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-v- YOUR PLACE Unco Journal St Sunday. November 24, 1996 Pgedesigrr. Rebecca Roberts Bate --r e--e tr or -r Religion, values and spirituality explored every Saturday in LIFE in the Journal Star Winter mulch protects plants from the freezing temperatures NUFACTS Submittals for approval of proposed substitutions must be received by the Architect not later than 10 full calendar dovs prior to the bid data prior to December 2. 1996. See Section 6M36 for details of submittal requirements.

4S469-3t-November 24, 26, 2 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF MILLION AIR L.L.C. Pursuant to the previsions of the Nebraska Limited Liability Company Act. Notice of Organization Is hereby elven as follows: 1) The name ef the limited liability company Is Million Air L.L.C 2) The address of the registered office ef the limited liability company Is: Don Janssen 9 If you think applying a winter mulch is like tucking in your plants until spring, you may be taking exactly the right action for precisely the wrong reason. In most cases the aim of a winter mulch is not to keep the ground from freezing around plants, it's to keep frozen ground from thawing. It protects plants against frost heaving, alternate freezing and thawing that can injure plant roots and push plants and bulbs out of the soiL The major exceptions to that rule are roses and strawberries.

In roses, the main aim of winterizing is to protect the graft union from freezing. The graft union is the place where the named variety, the flowering part, was grafted onto the root stock. If that place isn't protected, the top part may be killed. Though strawberries are susceptible to frost heaving, they need a winter mulch primarily to protect the flower buds that will become next year's fruits. Temperatures below 15 degrees can damage or kill flower buds.

Mulching protects the buds against low temperatures. The key in mulching strawberries is to wait until plants are dormant before mulching. Applying mulch before growth stops may cause the plant crowns to rot. But be sure to apply mulch before tempera- -tures drop below 20 degrees. One of the best mulches for strawberries is, you guessed it, Expert shines light on illuminating living space 2515 Clayton Ct.

Lincoln, NE 66567 3) The general nature of the business oft? craft ownership. j-i i 41 The time of commencement at the HmtfedJ liability company was October 29 tK and the limited liability company sheM term--nate on October 29. 2626. 5) The affairs ef the limited MoMtttv company are tp be conducted by a Managements Board matte up of two Individuals. Jeff and Dentee Fredrick 2515 Clayton Ct.

Lincoln, NE 66507 1T 10621 IT November M. 17, 24 i Fast, convenient, accessfele information 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In the Lincoln area, call 441-7188; In the rest of Nebraska, cal (800) 832-5441 When directed, enter the three-digit number of the message you wish to hear. Here are some timety topics and their access numbers: Christmas tree care (120) Bagworms(142) Spring bub forcing (170) Wood ash in gardens (289) Composting ingredients (616) How to estimate credit (633) Organic mulches' (620) Compost hot line: 441-7139 from the soil Likewise, a winter mulch in flower beds can be left in place and added to during the growing season. Mulches around landscape plants reduce the need to water and keep lawn maintenance equipment at a distance.

