School
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Stineman from Centennial Elemen
tary School in Utica said their favor
ite part was the jam session with the
Nebraska basketball players.
The best part was getting out of
school and not having to go to read
ing class, Tomes said.
The two boys showed their enthu
siasm when Nebraska quarterbacks
Brook Berringer and Frazier took the
microphone.
Frazier said he learned a lot about
reaching goals because he had to deal
with setbacks throughout the season.
“I never gave up,” he said. “I
never quit ... Even though life is a
roller-coaster ride, you have to stay
focused, stay positive,and good things
will happen.”
Camera flashes went off, and the
students rose to their feet and waved
their complimentary handkerchiefs,
which were covered with the signa
tures of NU athletes, when Coach
Osborne walked out to the center of
the court.
Strong character and a solid work
ethic both on and off the field are the
keys to success, Osborne said.
“You want to be a finisher,” he
said. “A lot of people fall by the
wayside. It’s easy to quit. It’s easy to
drop out.”
“There are some times when even
if you make all the right moves and
you still don’t win,” he said, “just
hang in there.”
Legislature
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debate-on welfare reform spending
nearly two hours discussing an en
tirely different concern—health care.
But Wesely, chairman of the
Legislature’s Health and Human Ser
vices committee, said the two issues
were actually related.
“If we can get people health care,
then they won’t have the need to go
on welfare,” Wesely said.
A portion of the committee amend
ments stated the Legislature’s intent
to make health care available to as
many Nebraskans as possible by July
1, 1999.
Discussion of the health care por
tion of the bill began when Sen. Kate
Witek of Omaha offered an amend
ment that would erase that section of
the committee amendments.
“Health care is already available
to all Nebraskans,” Witek said, “they
just have to pay for it.”
Witek’s amendment to strike the
language failed on a 16-16 vote.
During debate, Bromm said the
health care section was merely fluff
in a bill dealing with welfare.
“If it’s the intent of the Legisla
ture to do this, then why do we shift
the responsibility to the governor?”
Bromm asked.
The Warner/Bromm amendment
forwarded later in the day gave the
Legislature equal responsibility with
the governor in directing health care
legislation.
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Stree Skywalk Monday. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held in the skywalk to celebrate
the opening.
Mayor Johanns dedicates skywalk
By Angie Schendt
Staff Reporter
After nearly 25 years of plan
ning and 10 months of construc
tion, the new O Street skywalk
opened Monday.
Mayor Mike Johanns dedicated
the new structure at an afternoon
ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Located over O Street between
12th and 13th streets, the skywalk
is the fifth in the system of down
town skywalks. It is the first to join
the north and south sides of 0
Street.
“All of the other skywalks are
over on the south side of O, and
now, who knows?” Johanns said.
Johanns said skywalks were
important because they created
convenient access to parking, made
getting around easier and improved
the look of downtown. Johanns
said the skywalk was historic.
“This is another feature in our
downtown to be proud of,” he said.
The new walkway connects
properties north of O Street to busi
nesses already in the skywalk sys
tem, he said.
“This is a dramatic symbol of
what happens when the public and
private sector work together, espe
cially in downtown,” Johanns said.
lire 120-foot-long skywalk cost
nearly $950,000 to build.
Law & Order
A LOOK AT CRIME ON CAMPUS AND IN THE COMMUNITY
Courts
A man scheduled for a court ap
pearance tomorrow stood before a
county judge Monday. The judge in
formed him of yet another charge
against him.
Chad Beers, 25, already faces three
charges in connection with a Sept. 7
incident and has remained in
Lancaster County Jail since that day.
But in recent weeks, two separate
incidents brought charges of assault
against Beers.
On Monday, another preliminary
hearing date was set for May 5 on the
latest assault charge, which allegedly
occurred against inmates.
Beers also is considered a fugitive
from justice. He escaped from an
Arkansas County Jail a week before
his arrest after a high-speed chase
with Lincoln Police that led to an
accident with a university postal van.
He faces charges of attempted
armed robbery for an incident before
the chase, theft by receiving stolen
property and flight to avoid arrest.
Before his escape, Beers was
scheduled to be moved to Arkansas
State Penitentiary to serve 14 to 20
years for kidnapping and using a
weapon to commit a felony.
A $750,000 percentage bond still
stands for charges relating to the Sept.
7 incident. The two assault charges
have added a $15,000 full-cash bond
and a $10,000 percentage bond.
Courts
Organizers of a local pyramid scam
must pay the state almost $3,000 as a
result of an out-of-court settlement
finalized Monday.
The agreement ended the state’s
case against the majority of defen
dants connected to the “Friends Net
work.” An investigation into the
money scam culminated last August
with a number of arrests.
Lancaster County District Court
Judge William Blue, in a five-page
order, found the network was “a chain
distributor scheme or pyramid sale in
violation of (Nebraska law).”
The settlement involved four of
the seven defendants named in the
case, including David Klein, Michelle
Fortney, Marti Fortney and Todd
Floro.
It did not end arguments involving
Jack Irons, who police say directed
the scam. Irons is president of Iron
Investments, Inc., and owner of Mid
west Diamonds.
Participants in the “Friends Net
work” were asked to donate $1,500
to be placed on the lower level of a
15-block pyramid. As more people
joined, participants would move up
the pyramid until reaching the top,
where they receive $1,500 from at
least eight other participants.
Nebraska statute defines a decep
tive trade practice as anything that
“promotes the use of a chain distribu
tor scheme ... in the conduct of any
trade or commerce.”
The settlement, signed by all par
ties between March 24 and March 28,
earmarked the money to the Con
sumer Protection Division of the
Nebraska Attorney General’s office.
Blue added that the Nebraska De
partment of Justice should pay $800
in investigative costs to the Lincoln
Police Department’s Technical In
vestigations Unit.
The resulting settlement, includ
ing the state contribution, totals
$3,800.
Homeless
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They have entered service areas
and harassed union staff, he said.
Last week, a vagrant walked into a
private event in the upper level of the
union, Swanson said.
“There was a private reception
there. The people were in the room
having refreshments, and he just came
in and joined them,” Swanson said.
Not all the non-university people
who frequent the union are homeless,
Swanson said. Some have homes but
feel more comfortable spending their
days in the union.
Swanson said most of the home
less in the union were harmless; they
lounged and watched television.
But if students and staff feel in
danger, the union has a security is
sue, he said.
“Our worst concern is that the
students who are affected stay away,”
Swanson said.
Diana Hafermann, an assistant
night manager at the union, said the
staff found it hard to deal with va
grant problems because the union
was state property.
Hafermann said she handled an
incident a few weeks ago where a
vagrant violently accosted a student.
The man grabbed and shoved a stu
dent who told him to go away, she
said.
No state law prohibits panhan
dling, she said, and police can only
ban the vagrants for one night.
The police can only arrest va
grants if they physically accost some
one or if someone files a complaint
for disturbance of the peace.
The person would then have to
appear in court. Hafermann said most
students were unwilling to follow up
on such charges.
Swanson said to deal with prob
lems better, he wanted the courts to
ban the offenders from inhabiting the
union. Swanson said he still wanted
to prevent discriminating against the
union visitors who didn’t cause prob
lems.
The union board was split between
those who wanted to evict the va
grants and those who wanted to help
them, he said.
Swanson said whatever action they
take, he wanted to be sure it was
legal.
