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Recreation department trip evaluates outdoor areas
. -f , Park near Chadron. and the Fort Niobrara Wildlife
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jources in western Nebraska, under the guidance of two
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fcculty members, Ur. Agnes Kamwaier ana ui. uu
Murphy. ,.....
According to Rainwater, the class was divided into
;wo one-week sessions.
Park near Chadron, and the Fort Niobrara Wildlife Ref.
uge in Valentine.
At each of these sites, the class went on a tour and
evaluated its resources. At most places, formal presenta
tions were given by the state or federal recreation person
o one-week sessions. m . .... . i,Qra tup ctrfPnt were also able to ask Questions.
The first week was spent m a claroom , o line -luation fonM or each
aty campus. This seminar was scheduled to meet trom "f L
10:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., Monday inrougn rnuajr.
najor focus of the classroom activity was on the develop
ment and preparation of a means of evaluating recrea
tion resources.
The evaluation methods they developed were then
used the second week to rate recreation area services and
facilities from several perspectives, including general de
sign, campground design, program information and inter
pretive services, and the facility's accessibility for disa
bled people.
Also included in the classroom activity was an onwua
tor)
The class also carried a wheelchair at all times while
viewing the facilities. This helped the students under
stand the problems of a disabled person from a first-hand
perspective, Rainwater said.
While riding in the wheelchair, the students became?
more aware of the attitudes of people toward the disa-f
bled, as well as the accessibility problems that disabled
people face everyday, she said. j
Manv of the students that went on the trio had never
camped before, Rainwater said. The week was organized
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Also included m tne classroom activity w o w r - - . - - p
tion of the areas that the class was to visit, Rainwater on a teamwork basis. Everyone contributed to the work
or cooKing, cleaning up, ana oiner enures.
The schedule for the second week was full. The class "The week was like living history' Rainwater said. f
left on Monday morning. Their first stop was McPherson Besides the planned activities, the students had free
National Cemetery in Maxwell, Neb. Next, they moved time to do activities such as hiking, paddle-boating and
on to Ash Hollow, west of Ogalalla. The stopping point horseback riding. f
Monday was Chadron, where they set camp. The class The week was such a good experience, Rainwater
stayed at Chadron in cabins for the entire week and said. There was a pulling together of the group, a real
traveled from there to various facilities.
Throughout the week, they visited a number of recre
ational areas, including Acate Fossil Bed National
community feelinp. she said.
Next vear. the Recreation Denartmpnt nlans to have n
trip to study the commerciai and industrial recreational
Monument, Fort Robinson, Toadstool Park, the State facilities m the area, Rainwater said.
photo by Bill Graf
Agnes Rainwater
BY ROCHELLE PERRELLA
How would you like to camp out in western Nebraska
for five days and receive two hours of college credit for
the trip? "y
It may sound too good to be true, but there is such a
program.
Every summer in pre-session, the Recreation Depart
ment sponsors a course in recreation study. This year, a
p-oup of ten students studied the outdoor recreation re-
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Two UNL students jog across Nebraska
to help the Muscular Distrophy Assoc.
BY LORI MERRYMAN
Two years ago, a UNL student, inspired while helping
handicapped youth in a class, decided he wanted to use
his physical capabilities to raise money for the handi
capped. In January he grabbed a partner who liked his idea,
and now they are getting ready to run over 450 miles
across Nebraska in August.
Bruce Umbarger, 22, of Genoa and Van Joy, 21, of
Falls City will combine a run for money and a vacation
into a 17-day Trans-Nebraska Love Run for the Muscu
lar Distrophy Association from Aug. 6 to 22.
The Nebraska run is associated with America's Love
Run sponsored by Frank Shorter.
The two students, both avid runners, will start from
Pine Bluffs, Wyo., on the west edge of Nebraska, and al
ternate running to Council Bluffs.
Umbarger, a double major in physical education and
science, had been helping teach handicapped youth bowl
for a UNL class when he first thought of the statewide
run, he said.
"I enjoyed working with the kids so much," he said,
"and I felt maybe I could help out more."
He originally planned to run across Nebraska alone,
but he and Joy decided in January to do the run togeth
er. The dream of helping the handicapped youth will be
combined with a vacation of camping and fishing.
Each plans to average running about 15 miles a day
while the other drives a car. Umbarger said they will be
running morning and evenings to avoid midday August
heat. They also plan to get ahead of schedule in order to
take a couple days off somewhere in western Nebraska.
This summer Umbarger is working for the University
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of Nebraska Foundation Seed Division. Joy has spent
part of the summer in Ft. Riley, Kan. at a National
Guard Camp and the rest working in his father's machine
shop in Falls City. Both haven't been able to run to
gether this summer, but don't anticipate any real prob4
lems.
"I'm looking forward to see Nebraska at a slower!
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i a if, uinuiufi faiu, Auiiieuuug vuu uun i uu wane driv
ing 55 mph down the interstate.
Both Joy and Umbarger run about 55 to 60 miles a
week on their own. Umbarger has been running for eight
years, and Joy has been running tor six years.
hach student will run about 230 miles total during the
17 days. This is not much more than they normally run,
Umbarger said.
Even so, when they tell people what they're going to
do, most react by telling them they're crazy to attempt
such a teat in the heat of August, Joy said.
"You've got to be a little crazy to do something like
this," Umbarger said.
Umbarger said he would like to make the run an an
nual event. Since the two started planning in January,
the Muscular Distrophy Association did not have enough
time for a full-scale promotion, and tried to get them to
hold off for a year, Joy said.
But not knowing where each other would be in a year,
they decided to go ahead this August.
Joy, an environmental health major, will have two
days to rest before starting classes at UNL Aug. 24. Um
barger is not attending school this fall, but plans to move
to Omaha or near Genoa.
Phidippides Running Center in Lincoln is sponsoring
the two runners. Umbarger said donations or pledges can
be sent to his home, Route 1, Genoa, 68640 or Joy's
home, 2221 Stone, Falls City, 6R355.
Mech Ag Club honored
The University of Nebraska Mechanized Agriculture
Club has been recognized by the Farm and Industrial
hquipment Institute as runner-up for the title of most
outstanding Mech Ag Club in the United States.
Libert C. Dickey, advisor for the student organization
in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Department of Agriculture Engineering, said the award
is based on activities and achievements at the campus,
regional and national levels. The club was presented the
award at a recent meeting of the American Society of
Agricultural Engineers in Orlando, Fla.
Craig Zeisler, a 1981 graduate ot the Nebraska Mech
Ag program from Naper, served as president of the Na
tional Council of Student Mechanization Clubs for 1980-
w ' Vat. 1,981"82 ofticers 1 the National Council include
Weal bchlautman, NU junior mech ag student from How
ells, as second vice president.
For the second year in a row, the Nebraska Mech Ag
Llub won third place m the micro-mini tractor pull. Bill
niS" ag StUdent fTOm Brady' WaS
fnrTtf -NebJf club ak received the Man-Mile Award
mLt 3 6 f T?t Jiumber of students traveling the
most miles to attend the Florida meeting. Bruce Dodson