This can prevent damage to bark that can lead to invasion of plants by insects or disease organisms. Mulching to retain soil moisture is especially important around newly planted ornamentals, which tend to have limited root systems for the first year or two after planting and so are more susceptible to drought than established plants. Your Free Information Service! MONEY MATTERS 1000 Stockline 1003 How to use Stockline 2020 Financial News Headlines 201S Stock Market Report 2025 Most Active Stocks 2035 Money Rates 2040 Commodities Reports 2030 Precious Metals SPORTS SHORTS Local Sports Coverage 4050 High School Sports 4055 Regional College Sportslme 4100 Husker Hotline Schedules a Scores tor AH Comhutker Tume National Sport Coverage 2045 Sports Headlines 8830 Tennis 8835 Golf 8840 Ski Report Professional Sports Coverage 2050 NFL Report 2055 NHL Report 2060 Baseball Report 2065 NBA Report 2070 College Report Schedule Standings 8805 Major League Baseball 8810 NBA 8815 NFL 8820 NHL 8825 College Standings INFO-CENTER 2005 World National News 2000 Local Weather 3100 National Forecast 4190 PohceOSA 4720 Public School Meal Menus ROAD CONDITIONS 2250 Interstate Road Conditions LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT 4700 Lincoln Theatre Movie Reviews 4725 Area Fine Arts Theatre News 4775 Local Concert Connection 4S00 Local Music Reviews a More TELEVISION 3745 ABC Tonight 3750 CBS Tonight 3755 FOX Tonight 3760 NBC Tonight 1725 Cable Tonight 4740 Soap Operas FUN FACTS 1300 Joke ol the Day 1340 Its Your Birthday 2095 Entertainment News 2100 Music World 2145 Movie Reviews 2155 Lottery Results 4730 Horoscope Menu TIME OF DAY 1444 Current Time TRIVIA 3780 General Trivia 3785 Show Biz Trivia 3790 Sports Trivia WEALTH NUTRITION Seiual Hearth 2400 AIDS 2401 Condoms AIDS 2402 How You Get AIDS 2403 Symptoms Ol AIDS 2459 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Aflthfl 2404 Behavior Changes 2405 Drugs the Elderly 2408 Elderly Dry Skm 2407 Medication Side Effects 2408 Osteoporosis 2409 Sexuality a Aging Myths 2410 Taking Cars of Cars Givers Cancer 2411 Breast Self-Exams 2412 Ovarian Cancer Signs 2413 Skin Cancer 2414 Skm Moles 2415 Testicular Cancer Children 2416 Attention Deficit Disorder 2417 Bed Wetting 2418 Ear Infections 2419 LaiyEys General 2420 Allergy Shots 2421 Asthms 2422 Backaches 2423 Chicken Po 2424 Hearing Loss 2426 Insomnia 2427 Migraine Headaches 2426 Mumps 2432 Strep Throat Nutrition 2444 Counting Calories 2445 Eating Olsordsrs 2447 Heartburn 2446 Reducing Cholesterol 2449 Salt a Blood Pressure AGENDA FOR THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1996 AT 1:16 PJvL PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCES 2ND READING hi 1) 96-20 Amending Chapter 4.34 of the LMC rotating to the Llncom Electrk System Admin. Beard by deleting outdated language, deleting the requirement that rules of the Board be approved bv the City Council, 6, authorising the Board to deposit 4 Invest Its funds ettrecttv Instead ef through the City Treasurer. (111296 2nd Reading 1 Pub.

Hearing delayed to 112596) 2) 96-211 Change of Zone 3029 Ape. ef the Planning Director to amend 6 77J9.6)el of the LMC to allow domestic shelters as conditional uses In the AG Agricultural 6 AGO Agricultural Residential Districts. I) 96-212 Change of Zone 3030 Ape. of the Planning Director to amend Chapter 77.71 of the LMC to permit a one foot Increase In the height limit for churches for each additional fast at set-" back provided. 4) 96-211 Change of Zone 3035 App.

of Indian Hills Community Church for a change from Public Use to R-7 Residential on property oenerotly located between 16th 6 17th north bf 5) 96-214 Approving a lease agreement between the City 4 the Child Advocacy Center fo leaie ol spoce at the Caretaker's House Antelope Park. 6) 96-215 Approving an amended 6 restated Group Annuity Contract between the City AmerttcG. Life Insurance Corp. providing for self-direction of investment account Sis silts by pwtli ponts in the civilian retirement plans. PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTIONS 7) 96R-343 Appointing Matthew J.

Wilson to the Board of Zoning Appeals to servo as the Pfenning' Commission representative for a 4-veor term expiring 62406. 6) 96R-344 Appointing Bruce Bailey to the Lincoln Electric Systems Admin. Board tor a i-ydor tortn' i expiring 121499. 9) 96 -345 Reappointing Steven Bowen 6 Lea Scherer to the Lincoln Electric System Admla Beard for J-yeor terms expiring 121499. I 10) 96R-346 Appointing Teresa GUI to the Lincoln General Hospital Board te fill an unexpired term exM plrlng 123196.

II) 96 -347 Reappointing Guy Saunders 6 Frank Hllsabeck te the Lincoln General Hospital Beard a 3-year term expiring 123199. 12) 96R-346 Adopting the 1997 Lincoln Electric System Annual Budget. 13) 96R-349 Special Permit 1322D App. of Allant Communications to add a microwave drab, en aev approved cellular tower located at 7th St. A Fletcher Ave.

14) 96R-350 Waiving the requirement for the Installation ef sidewalks W. "A St. In Jacob sew Add. Admin. Final Plat generally located at W.

St. 6 South Coddington Ave. 15) 96R-351 Waiving the requirements for the Installation of sidewalks A street trees In Fox Add Aa mln. Final Plat generally located at N. 56th A Fulton Sts.

