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0 The City of College Station
f is currently recruiting for:
PARK SUPERINTENDENT
Requires a bachelors degree in
Recreation and Parks Administration
or related fields, plus a minimum of 2
years supervisory experience.
Salary 1 22020 DOQ
Applications being accepted
through January 6.
Apply:
City of College Station
Personnel Dept.
1101 Texas Avenue
E.O .E.
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Sunday, January 1, 1989
The Eagle
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Early cadets
Five cadets from the A. & M. College of Texas pose for pictures in
the early days of the College Station train station, located across
from the college campus.
Sunday, January 2, 1989
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Thursday, Jan. 5
Sunday, January 4, 1989
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■ College Station Planning and Zoning Com-
mittee meeting, 7 p.m., council chambers.
764 -3570.
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Light work
Don Overby (top left) looks on as Glenn Metzer (right) cuts loose a string of
lights from the Central Park Christmas displays, while Bob Hole mans the con-
trols of the forklift. The three, who work for College Station's forestry depart-
ment, said it will take about two weeks to dismantle and store the 40,000 -plus
lights that make up the city's Christmas in the Park display.
Friday, January 6, 1989
The Eagle
cof City of College Station is
currently recruiting for
the following position:
SR. ACCOUNT CLERK
Provides administrative clerical support for the maintenance
and review of financial records and processes documents
involving financial transactions, accounts payables. Appli-
cants should have typing, CRT, 10 key, and 3 yrs, book-
keeping experience.
Apply at:
City of College Station
Personnel Department
1101 Texas Avenue South
College Station, TX
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Sunday, January 8, 1989
The Eagle
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NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
TO WHOM IT MAY
CONCERN:
The City Council of the City of
College Station, Texas will
hold a public hearing to con-
sider development and con-
struction of Wolf Pen Creek
Phase One Project to be lo-
cated within an area boun-
ded on the north by Holleman
Drive, on the west by Dart-
mouth Street, and on the
south by Colgate Avenue.
The proposed project will be
located in a flood-
plain/wetland area, and will
.have certain environmental
impacts on that flood -
- plain/wetland area. Features
proposed for development
include a park sign, a fishing
pier, an aerator, hike & bike
trails and bridges, an am-
phitheatre, a parking area
and a picnic shelter and
playground.
The public hearing will be
held on Thursday, January
12, 1989, during the regular
meeting of the College
Station City Council. The
.meeting will convene at 7:00
p.m. in the Council Room of
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*the College Station City Hall,
1101 South Texas Avenue.
.The meeting is open to the
public, and comments from
the public are invited. Or, in-
terested persons may re-
spond to the Wolf Pen Creek
Phase One Project proposal
by writing to the City Council,
P.O. Box 9960, College
Station, Texas 77842.
For additional information on
the meeting call the Office of
the City Secretary,
-409- 764 -3512. Or, contact
- Mr. Cisneros, College Station
Parks Department, for more
information on the envir-
onmental assessment or to
review related maps and
plans (409 - 764-3415).
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Monday, January 9, 1989
The Eagle
108 Lega Notices
BID NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting bid(s) for:
JANITORIAL MAIN-
TENANCE SERVICE
until 2:00 P.M., January 16,
1989, at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and all bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
to accept the offer con-
sidered most advantageous
to the City.
Bid #89-20
01 -09- 89,01 -16-89
Compost plan
may take stink
from landfills
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
A new plan for handling garbage will
take the stink out of local landfills and
quadruple the life of the landfills, if a local
graduate student has his way.
Barret Lyne, a soil physics student at
A &M, said his plan for composting gar-
bage will decrease the quantity and in-
crease the quality of garbage which gets
to the landfills.
The proposal comes as Bryan and Col-
lege Station are examining their limited
options for getting rid of trash.
Bryan is planning to close its landfill
within the next 18 months because of
new Texas Department of Health regula-
tions. All governments operating landfills
after the implementation of the regula-
tions will have to monitor the landfill site
for 30 years after it is closed. If Bryan
closes its landfill before the new regula-
tions take effect, the monitoring period
will only be five years.
The two cities are currently negotiating
to use Bryan's landfill until it is closed.
Under the provisions of the plan, Bryan,
Brazos County and Texas A &M Universi-
ty would then pay $7 a ton to haul gar-
bage to College Station's landfill. They
also would pay an additional $10 a ton
surcharge to help cover capital expendi-
tures for the purchase of a new landfill
site before the end of the century.
According to a joint landfill -use feasibi-
lity study done for the cities in 1988, the
existing landfill space will be used up
sometime between 1996 and 2002.
Lyne said the four entities in the
county generate about 300 tons of gar-
bage a day.
Composting, however, could multiply
the life span of existing landfills by four or
five times, Lyne said.
Lyne said 50 to 60 percent of the gar-
bage is organic matter, which can be
processed into a material that looks like
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Eagle photo by Dave McDermand
Barret Lyne holds samples of recycled garbage at the Bryan Landfill.
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their garbage on the street for col-
Compost lection have to do the sorting.
wuld be
glass and recycling. pape they salvage
"fiery indication is that, from
level, waste separation
isn't profitable, because of a de-
pressed markets, Lyne said he
the federal
will be mandated in the future,"
plans to turn the material into a
to be used for road
From 1 A
he said. 'That's not essential for
ceramic rock
soil. About 20 to 25 per-
composting, however."
If the cities approve his plan,
construction.
Clark said sellin the ceramic
but
potting
cent of the raw trash is recovera-
the garbage will be trucked into a
dumped.
rock sounds like a good idea,
he wants proof that someone will
ble material such as ferrous
metals, plastics and glass. Only
shed on the site and
After shredding, the material will
in a large shed.
buy it.
The kind of thing we want t
the remaining 20 to 25 percent of
stabilized residue need go to a
g into windrows
'The solid residue (that can't be
look at is if you can sell it," he
said. "is there a market for it?
landfill, he said.
Bryan City Manager Ernie
composted or recycled) is still
trash, but it is clean trash," he
Who has said they would buy It?'
The ceramic rock, which would
Clark said he thinks Lyne's plan
said. "If you go to the landfill with
sell at at the same price as gravel,
Ijas merit, but there is another
it, you're not putting a chemical
could used for building road
problem to be dealt with first.
soup back into the soil."
beds, Lyne said.
be y
'We have to deal with College
"College
Landfills were originally meant
'The beauty of this is that there
$ tation first," he said.
to be a way to recover land, but in
is a need for everything we're do-
Station and Bryan need to iron
out a contract. When we do that,
practice, the things put in land -
fills have made them dangerous
nee fertilizer said. a need rock, we
need fertilizer and we need waste
-4e can look jointly at compost-
j dy
eyesores, Lyne said.
di osal."
itig...
; Clark said he was against com-
'The original purpose of landfill-
in was to fill voids and control
g
Lyne's cost projections indicate
yn
that the cost of composting would
stin when Lyne first proposed
g Yn
erosion," he noted.
be arable to operating a tra-
comparable
p
it to him two years ago. Regula-
tins and the kind of garbage that
Lym" i by controlling the tox-
icity and ugliness of landfills,
ditional landfill in the short term.
The increased life of the landfill
Ipust be disposed of, however,
people will have fewer objections
would mean a savings to the cities
have changed quickly and new
to deal with them must be
to them and they can be built
the they serve.
over the long run, he said.
ways
t(-ied, he said.
has some
closer to areas
This will make hauling to the
College Station City Engineer
said Lyne's plan is a
Clark said he still
concerns about Lyne and his
landfill less expensive and save
taxpayers mongy, he said.
David Pullen
"proven experiment."
plan.
"He's done a lot of work on it,"
Lyne said that initially his plans
call for giving away the composted
Lyne said the composting plant
charge each city $17 a ton
he said. "But he doesn't have a
organic material to be spread over
would
for all material delivered to the
permit and he hasn't done it be-
poor soils. It could possibly be-
plant. After composting, the plant
fore."
Lyne said he will apply for a
come a future source of income,
however, if there is a great enough
would pay $17 a ton to put the
inorganic residue in the landfill.
permit for the composting plant
Texas Department of
demand fof it.
Pullen said the current cost for
from the
Health as soon as he has a site for
The composted material
the College Station to use its land -
the plant. Negotiations are under
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wouldn't be as high in nitrogen
ercial
fill is about $12 a ton.
the
way for an option on a -acre
site, he said.
f rtdphos phosp a but i would
According to Lyne's figures,
t would be about
Lyne said the garbage has to be
reduce dependence on petroleum-
� 13 a ton after plant pays the
separated at some point during
based products.
that when the market
city back for burying the unusa-
the process. But he said that
doesn't mean that people putting
Lyne said
was strong for recoverable metals,
ble residue in the landfill.
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108 Lega Notices
BID NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting bid(s) for:
TRUCK CAB AND
CHASSIS FOR DIGGER
DERRICK - ONE (1) EACH
until 2:00 P.M., January 31,
1989, at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and all bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
to -accept the offer con-
s' ered most advantageous
ai the City.
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01- 10-89,01 -17 -89
BID NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting bid(s) for:
(1) HYDRAULIC
DIGGER DERRICK
until 2:00 P.M., January 31,
1989, at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and all bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
to accept the offer con-
sidered most advantageous
to the City.
Bid #89 -19
01 -10 -89,01 -17-89
BID NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting bid(s) for:
POLETRANSPORT
TRAILER
until 2:00 P.M., January 31,
1989, at which fine the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and all bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
Tuesday, January 10, 1989
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108 Legal Notices
to accept the offer con-
sidered most advantageous
to the City.
Bid #89 -17
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CS council to consider plan
uniting cities, county projects
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
The College Station City Coun-
cil will discuss a proposal to com-
bine the economic development
efforts of Bryan, College Station
and Brazos County in its work-
shop meeting at 4 p.m. Wednes-
day at City Hall.
The council will vote Thursday
at 7 p.m. in the regular council
meeting on whether to join in the
agreement with the other two
entities.
The proposal was presented to
the council on Nov. 21 during a
Joint meeting with the College
Station Economic Development
Foundation. Councilman Dick
Haddox, chainnan of the board of
the foundation, said in November
that the foundation board has re-
viewed and approved the merger.
The council also will hold a pub-
lic hearing on the construction of
the phase one of the Wolf Pen
Creek project.
Wolf Pen Creek is the proposed
system of green space, lakes and
pathways to be located along Wolf
Pen Creek from the intersection of
Harvey Road and Texas Avenue to
the area of Holleman Drive and
the East Bypass.
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CS risk manager
arrives for new post
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
College Station's first risk manager ar-
rived this week to begin developing and
Implementing a safety and risk -
management program for the city.
Glenn Wagner said one of his first con-
cerns will be finding out where the city's
safety program stands.
"I want to get out and meet the depart-
ment heads and employees and look at
their risk situation and see what they
do," he said. "I have to decide what level
of severity of accident I will get involved
in. I consider myself the worrier for the
city.'
Wagner said he will try to implement a
safety program that will reduce losses
through accidents involving both city
employees and the public. College Station
currently has addressed many of the po-
tential problem areas, but the city has
seen an increase in workers' compensa-
Wednesday, January 11, 1989
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tion claims, he said.
City Manager Ron Ragland said
an increase in the awareness of
liabilities faced by cities has
caused a national trend toward
hiring risk managers.
"Because of the insurance in-
dustry and aspects of lawsuits
and the issue of liability, there
has been an awareness of expo-
sure to risk and the need to pay
attention to the idea of risk man-
agement," he said. "Cities are
taking less of a defensive posture
and more of an offensive posture
in reducing risks and liabilities.
Nationally, risk managers are be-
coming a standard much like
purchasing agents did 10 years
ago.
"I think he will help us cultivate
an awareness (of potential risks)
we may not have had in the past."
Ragland said a major concern
for Wagner will be building a new
program.
"He's going to have an uphill
challenge for the next year to year
and a half," he said. "He'll spend
part of the first six months num-
ber crunching — putting together
a reporting system to measure the
impact having a risk manager will
have on the city."
Wagner, who has served as the
director of safety at Hillcrest Me-
dical Center in Tulsa, Okla., and
Medical Center Hospital in Ode-
ssa, said he feels the experience
he gained in hospitals will help
him in his approach to city risk
management.
"I consider myself a problem
solver," he said. "A hospital is like
training in a smaller city. Hospi-
tals have all the things that cities
have, but on a different scale."
Wagner graduated from Okla-
homa State University in 1971
with a bachelor of science in jour-
nalism, a field in which he said
he's never worked.
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NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING:
The College Station City
Council will hold a public
hearing on the question of
rezoning the following prop-
erty:
10.15 Acres of land along the
west side of F.M. 2818, south
of F &B Road, from R -1
Single Family Residential to
C -1 General Commercial.
Applicant is S.M. Kling, Kling
Engineering & Surveying.
Owner is Robert V/. Toler.
The hearing will be held in
the Council Room of the Col-
lege Station City Hall, 1101
Texas Avenue at the 7:00
p.m. meeting of the Council
on Thursday, January 26,
1989.
For additional information,
please contact me at (409)
764 -3570.
James M. Callaway
Director of Planning
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Wednesday, January 11,
The Eagle
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NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING:
The College Station City
Council will hold a public
hearing on the question of
rezoning the following prop-
erty:
30 feet of Lot 11 & 20 feet of
Lot 12 Block B College
Heights Subdivision (413
Eisenhower) from A -P Ad-
ministrative- Professional to
R -2 Duplex. Applicant/Owner
is Mark Cissna.
The hearing will be held in
the Council Room of the Col-
lege Sta',ion City Hall, 1101
Texas Avenue at the 7:00
p.m. meeting of the Council
on Thursday, January 26,
1989.
For additional information,
please contact me at (409)
764 -3570.
James M. Callaway
Director of Planning
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ICS violent -crime rate down slightly for 1 88
Police figures show scooter thefts helped raise property crime rate for city
By Jade Boyd
of the Eagle stall
Crime statistics for College Station in
1988 show a slight decrease in violent
crime but an increase in property crime
from 1987 figures.
College Station police reported no
murders in 1988. Aggravated assaults
were down 20 percent from 1987 figures
while robbery figures remained the same.
Reports of sexual assaults increased 36
percent, from 14 to 19, over 1987 statis-
tics, but police believe more than half of
all sexual assaults go unreported.
Though burglary figures were down
Officials said College Station, like the
rest of the nation, is seeing an in-
crease in juvenile offenders arrested
for burglary.
slightly from the previous year's total,
there was wide variation in certain cate-
gories.
Burglaries of buildings were down by
53 percent, a fact police attribute to in-
creased security by local merchants.
Police also cite key arrests and special
stakeouts by officers for these lower fig-
ures.
Stakeouts also helped drop vehicle -
burglary figures for 1988. Though the
area still is suffering from a rash of T -top
thefts, there was a 3 percent overall drop
in vehicle burglaries from 1987 figures.
Vehicle thefts, however, rose 20 per-
cent in 1988. Police officials said most of
the increase was due to a high rate of
scooter thefts. They said even chaining
down these vehicles is little deterrent to
thieves because of the high value of the
vehicles. Police officers said the best
theft - prevention action for scooter
owners was to lock the vehicles in their
homes when they are not in use.
An 18 percent increase in burglaries of
homes was seen in 1988.
More than 50 percent of the homes
burglarized were occupied by Texas A &M
students, who often are gone for exten-
ded periods of time. Police said more stu-
dents at the university is one reason the
area saw more burglaries of homes.
Officials said College Station, like the
rest of the nation, is seeing an increase in
Juvenile offenders arrested for burglary.
They were unwilling to speculate on the
cause of this increase.
Drug- related arrests increased by 272
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percent. Police officials said this
was attributable to increased
efforts at drug enforcement. They
said they now are gathering in-
formation about drug- related
crimes on everyone arrested in
the city. The Bryan - College
Station War on Drugs Committee
said in a report last fall that 80
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tly or indirectly was related to
drugs.
Arrests made for driving while
intoxicated increased 20 percent
from 1987. Minor -in- possession
citations rose by 71 percent.
Police cite both of these facts as
major factors in reducing 1988's
figures for alcohol - related acci-
dents, which dropped 32 percent
from 1987. Of the 1,437 accidents
reported in the city, only 44 were
declared alcohol related last year.
Statistics for Bryan are expec-
ted to be released later this week.
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percent of local crime either direc-
tly or indirectly was related to
drugs.
Arrests made for driving while
intoxicated increased 20 percent
from 1987. Minor -in- possession
citations rose by 71 percent.
Police cite both of these facts as
major factors in reducing 1988's
figures for alcohol - related acci-
dents, which dropped 32 percent
from 1987. Of the 1,437 accidents
reported in the city, only 44 were
declared alcohol related last year.
Statistics for Bryan are expec-
ted to be released later this week.
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Xecreational vehicle
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More than 20 recreational vehicle
owners showed up at the College Station
council chambers for Wednesday's city
council workshop to protest an ordinance
prohibiting parking RVs in residential
driveways.
The council had approved the ordin-
ance on Dec. 8, after receiving complaints
about traffic hazards caused when large
vehicles and trailers were parked on resi-
dential streets. The ordinance's intended
purpose was extended to include prohi-
biting parking large vehicles where they
would be a traffic hazard or an eyesore, a
move Mayor Larry Ringer said proved to
be a mistake.
"From the number of people here and
the number of calls I've received, it's ob-
vious to me that we created a problem by
prohibiting parking RVs in front drives,"
he said.
As approved, th, � ordinance prohibits:
.. the parking, standing or storing of
recreational vehicles on residential
streets or residential front yard drives for
a period of time in excess of 72 hours
within any 30 day period."
Ringer said he thought a quick solution
to the objections would be to strike the
phrase "or residential front yard drive"
from the prohibition.
The council agreed.
Another section of the ordinance pro-
Thursday, January 12, 1989
The Eagle
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or
trailers on a residential street or in a resi-
dential front yard drive. The council
agreed to add residential front yard to
this section's prohibition, effectively pro-
hibiting parking these vehicles anywhere
forward of the front wall of the house.
The council instructed City Attorney
Cathy Locke to reword the ordinance to
reflect Wednesday's agreements and
submit it for approval at the Feb. 9 coun-
cil meeting.
The council also discussed the consoli-
dation of the economic development
functions now performed by the Bryan,
College Station and Brazos County.
Councilman Dick Haddox said he would
like to see the three current economic de-
velopment organizations remain in busi-
ness for a year after the new organization
is formed, shifting responsibilities grad-
ually.
Councilwoman Lynn McIlhaney,
however, said she was afraid Haddox's
plan would result in four economic de-
velopment organizations instead of one.
The tentative plan for the organiza-
tion's board calls for the appointment of
three members by each of the cities, one
from the Bryan- College Station Chamber
of Commerce, two from the Brazos
County Industrial Foundation and one ex
officio member from Texas A&M Universi-
ty
on drivew
By J Dennis Yount hibits the parking of trucks with a gr o
of the Eagle staff weight capacity greater than one ton
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lawsuit against nightclub
in to sto the noise it creates
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By Elizabeth Sharp
of the Eagle staff
Complaints from area residents re-
garding "loud noise" prompted the city of
College Station to file a lawsuit against a
local nightclub.
Th city inst Mansard House, Wednesd and
noon
Gary Seaback, doing business as The
Edge.
The petition seeks a temporary re-
straining order to stop the owners, agents
and employees of the club from using the
pro perty at 2501 South Texas Avenue No.
D -103 as a dance club. unc
in o -
The suit also seeks a temp te' premises as a
tion preventing use of the
dance club until permanent measures
are taken to reduce the noise level eman-
ating from the
j udgment t ud mentis sought for
$l,000 -pe - g
each day from Nov. 1 that the club's noise
level is considered a nuisance.
Assistant City Attorney Marianne
Banks said it is not the city's intention to
close down the club.
'We're really seeking to stop the noise,
which may mean closing the club tem-
porarily," she said. petition that th
Banks noted in her
city began receiving complaints in May
1987 about the noise level coming from
the club. During a 20 -month period more
than 100 complaints concerning loud
music coming from the club were
received by college Station officials.
She also notes in the petition that while
Texas A&M students are on semester
breaks, the city receives fewer calls con-
cerning noise emitting from the club.
The petition claims that in February
1988, Seaback received a citation from
the city for disorderly conduct by loud
noise because of the music coming from
the club.
In July, Seaback hired an engineer to noise
conduct a steaime l aback took
levels. The petition
no action on the study which showed
that the "music beat emanating from the
... club was loud enough to be disturbing
at an hour beyond 9 p.m."
The study also showed the volume of
the noise inside the club was in excess of
100 decibels and, according to federal
standards, Seack's attorney, Roland M. Searcy
J declined comment ontest it vigor -
ot than to say '
ously
e Seaback could not be reached for
comment.
Friday, January 13, 1989
The Eagle
TO WHOM IT
MAY CONCERN:
There will be a meeting of the
Structural Standards
Board/Building Code Board
of Adjustments at 4:00 P.M.
on Wednesday, January 18,
1989 in the Council Room in
College Station City Hall,
1101 Texas Ave., College
Station, Texas.
The Board will meet to con-
sider a variance request from
Ivan W. Kirk for a structure at
2903 Camille Dr.
For further information you
may call City of College
Station Building Offical Coy
Perry at 764 -3741.
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Friday, January 13, 1989
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Saturday, January 14, 1989
The Eagle
TO WHO MIT
MAY CONCERN:
There will be a meeting of the
Structural Standards
Board/Building Code Board
of Adjustments at 4:00 P.M.
on Wednesday, January 18,
1989 in the Council Room in
College Station City Hall,
1101 Texas Ave., College
Station, Texas.
The Board will meet to con-
sider a variance request from
Ivan W. Kirk for a structure at
2903 Camille Dr.
For further information you
may call City of College
Station Building Offical Coy
Perry at 764 -3741.
01 -13- 89,01 -14 -89
(W Saturday, January 14, 1989
The Eagle
In Bryan - College Station
Arbor Day celebrations held in
Bryan, College Station Friday
The cities of Bryan and College Station will both
host Arbor Day celebrations Friday.
College Station will celebrate the event with a tree
planting and programs beginning at 4 p.m. at Ri-
chard Carter Park, 1800 Brazoswood. Marcos A.
Cisneros will welcome participants, Shannon Bray
will give the invocation, and Diane Mills of Brazos
Beautiful, Inc. will give the salute to Crape Scape.
Bryan will celebrate beginning at 2 p.m. at the
Bryan Regional Athletic Complex. Refreshments will
be provided.
The public is invited to both events.
10$ Leg No tices
BID NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting bid(s) for:
JANITORIAL MAIN-
TENANCE SERVICE
until 2:00 P.M., January 16,
1989, at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the o fie O f the
Purchasing Ag e bids
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and all bids or any and all
irregularities said bid a
m d
to accept the sous
sidered most advantageous
to the City.
Bid #89-20_
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BID NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting bid(s) for:
TRUCK CAB AND
CHASSIS FOR DIGGER
DERRICK -ONE (1) EACH
until 2:00 P.M., January 31,
1989, at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and all bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
to accept the offer con-
sidered most advantageous
to the City.
Bid #89 -18
01 -10- 89,01 -17 -89
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Wednesday, January 18, 1989
The Eagle
Man still sought
in sex crime case
By J.Frank Hernandez
Reporter
Crime Stoppers is looking for the
suspect in the sexual assualt of an
18- year -old woman. The victim was
assaulted between 5 and 7 p.m. Sat-
urday, Feb. 20, 1988 in her home lo-
cated near the intersection of Hwy.
30 and Munson Street in College
Station.
The victim answered a knock on
her door and allowed her assailant to
use the phone. After doing so, he
threatened her with a knife and sex-
ually assualted her.
The suspect is described as a white
male, 5 foot 11 inches tall, approxi-
mately 200 pounds, with blue eyes,
reddish brown hair and a short
growth beard and mustache
speckled with gray.
He was wearing a blue ball cap
with "USA" in red letters on the
front, a light blue striped pullover,
blue jeans and boots. A person
matching the description was seen
wandering in the area before the at-
tack.
Crime Stoppers is looking for any-
one with information regarding this
crime. If you have any information,
please call Crime Stoppers at 775 -
TIPS. When called, Crime Stoppers
will issue a special coded number to
protect the caller's identity.
If your call leads to an arrest and
grand jury indictment, Crime Stop-
pers will pay up to $1,000 in cash.
Crime Stoppers also pays cash for in-
formation on any felony crime or
wanted fugitive.
CS toughens
policy toward.
i*.,)me violence
By Jade Boyd V
of the Eagle staff
A patrol officer gets a call about a civi
disturbance shortly after midnight. He
can picture the scene at the house before
he gets there, because he's been to the
same house four times in the last month.
The husband is drunk, and he's been
beating his wife for a couple of hours. He
threatened to kill her, maybe even pulled
a knife, and she called the police.
The officer also knows the wife has
never pressed charges against her hus-
band. Consequently, every call to the
house has been handled like any other
routine, civil disturbance call. He walked
the husband around the block to cool
him down or had the woman call a friend
and ask if she could spend the night
someplace else.
Driving away, the officer usually cursed
out of frustration, knowing he probably
would have to come back and go through
the routine next week.
This scene happens every night in
every city in America, but College Station
police are attempting to change the script
eir town.
e're adopting a pro - arrest policy
towards family violence," said Corkey
Sandel, research and planning officer for
the College Station Police Department.
'We're going to give our officers a tool to
work with in these situations, and the
tool is arrest."
Sandel said Texas laws have changed
and they now allow officers to make a
Please see Policy, 6A
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Policy
From 1 A
warrantless arrest in family violence sit-
uations. Before 1986 the law was
different.
"If she wouldn't file charges, and it (the
assault) didn't happen in your presence,
you couldn't do anything," Sandel said.
Now, if an officer has been told of an as-
sault, and he has reason to believe the
assault will continue, he can make an
arrest, said Julie Corley, assistant direc-
tor of the Family Violence Unit in the Bra-
zos County Attorney's Office.
Even if the victim isn't willing to press
charges, the arrest can be made and the
state will press charges, said Corley.
