Heart to heart ...

Lincoln’s ReDirect is sponsoring two dances. The first dance is “The Spot” Friday, Feb. 3 at Veteran’s Memorial Hall, 541 5th St., from 7 to 10:30 p.m.

The dance is open to Lincoln and Whitney High school students. Cost is $10 per person and includes soft drinks. Student identification must be shown to gain entry.

The second dance is a Valentine’s Day dance Saturday, Feb. 4 also in Veteran’s Memorial Hall from 8 p.m. to midnight.

Costs are $10 per man and $5 per woman. Light refreshments will be served and there will be a no-host bar. Music will be supplied by D.J. Aragon.

All are welcome to attend but admission is restricted to adults age 21 and over.

For information about both events and ReDirect, call Karen Hernandez at 223-6870.

ReDirect is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing opportunities to Lincoln’s youth through sports, education and health programs.

Paws for claws ...

Also Saturday, Feb 4, Lincoln Host Lions Club presents its annual crab feed at McBean Park Pavilion, 65 McBean Park Drive.

The crab feed gets underway with a no-host bar from 6 to 7 p.m. No one under the age of 21 will be admitted. Dinner starts at 7 p.m. sharp.

Tickets are $35 per person and must be purchased in advance. No tickets available at the door.

To purchase tickets, contact Dave Lucas at 645-3661, Rosemary Knutsen at 645-9006, Bob Collins at 253-9890 or Bob Day at 543-4829.

Tee up ...

Set aside Friday, May 18 for St. Joseph Parish tenth annual golf tournament at Woodcreek Golf Club, 5880 Woodcreek Oaks Blvd., Roseville.

Format for this tournament is a four-person scramble. Men, women and mixed-couple golfers are welcome

Tournament sponsors and registrations are now being accepted. Tournament fee is $160 per person. Non golfers are welcome to attend the dinner and awards presentation. Dinner only is $30 per person.

Contact Allan Raynal at 408-1961 for more information.

Just in from Jeeves ...

Jeeves is grateful for the rain that fell last week. Rain meant that he could wear his trench coat. When he wears it, Jeeves believes that he looks like a private investigator. He imagines playing the role of Sam Spade in the “Maltese Falcon” made famous by Humphrey Bogart.

Although Sherlock Holmes is Jeeves’ favorite investigator, it’s difficult for him to imagine playing the part of this detective.

Jeeves doesn’t own a cape much less a deerstalker hat or calabash pipe. Nor does he have an assistant like Dr. Watson.

A couple of the Downtown Dogs attended obedience school but none have medical degrees. And none were willing to play Watson to Jeeves’ Sherlock.

As a result, Jeeves could find no dog to whom he could turn and say, “Elementary.”

Nevertheless, Jeeves had a mystery to solve.

So, he decided that if Sam Spade was good enough for Humphrey Bogart, Sam Spade was good enough for him.

Jeeves’ mystery is the result of references in last week’s fiscal sustainability committee column on page A8 by Michele Hutchinson, “The truth and nothing but the truth - what about our park?” (Lincoln News Messenger, Jan. 19).

The references appeared in the following paragraph:

“The monies left over from these projects were not enough to complete the promised large park as costs were higher than anticipated. The decision on the large park had been made at a time before the economy did its nose dive and our city leaders saw all the money yet to come based on the previous years experience (so they thought) with continuing (so they thought) developer fees.”

Jeeves wanted to know to whom Hutchinson was referring when she twice wrote, in parenthesis, “so they thought.”

Jeeves wanted to know the names of those city leaders that she called “they.” So he asked Hutchinson in an e-mail.

While waiting to hear from her, Jeeves started his own investigation. He contacted former and current city leaders to find out if they were part of “they.”

Former Mayor Primo Santini, current Mayor Spencer Short, Mayor Pro Tem Tom Cosgrove, former mayor and current councilman Paul Joiner and former Councilwoman Linda Stackpoole explained that they had not been contacted by anyone from the fiscal sustainability committee for that column.

Jeeves assumed that one or all of them would have been asked to share their thoughts with the committee.

Jeeves apologizes to Santini, Short, Cosgrove, Joiner and Stackpoole for assuming that they were part of “they.” Those parenthetical references gave way to erroneous assumptions.

Jeeves is grateful for all the additional information that these former and current office holders volunteered. He learned so much that he wondered why the fiscal sustainability committee hadn’t contacted them.

Alas, that wasn’t the mystery Jeeves was trying to solve. He just wanted know to whom Hutchinson was referring when she wrote “so they thought.”

Jeeves now knew that it wasn’t Santini, Short, Cosgrove, Joiner or Stackpoole to whom Hutchinson was referring .

Happily, an e-mail response soon came back from her.

In it, Hutchinson stated, “The FSC made the decision early on not (to) name names as decisions occurred in the past during a very different economic time and it would not change the course of action taken by the individuals involved.”

This e-mail response did not help Jeeves solve his mystery.

Jeeves wrote back to her and said “I do believe it is important for you to identify the city leaders to whom you are referring. Otherwise, readers may make erroneous assumptions. I believe that would be unfair.”

In response, Hutchinson wrote, “I certainly can appreciate your position. However, I must stand firm on the FSC position previously stated regarding the releasing of names. It serves no purpose and what is done is done; it occurred in the past and cannot be undone, and it was several years ago.”

So Jeeves still doesn’t know to whom she was referring. Perhaps the mystery will be solved when the fiscal sustainability committee presents its report.

Like everyone else, Jeeves expected it to be ready by Jan. 31. But committee chairman Richard Pearl has advised that the report will be delayed until Feb. 21.

Jeeves knows some of the committee members. And he also knows how hard they have been working to come up with a plan for our city.

He hopes that this three-week delay is due to the amount of materials that it has to interpret and compile rather than Chairman Pearl’s five-week fall vacation.

Unlike Sherlock Holmes, Jeeves found that there’s nothing elementary about investigative work. He failed in his role as Sam Spade.

When he has another mystery to solve, Jeeves wonders if he should play the role of Inspector Clouseau. He might have a better chance of finding a Pink Panther than finding out who “they” are.

If you have upcoming events that you wish to appear in Scene to be Seen, please call Kathy Dorsey at 645-0660 or e-mail JustInFromJeeves@gmail.com. This column may or may not necessarily express the opinions of The Lincoln News Messenger.