University of Nebraska Kearney - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Kearney, NE)

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I “IS YOUR LAND”

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Scot Rosendahl, Creston, makes Kris Krajicek, Gretna, eat dirt near Jodi Kinder, Papillion. much work. How hard can it be?” Well let me tell you! I am usually a fairly decent server. Nevertheless, the ball flew into the air and bounced off the net back to me and splashed me with the thick mud water. I dove for the ball and slipped, the water was up to my waist now. We lost the point. Come to think of it, we lost a lot of points. I stepped into my next playing position and fell six inches deeper than my last position. The uneven ground under the unknown blackness of the water was not a very sturdy base! A friend wanted to get into the game. I tagged out. I lost my footing getting out of the pit and took along the person who was helping me. My shoes were full of muddy and sticky debris. I was done for this game. We lost to the understaffed “Mud hens.” They also beat us the following game which only allowed us to fall on our faces a couple of more times. After all of the “fun” was over, I got a chance to talk to some of the players. Mindy Duhlgren, 18 and a freshman from Gibbon, really enjoyed her first ex- perience in mud volleyball. “It wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be, but I did think I would get muddier!” Doug Falk, 18, a freshman from Al- bion, said he had expected more mud and less water. All in all, it wasn’t quite what was expected but we all had a great time! Pam Kenkel Sandra Larson, North Platte endorsing her new line of mud bathes for college students! After digging through my drawers for about five minutes I found what I was looking for. My official team uniform for the 1987 KSC mud volley- ball league; grey (once white) socks, shorts, shoes and a shirt. My teammates came to get me. They were wearing their nice leather sneakers, favorite sweatshirts and still salvageable sweats. “Wrong!” I told them. “Those clothes will never be the same color again! Go change.” After some of their own drawer dig- ging, they too are dressed in appropriate attire. The males that made up the other half of our team, called the “Killer Pigs,” picked us up in a pick-up truck. We were off to our first game. Making it up the hill to the court was a feat. This explained the need for the four-wheel drive pick- «T t wasn yt as bad as I thought -I- it would be.” -Mindy Duhlgren up. I volunteered to play in the first of two out of three games. The court wasn’t filled yet. A pipe was channeling run-off water from the nearby canal to fill the 30X60 foot space which was our court. I stepped in, shoes and all, and sank about three inches into the grimy, rocky mud. The dirt-filled water came up to my calves or past my knees, depending upon what position I was in on the court. “I guess I’m ready to start the game,” I thought. “Wait! The other side only had four players compared to my team’s six. Looks like I won’t have to do 25

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Out of concern for the Ameri- can farmer 69,000 tickets for the Farm Aid IJI concert, held in Lincoln this fall, went on sale more than a month in ad- vance. Advance ticket sales apparently were to cover the estimated cost of actu- ally putting on the show. The show was aired as a telethon. The cash value of a ticket to Farm Aid III was diminished a few days before the date of the concert by the release of 2,000 more tickets for sale by Farm Aid International. This extinguished all profit-scalping hopes and made the con- cert a true charity event. Those who had tickets to sell could be found selling for prices as low as $5. Prices were rumored, however, to be more expensive out of state for those who had not ordered tickets when they first went on sale. Even though the concert was not a sell-out, concert crowds en- countered tight quarters as an estimated 10,000 fans herded onto the tarp-covered Husker stadium. urp wo men from Denver were J- the first in line. ” “Sunday World-Herald The 70,000 spectators attending Farm Aid began lining up before 8 a.m. This was unexpected as officials had an- nounced earlier that 8 a.m. was to be the designated hour to begin the lines. Due possibly to this announcement most of the number stayed away until later in the day which made standing in the morning line somewhat more tolerable. According to the Sunday Omaha World-Herald, two men from Denver were the first in line. They airived at 2 a.m. and sat outside the stadium drink- ing beer until the rest of the mob started to arrive. Later, due to the congestion outside the stadium, fans were allowed to enter 45 minutes earlier than the scheduled 10 a.m. opening. This delighted and sub- dued the crowd which was comprised mainly of tired and probably irritable people who had either undergone a big night on the town in Lincoln or had driv- en nearly all night to reach the concert. Upon entering the stadium, fans headed directly for the most treasured spots, directly in front of the revolving stage. Early fans were rewarded by the it150,000 soft drinks, 45,000 J-hot dogs sold. ” -Sunday Journal Star chance to catch souvenir hats tossed by concert helpers. Those not so early could pay 810 for a hat later, T-shirts went for close to $20, depending upon the quality, design, or type desired. Another option, one might purchase a shirt from a man peddling them out of his backpack for $15. Other peddled items included soft drinks, Runzas, Kentucky Fried Chick- en, Little King sandwiches and various others. Lincoln’s Sunday Journal Star reported on the amount of food con- sumed at the concert; “150,000 soft drinks and 45,000 hotdogs.” If Fann Aid fans planned not to pay vender prices, they were allowed to take in sandwiches, a small quart-size ther- mos, a one-foot by one-foot cooler and most any other food they could carry ex- cept alcohol. Most attending were searched at the door (women’s purses exluded in most cases). These searches created numerous stories of interest to the collection of con- cert gossip. One man attempted, according to media reports after the concert, to con- ceal a fifth of whiskey as a submarine sandwhich. Other methods mentioned at the concert were plastic bags of liquor floating in water coolers. One of the most original at the scene was vodka in a con- tact lense solution bottle. The cans of soda not making it past the search gate (cans and glass bottles were banned for the day) were apparently donated to a lo- cal food bank. The charity event attracted a vari- ety of entertainers. Many of the entertainers adapted their songs to the Farm Aid cause. Arlo Guthrie, son of the famous Woody Guth- rie, adapted his hit, “Alice’s Restaurant” to create a sing-a-long with the audience. Other names which also drew partic- ipation from the crowd - Exile, Rita Coo- lidge, Bill Carter, Joe Walsh, John Kay and Steppenwolf, Lou Reed and John Prine. This order brought the show’s schedule up to the gospel finale with Wil- lie Nelson and his band. This finale marked the sign off of the Nashville net- work covering the first half of the con- cert. The second half, probably seen by more viewers, was filled with the Fabu- lous Thunderbirds, Neil Young, Kris Kristofferson, The Grateful Dead (via satellite from Madison Square Garden), John Cougar Mellencamp and a sched- uled “Ensemble Finale” with all the performers of Farm Aid III, Missed from the concert was Merle Haggard, who although listed on the pro- gram, was unable to appear because of illness. Earlier cancellations were an- nounced previous to the concert date by Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Bon Jovi and Michael Martin Murphy who was scheduled to give a concert in the Kear- ney area. Despite these absences and the Unique ways to conceal al- cohol: — hairspray bottles — film cases — fake binoculars — two-liter soda pop bottles (my personal favorite) — dug-out submarine sandwich buns — ice compartments of coolers — boda bags hopes and rumors that Bruce Spring- steen and or U-2 might appear just to surprise the faithful Farm Aid audience, the sound quality and concert manage- ment of the event was reported as the best in the series of concerts to benefit the farm cause. The all-star finish, “This Land is Your Land” led by the familiar voice of Arlo Guthrie. The telecast for the concert ended with this song but the concert wasn’t over yet. An untelevised final 15 minutes was 27