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remains at a snail’s pace.
“Literally we have crews that are
working just a block at a time,” he
said. “It is so unbelievable how
much debris is on top of everything.
“This is just the slowest part of
this.”
Tuesday’s warmer weather and
melting snow made it somewhat
easier for crews to get to the diffi
cult areas, Robak said, but damaged
trees resting on power lines
remained a problem.
In other parts of the state, Robak
said, more than 20,000 Omaha
Public Power District customers
were without power as of 2 p.m.
Tuesday, as well as more than
30,000 Nebraska Public Power
District customers statewide who
still did not have electricity.
Robak said she had been in reg
ular contact with Gov. Ben Nelson,
who is on a trade mission in Asia.
“He is disappointed that we are
not further along,” Robak said, “but
he understands it is more difficult
than we anticipated.”
In an effort to speed up the
clean-up efforts downtown,
Johanns Tuesday issued a parking
ban for Thursday and Friday morn
ings.
No parking will be allowed from
Eighth to 17th streets and between Q
and K streets from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m.
Thursday and Friday.
Cars that are parked in the
banned areas will be towed.
Telephone service in the
Lincoln and Lancaster County area,
because of a delay in getting trouble
calls into the system, actually wors
ened overnight, said Aliant spokes
woman Lela Kelliher.
About 3,300 people still did not
have phone service Tuesday after
noon.
She would not speculate as to
when service might return to those
customers.
“We hope to make a lot of
progress (Tuesday) because of the
warmer temperatures,” she said.
“But we’re still having trouble get
ting to some areas.”
Lincoln man, 32, shoots self in head after chase
From Staff Reports
A 32-year-old Lincoln man shot
himself in the head on O Street near
Gateway Mall Monday night after
chasing and firing at another man’s
car.
A 26-year-old man called
police at 10:23 p.m. on a cellular
phone from his car telling them that
a black Ford Bronco was following
him and shooting at him in the area
of 36th Street and Laura Avenue.
The Bronco, which had two pas
sengers, followed the 26-year-old
man east on O Street to the area of
66th Street. There, officers stopped
the low-speed chase and surround
ed the Bronco.
Police were commanding the
two men to get out of the Bronco
when the passenger in the vehicle
got out. Forrest Hales, 24, of 4611
Huntington St., walked to the south
side of O Street.
While police were ordering
Hales to put his hands up and walk
to a cruiser, one shot was fired
from the inside of the car.
The 36-year-old man was pro
nounced dead on the scene. Police
closed O Street for most of the
night while crime scene techni
cians gathered evidence.
Hales was jailed as an accesso
ry to a felony - firing into an occu
pied vehicle. Lincoln Police Chief
Tom Casady said investigators
believe Hales reloaded the weapon
during the short chase.
Investigators found the receipt
for the Ruger 9 mm semi automatic
pistol in the car. The receipt said
the gun was bought Sunday
evening.
Storm bonds retreat participants
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there really made everyone bond
together,” Wallace said. “We did
some group leadership things and
used the rest of the time for fun
things.”
Wallace said most of the 24
people who attended the retreat
were residents of the residence
halls, with only six or seven RHA
members.
“It gave us a good chance to
get to know some of the resi
dents,” he said.
Ann Hou, a junior biochem
istry and pre-med major who is
not a member of RHA, went on
the retreat for a chance to meet
new people.
“I am interested in getting
involved in the hall government,
and I thought it was a great oppor
tunity,” Hou said. “We had to
improvise on what activities we
did, and we ended up just hanging
out and talking. It was a great
time.”
RHA advertising and market
ing Chairwoman Jodi Cramer said
the retreat was less businesslike
than planned.
“We really accomplished
some team building, motivational
things,” Cramer said. “By the end
of the retreat, everyone knew each
other really well and there was
good communication going on.”
Cramer said the lack of busi
ness wasn’t a bad thing.
“It was not like an RHA meet
ing where we do all business,” she
said. “It was more of a getting-to
know-each-other thing.”
Wallace said he hopes this
retreat changes some people’s
opinions of RHA.
“There is this misconception
that RHA is boring,” Wallace said.
“I hope the people there from the
halls know that isn’t true now. It
was just a good time to have fun.”
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NSE applications accepted; deadline today
From Staff Reports
New Student Enrollment is
accepting applications now for stu
dents interested in becoming orien
tation leaders.
NSE is looking for upperclass
men with good interpersonal skills
who can help incoming freshmen
and transfer students better adjust to
the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Applicants will undergo a train
ing internship each week and final
ists will be interviewed in
December. Those students selected
will serve a one-year appointment
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beginning in January. ' %
Orientation leaders will be
involved in activities throughout the
year such as summer enrollment,
midyear orientation and Big Red
Welcome. In return, students could
earn between $3,000 and $3,100 in
compensation, including housing.
Applications can be picked up in
the Office of Admissions at the
Alexander Building, 1410 Q St. The
deadline is 5 p.m. today.
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