Summer NebrcsJccn July 17, lft3 7 NU relief to Grand Island citizens continues By Jeanne Mohatt The tornadoes that destroyed many Grand Island homes and businesses June 3 have left the city and some residents facing financial, economic and possible psychological problems. Don Pursell, NU Bureau of Business Research director, said his office is help ing the city determine how much money, if any, it has lost from reduced electricity revenue. 5 Bureau of Business Research person nel have walked the routes with Grand Island meter readers, collecting data on how much electricity the city's homes and businesses are using, how much of a Ilk a given route nas Deen destroyed and whether meters are broken, he said. "We're trying to get information on how many customers and kilowatt hours they've lost, if any." A kilowatt hour is a unit of measure of electricity, he said, and the citv generates millions of kilo watt hours a month. Possible lost revenue If the city is generating even 5 percent fewer kilowatt hours, that means lost revenue, Pursell said. The research office will complete a two-year projection of the impact lost electricity revenue will have on the city, he said. The projection should be com pleted by July 31. The Bureau of Business Research also will conduct educational seminars in Grand Island on the benefits of and dif ferences between-the sales tai and property tax. A proposed increase in the sales tax will be on the November ballot, Pursell said. UNL students volunteer UNL Sociology professor Jack Sieg man said he has sent the names of five UNL students, who have volunteered their time and services, to the Grand Is land Community Development Agency. The agency appliles for and administers grant programs for Grand Island. The agency's director, Mike McCord, said he will contact the university stu dents this week. He said they will help organize demo graphic information that the Red Cross, Small Business Administration and several church groups have collected. "The informtaion will be used to structure a wide range of grant applica tions, McCord said. Federal grants The agency is applying for Economic Development Agency and Housing and Urban Development grants. It also is ap plying for SBA loans. The university students will "make house-by-house and person-to-person contact," McCord said. They will lead survey teams throughout Grand Island to update information Red Cross has col lected. Red Cross and other groups have asked business owners what costs they are paying now, whether they are in- Progressive coalition will endorse candidates By Jeanne Mohatt The Nebraska Progressive Coalition met Tuesday night to decide which legis lative candidates they should endorse for the November election. But, Doug Kruse, the coalition's coor dinator, said the group did not endorse any of the candidates. The Harvard University senior said the coalition, formed this spring by 18 Lincoln "activists," sent questionnaires to 45 state legislative candidates asking their views on taxes, labor law, social wel fare, support for public education, civil liberties, open government, reproductive rights and environmental protection. "Seven out of 45 responded," he re ported. "Not a big turnout." He said the coalition will call some candidates in the next few weeks to talk with them about their political beliefs, and then the group will decide who to en dorse. f A letter sent to some Nebraskans ask ing for their support and membership says the group's purpose is to elect prog ressive senators to the Nebraska Legisla ture. conservative candidates for national oi fices. This targeting strategy is now being used by right wing groups to defeat pro gressives in the Nebraska Legislature." To combat this move, the group will endorse five key progressive candidates, and members " will be asked to send a The letter says, "The 'new right movement in this country has beentar geting specific candidates for election or defeat. Often these efforts are focused on a single issue such as abortion...We have repeatedly witnessed the 'new right's' success in mobilizing voters to elect ultra contribution to one specific candidate. ..to insure an equitable distribution of funds to all endorsed candidates." Kruse said some progressive candi dates may not want the coalition's en dorsement. Nebraska is so conservative, a liberal group's endorsement might mean "the kiss of death" for the candidate. "We're not going to make a big display out of it (the endorsements)," he said. The coalition now has more than 100 members and may have from 200 to 500 by the end of the summer, he said. Kruse, who has lived in Nebraska al most all his life, is an energy researcher for the Legislative Council this summer. He will-return to Harvard this fall to complete his economics major. Kruse said the group will appoint someone to take his place as the coali tion's coordinator before he returns to school. Sen. Rex Haberman of Imperial re cently asked Neligh Sen. John DeCamp, who hired Kruse as energy researcher, to fire Kruse because of his association with the coalition. DeCamp refused. sured, if they are eligible for SBA loans and what their plans are if financial help is available. They have asked homeowners what the household size is, the number of bed rooms needed, the income of the family or business, and other demographic infor mation. Compiling information This information "has been piece mealed together by SBA, Red Cross, the Mennonites and GIFT (Grand Island In terfaith Task Force). But no one has brought it all together, McCord said. That will be the students' job, he said. The federal money would "be a tre mendous aid to the community. It would be a benefit to low and moderate income workers and would benefit housing and economic development," he said. David Ambrose, UNO Business Col lege professor, said he sent a seven-member team of counselors and consultants to Grand Island to evaluate the future per formance of the city's businesses. Predicting the future The group filled out performance statements, making monthly and yearly projections of the businesses occupancy costs, the cost of goods, the profits, the advertising expenses, the costs of furni ture, fixtures and trucks, and other ex penses. The consultants limited their projec tions to five years, he said. "Sending a university planning system - u r-m - t ,1 Staff Photo by Janet Hammer Doug Kruse, member of Nebraska Progressive Coalition into a disaster area is a national first," he said. "It's pretty powerful to look at the fu ture, especially when the past is all blown away." Psychological strain Economic growth may be in store for Grand Island, but coping with the many problems after the tornadoes has already emotionally and psychologically strained some citizens. McCord said psychological problems "are becoming more and more apparent" "HUD and the Economic Develop ment Agency don't provide for that kind of assistance." The Neighborhood Self-Help Grant, administered by GIFT, has a provision considering the neighborhood's quality of life and provides counseling services, he said. Convention continued from page 1 members from groups such as, Citizens Revolting Against a Sick Society (CRASS), ERA advocates, Irish Amer icans protesting the British presence in Northern Ireland and Americans protest ing treatment of Greeks on Cyprus Is land, to march through downtown De troit, chanting political slogans and wav ing brightly colored banners. Perhaps the most creative of demon stration strategies were the plans of the Yippies, who had said they would seek political asylum in Canada after REagan officially received the nomination. Ex pecting to be denied asylum in Canada, a group spokeman said the Yippies then will board boats to become the nation's first "boat people." Members of the Nebraska Republican delegation gained air time on a local FM rock station singing the Nebraska Uni versity fight song. When asked by a station disc jockey why they emphasized football at such an important political event, the delegates explained that football is very big in Ne braska, and then predicted the Corn huskers would defeat the Oklahoma Sooners in this year's Big Eight contest. "This is the type of astute political participation that has made Nebraska fa mous," the disc jockey responded. irillGltATlOtl LAWYER Stanley A. Krieger 478 Aquila Court Bldg. 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