She said she has encouraged law en-
forcement agencies to make use of the
changed codes since 1986, and she's glad
to hear about College Station's new po-
licy.
Sandel said the new family violence po-
licy change is the latest in an 18 -month
rewrite of College Station police policies.
He said the department is taking steps
to protect itself in light of civil judgments
elsewhere against police departments
that were negligent in providing protec-
tion to battered women.
In Thurman vs. Torrington, Conn., a
court awarded about $2 million dollars in
damages to a woman who waited more
than a half hour for police to answer her
call for help, Sandel said. By the time
they arrived her husband almost had
stabbed her to death.
"It's a crime just like any other assault
and we are going to treat is as such,"
Sandel said. "Over time, people are going
to know that it isn't going to be a chit-
chat and a walk around the block; some-
body's going to jail."
He said the purpose of the program is
not to keep people in jail, but to get them
counseling as part of their sentence. The
Alliance for a Violence -free Adult Life Ex-
perience, a program operating in the
Counseling and Assessment Clinic on the
Texas A &M University campus, has
agreed to counsel people as part of a sen-
tencing program for those who are ar-
rested for family violence assault.
Corley said they would charge the
patients $15 per session for 10 weekly
sessions of counseling.
Sandel said he helped develop the de-
partment's new policy after attending a
family violence seminar sponsored by the
U.S. Department of Justice in Dallas last
October.
Prior to that, Sandel said he could not
understand how some people could stay
in a home when they were being abused.
But he has learned that many abused
persons see themselves as helpless and
will not make such decisions on their
own.
"(These people are) often not capable of
of making a decision," he said. 'They
have no way out. This person (the abuser)
is their sole means of support. They have
children and no place to go.
"On the outside, she is saying, 'Don't
arrest him,' but inwardly she may be say-
ing, Take him away. Make it stop."'
Sandel said pro - arrest policies in Rye,
N.Y., and Newport News, Va., have re-
duced the number of homicides and fa-
mily violence incidents in those cities
over the past four years.
'We're not going to solve the world's
problems," Sandel said, "but we think we
can have a big impact on family violence
in our community."
Wednesday, January 18, 1989
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ADVERTISEMENT NOTICE OF
FOR BIDS
STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEARING:
HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC The Zoning Board of Adjust.
TRANSPORTATION ment for the City of College
Sealed proposals for re- Station will hold a public hear -
placement of raised pave- ing to consider a request for a
ment markers on various variance in the name of:
highways in District 17 will be Joe Ferred
received at the office of the 902 North Rosemary
District Engineer, 1300 North Bryan, TX 77802
Texas Avenue, Bryan, Texas The case will be heard by the
77801, until 10:00 a.m. local Board at a meeting in the
time January 26, 1989, and Council Room, College
then publicly opened and Station City Hall, 1101 Texas
read. Avenue at 7:00 P.M. on
Proposals, including plans Monday, January 23, 1989.
and specifications, will be The nature of the case is as
furnished to any contractor follows: Applicant is request -
desiring to submit a bid and ing a parking variance at the
are available from Mr. existing vacant business at
George E. Boriskie, P.E„ 1804 Valley View Drive.
District Maintenance Engi- Owner of the property is
neer, 1300 North Texas F.S.L.I.C.
Avenue, Bryan, Texas Additional information is avai-
77801, telephone number fable at the office of the Zon-
409- 778 -2165. ing Official of the City of Col -
Usual rights reserved. lege Station, (409) 764 -3570.
01 -11- 89,01 -18 -89 Jane R. Kee
Zoning Official
01 -18 -89
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING:
The College Station Planning
& Zoning Commission will
hold a public hearing to con-
sider an ordinance revising
Section 9.3 of Ordinance No.
1638, the Zoning Ordinance
for the City of College
Station, specifically affecting
the table of Off- Street Park-
ing Requirements for Motion
Picture Houses.
The hearing will be held in
the Council Room of the Col-
lege Station City Hall, 1101
Texas Avenue at the 7:00
P.m. meeting of the Commis-
sion on Thursday, February
2, 1989.
For additional information,
please call me at (409) i
764 -3570.
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING:
The Zoning Board of Adjust-
ment for the City of College
Station will hold a public hear-
ing to consider a request for a
variance in the name of:
Clair J. Nixon
111 Lee Street
College Station, TX 77840
The case will be heard by the
Board at a meeting in the
Council Room, College
Station City Hall, 1101 Texas
Avenue at 7:00 P.M. on
Monday, January 23, 1989.
The nature of the case is as
follows: Applicant is request-
ing a variance to the setback
requirements at the resi-
dence at 111 Lee Avenue in
order to construct a 3 car
garage with living quarters on
the second floor.
Additional information is avai-
lable at the office of the Zon-
ing Official of the City of Col-
lege Station, (409) 764 -3570.
Jane R. Kee
Zoning Official
01 -18 -89
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING:
The Zoning Board of Adjust-
ment for the Cit of College
Station will hold a public hear-
ing to consider a request for a
variance in the name of:
Charles Golightly /Century 21
Beal Real Estate, Inc.
3211 Texas Avenue
Bryan, TX 77802
The case will be heard by the
Board at a meeting in the
Council Room, College
Station City Hall, 1101 Texas
Avenue at 7:00 P.M. on
Monday, January 23, 1989.
The nature of the case is as
follows: Applicant is request-
ing a variance to the side
setback requirement at 225
Sterling Street. Owner of
Property is Mortgage Guar-
anty Insurance Corp.lfexas
Housing Agency.
Additional information is avai-
lable at the office of the Zon-
ing Official of the City of Col-
lege Station, (409) 764 -3570.
Jane R. Kee
Zoning Officlal
01 -18 -89
Jane R. Kee
Senior Planner/
Zoning Official
01 -18 -89
WMMMMM
Plane
From 1 A
ler at 8:37 a.m. and asked to file
an Instrument Flight Rules flight
plan into Easterwood. which was
hidden under foggy
officials said• pilot are plans while
to
file instrument fig p
in the air. the officials said.
Judice did not think he had
enough fuel to make Colle
h
Station, so he droppe d low the
an
earth and began looking
alternate landing site.
Local rancher said i loud
thought the p lane was
truck when he first heard it. Allen
said he was feeding his cattle in a
pasture near Peach Creek Cutoff
when he saw Judice flying above
the roadway at a low altitude.
After 10 minutes, Allen said, Ju-
dice returned and circled the road
two more times before landing on
a straight stretch of road that was
about 300 feet long.
"you're not going to give me a
ticket, are you ? Judice asked
Department of Public Safety
Trooper Terry Field. Field was
making a routine pilot's license
for FAA Officials while flarrive they waited
sess the situation.
Field said there were laws cover-
ing such an incident, but since
Judice landed because of an
emergency he was not ticketed.
Judice bought enough fuel t to
o
take -off and short rt fla he to
flight
Airport,
fueled for the return flight to Lou-
isiana.
Thursday, January 19, 1989
The Eagle
Short on fuel,
pilot lands
road near 1
By Jade Boyd
of the Eagle staff
A Louisiana man who landed his
single - engine airplane on a gravel road
in southeast Brazos County Wednesday
morning was allowed to take off from the
same 300 -foot stretch of road later in the
afternoon.
Charles Judice, of Franklin, La., lan-
ded his Cessna 152 on Peach Creek Cu-
toff about eight miles southeast of Col-
lege Station at 9:15 a.m. He had been fly-
ing for just over three hours and did not
want to run out of gas and be forced to
make a powerless landing, he said.
He was traveling from his hometown to
Easterwood Airport in College Station,
where he planned on looking at an air-
plane for sale. Judice did not file a flight
plan with the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration. This is acceptable under admin-
istration rules if the pilot is flying under
Visual Flight Rules (VFR). VFR requires
a pilot to stay in visual contact with the
ground.
Judice encountered heavy weather
near Beaumont, which he was forced to
fly around to maintain visibility condi-
tions acceptable under VFR.
He called a Houston air traffic control-
Please see Plane, 4A
Eagle photo by Bill Meeks
Charles Judice refuels his Cessna 152 airplane with help road near College Station Wednesday morning because he
from E.E. Allen. Judice, of Franklin, La., landed on a county was running low on fuel.
CS official eases city manager's load
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
The first full work week for College
dtation's new deputy city manager
means City Manager Ron Ragland will
give up one job.
Tom Brymer, the assistant city man-
ager for community services, is filling a
position formerly held by Ragland. Rag-
land, who was hired as city manager in
July after the death of former City Man-
ager King Cole, had filled both positions
since Cole became sick 10 months before
his death. Having Brymer take over those
responsibilities is a blessing, Ragland
said.
"Do you know how to spell relief?" Rag-
land asked. 'Tom is strong in all the areas
he's over. He had his feet on the ground
since day one."
Ragland said that even though Brymer
officially came on board this week, he
came in a few days early to take part in a
training session for the city's customer
service orientation.
Ragland said that as a former city
manager, Brymer brings with him a solid
understanding of the problems of run-
ning a city.
"He has nearly 16 years of experience,"
he said. "Nearly 10 of that is as a city
manager."
C Brymer earned a master's degree in
,public administration from North Texas
State University. He was city manager in
Gilmer for nearly seven years and in
Lockhart for more than three years. He
worked as an administrative analyst and
assistant to the city manager for the city
of Bryan from 1976 to 1978.
Brymer said the relationship between
WAGNER
the two cities is different from what he
remembers 10 years ago.
"It's impressive to see how College
Station has bloomed in the last 10 -12
years," he said. "College Station was just
beginning to come into its own when I
left. The quality of life here has really im-
proved."
Brymer said his first job will be to take
stock and go through an organizational
phase, learning the city's way of doing
business.
"As a city manager in a smaller city, by
necessity you have to take a much more
hands -on approach," he said. "I don't see
that being the case here. There's a much
Thursday, January 19, 1989
The Eagle
BRYMER
more qualified staff and more resources. I
see myself as a catalyst and coordinator
for achieving certain things."
Brymer said he expects the experience
he gained in smaller cities to help him in
his new job.
"The job covers most of the areas I'm
really comfortable with," he said. "I have
a fairly broad base of knowledge and
hopefully can bring some of that knowl-
edge with me. I hope that will work both
ways."
Brymer is the second addition to the ci-
ty's staff' in two weeks. Last week, Glen
Wagner came on board to become the ci-
ty's first finance and risk manager.
•
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Friday, January 20, 1989
The Eagle
CS woman
brutally raped
at Bryan park
By Jade Boyd
of the Eagle staff
A College Station woman was
kidnapped from the parking lot of
Post Oak Mall Wednesday night
and forced to drive to a park in
Bryan, where she was brutally
raped for three hours, College
Station police reported Thursday.
A man with a razor confronted
the woman at about 6:30 p.m.
after she parked her car just
south of Foley's in the Post Oak
Mall parking lot.
? ;The man ordered the woman
back into her car, put a small
handgun to the back of her head
and forced her to drive to FM
2818. The woman told police the
man made her drive north on FM
2818 to a park on the west side of
Bryan somewhere north of Villa
Maria Road.
At the park the man threatened
to kill the woman if she did not
have sex with him. He then raped
her for three hours, scratching
and bruising her in the process.
The man left on foot, and the
woman drove back to her home. A
friend took her to Humana Hospi-
tal Brazos Valley where the police
were called.
The rapist is described as a
black man who is about 35 years
old, muscular, and about 6 feet
tall, with natural hair about one
inch long.
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Saturday, January 21, 1989
The Eagle
With the help of the victim, Col-
lege Station police have completed
a composite drawing of the man
who kidnapped and repeatedly
raped a College Station woman
Wednesday night.
The victim identified the rapist
as a 35- year -old black man, about
6 feet tall and weighing about 120
lbs. The man has a dark complex-
ion with light spots on his face.
His facial features were described
to police as square, and he wore a
full moustache partially covering
his upper lip, has crooked teeth
and large hands. At the time of
the kidnapping and rape, the man
was wearing a shiny, light -blue
windbreaker, a dark, button -up
shirt, and old, dark- colored jeans.
The woman was kidnapped
from the parking lot of Post Oak
Mall at about 7:30 D.M. Wednes-
day, and was forced at gunpoint
to drive her car to a west Bryan
Park, somewhere north of Vllla
Maria Road, where she was brut-
ally raped for three hours, College
Station police reported Thursday.
The man left the scene on foot
and the woman drove herself
home.
If anyone matching the above
physical description is seen, the
College Station Police Department
can be contacted at 764 -3600, or
764 -3616.
Victim describes
rapist to police
Four apartment complexes
singled out by Tmtop thieves
0
By Sondra Pickard
of the Eagle staff
Local T -top thieves are back in
operation, and business was
booming Thursday, when five
Texas A&M students'vehicles and
several other cars were burglar-
ized.
About $4,550 worth of T -tops
were stolen and about $1,700 in
vehicle damage was reported to
the College Station Police De-
partment. The values of the
T -tops stolen in Bryan were not
available Friday night.
The parking lots of several Col-
lege Station apartments were the
chosen crime scenes, including
Polo Club Apartments, 700 Do-
minik Drive; Parkway Apart-
ments, 1600 Southwest Parkway;
Arbor Square Apartments, 1700
Southwest Parkway; and Tree -
house Village Apartments, 800
Marion Pugh Drive.
Two snap -on sun visors and
two T -tops totaling $1,600 were
taken from a 1985 Nissan 300 ZX
at Polo Club Apartments, and the
passenger side window was
broken. Two T -tops totaling
$1,100 were stolen from a 1985
Chevrolet Camero at Polo Club
Apartments, and rain damage
totaling $100 was reported. Two
gaskets worth $200 were also
damaged. Also at Polo Club, a
1982 Nissan 280 ZX was burglar-
ized - $350 worth of T -tops were
stolen and the driver's side
window was smashed.
Two T -tops worth about $900
were stolen from a 1981 Corvette
at Arbor Square Apartments, an d
the driver's side window was sma-
shed, causing about $200 in da-
mage. A 1985 Nissan 300 ZX was
burglarized at Parkway Apart-
ments. The car's side windows
were smashed or pried out caus-
ing about $500 in damage, and its
two T -tops, worth $900 were sto-
len. Officer Pam Ferguson of the
College Station Police noticed the
T -tops missing on the 1981 300
ZX and Corvette while on patrol
through the Arbor Square and
Parkway parking lots. The other
burglaries were discovered by the
owners or passers -by, and report-
ed to police.
A Texas A&M student living at
The parking lots of several College Station apartments were the
chosen crime scenes, including Polo Club Apartments, 700 Do-
minik Drive; Parkway Apartments, 1600 Southwest Parkway; Ar-
bor Square Apartments, 1700 Southwest Parkway; and Tree -
house Village Apartments, 800 Marion Pugh Drive.
Treehouse Village Apartments
was lucky to save his 1988 Nissan
300 ZX T -tops. A male passer -by
called police when he saw two
men break the driver's side
window of the Nissan and attempt
to steal the T -tops, one of which
was damaged in the process. The
man told police the two men fled
when they saw him. The owner of
the car was contacted later by
police, and $200 in damages to
the vehicle was reported.
Another A&M student living in
Bryan said T -tops to his 1984
Chevrolet Camero were stolen be-
tween 3 a.m. and 7 a.m. Thursday
outside his apartment. His T -tops
were worth about $1,300, but his
car was not damaged. Two other
Bryan residents reported T -tops
stolen from their driveways dur-
ing the same time period. The
windows of one woman's car were
smashed and, although another
woman said there was no forced
entry into her vehicle, both T -tops
were stolen. The woman said this
was the second time her T -tops
had been taken in a short time
period. Neither of these vehicles,
nor the amount of damage or sto-
len property, were available from
the Bryan Police Department Fri-
day night.
All of the burglaries occurred
between Wednesday night and
Thursday afternoon. Major Edgar
Feldman of the College Station
Police Department said Friday
afternoon that there are no leads
on any of the cases yet.
, Two other vehicles were burg-
larized in College Station Thurs-
day, although radar detectors and
alarm systems replaced T -tops as
the hot items.
The window of a 1983 Audi
5000 was smashed in the Post
Oak Mall parking lot, and a radar
detector and garage door opener
worth a total of $154 were taken.
And $170 in items was stolen
from a 1983 Toyota Celica in the
parking lot of Oakwood Apart-
ments. The owner of the vehicle
told police that a rock was thrown
through the passenger -side
window, and a radar detector and
flashlight totaling $170 was sto-
len. About $350 in damages to the
Celica was reported to police.
In Bryan, the rear window of a
1988 Chevrolet pickup was sma-
shed out Thursday, and an alarm
system and camera were stolen.
The pickup was burglarized at
Tom Light Chevrolet on 500 S.
Texas Ave. and belonged to a
Bryan resident.
Saturday, January 21, 1989
The Eagle
108 Legal Notices
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Saturday, January 21, 1989
The Eagle
ADVERTISEMENT
FOR BIDS
Lincoln Center Site Im-
provements, Project No. CD
PK 1 89, City of College
Station, Texas.
The City of College Station
will receive sealed bids on a
General Contract, including
site work, concrete work,
landscaping, lawn sprinkler
system and redwood sign,
and installation for de-
velopment of Lincoln Center,
corner of Holleman Dr. and
Eleanor St., College Station,
Texas.
The City of College Station
will receive bids until 2:00
pm, February 14, at the office
of the Director of Parks and
Recreation Department,
1000 Krenek Tap Road, Col-
lege Station. Bids received
after this time will not be ac-
cepted. All interested parties
are invited to attend. Bids will
be opened and publicly read
aloud immediately after spe-
cified closing time.
Drawings and Specifications
may be examined at the
Parks and Recreation De-
paitment Office, 1000
Krenek Tap Road, College
Station, Texas 77840, (409)
764 -3412. Copies may be
obtained at the same ad-
dress upon depositing the
sum of $25.00 for each set of
documents.
Any bona -fide bidder, upon
returning the documents in
good condition within 10
days following the public bid
opening, shall be returned
their deposit in full. Any non -
bidder returning the docu-
ments in good condition
within the allotted time will be
returned the sum of $25.00.
This contract is Federally as-
sisted through Community
Development Funds. The
Contractor must comply with
the Davis -Bacon Act, the An-
ti- Kickback Act and the Con-
tract Work Hours Standards.
(SQe Supplementary Condi-
tions) r
Bid Security in the amount of
5% of the Bid must accom-
pany each Bid in accord with
the Instructions to Bidders.
The City of College Station
reserves the right to waive ir-
regularities and to reject
Bids.
01 -21- 89,01- 22 -89,
01 -28 -39.01 -29 -89
108 Legal Notices
Commissioners to hear
• CS water -study proposal
College Station officials are slated to
appear before the Brazos County Com-
missioner's Court on Monday to present
a proposal for a water - planning study.
College Station is seeking a grant for a
regional water - supply planning study
and commissioners are expected to re-
view the application during their 10 a.m.
meeting at the county courthouse.
Commissioners also are slated to con-
sider utility easements and rights -of -way
on three area roads and highways.
Sunday, January 22, 1989
The Eagle
ADVERTISEMENT
FOR BIDS
Lincoln Center Site Im-
provements, Project No. CD
PK 1 89, City of College
Station, Texas.
The City of College Station
will receive sealed bids on a
General Contract, including
site work, concrete work,
landscaping, lawn sprinkler
system and redwood sign,
and installation for de-
velopment of Lincoln Center,
corner of Holleman Dr. and
Eleanor St., College Station,
Texas.
The City of College Station
will receive bids until 2:00
pm, February 14, at the office
of the Director of Parks and
Recreation Department,
1000 Krenek Tap Road, Col-
lege Station. Bids received
after this time will not be ac-
cepted. All interested parties
are invited to attend. Bids will
be opened and publicly read
aloud immediately after spe-
cified closing time.
Drawings and Specifications
may be examined at the
Parks and Recreation De-
partment Office, 1000
Krenek Tap Road, College
Station, Texas 77840, (409)
764 -3412. Copies may be
obtained at the same ad-
dress upon depositing the
sum of $25.00 for each set of
documents.
Any bona -fide bidder, upon
returning the documents in
good condition within 10
days following the public bid
opening, shall be returned
their deposit in full. Any non -
bidder returning the docu-
ments in good condition
within the allotted time will be
returned the sum of $25.00.
This contract is Federally as-
sisted through Community
Development Funds. The
Contractor must comply with
the Davis -Bacon Act, the An-
ti- Kickback Act and the Con-
tract Work Hours Standards.
(See Supplementary Condi-
tions).
Bid Security in the amount of
5% of the Bid must accorrr
pany each Bid in accord with
the Instructions to Bidders.
The City of College Station
reserves the right to waive ir-
regularities and to reject
Bids.
01 -21- 89,01- 22 -89,
01 -28- 89,01 -29 -89
CS street to be renamed
after ex -city manager
The College Station City Council at
its meeting Thursday will name a
street in honor of former City Manager
King Cole.
Cole, who became city manager in
November 1985, died of cancer on July
1, 1988, at the age of 42. He had been
hospitalized for four months prior to
his death.
Cole, a former U.S. Army special for-
ces captain, shared a camaraderie
with police officers. He was particu-
larly concerned with the quality of the
police department.
College Station Officer Robert Cahill
asked last fall that the city rename
Police Drive, the street adjoining the
police department, after Cole.
Cole's wife, Lee, and his two sons,
Hunter and Scott, will attend the
council meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. to
accept the honor.
Sunday, January 22, 1989
The Eagle
CS home is heavily damaged
Suring late - afternoon blaze
By Jade Boyd
of the Eagle staff
A College Station teen -ager discovered
her family's house was on fire when she
stopped by Sunday afternoon to pick up
her 3 -D glasses for Super Bowl =11's
halftime show. After some initial confu-
sion, it was discovered that the entire fa-
mily was away from the house when it
burned.
Heather Carroll, 16, discovered a fire in
her home at 514 Cooner St. around 5:30
p.m. Sunday. She called the College
Station Fire Department from a neigh-
bor's house and then returned to her
house to look for her mother, Debbie San-
tini, and two infant siblings, who she
thought were at home.
A neighbor, Diego Bosquez, broke a
back window of the house, but was un-
able to search the back bedrooms be-
cause of the intense heat and smoke from
the fire.
Using a garden hose, Bosquez had
already tried to douse the fire, which in-
vestigators say was started by a gas leak
IL 'n the water heater near the middle of the
►ouse. The fire moved rapidly toward the
front of the house, which was fully in-
volved when firefighters arrived.
Three engines, a ladder truck, a rescue
truck, an ambulance and 17 firefighters
were sent to the fire by the College
Station Fire Department, Captain Dave
Giordano said.
Giordano said that, initially, his pri-
mary concern was to find anyone who
may have been trapped in the house.
Some of his men were searching the back
bedrooms of the house when a police offi-
cer was able to contact the Santini family
by telephone. The parents confirmed that
nobody was home.
Giordano said the fire was under con-
trol in about 15 minutes. He said the
front of the house and the roof suffered
heavy fire damage, and the back of the
house, though not touched by the fire,
suffered extensive heat damage.
College Station Fire Department in-
vestigators were later able to pinpoint the
cause of the fire to a gas leak in the water
heater, Giordano said.
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In
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Eagle photo by Peter Rocha
College Station firefighters were able to contain a fire at 514 Cooner St. Sunday after-
noon. The house suffered heavy damage, but the family living there was away at the
time and avoided injury.
L
College Station
police continue
O search for rapist
By Fiona Soltes
STAFF W
L_J
Monday, January 23, 1989
The Battalion
to
College Station police are continu-
ing their search for the man who
kidnapped and sexually assaulted a
woman Jan. 18.
The victim, who was abducted
from the Post Oak Mall parking lot
at 7:30 p.m., told College Station po-
lice she was physically forced to
drive to a location within the Bryan
city limits, where she was repeatedly
sexually assaulted for three hours.
The man escaped on foot and the
woman drove herself home, police
reports said.
With the victim's help, College
Station police completed the com-
posite sketch shown below. The vic-
tim described her assailant as a 6-
foot black male, about 35 years old
and 200 lbs. She said he had square
facial features and was dark -com-
plected with light spots on his face.
The man had a full moustache
partly covering his upper lip,
crooked teeth and large hands. At
the time of the kidnapping and as-
sault, he was wearing a shiny light -
blue windbreaker, a dark button -up
shirt and old dark - colored jeans.
If anyone matching the above de-
scription or composite is seen, the
College Station Police Department
should be contacted at 764 -3600 or
764 -3616.
commissioners OK water - supply planning study
Brazos County commissioners voted
nday to supp6tt an application for a
* giant the city of College Station is seeking
for a regional water - supply planning
study.
County Judge R.J. "Dick" Holmgreen
told the court he felt the plan for a water
study was "very sound."
'The water supply can and will become
a problem in the future ... I think we
ought to try to give them all the help we
can," Holmgreen said.
Pct. 3 Commissioner Randy Sims made
a motion, unanimously approved, that
the court communicate its support for
the grant and study.
In other business, the court approved a
joint purchase with GTE to relocate a uti-
lity easement on Texas 60. The increased
easement is needed because of efforts to
widen the highway.
Commissioners also approved allowing
the court to purchase rights-of -way from
Richard Smith and Herman Homeyer Jr.
without seeking competitive bids.
The same approval was given to an
agreement to move a pipeline belonging
to Bryan Woodbine Gathering Inc.
Holmgreen said he did not believe the
items could be placed for bids.
•
Tuesday, January 24, 1989
The Eagle
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CS council to discuss power system appraisal
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
College Station council members will
discuss a proposal to appraise the city-
owned electric -power system in a work-
shop session today at 4 p.m.
John Woody, deputy city manager for
utilities, said the appraisal, if executed,
will help the city determine its best op-
tions when the current contract for elec-
tric -power supply with Gulf States Utili-
ties expires in December, 1991.
Woody said the council had asked the
city staff last year to research alternatives
to public -power supply before the term of
the current contract expires. When the
utility department submitted its report
on power alternatives to the council in
December, the possibility of selling the ci-
ty's utility system was not included in the
report, Woody said.
