Bomb squad removes guns
OMAHA (AP) — The Omaha bomb
squad was called out to help the Douglas
County Sheriff’s office serve an eviction
notice on a gun collector Tuesday.
Police officials said the eviction notice
involved removal of gun powder that was
used for ammunition reloading by the resi
dent of the west Omaha home. About 30
legally owned weapons also were found in
the home.
Sheriff’s Lt. Gary Hammer earlier said
officers served a search warrant at the house
located in a neighborhood just south of Boys
Town.
City manager hired
McCOOK (AP)—McCook has found an
Oregon man to be its new city manager.
Council members and Dan J. Dean came
to terms Monday on a $47,000 annual con
tract. Dean starts June 3.
Dean,46, has been city manager of Sweet
Home, Ore., for4 1/2 years. He has 10 years
of city administration experience. He served
as the city administrator of Veneta, Ore., and
the manager of Circuit Rider Town — a
group of four northeast Colorado towns
(Crook, Fleming, Iliffand Peetz).
The position came open when John Carter
resigned last October after 6 1/2 years in
McCook.
Plant goes on strike
OMAHA (AP) — An Omaha can manu
facturing plant is among 12 shut down na
tionwide by striking International Associa
tion of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
The union strike began Friday at seven
Crown Cork & Seal Co. plants. Also on
strike are workers at five American National
Can Co. plants.
The union represents 240 of 280 people
employed at Omaha’s Crown Cork plant,
said Ron Randall, president of Lodge 31 of
the machinists union. He said there had been
no movement in contract talks and no talks
are scheduled.
The union contract expired March 31.
High graduation rate
WAYNE (AP) — Wayne State College
has a higher percentage of students who
finish their degrees in six years from the date
oforiginal enrollment than the nation’s aver
age for similar-sized schools.
The American Association of State Col
leges and Universities/Sallie Mae Retention
Survey found Wayne State had a 47.1 per
cent retention rate, compared with a national
average of 42.5 percent for four-year public
schools with enrollment of fewer than 5,000
students.
The latest survey tracked new freshmen
students who entered school in the fall of
1988.
McCook dean resigns
McCOOK (AP) — Dr. John Rucker has
announced his resignation as McCook Com
munity College dean of instruction.
Rucker said Tuesday that he was headed
to Ncosha, Mo., to be the dean of instruction
at Crowder College, a two-year community
college.
Rucker, who has been in McCook since
January 1993, said his decision wa.s not
connected to the administrative restructur
ingofthe Mid-Plains Area Community Col
lege, which oversees the McCook campus.
Rucker’s letter of resignation should be
considered by Mid-Plains board members at
their May meeting. Rucker’s last day is June
14.
Locals in quilt show
OMAHA (AP)—Nebraskans from Lin
coln, Omaha and Ft. Calhoun arc among
finalists in the nation’s largest, most presti
gious quilt competition Thursday through
Sunday in Paducah, Ky.
Shelly Burge of Lincoln, Regina Lupoof
Omaha, Roma Seiker and friends of Omaha,
and Terri Stephens of Ft. Calhoun are among
those competing in the 12th annual Ameri
can Quilter’s Society Show and Contest.
They will put their works in competition
with quilters from 42 states and seven for
eign counties. Competition lists 13 amateur
and professional categories with $80,000 in
cash awards.
[ Plan seeks to aid farmers
BEATRICE (AP) — A new “Whole Farm
and Ranch Planning” concept may help produc
ers manage their farms more efficiently.
The Whole Farm and Ranch Planning Pro
gram is being developed by federal, state and
local agencies along with producers to make it
easier to manage the many plans and require
ments by government agencies.
Jim Gonsior, coordinator for the state pro
gram and resource conservationist with the
Natural Resources
Conservation Service office in Schuyler, said
the program was a voluntary effort by farmers
and ranchers to address environmental and
management concerns along with a volunteer
effort by state and federal agencies to work to
combine efforts.
Nebraska is one of six states in which the
U.S. Department of Agriculture is testing the
program. The others are Georgia, Idaho, Min
nesota, New York and Pennsylvania.
Three areas in Nebraska were chosen for the
pilot program — an area in western Nebraska
near Scottsbluff, the Trumball Basin in Adams
County and the Big Indian Creek Watershed in
Gage County.
Gonsior said the project was developed to
combine different plans required by state and
federal agencies into one plan for each farm.
The consolidation could lead to cost-share and
technical assistance between the agencies,
Gonsior said.
He said the success of the program depended
on the fanners and ranchers.
“They are the best stewards of the land,”
Gonsior said.
Wally Valasek, district conservationist for
the Natural Resources Conservation Service in
Beatrice, said the Big Indian Creek Watershed
was too large of an area to work with so it was
narrowed to the Sicily Creek Basin southwest of
Beatrice. The area covers 27,000 acres with 81
farmers.
Sicily Creek Basin was chosen because it
had a wide variety in types of farming used on
the land, including irrigated and dryland farm
ing, livestock, dairy and hogs.
Valasek said during the past 10 years, plans
put an emphasis on conservation, especially on
highly erodible ground. Farm plans are begin
ning to focus on a variety of concerns, however,
including water quality, soil erosion, nutrients,
pesticides and waste management.
The program will try to eliminate some ofthe
paperwork farmers go through, Valasek said.
With the planting season coming up, there
probably won’t be enough time to get a plan for
the program in place by next fall, he said.
Increasing traffic
upsets residents
OMAHA (AP)—Improvements made along
Nebraska Highway 31 to the popular Schramm
Park State Recreation Area have some area
residents protesting truck traffic and speeds on
the former gravel road.
Residents along the highway south of Gretna
are lobbying state officials for weight limits on
trucks and speed limits on all vehicles. The
residents say the once-scenic route in Sarpy
County is turning into a major thoroughfare.
Although the speed limit along the highway
has always been 55 mph, residents say only
recently trucks and cars have begun moving at
that pace.
Area residents would like the speed limit
alongthe 11 -mile stretch of highway lowered to
40 or 45 mph, similar to the 45 mph limit
through the park area.
Residents are pleased with the paving but
say truckers now are using Highway 31 as a
shortcut between Nebraska Highway 50 and
Interstate 80, Noordam said.
Kerrey, Exon back
health reform bill
OMAHA (AP)—Nebraska’s U.S. Sena
tors on Tuesday praised a health insurance
reform bill passed by the Senate, cal ling it an
important first step.
The measure was approved on a 100-0
vote. It would ensure that workers who move
from one job to another would not lose their
health coverage.
It also would bar insurance companies
from denying new enrol lees coverage be
cause of pre-existing medical conditions.
The House passed a health insurance bill
last month, and both measures are headed for
a conference committee.
“I do think it’s a small step that will have
a tremendous impact,” said Sen. Bob Kerrey,
who made health care reform the centerpiece
of his 1992 campaign for the Democratic
presidential nomination.
Sen. Jim Exon, D-Neb., said it wouldn’t
solve all of the problems with the health care
system but was a good start.
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