-J 16) 96R-352 Waiving the requirements for the Installation of sidewalks A street trees In WhttfswS Jdd Admin. Final Plat generally located on the north side at W. Chesapeake, west of 9.W. 7ttr St. 17) 96R-353 Approving a 2-year contract between the City A the State Dept.

of Motor Vehicles for re newal of the City's Commertcol Motor Vehicle Third Tester Certificate. 16) 96R-354 Approving a contract with Analytical Services, inc. to provide EPA required teWatpry analysis of water samples for the Lincoln Water System. PUBLIC HEARING LIQUOR RESOLUTIONS 19) Hearing on the Man. App.

of Linda L- Walllne for Motor Inn Assoc Inc. dba "Romoda; InnRalph's" at 2301 NW 12th. 5 20) Hearing on the manager application of tills Jo Boaenretf for Dougherty Aiesclatei dba "Belmont Texaco" at 1107 Belmont Ave. 21) Hearing on the App. of Nosnhol, Inc.

dba "Liquor Cabinet" for a Class Liquor TLIcosaa, at 836 No. 70th. 22) Hearing on the Mdtl. App. of Motthsw T.

Johnson tor Nosnhol, Inc. dba "Liquor Cabinet-at 636 North 70th St. 23) Hearing on the App. of Casey's General Stores, Inc. dba "Casey's General tori a- Class Liquor License at 550 W.

Cornhusker Hwv. 24) Hearing on the Man. App. of Bradley D. Pohl for CaseVs General Stores, tna dbd "Casey's General Store" at 550 West Cornhusker Highway.

25) Hearing on the App, of Magic Wok, Inc. dba "Koroana Gardens" for a Class Liquor Ll- cense ot 3130 26) Hearing on the manager application of Sun Chu for Magic Work, Inc. dba "Koroana Gar- 3130 Street. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS 27) Report of UNL Microbiologist for water testing for the month of Oct. on File) 26) Petition to Vacate Public Way Old Pine Lake Road right-of-way from 12nd St.

to 27m St. by Zermatt Equity Corporation. 29) MISCELLANEOUS REFERRALS REPORTS OF CITY OFFICERS 30) Clerk's Letter A Mayor's Approval of Ordinances A Resolutions passed by Council en Nov. .12. 1996.

(Ploceon File) 31) Investment of Funds. 32) Reports of City Treasurer of Telecommunication Occupation Tox due for the month ef Oct. 1996 from Operator Communications, Inc. (Place en Fife) t'" ORDINANCES 1ST READING 33) 96-216 Approving rotes and torlffs for Peoples Natural Gas. 34) 96-217 Approving new rates to be charged bv Peoples Natural Gas as the natural pas franchises' of the City of Lincoln for residential and commercialIndustrial firm safes service, revising the purchase gas adlustment provisions, providing on annual tax expense adlustment and providing deferred accounting for environmental costs.

A 35) 96-216 Approving a lease agreement under which the City ef Lincoln and the County of Lancaster will lease the Downtown Senior Center located at 1005 Street to the Lincoln-Lancaster. County Public Building Commission for maintenance purposes and for the provision ef renovated space to house lolnt City and County agencies. ORDINANCES 3RD READING 36) 96-195 Vacating the stub on the west side of N.W. 1st St. located Irrrmedlatorr north at Highlands Blvd.

(111696 Delayed Vote to 112596.) 37) 96-196 Vacating a portion of the E-W ollev In Block 23, West Lincoln, generally locoted'eost ef N.W. 7th St. A north of W. Cornhusker Hwy. (111696 Delayed Vote to 112596.) 38) 96-204 Amending the corporate limits of the City by annexing approx.

276 acres generally located west of N. 64th St. between mile south of Adams to north of Vine St. (In connection OJ.J05, 96R-340, 96R-341, 96R-342) 39) 96-205 Change of Zone 2943 App. of Ridge Development Co.

for a change from AG to R-3 Residential, R-5 Residential, R-T Residential Transition, B-1 Local Business, B-jj Planned Neighborhood Business, H-4 General Commercial, A Public Use en property, generally located west of N. 64th south of the North 40 Golf Course A north ot Elizabeth Dr. (In connection w96-204, 96R-140, 96R-141, 96R-342) 40) 96R-340 Comp. Plan Amendment 94-04 App. of the Planning Director to amend the 1994 Lincoln i-r -i Cltv-Ldncaster County Comprehensive Plan to adopt the 64th St.