Woody said the council then directed
his staff to draft a proposal for estimating
the value of the utility. The cost of having
an independent consultant appraise the
utility will be between $12,000 and
$15,000, he said.
Woody said, however, that waiting for
the appraisal could save money for the
city. The utility department is beginning
a 2 -year mapping program which will in-
clude an inventory of the utility's equip-
ment and facilities, which he said are
large part of the appraisal value.
In the regular city council meeting
Thursday at 7 p.m., the council will de-
cide whether to approve a new contract
for janitorial services for the city.
The council also will vote on a resolu-
tion to adopt a second retirement plan for
city employees. The deferred compensa-
tion plan will be administered by the
United Conference of Mayors and will give
qualified employees an investment option
for retirement funds.
Tuesday, January 24, 1989
The Eagle
Chance Cartwright plays on a tire swing in and his sister Courtney took advantage of the
Central Park Sunday. He, his mother Janie recent sunny weather by visiting the park.
uesday, January 24, 1989
he Battalion
Just -a swingin' Photo byJayjanner
Wednesday, January 25, 1989
The Eagle
108 Lega Notic
B16NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting,bW(s)4or:
SURVEVINd EQUIPMENT
until February 13, 1989 - 2:00
p.m., at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and all bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
to accept the offer con-
sidered most advantageous
to the City.
Bid #89-21
01-25-89,02-01-89
Cl
urying out
Firemen's work isn't quite finished after the fire is side the fire department to dry their hoses after
out. Here College Station firefighters work out- putting out a blaze Monday afternoon.
Wednesday, January 25, 1989
The Battalion
T -top thefts continue: 3 sets
stolen from CS apartments
Three sets of T -tops were stolen from cars in
different College Station apartment complexes
day night or Tuesday morning, po lice reported Wed -
nesday.
Between 10 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. Tuesday a set
of T -tops was taken from a 1984 Ford Mustang that
was parked at Briarwood Apartments, 1301 Harvey
Road. The set of tops was valued at $1,200.
Police reports said the windows of the car were rol-
led up and the doors were locked.
Reports of a T -top burglary at Plantation Oaks
Apartments, 1501 Harvey Road, are similar. A 1982
Ford Mustang was left with its windows up and its
doors locked after the T -tops were removed from it.
Police suspect the same method was used to remove
the tops on this car. The tops, valued at $800, were
taken between 8 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. Tuesday.
A $1,000 set ofT -tops was taken off of a 1979 Cor-
vette while it was parked in the east parking area of
the ScandiaApartments 401 Anderson St., between
11:30 p.m. Monday and 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Thursday, January 26, 1989
The Eagle
CS council OKs proposal
to appraise power system
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
College Station council members ap-
proved a proposal Wednesday to appraise
the value of the city-owned electric power
system.
The council was slated to discuss ap-
praising the utility for possible sale. After
discussion, however, council members
voted unanimously to amend the propo-
sal and delete the reference to a possible
sale.
The council asked the city staff in
December to submit a proposal for eva-
luating the system. The possible sale of
the utility was to be considered as an
alternative to seeking a new power sup-
plier when the city's contract with Gulf
States Utilities expires in 1991.
John Woody, deputy city manager for
public utilities, said the appraisal isn't
necessary if the city isn't planning to sell
the utility. But it would be nice to have in
order to know what the utility is worth,
he said.
Councilman Dick Birdwell asked
Woody if the value could be determined
without an appraisal. Requesting bids
from companies interested in buying the
utility would give the council some idea of
what it is worth, he said.
Councilman Vernon Schneider said,
however, that asking for bids would be
sending a signal to bidders that the city
intends to sell the utility.
Woody said the city would have no way
of knowing whether it was being offered
fair market value for the utility. And ask-
ing for bids for the utility while asking for
power supply bids could prejudice bid-
ders and cause delays, he said.
"If we're going to do this (the appraisal),
let's do it now," he said. "Let's don't have
it (selling the utility) hanging out there
while we're seeking bids from new power
suppliers.
"I think they will delay (their bids) until
the council indicates some direction."
Councilman Dick Haddox said he was
in favor of making the appraisal.
"I do think it's (the evaluation) worth
spending $12,000 to $15,000 because
we're talking about multi- millions of dol-
lars," he said.
The council also approved a request by
City Secretary Dian Jones to relocate ab-
sentee voting by personal appearance
from the City Hall to the new school dis-
trict offices at 1812 Welsh Ave.
She said the joint municipal /school
election is scheduled in May during the
time that renovation will be in progress at
the city hall. Voting will be moved to the
office of the election coordinator for the
school district, she said.
She said the council must act now so
the move can be cleared by the U.S. De-
partment of Justice. The change of loca-
tion will be for 1989 only, and absentee
voting by mail will still be conducted by
the city secretary, she said.
Thursday, January 26, 1989
The Eagle
Datebook
E-0
Today, Jan. 26
■ College Station City Council meeting, 7 p.m.,
council chambers. 764 -3516.
■ Winter Field Crop program, 6:30 -9 p.m. Topic:
1989 economic outlook. Brazos County Agricul-
tural Extension Service, 823 -0129.
■ Blood Drive, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Bryan Police
Department. 779 -5622.
■ Bryan neighborhood meeting, 7 p.m., Na-
varro Elementary School cafeteria. "Land Use
Management and Zoning." Bryan Planning Com-
mission, 361 -3613.
■ Workshop for juvenile probation officers, 9
a.m. to noon, Brazos County Courthouse, 300 E.
26th Street, Bryan. To help juvenile probation offi-
cers motivate underachievers. Institute for Motiva-
tional Development, 774 -7283.
■ Annual Lasagna Dinner, 6 p.m., University Ho-
tel ballroom, corner of Texas Avenue and Universi-
ty Drive. $7.50 per person, proceeds benefit schol-
arships for A &M Consolidated and Bryan high
schools' graduates. With speakers. 690 -0103 or
690 -0337 for reservations.
■ Southwestern Black Student leadership
Conference begins, Texas A &M campus. Regis-
tration 4 -8 p.m., second floor of Rudder Tower; re-
ception 6 -8 p.m., Rooms 205 -206 Memorial Stu-
dent Center; Black Trivial Pursuit and other games
8 p.m., Room 226 Memorial Student Center.
845 -4551.
■ Jungian program, film "A Matter of Heart," 8
p.m., Room 105, Harrington Education Center,
Texas A &M campus. $1 admission. Sponsored by
Texas A &M psychology department and Jungian
Society of Brazos Valley.
■ 15th Texas Opera Theater Statewide Tour
begins, through several small towns in which
opera is rarely available, as well as in major cities
until March. Schedule available from Texas Opera
Theater, 401 Louisiana #720, Houston 77002.
(713) 546 -0290.
■ MADISONVILLE - MHMR board meeting can-
celled. 822 -6467.
■ MILANO - School board meeting, 7 p.m.,
Board Room, 500 N. 5th Street, Milano.
Thursday, January 26, 1989
The Eagle
108 Leg al Notices
College Station City Half,
TO WHOM IT
1101 Texas Ave., College
MAY CONCERN i
Station, Texas.
January 23, 1989
The Board will meet to con -
There will be a meeting of the
sider a variance request fr om
Structural Standards
Clair J. and Laura Nixon fora
window in a structure at 111
Board/Building Code Board
Lee St.
of Adjustments at 4:30 P.M.
For
For further information you
on Monday, January 30,
1989. The meeting will be
may calf Building Official Coy
held in the Council Room of
Perry at 76 74
6 .
01 -26- 89,01 -27-89
89,01
Thursday, January 26, 1989
The Eagle
108 Legal Notices
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING:
The College Station City
Council will hold a public
hearing to consider an ordin-
ance revising Section 9.3 of
Ordinance No. 1638, the
Zoning Ordinance for the City
of College Station, specifica-
lly affecting the table of Off -
Street Parking Requirements
for Motion Picture Houses.
The hearing will be held in
the Council Room of the Col-
lege Station City Hall, 1101
Texas Avenue at the 7:00
meeting of the Council on
Thursday, February 9, 1989.
Thursday, January 26, 1989
The Ealge
For additional information,
please call me at (409)
764 -3570.
Jane R. Kee
Senior Planner/
Zoning Official
01 -25 -
College Station council votes to rename
street in memory of former manager
•
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
The College Station City Coun-
cil voted Thursday night to ren-
ame a city street in the memory of
former City Manager W. King
Cole.
Cole, who was the city manager
from 1985 to 1988, died in July.
Becauss of Cole's particular in-
terest iri "the police department,
the council deemed it appropriate
that Police Drive, the street adja-
cent to the police department, be
renamed in his honor.
Cole's parents and his children
were at the council meeting to ac-
cept the honor in his name. His
wife, Lee, could not attend be-
cause of illness, but she sent the
council a letter expressing her
gratitude for the recognition.
Friday, January 27, 1989
The Eagle
In the letter, Mrs. Cole said the
street chosen to carry her hus-
band's name was particularly ap-
propriate because, "King was al-
ways a closet policeman."
The council also approved an
ordinance rezoning a 10 acre tract
of land on the west side of FM
2818 from single - family residence
to general commercial usage.
Councilman Jim Gardner ob-
jected to the rezoning because the
commercial zoning isn't in keep-
ing with plan 2,000, the city's
master land use plan. Under the
master plan, the area is targeted
for possible light industrial use.
"It's not in conformity with the
plan," he said. "As a matter of
good policy, we shouldn't ignore
the plan. As a practical aspect,
there are hundreds, maybe
thousands of square feet of empty
buildings throughout the city
already."
Councilman Dick Birdwell said
Gardner's points were well taken,
but other industrial sites could be
harmed if the tract in question
were ever zoned industrial.
'We have $7 million to $8 mil-
lion tied up in an industrial park,"
he said. 'We need to get on with
trying to peddle that."
The ordinance passed four to
three.
In other action, the council:
■ Approved a deferred compen-
sation plan which will give city
employees a second option for in-
vesting retirement money.
■ Presented a plaque to Kevin
Buchman, the former student
liaison, commemorating his ser-
vice to the council.
•
FCC approves
of TV station
for B -CS area
By Tracy Staton
of the Eagle staff
Two local radio personalities have
received approval from the Federal Com-
munications Commission to construct a
5 million -watt television station in the
Bryan- College Station area.
Fllent Minority Group, whose principal
members are Sherylon Carroll and Mary
Mike Hatcher of WTAW and KTSR radio
stations, won its permission from the
TV
From 1 A
FCC this week; the permit will be-
come official in 30 days. This ap-
proval follows an application
process that began two years ago.
"It's the first cog in a wheel,"
Hatcher said. "The permit opens
the door for us to seek investors."
Some people have already ex-
pressed interest in the station,
Hatcher said.
'The first thing for us to do now
is raise money, but that's a hand -
in -hand process with decisions
that need to be made about the
station," Hatcher said. "We need
to determine our programming
and our network status."
FMG has not decided whether
to affiliate with a network or to
remain independent, Hatcher
said. But, she said, the group is
committed to providing local news
broadcasts.
"Local news is the single most
important strength of any tele-
vision operation," she said.
The new station's signal should
reach northern Harris County, as
well as the Huntsville area, she
said, and the tower will be located
six miles north of Anderson. It will
be broadcasting over Channel 28
on televisions without cable pro-
gramming.
FMG has not decided where the
television studio will be or who
will comprise its stair, Hatcher
said.
Hatcher and Carroll decided to
petition the FCC for a license
when they discovered the com-
mission had said the community
had space for a television station.
'We had the opportunity, and
we felt the community had a
need," Hatcher said. 'The applica-
tion process was extensive — we
had to show the need of the com-
munity and to answer pages of
questions. We also had to put
together guidelines for operating
the station; these are the guide-
lines we'll take to the investors."
Friday, January 27, 1989
The Eagle
Friday, January 27, 1989
The Eagle
TO WHOM IT
MAY CONCERN: /
January 23, 1989 V
108 Lega Notices
There will be a meeting of the
Structural Standards
Board/Building Code Board
of Adjustments at 4:30 P.M.
on Monday, January 30,
1989. The meeting will be
held in the Council Room of
College Station City Hall,
1101 Texas Ave., College
Station, Texas.
The Board will meet to con-
sider a variance request from
Clair J. and Laura Nixon for a
window in a structure at 111
Lee St.
For further information you
may call Building Official Coy
Perry at 764 -3741.
01 -26- 89,01 -27-89
Christmas tree recycling successful
108 Lega Notices
ADVERTISEMENT
Don't you just love it when a plan comes
FOR BIDS
together! The great success of the Christmas
Lincoln Center Site Im-
Tree Recycling Project depended on many
provements, Project No. CD
PK 1 89, City of College
hours of planning and a lot of man power by
Station, Texas.
several groups. The Brazos County Eques-
The City of College Station
trian 4 -H Club would like to thank Brazos
will receive sealed bids on a
Beautiful, the Texas Agricultural Extension
General Contract, including
site work, concrete work,
service, The Texas Forestry SErvice, Blume
landscaping, lawn sprinkler
Tree Service, and the cities of Bryan and Col-
system and redwood sign,
le e Station for job well done. The true suc-
g 1
and installation for de-
velopment of Lincoln Center,
cess was for concerned citizens who saved old,
corner of Holleman Dr. and
used, prickly Christmas trees, loaded them,
Eleanor St., College Station,
and delivered them to Sue Haswell Park and
Texas.
Central Park to be recycled into mulch for the
c}'
The City of College Station
will receive bids until 2:00
park departments to use. Over 2,000 trees
pm, February 14, at the office
were collected and recycled. In return, we
of the Director of Parks and
handed out oak seedlings to everyone who
Recreation Department,
brought in a Christmas tree. Participating in
1000 Krenek Tap Road, Col -
lege Station. Bids received
this has been the most rewarding com-
after this time will not be ac-
effort
munity service project our club has done. It
cepted. All interested parties
gave us an opportunity to work closely with
g PP ty y h
are invited to attend. Bids will
be opened and publicly read
the city park departments, learn about con-
aloud immediately after spe-
servation and ecology, and to have a working
cified closing time.
relationship ith the wonderful citizens of
P
Drawings and specifications
may be examined at the
bryan and College Station. The encouraging
parks and Recreation De-
comments about this project are greatly ap-
partment Office, 1000
preciated and we would like to thank the news
Krenek Tap Road, College
media for their coverage nd support.
g PP
Station, Texas Copies m y e
764 -3412. Copies may be
AMYTUCKER
obtained at the same ad-
dress upon depositing the
President
sum of $25.00 for each set of
Equestrian 4 -H Club
documents.
Any bona -fide bidder, upon
returning the documents in
.
good condition within 10
days following the public bid
opening, shall be returned
their deposit in full. Any non-
bidder returning the docu-
ments in good condition
within the allotted time will be
returned the sum of $25.00.
This contract is Federally as-
sisted through Community
Development Funds. The
Contractor must comply with
the Davis -Bacon Act, the An-
li- Kickback Act and the Con-
tract Work Hours Standards.
(See Supplementary Condi-
tions).
Bid Security in the amount of
5% of the Bid must accom-
pany each Bid in accord with
the Instructions to Bidders.
The City of College Station
reserves the right to waive ir-
regularities and to reject
Bids. i
01 -21- 89,01- 22 -89,
01 -28 -89,01 -29-89
Saturday, January 28, 1989
The Eagle
•
108 Legal Notices
ADVERTISEMENT
FOR BIDS
Lincoln Center Site In
provements, Project No. C
PK 1 89, City of Colleg
Station, Texas.
The City of College Statio
will receive sealed bids on
General Contract, includin
site work, concrete worN
landscaping, lawn sprinkle
system and redwood sign
and installation for de
velopment of Lincoln Center
corner of Holleman Dr. an(
Eleanor St., College Station
Texas.
The City of College Statior
will receive bids until 2:0C
pm, February 14, at the officE
of the Director of Parks anc
Recreation Department,
1000 Krenek Tap Road, Col-
lege Station. Bids received
after this time will not be ac-
cepted. All interested parties
are invited to attend. Bids will
be opened and publicly read
aloud immediately after spe-
cified closing time.
Drawings and Specifications
may be examined at the
Parks and Recreation De-
partment Office, 1000
Krenek Tap Road, College
Station, Texas 77840, (409)
764 -3412. Copies may be
obtained at the same ad-
dress upon depositing the
sum of $25.00 for each set of
108 Legal Notice
documents.
Any bona -fide bidder, upon
returning the documents in
good condition within 10
days following the public bid
opening, shall be returned
their deposit in full. Any non -
bidder returning the docu-
ments in good condition
within the allotted time will be
returned the sum of $25.00.
This contract is Federally as-
sisted through Community
Development Funds. The
Contractor must comply with
the Davis -Bacon Act, the An-
li- Kickback Act and the Con-
tract Work Hours Standards.
;See Supplementary Condi-
ions).
3id Security in the amount of
i% of the Bid must accom-
)any each Bid in accord with
he Instructions to Bidders.
the City of College Station
eserves the right to waive ir-
egularities and to reject
aids.
— 01 -21- 89,01- 22 -89,
01 -28 -89 -29 89
Sunday, January 29, 1989
The Eagle
NEW DIRECTIONS
by Fred Brown
MADD ABOUT
VICTIMS
AND VIOLENCE
In 1981 Candy Lighter,
numbed and devastated
after her 13 year old
daughter had been killed by
a drunk driver, began Moth-
ers Against Drunk Drivers.
Angry, unbending and re-
lentless, this orgainzation
has changed the attitude of
a nation toward driving
drunk. Now a person's right
to live is seen as more im-
portant than another per-
son's right to a drink.
If the MADD organization
will allow me to use their
name for just a moment, I
want to say that I am
MADD about the thousands
of people who are being
maimed, tortured and mur-
dered every day by recog-
nized criminals who have
been tolerated in schools
and protected by our justice
system.
I am ready to join with
any responsible individuals
or groups in taking up the
fight against violence. I
want the muted stories of
dead victims to be heard in
civic clubs, churches, and
in the media. I hear almost
daily that there is nothing
that can be done to stop vi-
olent criminals. They simply
will crowd the jails until the
courts force their release.
Yet I refuse to believe
that this whole nation will
be held hostage by a system
that is allowing criminals to
kill and be released to kill
again. If there is one ounce
of Thomas Jefferson, Pat-
rick Henry or John Wayne
left in this nation we must
begin our own revolution
against violence.
People are very discour-
aged about the possibility of
things changing and they
need our leadership. I
talked with a Bryan - College
Station policeman the other
day that told me, "Fred, it's
all just a game. The politi-
cians aren't serious and
neither are the courts. Be-
fore I get my paper work
done they're back on the
street. I hear the foot steps
behind me. I'm scared of the
people that I've arrested
w MICMOrl
who never stay in jail. I
have to carry my gun every-
where for my own protec-
tion, even to church."
The rights of the accused
must be protected through
due process and the right of
appeal. Vigilantes and lynch
mobs cannot exist in a civi-
lized nation.
But the blood of innocent
men, women and children
cruelly murdered by people
who knew no mercy demand
swift and sure justice.
Those of us who are left
must secure this justice for
them because we owe it to
them and to those they left
behind. We must stand
against the vivid portrayals
of violence in the movies
and television that desensi-
tize our children and call to
sick minds to copy their
violence.
We must end the release
of violent criminals. Endless
appeals must be stopped.
We cannot tolerate criminals
released because of techni-
cal errors committed during
trials. Juries must know
how long a criminal might
be expected to serve. Judges
who keep violent criminals
in jail should be encouraged
that those who do not pro-
tect victims rights must be
impeached.
Common sense tells us
all that we have been living
with a criminal justice
system which will allow
more violent crime to occur
because it will not deal with
criminals. We must mount a
national campaign to deal
with violent criminals. I am
MADD because of violence.
Let me hear your ideas
about how we can deal with
it.
NEW DIRECTIONS IS
SPONSORED BY FRED
BROWN MAZDA -BMW who
believes that Bryan- College
Station progresses through
the enthusiastic volunteer
actions of its citizens.
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BID NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting bids) for:
LARGE DIAMETER
FIRE HOSE
until 2.00 P.M., February 9,
1989, at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
Of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and all bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
to accept the offer con-
sidered most advantageous i
to the City.
Bid #89-23
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Local pen pals J
hope to establish
Soviet sister City
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By Jenny Butler
of the Eagle staff
A pen -pal program between local and
Soviet students is helping an effort to
gain a "sister city" for Bryan- College
Station, a spokeswoman for the sister
city organization said Tuesday.
Students in both the Bryan and College
Station school districts held a mammoth
letter - writing campaign last fall to con-
tact Soviet students in an effort spon-
sored by the Bryan - College Station Sister
Cities Association.
Several students have received replies
from their Soviet counterparts, and many
classes want to continue writing.
Even though the letters went to the
Moscow area instead of to Kazan, the
chosen sister city, the letter campaign
still shows that the community is serious
about wanting a Soviet sister city, said
Nancy Thompson of the BCSSCA.
"Fhe letters from children are Just an-
other form of communication," she said,
"but at least it shows them that we have
some interest" outside of official chan-
nels.
Members of the association thought of
encouraging student pen pals during a
fall meeting, Thompson said. Mike Bars -
zap, a member of the organization and
owner of a travel agency, offered to ferry
the letters to Soviet Union during a
December trip to Moscow.
A hurried inquiry to local schools pro-
duced more than a hundred letters from
Bryan and College Station, including
Wednesday, February 1, 1989
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Stephen F. Austin, Anson Jones,
A &M Consolidated High School,
Henderson Elementary, Lamar
Elementary and Bryan High
School.
"We just got together a big stack
of letters," Thompson said, which
Barszap, a former teacher at Mos-
cow University, delivered to
friends in the Soviet school
system.
The students included their re-
turn addresses in the letters to
encourage personal replies.
"I had no idea what was going to
happen to those letters over
there," Thompson said. "After
Christmas, I called a couple of
school secretaries and found out
that Lamar students were begin-
ning to get replies."
More recently, gifted students
in Lucille Foster's eighth -grade
English class at SFA have
received letters from Soviet stu-
dents. Foster said she fit the pen
pal project into the curriculum as
a unit on letter - writing.
Foster said her students talked
about the usual teenage topics —
clothes, music, and themselves —
and also asked whether the So-
viets had seen the Olympics on
television and what they thought
;about President George Bush.
"So much of it is tyl,(cal, and yet
I think there's also sincere inter-
est in each other," Foster said.
Krista Watt, who received a let-
ter earlier this month, said she
was surprised by the level of
schooling and the English -
language skills of her correspon-
dent, a 13- year -old boy.
"They're learning now (at age
13) what high school students are
learning here. I was impressed,"
she said.
Also, she said she asked if So-
viets share the world -wide im-
pression that all Texans are cow-
boys.
He said even up there, they
think of us as cowboys," Krista
said.
Judy Brewer, a teacher at La-
mar, said about a dozen students
there have received letters from
the Soviet Union. She said she
hopes the correspondence will
give her students a more concrete
impression of the Soviet Union.
"The main thing they've learned
is, they're not that different,"
Brewer said. 'They're basically
the same, they ,just live in
different places.
'I'd like to do it next year, and
maybe we'd have some more ideas
of what to talk about," she added.
Not every school had as much
luck as Lamar.
Bobby Slovak, a tf.acher at A&M
Consolidated High School, said he
had not heard of any replies to the
20 or so letters sent from his
school.
Kazan, the city targeted as
Bryan - College Station's sister
city, has a population close to
1,000,000 and is the capital of the
Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socia-
list Republic. Thompson said the
BCSSCA chose Kazan because it,
like this area, has a strong agri-
cultural base and a large uni-
versity, Kazan State University.
Kazan is also an industrial city,
active in oil refining, electrical and
precision engineering, and che-
mical production. Some older in-
dustries, including leatherwork-
ing, fur preparation and shoe-
making, also thrive in Kazan.
The city boasts a branch of the
Academy of Sciences of the
U.S.S.R., a conservatory, a
theater of Tatar opera and ballet,
drama theaters, a Tatar museum
and a philharmonic society.
The BCSSCA has made several
initial steps toward linking with
Kazan, Thompson said. The
mayors of Bryan and College
Station have written official let-
ters to the mayor of Kazan, and
the both city councils have passed
proclamations declaring they
want Kazan as their sister city.
Thompson said the official
flourishes may not seem like
much., but are a very important
part of the sister city process.
'We found that the mayors in
the U.S.S.R. don't want to hear
from little groups of people," she
said. "They want mayor -to-
mayor, governor -to- governor con-
tact. It's almost like a courting
process."
It could take a year or longer be-
fore Bryan- College Station has an
official sister city. Until then, the
group is working to increase pub-
lic awareness of the benefits of
such a cultural exchange.
The students' letters can only
help, Thompson said.
"I believe that the more people
who know about (the sister city
Project), the more support there
will be," he said. 'There will be
more opportunity for us to reach
out to the community."
Club agrees to turn down
music
in temporary order
By Elizabeth Sharp
of the Eagle staff
Nearly two years of frustration may be
ending for a College Station nightclub
owner and nearby residents who contend
music from the club is too loud and dis-
ruptive.
The City of College Station and the
owner of The Edge approved an agreed
temporary restraining order that will al-
low the club to continue as a dance club,
but stipulates a maximum level for noise
emanating from the club.
The agreement followed a hearing that
lasted nearly half -a -day in Judge W.T.
McDonald Jr.'s 85th District Court on a
petition filed by the city against Mansard
House Inc. and Gary Seaback, doing
business as The Edge.
The lawsuit sought a temporary re-
straining order and a temporary Injunc-
tion preventing the use of the property at
2501 S. Texas Avenue, No. D -103, as a
dance club until permanent measures
were taken to reduce noise levels emanat-
ing from the club.
The agreed order is effective for 45
days, during which meter readings of
noise levels in an area between the club
and a nearby trailer -park are to be taken
every hour the club is in operation. When
the order expires, a report is to be made
to the court for additional rulings.
