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Tournament approved;
liquor sale questioned
By Lee Rood
Staff Reporter
Mayor Bill Harris announced
Monday that the Coors Light Interna
tional Water Skiing Tournament will
be July 23 and 24th in Lincoln, but the
City Council still has to vote qn
whether alcohol can be served at the
Capital Beach event.
Gates Minnick, a Lincoln city
council member, said liquor may be
served inside the Capital Beach ma
rina, because it has a liquor license.
The City Council still needs to vote
on special designated permits as to
whether or not alcohol will be allowed
outside the marina where sponsors
want beer sold.
And because the second day of the
tournament begins at noon on a Sun
day, the council must also decide on
whether to amend the times in which
alcohol can be served on Sunday.
Present Lincoln statutes allow for
beer to be sold from 6 to 11 p.m. on
Sunday.
M innick said the council is going to
vote as soon as possible on the alcohol
matter, buldid not givea specific date.
While Harris said the city council
and tournament sponsors are cooper
ating to reach an agreement on the
alcohol policy, council members
aren’t making any promises.
“The mayor assumed there won’t
be a problem, but we haven’t voted
yet,” council member Linda Wilson
said.
The original site of the tournament
was scheduled to be at Holmes Lake,
but because the lake is in a city park,
alcohol may not be served there.
Capital Beach is privately owned.
A spokesman for the tournament
said the event is expected to draw
about 10,000 people, which will fea
ture top water skiiers from around the
world.
The tournament, which includes
both men and women, will be covered
by ESPN and other media.
Minnick said he was pleased that
the tournament was coming to Lin
coln. He said it “is just another ex
ample of what this community can do
if we all work together.”
Harris said the city is not directly
involved with the tournament, but he
expects to do everything he can to help
play host to the event.
_ Funding for Curtis
introduced Monday
Bufch I rels nd/Daily Nebraskan
Gov. Kay Orr talks to the legislature during Monday's State on the State address.
State of the State Address: Orr
proposes faculty salary increases
From Staff Reports
Financing legislation for the Ne
braska College of Technical Agricul
ture at Curtis has once again found its
way to the Nebraska Legislature.
If the bill passes it will give the
college $350,000 for Fiscal 1988 and
$1.4 million for 1989.
Sen. William Barrett of Lexington
introduced the bill Monday afternoon
for Gov. Kay Orr.
“The legislative concern is simply
the funding,” Barrett said.
Barrett said the bill probably will
not go to the floor until after the First
week of February when the Depart
ment of Agriculture is scheduled to
release a needs and assessment report
on the Curtis school.
In mid-February, Barrett said, the
bill will be introduced to the Univer
sity of Nebraska Board of Regents for
their consensus.
The bill stated that if passed, the
regents will control the mission of the
school. It would also be responsible
for utility costs.
The bill states that the Curtis
school will be organized to provide
expedient response to changes needed
to serve the agricultural industry in
Nebraska.
By Amy Edwards
Senior Reporter
and Eric Paulak
Staff Reporter
After Gov. Kay Orr’s State of
the State Address Monday, state
senators applauded Orr’s efforts to
improve education in Nebraska,
but some questioned where they
will find the money to back the
nxisal.
n her speech, Orr urged Ne
braska legislators to pass a pro
posal to increase financing for all
Nebraska education systems.
Orr proposed $10 million for
salary increases for university and
state college employees for fiscal
year 1989. Orr also has proposed an
additional $10.7 million for resto
ration of state aid to schools and $4
million for research.
The salary proposal for the
university could mean a $14.47
million increase — or an average
8.1 percent salary increase.
Sen. David Landis of Lincoln
said Orr’s proposals are very sig
nificant
“I’ve been here 10 years,” Lan
dis said, “and many people have
said they support higher education,
but she is actually doing something
to help.*’
The largest obstacle, Landis
said, will be trying to raise the
funds. He said he saw increasing
taxes as the solution.
Orr stressed education as the
single most important issue for
Nebraska.
“It is now time to move forward
on commitments of the past and to
ease the burden of higher education
costs,” she said.
Orr also proposed $1.4 million
for the Nebraska School of Techni
cal Agriculture at Curtis in a fund
separate from the university and
state college proposals.
Or said Nebraskans can be
proud of their education systems,
but said financing should be con
tinued to protect “our children,
who are, after all, our most impor
tant resource.”
Orr cited increased revenue and
improved conditions in the state as
reasons “for optimism and confi
dence” in the future.
Sen. William Banettof Lexing
ton agreed with Orr’s confidence.
He said the state currently has a
surplus of revenues, and some of
that money could be used for edu
cation.
Orr also said something must be
done about migration from farm
ing communities to cities in Ne
braska. She added that farm com
m unities and fam il ies should not be
overlooked in the budget
“There is no single, all-encoin
passing solution to this problem,”
Orr said.
Orr said legislators should rec
l
ognize the need for new jobs and a
diversified economy to keep
younger people in the state and
create a better tax base.
Without new jobs, Orr said,
young people will sec a lack of
opportunity in Nebraska.
Neither tax increases nor a
budget cut are acceptable, Orr said,
and the preparations for the future
of the state must continue.
“The carefully prepared kin
dling has received its sparic, and
Nebraska’s flame has started to
glow,” Orr said.
Sen. Arlene Nelson of Grand
Island said increased spending in
education is necessary, but she has
“great reservations” that the
money can be raised without rais
ing taxes.
However, Orr said, without the
Legislature to back initiatives, the
flame will be extinguished.
“If we don’t expert too much
too soon we can continue to move
forward,” she said.
“Gov. Orr’s plan is commend
able and should be applauded..
Sen. Carol Firsch of Omaha said,
“but we should be cautious of
overly ambitious plans.”
She said the state should not put
money into any program until they
arc sure they can support it in the
future. She cited the Nebraska
School of Technical Agriculture at
Curtis.
Bill to make helmets mandatory
receives first-round approval
By Phil Richmond
Suff Reporter
The 90th Nebraska legislature
opened its second session Wednesday
morning by introducing two new
senators and reviving issues from the
previous session.
Helen Campbell of Columbus re
placed Lee Rupp in the 22nd District.
Campbell was appointed by Gov. Kay
Orr Jan. 4 following Rupp’s resigna
tion to become vice president for
university relations at the University
of Nebraska.
David Bcmard-Stcvens of North
Platte was appointed by the governor
on Dec. 30 to represent the 42nd Dis
trict Bcmard-Stevens was appointed
alter James Pappas resigned.
Legislators will face a full agenda
ol topics as they attempt to resolve
legislation that was pushed aside last
session.
Legislators gave first-round ap
proval to a mandatory motorcycle
helmet law Thursday, moving closer
to clearing carry-over legislation.
Other carry-over bills include the
school consolidation proposal, elimi
nation of the death penally and adop
tion of new criteria for sentencing the
mentally ill.
Discussion of bills proposed this
session will begin when the carry-over
legislation has been resolved.
Much of the first day was spent
discussing rule changes. Sen. Scott
Moore of Stromsburg introduced a
cloture proposal that would limit floor
debate. Moore said the proposal was
an attempt to head off any future fili
buster planned by Sen. Emic Cham
bers of Omaha.
Moore reminded the lawmakers of
the difficulties they experienced when
Chambers tied up the legislature for
hours last session during discussion of
Orr’s business tax proposals.
The proposal was voted down 12
24.