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Daily Nebraskan
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Senior bakes way through school;
decorates cakes to earn her tuition
Cy 0llie Jo Cinuacss
Stephanie Kuhner, a UNL senior in home econom
ics and special education, bakes and decorates
cakes to pay her wsy through schocL
"My parents thought I'd value an education more
if I paid for it," Kuhner said.
Working and earning her own money has made
her more responsible for the ways she spends her
time and money, she said
"Two of the strangest cakes IVe made were a
chocolate cake with black frosting, flowers and let
tering for the 'mourning' of a 40th birthday, and a
pelican sitting in a chair talking to a reporter for the
Lincoln Journal-Star? Kuhner said.
Kuhner started decorating cakes at the age of 1 2
after her mother took a cake decorating class.
Kuhner said she worked part-time at a bakery and,
at 22, she's handled her steady business at home for
four years.
.The favorite cake is always chocolate, she said,
and the most popular patterns are E.T. and Gar
field. With birthday cakes for $7 and wedding cakes for
as much as $200, Kuhner said she profits from half
her earnings.
Her orders dont come regularly by the month, but
by the season, she said. She receives the most orders
from April to October, especially for graduations
and June weddings.
"I might do six or seven wedding cakes for the
weekend and 20 birthday cakes during the week,"
she said.
Her customers live anywhere in Lincoln or sur
rounding areas, she said.
"UNL student just started ordering cakes last
year, and the faculty started this year," Kuhner said.
Kuhncr said she doesnt advertise, so all her busi
ness Is by "word of mouth." She said she made some
business cards to pass out among bakeries and bri
dal shops, too.
Kuhner attends bridal fairs and charity carnivals
where she has given several cake-decorating dem
onstrations. She also taught a class for decorating
cakes through UNL's free university classes.
."You have to spend money to make money," she
said. That's why you have to give away cakes to have
the business come back to you."
There's more to do than just frost a cake, she said.
"It's a lot of work that people dont realize."
The real time is spent getting supplies, baking the
cakes, washing the dishes, making the frosting and
roses ahead of time and freezing the cakes, Kuhner
said.
Working with a cake that serves 150 people takes
two and a half hours to ice and decorate, she said.
Her specialty is wedding cakes, Kuhner said.
"IVe never had a wedding cake fall down," she
said.
She said cakes fall because they're too fresh. Peo
ple dont like cakes that have been frozen like cakes
from a bakery, Kuhner said. Bakeries freeze their
cakes uncovered, so they dry out, she said. Kuhner
said that when working with mass quantities, cakes
must be frozen. Her trick is to wrap them twice in
wax paper or in large trash bags.
The most challenging things to do are coming up
with different ideas and seeing how many wedding
cakes you can do in a weekend," Kuhner said.
Kuhner is currently student-teaching at North
east High School, and hopes to graduate in Dec
ember. She said she will be looking for a teaching
position after school and would continue decorat
ing cakes only if she does not find a teaching job.
Wheelchair basketball
tournament to raise
money for charity
The fourth annual Farmllouse-Alpha Chi Omega
wheelchair basketball tournament will be March 1 G
18 at the Men's Physical Education building.
The proceeds form the tournament will go to th
American Cancer Society Lincoln Chapter.
The tournament will consist of 42 hours of bas
ketball. Campus, community and Greek organiza
tions are encouraged to enter teams to play against
Farmllouse and Alpha Chi Omega teams in 30
minute games. The entry fee is $25.
The Lincoln Police department, hospitals and
several Lincoln radio stations will have teams enter
ed in the tournament. Members of the Farmllouse
and Alpha Chi Omega will also collect pledges for
the amount of time they play.
Contact Mark Thornburg at Farmllouse for more
information.
Correction
The article entitled "History week notes women's
contributions" (Daily Nebraskan, March 1) incor
rectly stated that Susette LaFlesche Tibbies married
Standig Bear. She actually was his itnerpreter, and
she married Thomas Tibbies, a newspaper man.
Also, the marriage was in 1831, not the early 1900s
as reported.
One item in Monday's Off The Wire column was
deleted, and its headline, "U.S.: Iran used chemical
weapons" was placed over an item about Walter
Mondale and the democratic campaign.
Police
Report
The following incidents were reported to the UNL
Police Department between 8 a.m. and 1 1 p.m. Mon
day: 8:05 a.m. Parking permit reported stolen from a
car in Parking Area 16 west of Selleck Quadrangle.
8:23 a.m. Illness reported at 42S N. 16th St.
Person refused medical attention.
9:23 a.m. Track marker reported vandalized at
the tractor test site on East Campus.
11:09 a.m. Hit-and-run accident reported in
Parking Area 23 near 14th and W streets. Report
Was found to be false. Investigation is continuing.
4:01 p.m. Billfold reported lost or stolen on East
Campus.
4:20 p.m. Security alarm reported sounding at
the Nebraska Union. Cause of alarm is unknown, but
may have possibly been due to a malfunction.
5:04 p.m. Two hubcaps reported stolen from a
car in Parking Area 1 near 17th and R streets.
5:26 p.m. Ninety pounds of Olympic brand
weight equipment reported stolen from the Cather
Hall weight room.
11:19 p.m. Domestic disturbance reported at
Harper HalL Officers contacted those responsible.
In an article entitled "UNL speakers capture title"
(Daily Nebraskan, March 6), Val Benton is from Mal
beta, not Fairbury. She was third in informative, not
poetry.
Lane Welsh of Fairbury was inadvertently left out
of the article. Welsh was a finalist in oratory. The
information came from a press release from the
UNL speech team.
In a story titled "UNL weightlifters settle for
second," (Daily Nebraskan, Feb. 27), the Omaha
Athletic Club was incorrectly listed as finishing in
third place. Sweep Left finished third. The story also
contained several inaccurate weightlifting totals
and several misspellings. The Daily Nebraskan apol
ogizes to the competitors and sponsors of the tour
nament for the poor coverage.
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