Seaback's attorney, Roland M. Searcy
Jr., appeared pleased with the agreement
and said it shows his client is attempting
to solve the problem.
Searcy said the agreement was a "good
faith" effort on the part of his client to
resolve the dispute. He noted the noise
problem was very complex and had
proved very expensive for his client.
College Station City Attorney Cathy
Lock said she also was pleased with the
agreement.
1 feel the judge is going to make him
( Seaback) come into compliance (with city
ordinances) and abate the nuisance," she
said.
In the petition filed by Assistant City
Attorney Marianne Banks, the city
claimed it began receiving complaints in
May 1987 about the noise level from the
club.
Evidence presented during Tuesday's
hearing showed the club was under con-
struction at that time and that the noise
was possibly created by construction
workers.
The petition claims that during a
20 -month period more than 100 com-
plaints concerning loud music at the club
were received by College Station officials.
In 1987 and again in 1988 officials from
the Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission
completed civil proceedings on charges of
excessive noise coming from the club. In
1987, Seaback admitted noise coming
from the club was excessive and paid a
$450 fee in lieu of a three -day permit
suspension, according to evidence pre-
sented at the hearing.
In 1988, Seaback admitted to a similar
charge presented by TABC, which led to
his permit being suspended for seven
days.
Agents with TABC testified that, on
both occasions, Seaback appeared to be
trying to do what he could to rectify the
noise dispute.
A resident of the Oak Forest Mobile
Home park behind the club testified mu-
sic from the club created vibrations he
could feel in the walls of his trailer home,
making it difficult to study or sleep.
Robert Schrader said the noise prob-
lem had gotten better since the day the
club opened, but there is still a problem
at times.
During the 45 days in which the court
order is in effect, an engineer is to work
with Seaback to find possible remedies
for the noise problem.
If The Edge violates the order, Seaback
could be held in contempt of court and
fined $1,000 per day.
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BID NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting bid(s) tor:
SURVEYING EQUIPMENT
until February 13, 1989 -2:00
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p.m., at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
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Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING:
The College Station Planning
and Zoning Commission will
hold a public hearing on the
question of rezoning the fol-
lowing property:
An 18.55 acre tract of land
located on the east side of
State Highway No. 6 East
Bypass, approximately 1600
feet south of F.M. 60, from
R -1 Single Family Residen-
tial to C -2 Commercial In-
dustrial. Applicant is Munici-
pal Development Group for
owner, NCNB -Texas
National Bank.
The hearing will be held in
the Council Room of the Col-
lege Station City Hall, 1101
Texas Avenue at the 7:00
p.m. meeting of the Commis-
sion on Thursday, February
16, 1989.
For additional information,
please call me at (409)
764 -3570.
James M. Callaway
Director of Planning
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Wednesday, February 1, 1989
The Eagle
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any and all bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
to accept the offer con-
sidered most advantageous
to the City.
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Capt. Tim Fickey of the College Station Fire
Department fans smoke away from a fire that
started in the basement of Davis -Gary on
Wednesday. The incident started when
Thursday, February 2, 1989
The Battalion
sparks from a workers' acetylene torch caught
a door on fire. It was isolated and there were
no injuries. The renovation of the dormitory
should not be delayed because of the fire. `
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Campus fire does little damage
By Jade Boyd
of the Eagle staff
A smoldering fire in the basement of a
Texas A&M dormitory Wednesday caused
some initial panic did very little damage,
a College Station Fire Department lieu-
tenant said.
Two engines, a ladder truck, a rescue
truck and 11 firefighters were dispatched
to the Davis -Gary dormitory on the
Northwest corner of the A &M campus at
10:40 p.m. Wednesday, Lt. Terry Thigpin
said.
The dormitory is being renovated, and a
door in the basement had caught fire and
was putting out a large amount of smoke.
The door had a wooden interior that was
encased in metal, Thigpin said. There was
no open flame, but smoke from the fire
inside the door had filled the basement to
such and extent that construction
workers were unable to stay in the base-
ment and look for the source of the
smoke.
Thigpin said three firefighters donned
oxygen tanks and walked down into the
basement to locate the fire.
"You couldn't see your hand until it
was right in front of your face," Thigpin
said.
He said a basement fire can be one of
the most dangerous blazes for firefighters
to extinguish because they have to travel
through the heat that rises from the fire
before they can even locate it.
Thigpin said the dormitory fire gave his
men some good practice with a minimum
of danger.
" I wouldn't say it was fun, but it was
educational," said Thigpin.
When firefighters found the smoldering
door, they brought in axes to tear it apart
and water to hose it down.
Thigpin said about 50 gallons of water
put out the fire. The door, which was the
only thing damaged by the fire, was to be
removed in the renovation.
All the firefighters had returned to the
fire station within an hour, Thigpin said.
Thursday, February 2, 1989
The Eagle
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LEGAL NOTICE
i ORDINANCE NO. 1796
'WAS PASSED AND AP-
PROVED ON JANUARY 26,
s 1989, BY THE CITY COUN-
o CIL OF THE CITY OF COL -
LEGE STATION, TEXAS,
p meeting in regular session in
e the Council Room of the Col-
lege Station City Hall, said
a meeting having been posted
ii, in accordance with Art.
• 6252 -17. Said Ordinance,
• signed by the Mayor and duly
recorded in the official re
4 a AN ORDINANCE
b AMENDING CHAPTER 4,
0 SECTION 10- C(i)(I) AND
SECTION 10- C(1)(� OF THE
•CITY OF COLLEGE
STATION CODE OF OR- TO
:DINANCES -WRECKER BUS NE RE-
GULATIONS.
The above -named ordinance
prescribes that, in addition to
meeting other requirements,
an applicant for a wrecker
permit shall submit a verified
.statement that there are no
:,outstanding final civil or cri-
'.minal judgments against he
*.wrecker company or
owners thereof in connection
with the operation of he
wrecker business: and, regu-
laces the successor company
of a predecessor with out -
t standing final civil or criminal
;.judgments.
Violation of any provision o
this ordinance shall be sub
'.ject to a fine of not less than
� $25 (twenty -five dollars
nor more than $200.00 (two
>'hundred dollars).
> Ordinance No. 1796 sha
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LEGALNOTICE OR
ORDINANCE NO. 1797 WA
WAS PASSED AND AP- pR
PROVED ON JANUARY 26, 1
1989, BY THE CITY C,OUN- CIL
CIL OF THE CITY OF COL- LE
LEGE STATION, TEXAS, me
meeting in regular session in the
the Council Room of the Col- leg
lege Station City Hal, said
meeting having been posted in
in accordance with Art. 2
6252 - 17. Said Ordinance, s g
nod b
signed by the Mayor and duly r
recorded to the official re
cords of the city, is captioned a s
as follows: AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING SUBSECTION S
B OF SECTION 1.2 OF OR
DINANCE NO. 1638 CON-
CERNING STATUTORY
AUTHOIY FO
CHANGES T OTTHE OFFII-
CAL ZONING MAP.
The Texas Legislature has
relocated the status concern-
ing a Citys official Zoning
the City'
Map, to the Local Govern-
ment Code. Ordinance No.
1797 clarifies the enabling
authority for revisions to the
Official Zoning Map.
Ordinance No. 1797 shall
become effective and be in
full force and effect ^rrom and
after its Passag
val by the College Station
City Council, and in accor-
dance with th C Ch arier.
the
f The comp e
above -naed ordinance may
be seen at the office of the
City Secretary at 1101 South
Texas Avenue, College
Statio Texas.
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.W- me ffective and be m
full force and effect from and
after its passag e and
val by the College Station
City Council, and in accor
dance with the City Charter.
The complete text of the m
above -naed ordinance may
be seen at the office of the
City Secretary at 1101 South
Texas Avenue, College
� Station,Te %as -89
02 -03- 89,02 -04
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The Eagle
LEGALNOTICE 1798
DINANCE NO. 1798
AP-
S PASSED AN
OVED ON JANUARY 26,
989, BY THE CITY COUN-
OF THE CITY OF COL-
GE STATION,
eting in regular session in
Council Room of the COI -
e Station City Hal - said
meeting having been posted
accordance with Art.
52 Said the Mayor a
nod b y nd duly
erorded to the official re-
cords of the city, is captioned
follows: AN ORDINANCE CHAPTER 12,
ECTIONG , SUBSECTION
A, OF THE CODE OF OR-
DINANCES CONCERNING
STATUTORY AUTHORITY
OF THE PLANNING AND
ZONING COMMISSIO
has
The Texas Leg
is
relocated the status con-em-
t ng authority of local planning
and zoning commissions, to
the Local Government Code,
Ordinance No. 1798 clarifies
the enabling authority for the
College Station Planning and
Zoning Commission.
Ordinance No. 1798 shall
become effective and be in
full force and effect from and
after its passage and appro-
val by the College Station
City Council, and in accor-
dance with the City Charter.
The complete text of the
above -named ordinance may
be seen at the office of the
City Secretary at 1101 South
Texas Avenue, College
I Station, Texas.
02 -03- 89,02 -04 -89
LEGAL NOTICE
ORDINANCE NO. 1799
WAS PASSED AND AP-
PROVED ON JANUARY 26,
1989, BY THE CITY COUN-
CIL OF THE CITY OF COL-
LEGE STATION, TEXAS,
meeting in regular session in
the Council Room of the Col-
lege Station City Hall, said
meeting having been posted
in accordance with Art.
6252 -17. Said Ordinance,
signed by the Mayor and duly
recorded in the official re-
cords of the city, is captioned
as follows: AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 1,
SECTION 27 OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF COLLEGE
STATION, TEXAS, RELAT-
ING TO RECORDS MICRO-
FILMING, RETENTION,
AND DISPOSITION; PRO-
VIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; AND, PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Ordinance No. 1799 addres-
ses the disposition of munici-
pal records not previously
microfilmed, provides for de-
velopment and implementa-
tion of records retention and
disposition schedules,
adopts Records Retention
and Disposition Schedule I.,
establishes the ownership of
city records, and gives defini-
tions.
Ordinance No. 1799 shall
become effective and be in
full force and effect from and
after its passage and appro-
val by the College Station
City Council, and in accor-
dance with the City Charter.
no complete text of the
above -named ordinance may
be seen at the office of the
City Secretary at 1101 South
Texas Avenue, College
Station, Texas.
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Amori Syptak, an A &M student from Denver, Colo., walks her 12- week -old Bas -
set Hound, Margee, around Thomas Parkin College Station Thursday.
The Associated Press
Freezing temperatures and rain asso-
ciated with a strong Arctic cold front that
stalled over Texas Thursday were expec-
ted to move southward with an upper -
level storm system's approach, while
sleet and snow fell in northwest regions.
The National Weather Service posted a
freezing rain and drizzle advisory through
Thursday night for North Texas, general-
ly north and west of a line from Haskell to
Jacksboro and Montague. '
The front, which lowered some temper-
atures by more than 40 degrees when it
entered the state Wednesday, was nearly
stationary from near Texarkana through
Waco to between Abilene and San Angelo
and into the Panhandle.
"It's not moving very much," said Bill
Read, a meteorologist with the National
Weather Service in Fort Worth. "But with
the arrival from the east of the upper -
level storm system from Mexico, the cold
air will sink further south."
Today, Read said, the freeze line should
reach south of Abilene to near Waco and
to Texarkana, possibly extending to the
Coastal Plains by this weekend. "But it
gets a little iffier, the further south you
go," he said.
Afternoon temperatures in the teens
Please see Express, 7A
Cold front may
close schools,
ice over roads
By Jade Boyd
of the Eagle staff
After an unseasonably warm winter,
an arctic air mass is moving into the Bra-
zos Valley, and the forecast for the week-
end calls for temperatures below freezing.
Saturday's high temperature has been
forecast as 34 degrees, and Sunday the
thermometer is likely to hover around the
freezing mark.
A 20 percent chance of rain Friday and
freezing temperatures early Friday morn-
ing may bring about hazardous road
conditions and possible school closings.
Weather watchers said Thursday that
the coldest air will hit 15 to 30 hours after
the front moves into the area.
Ray Chancellor, superintendent of Col-
Please see Cold, 7A
Do's and don'ts for cold weather
lege Station schools, said a de-
cision to close schools would be
made no later than 7 a.m. He said
if there is a chance of icy roads,
bus drivers would be making pre-
lirninary checks of their routes at
5 am. A condition report on
routes would be given to his office
and he would confer with Bryan
school officials, who would be re-
ceiving similar reports, and a joint
decision on whether safety ha-
zards warranted school closings
would be made.
"An important thing to re-
member is that those days have to
be made up," said Chancellor. He
said students' safety is the admin-
istrators' main concern, but
schools would only be closed as a
last resort.
Gerald Lambert, director of
transportation for the Bryan
school district, said that on morn-
ings when icy conditions are pos-
sible, he gets up earlier than
usual — about 4 a.m. — and
checks paved surfaces and over-
passes to find out if conditions are
safe. The gravel roads, he said,
represent less of a problem be-
cause the ice will break up under
traffic.
"I generally have my recom-
mendation well before 5 a.m.,"
Lambert said. By 6 a.m., he said,
Superintendent Guy Gorden and
other officials have talked with
Chancellor, the two districts have
made their decisions, and word is
passed on to local radio and tele-
vision stations.
Texas Department of Public
Safety Trooper Ed Carmon said
that if roads do prove hazardous
over the weekend, people should
avoid driving except in emergen-
cies.
DO'S:
■ Keep abreast of forecast
updates and road and school
closings.
■ Put a survival kit in your
car if you must drive. Include
blankets, snacks, gloves and a
bag of cat litter for traction on
ice in case the car gets stuck.
■ Drive slowly and use seat
belts.
■ Ventilate heaters in your
home.
■ Consider dropping off a
spare blanket at the Red Cross
office, 207 W. 29th St. Those
without heating — or homes —
face special needs in cold
weather.
■ Clean windshield com-
pletely with ice scraper.
■ Check your spare tire and
antifreeze.
■ Give pets protection from
extreme temperatures.
■ Move any sensitive plants
indoors, or wrap larger plants
or take other precautions.
■ Make some plans to keep
your children entertained if
school is closed or they have to
stay indoors throught the
weekend.
■ Insulate outdoor faucets
and exposed pipes.
DON'TS:
■ Don't drive on icy roads
unless absolutely necessary.
■ Don't use brakes when
driving on ice: keep your speed
slow so you won't have to
brake.
■ Don't drink alcohol if you'-
re exposed to cold tempera-
tures; it robs your body of heat.
■ Don't call schools about
possible closings; overactive
switchboards prevent school
officials from sending up -to-
date information to the media.
Local radio and television
stations will be informed early
in the morning if school is go-
ing to be closed.
■ Don't use outdoor grills or
other dangerous heat sources
for heat inside your house.
He said temperatures on
bridges and overpasses are 5 or 6
degrees colder than other sur-
faces. They are likely to ice over
first and drivers should avoid
roads where they are located.
Main thoroughfares will be the
first roads cleared, Carmon said,
so avoiding smaller roads is a
good idea.
"It's mainly good common sense
that drivers need to exercise,"
Carmon said. He said to drive
slowly and not overcompensate
with the steering wheel or use the
brakes if tires lose traction on icy
roads. The best thing to do is let
off' of the gas and steer slowly in
the direction of the skid, he said.
Lt. George Dunn of the Bryan
Fire Department said poor venti-
lation and poorly maintained
heating systems are the main
causes of emergencies his agency
deals with during cold snaps.
He said people should make
sure to ventilate their heaters well
during the cold weather. Heating
systems that burn fuel give off
poisonous gases like carbon mon-
oxide that can collect in the house
if they are not given an outlet.
Dunn said connections should
be tight to prevent gas from filling
the house. He said pilot lights
should be checked, and dust
should be cleared from the flame
jets before lighting the heater. The
dust can catch fire and be blown
into the room, causing a house
fire.
11
Bundled up
An arctic air mass moving across the United States has peo-
ple in Bryan - College Station bundling up to battle the cold.
cThe temperatures hovered in the mid -20s through most of
Z Friday and are expected to do the same today. For more in-
formation on today's weather, please see the Eagle Weather
Station on 8A. The photos taken on the Texas A &M campus
Eagle photos by Ddwe Mcuelll.n,
are (top to bottom, left to right) Marcos Cisneros, assistant
directors of recreation and parks in College Station; Kyle
Cooper, a senior from Houston; Wendy Heape, a freshman
from Arlington; Mae Crain, a custodial worker from Bryan;
Terris Burton, a senior from New Orleans; and Carlos Ben -
soecher, a senior from Nicaragua.
R
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Saturday, February 4, 1989
The Eagle
108 Legal Notices
LEGAL NOTICE
ORDINANCE NO. 1796
WAS PASSED AND AP-
PROVED ON JANUARY 26,
1989, BY THE CITY COUN-
CIL OF THE CITY OF COL-
LEGE STATION, TEXAS,
meeting in regular session in
the Council Room of the Col-
lege Station City Hall, said
meeting having been posted
in accordance with Art.
6252 -17. Said Ordinance,
signed by the Mayor and duly
recorded in the official re-
cords of the city, is captioned
as follows: AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 4,
SECTION 10- C(1)(0 AND
SECTION 10- C(1)(f) OF THE
CITY OF COLLEGE
STATION CODE OF OR-
DINANCES RELATING TO
WRECKER BUSINESS RE-
GULATIONS.
The above -named ordinance
prescribes that, in addition to
r' »eting other requirements,
a,, applicant for a wrecker
permit shall submit a verified
statement that there are no
outstanding final civil or cri-
minal judgments against the
wrecker company or the
owners thereof in connection
with the operation of the
wrecker business; and, regu-
lates the successor company
of a predecessor with out-
standing final civil or criminal
judgmen!s.
Violation of any provision of
this ordinance shall be sub-
ject to a fine of not less than
$25.00 (!wenty -five dollars)
nor more than $200.00 (two -
hundred dollars).
Ordinance No. 1796 shall
become effective and be in
full force and effect from and
after its passage and appro-
val by the College Station
City Council, and in accor-
dance with the City Charter.
The complete text of the
above -named ordinance may
be seen at the office of the
City Secretary at 1101 South
Texas Avenue, College
Station, Texas.
02 -03- 89,02 -04 -89
LEGAL NOTICE
ORDINANCE NO. 179
WAS PASSED AND AP
PROVED ON JANUARY 26,
1989, BY THE CITY COUN
CIL OF THE CITY OF COL
LEGE STATION, TEXAS
meeting in regular session i
the Council Room of the Col
lege Station City Hall, sai d
meeting having been post
in accordance with Art
6252 -17. Said Ordinance
signed by the Mayor and dul y
recorded in the official re
cords of the city, is captione
as follows: AN ORDINANC E
AMENDING SUBSECTIO
B OF SECTION 1.2 OF OR
DINANCE NO. 1638 CON
CERNING STATUTOR
AUTHORITY FO
CHANGES TO THE OFFI
CAI_ ZONING MAP.
The Texas Legislature he
relocated the status concern
ing authority for revisions t
the City's Official Zonin
Map, to the Local Govern
ment Code. Ordinance N
1797 clarifies the enablin
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authority for revisions to the
Official Zoning Map. p
Ordinance No. 1797 shall
become effective and be in v
full force and effect from and ti
after its passage and appro
val by the College Station
City Council, and in accor-
a
dance with the City Charter.
The complete text of the
above -named ordinance may t
be seen at the office of the
City Secretary at 1101 South
Texas Avenue, College f
Station, Texas.
02 -03- 89,02 -04 -89
LEGAL NOTICE
ORDINANCE NO. 1798
WAS PASSED AND AP-
PROVED ON JANUARY 26,
1989, BY THE CITY COUN-
CIL OF THE CITY OF COL-
LEGE STATION, TEXAS,
meeting in regular session in
the Council Room of the Col-
lege Station City Hall, said
meeting having been posted
in accordance with Art.
6252 -17. Said Ordinance,
signed by the Mayor and duly
recorded in the official re-
cords of the city, is captioned
as follows: AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 12,
SECTION 1, SUBSECTION
A, OF THE CODE OF OR-
DINANCES CONCERNING
STATUTORY AUTHORITY
OF THE PLANNING AND
ZONING COMMISSION.
The Texas Legislature has
relocated the status concern-
ing authority of local planning
and zoning commissions, to
the Local Government Code.
Ordinance No. 1798 clarifies
the enabling authority for the
College Station Planning and
Zoning Commission.
Ordinance No. 1798 shall
become effective and be in
full force and effect from and
after its passage and appro-
val by the College Station
City Council, and in accor-
dance with the City Charter.
The complete text of the
above -named ordinance may
be seen at the office of the
City Secretary at 1101 South
Texas Avenue, College
Station, Texas.
7 02 -03- 89,02 -04 -89
LEGAL NOTICE
ORDINANCE NO, 1799
WAS PASSED AND AP-
PROVED ON JANUARY 26,
1989, BY THE CITY COUN- THE CITY
n LEGEE STATION, OF TEX
meeting in regular session in
posted the Council Room of the Col-
lege Station City Hall, said
meeting having been posted
in accordance with Art.
6252 -17. Said Ordinance,
d signed by the Mayor and duly
recorded in the official re-
N cords of the city, is captioned
as follows: AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 1,
Y SECTION 27 OF THE CODE
R OF ORDINANCES COLLEGE O
STATION, TEXAS, RELAT-
s ING TO RECORDS MICRO -
_ FILMING, RETENTION,
o AND DISPOSITION; PRO -
g V A SAVINGS
_ CLAUSE; AND, PROVIDING
No AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Ordinance No. 1799 addres-
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ses the disposition of munici-
al records not previously
microfilmed, provides for de-
elopment and implementa-
on of records retention and
disposition schedules,
adopts Records Retention j
nd Disposition Schedule I.,
establishes the ownership of
C
records, and gives defni-
ions.
Ordinance No. 1799 shall
become effective and be in
ull force and effect from and
after its passage and appro-
val by the College Station
City Council, and in accor-
dance with the City Charter.
The complete text of the
above -named ordinance may
be seen at the office of the
City Secretary at 1101 South
Texas Avenue, College
Station, Texas.
02 -03- 89.02 -0d -p4
Monday, February 6, 1989
The Eagle
108 Legal Notices
BID NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting bid(s) for:
LARGE DIAMETER
FIRE HOSE
until 2:00 P.M„ February 9,
1989, at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and all bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
to accept the offer con-
sidered most advantageous
to the City.
Bid #89-23
01 -30- 89,02 -06-89
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•
ro stal deli ve
ry
is halted locall
By Ross Nethery
of the Eagle staff
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow, nor dead of
night shall keep the carrier from his appointed
rounds.
But nobody mentioned slippery streets.
'That slogan is great," said Charles Ray, manager
of customer services at the main post office in
Bryan, "but it didn't say anything about ice on the
roads. If it was just cold, that would be one thing,
but this is ridiculous."
So ridiculous, in fact, that Ray made a decision
Monday to halt mail delivery in Bryan and College
Station — a move that also effectively shut down
post offices throughout the Brazos Valley.
And he said the forecast isn't good for delivery to
resume today.
"If conditions on Tuesday are like they were this
morning," he said Monday afternoon, "we won't be
delivering.
"I guess it's a potentially career - ending decision,
but we've got 60 carriers who take 60 vehicles out on
Please see Delivery, 5A
Thusday, February 7, 1989
The Eagle
Delivery
From 1 A
deliveries, and the safety of our
people has to come first," Ray
said.
He also said the possibilities
were slim for any mail to leave
Bryan- College Station on Monday
night, which could mean that
none of the post offices served
from Bryan will have mail to de-
liver today.
"As far as I know, nobody in the
778 zip code area made deliveries
(Monday)," he said. "We supply
mail to all those offices, and we
haven't sent any out."
The 778 code covers most of
Washington, Robertson, Leon,
Burleson, Madison and Grimes
counties.
Ray said the only attempt made
to send mail out of Bryan didn't
turn out very well.
'We had a truck try to leave for
Dallas at about 10 this morning,
and three hours later he had only
made it as far as Hearne," he said.
While the local post office hasn't
made any deliveries this week,
neither has any mail come from
outside the city.
'We normally get mail from
Austin, Waco, Dallas, Longview,
Conroe and Houston," Ray said,
"and we haven't gotten any de-
liveries since Friday."
As of late Monday afternoon,
Ray said he still wasn't expecting
any overnight deliveries to Bryan,
and that a lack of mail would
weigh on his decision to deliver or
not deliver today.
'We have less than 20 percent
of the mail that we usually
handle," he said. "Unless that
changes drastically, there won't
be any delivery on Tuesday."
However, people who want to
pick mail up at the post office will
be able to do so during regular
business hours.
Ray said the post office received
a number of complaints Monday,
but that they wouldn't affect his
decision.
"People are calling and saying
that the major roads near their
homes are clear of ice, but it's the
small streets, sidewalks and iced -
over porches that have me wor-
ried," he said. "I have to do what's
best for our employees."
Ray said that in his six years at
the Bryan post office, Monday was
the first time he's seen mail ser-
vice halted for anything other
than a national holiday. He also
said that, while he only makes de-
cisions for the main post office,
the other offices in Bryan and Col-
lege Station usually follow suit
because their operations are so
integrated.
"Ibat means if people with no
mail want to blame somebody, I
guess I'm the one to blame," he
said.
•
•
Wednesday, February 8, 1989
The Eagle
B -CS, County
resume work
after warming
As icy, dangerous roads in Bra-
zos County began to thaw Tuesday
morning, some area workers made
their way back to their posts.
Office workers at Bryan Utilities
reported to work Tuesday, and al-
though the Brazos County court-
house was closed, several county
employees and officials could be
found working on Tuesday.
College Station city offices were
closed Tuesday, but several city
employees were working there also.
Some of the employees were going
"stir crazy" and needed to get out of
their houses, a city spokesman
said, and others had work they
needed to do.
Barring additional bad weather
hitting Tuesday night, Bryan and
College Station city offices were
scheduled to be open for business
as usual today.
The Brazos County Courthouse
also is scheduled to open andwre-
sume operations today.
