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colored fabrics available at the Ilalal Food Mart, an Islamic
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Ipecialty grocery markets cater
to Lincoln's
Ey Jchn Eleissner '
Dftl! Nekrsskaa Senior Eeporlr
"Lee Cheng's grocery, while not
a model of neatness, was a mira
cle of supply. It was small and
crowded but within its single
room a man could find every
thing he needed or wanted to live
and to be happy. "
John Steinbeck, "Cannery Row"
In a world with entire super
market aisles devoted to dish
washing soap, it's heartening to
find a store where dried beans
nestle comfortably between al
mond cookies and artichoke
hearts. King Tut's, 1642 0 St., is
such a place.
King Tut's, like A-Dong Foodsj
. 4--.. . J, a v. . & w-v
a-peik festivities. Air-brushed ;
cr; tic j End conctsslda &lz,:J,i
sleep for th3 Ions nirht sJtead.
But h thz horsa i'?ni, Jchn
tlohy &Ti& his family from Keck
well, Iowa are feeding their
team six z: E:lsian drd
hcrsca.
"I used to rce cars, nov I
rsi:e fccrscs. I think I lUce this
better, eaj'ai Eoby, a retired
farmer. "There's net nuch el:s
to Jo in Pockrca.
Ti2 sirtfill Iowa f&tm com
nuniiy ths,t ths V.oys cJl
hcrr.2 is better r.C7. n Lrscns
Icirans as the fcnacr tilt cf
th?tftv,crr,en,acorctiensl
"ji't fcr fun
-.workhesys.
Fcr the Ect:y3, raising dslt
!';cr5-3 b a L.r?-Y.y zSZ: r. Lc:t
n:;t Kubys pnddi'-'r 7-yce,r-cli
Jamia Eeby, competed
in the j c-uth csi t cl.r j f Init
riders : 3 c!d c? 18. he &!cpp?d
two 'days of school to. travel
with mom,-dad, -grandpa,
grandma and her 4-year-old
sister, Justin. ;.
diverse ethnic tastes
Oriental Market and Asian House
of Lincoln, is a specialty grocery
store catering to ethnic groups.
"Specialty" may be a misnomer
for a grocery store that stocks
dried fruit, good luck charms,
fresh spices, papyrus, instant
noodles, fresh-baked baldava and
honey manufactured on the spot.
Basin Metry, the manager,
stocker, checker and sacker at
King Tut's (his sister does the
baking) arrived in Lincoln in 19S2
after spending eight years in the
business administration depart
ment at Assiout University in
Egypt. His brother-in-law, Yosry
Eishay, the owner and a techni
cian in UNL's agricultural engi-
thef(L'ri3is
!":ejccltig2.but- like' jah 7vear:.
old sh3 prefers the rides on the !
prcbr.tly be water li5K, but
there's our to;:t," gays Jamie's
mem, Vielry, Evurin toTard
one cf ihs bully Lcrses, srratch
ing cn a stable wall. The Hcbj
have sunk mere than $2O,0C0
into their hatby.
OutelJe, Deb Keby, CO, seeped
from head to tec, lathers up a
ItoraeVi'MLj gmr.dT.a weshn
hooves end hinderters. Ka ,
.too used to race Cirs, but ave
it wp when he got rajricd Ik
says peps John vasnt too
pleaeed vith his son's first
purchee Li hcrjs-CCih, fcr,t
grandpa cdrJts nr.v thct ha
nray have been wrcr. Eel's
her? 2 i tfca er.,y hcree rertiria
frru the izr:.?-! c'rjjxsl
six-herse team. But John
pre-j ..tly mfarft ever concede
T.'e till cu?i that he re 2," he
Today's JchrfsSSlh birthday.
He hopes to tzke heme a first-.,
place trophy kt the big evnt,;
the six-horse team competition.""
Last year he rode away with
third. ', . .
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
David CreamerDxily Ntbriskan
Abdullah pose near two rows of
store in Lincoln owned by their
neering department, thought a
store would help foreign students
and families, especially the 40 to
50 Greek families in Lincoln who
were having trouble supplying
their needs.
Today, his clientele includes 25
percent "good, regular American
customers" a percentage Metry
"didn't expect." People with roots
in the Middle East, India and the
Orient make up the other 75 to 80
percent of his customers.
A-Dong,"l07 N. 27th St., pffers a
taste of home for Lincoln's Viet
namese population. Diep Nguyen
said he carries Chinese, Japanese
and Thai foodstuffs as well.
