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Tip leads to drug bust
A Crimestoppers tip led police to
a variety of illegal drugs in one
Lincoln family’s home Tuesday
evening.
Two officers went to the house on
the 1100 block of New Hampshire
Street, where a woman lived with her
four children, after a tip that she was
involved with drugs, Lincoln police
Sgt. Ann Heermann said.
Inside the home, officers found
plastic bags of substances suspected
to be marijuana and cocaine and two
vials Of what was suspected to be
methamphetamine.
The drugs all were in small
amounts. •• ->
The house also was in disarray
with dirty dishes* soiled laundry,
spoiled food and Various chemicals
such as weed killer and paint solvent
lying around the house.
The woman had three girls, ages
3,6 and 10, as well as an 11-year-old
boy living with her in the house. All
of her children were taken into pro
tective custody.
The 3 5-year-old woman was
arrested for possession of a con
trolled substance, child abuse and
possession of marijuana and drug
paraphernalia.
Baseball sparks argument
An argument over baseball
spumed an assault in a downtown bar
Tuesday.
Twelve minutes after Mark
McGwire’s historic 62nd home run, a
man and his fiancee started arguing
with another man at the Spigot, 1624
O St., Heermann said.
The 34-year-old victim told
police that the argument ended when
the other man hit him in the face, cut
ting his lip and knocking out a tooth.
Police are still looking for the
assailant.
Student threatened twice
A Lincoln Northeast student had
his life threatened twice Tuesday.
While the 16-year-old was park
ing his car a boy pulled up in another
car, pulled a silver revolver and said,
“This bullet is for you,” Heermann
said.
At lunch the same student was
threatened again by the same sus
pect. The boy being threatened said
he had never seen the other boy
before.
The suspect is described as a
black man, age 17-18, 6 feet tall and
190 pounds.
Shots fired from vehicle
Police are investigating a series
of shots fired in a central Lincoln
neighborhood Saturday night.
The shooting began around
11:30 p.m. Saturday when shots
fired in the area around 28th Street
between R and S streets struck a
house and a parked car, Heermann
said.
The shots were fired from a mov
ing vehicle.
Police were called to the area
after two shots hit the rear quarter
and door panels of a 1993 Geo
parked on 28th Street, causing $750
damage.
Two shots also ricocheted off the
siding of a house on the 400 block of
North 28th Street, causing $25 dam
age. I
Then at 12:19 a.m. Sunday two
more houses were hit with shots just
two blocks south of where the first
shots were fired.
At a house on the 100 block of
north 28th Street two people were
awoken by a popping sound outside
their home followed by the shatter
ing of their bedroom window,
Heermann said.
The bullet flew over the bed
and through an interior door
before becoming lodged in a hall
way wall.
Around the corner a bullet
penetrated another house on the
2800 block of P Street.
The bullet entered through the
north wall passing through a
painting and an inside wall before
bouncing off another wall and
falling to the floor.
Police found six shell casings
from a 9-mm handgun lying on P
Street, and they believe a dark
colored, full-size Chevrolet
Blazer or Ford Bronco may have
been involved in the shootings.
Compiled by senior staff writer
Josh Funk.
Speaker lauds world’s charities
Democracy, philanthropy go hand in hand, she says
By Kim Sweet
Staff writer
During the first lecture of the E.N.
Thompson Forum on World Issues,
Dorothy Ridings fondly remembered
a comment made by a baseball player.
Ridings, the president and chief
executive officer of the Council of
Foundations, recalled the comments
of an athlete whose words she
remembers well. He said he hoped he
would be remembered more for his
foundations that aided groups such as
abused children than for his athletic
accomplishments.
The man was Marie McGwire.
Ridings used the anecdote to
relate to the audience the importance
philanthropic activity is playing in the
lives of more and more Americans.
Today more than 42,000 founda
tions exist in die United States. The
number reflects the enormous
amount of wealth that people are
directing toward philanthropic activi
ties, Ridings said.
Those foundations are supporting
a wide variety of causes, ranging
from public health to die arts.
While many of the contributions
being made to philanthropies are
from older generations, Ridings raid,
the trend toward charitable giving
will not end with Generation X.
Generation Xers will focus on a
different kind of philanthropy than
members of older generations,
Ridings said. Instead of just giving
money, they will want to participate
in the cause and see exactly where
their money is going.
Those who are new to charitable
giving usually don’t know where to
start. Young people often choose uni
versities as the recipients of their
donations, Ridings said.
“Universities are in a good posi
tion to get a large portion of wealth,”
Ridings said.
Ridings also stressed that founda
tions’ roles are becoming increasing
ly important to government.
Not only do they help to fill gaps
left by a decrease in government
funding for social programs, but.
Ridings said, a democratic society
functions best when multiple agen
cies experiment with and instigate
changes.
“There will be increasing roles for
philanthropies as governments
around the world shrink and citizens
are expected to do more,” she said.
The positive attitudes toward phil
anthropies aren’t ending at U.S. bor
ders, Ridings said.
Leaders and activists from emerg
ing democracies have visited Ridings
to talk about the close connection
between philanthropies and democra
cy.
She remembers talking to an
Activist from a country that turned to
democracy after die dissolution of the
Soviet Union. The activist was curi
ous how'philanthropy had come to be
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There will be
increasing roles for
philanthropies as ,
governments around
the world shrink and
citizens are expected v
to do more.”
Dorothy Ridings
Council of Foundations
“That he could see the value and
virtue of giving in democracy was
moving to me,” Ridings said.
Jaime Bell, a sophomore elemen
tary education major, was encour
aged by Ridings'speech.
“She opened the window to all the
different opportunities of foundations
there are to get involved in,” she said.
Bell, who participates in philan
thropic activities in her sorority, Chi
Omega, hopes to continue her charity
work after she graduates.
Her attitude on the importance of
philanthropy reflects one that Ridings
said many possess.
“Philanthropy,” Ridings said, “is
an important vehicle for which we
can give hack to society and give back
to our children and grandchildren.”
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ered.
There was little police could do
except ask partygoers to leave.
This special detail of officers
gives police the resources they need
to handle the large crowds and
enforce die laws.
Citta said this will be an ongoing
project this year when enough offi
cers are available.
As part of the special enforce
ment, police are contacting parents,
landlords and the university when
students are involved.
Though police are not obligated
to make those calls, Citta said they
think it is important to address the
problem.
“I’ve had a really good response
from parents,” Citta said. “They are
interested in their children’s lives.”
Citta said landlords also have
been very interested and cooperative
when police call with the news that a
party was on their property.
,:;f Students caught procuring alco
hol or selling it illegally could face
additional penalties from the Student
Judicial Affairs.
Griesen said the university will
not prosecute minor-in-possession
offenses.
JudicialAffairs is more interested
in more serious offenses that affect
university students, Griesen said.
“When the offenses affect our
educational interests, we will prose
cute,” Griesen said.
Police want to find a way to
reduce the parties to reasonable sizes
to minimize the impact on neighbors,
Cittasaid. '
Parties overflowing into the yard,
blasting loud music and allowing pub
lic urination attract police, Citta said.
“If you take precautions, you
won’t see us.”
