Mural creates vision
of ‘Hope’ at Daywatch
Teens make mural to bring cheer to homeless
By Kimberly Sweet
Senior staff writer
The walls of a local homeless
shelter will echo a little less thanks to
the artistic contribution of nine
American-Indian teens.
The youths of Lincoln’s Indian
Center Inc. hope that a mural they
designed made of pillows will help
absorb the echoes of the nearly 100
people who pass through Daywatch
each day to do their laundry, take
showers or get meals.
On Monday night, the teens for
mally presented the mural to the
homeless shelter located at 1911 R
St. Lincoln Mayor Don Wesely
expressed his gratitude to the youths
who helped line the center’s wall
with pictures.
The title of the mural - “Hopeful
Visions” - is appropriate for the cen
ter, Wesely said.
“If you ever talk about a vision
we should have, it is hopeful
visions,” he said.
The art project, a collaboration
between the Indian Center, the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln and
Daywatch, was inspired by talking
with clients of the shelter, said 17
year-old Jade Mesa.
The teens each interviewed a
homeless person before coming up
with a design.
The homeless eventually
warmed up to the youths to talk
about their visions of the future, but
it was not easy in the beginning,
Mesa said.
“At first they thought it was a
waste of money and time,” she said.
“They wanted to use the money to
create showers instead.”
_ But after cooking up a meal com
plete with Indian tacos, the clients
opened up.
The conversations Mesa had
inspired her to create a design that
included a child leaning on the word
love. Many of the homeless people
she talked to connected children
with love, she said.
One of the most surprising
aspects of the project was the opti
mism the homeless people had for
the future, Mesa said. That inspired
the title.
Three pillows contained a varia
tion of a sun design. Bill Roby, direc
tor of Daywatch, announced that the
organization would formally adopt
the design that Sherita Two Strike
designed as the Daywatch symbol.
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This project follows a
long line of projects
with community art ”
Wendy Weiss
associate professor of textiles,
clothing and design
While the project provided
something tangible to improve the
community, it also was beneficial to
the youths who participated, said
Mary Lee Johns, director of youth
programs for the Indian Center.
By gaining recognition while
doing something positive for the
community, the youths develop a
better self-image, Johns said.
The project, funded by the
Woods Charitable Foundation of
Lincoln, was organized in part by
Wendy Weiss, an associate professor
in textiles, clothing and design.
“This project follows a long line
of projects with community art,”
Weiss said. “I’m thrilled to see the
artwork on the wall.”
Man agrees to plea bargain,
pleads guilty to drug charge
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By Jake Bleed
Senior staff writer
As part of a plea bargain, Tanner
Andrews pleaded guilty to the class
IV felony possession of a controlled
substance in Lancaster County
District Court on Monday.
On March 1, police arrested
Andrews on the charge of possession
of a stolen firearm and possession of
a controlled substance.
As part of the plea bargain, the
state dropped the possession of a
firearm charge after Andrews plead
ed guilty to the additional charge.
Andrews could be sentenced to up
to five years in prison and/or fined up
to $50,000.
The charges stem from a March 1
search of Andrews’ home in an apart
ment building at 4600 Briarpark
Drive.
Police found a .38-caliber
revolver reported stolen from a bur
glary in November 1998, 2.1 grams
of cocaine and another weapon in
Andrews’ car for which he has not
been charged.
Any additional charge stemming
from Andrews’ possession of the
weapon is not subject to the plea bar
gain, Deputy County Attorney Jim
Rocke said.
Andrews shared the apartment
with Derek Graves, who was arrested
after the search for the murderer of a
17-year-old Southeast High School
student, Brandon Pickinpaugh.
Andrews has not been connected
to Pickinpaugh’s death.
Graves was arrested along with
Jeremy Kurtzer and Jedidiah
Ngirchoimei March 1 in connection
to the Feb. 18 shooting of
Pickinpaugh in a McDonald’s park
ing lot on Van Dorn Street.
Police said the three were trying
to rob Pickinpaugh of the three
fourths of a pound of marijuana and
$950 Pickinpaugh had with him*at the
time of the murder.
Another Lincoln man, Dennis
Sciscoe, was arrested for concealing
evidence after the murder and
charged as an accessory to the felony.
All five men initially pleaded not
guilty to their respective charges and
are awaiting trial.
Rocke said the plea bargain
agreement arranged with Andrews
did not require him to testify against
Graves, Kurtzer, Ngrichoimei or
Sciscoe.
Council denies liquor license
■ The N-Zone denied
special license to serve
alcohol at outdoor beer
garden on NU gameday.
