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District court judges could catch a break BY GEORGE GREEN The three district court judges in the 11th Judicial District are overworked Their district encompasses die most counties of any district in the state-17. And they have to handle more than 200 more cases each year than the average district judge. But thanks to Sen. Jim Cudaback of Riverdale, those three judges won’t be quite as . swamped next year Wednesday the Legislature advanced a bill that Cudaback introduced to add another judge to the district The bill passed 39-0. Cudaback said he tried to help out the busy judges last year, but Gov. Mike Johanns vetoed the proposal because of a lack of resources to pay the new judge. This year, though, Cudaback said the govemorfbund extra cash to pay for another judge. Sen. Kermit Brashear of Omaha said he heard "compelling testimony" from people con cerned about the lade of legal help during hearings on die bill. Experts pointed out the aver age district judge handles 739 cases each year, he said. On the other hand, 11th District Judges juggle 991 cases each year. Moreover, he said, Dawson County - one of the counties induded in the 11th District-expe rienced a 20 percent jump in its population over the pak 10 years. Most of the population jump, Brashear said, can be linked to the construction of a meat packing plant in Lexington. Brashear said law enforcement officials testified that extra people mean extra problems, which in turn means more court work. "This has exacerbated the problem," he said. Q and A Session: “Financial Aid for Non-traditional students” Thursday, Mar. 22,6 pm NE Union, Georgian B Sponsored by the Independent Student ' Association Do you wont to dovsiop the following skills: •employment •communication •presentation Tfcaa l«Ki f •» NIIUNL! Peers Encouraging Responsible Sexuality at UNL(PERSUNU ore looking for motivated and responsible students interested in providing educational programming m on inclusive, non judge mental and appropriate manner. Students must enroll in and complete HLTH230 for PSEs (during the first 5 week session on Tuesday and Thursday from II a.m. to 12:20 p.m.). Community Health Education 12 University Health Center 472-7440, phone <ptetreaultlOunl.edu>, e-mail Apply am«liaa at* <http://www.unl.edu/heaith/PERSUNl.html> the Umentye/NAmdb e m fyTpnm«Ufr sitwWn No matter your situation, if you’re experiencing an unplanned pregnancy, you have choices to make. The Nebraska Children’s Home Society can be4> you make the best decisions for you and your baby - without obligations. To speak with us confidentially please contact us. Pregnancy Hotline (800) 390.6754 (402) 483.7879 • www.nchs.org 4700 Valley Road • Lincoln, NE 68510 cnaanafshone Aprtmrn, rnmUt, mm-profii child pi*** *encj. 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Farrin was in charge of the student securi ty program before being moved up to corpo ral of the Campus Security Officers in 1998. Farrin retired from the department in November after he took sick leave in 1999 while fighting brain and lung cancer. Fariin’s daughter, 25-year-old Amy Farrin of Lincoln, said her father found out he had lung cancer in Marchl999. Farrin then found out he had brain cancer in May 2000. “He did everything he could to combat it, and he would be in the clear, and all of a sud den it would show up in a different spot,” Amy Farrin said. Farrin's twin daughters, Amy and Anne, are both involved with community service jobs like their father. Amy Farrin is a community service officer for the UNL Police Department and Anne was a probation officer in York before moving to Lincoln to work for Health and Human Services in the child protection division. Sgt Larry Kalkowski, who has worked for the UNL police department since 1973, said Farrin had a great work ethic. “I've seen very few people with the capac ity to work the amount of hours he did - the guy put in a lot of overtime,” he said. Kalkowski said with the amount of hours Farrin worked, ietireihent was hard for him. Farrin’s wife, Mary Ellen, said when her husband took sick leave in 1999, it was hard for him to be homebound. Bushing said Farrin wasn't afraid to do more than what was required by basic police work. "He was a very good dad, very hardwork ing and put a tremendous amount of hours in,” Mary Ellen Farrin said. "I think a lot of times the students, since Wayne was an older man, looked up to Wayne as kind of like a father figure,” Mary Ellen Farrin said. 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