TRANSCRIPT PREPARED BY THE CLERK OF THE LEGISLATURE Transcriber's Office

January 23, 1998 LB 252

communities that would receive a benefit, then I guess that's fine. I would just like us to exempt those communities that really, I think it's rare instances when...when it would happen, but at least exempt those communities, those governmental entities that require retraining as a part of their practices anyway to not have to pay for something for which they are receiving really no benefit. Thank you.

PRESIDENT ROBAK: Thank you, Senator Brown. Senator Stuhr announces that the following person is here visiting the Legislature, Dr. Jay Matzke is here as doctor of the day on behalf of the Nebraska Academy of Family Physicians, and he's here with Sloan, his daughter. They are under the north balcony. Will you both stand and be recognized, please. Welcome to the Legislature. Senator Chambers.

SENATOR CHAMBERS: Madam President, members of the Legislature, Dr. Matzke is becoming such a regular, that pretty soon we're just going to have to introduce him as one of our constituents at large. But I'm glad that acknowledgement is made, especially since his daughter is here. And for some people in the back, under the other balcony, who say they're from Honey Creek, Iowa, I'm glad that they came, because I have a very good friend, he's much older than I am, and still alive and kicking high. He is a world renowned saxophonist, named Preston Love. He has played with The Supremes, , , , when he was still alive, did a lot of work, for . He played with 's band, and he has been in concerts all over the world. He lives in Omaha. He has never received the credit that he should. He's played in Brussels, Belgium, Paris, England, and he wrote a book that came out last year, and the title of it is One Thousand Honev Creek's Later. Now it was...it just...it had such a musical ring to it that I felt it had to be a fabricated name of a city. But in the early forties he had played in Honey Creek, Iowa, he alleged in this book. I had never heard of it before, I had seen no reference to it, other than in the title of his book and in the part of the book where he referred to it, so now I'll be able to go back and tell him that in fact there is a Honey Creek, Iowa. Some of the distinguished citizens from that city paid us a visit to the Legislature, so now he has regained, in my estimation, the status of an honest man. Now he didn't know that I had

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