Suborea Plan'; 4 to amend Figure 16 "Lincoln's Land Use Plan" A Figure 65 "Phasing Plon'lo designate addl- tlonal property for residential, commercial A Industrial development In on area located ti vt- generally north of Vine St. to Cornhusker Hwv. between 70th 4 96th Sts. (Comp. Plan-to be voted on 1st) (In connection w96-204, 96-205, 96R-341, 96R-342) 1111896 Delay Veto to 112596.) (Substitute Resolution Proposed.) 41) 96R-341 Special Permit 1598 Ridge Development Co.

to develop Northern Lights CUP on properly generally located west of 64th St. between Lei eh ton Ave. A Holdreae St. (In connection w96-204, 96-205, 96R-340, 96R-342) (111896 Delay Vote to 112596.) 42) 94R-342 Accepting 6 approving the Pre. Plat of Regent Height.

1st AdaNorthern Lights prop erty generally located west of N. 64th St. between the south line of the North Forty Golf Course 6 Elisabeth Dr. in connection w96-204, 96-205, 96R-34S, 96R-141 (111696 Delay Vote 112596.) 43) 96206 Change ol Zone 3016 App. of Rldae Development Co.

for a change from AG Agricultural to R-l Residential, R-3 Residential, 4 Public Use on property generally located east oLS. 56th opprox. Vt mile south of Pine Lake Rd. (In connection with 96R-339) 44) 96R-339 Accepting A approving the Pre. Plat of Country View Estates 1st Add.

on property gener ally located west of S. 56th approx. Vs mile south of Pine Lake Rd. In connection 96-206) (111696 Delay Vote to 112596.) 45) 96-209 Approving a transfer of appropriations within the Sonttarv Sewer Construction Fund from Capital Improvement 101420 Selected Main Replace ts Capital Improvement prot. 102140 Dirt Shed Prol.

(Request Emergency Clause.) i 46) 96-210 Approving a transfer of appropriations within the Water Construction Fund In the amount of 550.000.00 from Capital Improvement Prol. 106400 (Subsidies) te Prol. 106-30S (PmS Lake Rd. 14th to 17th). i a PENDING LIST 47) 93-241 Change of Zone 2767 App.

of Joseph Berchenko for a change from R-2 to R-6 on property located at the SW corner of 40th 4 Holdreae. (102593 Placed on Pending; Upon Removal from Pending, must be Re-advertised Re-Nottf Icatlon) 46) 94R-161 Ordering construction of Paving Unit 123 In St. between 1st A 2nd Sts. (121964 rf Placed on Pending) 49) 94-162 Improvement Dlst. 176 for 50th St.

from approx. 350 north of St. to the south line of Central Pork South 3rd Add. (22795 Ploced on Pending) 50) 95-127 Chonge of Zone 2909 App. of Nurse Providers to amend i27.63.SX of the LMC te remove the requirement that the number of residents In a domiciliary cars facility be based on a lot area ratio.

(071795 Placed en Pending) upon removal from Ponding, must be Re-Advertised) 51) 95-93 Creatine Sewer Dlst. 1156 from N. CoddTngton Ave. at a point located approx. 540" north Of W.

St. to W. St. at a point located 1,000" west of NW 20th St. (112695 Placed on Pending) 52) 96R-126 Special Permit 1423A Appeal of Earl 4 Pat Scudder from the Planning Commission's approval of Special Permit 1423A to expand an existing clubhouse 4 construct 0 cart tor-ooo building at HlMork Golf Course generollv located south of Pioneers Blvd.

between 64th 4 96th Sts. (052096 Placed on Pending) 55) 96-105 Amending the corporate limits of the City by annexing opprox. 42 acres generally located atS. 56th St. 4 Cumberland Or.

(62494 Placed on Pending) 54) Manager's App. of Judith Ann Guvnon for Cactus Club, Inc. dba Dec a Dance" at 1611 "0" St. (71596 Placed on Pending until Appeal Results Received) 55) 96R-261 Special Permit 1637 Appeal of 4 Distributing, Ina. Milan Knoxovtch, 4 Rick Albro from the Planning Commission approval of a permit to construct A operate an asphalt batch plant on property generally located at N.

56th St. A Holland Rd. (91696 Placed on pending until further notice) 56) 95-126 Change of Zone 2912 App. of Don Pouth for a change from AO to AGR on property pert- orally located mile west of Coddlngton at SW 27th St. A OM Cheney Rd.

