Official: Bike laws unknown
By Corey Russman
Staff Reporter
As the number of Lincoln resi
dents riding bicycles continues to in
crease, Lincoln health officials are
urging bicyclists and motorists to ex
ercise caution.
Jill Heins, injury prevention pro
gram coordinator with the Lincoln
Lancaster County Health Department,
said most bike accidents occurred
because many bicyclists were not
aware of the rules of the road.
There is a general lack of informa
tion among bicyclists, as well as mo
torists, she said.
Heins said she believed that if both
bicyclists and motorists knew the rules
of the road, there would be a signifi
cant drop in the number of injuries.
In 1992, more than 600 Lancaster
County residents went to the hospital
because of bicycle injuries, she said.
Most injuries involved head wounds,
Heins said.
Because of this, the health depart
ment hopes to decrease the number of
injuries through their continued effort
to promote helmets and other bicycle
safety measures, Heins said.
“The problem already exists,” she
said, “we’re just getting the informa
tion out to prevent a further increase
in the problem.”
Rich Rodenburg, owner of Bike
Pedalers, 1353 S. 33rd St., said he
believed more bicyclists were paying
attention to their own personal safety
while riding. Rodenburg also is co
owner of the Walton Trail Company.
There has been a significant in
crease in the number of cyclists wear
ing helmets over the past few years,
he said, as attitudes toward helmets
and other safety techniques changed.
“All the old reasons not to wear a
helmet have been thrown out the win
dow.”
In the past, cyclists said the hel
Bicycle safety tips
The Lincoln-Lancaster County
Health Department also recommends
taking some additional safety
precautions while riding a bike. These
include:
■ Always wear a bicycle helmet. v
Helmets can reduce head injuries by
up to 95 percent, and the risk of brain
injury by almost 90 percent.
■ Make certain the bike is the correct
size.
■ Keep brakes in working order.
■ Always stop and look both ways
before entering the road from a
driveway, comer or alley.
■ Headphones should never be worn,
as they hinder the ability to hear
traffic.
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mets were hot, ugly and heavy, Heins
said. Now, the helmets are stylish,
lightweight and cool.
Nelson presents new lottery tickets, ethanol cars
By Steve Smith
Senior Reporter
Gov. Ben Nelson, Wednesday,
unveiled what he called two “exciting
steps for Nebraska”—the format for
the state’s new lottery tickets and
ethanol-powered cars.
Nebraskans will have a chance to
win $5,000 by purchasing tickets of
the state’s first lottery game, Nebras
ka Match Three, when they roll off the
printing presses Sept. 11.
Lottery Director Jim Quinn said
more than 14 million tickets were
printed for the first lottery.
Chances of winning a cash prize
are one in every 5.2 cards, Quinn said.
The environmentally friendly lot
tery tickets arc printed on recycled
paper and published by a Georgia
company, Nelson said. Designs on the
cards depict elements of Nebraska’s
growth and history, he said.
“The tickets will represent natural
attractions and economic diversity of
the state,” Nelson said.
The tickets feature a sandhill crane
flying over the Platte River, a covered
wagon near Chimney Rock, the Ne
braska state capitol, a farmhouse and
the Omaha skyline.
Nelson said he planned to buy the
first tickets at 12:01 a.m. Sept. 11 as
part of the lottery kickoff — which
will take place in Chadron, Scottsbluff,
Ogaliala, North Platte, Kearney,
Ainsworth, Wayne, Grand Island,
Lincoln and Omaha.
Nelson also took a short drive in
one of 58 new ethanol-buming state
cars. The vehicles run on fuel that
may contain up to 85 percent ethanol.
The governor drove a brown 1993
Chevrolet Lumina around the the
streets of the capitol.
He said the 58 “E-85” cars would
compose one of the largest fleets of
alternative-fuel vehicles in the Unit
ed States.
Nine state agencies will use the E
85 cars, which “run cheaper and bum
cleaner, while helping Nebraska’s
com growers,” Nelson said.
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Medical Center establishes
health program for women
By Ann Stack
Staff Reporter
Increasing interest in women’s
health care has led the University of
Nebraska Medical Center to establish
a health program and resource center
exclusively for women.
The Leland and Dorothy Olson
Center for Women’s Health was fund
ed in part by a $5.4 million gift from
the Olsons. The gift was matched by
funds from the University of Nebras
ka Foundation and the UNMC De
partment of Obstetrics and Gynecol
ogy.
“It is not a building, but rather an
idea, or concept,” said Rick Blum, the
department’s adiministrative director.
McClure Smith, chairman ofUNMC’s
obstetrics and gynecology department,
said in a recent press release that the
Olsons supported the “unified con
cept and vision to improve the health
care of women, with Nebraska being
the leader in the area.”
Blum said the donated money
would be used to fund research projects
and a resource center.
The center also will undertake re
search projects regarding women’s
pregnancy problems, infertility, hor
monal problems, and cancer treat
ment and prevention.
A full-time physician will be em
ployed at the Olson Center, which is
scheduled to open sometime this au
tumn. The physician will be available
to provide information and answer
questions of patients, UNMC faculty
and the general public.
The resource center will be open 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Fri
day. A telephone hotline to the re
source center also will be established.
But Blum said the center’s role was
not limited to research and care.
The Olson Center will provide the
necessary training ground for future
professionals specializing in wom
en’s health care.
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UNL to answer professor’s charges
From staff reports
Within two weeks, UNL will be
issuing an official statement in an
swer to allegations of discrimina
tion against one of its professors,
said Associate General Counsel
John Wiltse.
Paul Gessaman, agricultural
economics professor, is suing the
university for $25,000, because he
said the university discriminated
against him on the basis of his
disabilities.
Gessaman, a 13-year employee
of the Institute of Agriculture and
Natural Resources, suffered a se
ries of light strokes in 1980-81,
1987 ami again in 1993.
The strokes caused memory loss,
partial loss of motor functions, some
temporary paralysis, loss of coher
ent speech, loss of balance and
emotional instability.
A lawsuit filed at U.S. District
Court in Lincoln said the universi
ties actions conflict with the Reha
bilitation Act of 1970, the Ameri
cans with Disabilities Act of 1990
and the public policy of the state of
Nebraska.
But university officials said they
thought discrimination had not oc
curred.
“The university felt that
Gessaman had been treated fairly,”
Wiltse said.
NAACP march to honor King speech
From Staff Reports,t ( .
Thirty years after Martin Luther
King Jr. gave his “I have a dream”
speech, marches to commemorate
the event are planned in cities
throughout the country, according
to an NAACP release.
The Lincoln branch of the Na
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People isplann mg L
to commemorate the speech with a
march Saturday.
Lincoln participants in the march
will gather at tne County-City
Building, 555 S. 10th St., at 9:30
a.m. The march will begin at 10
a.m., followed by the rally at the
State Capitol.
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