H SUMMER NKBHASKAN
July 8, 1982
Grocery cart loss serious for shops
BY JKNNI BURROWS
They're great for holding laundry. Around
the yard, they can carry sprinklers, hoses and
grass clippings. Mechanics may find them
useful for holding spare parts. Kids can keep
their toys in them.
The sturdy contraptions are wonderful for
holding just about anything you care to load
them with.
Especially groceries.
For some Lincoln grocers, grocery cart
loss is a serious problem. "People find all
kinds of uses for them," said Roger Nelson,
manager of Hinky Dinky at 2535 0 St. Nelson
said that the year before he became manager
at the store, the store lost 125 carts. About
twice a week, Nelson drives around the
streets near the store to look for carts. He
said he finds 20 to 30 carts during each search
and estimated that he recovers 90 percent of
the missing carts.
During the Fourth of July holiday, the
store lost about 35 carts, Nelson said.
"Hinky Dinky doesn't sell carts to individu
als," Nelson said, so he knows that any stray
carts belong in the store. "People usually let
me take them back."
Nelson said that sometimes he picks up
carts at the Peoples City Mission. "Bums try
to sell them for scrap metal," he said. "Kids
will find lost carts and use the wheels for go
carts, then I find the carts with the wheels
missing."
Nelson said that he recovered five carts
from University of Nebraska-Lincoln dormi
tories last year. Students at the dorms use the
carts when they move in and out of the dormi
tories, he said.
Randy Wiese, assistant manager at Hinky
Dinky, 2145 S. 17th St., said that his store loses
five to 10 grocery carts each month. He esti
mated that each cart is worth $125.
"People like to use them for wheelbar
rows. Some just take their groceries home in
them but don't return the cart." Wiese said.
Nelson said that sometimes his store's cus
tomers who are on foot will cart their gro
ceries home, then leave the carts in their
front yards, knowing that someone from the
store will eventually come to pick up the
carts.
Some Lincoln grocers avoid the loss of
carts by providing carry-out service for cus
tomers. Richard Malousek, manager of
Russ's B & R 10 A, 66th and 0 Streets, said his
store employs about 30 people who perform
this service.
"I haven't noticed a loss in three years," he
said.
Malousek said the carts used to transport
groceries from store to car are not the same
as those used by shoppers.
Although his store has no problem with
cart loss, Maynard Brummer, owner of Mr.
B's IGA, 48th and Van Dorn Streets, said he
knows that people like the carts for uses other
than grocery shopping. "Paperboys use them,
people use them for laundry, but I don't think
anyone steals them for profit. People just use
them for other purposes."
Brummer said his store always carries out
groceries for customers. "The stores with
losses are the ones who let people carry gro
ceries to their cars in carts," he said. He said
that his carts never leave the store. "We're on
a hill, and if ve let them go out the door,
they'd take off," he said.
Nelson said that Hinky Dinky allows cus
tomers to cart their groceries to their cars,
but that "it is virtually impossible to watch
everyone who takes a cart out of the store."
If you find a shopping cart, call the store it
belongs to and the store will send someone to
rescue it. Be warned: according to Lincoln
Police Department Lt. William Satterwaite,
stealing or possessing a grocery cart is a misdemeanor.
Auto inspection rolls to stop
BY MIKE KLUSAW
The motor vehicle inspection program
which started 13 years ago came to an end
Wednesday.
The inspection program actually ended in
1981 when the legislature repealed the law.
The state Supreme Court gave the final blow
this May when it ruled that parts of the law
were unconstitutional.
According to Col. Elmer Kohmetscher of
the Nebraska State Patrol, no law exists now
that requires motorists to have proper tire
tread depth, windshield conditions and sus
pension system.
Laws covering brakes, headlights, turn sig
nals and muffler and exhaust systems still
exist, Kohmetscher said.
Even though these laws do exist, he said
he expects an increase in violations.
Some people will not accept the responsi
bility of fixing the violations unless it's forced
upon them, Kohmetscher said.
State patrol statistics show that 40,939 mo
torists received warnings and 166,933 motor
ists received tickets for violations, including
not having licenses and car registrations.
When the Supreme Court struck down the
law, the state patrol decided not to take any
more action on the law, Kohmetscher said.
The state patrol will continue to do spot
checks on brakes, mirrors, and other items
still under law, he said.
State patrolmen will try to keep track of
the number of accidents caused by violations,
out it will be difficult to keep accurate stat
istics, Kohmetscher said.
A study done by Sen. Tom Vicks showed
that other states have eliminated similar in
spection laws and have had no increase in ac
cidents, said Lynn Jorgenson, an administra
tive assistant for Vicks.
Loss of federal money
crimps city bus system
BY MARK KRIEGER
While coping with increased ridership and
operating costs there's not much room for
budget cutting, but the Lincoln Transporta
tion System is faced with both situations.