Residential garbage pickup in
Bryan is expected to begin again on
the regular schedule today. Special
trips are expected to be arranged for
commercial customers who missed
garbage service Monday and Tues-
day.
In College Station, garbage from
commercial customers and apart-
ment complex containers will be
collected today. Residential service
will resume on schedule Thursday
and Friday.
Rural customers of the Brazos
Area Garbage Service are asked
follow a modified schedule for g
bage pickup. Garbage that should
have been collected Monday will be
collected today, garbage that
should have been collected Tuesday
will be collected Thursday, a then
normal service will resume.
C
College Station sidewalks
The city of College Station is
seeking citizens to serve on a
temporary committee to evaluate
locations for city sidewalks.
The committee will meet for a
short term over a few months to
provide city staff with citizen in-
put on desirable locations for
sidewalks in College Station.
Applications are due Feb. 21
and are available at city hall, 1101
Texas Ave. S. Call 764 -3512 for
more information
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Wednesday, February 8, 1989
The Eagle
LJ
City takes The Edge to court
Hearing results in 45 -day monitoring of sound levels near club
By Fiona Soltes
STAFF WRITER
If the music's too loud, you're too old.
Or maybe you just live too close.
Sound levels emanating from The Edge night-
club have been a source of complaints for resi-
dents of a nearby mobile home park for the past
two years. But after a Jan. 31 hearing between
Gary Seaback and Mansard House Inc., doing
business as The Edge, and College Station, the
sound levels were ordered monitored for a 45-
day period.
A resident of the Oak Forest Mobile Home
Park said things haven't been quiet enough since
the hearing. The park is 30 feet from the club.
"Things were better for a while before the hea-
ring Robert Schrader said, "but they're not
really better now. I think the gentleman has a
,right to have a business there, but I don't think
he has the right to disturb our peace."
Complaints resulted in the hearing in W.T.
McDonald's 85th District Court, seeking a .tem-
Thursday, February 9, 1989
The Battalion
porary restraining order and a temporary in-
junction preventing the use of the site as a club.
An agreed temporary restraining order followed
the hearing, allowing the club, at 2501 S. Texas
Avenue in the Winn -Dixie shopping center, to
remain in business provided sound levels mon-
itored outside the club don't rise above 60 deci-
bels, the level of normal conversation.
"Before the injunction, sound levels of 78 to
90 decibels were coming from the club," Mari-
anne Banks, assistant city attorney said. "Levels
inside were reported by an expert as being over
100 decibels."
An engineer, hired by club owner Seaback, will
check sound levels from a meter located between
the park and the club during the designated time
period. He also will look for other solutions to
the problem, Banks said.
"The engineer has come up with a few sugges-
ti
ons," she said. "It might be some sort of atmo-
spheric disturbance, making a' difference on
cloudy or clear nights. Also, the problem migght
lie in the metal roof, where there can be revel e-
rations, or in the vacant building next to it."
Following the 45 -day period, a report will be
made before further legal action is taken, she
said.
Roland M. Searcy, Seaback's attorney, said the
club is not at fault for being close to the park.
"That's the fault of the city of College Station,"
Searcy said. "The area was zoned for commercial
use, and the city licensed the club to come in."
The debate between residents and the club
started when the club opened in 1987. According
to a petition filed before the hearing, more than
100 complaints concerning loud music at the club
were made to College Station officials Nvithin a
20 -month period.
According to evidence presented at the hear-
ing, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
completed civil proceedings on charges of exces-
sive noise coming from the club in 1987 and in
1988. The first time, Seaback admitted the noise
was excessive and paid $450 fee in lieu of a three-
day permit suspension. The second time, Sea -
back's permit was suspended for seven days.
If Seaback violates the current agreement, he
will be held in contempt of court and fined
$1,000 per day.
•
Friday, February 10, 1989
The Eagle
CS OKs war -on -drugs panel
The College Station City Council
Thursday took the first step toward
forming a community-wide War on
Drugs Committee.
A task force formed by the Bryan
and College Station councils last year
recommended that the cities form the
committee for long -range study of
work begun by the task force.
The ordinance approved Thursday
evening calls for three members to be
appointed by each council, two mem-
bers to be appointed by each school
district and two members to be ap-
pointed by the Brazos County Com-
missioners Court. Members will serve
two -year, staggered terms.
The committee will provide a focal
point for community efforts, advise the
cities, county , school districts and citi-
zens, and review current and proposed
programs which receive public fund-
ing.
OR
CS council approves
immunization clinic
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
The Brazos County Health Depart-
ment will begin operating an immuniza
tion clinic in College Station this Council
Thursday
The Coapproved locating i the tempor-
app
ary clinic at Lincoln Center.
Dr. J.E. Marsh, director of the health
department, said his department will
operate the clinic one day a week for
about three hours a day until there is
demand for the center to be open longer.
If there is a demand for services in addi-
tion to Immunization, location for a
ment will seek a permanent
College Station clinic, Marsh oi amended
The council also approved
of heavy p
ordinance governing a ved an
vehicles, trailers and recreational vehi-
cles in residential neighborhoods.
The original ordinance submitted in
January met opposition because it pro-
hibited parking capers and motor
homes in residential driveways and front
yards.
The city staff reworded the ordinance to
allow parking campers and motor homes
on residential property. It still prohibits
parking them on residential st eet ffor
more than 72 hours in any y peri d
a
The new ordinance prohibits p g
truck with a gross weight capacity of
more ampers on ton d in front other yards or
i front yard driveways.
Saturday, February 11, 1989
The Eagle
Sheriff seeks aid for
county -wide 911 plan
Sunday, February 12, 1989
The Eagle
By Elizabeth Sharp
of the Eagle staff
Brazos County Sheriff Ronnie Muter is
slated to appear before the commis-
sioner's court Monday morning to seek
support for a county-wide 911 emergency
system.
Miller said Friday that representatives
from the Brazos County Emergency
Communications District will be ap-
proaching officials in the cities of Bryan
and College Station and in the county for
support in obtaining technical assistance
to work on a centralized emergency
system.
Miller said technical assistance is
needed to "pin down" the costs necessary
to implement a centralized dispatching
operation.
The technical study sought by Miller
and other law enforcement ofllcials will
allow for development of a plan that Mil-
ler said will help law enforcement in Bra-
zos County.
The sheriff is slated to speak to com-
missioners during the court's 10 a.m.
meeting Monday.
He also is scheduled to speak to the
commissioners Monday afternoon during
a 1:30 p.m. meeting. Miller, the court and
representatives of an architectural firm
will discuss plans for a minimum-
security Jail.
Commissioners voted earlier this year
to proceed with the purchase of land for
the proposed jail.
Miller said Friday that he has as many
as 30 to 40 inmates sleeping on the floor
each night. His jail population is averag-
ing 170 inmates or more per day.
The jail has capacity for a little more
than 160 inmates.
Miller said that during the Monday
meeting he and the architect will "sit with
commissioners and show them what we
have" in the way of floor plans for the
proposed facility.
The sheriff said he would like to go for-
ward with the building project as soon as
possible. He hopes construction bids can
go out and work on the walls and founda-
tion of the jail can be finished by the end
of the summer.
'We need to move as quick as we can."
he said.
NEW DIRECTIONS
They're so hard to find
now. Just about the time
you have one located he's
seen on television coming
out of the wrong hotel room
or caught with money in his
coat pocket from someone
else's bank account.
I need a hero who turns
out to be the real thing.
There are several out
there that I think are bullet
proof against those who
seem to take utter delight in
finding one thing that tears
down everything of value in
a life.
Here are just a few he-
roes from my time. There's
John F. Kennedy when he
stood down Nikita Krushev
and made the Ruskys get
their missiles out of Cuba.
There's Martin Luther King,
Jr. who had a dream of
Americans free and equal
and stood up against back-
water sheriffs with night-
sticks and dogs. There's
General Earl Rudder who
dared bring women to Texas
A & M University and who's
vision brought the univer-
sity into national promi-
nence. Yes, and there's Ron-
ald Reagan who took our
country after our govern-
ment had allowed it to be
slapped around by every
third rate power imaginable
and restored our national
pride and image.
We can all be somebody's
hero.
There are some things that
set heroes apart. Here's my
list. See what else you
would add.
I. Heroes are people who
live differently and are a
people of vision. They see
above and beyond the
ri
Who is a hero?
n
Sunday, February 12, 1989
The Eagle
by Fred Brown
OUT ON A HERO
HUNT
2. They are people who im-
pact others and model de-
termination. They stay at
the task when difficulties
won't budge.
3. Heroes soar above medi-
ocrity and are people with
priorities. They think in
terms of who and what are
first in their homes, at
work, in possessions, and in
relationships.
4. People who really make
an impact model the rare
quality of accountability. It
includes opening one's life
to a few carefully selected,
trusted, loyal confidants
who speak the truth and to
whom you give the right to
examine, to question, to ap-
praise, and to give counsel.
We need heroes. I mean
genuine heroes. We need
men and women who are
admired for their achieve-
ments, noble qualities and
courage. Such people are
not afraid to be different.
They are willing to risk.
They stand a cut above. Yet
they are real human beings
with flaws and failures like
anyone else.
Heroes aren't plentiful or
everywhere so encourage
them when you see them
and become a hero in your
world.
NEW DIRECTIONS IS
SPONSORED BY FRED
BROWN MAZDA -BMW who
believes that Bryan- College
Station progresses through
the enthusiastic volunteer
actions of its citizens.
majo ty. A DVERTISEMENT
CS city council /
considers altering
Masterplan 2,000
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
After being used for five years, College
Station's master .plan for growth may
need an overhaul, a city official said.
In 1983, the city council approved
Masterplan 2,000, a comprehensive plan
for the city's long -term growth. The city's
zoning ordinance was designed as a tool
to carry out the provisions of the plan.
During the five years the plan has been
in effect, 1 /3 of the amendments approved
to the zoning ordinance have not confor-
med to the plan, Councilman Jim Gard-
ner said.
The number of amendments that don't
conform to the basic plan might mean
one of three things, Gardner said.
"Either the plan is wrong, out of date or
not well conceived; there is a lack of
understanding of why planning is impor-
tant; or there is a desire to see growth
take place even though granting a parti-
Please see Plan, 5A
Monday, February 13, 1989
The Eagle
Plan
From 1 A
cular zone doesn't assure it."
Councilman Dick Haddox said
the council has probably gone
longer than it should have with-
out updating the plan.
"Plan 2,000 is a guideline," he
said. "We meant for it to be re-
vised in the future. It needs to be
updated more often than we've
done.
"People plan things on the basis
of what they think will happen.
Jim's concerns are legitimate, but
there have to be some exceptions
because of changes. It ought to b
reviewed every three or four years,
or at least looked at to see if there
are any subsequent changes in
philosophy."
Gardner said many zoning
changes result from the belief
that all commercial growth is
good. An amendment approved in
January is an example of changes
being made without careful
thought given to possible conse-
quences, he said. Gardner said a
tract west of FM 2818 and north
of FM 60 was rezoned from single
family residential to general
commercial. The master plan tar-
geted the area, which is under the
runway path of Easterwood Air-
port, for future industrial de-
velopment, Gardner said.
Jim Callaway, planning director
for the city, told the council on
Jan. 26, that the tract's maxi-
mum depth of 267 feet fails to
meet the 400 -foot depth require-
ment for commercial tracts.
Water is available to the property
through a 2 -inch line belonging to
important than maintaining the
integrity
Texas A&M University. The 2 -inch
of the plan."
line is not adequate to serve
Haddox denied that business
interests dominate the council.
commercially zoned property,, Cal-
laway said. There is no sewer
"I don't think we're a business
ser-
vice to the tract, Callaway said.
Gardner
oriented council at all," he said.
Fred Brown and I are the only two
said the master plan
Insures
businessmen on the council.
necessary services are
provided for the zoning of particu-
Business interests are definitely
in the minority on the council."
tar areas. The city can avoid prob-
lems by using existing cor mer-
Haddox said that in effect, the
cial areas before rezoning new
council updates the master plan
when it
areas to commercial, he said.
"Utilities,
approves amendments
that don't conform. That isn't the
sewage and streets
are all designed for the
best way to change the plan,
usage
called for In the plan," he said.
'The
however, he said.
"We're updating the
plan is how the zoning is re-
lated to other facilities. You
plan on a
monthly basis as questions
"A
can't
mess up that balance."
arise," he said. more diverse
group would be in a better posi-
The council, following the plan-
tion to review th plan.
ning commission's lead, approved
the change by a vote of four to
"It would be better for every-
body if there
three, with Gardner, Councilwo-
were more in-
volvement from citizens."
man Lynn McIlhaney and Mayor
Larry Ringer opposing
Haddox said that day -to -day
the
change.
operation of city government re-
Gardner said commercial
quires this approach until the
plan is updated.
changes aren't the only examples,
but are the most visible because
"In practicality, though, if
of the percentage of them that
don't
something comes up, I don't think
we can set everything aside for six
conform to the land -use
plan.
months and try to get people to
"I'm talking mainly about com-
come there (to council meetings)
for input."
mercial areas," he said. "In many,
If not most cities, the business
Gardner said Plan 2,000
already provides input from citi-
community is the dominant force
zens.
— business interests are nat-
urally growth Oriented."
"My point is that it's bad policy
Nancy Sawtelle, Chairwoman of
not to follow the plan," he said.
'The plan has the ideas of a lot
the planning and zoning commis -
of
people about the needs for the city
sion, agreed with Gardner.
"I'm all for commercial growth,"
during future growth. In the or-
dinance it says all amendments
she said. "But we have plenty of
are to be in accordance with the
areas already (zoned) for commer-
comprehensive plan."
cial growth. Individuals with a
philosophy toward
Haddox said the council tries to
commercial
growth may decide growth is more
follow the plan. But there is a
need for some flexibility, he said.
'The council tries to help the
community grow economically
and culturally," he said. "We need
to be as cooperative with business
as we can and still have a beau-
tiful city that is organized and or-
derly. To do that, we've worked
with businesses and tried to be as
easy to get along with as possible.
Most of the things we've changed,
though, have been approved by
the planning and zoning commis-
sion."
Gardner said, "If commercially
zoned property isn't needed, it will
sit there and never be developed.
It sits there with an inflated price
— so much so, you can't afford to
buy it for less intensive uses such
as residential." Gardner said
thousands of square feet of com-
mercial buildings in the city not
being used prove his point.
Sawtelle said the danger of
many of these changes ca be far -
reaching.
"You have to look out for
changes which might become
precedents for more commercial
changes," she said. 'There were
two corners done on Holleman —
fast food or convenience store
type businesses. Immediately be-
hind them is a medium- density
residential area. Recently, there
was a rezoning in the area for a
silk - screening shop."
Once the zoning is changed, if
the first business in the location
leaves, any business which fits in
that zoning category can move in,
regardless of its impact on the re-
sidential area surrounding it,
Sawtelle said.
"1 found it offensive because I'm
sure we would not have done the
same thing in Emerald Forest,"
she said.
•
•
Monday, February 13, 1989
The Battalion
domes tou.
Wghfights
CS history
Give me a home to call my own
amily and friends to make it a
ome.
,ove and kindness that ne'er wiH
fepart
snough to fill a thankful heart.
— from a hanging in the Shellen-
berger home
3y Stacey Babin
= NTERTAINMENT WRITER
Old homes have a feeling
about them that is unmistakeable.
High ceilings, detailed woodwork
and long porches are just some of
the features that separate them
from today's carbon -copy homes.
A feeling of family history is
present in the squeaky wood i
floors and the old -timey bathtubs.
The Citizens for Historic Pres-
ervation's eighth annual Homes
Tour gave people an opportunity
to visit some of these old homes
and take a trip back in time.
CHP President Colleen Bat-
chelor said education is the goal
of the tour.
"We encourage people to visu-
alize what the old homes can look
like by showing what has been ac-
complished," Batchelor said. "We
want to show people what they
can do with an old home."
Tour guides are all volunteers
and not paving members of the
organization, she said. Combin-
ing such "friends" and members,
the group has more than 100 sup-
porters.
The four homes on the tour
are in College Station.
Built in 1913, the home owned
by Bahman and Afsaneh Yaz-
dani, which was moved in 1984
from E. 23rd Street in Bryan to
902 Dexter Drive, blends the old
with the new..
Yazdani prefers antiques, but
his wife has added contemporary
touches to the rooms. The home's
decor is influenced by both east-
ern and western cultures.
Persian shawls and rugs accent
the dining room and kitchen.
The shawls have been used to
drape chairs and as a drape in
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Homes
(Continued from page 15)
front of the kitchen window. Peo-
ple are encouraged to walk on the
100. year -old Persian rug the Yazda-
nis received as a wedding present.
The tour guides explained that
1�walking on the rug helps demon-
strate its durability.
A modern brass and glass table
showcases the Yazdanis' rare book
collection in the family room. This
room has a contemporary look, but
has antique furniture to balance the
effect.
When the house was recons-
tructed, the large family room, the
upstairs and the bathrooms were
added.
In one of the bedrooms is a table
which belonged to the first postmas-
ter in Dallas. A 1940s radio is found
in another bedroom.
Very few additions and changes
have been made to Peter and Becky
McIntyre's home, the oldest home in
College Station.
The house was built in 1890 on
the Texas A &M campus, where the
Memorial Student Center is today.
The house was sold for $400 in
1948 and moved to its present loca-
tion at 611 Montclair Ave.
By the 1970s, the house was dete-
riorating. Dr. Paul van Riper, one of
the founders of the Citizens for His-
toric Preservation, purchased the
home in 1981 and began its renova-
tion.
McIntyre, a physics professor at
A &M, bought the house in 1986.
The house is like a time machine,
taking people into the parlor where
dates and guests were entertained in
the past. The wood floors are
smooth.
An 1870 Steinway piano sits in the
corner.
The McIntyres have decorated
the house with Victorian and Ameri-
can provincial antiques from the
1700s to the 1920s.
Many pieces are the family's and
some come from a time the McIn-
tyres spent in Switzerland.
Another home which was origi-
nally on campus belongs to Manning
and Nita Smith. Thei, .e was
built in 1923 for - _ ___...: and
was moved in 1941 :: " Ashburn
Ave.
The Smiths, who are nationally
known for their sqquare dancing,
have reconstructed th ho t
the entry to the living room. Antique
furniture is prominent in the home,
as are Mrs. Smith's collection of
"Gibson Girl" prints.
Each room has its own style and
statement. One room, called the
ranch room, has a wall made of
wood taken from an old smoke-
house.
Nita Smith said she believes the
distinctiveness of each room is what
makes living in an old home so spe-
cial.
"If you want to paint a room red,
well, you paint a room red," Smith
said. "It gives you a chance to ex-
press your feelings."
But there are a few problems con-
nected with owning an older home,
she said.
"Electricians don't know how to
work the house, and :'n' "— got to
find someone who understands the
problems," Smith said.
The last home on the tour was
built in 1907 in Hearne and moved
to 1003 Haley Drive in 1985. The
I use o ac- home S now owned by Mr. and Mrs. The Shellenberger home is one of four homes featured in a his -
commodate their talent. David Shellenberger.
A large room was added, and Many rooms are highlighted with toric homes tour.
wood for the floors came from the colorful wallpaper, balancing the ef-
old DeWare Field House. fect of old and new. Wallpaper is
The fireplace in the dance room used even on the ceilin to com-
was designed to showcase a picture plete the home's modern loo k. 1 weds.
that Smith's mother paintco more The Shellenbergers also display y reminder of the family history that
than 100 years ago. sentimental antiques, such as an old The porch swing hanging on the has been made and is still being
Stained glass church doors mark table the couple purchase as new- big wrap- around porch is anot her made today.
Photo by Ronnie Montgomery
Free help with taxes is available locally
By Tracy Staton
of the Eagle staff
Don't be late for that very im-
portant date, IRS officials say, by
waiting until the eve of Tax Dead-
line Day to start preparing your
tax return — help is available now
for people who have questions
about their taxes.
Dodie Frost, chief of taxpayer
services in the Austin district of
the Internal Revenue Service, said
Monday that both IRS employees
and volunteers are . vailable to
assist people in preparing their
returns.
"Most people wait until the
night before the deadline, which
makes it a great ordeal to get the
return filed on time," Frost said.
"The IRS has several services to
offer help for taxpayers."
VITA, or Volunteer Income Tax
Assistance, has several locations
in Bryan and College Station. The
VITA sites are staffed by IRS em-
ployees or trained volunteers who
can help people complete forms
1040 with simple schedules,
1040A or 1040EZ, Frost said.
"The services are all free," she
said. "Originally the program was
designed for low- income people
and elderly people, but today the
availability of service depends on
the forms filed."
The local IRS office, at 216 W.
26th St. in Bryan, is open week-
days from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m.
to distribute forms and pub-
lications and to answer questions,
Frost said.
The IRS also has two toll -free
telephone numbers people may
Locations to get help filling out tax forms
Volunteer Income Tax Assis-
tance is available at the follow-
ing locations in Bryan- College
Station and in the surrounding
area:
■ Bryan Public Library, 201
E. 26th St. Open Monday
through Saturday from 9 a.m.
until noon; Mondays, Tuesdays
and Fridays from 1 -4 p.m.; and
Tuesdays and Thursdays from
6 -8:30 p.m.
■ R.S.V.P., Varisco Building,
Room 302 219 N. Main St.,
Bryan. Open Tuesdays and
Wednesdays 9 a.m. until noon
and 1 -3 p.m. Call 775 -8111 for
an appointment.
■ College Station Public Li-
brary, 2551 Texas Ave. S. Suite
E -1. Open Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 10 a.m. until 1
p.m.
■ Texas A &M University,
Memorial Student Center. Open
Tuesdays and Thursdays 11
a.m. until 3 p.m.
■ Santa Teresa Catholic
Church, 1212 Lucky St., Bryan.
Open Saturdays 10 a.m. until 2
p.m.
■ Robertson County Court-
house, Commissioner's Court,
Franklin. Open Tuesdays from
10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
■ Madison County Public Li-
brary, Texas 75 South (605 S.
May), Madisonville. Open Wed-
nesdays from noon until 2 P.M.
■ St. Paul's Baptist Church,
Fellowship Hall, Sixth and San
Jacinto Streets, Hearne. Open
Saturdays from 2 -4 p.m.
Tax Counseling for the Eld-
erly, a tax preparation service
for senior citizens, is available
at the following locations:
■ Brazos County Senior Citi-
zens' Association, 1402 Bristol
St., Bryan. Open Mondays from
9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
■ R.S.V.P., Varisco Building
Room 303, 219 N. Main St.,
Bryan. Open Thursdays from 9
a.m. until noon.
■ Parks and Recreation De-
partment, Lincoln Center, 1100
Eleanor St., College Station.
Open Wednesdays from 9 a.m.
until noon.
■ Neal Campus, 600 N. Con-
verse St., Bryan. Open Wednes-
days from 9 a.m. until noon.
■ Navasota Public Library,
East Washington and Brewer
streets, Navasota. Open Tues-
days and Fridays from 9 a.m.
until noon.
■ Nancy Carol Roberts Me-
morial Library, Corner of Park
and Academy streets, Brenham.
Open Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.
■ Waller County Courthouse,
836 Austin St., Hempstead.
Open Fridays from 8 a.m until 5
p.m.
■ St. John's Episcopal
Church, 311 6th St., Sealy.
Open Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 8 a.m. until noon.
■ Caldwell Senior Center,
210 Buck St., Caldwell. Open
Thursdays from 9 a.m. until
noon.
use for help, she said. For tax as-
sistance, the number is
1- 800 - 424 -1040; for forms and
publications, the number is
1- 800 - 424 -FORM.
To improve the quality of the
answers given over the telephone,
the IRS has increased training re-
quirements for telephone workers
and has increased the number of
managers who monitor those em-
ployees, Frost said.
One problem taxpayers may ex-
perience, Frost said, is that some-
times they do not receive their
W -2 forms, which designates the
amount of income earned and the
amount of tax withheld during a
year, from their employers.
"If they've moved, they may not
get their W -2," she said. 'The first
thing they should try to do is con-
tact the employer. If they are un-
able to do that, we would hope
they would have a pay stub so
they could estimate their in-
comes.
Tuesday, February 14, 1989
The Eagle
B -CS wants Special Olympics
Chamber of Commerce aims to bring games to town from UT site
0 or
Bryan - College Station Chamber of Commerce officials held a
press conference Monday as part of their whirlwind campaign
to bring the Texas Special Olympics to the area. Among those
attending were (from left) Joe Wilson, assistant executive di-
Eagle photo by Peter Rocha
rector of the Texas Special Olympics, College Station Mayor
Larry Ringer, Denis Paulos, executive director of the Texas
Special Olympics, and K. Jack Speer, executive vice president
of the Bryan - College Station Chamber of Commerce.
By David Elliot
and Tracy Staton
of the Eagle staff
Community leaders are hoping a
whirlwind campaign will convince the
Texas Special Olympics to relocate in
Bryan- College Station. The non -profit
group was unable to reach an agreement
with the University of Texas at Austin,
which has hosted the games for the past
15 years.
Texas A&M University and the Bryan-
College Station Chamber of Commerce on
Monday welcomed four representatives of
the Texas Special Olympics. The group
toured the area and closely examined
A &M's athletic facilities, one of three sites
under consideration by the group.
The representatives will visit the Uni-
versity of Houston today and Southwest
Texas State in San Marcos on Wednes-
day; they expect to select a site Thursday
or Friday.
Memorial Stadium in Austin, the
games' home for the past several years, is
being renovated this summer. The con-
struction work spurred the Special
Olympics to seek another site for its
statewide competition.
If this year's competition is held in
Bryan- College Station, it would bring
8,000 to 10,000 visitors, officials said.
According to figures compiled by the Aus-
tin Chamber of Commerce, the games
generated about $2.5 million worth of
business in the city last year.
The scramble to lure the games to Col -
Please see Olympics, 4A
Tuesday, February 14, 1989
The Eagle
Eagle Tuesday, February 14, 1989
Olympics
From 1 A
lege Station began less than two
weeks ago, when chamber offl-
cials learned that UT and Texas
Special Olympics might end, or at
least suspend for one year, their
special relationship.