By Sarah Fox
Staff writer
The city council voted 4-3
Monday to deny a special designated
liquor license to The N-Zone, stop
ping the bar from having an extended
beer garden on gameday.
The N-Zone, 728 Q St., applied
for a license to serve alcohol in an
area north of the building for
Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 a.m. The
Nebraska football team plays
Southern Mississippi on that day.
Because of an incident in July at
The N-Zone, police Chief Tom
Casady said denying the license was a
good idea.
Two undercover police officers
visited The N-Zone in late July after
the police department received
reports that the bar was charging a
single price at the door for unlimited
drinks, Casady said in a telephone
interview.
The officers saw people dancing
on tables and chairs. Several patrons
who were voluntarily tested by the
officers were over the legal limit to
drive, Casady said.
“We were somewhat taken aback
that the management seemed to be
unaware of what was happening,”
Casady said.
Charges against The N-Zone have
been filed with the Nebraska Liquor
Control Commission.
The city council also denied The
N-Zone’s Aug. 30 request for a spe
cial license for all home Nebraska
football games as well. Casady testi
fied Aug. 30 in opposition to the
license, which only the city can issue.
Since Aug. 30, all but two servers
and all bartenders at The N-Zone
have completed a hospitality risk
management class, which teaches
alcohol laws, Mike McCarty, manag
er of The N-Zone, said.
“Most of the staff is 19- or 20
year-old college kids who don’t know
much about the rules,” he said.
The N-Zone also passed two com
pliance checks conducted by the
Responsible Hospitality Council last
weekend, McCarty said. The Lincoln
police department is a member of the
hospitality council.
Jerry Shoecraft, Lincoln city
council member, voted Monday to
approve the license. Shoecraft owned
a bar in the Haymarket for four years
and said football Saturday special
permits “help you pay your bills.”
“Nebraska football is big busi
ness,” Shoecraft said. “Bar business is
not a great lucrative thing. There are
slow days in January and February.”
Casady said it would be easier for
lie police department if the city coun
cil didn’t issue any special liquor
licenses at all.
“We’re up to our eyeballs in
action on football Saturdays,” he said.
“We have more than we can handle.”
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Police officer’s shoulder
dislocated during fight
A Lincoln police officer suffered a
dislocated shoulder while intervening
in a fight early Sunday morning but was
still able to make an arrest and drive
himself to the hospital.
People near the intersection of 16th .
and O streets alerted officer Matt
Franken to two men about to fight, offi
cer Katherine Fiimell said.
Franken grabbed both men and
tried to move them away from a crowd
of spectators.
One man broke out of Franken’s
grip which, Finnell said, pulled the offi
cer’s shoulder out of its socket.
Franken chased the man, 22-year
old Martin Piotrowski of Omaha, and
arrested him with the aid of several
bouncers from the Temptations Dance
Club, at the comer of 16th and O streets.
Police charged Piotrowski with fail
ure to comply with a lawful order.
Franken then drove himself to
BryanLGH West hospital where he was
treated and released.
* Police also arrested 24-year-old
Brian Fahey of Scottsdale, Ariz., the
. second man in the fight who was
grabbed by Franken; 22-year-old John
Raynier of Lawrence, Kan.; and 22
year-oki Justin Jones of Omaha for fail
ure to comply with a lawful order.
Raymer and Jones were bystanders
who failed to disperse from the crowd
surrounding the fight.
None of the arrested men were
University of Nebraska-Lincoln stu
dents nor did they give Lincoln address
es, so all five spent the night in jail on
the charges.
Fan arrested for trespassing
A California man was arrested
Friday night after climbing on the roof
of the Big Red Shop, 701 N. 10th St.,
with another man and spray-painting
“Cal” and his initials, UNL Police Sgt.
Mylo Bushing said. t
Edward Kleinhaus of Kennsington,
Calif., was arrested and spent the night
in jail on a criminal trespassing charge.
Also spray-painted on the roof of
the Big Red Shop were the letters
“E.K.,” which Bushing assumed were
the initials of Kleinhaus’ accomplice,
who escaped arrest.
Concessions tent burglarized
A concessions tent near the south
side of Memorial Stadium was burglar
ized sometime Friday night or early
Saturday morning, Bushing said.
A Parking and Transit Services offi
cer called UNL police after finding a 6
foot cut in the side of the tent around
6:30 a.m. Saturday, Bushing said.
Five cases of soda and a 27-inch
color television were missing from the
tent for a total loss of $550. Damages to
the concession stand totaled $1,500.
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