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April showers Matt Miller/DN Freshman music education major Jen Backenstose walks back from Westbrook Music Building Sunday afternoon in the rain. Showers and chilly temperatures are expected to last for a few more days, but warmer days are expected by the end of the week. I___1 Man suffers seizure, drowns OMAHA (AP) - A 57-year-ofd Omaha man suffered a seizure while fishing and drowned at the Hanscom Park lagoon Saturday afternoon, po lice and hospital officials said. A teen-age boy standing nearby tried to help Jack H. Conrad, but was afraid to jump into the water because he could not swim. Police officials said Conrad was in the water more than 10 minutes before two bystanders pulled Conrad out. The two rescuers tried to massage the angler’s chest to get the water out of his lungs but Conrad was barely breathing when he was taken to St. Joseph Hospital. Doctors tried to resuscitate him without success, said St. Joseph Hos pital spokeswoman Jo Miller. “According to our doctors, he had the seizure first but died from the drowning,” Miller said. Omaha po lice spokesman Sgt. William Muldoon said Conrad had a history of seizures. Jesse Pokomy, a student at South High School in Omaha, said he was fishing nearby when Conrad began shaking. He said he saw Conrad fall into the water, drifting about five feet into the lagoon. Pokomy said he couldn’t reach him and didn’t dare to jump in. “I’m afraid of water; I can’t swim,” he said. He yelled for help and ran across the park to call 911 from a nearby house. Pokomy’s mother, Tina Pike, said she tried to use the pay phone in the park’s pavilion to call for help, but it didn’t work. After the rescue squad had taken Conrad to the hospital, the Zebco fish ing rod with a 10-pound line, a box of com he had been using for bait and a wet spot on the rocks remained. Pokorny stopped fishing. Sitting on the bench, he observed the spot where Conrad fell into the water. “1 tried to grab him, but I couldn’t reach him,” he said quietly. University Health Center Summer Hours: Effective May 6,1996 Monday - Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 5p.m. Weekends & Holidays 10 a.m. to Noon 15th & U Streets 472-5000 i ^ iM With Special Guests ^XSHOOTYZ |JGROOVE _JANITOR BOB Auditorium Box Office and all locations including Hy Vee & Disc Jockey, or Charge by $1475 c *• , c* , phone 712-252-3434 * 1 ** Fes‘lval stVle (Beginning May 8th ticket prices will increase $2 per ticket) II11111111MIII111IIIIUIJ1111111111111111111111111 III HIM " . \ I Leaving campus for the summer? Take a Summer Reading Course with you. Summer Reading Courses Read and Succeed ini in 1996 There are 22 courses available. One political science course is especially relevant to Summer 1996: “Presidential Campaigns and Elections.” Analyze the day-to-day political events from a new perspective. Registration period ends May 24. Call 472-1392 for more information. University of . - Nebraska Lincoln Division of Continuing Studies Evening Programs and Lifelong Learning Services UNL is a nondiscriminatory institution. Arbor Day Farm center gets Lied challenge grant From Staff Reports NEBRASKA CITY — The Lied Conference Center at Arbor Day Farm received a $2.5 million challenge grant from the Lied Foundation Trust of Las Vegas, Nev., which it will use to double its lodging capacity. The grant came during the National Arbor Day Awards Banquet Saturday at the conference center on the south ern edge of Arbor Day Farm, which was once the estate of Arbor Day founder J. Sterling Morton. The estimated cost of expanding the facility from 96 to 200 rooms is about $9 million, $2 million of which will be provided by the Lied Founda tion Trust. The trust will provide an additional grant of $500,000 toward the existing center if $1 million in cash donations are raised by the end of the year. The center opened in October 1993 and has become a popular tourist des tination as well as a conference center. Conferences held at the center have addressed topics such as planting trees, community forestry, sustainable agri culture, trees and utilities, educating youth about trees, forest stewardship, trees and the law and biomass for en ergy. I -Thuradays 1/2 Price Margaritsa Free Texas Nscho Ssr Also... Starting at 4pm! Chl-Chl's Clnco De Mayo Celebration Kicks off with normal Thursday offerllngs plus 1) *2 Premium Tequila Shots 2) Imported Beers at Domestic Prices yj 6 6th & "O" 3)Giveaways Every Hour 464-828 1