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Matt Wajte/DN HUNDREDS OF UNCOUHTES have flecked te the Ice Rex te join the Ice ckatlai treat. Lincolnites chill at skating rink SKATE from page 1 400 people at one session. Each two-hour session costs $2.50, with skate rentals for $1.50. The Ice Box seems to attract people of every age group and experience level. Bill Hawkins, who has skated for about 20 years, has been going to the Ice Box about four times a week since it opened. He said going to the rink is “clean, refreshing fun.” Jill Nielsen has been going to the Ice Box once a week for beginning figure-skating lessons. She said she bought her own ice skates and intends to keep practicing. She said she was surprised by the num ber of people who were as attracted to skat ing as she was. Nielsen said she was sur prised by the large crowds at the Ice Box. Ten-year-old Amber Thlbot stepped onto the ice for the first time last week. Her first night skating was not without setbacks. “It was fun but it hurt,” Talbot said, re ferring to the blisters she got on her foot. Judy Cobb is the president of the Lin coln Ice Skating Association and gives skat ing lessons at the Ice Box. “Ice skating is one of the most positive things we’ve had in a long time. We’ve seen a lot of people interested in the sport,” she said. Cobb said the Ice Box offers the U.S. Figure Skating Association’s basic badge program, which has six different levels of lessons for skaters taught by eight instruc % tors. . Lessons cost $65 for an eight-week ses sion that meets once a week for an hour and a half at a time. Sixty skaters are now en rolled for lessons. Even with the growing numbers of skat « It was fun but it hurt.” Amber Talbot 10-year-old first-time skater ers at the Ice Box, lakes around the city are still seeing a steady number of die-hard sports buffs who brave the cold air to skate outdoors, said Kim Williams, an office as sistant for Lincoln Parks and Recreation. These outside arenas are available to the public at no cost. Lincoln lakes have been closed for the season, however, because of warm tempera tures, Williams said. There is a chance they will open again for ice skating if the water refreezes from four to seven days, she said. Local sports shops are seeing an increase in sales of ice skates and other skating equip ment, according to sales representatives from Play It Again Sports and The Stick Shack. Dan Ttausch, manager of Play It Again Sports, 6450 O St., said sales of ice skates have increased almost 40 percent at the store. Play It Again Sports offers used skates for those who want to have fun at a low cost, and new skates for more experienced skat ers, Trausch said. Glen Newell, a manager at The Stick Shack, 3865 South St., said the trend is growing. The store’s sales of skates have increased every month since the shop opened in October. “It’s not just Lincoln,” Newell said. “Skating — both in-line and ice skating — are, according to current statistics, the fast est-growing recreational activities in the U.S.” Nurse reveals hangover *cures’ HANGOVERS from page 1 head.” Other side effects of drinking can be much worse. A senior public speaking major, who wished to remain anonymous, had another bad experi ence. “I woke up one morning after throwing up eight times and the blood vessels around, and in, my eyes were popped,” she said. “People thought that I had gotten into some kind of an accident.” There are many so-called “cures” for those suffering the morning-after overindulging. Some people have their own strange cures, like scarfing down three Amigo’s tacos or guzzling a Mountain Dew. Fortunately, for those less brave, sane meth ods can help relieve the pain. Mickey Seefeld, a registered nurse at the Lincoln General Hospital’s Independence Cen ter, offered a way to get over the hangover. “There is sane truth to the suggestion of taking Vitamin B to relieve a hangover,” she said. “The vitamin helps to wash the alcohol out of your system and can also help calm jit tery nerves.” Seefeld also suggested eating fresh citrus fruit, like lemons or grapefruit; but not to ex cess. “Lemon water helps you get rid of any flu ids that you might be retaining, as do fruit juices,” Seefeld said. Seefeld dispelled the myth that a hangover should be cured with coffee. It actually makes the person feel worse. “Your brain cells are actually irritated fur ther by the caffeine,” she said. “Drinking cof fee is not the best thing to do.” Duke Engel, director of the alcohol program at the Independence Center and alcohol coun selor for 24 years, said some hangover symp toms could become dangerous if the drinker