, It depends on what countries you
are going to and the order In which you
visit them, McAtee said.
The State Health Department receives
regular reports on the disease outbreaks for
cholera, yellow fever and small pox, Mc
Atee said. She added that if no more cases
of small pox are reported before October
of 1979, it Will be considered totally eradi
cated,
Entry into the United States requires nd
shots because Americans have a high stan
dard of living and the risk of people getting
diseases is low, she said.
Five centers
Shot costs vary. Small pox and cholera
shots must be obtained from a private phy
sician but yellow fever shots can only be
given at five vaccination centers in Nebras
ka, McAtee said.
"There are two centers in Omaha, one
in Lincoln, one in Gering and one in Grand
island,' McAtee said. "This is because the
vaccination isn't stable; it's expensive and
it has an early expiration date."
tn Lincoln, the University Health Center
gives yellow fever shots, small pdx and
cholera shots. .
"The health department also
recommends that anyone traveling have
their polio shots up to date. The tetanus
shot is good for 10 years so if they have
had it within that period, they are safe,""
McAtee said. ' ' .,
The vaccinations must be recorded on
an International Certificate of Vaccinations
form, and then validated with a special
stamp. McAtee said this practice is ap
proved by the State Health Department
and the World Health Organization. These
stamps are available throughout Nebraska.
Prohibits entry
There are also restrictions as to what
can be brought out of certain countries.
d urged
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
prohibits the entry of food, plant and
animal products If these items are not free
of pests and diseases. They are inspected
at the ports-of-entry by the USDA.
Items determined to be potential risks
are destroyed with no reimbursement.
A U.S. Customs Declaration must be
tilled out explaining what articles were ac
quired abroad and are in the travelers
possession at the time of arrival in the
United States.
Some restricted items can enter the
country if approved by the USDA n ad
vance of the trip. Smuggling of prohibited
food, plant and animal products into the
United States is considered a federal crime
and guilty persons are subject to a fine
andor imprisonment.
If a farm is visited overseas it must be
reported to the USDA inspector to prevent
the entry of diseases on shoes or clothing.
Also if a car was used and is being brought
back to the United States, it must be
cleaned it the owner's expense of til for
eign matter.
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Lincoln bands flourish despite disco
By Cheryl Kisling
There Is an alternative , to the disco
mania that has besieged the country-it's
called the Jive band.
tn a period of punk rock and.disco, it
hasn't been easy for the small bands in the
area to get started. But bands are alive and
well in selected Lincoln bars. And even
though they arent getting rich, the bands
say they arent going to change their style.
If you're Into rhythm and blues bands,
the Heart Murmurs have something to
offer.
The group consists of Doug Rosekrans,
guitar; Larry Boehmer, bass; Shawn
Benjamin, guitar; Manison Slim, hormon
fca; Mark Wilson, drums and Jim Sidlik,
piano
? According to Rosekrans, he and Boeh
mer used to play on weekends. Benjamin
and Slidlik joined them later.'
I Rosekrans said the group went through
several drummers before Adding Wilson.
Elm also joined them. Y
Although he admits they could prob
ably get more money If the group played
rock musk, Rosekrans said, 'We've played
this kind of music all our lives. It's what we
know."
X To the Heart Murmurs, who brgsnfecd
in 1976, home Is the Zoo Bar, which Boeh
mer owns. At one time they were tht
house band there and played several nights
Aweek..- , " . i
The group hss cut its first record which
should be out It two or three months,
Rosenkr&ns said, but the title hasrt been
decided. ' , , . -.
t 'lt'S morJy hard work, Rosekrans
said. Trobitly men work thsa what.
you're paid, but you get something out of
it. You do it for satisfaction."
The LeRoy Gritcher Quartet, one of the
few jazz groups also believes in sticking to
their music style. .
We would defeat our purpose of
getting together tf we would play anything
but jazz," Gritcher said.
i play for others and work on my own,
but as far as the group is concerned, it's a
creative outlet. What we play is purely
art."
The quartet formed about a year ago
with Gritcher, guitar, song writer, and
leader; Tom Larson, keyboard; Andy Hall,
bass; and Jeff Johnson, drummer.
High school buddies
Gritcher knew Larson from hii school,
and when Johnson came back from New
York, they contacted him and Hall put the
group together.
The type of jazz they play is different
from the older music, Gritcher said. It is
Organized writing with 'harmonious ex ten
slon to build chords."
They ilrst played together at Jesse's
14th Street Lounge. Gritcher said that liH
Impossible to Jo anything" in Nebraska
- tnd thought they would be fired after their
' first performance. They were a success and i
from then on, have formed their Own land ';
of crowd. I
. The LeRoy Gritcher Quarter performs
original music written by Gritcher and Lar-
I-,son.
