dailyneb.com the long and winding road leads to this. -- - - •i _— — - - -— r EARN $500 TO $1,722 Call 474-PAYS ASSIST MEDICAL RESEARCH Court rules against Babydolls ■JudgeWarren Urbom refuses restraining order against Lincoln^ no-touching ordinance. BY JOSH FUNK After watching two video taped couch dances, a federal judge ruled that what the dancers at Mataya’s Babydolls do U.S. District Courfjucfge Warren Urbom refused to grant a temporary restraining order that would have kept the city from enforcing its no-touching ordi nance after Friday’s six-hour hearing. "I don’t think that the com mon usage of the term dancing would fit,” Urbom said of the couch dances. Assistant City Attorney Connor Reuter showed portions of two surveillance videos seized from Babydolls during an Aug. 11 raid. Most of the activity could bet ter be described as dancers “lying on (patrons) and vigorously moving in a manner to simulate sexual intercourse,” Urbom said in his decision. Babydolls owner John Ways Jr. had challenged the city's ordi nance banning sexual contact by arguing that the rule was too broad and his club should be exempt After die ruling, Ways said he planhed to continue his business as usual with a few modifications to the couch dances. “The city decided to show two tapes to shock the judge. I can augment that,” said Ways, who would not elaborate on his nlans. Friday's hearing was just the latest in Ways’ fight against the city's regulation, which dates back to February when the city passed its first ordinance ban ning sexual contact between employees and patrons in Lincoln businesses. In March, Urbom blocked enforcement of that law because it had no exception for theaters, concert halls or other artistic venues where some performanc es, such as ballet, could violate the rule. The city repealed the first ordinance in April and passed a new law which included an exclusionary clause that Urbom had recommended. On Aug. 11, Lincoln Police raided the juice bar at 5620 Comhusker Highway and cited five dancers, six customers and two employees, including Ways, for violating the new ordinance. Last week. Ways filed a law suit challenging the new ordi nance on overbreadth, vague ness and the claim that his dub should qualify for protection as a theater. Prior to the passage of the new ordinance, Ways had renamed his business “Mataya’s Babydolls Gentlemen’s Theatre Chib." Urbom rejected the notion that calling a business a theater makes it so, and he affirmed the city’s ordinance saying that a rea sonable person could under stand it Friday's ruling lets the city continue to enforce its ordi nance, but it does not deckle the underlying lawsuit, which Ways could still pursue. In his decision, Urbom sakl the suit did not have a high probability of success. Tty ritutinnn fhr violating thg city ordinance, which carry a maximum penalty of six months in jail and/or a $500 fine, are expected to be heard in county court in eaiiy September. ..."1 -I HOMER S ho N SALE ■ay-.y j;. „Jj&. .. r ^ ti-il BK ■_I BlflGf Sima tIZJtCB mmb-r sm $11 JIB , $12.0 Q) ' ! ! • Wi it uni pond s iifetutw of € !RL unwMwwfmkr in pte», (HE) btgan main in mw oiwn, Bate ftii •at is bcr hf noiin, hod iwk. Tkw tvodnp ddnn rf wlofec pitas, pogid, Npiop> krin teob, soppks ate piteL dm Ion ten welded m snp fat at now itetibfc niout oomprania ttsfenndtnxkfQfanwgiiiaalon otflnk.pnpit. •■iiMiiam* fiN**BlBKmfcllHllrt mIYlm tjdto kiy lIlWMf HI 11 HU I HI HV l«1NN| I W«R^ 11, Msftsso food ha many noons to Man hsool hoi, mi d of thw tad* to eons l Mop femes* ftoofcg port d fefcaft now prajsd is tool Fmsdom wo wdSn, psdosmod, ocfldol, ond ptodscod almost sfitwty by hood, mi cwtody m hoi own toms. Hw lost dun wm*d lost Folk Rook lad of It MW Boston Most lands ad wa nodnand a Hum d it ton by is Wff Gif l Itfea Irwvoi fax fcuxbloi Jfcbkcks sound » o uteuro of nwgy fifed nith poMUhil Old ontfemc ffiffMtf ProdKad try fkfe femur and nted by Garth Mortal (fop Against lb Malta. fed Hur Oft ftps) rn SWI la it Coastal tails by stem «rth tuv load of agio.'Infer of Mm*. I you an a Ion uf Cwd. NuImc «Foo Frjhte, ywlkmNrialncfc! • tofertafeiMgilMferiflferilMir* km lb ft* is At aw ulna fan m of Ufa s lalnl fains ste, Banal Aim This a a powaAouK Mats nd mm4 wtt o rmfatarwfr sown4 bwnHwy iMk shOMffiilQ kh POWMM MGfi PMHB ONI MOlIM sor0mMi(^ OwMnvf* e.i XWKV tinici UftffiSr W WU0 Ate tizjsa LHa OOIJIMMA I • p Hum iDiiliamsisIhimBMwkHaYtmitfSAn^pAitKiKiH hngir Bma is«aKlinct iut Ms ii (Im back of yvwr broiL Mw Odoitrbiaxiii Imsilr poiaki • llmr lamatoMi bdbit YwVtdoitaiMyfci»tliiiKriiMli«m«inijor ■ost •npwdktakie, ad most ibniNitioi; bad to twao out of ttsodrammofe fcw toyoumf with ocompbte doogod sgangtotbiwaalfo* Tbiy ti him m tm aod ptnj*| wtcd bbd too bond s*protfau ill ddwrt. Thai dang At IX b o my long fen*. An Nnuto Soon « o of outsbb idbanot. tilor o smashing