doesn’t limit his or her consumption. The body has a natural point of overdose, he said. Drinking a little alcohol is accepted relatively well by the body, but if the drinking continues, it can lead to alcohol poisoning. “The toxins get inside your body and cause you to begin to dehydrate yourself by over-dri nating,” Engel said. “If you drank the same amount of water that you (hank beer, you surely wouldn’t make the same amount of trips to the bathroom.” Drinks like Gatorade rehydrate the body and could lessen the hangover if drunk throughout the night, Engel said. Unfortunately, if people wait until the morn ing after drinking too much, nothing will pre vent a hangover, he said. They can only try to relieve the symptoms that come with it, Engel said. Some just take aspirin to help the headache or a cold shower to wake themselves up. Engel had only one suggestion for a sure prevention of hangovers. “If you drink until you feel good, stop,” Engel said. “The absolute cure for hangovers is don’t drink so much.” Supporters of Internet bill spam senators with e-mail INTERNET from page 1 nized politically and can only speak with indi vidual voices,” he said. “The issue is of great importance to the Internet community. “I will feel terrible if my encouragement has been counterproductive.” Matzke said the excessive e-mail prevented his other constituents from contacting him eas ily because his staff had to spend so much time wading through repetitive messages. “It takes real arrogance to come before this committee and ask for support for this bill,” Matzke told Reichenbach. Sen. Jon Bruning of Omaha said he was “in credibly incensed” over the spamming and sub sequent apology by Reichenbach, which he said was a thinly-veiled lecture. “(This) got my blood pressure up signifi cantly,” Bruning said. “I welcome public opin ion. I’ll put that on a banner on my door. “What I do not welcome is my constituents not being able to contact me because I have 600 anonymous e-mails.” Sen. George Coordsen of Hebron said the situation could cast a pall over future e-mail correspondence. “It creates a negative image on members of the Legislature with respect to e-mail,” Coordsen said. Coordsen and Bruning both said e-mail was an excellent way to keep in touch with con stituents and that e-mail provided interaction not available in other avenues. Two other Internet providers spoke in favor of the bill. Two providers spoke against it, say ing Internet providers could start up unregu lated telephone companies. Rod Johnson, chairman *of the Public Ser vice Commission—which regulates telephone services — said he was not interested in regu lating the Internet, but providers could easily act as unregulated telephone companies. “Where the rubber meets the road is where they start offering telephone services,” he said. “That aspect should be treated equally.” Sen. Jerome Warner of Wavetly, who intro duced the bill, said government should get used to bills similar to LB786. f “I’m sure the committee understands this is a new area,” Warner said. “We will be dis cussing federal regulations of various kinds.” The bill is modeled after a federal commu nications bill. The bill would ensure competi tion between Internet companies to keep ac cess fees low and prohibit government regula tions. Dead r an^ words r ay be used to convict suspect of murder OMAHA (AP) — A judge heard testimony Tuesday on whether statements made by a man now dead are admissible in the first-degree murder trial of another man in the Kenyatta Bush death. Deputy Douglas County Attorney Leigh Ann Retelsdorf wants to use statements made by Adam Barnett to police, attorneys, acquain tances and to a jail cellmate before he hanged himself while in jail. Bush was killed Sept. 23, 1992. Her body was found in rural Washington County 10 days later. Police arrested Sheets, a 22-year-old Navy seaman stationed in Lisbon, Maine, and Barnett, 24, of Omaha for the crime. Barnett hanged himself Nov. 13 in Washington County Jail. He was to be the state’s key witness in the case against Sheets. Barnett made the recorded statements when police sent one of his friends to visit him in jail while wearing a wireless transmitter. Barnett also later gave statements to homicide detec tives and made untaped statements to his uncle and to a cellmate, Retelsdorf said. Judge James Buckley is expected to rule later on whether Barnett’s statements will be allowed as evidence against Sheets. "The world is like a book, and those that never leave home read but one page" — St. Augustine j Peace Corps Is Coming To UNL! Government, Non-Profit Career Fair Thursday, February 27th Nebraska Union