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2B Lincoln Journal Star Monday, June 17, 1996 CITYSTATE Page design: Keith Bowers Bulletin board Telecommunications bill opens cable access to more small entrepreneurs Tom Johnson ST I mm mean for the local TV market? A sale on the cheap might not make much difference for station operations, including local news. If acquired by a larger group, however, 1011 could be greatly helped. Stay tuned. Those other guys KLKN-TV, Channel 8, may be "Lincoln's Own ABC," but it is not the only non-Omaha ABC station your TV set can receive. Most Lincoln viewers probably don't know it, but the ABC-affiliated NTV network from Kearney has a Lincoln-based, low-power translator station broadcasting on UHF Channel 22.

Former tri-cities residents living in the Capital City can catch up on hometown news by tuning in to Channel 22 on a non-cabled TV set with a UHF loop antenna. NTV also offers some other interesting programming alternatives in fringe, late-night and weekend time slots. But why would NTV bother with a Lincoln translator that's not even carried on the local cable system? Because the local TV market is known as "Lincoln-Kearney-Hastings," and NTV wants to be able to demonstrate a Lincoln presence to national advertisers, even if few Lin-colnites bother to watch. From FM to AM and back again Diane Kaye, co-host of the "Lincoln Today" morning show on KLIN-AM 1400 since last August, has moved to sister station Star 107.3 to host a midday music show. She also continues as "The Polka Princess" on KZUM-FM 89.3 on Friday nights Here are some notes from the desk blotter of your "Airwaves" correspondent: Leased access The new telecommunications bill passed by Congress has broad implications for the communications industry, and one of the more esoteric ones has to do with something called "leased access." Under the old FCC rules, any local cable operator with at least 36 channels and more than 30,000 subscribers was required to make as much as 10 percent of its channel capacity available to commercial programmers wanting to buy time.

That provision gave rise to CableVision channels 12 and 71, where you'll currently find infomer-cials, real estate advertising and an electronic dating service. Most people don't realize how cheap it is to buy time. Under the old rules, the prescribed fee for a half-hour of air time was 40 cents per 1,000 subscribers on the system. For CableVision, with 80,000 subscribers, that was a very affordable $32 per half-hour. Now the telcom bill has revised that formula to make leased time even cheaper and more abundant.

Gable Vision's Dick Bates isn't exactly thrilled. "We're trying to get clarification on what the rules mean for us," Bates says. "Like a lot of cable operators, we're suffering channel capacity trouble again." CableVision's 78-channel system is essentially at full capacity. Theo- Lincoln Area Families with Multiples (used to be Parents of Twins Club), support group for parents of and expectant parents of twins and multiples, room D-9, 8800 Southeast Community College. 7 p.m., Tue.

Phone: 464-3002. I Can Cope, Bryan Memorial Hospital, 1600 S. 48th 7-9 p.m., Thu. For more Information call the American Cancer Society at 489-0339. For more information call the American Cancer Society at 489-0339.

Co-dependency Anonymous, Thft Meeting Place, 2748 7:30 p.m., northwest door, Holy Trinity Episcc pal Church, 6001 A 7:30 p.m., Thu. Call 476-9668 for more information. Charlie Brown's Kids Good Grief, Sheridan Lutheran Church, 3700 Sheridarj 6 p.m., Thu. Headache Support Group, Lincoln General Hospital, 2300 S. 16th 6 p.mr, Thu.

Phone: 473-5629. For Your Information Youth Leadership Camps: The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Recreation office is offering leadership camps for youth from June 24 to 28 and July 22 to 26. Instruction will be in the areas of CPR and first aid, floor hockey, track and field and bas ketball coaching, baseball and Softball offn ciating and racquetball instruction. The program runs daily from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Cost is $30 for Campus Recreation menv bers and $35 for non-members. Call 472-3467 for more information. Summer Solstice Celebration: Pioneers Park Nature Center naturalists wfl conduct a twilight nature hike, activities and stories on Thursday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Refreshments and surprises will be provided. Cost is $2.50 per child and $5 per adult.

Preregistration and prepayment are required. Call 441-7895 for more information. Volunteer opportunities: The United Way Volunteer Center has summertime volunteer opportunities for youth 12-16 years old. Call 441-7700 for more informa? tion. Other Listings Sports Calendar, Page 2C Movies, Page 5A TV Log, Page 5A The Lincoln Journal Star at-tempts to include in this column those events that are of interest to the general public or serve a public purpose and are open to the public.

(Address suggested material to Bulletin Board, P.O. Box, 81669, Lincoln, NE 68501.) pal Church, 6001 A 7:30 p.m., Thu. Cal 476-9668 for more information. Community Mental Health Family Support Group, Community Mental Health Center, 2200 St. Mary's 7-9 p.m., Wed.