Nguyen started A-Dong (in Eng
lish, "half sun,") after leaving
Vietnam in 1979. Along with a
variety of popular Vietnamese music,
the store handles dried and can
ned goods and bulk rice. Tofu,
tempura batter and lychees, fam
iliar words to American devotees
of Oriental food, are available
here and at the other Far Eastern
groceries.
Sirirat and Aram Ruenprom
run the Oriental Market out of
their home at 61 1 N. 27th St. The
market specializes in goods from
Thailand. The owners attributed
less than 1 percent of their busi
ness to Americana. "Probably
because most Americans don't
know how to cook Oriental food,"
they said.
By far the largest of the spe
cialty stores, Asian House, 700 N.
27th St, boasts a gift shop and
grocery with fresh fish and pro
duce. As with the other stores,
their imported goods come from
Chicago or the coasts.
Store hours:
King Tut's 11:30 a.m to 6:30
p.m. Monday through Friday, 9:30"
a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.
A-Dcng Foods 10:30 a.m. to 7
p.m. Monday through Friday; 10
am. to 7 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to
5:30 p.m. Sunday.
Oriental Market 10:30 a.m to
7 p.m. daily.
Asian Kssise 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Monday through Friday, 1 i a.m.
to 6 p.m. Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.
Sunday.
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By John Meksiter
Daily Nebrak&n Senior Reporter
Gov. Dob Kerrey, true to his
pharmacy degree, prescribed re
medies Thursday for a flagging
nnivprsitv nnrt n failed hanWinff
institution.
In an interview, the governor
also defended the state's prop-
erty tax system and disputed the
vainonf miin tho HrinUnt tA
Kerrey said questions about
u j u
what UNL freshmen could expect
in the next four years merit a
"doctoral thesis."
Budgeting is done from year to
year, he said, explaining why he
couldn't project in advance, he
principal budget decisions, par
ticularly how the money's going
to be allocated internally, are made
by the (NU) Board of Regents, not
by myself or the Legislature,
Kerrey said.
However, he said, "We are going
to continue to pursue excellence
in that institution, and we are
going to continue to put pressure
on the university to manage the
resources mai we give mem Dei-
ter
Kerrey said the state faces two
constraints in its educational
efforts: the need to try to get
superior education and the per
sonal incomes of Nebraskans.
New technology, computers and
basic research equipment must
be used for the next four or five
years to prepare students for the
future, Kerrey said.
"I would expect to see us con-
stantly struggling against the need
to provide superior education for
our people and the need as well
to make certain we're developing
our economy," he said.
Kerrey said he is concerned
about the rash of "bad news"
bothering Lincoinites indus
trial loan and investment com
pany closings, retail store depar
tures and the trials of Paul
Douglas. But he said he doesn't
think Nebraskans' confidence is
shaken.
"I think we've got a fairly signif
icant group of people who had
money in Commonwealth whose
confidence unquestionably has
been shattered," he said.
But, Kerrey said, many people-
still have great confidence in
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Kerrey said the banking depart
ment did a "pretty poor job" of
regulating Commonwealth and
called the insurance program set
UptO protect depositors a "sham
Although the Legislature and
District Court have shunted Ker-
reys efforts to resurrect the insti-
tution or return some of the dep-
ositors' money, he said he will
continue to try the same approach.
"In the meantime," Kerrey said,
"we will liquidate the assets of
that institution or set it up so
they can be liquidated."
Kerrey correctly predicted the
passage of the farmland valua
tions bill, LB2. Senators voted 32
16 in favor of its identical twin
LB7 later in the day, ending the
special session.
Kerrey also dismissed talk about
restructuring the state property
tax system.
"The state, in 1975 or 1976,
began the process of developing a
manual which gives us some basis
by which we can tax property
"w v .
Kerrey allowed that property
tax supported too much of go-
vt"cia parutuiai iy euucauuii,
and that the state should shift
some of the burden over to sales
and income tax. But, he said, by
enforcing the manual and up-
dating the assessments, we will
be in reasonably good shape."
The governor took exception
to a statement that he had been
opposed to raising the drinking
age in 1983. He signed a bill raising
the legal drinking age to 21 ear
lier this year.
"I've never been opposed to
raising the drinking age," Kerrey
said. "But the fact is, the drinking
age is an arbitrary age." There is
no evidence to indicate that the
incidence of traffic-related fatali
ties is a function of the drinking
age, he said, or that we will de
crease the use of alcohol by grade
school or junior high school stu
dents through limitations. "What
I've said is, 'Don't raise the drink
ing age and think that you're
going to solve those two prob
lems.
"I don't think they're going to
accomplish anything by raising
it," Kerrey said.
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