- "When I was 1 7, 1 wa in i rockband in
Okhhorna City that I had to arrange stuff
for. I suited putting .tunes together sad
fured out how music worked. I got fed
" vp with rock and toU soon alter that,
X Gritcher saiJ , .
. Larson had attended the Burklee School
of Music, which is famous for its jazz.
Gritcher said they play prearranged music
only when friends sit In.
The biggest problem for the group, is
finding work, ' "
"We need to support ourselves and jazz
just isn't that big'' Gritcher said. "We're
just freelance players trying to make ends
meet."
For bluegrass fans, the Sandy Creek
Pickers or Bluegrass Crusade are two local
bands that provide this kind of music.
The Sandy Creek Pickers include Kevin
Avey, mandolin; Mike Paul, banjo; John
Paul, bass; and Steve Heircnymus, guitar.
Later they added Gary Howe on fiddle.
Since their origin in 1975, the Pickers
have traveled throughout Nebraska per
forming in different " bars. However,
Fanny's is the group's favorite place to
play, Avey said.
"The crowd is good land we sound
better there "he said. - .'vt Y.
Scheduling! problem
Getting bookers to schedule them is a
problem for the group, according to Avey.
Many dont have the room for a bluegrass
band, he explained, and rock bands are
usually paid better.
j "Avey said the group wants to improve
Its music and get more recording contracts
to add to their first self-titled record. The
Sandy Qtek Pickers.
The Bluegrass Crusade got its start in
I972,but none of the original members are
: stS with the group. .
After a series of changes, the group now
I consists of Steve Hanson.baijo, mandolin,
and "guitar, Dave Fowler fiddle; Dave
Morris bass: Pete Blakeske, dobro (slide
guitar); and Matt Dalton, guitar, f
- Ccstisted on pae 13
Silly brothers
try to share
idiosyncrasies
By Bill Regie
When male authors describe 'the
relationship of sisters, they tend to turn
the sisters into exaggerated figures of
passion or cunning. D. H. Lawrence's
The Rainbow is a prime example.
Penelope Gilllatt gets even in The Cub
ting Edge (Coward, McCann & Geoghe
gan) a novel about brothers who are, for
the most part, plain silly.
At first, the novel seems to flatter
brothers. Each line is loaded for the
leading men, Peregrine and Benedick
Corbett. child prodigies, exiles, artists,
who seek to become each other. Every
thing about them is prodigious. They
even grow from toddlers to middle-aged
men in less than twenty pages.
The brothers slowly trade places, as
far as they are able. But could Peregrine,
poetic polemicist and disbarred lawyer,
ever hope to become like his younger
brother, Benedick, the harpsichordist?
Could Benedict, called "Beatrice" by
his mother, duplicate the. idiosyncrasies
of Peregrine, nicknamed "Piggy" by
children?
Peregrine, given to loftiness, was
"born with a sense of outrage." Bene
dick "had from the beginning of his life
a gift for farce." Between these broth
ers, outrage and farce, the cutting edge
cuts.
They make ideals out of each other.
Benedick's motto is "cultivate indignat
ion " Peregrine, "a specialist in desert
ion," tells his stewardess bedmate, "We
should work hard. We are the trustees of
no culture except what we imagine."
Motherless, they fall in love with the
same woman - Joanna - who mixes
them up. Benedick marries Joanna.
Joanna divorces Benedick. Later she
moves in with Peregrine, calling him
BenedtCK.
Their conversations, letters, and tele
grams shake apothegms over the pages
Uke salt over popcorn. "Why isn't the
race to the swift?" asks Benedick. "It
being told that sloth doesnt matter."
The fine palate of the profane will
gain little from meeting Norman, that
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"Bloody heu" precedes 'ood Mom
ing," and "Shove it" leads to "Happy
New Year."'.
Thoughtful and loving, the brothers
part company when times get tough.
Peregrine "eases his conscience by be
lieving his brother is doing well. When
he receives i telegram from Benedick
that complains of gainful asthma," he
interprets it as t misprint for "painful
anathema," and writes back t letter to
tell Benedick of the company's mistake.
There is no mistake about Penelope
Gilliatt, Her first loves are the out of
the thought" and literary allusions:
When Benedick, i fan of Oscar Wilde,
Roosevelt as wornen contributors' to the
life of the world, another character Mi
huffily, end the Brontes, end Jane:
Austen, end Angelica Kaurmann, end
Kate MiUett." Penelope, why not, in
dudes a full page on Ulysses. .
Genre theorists may soon berin to
discuss the Bmdcrroman. the novel of-
brothers. Any category that can include
Flann OTJrien'a The Hard Ute. The
Brothers' Kersmszov, and the llardy
Boys should have room for Tht Qrnbig
Edge. It is short enough to allow time
tor cawdlng; it starts fast and slows to t
canter.