Contact Joyce Page, 471-7940, for more Information. DepressiveManic-Depressive Association, separate groups for family support and individuals, Bryan Memorial Hospital, 1600 S. 48th Tues. Gam-Anon, (for friends and families) and Gamblers Anonymous, many daily meetings throughout the For specific times and locations, call 473-7933. Narcotics Anonymous, many daily meetings throughout the city.

For specific times and locations, call 474-0405, 24 hours a day. Nicotine Anonymous, Antlers, 2501 South 7 p.m.. Wed. For information, call 476-9668. Overcomers VTC Over Addictions, Calvary United Methodist Church, 11th and Garfield streets, 7 p.m., Tue.

Overeaters Anonymous, daily meetings throughout the city. For specific times and locations, call 473-1 952. Panic and Related Disorders Support Group, Activities Building south of Lincoln General Hospital, 2300 S. 16th p.m., Tue. For more information, call 473-5951.

Recovery Nervous symptoms and fears, Faith United Methodist Church, 1333 N. 33rd 7:30 p.m., First Step Recovery Center, 2231 Winthrop Road, 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Call 476-9668. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, for daily meeting times and locations, call 489-5708.

T.O.P.S., Take Off Pounds Sensibly, For daily meetings' and information, call Joann at 488-3182, or the national organization at 800-932-8677. Lincoln Area Stepfamilies, room G-1, 8800 Southeast Community College, p.m., Mon. For more information, call 477-7837 or 800-735-0329. Ray of Hope Survivors of Suicide, Grace Lutheran Church, 22nd and Washington streets, 7 p.m., Women's Health Issues Discussion Group, Friendship Room, lower level, St. Elizabeth Community Health Center, 555 S.

70th p.m., Mon. Cancer Support Group, Bryan Memorial Hospital, 1600 S. 48th 7 p.m., Tue. Impotents Support Group, Lincoln General Hospital, 2300 S. 16th 7:30 p.m., Tue.

For information, call 473-5327. Southeast Stroke Club, Madonna Rehabilitation 5401 South 6:30 p.m., Tue. Government Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Board, State Office Building, 301 Centennial Mai South, 9 a.m. Lincoln-Lancaster Planning Commission, first-floor Council Chamber, County-City Building, 555 S. 10th 1:30 p.m.

Excellence in Education Council, sixth floor. State Board Room, Nebraska Department of Education, State Office Building, 301 Centennial Mall South, 8 a.m. Performing Arts "Erosions," New Theatre Festival, by local playwright Robert Hurst, Studio Theatre, Temple Building, 12th and streets, 7 p.m. Faculty Concert, with Diane Cawein, clarinet; Allen French, horn; Nicole Narboni, James Hejduk, Ann Chang-Barnes, Mark Clinton, all piano; David Neely, violin; Karen Becker, cello; Donna Harler-Smith, soprano; John Bailey, flute; Dennis Schneider, trumpet; Dave Sharp, saxophone; Rusty White, double bass; Kimball Recital Mall, 1 1th and streets, 7:30 p.m. Night Life Duggan's Pub, Open Stage, 11th and streets.

Mudslide Slims, Open Stage, 1418 St. The Storm, Smokehouse Dan Acoustic, open stage, 48th and Huntington streets, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Zoo Bar, CD release party for Gregory, 136 N. 14th St. Local Organizations Lincoln Continentals, men's a cappel-la chorus, Warren United Methodist Church, 1205 N.

45th 7:30 p.m. Phone: Edward Bell, 477-8748. Support Groups Support groups will no longer run daily. The entire week's listing will run on Mondays. Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Arton, and Adult Children of Alcoholic and Dysfunctional Families, many daily meetings throughout the city.

For specific times and locations, cad: 438-5214 (AA), 477-9662 (Al-Anon), 476-9668 (ACADF). Alzheimer's Association Support Group, many weekly meetings throughout the city. For specific times and locations, call 420-2540. American Cancer Society Support Groups, 7441 104. 10 a.m., Sat.

Co-dependency Anonymous, The Meeting Place, 2748 7:30 p.m., northwest door, Holy Trinity Episco- retically, if the cable operator is required to free up more channels for leased access, some existing cable network channels may have to go. That's the downside. The upside is that local entrepreneurs have an even better shot at getting into cable television. I've heard some independent producers making noises about alternative TV news and sports coverage for the Lincoln market. That could be really interesting, and the new leased access rules might make it more feasible.

On the block Busse Broadcasting, owner of KOLNKGIN-TV in Lincoln and Grand Island is aggressively seeking buyers for the two Nebraska stations, as well as WEAU-TV in Eau Claire, Wis. According to Broadcasting Cable magazine, Busse has retained Morgan Stanley Co. to get the stations sold, and the three properties could fetch $150 million. Busse sold WWMT-TV in Kalamazoo, last year for $95 million. What does 1011's possible sale Parole board to consider lesser sentence for Kearney man convicted of killing wife Lottery numbers listed for reading ease Rennert, the National League umpire who was so famous for the way he called balls and strikes? Lawrence "Dutch" Rennert retired at the end of the 1992 season and is living in Florida.

