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Study: More people are
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By Michelle Starr
Staff writer
A UNL researcher found that fewer
Nebraskans have been leaving the state.
Nebraska, and especially its metro
areas, increased in population between
1990 and 1996, according to a study
completed by William Scheideler, a
UNL research analyst atlhe Bureau of
Business Research.
The study, based on census data,
showed that compared with the 1970s
and ’80s, people are staying in Nebraska
rather than moving to another state. The
study also found that residents are mov
mg from rural areas to urban areas with
in the state.
The research will help city and state
agencies plan for transportation and
labor force, Scheideler said.
The study did not show any shock
ing information, but the numbers might
be more noticeable than in past years,
said Charles Lamphear, director of the
UNL Bureau of Business Research and
a professor of economics.
A growth trend in the service sector
reflects a growth in the urban areas,
Lamphear said
“I was not surprised The migration
patterns are just a reflection of the struc
ture in our economy,” Lamphear said.
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The study, which Scheideler has
been working on since last summer,
divided the population into different age
groups and regional areas, as well ^s
Nebraska as a whole.
Nebraska experienced an overall 1.2
percent gain in population, or 19,300
people, between 1990 and 1996.
According to the study, the wily age
group in decline was 65-and-older, a
decrease of 1.1 percent, or 2,612 people.
The metro areas showed the greatest
increase statewide.
Of the metro areas, Lincoln had the
greatest total increase of 6,960 people,
and Omaha was second with a total
increase of5,450 people.
Overall, the metro areas experi
enced a 1.9 percent increase of 9,700
people, while non-metro areas experi
enced a .3 percent increase of 1,150
people.
“From a rural perspective, it is not
good news,” Lamphear said.
The largest overall population
increase was from the 19-and-under age
group.
The 20-24 age group is rising in
every county and showed the largest
numbers of migration within the state,
Scheideler said.
The people appear to be migrating
from smaller rural areas, such as central
Nebraska and the Panhandle, possibly
to get a postsecondary education,
Scheideler said.
Between 1991 and 1996, the migra
tion rate of the 20-24 age group rose by
31.8 percent or 7,920 people, compared
with the 1985 to 1990 rate of 26.5 per
cent or about 6,320 people, Scheideler
said.
Because this age group possibly
reflected students in the 25-39 age
group, the nuntber dropped in migration
to urban areas, the study showed.
Once young people received an
education, they may have returned
home or to other areas within the state,
Scheideler said.
The findings are still speculation,
Scheideler said.
“It’s not like we’re noticing a direct
flow from western Nebraska to
Lincoln,” Scheideler said.
He said researchers didn’t want to
make assumptions about why people
were moving and where they moved.
“We didn’t try to explain why one
region did better than another,” he said.
bouple wins large cash prizes
■ After buying about 70
tickets a week since 1994,
woman picks a winner.
By Jake Bleed
Senior staff writer
A North Platte couple took home
$2.34 million Friday after winning sev
eral cash prizes in the Nebraska
Lottery.
Marilyn Anderson bought the win
ning ticket Wednesday at the North
Platte liquor store she owns and oper
ates with her husband, Charles
Anderson.
In addition to the $5 million
Powerball prize, the Andersons picked
up five $ 100,000 prizes by successfully
matching all but the red powerball lot
tery number on five different tickets.
They also won a $55,000 prize for own
ing the store that sold the winning tick
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et. The couple received the money
Friday.
Nebraska Lottery rules allow ticket
vendors to play the lottery as anyone
else would.
The couple shared the $10 million
prize with another winning ticket in
Kentucky. The Andersons chose to
receive a lump sum of cash.
Marilyn Anderson said she had
bought about 70 tickets a week, buying
them every Wednesday just before
noon, since the lottery started in 1994.
To pick numbers for the tickets, she
said she used faith, choosing numbers
that stuck in her head throughout the
week.
Although Charles Anderson knew
his wife spent a lot of money on tickets,
Marilyn Anderson said he did not know
exactly how much she spent every
week until Friday, when Nebraska
Lottery Officials presented the prize to
the couple.
“I thought it was just like throwing
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money away,” Charles Anderson said.
“I guess I’m going to have to quit
hounding her about it”
Two other Powerball prizes have
been presented to North Platte natives,
Nebraska Lottery officials said.
Despite the new cash, the
Andersons said they weren’t going to
change their routine.
Charles Anderson, 67, said he will
continue to work throughout the week
at the two liquor stores he owns in
North Platte, even coming in on
Sundays to read the day’s newspapers.
