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Platte projects’ future in doubt OMAHA (AP)—A proposed cap on development projects along the Platte River is putting in doubt the future of two major proposals for us ing the river’s water. A proposal from the Central Platte Natural Resources District calls for removing water from the Platte to recharge depleted groundwater re serves in Buffalo and Hall counties. Ron Bishop, manager of the NRD in Grand Island, said he didn’t know how or if a cap would affect the Prai rie Bend project. A cap has been under discussion in Nebraska and Wyoming as the states try to persuade the federal govern ment to renew permits and licenses for scores of irrigation, power and municipal water projects. Ross Lock, a program manager for the Nebraska Game and Parks Com mission, is not sure how a project cap would affect his agency’s proposal to designate certain Platte flows between Overton and Plattsmouth for wild life. “I think people have a lot of ques tions about the ramifications of a cap,” Lock said. There also are questions about how a cap might affect Grand Island, Kearney, Lincoln and Omaha permit requests to use Platte water to protect and enhance municipal water sys tems. Federal officials want to be as sured before continuing these projects that Platte River wildlife in central Nebraska has enough water to sur vive. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser vice said that could be accomplished best by assuring certain flows in the river at various times of the year. But neither Wyoming nor Ne braska likes that idea. Instead, they “I think people have a lot of questions about the ramifications of a cap. ” m ROSS LOCK Nebraska Game and Parks Commision program manager wonder if a pledge to stop develop ment of the river would pacify federal officials. Although details have not been worked out, a cap has drawn fire from Colorado, another state in the Platte River Basin. Colorado officials say they cannot stomach a cap because they need more projects to generate drinking water for their growing population. Omaha, Idaho similar in engineering By The Associated Press The engineering education system in Idaho bears striking similarities to the system in Nebraska, which is among three states still in the run ning for Micron Technology Inc.’s $1.3 billion expansion. Omaha, Oklahoma City and Utah ’ s Utah County are finalists for the Boise based company’s new computer-chip manufacturing plant and the 3,500 jobs it will create. Micron’s decision to expand out side Idaho follows criticism from com pany executives that engineering edu cation in Boise is inadequate. But what Micron would find in Omaha is, in some ways, similar. Micron considered access to en gineering education important enough that it offered the state'$6 million to establish an independent engineering college at Boise State University. The existing program is operated cooperatively with Boise State but is administered by the University of Idaho, 200 miles north in Moscow. The state Board of Education voted 5-3 last month against creating a separate college at Boise State. It endorsed expansion of the coopera tive program in Boise instead. University of Nebraska regents, also by a 5-3 vote in December, re jected a proposal for an engineering college at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. A full range of engineering de grees are offered at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, but options are more limited at UNO. The Omaha program is administered from Lin coln. The Idaho Board of Education last year agreed to ask the Legislature for $2 million to expand engineering education in Boise. But new Republi can Gov. Phil Batt did not include money for those plans in his budget request. Robin Dodson, chief academic of ficer for the Board of Education, said Micron’s short list, pared from 13 sites on Monday, raises questions about what the company is looking for in terms of educational opportuni ties. “There’s not actually an engineer ing college in any of the cities they’ve chosen,” Dodson said. Mike Erhart, director of manage ment information systems for the Oklahoma Regents for Higher Edu cation, said the University of Okla homa offers the engineering disci plines Micron requires at its Norman campus about 30 miles from Okla homa City. Oklahoma State University oper ates an Oklahoma City technical branch, which is linked to its Stillwater campus by fiber optics. Utah County has no university of its own, but three universities nearby offer a wide range of engineering degrees. Payson is about 20 miles south of Provo, home of Brigham Young Uni versity. The University of Utah is about 50 miles north of Provo in Salt Lake City, and Utah State University in Logan is about 125 miles from Payson. ska Briefs Men send golf putter to Clinton OMAHA (AP) — The next time Presi dent Clinton misses a putt by a mile or chalks up a double-bogey, he can blame it on a putter from Nebraska. Two Nebraska businessmen mailed Clinton a putter Wednesday night after learn ing that he had misplaced his favorite putter, a 35-year-old Titleist Bullseye that he thinks he accidentally stowed in someone else’s bag. Jim Arbogast, president of Superior Metal Products of Omaha said the “Scout” putter was aluminum with brass weights. Engraved into the club are “Limited Edition” and “Nebraska Comhuskers — 1994 National Champions,” which com memorates the NU football team’s champi onship season. Its serial number is 0042—picked espe cially for Clinton, the nation’s 42nd presi dent. “I’m pretty excited,” Arbogast said. “I guess I feel like you don’t get an opportunity like this every day.” • Norm Stokes, the company’s vice president, got the idea to send the presi dent the putter after hearing a news report about Clinton’s misfortune, Arbogast said. Clinton joined former Presidents George Bush and Gerald Ford and comedian Bob Hope to open the first day of the Bob Hope Classic tournament in Indian Wells, Calif., on Wednesday. Pnncipai shaves head for Internet OMAHA (AP) — Blumfield Elemen tary School principal Jerry Rutherford had a hair-raising idea for funding the school’s access to the Internet computer network. Make that hair-cutting idea. Rutherford told Blumfield pupils eight days ago that he would have his hair cut in a trendy, buzz-cut style if they raised 84,480 pennies—enough to stretch a mile—to be used toward bringing the Internet to the school. The students gathered 107,616 pennies. On Tuesday, they marched a mile around the school as a symbol of their fund-raising efforts. Then they walked through the audito rium, where Rutherford sat getting the let ters “B” for Blumfield and “I” for Internet shaved on either side of his head. Doug Gorham, 11, a fifth-grader with a blond, spiked ‘do, said that Rutherford’s new coif was pretty cool. Blumfield will hold its grand Internet opening March J, Rutherford said. The school has raised about 80 percent of its $6,000 goal for hooking up the computer system. Tax Continued from Page 1 said he feared cutting income taxes this year would result in raising taxes two or three years down the road. Sen. Bob Wickersham of Harrison asked one person testifying in support of the bill if it was more important to address the more costly * problem of personal property tax. John Jordison, of the Nebraska Tax Re search Council, said the property tax problem still needed to be addressed. “There is little question in my mind we rely too heavily on property taxes,” Jordison said. Wickersham also asked Jordison how an income tax reduction would affect the average family as determined by Jordison’s organiza tion. The Nebraska Tax Research Council has developed a statistical family based on the average Nebraska family. That family of four making $41,827 per year and paying $937 per year in income tax would have a savings of $42.17 per year. Jordison said he had questions about what money was being used to fund the the income tax cut, but he still supported it. “How can anyone not support a tax cut?” he said. Parking Problems? Need a Place to Park? Park by Day $1.00 Park by Month $25.00 Don't Fignt For Parking! 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