A National League spokeswoman said fans miss "his very distinctive style" now 4 that hes no longer on the circuit. How can I contact Marian Wright Edel-man, founder of the Children's Defense Fund, which organized the recent chil I May 1996, based on 100,000 departures and released May 16, listed data on 14 low-cost airlines. Valu-Jet's accident rate was shown as 4.228; its serious accident rate as 2.537. The report showed Tower Air's accident rate as 8.680; its serious accident rate as 0.000. I want to fly the American flag and a Swedish flag outside my home during the Olympics.

What is the proper etiquette? This is what the Flag Code, adopted by Congress in 1942 and subsequently amended, has to say: "When flags of two or more nations are displayed, they are to be flown from separate staffs of the same height. The flags should be of approximately equal size. International usage forbids the display of the flag of one nation above that of another nation in time of peace." The U.S. flag should be given the position of honor, to the left of observers as they face the flags. Do you have a question raised by the news? Ask it, and if selected, Journal Star staffers wilt try to find the answer and publish it in this weekly column.

Send your written questions to: Lincoln Journal Star, P.O. Box 81669, Lincoln, NE 68501. If the lottery numbers are drawn by machine, how come the small numbers are always first and the larger ones last? How come the tickets are printed in numerical order when I don't choose them in numerical order? Does this affect my chances of winning? The lottery numbers are drawn in random order by machine, not numerically. If you wish to watch the drawings, they are televised live Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10 p.m. on the ABC Network, Channel 7.

The Lincoln Journal Star prints the lottery numbers in numerical order rather than in the order they are drawn for ease of reading. The Nebraska Player's Hotline, 1-800-224-5825, also records the numbers in numerical The tickets are printed in numerical order for ease of reading, according to Trista Auxier from the Nebraska Lottery. The order of the numbers makes no difference in determining a winner. The Multi-state Lottery Association started Powerball and is in charge of the drawing. The lists of winning numbers it sends out are also in numerical order.

Whatever happened to Dutch gibility date March 1995, sentence end date January 1997. Donald Tindle, two counts burglary, three years to 10 years, Lancaster and Seward counties, September 1991, parole eligibility date July 1993, sentence end date March 1997. At the Community Corrections Center in Lincoln on June 26: Robie Dale CrowdelL, child abuse, 20 months to five years, York County, August 1994, parole eligibility date June 1995, sentence end date March 1997. Richard Elam, attempted burglary, criminal trespass, 15 months to three years, Cass County, March 1995, parole eligibility date February 1996, sentence end date December 1996. Christopher Gonzales, driving under a suspended license, 15 months to three years, Lancaster County, July 1995, parole eligibility date March 1996, sentence end date February 1997.

Randolph Husak, possession of a controlled substance, driving while intoxicated, 15 months to four years, Saunders and Platte counties, June 1995, parole eligibility date December 1995, sentence end date June 1997. Roger McNeil, attempted second-degree forgery, one to three years, Lancaster County, September 1995, parole eligibility date March 1996, sentence end date March 1997. At the Nebraska State Penitentiary on June 27: Lee Beans, first-degree murder, escape, life, Buffalo and Adams counties, January 1977. Larcell Starks, attempted robbery, three to six years, Lancaster County, January 1993, parole eligibility date March 1994, sentence end date January 1997. At the Community Corrections Center in Omaha on June 28: Anthony Nowicki, theft, first-degree sexual assault, Douglas and Sarpy counties, five to 15 years, October 1991, parole eligibility date July 1995, sentence end date September 1999.

Donald DeMoss, accessory to a felony, 15 months to two years, Sarpy County, October 1995, parole eligibility date June 1996, sentence end date October 1996. Kenneth Hawthorne, delivery of a controlled substance, two to four years, Lancaster County, September 1995, parole eligibility date March 1996, sentence end date March 1997. Raymond Pariseau, two counts theft by unlawful taking, one to three years, Sarpy County, September 1995, parole eligibility date March 1996, sentence end date March 1997. Shane Wiezorek, attempted burglary, one to three years, Saunders County, December 1995, parole eligibility date March 1996, sentence end date May 1997. The Nebraska Parole Board this month will consider a recommendation to commute the life sentence of a Kearney plumber convicted in the shooting death of his estranged wife in 1976.

