Lincoln Indian Center fights to stay in operation

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Marshall Prichard said keeping the doors open at the Lincoln Indian Center is like flying an airplane while trying to fix it at the same time.

Prichard rejoined the center's board of directors this summer in hopes of reviving the community center in midst of financial woes. But after discovering insurmountable unpaid bills and firing the center's former manager, Prichard learned earlier this month that the center lost a $70,000 government grant.

Prichard told the Lincoln Journal Star that though a dire task, the center is worth fighting for, because the community "thinks this place is important.