(9JOte-s Delayed action to 101496) 101494 Placed on Pending) 57) 96-181 Change ef Zone 3007 App. of Ridge Development Co. to amend the Lincoln nance to repeal Chapter 27.53, "1-4 Planned Industrial Reserve to adopt Chapter 27.51, "1-3 Employment Center Dlst." to permit the development of office 4 light Industrial facilities as employment centers 4 to provide for support uses to the employment center 4 to amend various sections ot the district to change references from 1-4 te 1-3. (102196 Placed on Pending) 56) 96-160 Vacating the R-O-W lying between 22nd A Sts. A the Randolph St.

By-Pass. fK2SV9e'A To remain on Pending until receipt of money) 59) 96-171 Change of Zone 2952 App. of Zermatt Equity R.C. Krueoor Development, Ridge Development Ca, A Southvfew, for a change from O-l Office Park to 6-2 Planned Neighborhood Business! from B-2 Planned Neighborhood Business to O-l Office Park: from R-t Residential Transition 4 R-l Residential to B-2 Planned Neighborhood Business; from H-4 General Commercial 4 R-l Residential to O-l Office Park: 6 from O-l Office Park to H-4 General Commercial, on property generally located In the vicinity of the intersection of S. 27th St.

4 Pino Lake Rd. (091094 Passed; 17667.) (180796 Reconsidered.) (102696 Continue on Ponding) 60) 96R-267 Combined Use PermitSpecial Permit 11 App. of Zermatt Equity R.C Krueosr Development, Ridge Development Ca, 4 Southvlow, Inc. to develop 1,146.000 sq. ft, of Commercial, Retail, Theater 4 Office Uses In the vicinity of the Intersection ef t.

27th St. 4 Pine Lake Rd. (09M96 Adopted; A77676.) (100796 Reconsidered.) (161494 6. 2nd Sub. Reso.

Accepted) 1107696 Continue en Pending) 41) 96R-241 Special Permit 1629 App. ef R.C. Krueger Development, Inc. ts develop 215,061 s. ft.

of Planned Service Commercial Development en property generally located at the southeast corner ef 5. 27th St. 6 Pine Loke Rd. (09M96 Adopted; A-77677.) (100796- Reconsidered.) (102896 Continue on Pending) 62) 96R-269 Accepting 4 Approving the Pre. Plat of Southrldgs Commercial Center en property eener-ally located ot the northeast comer of 6.

27th St. 4 Pins Lake Rd. (093096 Adopted; A-77476. 1 (100796 Reconsidered. I (102696 Continue en Pending) 61) 96-176 Accepting ownership ef 4 maintenance responsibility for the private son.

sewer system A lift station of the Coddington Mills development on property generollv located at the NW corner of W. St. A S. Coddington. (162196 Action Delayed to 1024796.) (ISjsee Placed on Pending) 64) 96-190 Change of Zone 2972 App.

of Jack Skinner for a chonge from R- Residential 04 Of fice Park on property generally located at 62nd A Sts. (1026796 Placed on Pending) 65) 96R-116 Accepting the recommendation of the Land Use Reundtable a a basis for drafting of re visions to the City's land use ordinances. (102S96 Ploced en Pending) WITH COUNCIL APPROVAL, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS WILL HAVE PUBLIC HEARING ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1996: 66) 96R-355 Reappointing Jo Anna Kobo-Svoboda Leesa Anderson, and Cindy Prucha to ths Llncein- Lancaster Women's Commission for 1-year form expiring 1106. 47) 96R-3S6 Appointing Billy Aplln, Chrlstena Butrees, and Miction Joneson to ths Llrteolnancasrer Women's Commission for terms expiring 1199, 1100, and 1100 respectively. 66) 96R-157 Accepting and approving the Report of Tort Claims Against ths City tor the period Nov.

1 through Nov. 15, 1996. i 69) 94R-35I Approving an agreement between Bit Red Keno and Suits Leungs for ths operation Kena tatelllte sit ot 2137 Comhushor Highway. 70) 96R-159 Approving the third floor renovation of the Downtown Senior Center at 1061 Street as new protect ot the Llrtcoln-Lancoster County Public Building Commission and transferring appropriation In the amount ot S140V0M to provide funding for ths City's share of ths new i. 71) 94R-S60 Approving the Mount Wive Church Conditional Annexation and Zoning Agreement to 6ro- vide for the Installation of appropriate municipal Infrastructure ts serve ths Oreo generollv located west of North 64th Street on Holdreae Street.