Anne Bell, director of the
chamber's convention and visi-
tors' bureau, said that when she
heard the Texas Special Olympics
had called a press conference in
Austin, she called the offices of
state Rep. Richard Smith,
R -Bryan, and of state Sen. Kent
Caperton, D -Bryan.
'They sent representatives to
the press conference," Bell said.
'We later heard that there were
more people from Bryan- College
Station at the press conference
than from anywhere else."
A committee of city, university
and chamber representatives has
maintained daily contact with
Olympics officials, Bell said.
"It's really been a team effort,"
she said. 'We're pulling out all the
stops. We think it's really impor-
tant that they see the communi-
ty's interest in this."
Bell took the four Olympics rep-
resentatives on a tour of A&M's
athletic facilities, of on- campus
housing and of local hotels. The
athletes would be housed on
campus, she said, and spectators
would fill all available hotel space.
After the press conference, the
chamber quickly pieced together
a video featuring A &M Coach R.C.
Slocum, Chamber President Da-
vid Shellenberger, A&M President
William Mobley, College Station
Mayor Larry Ringer and Bryan
Mayor Marvin Tate.
The video was specifically tar-
geted toward the needs of the
Texas Special Olympics and con-
tained footage of the Pepsi Games,
including opening ceremonies
and quotes from the Games' di-
rector who complimented the
community on its performance as
host.
According to a spokesman for
Texas Special Olympics, the video
helped convince officials that
A&M should be regarded as a se-
rious contender.
"A &M knocked our socks off
with this video," said Tom Wan-
cho, director of public awareness
and communications for Texas
Special Olympics. "Considering
they did it in a couple of days
time, with the head football coach
and the mayors of Bryan and Col-
lege Station, it really showed they
care .... They'll embrace this thing
with all the energy and vigor
they've got."
A&M has offered the use of its
athletic facilities free of charge,
Bell said.
'The university has been won-
derful," she said. "Of course, the
formal procedure would be for
them (Texas Special Olympics) to
write a letter to President Mobley
asking for use of the facilities but
things have happened too quickly
to follow proper procedures."
If A&M has to hire extra
workers for the competition, it
would charge for the expense, Bell
said.
Texas Special Olympics officials
were reluctant to rate A&M's
chances of winning the games, or
the chances of A&M's two compe-
titors.
But they repeatedly empha-
sized the need for an adequate
cadre of volunteers and men-
tioned the community's success
in hosting the Pepsi Games,
which involved about four times
the number of people that would
attend or participate in the Texas
Special Olympics.
Texas Special Olympics Execu-
tive Director Denis Paulos said
the games would need 250 to 300
local volunteers during the open-
ing ceremonies and 100 to 150
volunteers at other peak times
during the competition. Steve
Beachv, director of the College
Station Parks and Recreation De-
partment, told Paulos that if the
games come here, "I think you'll
see a town get behind it like you
haven't seen before."
Bell said the regional Special
Olympics competition draws
about 1,200 volunteers from the
community and from A &M's stu-
dent body. But because the
games will be May 24 -26, during
the break between the spring and
summer semesters, most stu-
dents will not be in town, she
said, so volunteers would have to
be recruited from the community.
'We'd contact all service clubs,
churches and similar organiza-
tions," Bell said.
Officials noted the unique ap-
peal of the games.
'This is a community of great
heart and great compassion and
we do subscribe to the ideals of
the Special Olympics Committee
and we would be very proud to
work with these athletes and help
them in they're playing and they'-
re winning and I'd like to be the
first to volunteer," said K. Jack
Speer, the chamber's executive
director.
Olympics representatives said
that among Bryan- College Station
and A&M's attributes in the com-
petition were strong athletic facili-
ties, that, unlike at least one
other site, have been offered at no
charge. Other pluses include
A&M's offer to provide 3,800 dor-
mitory spaces for competitors and
their counselors, Bryan- College
Station's central location and the
community's pledge to mobilize
the type of enthusiasm needed for
a successful Olympic games.
But Paulos noted that Houston
and the Austin -San Marcos area
are larger metropolitan settings,
which could work against Bryan-
College Station.
'To be honest or realistic, that
is a consideration," Paulos said.
"Air access, highway access —
that's a factor but it's not going to
be the only factor that's looked
at."
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Tuesday, February 14, 1989
The Eagle
108 Legal Notices V
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed proposals addressed
to the City of College Station,
Texas, will be received at the
office of the Purchasing
Agent, City of College
Station, Texas until 2:00 p.m.
on the 27th day of February,
1 1989, for maintenance of
electrical distribution substa-
tion facilities including the
furnishing of all necessary
labor, equipment and mate-
rials.
Plans and specifications are
obtainable from McCord En-
gineering, Inc., 900 Sou-
thwest Parkway East, Suite
100, P.O. Box 10047, Col-
lege Station, Texas, 77842
(telephone: 409 -764 -8356)
upon payment of $15.00,
which payment will not be
subject to refund.
City of College Station
By: Virginia McCartney
Purchasing Agent
02 -14- 89,02 -21-89
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
OF ADDITIONS AND
ALTERATIONS TO
COLLEGE STATION
MUNICIPAL BUILDING
COLLEGE STATION, TX
NOTICE TO CONTRAC-
TORS OF BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION FOR THE
CITY OF COLLEGE
STATION, TEXAS
Sealed proposals addressed
to the Honorable Mayor and
City Council of College
Station, Texas, will be
received at the Council
Room of the Municipal Build-
ing, College Station, Texas,
until 2:00 p.m., Tuesday,
March 7, 1989, for furnishing
all necessary materials,
machinery, equipment,
superintendence and labor
for constructing Additions
and Alterations to the Muni-
cipal Building, College
Station, Texas.
Proposals shall be acoortr
panied by a cashier's or certi-
fied check upon a National or
State Bank in the amount of
not less than five percent
(5%) of the total maximum
bid price, payable without re-
course to the City of College
Station, Texas, Owner, or a
bid bond in the same amount
from a reliable Surety Corry
pany as a guarantee that the
Bidder will enter into a con-
tract and execute perfor-
mance bond within ten (10)
days after notice of award of
contract to him.
The Successful Bidder must
furnish performance bond
upon the form provided in the
amount of one - hundred per-
cent (1009/6) of the contract
price from an approved
Surety Company holding a
permit from the State of
Texas, to act as Surety, or
other Surety or Sureties ac-
ceptable to the Owner.
The right is reserved as the
interest of the Owner may re-
quire to reject any or all bids,
and waive any technicalities.
Plans and Specifications and
Bidding Documents may be
108 Legal Notices
secured from the Office of
Group 4 Architects - Planners,
suite 200, 121 North Main
Street, Bryan, Texas 77803,
phone (409) 775 -7472. Two
sets of Plans and Specifica-
tions will be furnished each
bidding contractor without
charge upon desposit of
One - Hundred -Fifty Dollars
($150.00) as a guarantee as
to safe return of the Plans
and Specifications within five
(5) days after receipt of bids.
Since Plans and Specifica-
tions will be placed in various
plan rooms throughout the
State, plans requested by
subcontractors and material
dealers, or additional plans
and specifications requested
by bidding contractors may
be obtained from the Archi-
tects upon payment of Sev-
enty -five Dollars ($75.00) per
set, which is not refundable.
02 -14- 89,02 -18 -89,02 -19-89
02- 25- 89,02 -26-89
C
Closing Texas Ave
far from brilliant
By closing Texas Avenue to traffic Sunday afternoon, the
cities of Bryan and College Station inconvenienced hundreds of
motorists. The road was closed for almost three hours because
of the 7th Annual Texas Straight Shot IOK run. Traffic slowed
to a complete halt in some places as driverstried to find alternate
routes to their destinations.
The decision to close a major street for three hours to acco-
modate some runners can be described in one word: stupid. The
officials who made the decision to close Texas Avenue should
have known the trouble it would create for drivers.
The l OK run should have been held on some other street —
not Texas Avenue. And if the event just had to take place on
Texas Avenue, city officials could have done a better job of noti-
fying Bryan - College Station residents that the street would be
closed. It also could have been possible to close only a few lanes
and leave part of the road open to traffic.
In the future, Bryan and College Station officials should re-
member that roads were built for vehicles, not runners. Then
perhaps people wouldn't have to waste their time sitting in
bumper -to- bumper traffic while they wait for a road to be
opened.
The Battalion Editorial Board
Tuesday, February 14, 1989
The Eagle
Commissioners back 911- system study
By Elizabeth Sharp
of the Eagle staff
Brazos County commissioners
voiced support Monday for a study that
will investigate the cost and feasibility
of a county-wide, centralized dispatch
system for emergency 911 calls.
Brazos County Sheriff Ronnie Miller
told the court the Brazos County Emer-
gency Communications District has
studied the possibility of merging the
Bryan, College Station and county
systems, and now needs technical as-
sistance to pin down the costs of such a
system and a method to implement the
system.
Before spending the money for a
study, the BCECD wanted vocal sup-
port from the commissioner's court and
the cities of Bryan and College Station.
Funding for the BCECD, including the
cost of the proposed study, is generated
by a surcharge on local telephone bills.
The Bryan City Council on Monday
also voted approval for the study.
Bryan and College Station have basic
911 emergency systems and Brazos
County is expected to have an enhan-
ced system implemented by December.
The communications district will also
be providing the enhanced system to
Bryan and College Station.
The enhanced system provides addi-
tional safeguards for citizens using the
emergency telephone number, accord-
ing to BCECD Director Jeff Haislet.
The enhanced system allows dispat-
chers to automatically pinpoint the ori-
gin of incoming calls, even when a caller
hangs up or is disconnected before pro-
viding necessary information.
A computer system provides the dis-
patcher with the name, telephone
number and address of the caller. Such
information is crucial in life- and -death
Please see 911, 4A
911
• From 1 A
situations, such as when a caller
is suffering from a heart attack,
Haislet said.
The study sought by the com-
munications district would merge
the four existing dispatching
centers in Bryan and College
Station.
With centralized dispatching,
all law enforcement, fire depart-
ment and emergency medical ser-
vice units would be dispatched
from a neutral location, outside of
the Bryan and College Station
police departments and the sher-
iffs office.
The implementation of a centra-
lized dispatch system would also
allow the county to upgrade coun-
ty -wide communication systems.
Haislet said the cost of such
systems was prohibitive to indivi-
dual agencies, but a combining of
assets would make the purchase
feasible.
County Judge R.J. "Dick"
Holmgreen supported the study,
saying that the county may be
called upon in the future to pro-
vide some funding for the project.
Tuesday, February 14, 1989
The Eagle
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108 Legal N000
BID NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting bids) for:
TRUCK CAB AND
CHASSIS FOR
DIGGER DERRICK
until 2:00 P.M., February 24,
1989, at which time the bids
,Nip be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after that tim will
be returned unope City
of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and all bids or any and all
irregularities In said bid and
to accept the offer con -
eldered most advantageous
to the City.
Bid 1189 -26
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Wednesday, February 15, 1989
The Eagle
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PUBLIC HEARING:
The Zoning Board of Adjust-
ment for the City of College
Station will hold a public hear-
ing to consider a request for a
variance in the name of:
James C. Hill
802 East 24th
Bryan, Texas 77802
The case will be heard by the
Board at the regular meeting
in the Council Room, College
Station City Hall, 1101 Texas
Avenue at 7:00 P.M. on
Tuesday, March 7, 1989.
The nature of the case is as
follows:
Applicant is requesting a var-
iance 10 the side setback re-
quirements (Table A, Ordin-
ance No. 1638) at 304 Kyle
Street. Owner of property is
Henry Hecox.
Additional information is avai-
lable a the office of the Zon- of
kV official of the Station, (409) 784-35 0
Jane R. Kee
Zoning Official
02 -15-89
NOTK:E OF
PUBLIC HEARING:
The College Station Planning
and Zoning Commission will
hold a public hearing on the
question of granting a Condi-
donal use Permit for a Child
Jay Care Center in the resi-
ience at 1200 Winding
Road.
The request for Use Permit is
in the name of Christopher &
Janette Dale.
The hearing will be held In
the Council Room of the Col-
lege Station City Hall, 1101
Texas Avenue at the 7:00
p.m. meeting of the Planning
and Zoning Commission on
Thursday, March 2, 1989.
For additional information,
contact the Planning Division
at (409) 764 -3570.
Jane R. Kee
Senior Planner
02 -15-89
•
Sexual assault
prompts hunt
for information
A 19- year -old woman was sexually
assaulted the night of Saturday, Dec.
19, 1987 in the vicinity of Brent-
'wood and Texas Avenue in College
Station.
The suspect lured the victim out
of her apartment by asking her to
help find his lost pet. once outside,
the suspect grabbed the victim,
threatened her with a knife and sex-
ually assaulted her.
The suspect was described as a
black male, age 28 -32, about 6 -feet
tall, wearing a blue ball cap, red
jacket, blue deans and athletic shoes.
,. The suspect called the victim by
name.
If you have any information re-
garding this crime, call Crime Stop-
pers at 775 -TIPS. Crime Stoppers
will issue the caller a special : coded
number to protect the caller's iden-
tity.
If the call leads to an arrest and
grand; jury indictment, Crime Stop-
pers vi±tll pay the caller up to $1,000.
Crime Stoppers also pays cash for
felony crime information.
$, Wednesday, February 15, 1989
The Eagle
Police suspect
same woman
in 3 robberies
By Jade Boyd
of the Eagle staff
Police in Bryan and College
Station think the same woman is
responsible for the robbery of
three convenience stores in the
two towns early Tuesday morn-
ing.
At 12:37 a.m., the Zip'n Food
Store at 3151 Briarcrest Drive in
Bryan was robbed by a woman
who pulled a knife on the clerk
after she paid for a package of
Wrigley's Doublemint Gum. The
woman left the store on foot with
$67 in cash.
The clerk told police the woman
was an 18- to 20- year -old, black
woman who stood about 5 feet
tall, weighed 100 } , pounds and
wore blue jeans an4a red and yel-
low sweater.
A woman matcl}ing that de-
scription pulled a per of Vise -grip
pliers on the clerk. at 7- Eleven,
220 FM 2818 in Bryan, after she
paid for a package of Wrigley's
Doublemint Gum. The robbery
occurred at 3:54 a.m., and the
woman left on foot with $18 in
bills and change, heading towards
The Oaks Apartments, which are
located behind the store.
The clerk saw the woman later
with two men in a gray, 1986
Chevrolet pickup truck.
Fingerprints were found on
both packages of gum, which had
been left at the stores.
Around 6 a.m., a woman match-
ing the description given by the
clerks in Bryan robbed the 7 -Ele-
ven at 1331 FM 2818 in College
Station. She displayed no weapon
but demanded money after pur-
chasing a package of Wrigley's
Doublemint Gum. She left the
store on foot with $25.
Wednesday, February 15, 1989
The Eagle
Thursday, February 16, 1989
The Eagle
Officer ive
g n
honor for years
of good work
Cahill receives award
for outstanding service
By Jade Boyd
of the Eagle staff
Veteran patrol officer Robert Ca-
hill received the College Station
Police Department'i`FflrsGOutstand-
ing Service Award
on Feb. 9.
Major Edgar
Feldman said
Cahill, 45,
received the
award for years of
consistently good
police work and
not any particu- CAHILL
lar achievement,
though Cahill did make several key
arrests last year.
Cahill was involved the a high -s-
peed chase on Dec. 18 that ranged
over the western part of the county
around FM 60. Kevin Ford and Leon
Washington, two 15 -year -olds, were
captured when the chase ended
near the Brazos River. 'The two were
indicted on charges that they used
a stolen pickup truck to try and kill
Cahill by running him off the road.
The two also face capital- murder
charges in connection with the
death of Brazos County rancher
George "Pete" Adams..
"I've reviewed several pursuits in
my time," said Feldman, "and that
was the best - handled one I've ever
seen."
In November, Cahill made an
arrest in an aggravated kidnapping
and robbery case only a few hours
after a man was left naked on a
county road after being abducted
and robbed of his money and
clothes.
Feldman said Cahill played a key
role in an arson investigation in
March.
"I don't do well with awards, be-
cause a lot the the success comes
from team policy," said Cahill, giv-
ing credit to the entire police force
for the work that brought him the
award.
Editorial
B -CS should get nod
for Special Olympics
We want the Texas Special Olympics.
We not only want to host the games for the state's
mentally and physically challenged athletes, we deserve
to do so. Frankly, no one can do it better. We are head
and shoulders above the other two contenders for the
Special Olympics now that renovations are forcing them
out of Austin's Memorial Stadium.
We are more centrally located than the University of
Houston, and we have better facilities than Southwest
Texas State in San Marcos. We have a better track re-
cord than either when it comes to presenting special
sporting events. We need only point to last summer's
Pepsi Games as an example of what B -CS and Texas
A&M can do.
Our regional hosting of Special Olympics demon-
strates our commitment to the concept. The cooperative
effort demonstrated by the county, the cities and the
university during the rush to present our claim to the
Special Olympic Committee underscores that commit-
ment.
But whether or not the committee agrees that B -CS is
the obvious choice for the Special Olympics, we can be
proud of our effort and our unity.
We hope this will become a blueprint for future en-
deavors to boost and improve our hometown.
Thursday, February 16, 1989
The Eagle
Police believe same woman robbing stores
By Jade Boyd
of the Eagle staff
Bryan police think a woman who
robbed two Bryan convenience stores
and one in College Station early Tuesday
morning is responsible for the robbery of
a Bryan Circle K store Tuesday night.
At 10:45 p.m., a wornan asked for mat-
ches at the Circle K at 103 S. Coulter
Drive in Bryan. She then demanded
money, telling the clerk she had a gun in
her right hand, which was behind her
back.
The clerk began filling a bag with
money. She told police the woman con-
tinually used profane language and be-
came irritated at one point, reaching into
the drawer to grab money.
The woman took $32 and ran north on
Coulter Drive after the robbery.
The four clerks from the stores that
were robbed gave similar descriptions of
the woman that robbed them. They said
she was a black woman in her late teens
or early 20s, standing 5 feet to 5 feet 2 in-
ches tall and weighing around 100
pounds. The woman has a short, wiry
Afro, a medium complexion and a me-
dium build. In Tuesday night's robbery
she was wearing a blue, sleeveless T -shirt
and blue jeans.
The robberies of two 7- Elevens and a
Zip'n Food Store between midnight and 6
a.m. Tuesday were similar, police said. In
each robbery, the woman brought a
package of Wrigley's Doublemint Gum to
the counter and then demanded money.
She showed a knife during a robbery
that occurred at 12:37 a.m. at the Zip'n
Food Store, 3151 Briarcrest Drive in
Bryan. Shortly before 4 a.m. a woman
used a pair of Vise -grip pliers to threaten
the clerk at 7- Eleven, 220 FM 2818 in
Bryan. No weapon was seen in the 6 a.m.
robbery of a 7- Eleven at 1331 FM 2818 in
College Station.
Thursday, February 16, 1989
The Eagle
12- year -old boy detained by
police in record store break -in
College Station police officers took into custody a
12- year -old College Station boy in Hastings Books,
Records and Tapes, 1631 Texas Ave., shortly after
6:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Officers were sent to the store in response to a
silent alarm, and they found the front, glass door to
the business shattered.
The boy was carrying some cassette tapes that be-
longed to the store when he was caught.
4
( Thursday, February 16, 1989
The Eagle
B -CS, AN hopeful
Special Olympics host
to be announced today
By David Elliot
of the Eagle staff
A decision will be made early today on
whether to bring the Texas Special Olym-
pics to Texas A &M University, a spokes-
man for the games said Thursday.
The Bryan- College Station area is com-
peting with Southwest Texas State Uni-
versity and the University of Houston for
the right to serve as host to the games,
scheduled for May 24 -26. The Texas Spe-
cial Olympics have been held in Memorial
Stadium at the University of Texas in
Austin for 15 years, but organizers chose
to move the Olympics after UT System re-
gents declined to drop plans to renovate
the stadium this summer.
Tom Wancho, director of public aware-
ness and communications for Texas Spe-
cial Olympics, said the competition is a
"dead heat" between A&M and SWTSU
with the University of Houston not far
behind.
"A &M and Southwest Texas both had a
lot to offer, as did Houston, but maybe
not on that level," he said, adding that
limited housing on the UH campus could
be a problem.
A &M has offered to house 3,500 ath-
letes and advisors at $11 a head, said K.
Jack Speer, executive director of the
Bryan- College Station Chamber of Com-
merce. In addition, Speer said area hotels
have offered to house participants at
rates ranging from $32 to $40 a night.
In all, the games are expected to bring
in 8,000 to 10,000 athletes, advisors,
coaches, volunteers and spectators.
"If it sounds like this is coming off like a
dead heat between San Marcos and A &M,
it may not be wrong to interpret it like
that," Wancho said.
Four Special Olympics representatives
Please see Olympics, 4A
Friday, February 17, 1989
The Eagle
Olympics
From 1 A
visited the Bryan- College Station
area on Monday, Houston on
Tuesday and San Marcos on
Wednesday. Ihey will gather at 8
a.m. today in Austin to make a
decision. greatest at-
Wancho said A&M 's
tributes are its "world -class athle-
tic facilities" and what Texas Spe-
cial Olympics representatives see
as the community's ability to
an adequate number of
supply
volunteers. greatest sell-
He said SWTSU's
facilities, a
Ing points are g ood
ability to attract a suffi-
similar
cient volunteer force and its prox-
i to Austin, which has pro-
vided the games with a solid base
of corporate sponsors.
'San Marcos has very good faci-
lities and, like A&M, a great group
volunteers, and it is reasonably
of
close to Austin, if that becomes a
factor," he said.
One advantage to holding the
games in Houston, Wancho said,
the number of media outlets.
"I don't think that's a roblem."
"In
is
"You've got two major newspapers
he said. the t for the other
large events, we've outstand-
g responses
and all of their television
he said. "It's too bad
from the corporate
stations,"
them (the competitors)
omtn certainly certain believe we
cn ty
two of
didn fall on their faces and that
have ve outs outstand and in g � nsorshi p
didn't turn in a proposal
ca pa bi lity
one
head and shoulders above
S r said he saw no reason for
F�
was
the others. All three were really
Austin companies to drop their
impressive. We ve got a tough
to make — you don't want
sponsorships if the games come
here. "I don't know why anyone
choice
to disappoint the other sites."
would drop their sponsorship be-
Speer said the Bryan-College
cause they came here instead of
Station community had put
impressive package to
going to San Marcos," he said.
'"That one eludes me. There are so
together an
the Special Olympics rep-
many loyal former students from
entice
A&M in those large companies, it
resentatives
"I can't imagine what the de-
might just work the other way."
be or all the different
The whirlwind campaign to lure
cision will
they'll consider, but if I
the games to College Station be-
aspects
looking at such an offer, it
gan about two weeks ago when
were
would excite me .... We've simply
chamber officials learned UT may
not serve as host. A committee of
urged them, tried to show them
of meeting here,"
city, chamber and university ofll-
the advantages
he said. " We feel that after put-
cials maintained daily contact
ting together our best package it
with Special Olympics rep -
resentatives and sent them a
would b logical for them to come
now we're waiting to
video which brought together Ag-
here and
hear if they agree with our wis-
gie Football Coach R.C. Slocum,
A&M President William Mobley,
dom."
expressed confidence
La Ma or a Station
Colle g Y rTY
Speer
if the Texas Special Olympics
Ringer, Bryan Mayor Marvin Tate
that
to Bryan- College Station,
and Chamber President David
come
they will not hurt for lack of cor-
Schellenberger.
porate sponsors.
LEGAL NOTICE
ORDINANCE NO. 1803
WAS PASSED AND AP-
PROVED ON FEBRUARY 9,
1989 BY THE CITY COUN-
CIL OF THE CITY OF COL-
LEGE STATION, TEXAS,
meeting in regular session in
the Council Room of the Col-
lege Station City Hall, said
meeting having been posted
in accordance with Art.
6252 -17. Said Ordinance,
signed by the Mayor and duly
recorded in the official re-
cords of the city, is captioned
as follows: AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING SECTION 6 OF
CHAPTER 10 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE
STATION PERTAINING TO
THE PARKING, STANDING,
OR STORING OF RE-
CREATIONAL VEHICLES,
TRAILERS OR TRUCKS IN
RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF
THE CITY OF COLLEGE
STATION.
Ordinance No. 1803 irickides
definitions of the following
words or tarts: Camper,
Driveway, Front yard, Motor
Home, Motor Vehicle, Re-
creational Vehicle, Residen-
tial area or residential lot,
Side yard, Trailer, Truck, and
Truck - tractor. The ordinance
regulates the parking, stand-
ing or storing of truck or
truck- tractors on residential
streets or on property used
for residential purposes: and,
it regulates the parking,
standing or storing of recrea-
tional vehicles on residential
streets.
Violation of any provision of
this ordinance shall be sub-
ject to a fine of not less than
$20.00 (twenty dollars) and
no more than $200.00 (two -
hundred dollars) per day.
Ordinance No. 1803 shall
become effective and be in
full force and effect from and
after its passage and appro-
val by the College Station
City Council, and in accor-
dance with the City Charter.
The complete text of the
above -named ordinance may
be seen at the office of the
City Secretary at 1101 South
Texas Avenue, College
Station, Texas.
02 -17 -89 02 -18-89
LEGAL NOTICE
ORDINANCE NO. 1800
WAS PASSED AND AP-
PROVED ON FEBRUARY 9,
1989 BY THE CITY COUN-
CIL OF THE CITY OF COL-
LEGE STATION,
meeting in regular session in
the Council Room of the Col-
lege Station City Hall, said
meeting having been posted
in accordance with Art.
