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Sellentin says.opponent not dealing with issues
By Kathy Stokebrand .
Jerry Sellentin, candidate for the Nebraska Legislature
from Lincoln's 27th district, said incumbent Sen. Steve
Fowler may have experience in the legislative process but
he isn't dealing with the issues that are most important
to his constituents.
At a press conference Thursday morning in his home,
Sellentin expressed disappointment that Fowler brought
name-calling such as "Thone's clone" and "bureaucrat"
into the legislative race.
'I am none of these and will not rely on name-calling,"
Sellentin declared, adding that it is time to get to the
campaign issues.
Calling himself an "average citizen" with a one-car
garage and brown spots in his lawn, Sellentin commented
on a recent local editorial that criticized the Sellentin
Fowler race as the "most competitive legislative race in
Nebraska history."
Name recognition is very important, especially when
running against an incumbent, Sellentin said.
Overwhelming support
He said he has received "overwhelming" support from
Lincoln and out-state residents, but won't be intimidated
by comments about his successful fund raising efforts.
Sellentin said that in the last race for the state legis
lature, Fowler spent as much as his opponent, Sellentin
said he isn't going ,to underestimate his opponent's ability
to do the same again in this year's contest,
Sellentin, a' republican, said he has not received nor
asked for any money from the state Republican Party.
However, he said he probably will receive some financial
help from the party before the end of the race.
Although all of his staff members are from the 27th
district, they are not all republicans, Sellentin said. He
added that Fowler has people on his staff who don't live
in the 27th district.
Sellentin also criticized Fowler's legislative record as
ineffective, expensive, and not "in tune" with the
interests of the voters.
'Big spender'
He said that even in the Legislature, Fowler is known
as a "big spender."
Sellentin cited a U 0-page prison control bill Fowler
introduced as a study, which was later cut to 46 pages.
"But what has he been working on in areas such as
jobs, roads and other voter concerns?" Sellentin asked.
An alumnus of and past instructor at UNL, Sellentin
said the university is an investment of the state and needs
the money for the finest quality of education possible.
The money provided by Gov. Charles Thone is not
enough, the candidate said. Thone recommended an
appropriation of $125,9 million for NU in 1980-81 after
university officials requested state support of $133.6
million,
Sellentin also questioned Fowler's moving nearly $2
million renovation of the Temple building from number
21 on the priority list to top priority. Teaching, research
and community service are areas that need to be empha
sized more, he said,
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Fairing well
Jason Stevenson, from Farwell, takes advantage of a bench at the Nebraska State Fair.
Opinions differ on center use
By Betsy Miller
Even though the NU Board of Regents approved a lease
of the Alumni Association property, there is still disagree
ment on what to do with the property.
The Regents recently approved the lease at 1220 R St.,
site of the present Alumni Association building.
The site was chosen after the Alumni Association had
investigated several sites on the UNL campus, including a
spot north of the Nebraska Union and one near Morrill
Hall. ' '
Both sites were disliked by students and administrators
because student and faculty parking lots would have been
removed to make room for the center at either spot.
The R Street location, which will be used, will not re
suit in any loss of parking, but Renee Wessels, ASUN pres.
idcnt and Central Planning Committee Student Member,
said she is not completely happy with the location select
ed for the alumni center,
"The site itself is excellant except for the fact that
there arc two buildings on the sight," Wessels said,'
Wessels said she thinks the Alumni Association will tear
down their present alumni building and also the new addi
tion, which housed the faculty club, to build a new alum,
ni building,
Jack Miller, ' executive vicef resident of the Alumni
Association, indicated in an earlier interview that the
Association had no definate plans for the new center. He
said architects would be brought in to present plans which
would conceivably either renovate, or tear down the old
buildings and build a new complex,
However, Wessels said she was "almost certain" the
present buildings would be torn down.
Wessels main complaint is that buildings now standing
on the R Street location, while not filling the association's
needs, could have been used to house other groups.
Wessels said that other groups had asked the university
about the possibility of using the current alumni buildings
as their headquarters if the association moved to a new
site,
According to Wessels, the Center for Great Plains Stud
ies was one of the groups that was interested in occupying
the alumni building if the association moved to a new
location,
However. UNL Vice Chancellor for Business and Fin
ance Ronald Wright, also a member of the Central Plan
ning Committee, said the buildings will not remain usable
for much longer, y
'"Cosmetically the house looks better than it is," .
Wright said.
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Jerry Sellentin
Investigations lead
to drug arrests
By Suzanne Sayed
A series of investigations led to the seizure Tuesday of
about $1,000 worth of items suspected to be cocaine,
marijuana and amphetamines, said Investigator Duane
Ritter of the Nebraska State Patrol's Division of Drug
Control.
Ronald Mohr, 39, was arrested on charges of delivery
of cocaine , marijuana , and suspected amphetamines .
Ron Tompkins, 25, and Curt M. Luedtke, 20, both of
901 N- 25th St., also were arrested on charges of pos
session with intent to deliver.
With officers from the state patrol, Campus Police de
partment and the Lancaster County Sheriffs office, an
arrest warrant was served at the address where Mohr was
living temporarily,
Ritter said that upon entering the house, the officers
saw some viles suspected to contain cocaine, adding up to
about half an ounce; one ounce of a substance suspected
to be mariiuana. and 400 small white tablets suspected
to be amphetamines, Ritter said.
Ritter said while the police went to obtain the search
warrant, three undercover officers remained at the house.
During that time 10 to 12 people came to the house, he
said.
Ritter said this investigation has been going on for six
months,
According to Lancaster Deputy County Attorney, Alan
Stoler, the three men are all out of jail on signature bond
and wUl apppear in court at 8:30 am. Sept. 15.
It's Not Quite the Alps: Two UNL students take to
climbing campus buildings Page 13
'Okie From Muskogee': Merle Haggard sings the common
man's tunes Page 14
Goodwin's Guesses: Columnist offers his picks for the
first weekend of college football. ......... Page 17