72) 96R-M1 Approving a Conditional Annexation and Zoning Agreement for Regent Heights First Asol- tion and Northern Light Addition to provide for the Installation of appropriate municipal Infrastructure to serve the area generally located west of North 64th Street between the railroad right-of-way and Haveleck Ave. 71) 96R-M2 Approving an agreement between the City and the University ef Nebraska under which the University will dedicate and convey to the City temporary and permanent sanitary sewer easements generally located en ths wsst slds ef North 64th Street between ths railroad rlaht-of-wav and Haveleck Ave. ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON A MATTER NOT ON THIS AGENDA QR SCHEDULED TO APPEAR ON A FUTURE AGENDA, MAY DO 10 AT THU TIME. ADJOURNMENT LINCOLN AIRPORT AUTHORITY OFFICE REMODEL LINCOLN NEBRASKA SECTION OOOll NOTICE TO BIDDERS Interested Centra ore Invited by trie Lincoln Airport Authority St submit proposals tor a contract for construction ef me pro! eel known as "Lincoln Airport Authority Office A single prime contract will be awarded lor this construction. Tee Owner is me Lincoln Airport Authority.

The Architect Is The Clark Enersen Partners, MO NBC Center, Lincoln, Nebraska MSOL Ths work Is confined to the Interior ef a portion of the second floor of the Lincoln Ah- Terminal butldlne. Lincoln Municipal Airport, Lincoln, Nebraska end Involves selective demolition of partitions, doors and frames, floor and ctillns finishes, casework, duct work, lighting systems, and the provision of now construction of similar description. Sealed proposals prill be received by the Owner until 2:00 FM, Thursday, December 13, 1996 at me Lincoln Airport Authority offices (site of the prolectl. at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. AH bids must be accompanied by a certified check or bid bond in an amount equal to five percent (S) of the proposed amount.

Bid security shall be made payable to the Owner. Bldotno documents may be examined at: The Clark Enersen Partners, 400 NBC Center, Lincoln, NE 66500 Construction Market Data 14707 California Suite Omaha NE 66154 F.W. Dodge Corporation, 11422 Miracle Hills Drive, Suite 20, Omaha NE 66144 Lincoln Builder's Bureau, 5910 South 5tth Street. Lincoln, NE 66514 Omaha Builder's Exchongo, Soum 94th, Omaha NE 6127 BMktlat documents may be obtained from the office of the Architect for a deposit of S25.00 per set. Deposit is refundable upon return of the bidding documents In good condition within a period of 16 days after the opening of bids.

Architect will dispatch bidding documents via UPS upon receipt of an additional S5.00 for handling and postage, non-refundable. Prime bidders may obtain up to four (4) sets of bidding documents (drawings and prelect manual), and other bidders may obtain one set of documents. 53354 3T November 23, 34, 24 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WAGE AND SALARY ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM The Lower Platte South Natural Resources District, a political subdivision of the state of Nebraska is requesting proposals for professional services for the development and Implementation of a wage and salary administration program for District employees. The District has eighteen full-time authorized staff positions; it Is the District's Intent to Install this program by June 1, 1e7. Interested parties should forward to the District, at the address listed below, a statement of qualifications and experience, a description of the nature and extent of services to be provided, and a prolected timetable.

Proposals must be received by or on November 19, 1994. Interviews with selected parties will be conducted during the week ef December 9, 1994, and a recommended contract for services is anticipated to be considered by the Board of Directors on December 16, 199. Attn: General Manager Lower Platte South Natural Resources District 3125 Portia Street P.O. Box 81581 Lincoln, NE 68501-3581 45461 7T November 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 PUBLIC NOTICE The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Engineering Division, will receive letters of Interest from Engineering firms until 4:00 PM CST, December 18, 1996, offering to perform professional consulting services for the preparation of complete design and contract documents for loke rehabilitation at Verdon State Recreation Area, near Verdon, Nebraska for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. This work Includes design, development of construction documents and construction inspection.

Information Packets further describing the protect will be forwarded to firms that submit letters of Interest for consideration as protect consultant to: Jim Sheffield, Facilities Engineering Manager; Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: 2200 North 33rd; Lincoln, Nebraska 6850; Phone (402)471-5526. Rex Amack, Director NEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS COMMISSION 45349-ST November 22, 23, 24, 25, December 2 NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on December 1996 Randy Johnson Arabians will sell 2 Arabian horses belonging to Mr. Don Harsh to satisfy payment of the Agister's Lien filed In Lancaster County. The public sale will toko place at the Palmyra Sole Barn an December 1996 unless the debt Is paid In full. andy -Johnson r-DBA Randy Johnson Arabians 53265 2T November 24, December 1 PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION The State of Nebraska Is accepting Information for a Biennial Budget System for the Stale of Nebraska.