6252 -17. Said Ordinance,
signed by the Mayor and duly
recorded in the Official
cords of the city, captioned
as follows: AN ORDINANCE
REVISING SECTION 9.3
NUMBER OF OFF - STREET
PARKING SPACES RE-
QUIRED, OF ORDINANCE
NO. 1638, THE ZONING
ORDINANCE FOR THE
CITY OF COLLEGE
STATION, SPECIFICALLY
AFFECTING PARKING RE-
QUIREMENTS FOR MO-
TION PICTURE HOUSES.
Ordinance No. 1800 revises
the number of parking
spaces required for motion
picture houses, as follows:
Unit = SEAT; Spaces (re-
quired) per unit -.25.
Violation of any provision of
this ordinance shall be sub-
ject to a fine of not less than
$25.00 (twenty -five dollars)
nor more than $200.00 (two -
hundred dollars). Each day
such violation shall be per-
mitted to exist shall constitute
a separate offense.
Ordinance No. 1800 shall
become effective and be in
full force and effect from and
after its passage and appro-
val by the College Station
City Council, and in accor-
dance with lets city Ch
The co 1 the
mp
above -named ordinance may
(108 Aegal NOt
be seen at the office of the
City Secretary at 1101 South
Texas Avenue, College
Station, Texas.
-� 02 -17
Friday, February 17, 1989
The Eagle
San Marcos
beats B-CS
for Olympics
By David Elliot
of the Eagle staff
Bryan- College Station's courtship of
the Texas Special Olympics came to a
disappointing end Friday morning when
Olympics officials said "I do" to South-
west Texas State University in San Mar-
cos and " I don't" to Texas A&M Universi-
ty.
"It was an extremely tough decision
and very close," said Denis Paulos, exe-
cutive director of Texas Special Olympics.
"The difference was almost marginal." He
added that A&M could be a leading con-
Please see Olympics, 5A
Saturday, February 18, 1989
The Eagle
Bryan- College Station Eagle Saturday, February 18, 1989 Page 5A
Olympics
From 1 A
tender for the 1990 games.
Paulos said A&M's "tremen-
dous athletic facilities" were offset
by a lack of lighting at the Ander-
son Track and Field Events Com-
plex and by planned renovation in
one of A&M's dormitories, which
officials feared would cause cong-
estion during the games.
A third competitor, the Uni-
versity of Houston, had strong fa-
cilities but could only supply
1,000 dormitory spaces — fewer
than the 3,500 to 4,000 the Spe-
cial Olympics representatives said
they needed.
'That was a limiting factor that
almost eliminated their proposal
from the outset," said Paulos, ad-
ding that A&M would have been
chosen over UH without hesita-
tion.
The three competitors began
courting the games in late Jan-
uary, when it became apparent
that Texas Special Olympics and
the University of Texas at Austin
would end their 15 -year re-
lationship because of UT System
regents' decision to renovate Me-
morial Stadium. UT officials said
the games could proceed as
planned, but Olympics rep-
resentatives complained that par-
ticipants deserved the opportun-
ity to compete in facilities not
marred by renovation.
"A&M has Me track facilities
but they are not lighted yet," Pau -
los said. "Since we have Home
Sports Entertainment coverage
for the first time in our history, it
was imperative that we have a
lighted facility.
'We could possibly have worked
around those two things I men-
tioned," Paulos said. "But San
Marcos simply turned in a com-
plete proposal this year. It was
very hard to call and talk to the
officials from the community and
from the university .... We just
thought it would be best to pro-
vide lighted facilities so that
coverage could be provided by the
media outlets we had arrange-
ments with."
Besides HSE, which will cover
one night of competition. ICIVT of
Austin is still tentatively planning
to cover the opening ceremonies
even though the games are mov-
ing out of Austin, Paulos said.
Although the games will not be
coming to A&M this year, the
news was not all bad for A&M and
Bryan- College Station Chamber
of Commerce officials.
Paulos said the competition for
the games will be opened up again
next year and he described A&M
as a "frontrunner," for the right to
host the 1990 games. By then, the
dormitory renovation will be com-
plete and the track will have
lights, he noted.
He said A&M and chamber rep-
resentatives would be invited to
the opening ceremonies of this
years games, set for May 24 -26. "1
would think they would be a fron-
trunner next year, or any other
year," Paulos said.
K. Jack Speer, executive direc-
tor of the chamber, said "the way
you do it in the convention busi-
ness is you think, you didn ose
— you just didn't get it this year.
'We saw every player in the
community link up and mount
what turned out to be a massive
effort," he said. "Everyone contri-
buted something. A&M was very
forward - thinking in their offering
their facilities."
Speer said it is "entirely possi-
ble" that chamber officials will at-
tend this year's games.
"As I wrote in a follow -up letter
to Mr. Paulos this morning, we
stand ready to help the Special
Olympics any way we can .... I
think our facilities were as good
as or superior (to those at South-
west Texas), looking at their over-
all quality. I'm sure that complet-
ing the dormitory renovation and
adding the lights will simply build
on what we already have."
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MAY CONCERN:
There will be a meeting of the
Plumbing Appeals and Ad-
visory Board at 4:00 P.M. on
Wednesday, February 22,
108 Legal Notices
1989 in Conference Room C
in College Station City Hall,
1101 Texas Ave., College
Station, Texas.
The Board will be meeting to
review the 1988 Plumbing,
Mechanical and Gas Codes.
For further information you
may contact College Station
Building Office] Coy Perry at
764 -3741.
02- 18- 89,02 -19419
LEGAL NOTICE
ORDINANCE NO. 1803
WAS PASSED AND AP -'
PROVED Q4 FEBRUARY 9,
1989 BY THE CITY COUN-
CIL OF THE CITY OF COL-
LEGE STATION, TEXAS,
meeting in regular session in
the Council Room of the Col-
lege Station City Hall, said
meeting having been posted i
in accordance with Art. 1
6252 -17. Said Ordinance,
signed by the Mayor and duly
recorded in the official re-
cords of the city, is captioned
as follows: AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING SECTION 6 OF
CHAPTER 10 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE
STATION PERTAINING TO
THE PARKING, STANDING,
OR STORING OF RE-!
CREATIONAL VEHICLES,
TRAILERS OR TRUCKS IN
RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF
THE CITY OF COLLEGE I
STATION.
Ordinance No. 1803 includes
definitions of the following
words or terms: Camper,
Driveway, Front yard, Motor
Home, Motor Vehicle, Re-
creational Vehicle, Residen-
tial area or residential 101,
Side yard, Trailer, Truck, and
Truck - tractor. The ordinance
regulates the parking, stand-
ing or storing of truck or
truck- tractors on residential
streets or on property used
for residential purposes; and,
it regulates the parking,
standing or storing of recrea-
tional vehicles on residential
streets.
Violation of any provision of
this ordinance shall be sub-
ject to a fine of not less than
$20.00 (twenty dollars) and
no more than $200.00 (two -
hundred dollars) per day.
Ordinance No. 1803 shall
become effective and be in
full force and effect from and
after its passage and appro-
val by the College Station
City Council, and in accor-
dance with the City Charter.
rho complete text of the
above -named ordinance may
he seen at the office of the
City Secretary at 1101 South
108 Legal Notices
Texas Avenue, College
Station, Texas.
02 -17 -89 02 -18-89
Saturday, February 18, 1989
The Eagle
Eagle photo by Peter Roche
Racers take off at the starting line of the Texas 10K Straight wheelchair and bicycling divisions, tied up traff ic along Texas
Shot Sunday. The event, which includes running, walking, Avenue in Bryan and College Station for several hours.
B=CS drivers frustrated
over race on Texas Ave.
By Jade Boyd
of the Eagle staff
Bryan and College Station suffered a
transportation stroke Sunday afternoon
when Texas Avenue was closed to traffic
for several hours during the running of
an annual 10- kilometer race.
The 7th Annual Texas Straight Shot
1 OK run and 5K fitness walk required the
closing of Texas Avenue after 1:30 p.m.
between 29th Street in Bryan and FM
2818 in College Station, and the street
was not completely opened to traffic until
about 4:25 p.m.
Hundreds of frustrated drivers, sur-
■ Details of the race, 113
prised by the closing, found themselves
having to detour miles out of the way to
simply cross the street.
A mile of cars sat bumper to bumper on
the west access road of the East Bypass
waiting to cross Texas Avenue at Deacon
Drive, the first intersection south of the
race area where cross - traffic was allowed
to pass.
Lt. Irvin Todd, of the College Station
Police Department, said one man told
officers at Southwest Parkway that he
was going to go home, get a rifle and take
care of the mess on Texas Avenue. Todd
said all officers were given a description of
the man and his car, but he was not seen
again.
Todd said three accidents were report-
ed in College Station while Texas Avenue
was closed.
"I don't know that they were caused by
the closing, but I think you could say
that, because of the congested traffic on
the side streets during that time," Todd
said.
Sixty -three complaints were phoned in
L Monday, February 20, 1989
The Eagle
From 1 A
to the College Station police by
people who were angered by the
closing, Todd said.
Lt. Gary Wentrcek, of the Bryan
Police Department, said some
drivers told Bryan police officers
they were going to lodge com-
plaints with the mayor. Wentrcek
was not aware of any complaints
being phoned in to the Bryan
police.
Wentrcek said 23 reserve and
regular officers were used to con-
trol major intersections in Bryan,
while Todd said 25 reserve and re-
gular -officers blocked traffic in
College Station.
Todd said no citations were is-
sued due to detoured traffic in
College Station, although some
drivers did try to move orange
cones and cross the street. Todd
said there are simply not enough
officers in Bryan and College
Station to close Texas Avenue for
six miles, and without the help of
175 members of Texas A&M's
Corps of Cadets the race would
not have been possible.
Rob Gilchrest, a senior in the
Corps, said all four squadrons r
from the 3rd Group of A&M's
Corps worked with Squadron One
to block traffic from minor inter-
sections and parking lots that
bordered Texas Avenue.
Gilchrest said each squadron
that participated in traffic control
last year received about $50 from
race coordinators for its efforts.
He said he expects a similar
amount to be given to the squa-
drons that helped out this year.
'We don't do it for the money
though," he said. 'We do it be-
cause they need our help."
Reserve officers from both cities
volunteer all of the time they
spend in uniform. Todd said all
regular officers in College Station
who aided with traffic control for
Sunday's race were being reim-
bursed for their time by race offi-
cials. Wentrcek said about two -th-
irds of the cost of Bryan police
who helped with the race were be-
ing absorbed by the city, while the
race paid the rest.
The race was sponsored by St.
Joseph Hospital and Health
Center. Associate sponsors were
the Bryan - College Station Eagle,
First Bank and Trust in Bryan,
Phelps Office Center Inc., Zip'n
Food Stores, Pepsi -Cola Bottling
Group of Bryan, Cellular One,
Safeway Food Stores, Allen Olds-
mobile /Cadillac /Isuzu and the
Bryan - College Station Athletic
Federation.
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TO WHOM IT
MAY CONCERN:
The City of College Station is
accepting bids for the mow-
ing of jots in the City of Col-
lege Station. Bids will be
opened on March 1, 1989 at
1.W P.M. Bid foms may be
picked up in the office of
Building Official Coy Perry at
1101 Texas 'Aye., College
Station,* Texas .or for further
information you may call
764 -3741.
02- 20- 89,02 -21 -89
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The Eagle
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed proposals addressed
to the City of College Station,
Texas, will be received at the
office of the Purchasing
Agent, City of College
Station, Texas until 2:00 p.m.
on the 27th day of February,
1989, for maintenance of
electrical distribution substa-
tion facilities including the
.furnishing of all necessary
Labor, equipment and mate-
rials.
Plans and specifications are
obtainable trcrn McCord En-
gineering, Inc., 900 Sou-
thweat Parkway East, Suite
,10q, P.O. Box 10047, Col-
lege Station, Texas, 77842
(telephone: 409-7 58 5 .00)
u pon payment
which payment will not be
subject to refund.
City of College Station
By: Virginia McCartney
Purchasing Agent
02 -14 -89,02 -21-89
Tuesday, February 21, 1989
The Eagle
r
TO WHOM IT
MAY CONCERN:
The City of College Station is
accepting bids for the mow-
ing of lots in the City of Col-
lege Station. Bids will be
opened on March 1, 1989 at
1:00 P.M. Bid forms may be
'picked up in the office of
Building Official Coy Perry at
fi01 Texas Ave., College
"Station, Texas or for further
information you may call
764 -3741.
02- 20- 89,02 -21-89
Editorial
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TUiD5d4y -,- February 21, 1989
The Eagle
Straight Shot controversy
needs resolution before 1 90
Bryan- College Station has a problem when it comes
to shutting down major thoroughfares, even temporar-
ily, even on Sunday.
The controversy surrounding the Straight Shot l OK
and complaints of traffic tie -ups illustrates that point.
We are a community with a special interest in athle-
tics and the principles underscored by physical endea-
vor. In other words, this is a sports town. We have a
much higher than average citizen interest in sports. We
present sporting events so well it should be considered
one of our major assets.
The controversy also points out a major traffic prob-
lem in B -CS: traffic lives or dies around Texas Avenue.
In discussions during the hundreds of calls we and
public officials received because of the four -hour traffic
tie -up, one thing became clear: Something must be
done before next year's race.
Pro - runner voices pointed to the revenue running
fans bring to the city. Estimates vary between $50,000
and $100,000. Any sporting event that draws 970 parti-
cipants must not be treated callously or lightly. It is a
matter of inconvenience for one day out of one year.
Similarly, the inconvenience caused those who see no
direct benefit from the race cannot be ignored. They
seem to be in the majority, based on the number of calls
we and city officials received.
Something must be done. We would outline the fol-
lowing points for discussion:
'M The present course needs to be maintained. A
straight -line race course makes our 10K unique. Var-
iety and the unusual attracts distance runners. They
will travel much greater distances to run an extraordin-
ary race like the Straight Shot.
■ A four -hour race is too long a time to hold up cross-
town traffic. Next year's event must be planned with
traffic dispersal in mind, using volunteer traffic direc-
tors to offer assistance in getting to prescribed and
marked routes around the race course.
■ Slower participants should be accommodated so
that the course can be re- opened to traffic more quickly.
Cyclists and runners clear the course in fairly short or-
der. Walkers can stop for cross traffic and might even
consider using the sidewalks.
■ City fathers should take this rather minor con-
troversy as a warning for the future. The cities are far
too dependent on Texas Avenue as a single north -south
thoroughfare. Closing any single street in the cities for
four hours should not produce this kind of traffic grid-
lock. It is time to rethink our long -term traffic plan in
terms of cross -town access and north -south flow. In
that respect we should be grateful to the Straight Shot
sponsors for showing us a sticky problem which could
turn into a full -blown future traffic jam.
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CS council to consider firefighter pay system
College Station council mem-
bers will consider a resolution
Thursday that will change the
way city firefighters are paid.
City Personnel Manager Karen
Dickson said the change is being
made because of a possible
change of interpretation of the
Fair Labor Standards Act since
the current system was approved
by the U.S. Department of labor.
"When we first set up the pro-
gram in 1985, we got the approval
of the Department of Labor," she
said. "It is correct by law, but the
interpretation may have
changed."
Dickson said that according to
the labor department's 1985 de-
cision, the city doesn't have to pay
for lunch and dinner hours of
people working shifts longer than
24 hours. The city increased fire-
fighters' shift time from 24 hours
to 24 hours and five minutes and
stopped paying for two one -hour
lunch breaks. The change re-
duced the pay period of firefight-
ers from 56 to 53 hours, she said.
Dickson said the change al-
lowed the city to avoid paying
mandatory overtime. Under fair -
labor act regulations, firefighters
can work 53 hours before they go
on overtime.
She said subsequent questions
by firefighters about how free they
are to do what they please during
those unpaid hours have caused
the city to re- examine fire de-
partment work schedules.
"We have seen an administra.
tive letter (from the labor depart-
ment) that indicates we may not
be in compliance," she said. "We'-
ve written them a letter asking for
a decision in our particular case,
but haven't heard back from
them. All we can do is act in good
faith and when we see a possible
problem, try to change."
Dickson said if the council ap-
proves the new plan, the city will
go back to a 56 -hour pay period
and pay the mandatory overtime.
The council will meet in a work-
shop session at 4 p.m. Wednes-
day, and in the regular meeting at
7 p.m. Thursday. Both meetings
will be held in the council cham-
bers at City Hall.
Tuesday, February 21, 1989
The Eagle
3 incumbents, l challenger
rile for C �; council election
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
Three incumbents and one challenger
filed Monday in College Station for the
May 6 city- council election.
The filing period, which opened at 8
a.m. Monday, lasts until March 22.
The council seats of Fred Brown, mayor
pro-tem and Place 1 councilman; Lynn
Mctlhaney, Place 3 councilwoman; and
Jim Gardner, Place 5 councilman are up
for re- election.
All three flied on Monday.
Mike Cronan, the only challenger to file
Monday, is making a bid for Gardner's
seat. Cronan is the senior academic
business administrator for the College of
Engineering at Texas A&M University.
Cronan, 44, and his wife Katherine
have lived in College Station for five
years. He has a bachelor's degree in pol-
itical science from Michigan State Uni-
versity, a bachelors degree in civil engi-
neering from the University of Michigan
and a master's degree in English from the
University of California at Irvine.
Gardner, 68, is retired after working for
Texas A&M for 22 years as an urban-
planning professor. He first was elected
to the council in 1974` aid served until
1978. Prior to his first term on the coun-
cil, Gardner served on College Station's
planning commission.
Gardner has been a strong proponent
of an effective comprehensive plan for
growth in the city and has worked to have
the city's charter reviewed and updated.
He also served on the city's planning
commission for two years between 1978
and 1987. In 1987, he again won a seat
on the council. He has served the city in
either an elected or an appointed capacity
for more than 15 years.
Gardner owned Southwest Planning
Association, a consulting f rm in Bryan,
for 10 years. He and his wife, Terese, have
two adult children.
Brown, 35, was first elected to the
council in 1985. He was re- elected in
BROWN MCILHANEY
GARDNER CRONAN
1987. Brown owns Mazda and BMW
dealerships in Bryan and in Killeen, and
he owns a Ford dealership in Navasota.
Brown was raised in Mineral Wells. He
and Jane, his wife of 14 years, moved to
College Station from Killeen in 1982.
McIlhaney has lived in College Station
for about 13 years. Her husband, George,
Is a doctor in family practice in College
Station.
McIlhaney, 40, was first elected to the
council in 1982. After serving two full
terms, she ran for mayor and was
defeated. She was re- elected to the coun-
cil in 1987.
She has been an active supporter of the
War on Drugs program in the city and a
proponent of the city's efforts to improve
customer service. She does volunteer
work for the College Station school dis-
trict and she is a past chairman of the
American Cancer Association's "Casino
Night" fund- raiser.
Tuesday, February 21, 1989
The Eagle
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108 Legal Notice
BID NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting bids) for:
TRUCK CAB AND
CHASSIS FOR
DIGGER DERRICK
until 2 P.M., February 24,
1989, at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after Ihat time will
be returned unopened. City
Of Collage Station reserves
the right to waive pr reject
any and all bide or any and all
Irregularities in said bid and
to accept the offer con_
10Legal Notices
"red most advantageous
to the City.
Bid #r89 -26
02 -15-89 02 -22-89
DID NOTIC
The City of College Station is
accepting bid(s) for:
UNIFORM RENTAL
A CLEANING
until 2:00 P.M., March 6,
1989, at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
Obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
Of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
O Wednesday, February 22, 1989
The Eagle
108 Legal Notice
any and all bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
to accept the offer con_
sidered most advantageous
to the City.
Bid #189.25
02- 22- 89,03 -01-89
I NO
The City of College Station Is
accepting bid(s) for:
MISCELLANEOUS POLE.
TYPE AND PAD - MOUNTED
TRANSFORMERS
until 2:00 P.M., March 7,
1989, at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
108 Legal Notices
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and all bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
to accept the offer con-
sidered most advantageous
to the City.
Bid #89-26
02- 22- 89,03 -01 89
BID NOTICE
The City of College Station is
aocepting bid(s) for:
REPAIRING A REWINDING
DISTRIBUTION
TRANSFORMERS
until 2:00 P.M., March 8,
1989, at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
108 Legal Notic
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
Of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and sit bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
to accept the offer con-
sidered most advantageous
to the City.
Bid #89-27
02- 22- 89.03 -01-89
BmCS loses best un em lo ymen •
By Tracy Staton r
of the Eagle staff
Bryan College Station broke a one -
Year winning streak in January, when its
unemployment rate lost
contest. the ratings
Bryan- College Station was ranked No.
2, just behind Lubbock, for its percentage
Of employment. Bryan had the lowest
unemployment rate in the state for more
than a year, with Lubbock running a
close second.
But Walt Baker, area director of th
Texas Employment Commission, said the
community's slip in the rankings is noth-
ing more than a seasonal aberration.
"If the statistical sample had been ta-
ken the week of Jan. 25 instead of the
week of Jan. 12 as it was, I believe we'd
still be No. 1," Baker said Wednesday.
"But Jan. 12 was during the semester
break at Texas A &M. For a community
our size, A&M has such a big impact tha
It causes a seasonal statistical skew."
Student workers and hourly workers at
the university are not included in the
number of people employed during Jan-
uary. Baker said, which pushes up the
percentage of unemployment.
Bryan- College Station had 5.6 percent
unemployment during January, com-
pared to a 5.4 percent jobless rate in
Lubbock. The local rate during December
was 3.9 percent.
January's jobless rate is generally
higher statewide than the rate during
December, Baker said, because tempor-
aryworkers are laid off after Christmas.
litan St Area). Inth M e had a
rate increase, and that's a typical
seasonal thing," Baker said.
In January 1988, Bryan- College
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Thursday, February 23, 1989
The Eagle
Station's unemployment rate was
5.3 percent — 0.3 percent lower
than January 1989 — but the
number of people working was
less than the number working
this year.
Some 53,500 people were work-
ing here last month, compared to
51,600 workers in January 1988.
Thus, 1,900 more people had jobs
In Bryan- College Station this year
than last year.
But, the total civilian labor force
— those people who are working
or actually looking for a job — also
increased, from 54,500 in Jan-
uary 1988 to 56,700 in January
1989, which explains the 0.3 per-
cent difference in unemployment
rate.
'We've certainly had significant
things impact the community
that were associated with the
ripple effect of the Texas reces-
sion, things like the closure of
RB. Butler, International Furni-
ture and Babcock and Wilcox
plants," Baker said. "But, with
Babcock and Wilcox scheduled to
reopen under new ownership, we
feel very positive about 1989."
M A M J J A S 0 N D J I
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CS council hears communication plan
E
In a workshop session Wednesday
afternoon, the College Station City Coun-
cil heard a report on improving the city
staffs communication with the public
and within city government.
Public Information Officer Peggy Calli-
ham said the goals for a new communica-
tion plan are to increase citizen aware-
ness and understanding of city issues,
encourage people to become involved in
city policies and help city employees
communicate more effectively with each
other.
The council also:
■ Heard a report from Joe Labeau of
the public services department on the
condition of Sebesta Road.
■ discussed revising the city's in-
vestment policy to allow an investment
committee to choose the investment
firms with which the city deals. The
committee, if approved, will be made up
of the city manager, the director of
finance and the deputy director of
finance.
■ Discussed expanding the consent
agenda to include approval of license ap-
plications, approval of minutes, approval
of contracts and payments, approval of
annexations, to set dates for hearings,
resolutions and appointments. The con-
sent agenda is a part of the council's re-
gular agenda consisting of routine items
which don't require council discussion.
40 February 23, 1989, Thursday
The Eagle
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MADD sponsors
writing contest for
B -CS high schools
By Jenny Butler
of the Eagle staff
High school students in Bryan and
College Station are invited to express
their feelings about mixing alcohol and
driving in the form of a public service an-
nouncement- writing contest sponsored
by the Brazos Valley chapter of Mothers
Against Drunk Driving.
The winning announcements will be
played on local radio stations during
May, said Bobbe Baker of MADD.
Sophomores, juniors and seniors in the
Bryan and College Station public schools,
as well as St. Michael's Academy and Al-
len Academy, are invited to enter the PSA
contest through their English depart-
ments.
'The importance of this program is for
the high school students themselves,"
Baker said. "If they have a project to
write, that really makes them sit down
and think what it means to drink and
drive. None of us want to be on the road
with a drunk. None of us want to be in a
car with a drunk."
The most precise, persuasive entry will
be chosen from each school, and those
announcements will be produced and
broadcast on radio stations KAGC, KKYS,
KTAM, KORA, and WTAW during May.
May was chosen as the debut month
for the announcements because it is the
time of proms, high - school graduation
and the biggest teen parties, Baker said.
Several prizes, including limousine-
chauffeured dinners for two, season pas-
ses to Aggie baseball games, gift certifi-
cates and others will go to first- and sec-
ond -prize winners in the PSA contest.
The deadline for entries is March 10.
Entry forms and more information are
available in the school English depart-
ments, Baker said.
Thursday, February 23, 1989
The Eagle
Local mayors name March 4
B -CS `Help the Hungry Day'
By Holly Beeson
zos County," Ringer said, "and for
all the work they do, they should be
saluted."
The Brazos Food Bank and
KBTX -TV Channel 3 are sponsor-
ing a food drive for March 4 with the
slogan, "One hundred thousand
pounds of food; 100,000 people."
The locations designated as pick-
up points for the food drive are Post
Oak Mall, Manor East Mall and Safe-
way on Highway 21.
Brazos Food Bank representatives
said several Texas A &M organiza-
tions are gathering food for "Help
the Hungry Day."
In other actions, the city council
approved a'$500,000 grant for the
College Station Parks and Wildlife
Department to build phase 1 of the
Wolf Pen Creek project.
REPORTER
Mayors Larry Ringer and Marvin
Tate signed a proclamation naming
March 4 as "Help the Hungry Day"
in Bryan - College Station.
At last night's College Station City
Council meeting, Ringer urged all
citizens to lend a hand in fighting
hunger to make the community a
better place to live.
Ringer also praised the Brazos
Food Bank, which was established in
1985 as a non - profit organization
and helps feed between 350 to 400
families each month.
