Fort Robinson State Park Trailside Complex discussed
Appropriations bills pass first round
By Jerry Guenther
Staff Reporter
State senators gave first-round
approval Thursday after
noon to several emergency
appropriations bills, including one
that would allocate nearly $270,(XX)
to the National Guard tuition credit
program.
The program allows up to 1,200
Nebraska college students to re
ceive tuition reimbursement if
they’re in the National Guard. The
program does not have enough
money to support all its members
this year.
The bill, LB 1170, calls for
$148,000 for the program in the
1989-90 fiscal year and $121,000
in 1990-91.
Before advancing the bill, sena
tors adopted Appropriations Com
mittee amendments that prohibit
discrimination in deciding what
students are allowed in the pro
gram.
Sen. Sandra Scofield of Chad
ron said that because only 1,200
students arc allowed in the pro
gram, students attending colleges
where classes begin later in the
year have been cut from the pro
gram unfairly.
“In fact, at Chadron (State Col
lege), no member of the guard was
gping to get reimbursement,” Scof
ield said.
The committee amendments re
quire that the procedure to cut stu
dents from the program must be
fair and cannot discriminate against
colleges that start late, she said.
Another committee amendment
requires military officials to notify
students when they enlist that they
later can be dropped because of
limited finances.
Sen. LaVon Crosby of Lincoln
said she had been contacted by
constituents about problems with
the program.
Crosby said some students last
October were notified that they
had tuition reimbursement approved
for the fall semester but not for the
spring semester.
Scofield said the bill will pre
vent that from happening again
this year, although problems could
arise later.
After approving the committee
amendments 26-0, senators ad
vanced LB 1170 without debate.
Later in the afternoon, Scofield
introduced a bill requiring the NU
Board of Regents to develop plans
for a Trailside Complex at Fort
Robinson State Park in northwest
Nebraska.
Senators adjourned without
taking action on the bill.
Scofield said senators appropri
ated money for the complex last
year, but Gov. Kay Orr vetoed it.
The money would provide for a
new museum, nature trail, obser
vation tower and renovation of
existing buildings in the area.
Scofield said some “priceless”
artifacts almost were destroyed last
year after fires burned 48,(XK) acres
of land around Fort Robinson. A
museum would help keep the arti
facts safe from such disasters, she
said.
The complex also would be a
“one-of-a-kind attraction” for
Nebraska, Scofield said.
The complex would cost around
S4.3 million, beginning with a
$100,000 appropriation this year
for a program statement and plan.
Sen. Loran Schmit of Bellwood
spoke out against the bill, saying
he wonders whether Nebraskans
can afford it.
Although Schmit said he appre
ciates preservation of Nebraska’s
artifacts, Nebraskans ought to sup
port agricultural programs that are
crucial to the state’s economy.
Without taking steps to main
tain a strong agricultural economy,
Schmit said, Nebraskans won’t be
able to afford projects in the future.
After Schmit’s comments, Scof
ield motioned to adjourn.
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Stale Sen. Dennis Baack of Kim
ball, the amendment’s sponsor, said
the money is needed because of an
erosion of funds for the program.
The program is valuable, Baack
said, because many rural communi
ties cannot find doctors.
“This problem is becoming even
more acute,” he said.
About 62 percent of foundation
graduates practice in rural Nebraska
and 90 percent of the graduates slay
in Nebraska, he said.
Baack said the program is not in
competition with UNMC, but rather
is a complement to the medical cen
ter.
Sen. Stan Schcllpcpcr of Stanton
said the amendment is “very, very
important” in keeping the founda
tion going.
“There’s general concern about
the future of rural medicine,” Sen.
Rod Johnson of SuUon said, and trying
to attract doctors is difficult.
The problem will “escalate if we
don’t do something to respond,” he
said.
Sen. Gary Hannibal ol Omaha was
against the amendment, however, and
said the issue is not that Nebraska
needs more rural doctors.
The issue, he said, is who should
contribute to the foundation. The
Legislature now pays the stipends for
the foundation’s interns, Hannibal said.
The amendment would have the
Legislature paying the program’s ad
ministrative costs, too, which would
be a “step too far,’’ he said.
Although financing for the pro
gram has decreased, it is because
Lincoln hospitals are4 ‘dropping their
support,” he said.
Lincoln hospitals benefit from the
program, too, he said, and should be
able to pay some of the cost.
