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Results of audit remain undisclosed By Curt Wagner Senior Editor University of Texas officials re fused to comment Wednesday on the results of an audit of University of Nebraska-Lincoln director of busi ness services James Main. Main, a former employee at UT’s physical plant, came under investiga tion last week by UT’s internal audit ing department for allegedly accept ing paychecks he was ineligible for. UT vice president for business affairs G. Charles Franklin would not comment to the Daily Nebraskan and told the Daily Texan, UT’s student newspaper, it would have to make an open records request for results of the audit, Daily Texan reporter Greg Perliski said. Franklin said July 19 the audit was to have been completed earlier this week. Main started at UNL Jan. 11, but did not resign from UT until Feb. 2. He received UT paychecks from Jan. 11 to Feb. 4, according to a story in the July 18 Daily Texan. During that time, he was appar ently paid for accrued sick leave, against University of Texas policy, Franklin said. “I don’t believe it is unusual for a person to beon (vacation) leave in one place and working and getting paid in another,” Franklin said. ‘‘But the problem here was he took sick leave he was not entitled to.” Franklin said the ‘‘time report people” at UT apparently thought Main was entitled to the pay because the checks were signed and sent. John DeCamp, director of UT’s physical plant, said last week that in his opinion, no wrong-doing had occurred on Main’s part. ‘‘We’ve contacted him and he has agreed to repay all the funds,” De Camp said. DeCamp and Franklin would not disclose the amount Main agreed to repay. Main is out of town until Monday and could not be reached for com ment. UNL Vice Chancellor for Busi ness Affairs Jack Goebel said Wednesday he was “only aware of an inquiry involving the office Jim Main worked at before moving to UNL.” Shrine Bowl protest planned By Larry Peirce Staff Reporter Demonstrators will carry picket signs outside the Shrine Bowl Satur day to protest advertising by Shrine Bowl of Nebraska, Inc. officials, a protest organizer said Wednesday. Jay Miller, chairman of the protest for the League of Christian Human Dignity, said the game’s profits don’t go to Shriner’s crippled children’s hospitals as advertised. Miller said about 500 league members will protest west of Memo rial Stadium. The league hopes to make people aware that Shrine Bowl advertising is not true, he said. Glenn Wagner, executive director of Shrine Bowl of Nebraska, Inc., said the claims made by the league against the Shrine Bowl are false. Wagner said all profits “clearly go to the children’s hospitals.” He said Shrine Bowl of Nebraska, Inc., is audited yearly and has financial state ments that snow where the money goes. Miller said Shrine Bowl officials wouldn’t provide information on where the money went. Last spring, the league learned that no money from last year’s Shrine -See SHAlhIlEAS on 3 "T° Spray or Not to Spray" * By Victoria Ayott* Suff Reporter .r : . . iwfc—nWMK^P*m Research on alternate methods ofli«a*lcid#sp<wiiiga)uWaedttce herbicide cos*s fnxn 25 to 50per SuttjM^SfofS^SyS^e University of Nebraska-Uncota. exhibitW^caday at the Institute of Agriculture a«d Natural Re sources Expo. A sensor sprayer being devel oped by Morteasen and two other tflC researchers would be turned on and off automatically, spraying only those areas where there am enough weeds to justify the chemi cal use. „T Ui*-/ The sensor system would need to detect the amount of weeds to justify turning on the sprayer. rnm impact could be very sig niGcant,” he said. Three oomponeots are used in the researched system: a color video camera, a black and white video camera and a reflectance ratio meter. The cameras capture the colors : .■tiH.—.i. ...'...— " on the ground and determine where weeds are present “This video camera captures information just like at someone's birthday party,” Mcrtensen said. Although the system is large light now* Mortensen said, he envisions having a small camera unit attached to s tractor. Wt] Geoffrey Shropshire, a fellow in UNL's agriculture engineering department, and Kenneth Von k^mrteddie research laft sum mer with Mortensen. “We’re still no way near solv ing the problemMortensen said. “But it's a real good start" Expo unveils agriculture improvement By Victoria Ayotte Staff Reporter About 1,000people filled the Insti tute of Agriculture and Natural Re sources Expo near Mead Wednesday to learn about significant new re search in their areas, said Loyd Young, co-chairman of the Expo. “Itrs an opportunity to give clien tele (fanners and agribusiness ex perts) a chance to see research that’s being conducted here,” said Young, director of the Southeast Research and Extension Center at the Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln. “To have communication from the science world to the user is a prob lem,” he said. “This is one way to keep up.” Sixty commercial and educational exhibits were displayed at the Expo, Young said, and these can be very important to the visiting farmers and agribusiness experts in planning for the future. “Research takes time to gear up to give results,” he said. “But when we look at a long period of time, the research we conduct is very signifi cant.” The Expo can be a good way for anyone in the state to see what the institute does, since the institute doesn’t normally keep a high profile, Young said. “It's a chance for the public to see how their tax dollars are being used,” he said. The major focus of the almost annual Expo was “Crop Management and Future Alternatives.” Crop pro duction was a major area for research in the past year, Young said. Most of the exhibits were tailored to fit the crop production focus, such as weed management, alternative crops and pesticides’ effects on groundwater. There were also commercial ex hibits at the Expo, primarily from previous agribusiness exhibitors for “promotional purposes,” Young said. Although tne major focus was crop production, a panel discussion of experts on the drought was added, since “Nebraska is still in a drought situation,” Young said. The Expo also featured safety exhibits, such as a grain elevator explosion simulation. Sanford Goshom, a deputy state fire marshal, said the simulated eleva tor explosions arc shown around the EXPO on 3