Marilyn Anderson will also contin
ue to help at the liquor stores and said
she would still work six days every
week.
Instead of buying a new home,
Marilyn Anderson said, they would
rather fix up their current house.
The Andersons’ four granddaugh
ters, however, will have a very merry
Christmas to look forward to, Marilyn
Anderson said.
main aepanment deeps
running tradition alive
ByGwenTietgen
Staff writer
For some graduate students and
professors in the UNL mathematics
department, calculus and running go
hand in hand.
Patricia Nelson, Theresa Strei and
' Lisa Johnson, mathematics graduate
teaching assistants, and Sylvia
Wiegand, a UNL mathematics and sta
tistics professor, recently attended the
Kansas City Power and Light
Marathon.
Johnson said the small group is part
of 10 to 15 runners in the math depart
ment at the University of Nebraska
Lincoln.
Patricia Nelson, mathematics grad
uate teaching assistant, won the Kansas
City marathon Oct. 24 with a time of 3
hours, 12 minutes and 38 seconds.
The time was an improvement of
eight minutes from her previous best
time
Wiegand placed first and Johnson
placed sixth in the full marathon, 26.2
miles, in their age divisions. Strei placed
sixth in the half marathon, 13.1 miles,
for her age division.
Nelson said she was surprised to
win because she didn’t train as much for
die Kansas City marathon as she usual
ly did because of time constraints.
She said she usually runs four times
a week and swims twice a week.
Nelson, who is now 30 years old,
started running in junior high and ran
her first marathon when she was 23.
Johnson said several mathematics
graduate students and professors run
together to help train for marathons and
keep in shape.
“It’s hard to find time to do team
sports, so we run,” Johnson said. “Itk a
really good way to clear your head.”
Some UNL mathematics graduate
students and professors traveled to
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Its hard to find time
to do team sports, so
we run.”
Lisa Johnson
mathematics graduate student
Pikes Peak in Colorado last August.
That race was especially demand
ing because runners had to deal with the
altitude, Johnson said.
Wiegand ran the whole marathon at
Pikes Peak. For the race, she ran up the
mountain and back down.
Wiegand came to UNL in 1972 and
has been a part of the math department’s
running tradition ever since.
“There used to be a lot of faculty
members that ran, but it has slowly died
down,” Wiegand said.
“In the last few years, we’ve had
quite a few graduate students who are
interested in running.”
jonnson saia one oi me main
department’s big traditions was partici
pating in the Campus Recreation
Center’s Turkey Trot.
The Turkey Trot, which ended two
years ago, was an intramural sportheld
around Thanksgiving in which the win
ners would receive a turkey for winning.
“I was disappointed when the
Turkey Trot was discontinued,” Johnson
said.
Nelson and Johnson said Lincoln is
a great place to run because of the many
road races held each year.
“Going to marathons is great
because you’re not just lying around
you’re exercising,” Johnson said.
Nelson said that’s one reason she
likes being a student in the department.
“They’re great people who are great
to work with, and the fact they’re run
ners makes it even better,” she said.
Off-duty
officer
punched
By Jake Bleed
Senior staff writer
Lincoln police arrested a 26*
year-old Columbus man Saturday
night on suspicion of repeatedly
punching an off-duty police officer
in the parking lot behind the station,
Capt. David Beggs said.
Damon Vogt was jailed for third
degree assault on a police officer,
Beggs said.
After finishing his shift and
changing into plain clothes, 36-year
old officer Gregory Cody was dri
ving his own car out of the parking
lot at 9th and M streets at about 11:30 *
p.m. when a man stepped in front of
the car and stopped, Beggs said.
1 he man turned his back on
Cody, blocking the officer’s path out
of the lot, Beggs said As Cody wait
ed for the man to move, a second
man walked to the driver’s side win
dow and belligerently asked what the
officer wanted, Beggs said.
Cody stepped out of his car and
told the men he was a police officer,
and they had to leave, Beggs said.
The second man insulted the
officer, Beggs said. Cody picked up
his cellular phone and began dialing
for help from other officers.
The second man punched Cody
in the neck, Beggs said. He punched
Cody five times, took his phone,
threw it across M Street and left.
An officer arrived and tried to
arrest the second man, who fled, run
ning down Ninth Street, Beggs said.
. Cody and other officers arrested
Vogt at Ninth and L streets.
The other man was not arrested
Cody was treated for minoir
injuries at BryanLGH West and
released, Beggs said.