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senator steps down; faces cancer battle By John Fuiwider; Senior Reporter Sen. Connie Day of Norfolk will resign from the Nebraska Legislature in late December to fight a recurrence t . of breast cancer. “I think my con stituents deserve a full-time sena tor,” Day said in a telephone inter view Wednesday evening. “And I just couldn’t be.” Gov. Ben | I Nelson Wednes day appointed Day Leland “Lee” Klein, a Battle Creek farmer, to re place Day in the Legislature’s second session, which begins Jan. 3. Day’s breast cancer went into re mission in August 1991, three months before her election as the District 19 senator. The cancer has reappeared in her tailbone, she said. Day said her most memorable moments as a senator came when she talked with her district ’ s young people about the problems they face. They would always give her straight an swers, she said. “We have this presumption that we know what’s best for the chil dren,” she said. “And sometimes we forget to ask them.” Her proudest legislative achieve ment, she said, was the zero-toler ance law. It was her first bill as a freshman senator. The law revokes for 30 days the driver’s license of anyone under 21 caught with a blood alcohol content of .02 or higher. Day said she was happy with Klein as her replacement. “I’m extremely pleased with Lee,” she said. “He’s very open, and he’ll listen to the people.” Nelson appointed Klein to the Com Development and Utilization Board in 1992. He has been the chairman for the past 1 1/2 years. He also is a director on the Executive Committee of the U.S. Feed Grains Council and serves on its Marketing and Develop ment committee. Klein has said he plans to seek election to the District 19 seat in November 1996. Day said she would not challenge Klein in that election. Her political future remains un certain, but Day said she knew where she would be during the Legislature’s second session when she isn’t under going treatment. “I’m not going to disappear,” she said. “I’ll still be down there when I can, behind the glass, working those issues that are important to me.” CBS report features Phillips in tonight’s ’48 Hours’ show From Staff Reports NU football player Lawrence Phillips will be featured in tonight’s “48 Hours” report about athletes and violence. The news program conducted a three-month investigation of violence by athletes that brought film crews to several college campuses, including the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The CBS program, which airs at 9 p.m., focuses on Phillips’ September assault on NU basketball player Kate McEwen. Denver Broncos wide receiver Vance Johnson also will be featured on the show, along with an investiga tion into whether athletes receive pref erential treatment when charged with crimes and an analysis of whether fans encourage athletes’ aggression. — JayCalderon/DN Deputy Lancaster County Attorney Joe Kelly and University police officer Robert Soflin walk into District Court Wednesday morning. Soflin, who was injured in a September 1994 shooting, testified in the attempted second-degree murder trial of Gerald Schlondorf. Schlondorf Continued from Page 1 floor of the County-City building, where the courtroom is located. When Soflin took the stand, he told jurors that he began chasing a dark blue Chevrolet pickup truck as it crossed City Campus. As his vehicle was still moving near 16th and S streets, Soflin attempted to get out when he saw a man point a long-barrelled weapon at him. Soflin said he did not have time to draw his weapon or step out of his police cruiser before at least nine shots were fired at him. He realized that he was hit when he saw a large hole blown through his right hand. “I knew it was going to be diffl cult to draw my weapon due to the fact that I was laying on my gun,” Soflin said. “As I was laying across the seat of my vehicle, I could hear gunshots.” Prosecuting attorneys will con tinue questioning Soflin when tes timony resumes today at 9 a.m. Staff Reporter Ted Taylor contrib uted to this report. p * _ ' - ITobraka Union starb ■ V — I ^ M at 9:00 p.m., Hovember 30th, 1995 Stud ent ,_, M TNVOLVEMENT 1 University of Nebraska-Lincoln