In order to receive any RFP resulting from this request, you must submit a response to this RFI. Sealed Information should be Identified as "RFI-499" and must be received In the State Purchasing Bureau, 1st Floor, 301 Centennial Moll South, P.O. Box 94847, Lincoln, Nebraska no later than 2:06 P.M. CST, December 13, 1996, at which time they will be publicly opened. Requests for copies of specifications may be obtained by contacting State Purchasing at the address above or telephone (402) 471-2401.

Questions are to be directed in writing to State Purchasing no later than 5 P.M. CST, Monday, December 1, 1996. Questions will be answered through an addendum to be mailed to all vendors on or before December 4, 1996. 53349 2T November 24, 27 LEGAL NOTICE Pursuant to section 64-1411, R.R.S. 1949, notice Is hereby given that the State Board of Equalization and Assessment will meet at 8:30 a.m.

on Friday, December 6. 1996, In the Governor's Hearing Room, Second Floor, State Capitol Building, Lincoln, Nebraska. The purpose of the meeting is to determine whether the variable fuels tax rate for fiscal year 1996-97 should be adlusted, pursuant to section R.S. 1994. The opportunity to be heard will be afforded to any Interested person upon written request to M.

Berrl Bolka State Tax Commissioner and Secretary of the State Board of Equalisation and Assessment, Nebraska Department of Revenue, PO Box 94116, Lincoln, Nebraska 66509. Unscheduled testimony will be heard following scheduled testimony. Written comments should be mailed to the above address or faxed to (402) 471-506 and should be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 5, 1996, in order to be made part of the record of the Board. Individuals requiring physical or sensory accommodations, please contact the Nebraska Department of Revenue, 301 Centennial Mall South, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-4816, telephone (402) 471-2971 or TDD (402) 471-2920, no later than December 2, 1996.

Dated this 16th day of November, 1996. M. Berrl Balka State Tax Commissioner Secretary, State Board of Equalisation and Assessment 53346 IT November 24 INVITATION TO BID Notice Is given hereby that the Owner, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, CITY OF LINCOLN will accept sealed bids on single, firm, fixed-price contract to Include all work for LINCOLN HOUSING AUTHORITY LHA MAINTENANCE BUILDING REMODEL according to the Drawings and Specifications prepared by Michael S. Bolt 6 Associates Architects, and described In general as follows: Remodel an existing approximately 500 square foot space tor office use as shown on the Drawings. The Housing Authority will receive sealed bids until: I P.M., Thursday, December 11 1996 ol the offices of The Housing Authority 5700 Street, Lincoln, Nebraska 6650S The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the time and place.

Bids received after that time will net be accepted. Interested parties are Invited to attend. The bidding documents may be examined at the Architect's office (1540 S. 70th, Suite 102, Lincoln, NE) end at: Lincoln Builders Bureau Suits C. $910 South Sttti Street Lincoln, NE 66516 Bidders may secure copies of the proposed Contract Documents from the office of the Architect on the following basis: 1.

One Protect Manual Including Specifications and Drawings, upon payment of a 125.00 deposit per set, completely refundable if the documents are returned to the Architect, postpaid, In satisfactory condition, within ten ilO) calendar days after the bid opening. If a Bidder requests Bidding Documents to be mall to him, he shall Include, with his request a 525.06 per manual deposit, a sspa- rate, nonrefundable payment of S10.0A per set to cover handling and postage. 1. No partial sets will be Issued. All bids shall remain In effect and may not be modified, withdrawn or cancelled for a period ef 30 calendar days offer the scheduled closing lime for the receipt ef bids, The Owner reserves the right to relect any or all bids and to waive any Informalities or Irregularity in any bid received.

Bid Security In the amount of of the Bass Bid will be required to accompany bids. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and Labor and Material Payment Bond, each In the amount of 100 ef the Contract Sum. 1 straw. Other possibilities are chopped cornstalks, hay, corn cobs or bark chips. Avoid using tree leaves or grass clippings, they tend to form thick mats that can smother plants.

Spread one bale of straw per 100 square feet to a depth of 3 to 5 inches. Other materials can be used with other plants. Chopped leaves and compost are excellent for perennial and bulb beds because they insulate well but plants can push up through them in the spring. Bark chips often are used around trees and shrubs. Mulch the root zone but dont allow the mulch to lap up against the trunk or main stems.