“It’s going beyond what I think is
reasonable for the slate to pick up all
these funds,” Hannibal said.
Baack said the program needs to
be continued even if the Legislature
has to pay more.
4 4 Health care and rural health care
is going to become a major issue in
this state,” Baack said.
After senators passed an amend
ment giving the Antique Farm Ma
chinery Commission $5,000 to help
house equipment. Sen. Loran Schmit
of Bcllwood proposed giving S190,000
to start designs for a new headquar
ters to an agriculture and research
center of the UNL Institute of Agri
culture and Natural Resources at Mead.
But the amendment failed 13-4.
Schmit said that after the antique
machinery amendment passed, his
didn’t “have much chance’ because
senators had just given their annual
appropriation to agriculture.
“Timing is everything on this
floor,” Schmit said. “Notwithstand
ing all the rhetoric we hear... agri
culture is still business to Nebraska.
The total cost for the building would
be about $2.8 million, Schmit said,
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but “there is a very real need here.’
Sen. George Coordsen of Hcbroi
supported the amendment.
“Everything that supports agri
culture fils together,’’ Coordsen said
The $190,(XX) would provide “see<
money’’ for the start of the building
Schmit said that although he know
slate funds arc limited, he hopc<
senators would “vote as your con
science dictates.”
The Legislature did adopt anothc
Schmit amendment 31-0 before th<
bill was advanced Thursday after
noon. It would appropriate S24,10
for a counselor at Nebraska Indiai
Community College in Winnebago.
The counselor would cncouragi
students there to attend four-yea
colleges, Schmit said.
Sen. Frank Korshoj of Hcrmai
supported the amendment, saying th<
program would help develop leader
in American Indian communities.
“I don’t know how we could turr
down such a small amount of monej
for the good it could do,” Korsho
said.
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Official credits university
for Lincoln 's high number
of fast-growth businesses
By Jennifer O’Cilka
Staff Reporter
A university official and a city
planner agree that the University of
Ncbraska-Lincoln has contributed to
the high number of fast-growth com
panies in the city.
Robin Anderson, director of UNL’s
Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship,
pointed to a recent article in INC., a
national business publication, that rated
Lincoln first nationally for fast-growth
companies.
Lincoln also was rated eighth among
booming cities overall. Las Vegas
and Washington were first and sec
ond in that ranking.
Anderson said UNL impacts busi
ness growth by providing a “leading
edge” in technology, resources and
an educated work force.
The university also provides stu
dents with opportunities to excel in
entrepreneurship, Anderson said.
He said that in the entrepreneurship
center, he looks for students with ‘ high
potential” for success. Students can
be from any UNL college, he said, but
they have to be very interested in
business.
The center offers seminars to Lin
coln business owners, he said, and
sponsors a mentor program, which
pairs students with business owners.
In addition, the center sponsors
i the NU Entrepreneurial Society and
Students in Free Enterprise.
The center also helps potential
entrepreneurs make contacts with those
who can provide money to start enter
prises.
Kent Morgan, assistant director of
the City/County Planning Department,
said UNL stimulates growth by pro
viding services and ideas that can
lead to spin-off companies. Morgan
said he could not give a specific ex
ample of such a company.
Morgan said Lincoln benefits more
from having a university than cities
that ex ist only because of un iversities
and those that are so big they arc
dominated by other industries. Lin
coln is a “legitimate city” that is not
loo big to capture benefits from the
university, Morgan said.
Anderson said Nebraska has a tra
dition of people who arc willing to do
new things and accept challenges.
Some of this entrepreneurship may
have been repressed in the past by a
lack of financing from conservative
banking and fears of failure, Morgan
said, but overall the slate has a good
entrepreneurial environment.
Service industries, which have
grown nationwide, also have prolif
erated in Lincoln. He said an example
of this is Lincoln’s medical care in
dustry. consisting of three major
hospitals, which caters to people all
across the state.
Lincoln has a fairly steady em
ployment rale because it doesn’t rely
on only one business, he said. And
Lincoln’s population has increased
consistently, Morgan said.
“We have a good quality of life in
Lincoln to attract people,” he said.
Morgan said he docsn’tthink busi
nesses moving from the downtown
area will have any effect on Lincoln’s
top ranking.
He said office space in the down
town area has grown slightly and he
thinks many other opportunities for
business expansion exist within the
city.
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