Lee Beans, convicted in 1977 for the first-degree murder of Jenny Beans, will appear before the Parole Board when it meets at the Nebraska State Penitentiary on June 27. Beans is not eligible for parole until the Nebraska Pardons Board commutes his sentence to a specific number of years. At the Parole Board hearing this month, board members will take testimony from the public for and against Beans' commutation and then make a recommendation to the Pardons Board. Beans shot his wife in the midst of a bitter divorce and child custody battle. A judge had awarded custody of two of their four children to Beans, and custody of the other two to Jenny Beans.

Beans said the shooting was precipitated by his wife's refusal to let him see the children who were in her custody. Jenny Beans was shot once at close range in the abdomen. She was 35 at the time of her death. Beans escaped from the Hastings Correctional Center in 1988, but he was apprehended about three weeks later near the Elm Creek interchange on Interstate 80. At a Parole Board hearing last June, board members voted 5-0 to defer Beans' hearing for one year.

Other area inmates in the custody of the state Department of Correctional Services who are scheduled for parole hearings this month include At the Hastings Correctional Center on June 19: Robert Rice, delivery of a controlled substance, attempted violation of a financial transaction device, one year to 27 months, Lancaster County, December 1995, parole eligibility date April 1996, sentence end date December 1996. At the Nebraska Correctional Treatment Center in Lincoln on June 21: Gregory T. Neujahr, possession of a controlled substance, two to five years, York County, June 1994, parole eligibility date June 1995, sentence end date January 1997. -At the Omaha Correctional Center on June 24 Robert Lott, first-degree sexual assault, six to 12 years, Lancaster County, November 1991, parole eligibility date June 1994, sentence end date September 1997. Floyd Wiltz, second-degree forgery, violation of a financial transaction device, possession of a controlled substance, delivery of a controlled substance, three years, six months to eight years, Lancaster County, October 1994, parole eligibility date June 1995, sentence end date September 1998.

At the Lincoln Correctional Center on June 25: George Kent, four counts of theft, 18 months to three years, nine months, Sarpy County, June 1994, parole eli dren's rally in Washington? Contact her in care of Children's Defense Fund, 25 St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001 (202-628-8787). If ValuJet has the second-worst safety record among major discount air carriers, as was reported, which one has the worst? A Federal Aviation Administration report on "accident and runway incursion rates" from 1990 to Health, fitness and medicine featured every Monday in Convention brings back memories of days when jerks were plentiful LIFE in the Journal Star Hearing Aid Centers he said. "These conventions keep a little of America from before." Organizers estimated that 3,000 people visited the "World's Largest Soda Fountain" that was set up under a canopy.

While children may not understand what soda jerks mean to America's past, they certainly enjoyed the celebrations and the ice cream. Austin Gunzelman, 10, who said his grandfather always talked about the era of the soda jerk, came to the festivities with his mother and 9-year-old sister. "I think it would have been neat to have lived back then," Austin said. Hear Better in 1996! Self-conscious about hearing aids? Introducing Mirage Our smallest, most advanced hearing aid ever. So small it practically invisible! Crane viewing site construction delayed until fall see your nearest location OMAHA (AP) Memories of soda jerk days flowed like melting ice cream Saturday as part of the National Soda Jerk Convention.

Betty Davis, president of the Soda Jerks, formed the National Association of Soda Jerks six years ago as a way to celebrate the work of the soda jerk. The name, she said, grew out of the way the workers had to jerk back the soda fountain handle. "I kept coming across people who would reminisce about being soda jerks," she said. "I thought our youths of today needed some of the values the soda jerks had given the American culture." Harold Norman of Omaha said he worked as a soda jerk nearly four decades ago at Ames Drugstore in Omaha. He said he was at the convention because he likes to get together with people who share a similar background.

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Concerns over land acquisition and rules governing the use of federal grant money have caused delays. District officials had hoped to complete the project last year. 1-800-284-4579 Construction of five sandhill crane viewing sites along the Platte River in central Nebraska has been delayed until this fall The crane-viewing sites will allow the public to view thousands of migrating sandhill cranes that stop along the Platte River to rest and feed each spring. One site will be built south of Alda, another south of Gibbon, two in Hall County and one in Buffalo County. The Alda and Gibbon sites will have raised viewing decks, trails, picnic tables and parking spaces.

The other three sites will be off-road parking areas on county roads. Milt Moravek, projects director for the Central Platte Natural Resources District in Grand Island, said the district was supposed to select a project bidder in May but delayed action because of technical difficulties in the contract specifications. In addition, only one bid was submitted and the board rejected it because it was considerably more than the district's estimate, he said. The board now hopes to bid the project in August The state Department of Roads previously conducted the bid letting and now allows the district to do so. Moravek said he believes the district will receive more bids from contractors then because they will be looking for work to carry them Removed from your vehicle with NO PAINTING! $AVEUPT0 40 The newspaper recycling service will be dividing the city into 4 areas with 0 street and 40th Street being the dividing lines.

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