The mulch could provide cover for mice and enable them to gnaw on the bark and girdle the plants. Strawberries have to be uncovered as soon as growth starts in the spring. The winter mulch can then become summer mulch between the rows, where it will help control weeds and slow loss of moisture feel comfortable," he explained. That means no ceiling lights shining directly down on seating areas. It means pink light bulbs (the experts call them or new-generation fluorescent tubes that cast skin-friendly light.

Whitehead showed light sources, especially ambient ones, in wall sconces that direct lighting up and out. Lights are hidden behind ceiling beams and moldings. Sometimes they're just placed atop a tall piece of furniture or tucked behind a plant for a dramatic uplight. Whitehead gave his audience another laugh when he referred to strips of vanity lights used to frame bathroom mirrors as "Bozo balls." But he noted that when used on each side of a mirror, they are far superior to an overhead fixture. The best bathroom lighting would have 'two light sources, Whitehead said.

One would approximate daylight for daytime makeup, another an incandescent light source for evening looks. With innovative new lighting aids being marketed monthly, solutions to lighting problems abound. "I'm in awe of interior designers. They have so much to absorb," he said. "There's so much to learn, with new fixtures, lamps, code requirements and regulations arriving every month." California, for example, requires some fluorescent lighting in all new construction.

But there are 200 light colors available in fluorescent, making it a much more attractive and flexible lighting choice. Low-voltage systems are wonderfully compact light sources car interiors use them that have been improved for home use. Whitehead showed how they can be recessed behind molding for a subtle space-saving glow. Recessed "can" lights can be retrofitted to make them more directional shine light at a wall or object instead of straight to the floor, he explained. In a lecture full of practical ideas, Whitehead saved some of his best advice for last.

"You know why people always gather in the kitchen during a party?" he asked. "Because the lights are brighter there." Dim or darken the kitchen and guests will go where you direct them with judicious use of light Use yellow light bulbs outside. Bugs prefer white. Clean sensors that turn tights on automatically. If they're dirty, they react as if it's dark outside and activate the lights.

Shop around. A half-bowl wall sconce can cost $35 to $450 and shed the same amount of light the same way. DON'T: Put a lighting fixture over a bathroom mirror. Use red heat lamps in a bathroom. Put halogen bulbs In anything but a porcelain socket.

They're so hot they'll melt plastic. Rely on accent or task lights to illuminate a room. BY SUSAN PHINNEY Seattle Post-Intelligencer Good lighting can do a lot to make a home more inviting, especially where fall and winter descend like a damp gray blanket and the sun can hide for weeks. Good lighting doesn't have to cost a lot, and it doesn't take a degree in electrical engineering to achieve. In fact, today's lighting experts come from many backgrounds photography and theater lighting to name just two.

Says who? Says Randy Whitehead, a San Francisco-based lighting expert and author of "Lighten Up!" (Light Source Publishing, $38). Whitehead recently gave a lighting seminar for interior designers, and his talk was packed with information that amateurs use. "You can pay a lot of money for bad lighting, he declared before launching into a slide showlecture illustrating the good, bad and downright ugly of interior lighting. 7" The crowd howled at a picture showing a kitchen with so many recessed downlights that the ceiling looked like Swiss cheese, occupants looked haggard, and bodies cast shadows on work surfaces. The room even had a useless spotlight on the refrigerator.

There is more laughter at a living room lit only by a ceiling fixture, a television set and a dinky floor lamp with a shade that directs light toward the floor. "TV is not ambient lighting," he deadpanned. Ambient lighting is soft, unobtrusive general light that fills space. It's one of three types of lighting that need to be "layered" in a room. Accent lighting is used to highlight things a coffee table or piece of art, for example.

Task lighting is for work surfaces light that focuses between head and tasks at hand, like hand-sewing or chopping vegetables on a kitchen counter. Ambient light is all important, Whitehead said. It gives eyes an overview of a room and the people in it If a room is lit with a series of table lamps, for example, it becomes a lamp showroom. Too many recessed downlights leave a series of light puddles. Both draw eyes from one light source to another, leaving faces in shadow or unflattering light.

"Lighting needs to make people Randy Whitehead's list of Ighting do's and don'ts: DO: Install dimmers. They're Inexpensive and very effective. Use only 25-watt bulbs for porch and driveway lighting. They're bright enough. Place furniture before designing the lighting for a room.

Use opaque lampshades to direct light more effectively. Make sure recessed lights are adjustable so objects can be moved around and still be properly lighted. If a lamp Is decorative, not functional, use only a 25-watt bulb. Consider fluorescent lighting. It's vastly Improved.

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