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Monday, April 29, 1985
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 84 No. 150
Weather: Dryer conditions are expected this
week as high pressure moves into the area. Partly
sunny today with a high of 74 (23C). 30 percent
chance of thunderstorms tonight with a low of 56
(1 3C). Tuesday will be mild again with a high of 76
(24C). Barb BrandaDally Nebraskan
Students 'march' in
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Profile of a teenage
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Sen. Warner
aims speech
at teachers
ByWardW.Triplett III
Sports Editor
State Sen. Jerome Warner of Waverly didn't
tell delegates of the American Association of
University Professors state convention what they
wanted to hear Friday at the East Campus Union.
Instead, he said, as the state's focus moves
toward funding social programs instead of state
programs, things at the university level will only
get worse.
"Back in 1977, we envisioned a university
where you had excess quality, not by letting
professors do whatever they wanted, but by lim
iting what they couldn't do," Warner said. "But I
think we're going to see a narrower scope in the
future."
With the university's budget increase at an
estimated $1.8 million, university programs are
facing cutbacks said Kenneth Eller, president of
the UNO AAUP chapter. Eller, a UNO professor,
said the group tries to get a speaker from the
state's point-of-view for each of its two annual
state meetings.
Warner, chairman of the state Legislature's
Appropriations committee, said his job is not a
bad job. ("You always know whatever decision
you make will end up wrong.") Warner has sided
with state funding causes through most of this
Legislative session. However, as he explained in
his opening remarks Friday, changes in the way
budgets are developed and the state's takeover
of aid programs that used to be locally funded
have made aid programs a state priority.
"I personally believe state programs (such as
the university) should be given priority over aid
programs," Warner said. "But it's more popular
now to be supportive of these other things."
The state had to take over some local aid
programs when the federal goverment pulled
out. However, while the state continues to
increase the number of aid programs, "no one is
suggesting increases in state appropriation,"
Warner said.
Because of those changes, money for state
programs has decreased, leaving higher educa
tion institutions on their own, Warner said. It will
take threats on program elimination before other
senators begin to see what effect the lack of a
larger increase might have, he said.
One example was the recent controversy over
budget cut proposals that would eliminate the
State Museum at UNL's Morrill Hall. Warner said
Morrill Hall was never in danger, but was on a
long list of state museums and historical socie
ties the state wanted to look at for possible
reductions. The resulting arguments gave more
attention to Morrill Hall and turned out to be a
benefit to it, Warner said.
Warner answered several questions from the
small audience, including one who asked why he
was the only senator who seemed to recognize
what was happening to the state's programs.
Warner said other senators who currently are
backing aid programs may need a visual aid in
the near future to see what was happening.
When asked about the proposed regional vete
rinary school, passed by the NU Board of Regents
although the faculty has been largely against it,
and the proposal to appoint, rather than elect
regents, Warner said he had "no interest" in the
latter but admitted people are "really excited"
about the idea.
"1 am totally uninterested in how the regents
are appointed," he said. "If you have the right
people, it's going to work."
Warner said he was against the veterinary
school plan, and he didn't think it would pass.
The bill is up for consideration in the Legislature
sometime this week.
"Nebraska students tell me they have a slick
deal right now," Warner said, telling of one stu
dent at Ohio State who said Ohio students have
to go to that school and some lose out because of
registration limitations. Nebraska students can
go anywhere they want, he said.
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Anderson and her $14,500 llama, Teardrop.
Joel SartoreDaily Nebraskan
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lama sale draws tiendlred.
Woolypets bring big money in Tecumseh
By Joel Sartore
Photo Chief
It's hard to believe, but they were selling
llamas in Tecumseh this weekend for $10,000
and more.
It's the only llama show and sale in the
country, and it's big. Over 1,500 people, 250
llamas and NBC television showed up at the
Fred Hartman Farm just west of Tecumseh for
the two-day event which includes judging,
awards ceremonies, and an auction that can
command llama prices of more than $15,000
for a top animal.
Rick Hartman, who co-manages the farm
with his dad and his brother Mike, shared his
theory why these semi-exotic pets bring in so
much money.
"It's just an attachment," he said. "They
can get attached to llamas just like a cat or a
dog. You ask some dog or cat owners and they
wouldn't take $100,000 for their pets."
Hartman said llamas need very litle space
(one can raise three or four per acre), and
they're extremely gentle.
Both are qualities that make llamas great,
he said.
Joyce Anderson, one of the event's partici
pants, heartily agreed.
"I've had them in the house, and we've
diapered little ones," she said. "We've had
rabbits, dogs, hogs, cats, everything. We've
got 400 animals. But llamas though, they're
the best."
Anderson and her husband, Leon, drove
from their dairy farm in Jamestown, New
York, to show and sell two of their 22 llamas.
Though all of her llamas are just like family
pets, she said she's especially proud of one of
the animals she brought with her. It's an
eight-year-old white llama named Teardrop,
and it placed second in the adult female
category.
Teardrop sold for $14,500.
$50,000 gift
Tulsa firm donates to Lied Center
The Williams Companies Foundation of Tulsa,
Okla., has announced a gift of $50,000 to the NU
Foundation for development of the Lied Center
for Performing Arts.
The foundation is nearing the halfway point in
an $8 million campaign to complete funding for
the $20 million project on the UNL campus,
Chairman D. B. "Woody" Varner said.
"We are very pleased to contribute to the
construction of the Lied Center and believe it
will benefit all the people of Nebraska," said
Joseph Williams, chairman of The Williams
Companies Foundation and chairman and chief
executive officer of The Williams Companies.
"Through two subsidiaries of the Williams
Companies Williams Pipe Line Company and
Agrico Chemical Company we have enjoyed a
long and gratifying record of service in Nebraska,"
Williams said.
Williams Pipe Line provides transportation
and distribution services for petroleum pro
ducts, liquified petroleum gas, crude oil and
fertilizer solutions. In Nebraska, it operates pet
roleum products terminals at Doniphan, Omaha
and Lincoln and ships agrico fertilizer solutions
to terminals at Nebraska City, Falls City, Blair
and Doniphan.
Agrico also markets various fertilizers at
Omaha, Greenwood and Culbertson. It is one of
the world's leading producers and marketers of
nitrogen and phospate fertilizers, which are
used extensively by Nebraska farmers.
With assets of $4.5 billion, The Williams Com
panies is engaged in the energy, energy transpor
tation and chemical fertilizer businesses.
The Williams Companies Foundation has a
long history of giving to broadly beneficial organ
izations and to education.
Varner has been a member of the Tulsa com
pany's board of directors for the past 10 years.
"I know The Williams Companies values
highly its long-term association with the people
of Nebraska and is pleased to join in this activity
which promises to improve the quality of life for
Nebraskans everywhere," Varner said. "The uni
versity and our foundation are proud of the rela
tionship, too, and we're grateful for the support."
Construction is expected to start next spring
on the Lied Center, with the grand opening
scheduled for the spring of 1988.
The project is the outgrowth of a $10 million
gift from the Lied Foundation Trust of Las Vegas.
The late Ernst Lied was an Omaha car dealer and
Las Vegas businessman.
The Lied Foundation Trust stipulated that
Nebraska interests must match the $10 million.
The Legislature committed $7 million, and the
foundation accepted the challenge for the remain
ing $3 million, plus another $5 million for a
maintenance and program endowment.
The eight-story Lied Center will be built on
the southwest corner of 12th and R streets and
will complete the arts complex on campus that
includes Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and
Gardens, the Temple Dramatic Arts Building and
Howell Theater, Woods Art Building and Archi
tecture Hall.