By directive of President Ronald Reagan,
LTS stands to lose $300,000 in federal money
over the next two years.
"We've hired a consultant to look at our
operation," said Richard Rohde, general man
ager for LTS. "But it's a good system, you
can't tamper with it too much "
LTS already has taken steps to deal with
the budgets cuts by eliminating night service
and renegotiating its service contract with its
employees.
There are no plans to seriously change the
amount of service availible to the 10,000 peo
ple who ride the buses daily.
There are several reasons that LTS will be
able to continue serving Lincolnites with the
same amount of service.
"The word is that the City Council wants to
keep the service, so they will pick up pretty
much where the feds leave off," Rohde said.
Rohde said that the directive of the presi
dent was never put in a bill and sent through
Congress but there are several bills in Con
gress now that would Continue financing pub
lic transit at the current level.
"The feeling is that nothing will be done to
cut funding in an election year," said Rohde.
"That would be a nice present."
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Weight room makes best become better
BY PAT MASTERS
At Nebraska the best just get better.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln strength coach Boyd Epley
referred to athletes who enter the weight conditioning pro
gram he started in 1970.
"Anyone can make an average athlete better, but at Ne
braska we enjoy seeing a great athlete having a higher level of
strength," Epley said.
He said it was a challenge to take outstanding athletes like
Rich Glover, Dave Rimington and Mike Rozier and still make
them better.
Defensive end Jimmy Williams came to Nebraska weigh
ing 180 pounds and he ran the 40 yard dash in only 4.8. He left
as a Detroit Lion, weighing 227 pounds and he could run the 40
in 4.34.
The weight room put together under the west stadium com
pares to no other in the United States, Epley said. Clemson
football coach Danny Ford was astonished when he saw it.
Clemson has spent over $220,000 on their strength program, but
until last year Nebraska had spent only $42,000.
$90,600 donated for weights
Because of Nebraska's reputation in strength training,
Kpley said he thought the recruits should be more impressed
w hen they visited Nebraska. Epley talked to Athletic Director
Bob Devaney who approved of combining the weight rooms
under the north and south stadiums into one.
Then Epley asked head football coach Tom Osborne about
buying new equipment. Osborne contacted a grain dealer in
Hastings who donated $90,000 which the university used to buy
20 circuit stations and 20,000 pounds of iron from AMF for
heavy duty weighlifting.
Nebraska is so established in the field of weight training
that AMF came here for advice about building the stations
and benches. AMF sold the university the equipment at only
the cost it took them to build it. Nobody else could buy it that
cheap, Epley said.
Nebraska has two separate areas for circuit training and
heavy weightlifting under the west stadium and seven differ
ent weightlifting areas on campus.
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for Nebraska's success belongs to his tremendous assistants.
Epely said he sets the programs up and they implement them
"Mike Arthur is the best strength coach in the United
States," Epley said without reservation. Arthur, the assistant
strength coach, has been involved in weight training at Ne
braska since 1970. He came here one year after Epley and
later set a world record in the deadlift of 540 and one-fourth
pounds with a body weight of 132 pounds.
Better exercises for neck and lower back injuries are de
veloped by Larry Crouch, a senior pre-med student.
Epley cited four other assistants for their contributions:
Tom Wilson, manager of heavy weightlifting, Randy GoebeL in
charge of improving facilities, Jerry Schmidt, circuit training
supervisor and Yon Bakalas, the manager of the weightroom
at the Bob Devaney Sports Complex.
"Those six are the strength of Nebraska," Epley said.
Two city unions
sign contracts
BY JIM ANDERSON
Two Lincoln city employees Unions recently signed new
contracts with the city, said Dana Roper, assistant city attor
ney. Roper, who did the city's bargaining in the contract negoti
ations, said the local Amalgamated Transit Workers Union,
representing Lincoln Transportation System employees, and
city employees represented by the National Association of
Government Employees (NAGE) signed new wage and bene
fit contracts earlier this month.
Roper said the Fraternal Order of Police, representing Lin
coln Police and Lancaster County Sheriff's Department em
ployees and the International Order of Firefighters have yet to
reach an agreement with the city. Negotiations with the city
employees were to have concluded June 14.
Roper, obeying established rules for the negotiations,
refused to comment on how negotiations are going with the re
maining two unions.
Transit workers, Roper said, were given a 5.5 percent wage
increase, an increased tool allowance, which affects about 11
mechanics, he said; and were allowed to keep dental insur
ance as part of their insurance package.
The city, on the other hand, can now use part-time bus
drivers on some regular bus routes.
NAGE was given a 4.9 percent wage increase. This is the
first contract negotiated with NAGE, which represents citv la
borers, labor supervisors and tradesmen. In addition to' the
wage inc, ase, NAGE aquired a contractual procedure for
settling grievances