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t AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION* 7101 Newport Ave., #303 of Nebraska Omaha, NE 68152 1-800-LUNG-USA Dick Blick^ Art Materials Second i ~ " ~ i Semester Sale! DtekBlick^ Artist’s Acrylics All Colors! 2-oy, tubes. | I Art Portfolios Simulated leather finish, plastic handles. Made to look like new for years! Size Regular Sale 20’,x2(T (20.60 $16.00 23"x35" 23.20 lfcQO 4550 “O” Street • Lincoln 474-2062 Bring in your Class List for a 10% Stutfent Discount through 1-31-971 Arctic blast halts state’s activity OMAHA (AP) — Stamping his boots, with his face turned against a bitter northwest wind, Ron Czyz pon dered going south Saturday. “It would be nice to go down to the Florida Keys,” Czyz said as he pumped gas on “Day Two” of an arc tic blast that gripped Nebraska. “The cold gets tougher on you ev ery day,” he said, before he hustled off to pay the clerk. The sun came out Saturday, bring ing slightly warmer temperatures across much of the state with 40-be low-zero wind chills in eastern and central Nebraska. The state high was 11 at Broken Bow. The overnight low was 19 below at Alliance. The arctic conditions blasted into the state Friday, with 75-below wind chills in north-central Nebraska. Cathy Zapotoeny, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Val ley, said the weather improved Satur day from Friday. A wind chill advisory remained in __ effect late Saturday night for much of northern Nebraska, with 45-below wind chills in the northeast and 50 below wind chills possible later Sun day. The cold spot during the afternoon was Alliance with 7 below. The frosty conditions were ex pected to remain until early next week, with a gradual warming on Wednes day. However, residents shouldn’t ex pect a heat wave, Zapotoeny said. “It doesn’t look like we’re going to get back to normal temperatures anytime soon,” she said. Sharon Newman of Omaha had to “psych herself out” to go run some errands. It’s easier to stay inside where it’s warm, she said. “It’s not human to be out in this,” Newman said. The cold drove more of the state’s homeless into shelters. Paul Koch, executive director of the Siena-Francis House in Omaha, expressed concern about homeless people being toil in dependent in the dangerous weather. “A lot of people, when it gets like this, have to come in,” Koch said. “We want to encourage people to come in.” Other people who depend on so cial services also were affected by the bitter winter weather. The Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging canceled its scheduled hot-meal delivery Friday out of concern for the volunteers who make the deliveries, spokesman Bob Whitmore said. Temperatures reached a low of 15 below in some parts Sunday and a high of 10 degrees. The extended forecast calls for the chilly weather to continue Monday, with highs in the single digits and teens and a chance of snow possible in the far west. Tuesday and Wednesday will be slightly warmer with highs in the mid teens to 20s. Lows will range from 5 below to 5 above on Tuesday, with zero to 10 above in the west Wednesday and 15 above in the southeast. Lawmakers may affirm AKsarben idea OMAHA from page 1 FDR has said it would donate some of the land to UNO for a planned college of information sci ences and technology. The project has been called one of the most significant in the city’s history by Omaha Mayor Hal Daub and NU President Dennis Smith. The college, a $37.4 million project, has already gone through some preliminary designs. At the December NU Board of Regents meeting, the board was given an update on the structure for high tech offices and information sci ence classrooms. Only Regent John Payne of Kearney had an objection — the building’s $200 per-square-foot pfice tag. The project’s chief aichi tect, Ken West of Dana, Carson, Roubal and Associates, said the infrastructure dictated the cost, which West called reasonable. With the backing of the NU Board of Regents, the city of Omaha, Douglas County and FDR, only a $22 million appropriation from the Legislature remains. Gov. Ben Nelson has said he would put the money into the bud get package he will present to the Legislature. Wehrbein said the appropria tion will be part of the main bud get package and would have to un dergo months of debate and hear ings. He said he had not heard of any efforts to split the appropria tion into a separate bill to speed up the process. Wehrbein said he hoped sena tors saw the importance and need for the project. Debate on the $22 million ap propriation will come from sena tors concerned the project will only benefit Omaha, said Education Committee Chairwoman Sen. Ardyce Bohlke of Hastings. “There may be some gnashing of teeth from the more western senators,” she said. Bohlke said that when the op position was convinced of the state wide benefit, the appropriation would pass easily. The benefit, Bohlke said, was going to come in the form of new high-paying technology jobs filled by Nebraskans. The Associated Press contrib uted to this report I Lincoln's Finest Thrift Store You Have Shopped the Rest Now Shop the Best 1 1745'O'Street 476-2857 ClothinQ, Shoes, Small Appliances, Bnc a-brac, Jewelry, ^ CapeMng, and Men&Vltornen,$&KidigCMhmg/ Shqp10,0QQ Square Feett ^J ft Center • 15th & U 472-7495 UNL is a nondbcrimiiwtoiy institution. When your schedule isn't flexible, it's nice to know that UNL courses are. UNL's most popular courses in... 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