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Monday, March 12, 1984 Daily Nebraskan Pago 7 Forum focuses on young farmers By Gene Gentrap A proposal to help young farmers get started was discussed at an agricultural forum in the East Campus Union Wednesday night. The proposal, LB1005, would establish the Begin ner Farmer Opportunity Act. The measure would provide a tax credit to land owners who rent to young farmers on a crop-sharing basis. The bill is sponsored by 11 - legislators. State Sen. Rex ilafx nnan and UNMYotessor of Agricultural Econom ics Paul Gessaman served as panelists for the forum discussion. Ilaberman, chairman of the Agriculture and En vironment Committee, said he i3 "not pro to the concept of the bill." . The bill would require an annual audit by county agents who would also provide financial manage ment advice. A nine-member board appointed by the governor would choose participants and monitor monthly rental rates. A three-year rental agreement would be required. The tax credit to land owners would be based on the assessed acre value of the land. Ilaberman said because no farmers or members of the agricultural and environment committee helped in the bill's creation, "It would be hard to politically sell anyone on the bill." "Under the bill, you can't get into the program unless the net worth of you and your wife is $75,000 or less " he said. "I don't understand how you get into the farming business if you don't have at least $75,000." Ilaberman said a beginning farmer could be 60-years-old to qualify, but under the bill, no family farmer could qualify. Many farmers oppose the bill, Haberma,n said. He said Cortland farmer Leland Schlake, who testified at a committee hearing Feb. 9, said it would bring in people who had no farming knowledge. Paul Gessaman said the program is designed to shift the balance of beginning farmers in their favor. 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Casino Night gives people a chance to gamble Las Vegas style. With a ticket, people got $3,000 of play money to gamble with plus a chance to win the trip to Las Vegas, Mike Klein, vice president of Lambda Chi, said. Gamblers could play blackjack, roul ette, craps, wheel of fortune and ani mal craps. The minimal bet was $500, and the starting maximum bet was $1,000 and increased throughout the night to $5,000, Klein said. The night's featured entertainment included a Las Vegas-style floor show performed by sponsoring house mem bers. The one-hour show featured 12 acts that ranged from a Michael Jack son spoof to the Average White Five and an all-male strip tease. Kris Lowen berg, Miss Nebraska 1933, also perform ed. ' The evening ended with an auction of prizes donated by Lincoln merchants, said Klein. Prizes ranged from coupons for Taco Inn to a Coke Bottle tele phone, to tickets to the UCLA vs. Nebraska gymnastics meet. Auct ioneer Randy Fleming called the sale. Prices ranged from $300,000 for the Coke phone to about $130,000 for two gilt certificates to Runza Drive Inn. Lincoln radio station KXSS provid ed music at the event. Normally this would cost about $170, according to Dean Lambert, KXSS music director. The station also donated two $25 cash prizes, Lambert said. Casino Night, an annual Lambda Chi philanthropic project, raised money this year for the Lincoln General Hos pital Trama Center. Although the fra ternity originally had a $1,800 donat ion goal, Klein said, the donation would be about $2,400. This exceeded the original goal by $600. David Okerland, assistant administra tor at Lincoln General Hospital, said that although a trauma center is expens ive, "It is more expensive to care for someone who is a vegetable for 60 years." The Casino Night project has raised between $8,000 and $10,000 during the past six years, Klein said. "When we first started this, we couldn't find anyone to help us," Klein said. 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