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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1987)
Can hunters earn money, get exercise CANS from Page 1 they’re not making it off cans, I know that.” Charlie said he used to spend about 30 hours a week collecting cans. Almost ever)' night he walked along the highway wearing his dual-beamed flashlight glasses in search of cans. A year ago he fell at work and broke his hip. Since then, his lifestyle has slowed down. Now he only spends about 10 hours a week on the roads collecting Andrea Hoy/Dally Nebraskan A local can collector, who asked to be unidentified, unloads his cans at the Nebraska Recycling Center, 425 J street. cans. “I just do it when I want to take a little time to do it,” he said. He collects most of his cans along the highway. He said he covers about eight miles a night. The number of cans he finds varies. “That would depend on how good a highway it is,” he said. Highway 77 is good, he said. “I got probably six or seven thousand cans between (High ways) 34 and 92,” he said. “I don’t know how many miles that is, but I covered it in a week. “I used to go around apartment houses, but they didn’t want me going in their trash cans, so I quit that, he said. “The bars are a good place to go, but I don ’ t do that. “I pick up here and there,” he said. Since he drives a truck, his can collecting overhead is a little higher than can collectors who only walk. “Mostly the cans pay for the gas in my truck,” he said. And it’s good exercise, too. “That’s about all it is,” he said with a laugh. Another collector, Jimmy, is uncertain how long he has been collecting cans. “For a long time, I’d say for quite a long time,” he said. “I don’t know how long.” Jimmy spends most of his time collecting cans. “I do it every day, get cans and bring them down here ‘After I get rid of these cans, 1 go around and look for more cans.9 —Jimmy (to the recycling center),” he said. “Afterl getridof these cans, I go around and look for more cans,” he said. “Then I have some more for the next day.” He forages for cans in a variety of places. “I go to bars and down the alleys, and a lot of people save cans, he said. My neighbors save cans and they bring them over to me. “I go mostly all over,” he said. Jimmy said he collects cans for one reason. “I do it just for the pocket money,” he said. “And I walk around.” Brent has been collecting cans for about a year. “My nephew asked me to go out with him one day,” he said. “I didn’t want to, but did anyway.” He collects cans for about five hours every day. “I follow Larry Zajicek’s (refuse service) route,” he said. “I cover six or seven miles a day. “It’s gotten to be a hobby along the way?’ he said. He said he meets a lot of people collecting cans. “I was talking to an old lady the other day, and she said it’s terrible the way people just throw things away,” he said. “There’s thousands of dollars just being wasted.” He said the extra money from can collecting helps. “It pays the gas and light bill," he said. “I’m going to keep it up until it gets too cold and I can’t get out.” CLOTHING CONCEPTS Presents A MANUFACTURER’S DIRECT CLOTHING SALE z (0 € GO cu Q) 3 0 (!) 1 s <D 3 ■ Mens Authentic OCEAN / M1A\ MICKEY PACIFIC / | | MOUSE hobie WjcrJ sportswear SHORT & LONG SLEEVE TEES JACKETS & SPORTSWEAR 50%-70% OFF Ladies & Juniors £ . 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Upson grant will be awarded to an undergraduate or graduate student in chemistry who has lived in Nebraska for 10 years and has a at least a 3.0 grade point average. The winner of the grant will be awarded up to $5,300 for one year from the trust fund set up to honor Upson. Upson was a past director of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln chemistry department. The Kate Field scholarship is avail able to an undergraduate or graduate student with a at least a 3.0 GPA who has lived in Nebraska for at least 10 years. The grant will award up to $6,000 for one year. It was established to honor Field, a former employee in the UNL registrar’s office. Lynn Ford, assistant director of scholarships in the Office of Scholar ships and Financial Aid, said that for each award the office is looking for students who are involved with cam pus activities and organizations. Applicants should have leadership capabilities and be all-around partici pants, she said. “We want students who not only attend a class, but also add to the class, participate and interact,” Ford said. Many excellent students deserve this award, she said, and it’s important to recognize these contributions from outside the university to students. The grants will be allocated monthly during the school year, Ford said. The awards are not actually re newable, but students can reapply each year, she said. Students can get applications for the two awards at the Office of Schol arships and Financial Aid, Admini stration Building 22. Money problems hurt financial aid ASUN from Page 5 said. “I’ve cot eight years of frustration built up,,Y Apel said. Both Apel and McFarland said the petition will help get some long awaited action. McFarland, who called the petition a “positive thing,” said he wouldn’t be one of the first to sign it because he didn’t want to go over his head. Pollock said he won’t sign the new petition until he the chance to review a report by McFarland, that contains recommended improvements for the office. The petition asks university offi cials for a timetable as to when those improvements will be implemented.