"They are dedicated to addressing
the needs of hungry people in Bra-
• Friday, February 24, 1989
The Battalion
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% Friday, February 24, 1989
The Eagle
CS council
cuts request
for city park
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
College Station council members
Thursday night approved a whittled -
down grant application for funding for a
new city park.
On Jan. 31, the city applied to the
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for
a $600,000 matching funds grant to
build the first phase of the Wolf Pen
Creek park system.
Director of Parks and Recreation Steve
Beachy told the council that the state
parks department has notified him that
the amount of money available for the
grant had been reduced to $500,000. The
move was not totally unexpected, but city
parks staff had hoped their grant would
be approved before the state made cut-
backs, Beachy said.
Wolf Pen Creek is a proposed system of
lakes linked by park areas that would
stretch from the East Bypass on the east
to Texas Avenue on the west. The pro-
posed north boundary would be Harvey
Road, and the south boundary will be
Colgate Drive.
Beachy asked the council to approve
resubmitting the application for the re-
duced amount. The city could reduce
costs in the first phase by cutting
$100,000 from the funding for an am-
phitheater. Beachy said the project can
be planned to include adding the am-
phitheater later.
The council also approved an amend-
ment to the city's personnel policy man-
ual, which authorizes payment of man-
datory overtime for firefighters.
City Personnel Manager Karen Dickson
told the council the change will make
procedures for paying firefighters less
cumbersome.
Dickson said that, with the labor de-
partment's approval in 1985, the city quit
paying for lunch and dinner hours of
people working shifts longer than 24
hours. The city at that time increased
firefighters' shift time from 24 hours to 24
hours and five minutes and stopped pay-
ing for two one -hour meal breaks. The
change reduced the pay period of fire-
fighters from 56 to 53 hours, she said.
Under FLSA regulations, firefighters
can work 53 hours before they go on over-
time, she said.
Dickson said that under the new plan,
the city will go back to a 56 -hour pay
period for firefighters and pay mandatory
overtime for the additional three hours.
Vacation and sick time will not be
counted toward mandatory overtime,
Dickson said.
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
OF ADDITIONS AND
ALTERATIONS TO
COLLEGE STATION
MUNICIPAL BUILDING
COLLEGE STATION, TX
NOTICE TO CONTRAC-
TORS OF BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION FOR THE
CITY OF COLLEGE
STATION, TEXAS
Sealed proposals addressed
to the Honorable Mayor and
City Council of College
Station, Texas, will be
received at the Council
Room of the Municlppl Build-
ing, College Station, Texas.
until 2:00 p.m., Tuesday,
March 7, 1989, for furnishing
all necessary materials,
machinery, equipment,
superintendence and labor
for constructing Additions
and Alterations to the Muni-
cipal Building, College
Station, Texas.
Proposals shah be accom-
panied by a cashier's or certi-
fied check upon a National or
State Bank in the amount of
not less than five percent
(5 %) of the total maximum
Saturday, February 25, 1989
The Eagle
Board beg ins
effort to better
B -CS economy
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
A group of Bryan- College Station
business people took a major step Friday
toward uniting economic development
efforts in the area.
The Bryan - College Station Economic
Development Board held its inaugural
meeting at First City National Bank to or-
ganize a plan of action. Lynn Stewart,
past chairman of the Chamber of Com-
merce's Industrial Recruitment division,
told the ten members that their organiza-
tion is starting as a blank piece of paper,
and said the success of their efforts de-
pends on what they put on that paper.
Initial organizational efforts are being
chaired by Bill Thornton of the Brazos
County Industrial Foundation.
Thornton said he would like to have a
charter, by -laws and a program of work
drafted before April 1 for approval by the
city councils.
Thornton said that though the deadline
might seem ambitious, the spirit of unifi-
cation common among board members
makes attaining it likely.
The appointed members of the board
include three each from the Bryan and
College Station city councils, one from
the Chamber of Commerce, one from
Texas A &M University and two from the
Brazos County Industrial Foundation.
The board consists of Dick Haddox, Pat
Cornelison and Ken Shaw from College
Station; Larry Catlin, Steve Arden and Ed
Wagoner of Bryan; Mark Mooney of Texas
Please see Board, 4A
Page 4A Bryan- College Station E;
Board
From 1 A
A&M; 'Ihomton and M.L. Cashion
of the Brazos County Industrial
Foundation and Ronald Hale of
the Chamber of Commerce in-
dustrial recruitment division.
Haddox said the board will not
be working blind as they draft the
documents. Since each of the cit-
ies, the county and the Chamber
of Commerce already have similar
organizations, he said the new
board will be able to take some
ideas from what has already been
done.
"I hope to refine them and get
some new marketing ideas," he
said. "April 1 will come pretty
quick, but I don't see any reason
we can't get it down by then."
Thornton said that after the or-
ganization is approved by the city
councils, the board will decide
what full-time paid personnel will
be hired and where the new board
will locate its offices. In the mean-
time, the board will use the cur-
rent offices of the Bryan De-
velopment Foundation.
'Ilse concept of a board which
would be responsible for econo-
mic development for the whole
area was approved by both city
councils in November. once or-
ganized, the board will represent
the area as a unified entity rather
than as several smaller entities.
The board will establish and
direct economic development po-
licy and goals for Bryan and Col-
lege Station, and combine mar-
keting efforts to represent the
community as a whole.
Saturday, February 25, 1989
The Eagle
Saturday, February 25, 1989
The Eagle
Tar fire
A tar pot overheated and ignited behind the Western Motel in section of a wooden fence and threatened to ignite the''
College Station Friday afternoon. Firefighters had the blaze Western Motel and the Comfort Inn. Please see 2A for full
under control 15 minutes after arriving but the fire burned a details.
Train, pickup
collision results
in DWI charge
From staff reports
One Bryan man was treated and released
from St. Joseph Hospital and the man he was
riding with was arrested and charged with driv-
ing while intoxicated after the pickup truck he
was driving was struck by a train on F&B Road
near Wellborn Road late Friday night.
Around 11:15 p.m. Friday a pickup truck
driven by Martin Lee Stewart, 22, of 701 N. Ta-
bor St. in Bryan was struck by a Union Pacific
train at the crossing on F&B Road.
Bryan police arrested Stewart and he was
booked into the Brazos County Jail early Sat-
urday morning on a class A misdemeanor
charge of driving while intoxicated for the sec-
ond time. Stewart was released Saturday on
$500 bond.
Jimmy Foster, a passenger in Stewart's
truck, was treated and released from St.
Joseph Hospital early Saturday morning.
Police and firefighters were called Friday night when a pickup truck was struck
by a train on F &B Road near Wellborn Road.
Sunday, February 26, 1989
The Eagle
Eagle photo by Dave McDermand
TO WHOM IT J
MAY CONCERN:
February 24,1989
There will be a meeting of the
City of College Station Struc-
tural Standards
Board/Building Code Board
of Adjustments at 4:00 P.M.
on Thursday. March 2, 1989
in the Council Chambers in
College Station City Hal,
1101 Texas Ave., College
Station, Texas.
The Board will consider a var-
iance request from Christian
A. Galindo for a variance to
Tables 600 and 700, Section
40` 1.2 of the Building Code
f a building at 1804 Valley
1 Leg Not
For further information you
may cal Building OtficW Coy
Perry at 764 -3741.
02 -26- 89,02 -27-89
TO W��M IT
MAY CONCERN:
There will be a meeting of the
City of College Station
Plumbing Appeals and Ad-
visory Board at 4:00 P.M. on
Wednesday, March 1, 1989.
The meeting wil be held in
Conference Room C in Col-
lege Station City Hall, 1101
Texas Ave., College Station,
Texas.
The Board will meet to further
review the 1988 Plumbing,
Mechanical and Gas Codes.
For further information you
may cal Building Official Coy
Pent' at 764 -3741.
02- 26- 89,02 -27-89
Monday, February 27, 1989
The Eagle
'"Im-
108 Legal Notices
108 Legal Notices
BID NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting bid(s) for:
UNIFORM RENTAL
6 CLEANING
until 2:00 P.M., March 6,
1989, at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and all bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
to accept the offer con-
sidered most advantageous
to the City .
Bid #89-25
02- 22-89,03 -01-89_
BID NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting bid(s) for:
MISCELLANEOUS POLE-
TYPE AND PAD - MOUNTED
TRANSFORMERS
until 2:00 P.M., March 7,
1989, at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hail. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and all bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
to accept the offer con-
sidered most advantageous
to the City.
Bid #89-26
02-22 - 89,03 -0 1-89
ID NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting bid(s) for:
REPAIRING & REWINDING
DISTRIBUTION
TRANSFORMERS
until 2:00 P.M., March 8,
1989, at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and an bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
to accept the offer con-
sidered most advantageous
to the City.
Bid #89 -27
02,22-89,03-01-89
BID NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting bid(s) for:
TRUCK SERVICE BODIES
- 4 EACH
until 2:00 P.M., March 9,
1989, at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
Wednesday, March 1,
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received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and all bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
to accept the offer con-
sidered most advantageous
to the City.
Bid #89-29
03-01- 89,03 -08-89
US man convicted of credit card abuse
y Elizabeth Sharp
of the Eagle staff
A College Station man, who pros-
ecutors contend is a twice- convicted
felon, was convicted Tuesday of credit
card abuse.
liberated e than three hours before
finding David Cook, 31, of 1220 Georgia
St. guilty on two counts of credit card
abuse.
Judge Carolyn Ruffino of the 361 st Dis-
trict Court accepted the jury's verdict.
The punishment phase of the trial is
pending before Ruffino, who did not set a
sentencing date on Tuesday. The pun-
ishment for the third -degree felony is two
to 10 years in prison. But, if prosecutors
can prove Cook was convicted twice be-
fore on felony charges, as alleged in the
indictment, the punishment range will be
25 to 99 years or life in prison.
prosecutors Jim Noble and Deena
McConnell presented evidence to show
that Cook and a co- defendant used a sto-
len credit card to purchase a diamond
ring from a College Station jewelry store
on Oct. 15.
The men then attempted to purchase
gold chains with the card, leading to the
discovery that the card was stolen, testi-
mony showed.
Cook pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The managers of two stores in the mall
were unable to identify Cook as one of the
men when they were presented with a
photographic lineup by police only 10
days after the offense, testimony showed.
However, during the trial, one posi-
tively identified Cook as one of the men
and the other said Cook resembled one of
the two men who used the stolen card.
Testimony showed the men purchased
a diamond engagement ring and attemp-
ted to purchase gold chains from another
store when the store manager became
suspicious. She told the men she could
not accept the card.
Defense attorney W.W. Vance argued
that 'Just because you are with some-
body that doesn't mean you know what
their actions are." Vance unsuccessfully
tried to convince the jury the co-
defendant in the case was responsible for
the offense, not his client.
Noble argued it was not a case of "mere
Presence" for Cook in that he worked
closely with the co- defendant to commit
the offense.
The co- defendant is scheduled for trial
today in connection with the same
offense.
Wednesday, March 1, 1989
The Eagle
Site is found for
composting plant
to aid local landfills
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
A local graduate student has come one
step closer to offering Bryan and College
Station a way to extend the lives of city
landfills.
Barret Lyne, a soil physics student at
Texas A&M University, said earlier this
week that he has found a site for his pro-
posed garbage composting plant. The
next step is to find out if residents near
the site will object to the plant, Lyne said.
Lyne said he has talked to the owner of
the property, but can't complete negotia-
tions until he finds out if the state will is-
sue a permit for the site. The site is a
120 -acre piece of land adjacent to the
current College Station landfill, he said.
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Thursday, March 2, 1989
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"A preliminary step is to get a
permit from the Texas Depart-
ment of Health," Lyne
owner has given p to see
aid p before
if the site can be pe
1 give him any money."
Lyne's plan for a composting
plant could save both cities
money, he said.
Bryan is planning to close its
landfill within the next 18 months
because of new health depart-
ment regulations. The new regu-
lations require that the city moni-
tor the site for 30 years if it re
mains in use beyond the next 18
months.
The two cities have agreed to
use Bryan's landfill jointly until it
is closed, then use College
Stations landfill until its space is
used up sometime between 1996
and 2002.
Under the agreement, Bryan
will pay College Station $7 a ton to
haul garbage to College Station's
landfill and an additional $10
ton surcharge to help finance a
new landfill when the old one i
closed.
Lyne said last month that com-
posting can reduce the volume of
garbage reaching the landfill by as
much as 50 to 60 percent.
Hauling garbage to the com-
posting facility would cost the cit-
ies about the same as hauling to
the landfill in the short term, Lyne
said. Long -term, the extended life
of the landfill would make com-
posting cheaper, he said.
Lyne said the cities would pay
the facility $17 a ton. After gar-
bage is reduced through compost-
ing, the facility would pay the city
$17 a ton to take the uncom-
posted residue to the landfill.
Lyne said he already has asked
College Station planning officials
for an opinion on whether the
plant would conflict with the city's
Zoning plans.
'rhe facility would take up about
40 acres of the 120 acre plot of
land, Lyne said. The rest of the
site will be used as a green belt
park surrounding the facility.
Lyne is holding a public meeting
Tuesday in room 103 of the Heep
Building on the West Campus of
A&M to hear citizen concerns.
People within a one -mile radius
of the proposed site of the facility
a especially are encouraged to at-
tend the meeting, Lyne said.
s For more information, call Bar-
ret Lyne at 775 -7525.
Food drive, Big Event
to feed, beautify B=CS
Sponsors hopeful
goal will be'met
By Robert C. Borden
of the Eagle staff
Sponsors of a massive food drive
today are hoping residents will con-
tinue the local tradition of helping
people in need.
The Brazos Food Bank hopes to col-
lect "100,000 pounds from 100,000
residents" during the drive. Collec-
tion points have been set up at Post
Oak Mall in College Station and at
Manor East Mall and the Safeway
store at Texas 21 and Texas Avenue
in Bryan.
"It's an ambitious goal, but why
not be ambitious ?" asked Bookman
Peters, honorary chairman of the
drive.
A lifelong resident of the Brazos
Valley, Peters, chairman of the board
of First City National Bank, is well
aware of the concern area residents
have for their fellow citizens.
"I think our community is as least
as caring as any community in its
willingness to help," Peters said.
He said there still are hungry peo-
ple in the area because residents
aren't aware they exist.
Please see Food, 4A
3,500 to join in
cleanup of B -CS
By David Elliot
of the Eagle staff
More than 3,500 Texas A &M stu-
dents are expected to participate in
massive clean -up activities today as
part of the A &M student govern-
ment's annual "Big Event."
Students will be involved in more
than 130 projects, and the largest
single group — some 750 volunteers
— will be helping Brazos Beautiful
clean area roads.
Twelve miles of Texas Avenue, from
north Bryan to south College Station,
will be cleaned, along with sections of
Wellborn Road, Northgate, Martin
Luther King Jr. Street and Villa
Maria Road.
Diane Mills, executive director of
Brazos Beautiful, said the 750 stu-
dents will be spending four hours
cleaning up — the equivalent of one
person working 40 hours a week for
almost 18 months. .
Mills said the volunteers have hel-
ped the area win several beau-
tification awards. Last year, the
Bryan - College Station area won a
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Saturday, March 4, 1989
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Event
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statewide competition in its popu-
lation category and placed second
in a national competition.
'This is due to a cooperative
effort from the whole commun-
ity," Mills said. 'The pride shows
— everybody is real proud of
where they live."
Because the area's Keep Amer-
ica Beautiful program was named
best in the state, Bryan and Col-
lege Station each received
$65,000 for landscaping from the
State Department of Highways
and Puollc Transportation. Mills
said College Station will use its
share of the money to beautify a
part of Harvey Road at the East
Bypass near Post Oak Mall. Bryan
will spend its funds on a lands-
cape project on FM 2818 just
north of Villa Maria Road, near
the Texas Hall of Fame.
This year's Big Event involves
the largest number of student
volunteers since the program was
started six years ago, said Jeri
Maddox, chairwoman of the
event.
The Aggie volunteers also plan
on doing minor construction and
painting at a local housing project
and a retirement center, as well as
visiting the elderly and manning
desks for the local animal shelter,
Red Cross and American Heart
Association.
A ceremony involving Bryan
Mayor Marvin Tate, College
Station Mayor Larry Ringer and
campus officials will be held at
9:45 a.m. today at the east en-
trance to campus off Texas
Avenue to kick off the day's work,
Maddox said.
Mills said that by cleaning area
roadways, students will be en-
couraged not to become litter-
bugs.
'Those people that are out there
spending their Saturday cleaning
up, they're not going to litter," she
said. 'Too, people are less likely to
litter when a place is clean."
Roll-off containers for the Big
Event have been donated by Ron
Schmidt of Texas Commercial
Waste and will be located at the
Kroger's stores in Bryan and Col-
lege Station. Brazos Beverages,
Inc. is donating trash bags.
t 'rigid weather-,
chills B=CS but
few roads risky
By Sondra Pickard
of the Eagle staff
Blustery winds, freezing rain and sink-
ing temperatures have once again beset
the Brazos Valley, but as of late Saturday
only a few bridges had iced over and no
major accidents were reported.
The cold front hit Bryan - College
Station late Saturday morning, bringing
with it the all- too - familiar winter storm
warning and accompanying frigid tem-
peratures. The National Weather Service
reported some freezing drizzle at Easter -
wood Airport and dangerous icing on
Texas 21 west of Bryan.
Just before the front hit, the Brazos
Valley saw a high temperature of 69 de-
grees, but the low plunged to the 20s by
late afternoon and a 50 percent chance of
sleet and snow went into effect. Winds
were blowing from the north at 20 to 30
mph, bringing the wind chill factor below
zero. Still, the storm is not expected drop
as much freezing rain or last quite as long
as the "Arctic Express" that virtually par-
alyzed Bryan - College Station in Fe-
bruary.
The forecast for today calls for mostly
Sunday, March 5, 1989
cloudy skies with a 20 percent chance of
sleet or snow. The clouds will decrease in
the afternoon and a high near 40 degrees
is expected. The cold weather will con-
tinue into Monday, but the chance of rain
or sleet will lessen.
The Texas Department of Public Safety
had no reports of any major icing or acci-
dents as of late Saturday, although the
weather service was recommending that
drivers use extreme caution throughout
the night, as conditions were expected to
be icy by morning.
The Texas Highway Department had
three men and several trucks on stand-
by through the night to spread icing
stone over slick bridges and roadways. A
spokesman for the department said if the
weather got any worse or if more roads
were reported dangerous, more crews
would be called in.
Jim Mazurkiewicz, a Brazos County
agricultural extension agent, said the
moisture resulting from the Cold front
has delayed corn planting temporarily.
Area farmers started planting corn last
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From 1 A
week, but the wet weather will
stall further planting because of
muddy conditions. Mazurkiewicz
said the cold will keep corn seeds
from germinating, but they will
remain dormant until the weather
warms up.
The front will not affect cotton
planting, as farmers usually don't
plant the crop until April or May.
The soil temperatures must be
much warmer to plant cotton, he
said.
Area ranchers will need to feed
their cattle more during the freez-
ing weather, he said. Much of the
oat crop was wiped out during the
last freeze, but he said the two or
three weeks of warm weather
brought most of the oats and rye
grass back into shape. If the
freeze only lasts a few days, which
Is what is expected, then the
small grains should look fine.
'These things happen and we
expect it," Mazurkiewicz said.
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Brenham woman robbed in CS
A 35 -year-old Brenham woman was robbed at
knife -point in the 1100 block of Carolina Street in
CoJege Station Sunday night.
the woman told police she had Just gotten into her
car when a man put a knife to her throat and
ordered her to lie face -down on the street. Another
man then took her boots and purse, which con-
tained about $700 in cash and property.
The woman could only describe her attackers as
young men. She said they ran behind a church in
the 400 block of Holleman Drive and disappeared.
Monday, March 6 1989
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Woman raped
after men enter
CS apartment
A College Station woman was
raped in her apartment by one of
two men who broke in shortly
after noon on Monday, College
Station police said on Monday
night.
The woman said the men broke
Into her apartment at 12:30 p.m.,
tied her with a cord and
threatened her with a knife before
one of them raped her.
She said they took her purse'
and some jewelry.
The police gave no description
of the men Monday, but asked
anyone who may have seen two
suspicious - looking men between
Harvey Road and University Oaks
around noon Monday to call the
Police department.
Tuesday, March 7, 1989
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Tuesday, March 7, 1989
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PUBLIC HEARING
Concerning City of College Station
Community Development Block Grant Program
The City of College Station will conduct a series of Public
Hearings during the month of March to provide citizens with
information, and the opportunity to comment on its Commun-
ity Development Block Grant Program. The City recaives a
Community Development Block Grant every year. By statute
this grant must be used by the City to accomplish one of
three National Objectives:
1. Benefit Low or Moderate Income Persons.
2. Eliminate Slum and Blight.
3. Meet an Urgent Community Need (Disaster Relief, etc.)
During these Public Hearings three main topics will be dis-
cussed:
1. The City's use of Community Development Funds during
the previous program year.
2, An assessment of Community Development needs.
3. The possibility of expanding Community Development
Target Areas.
These Public Hearings will be held at the following College
Station locations from March 17 -21, each at 7:00 PM:
March 17 College Hill Baptist Church,
712 Churchill (Cafeteria)
March 20 Lincoln Center,
1000 Eleanor (Community Rogm)
March 21 A &M Presbyterian Church
301 Church Ave. N. (Fellowship Hall)
For additional information please contact Dan Fette, Com-
munity Development Director, City of College Station, 1101
Texas Avenue, P.O. Box 9960, College Station, Texas
77842,(409)764 -3778.
Chief Executive Officer:
Honorable Larry J. Ringer, Mayor
City of College Station
03-07- 89,03-08.89
Tuesday, March 7, 1989
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NOTICE OF
PUBUC HEARING
•
Thursday, March 9, 1989
The Eagle
Concerning City of College Station
Community Development Block Grant Program
The City of College Station will conduct a series of Public
Hearings during the month of March to provide citizens with
information, and the opportunity to comment on its Commun-
it Development Block Grant Program. The City receives a
Community Development Block Grant every year. By statute
this grant must be used by the City to accomplish one of
three National Objectives:
1. Benefit Low or Moderate Income Persons.
2. Eliminate Slum and Blight
3. Meet an Urgent Community Need (Disaster Relief, etc.)
During these Public Hearings three main topics will be dis-
cussed:
1. The City's use of Community Development Funds during
the previous program year.
2. An assessment of Community Development needs.
3. The possibility of expanding Community Development
Target Areas.
These Public Hearings will be held at the following College
Station locations from March 17 -21, each at 7:00 PM:
March 17 College Hill Baptist Church,
712 Churchill (Cafeteria)
March 20 Lincoln Center,
1000 Eleanor (Community Room)
March 21 A&M Presbyterian Church
301 Church Ave. N. (Fellowship Hall)
For additional information please contact Dan Fette, Com-
munity Development Director, City of College Station, 1101
Texas Avenue, P.O. Box 9960, College Station, Texas
77842, (409) 7643778.
Chief Executive Officer:
Honorable Larry J. Ringer, Mayor
City of College Station
03-07- 98,0309-88
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Thursday, March 9, 1989
The Eagle
CS considers
ban on parking
in front lawns ,
The College Station City Coun-
cil discussed an ordinance Wed-
nesday afternoon that would pro-
hibit people from parking cars on
front lawns in residential neigh-
borhoods.
Councilman Dick Birdwell said
home owners complain that the
haphazard parking of cars on
lawns causes a muddy mess that
detracts from the value of all
property in the neighborhood.
"The complaint I get most is rut-
ting up the yards," he said. "It's
where a significant amount of
property has gone to multi -
tenant."
Councilman Dick Haddox said
that if parking areas are paved,
people would park more orderly
and the cars wouldn't create as
much of an eyesore.
The council asked City Attorney
Cathy Locke to write an ordinance
which would prohibit parking on
front yard areas which are not
paved. Neighborhoods which
would be most affected by the new
ordinance are those where Texas
A&M students share houses.
Haddox said where as many as
five or six A&M students rent a
house together, there isn't
enough room to park all their cars
in a driveway.
Locke said the new ordinance
would not prevent people from
parking cars on the street.
i CS school board rejects order'
to line ditch at athletic facility
Vbw
By Jenny Butler
of the Eagle staff
The College Station school board on
Wednesday rejected a request by city
management that the school district pay
$50,000 to install concrete lining an a
drainage ditch at the new athletic facility.
The board voted unanimously not to
approve Change Order No. 2 to the
project, which calls for the board to line
the ditch on both sides of a 10 -foot -wide,
6 -foot -deep culvert under the property.
Board President Ken Matthews said he
feels the city's request was made too late,
since the board had already approved a
contract on the project.
He said the city gave "tentative" appro-
val to the project, which includes a sta-
dium, track and field house, after the
school submitted its plans. Those plans,
Matthews said, included an open ditch.
"Now they're coming back and saying,
You can't do what we said originally you
could do, "' Matthews said. "Concreting
(the open ditch) was never part of the
plan. The rules have changed after we let
the bid."
But Assistant City Engineer Mark
Smith disagreed with Matthews' assess-
ment, saying the board proceeded out -of-
sequence on the project.
He also said that the plans he approved
on Jan. 24, which resulted in the school
receiving permits to pour building slabs
and develop the drainage system, indi-
cated a concrete lining for the ditch.
"It isn't that we came back later and
changed the rules," he said. 'They bid the
project before we approved the plans."
Smith said the request was made for
the ditch lining in order to satisfy a city
ordinance. He said the lining is needed
because of the high volume of water flow-
ing through the culvert, and because the
banks are steep and could cave in.
The request 'vas not made as an
afterthought," he said.
The city is not likely to issue a building
permit until the problem is resolved, but
the lack of a permit will not stop con-
struction, Smith said. Plans call for the
project's contractor, Construction Re-
sources of Bryan, to begin pouring the
fleldhouse slab today.
The contractor included the concrete
work in his bid, for a charge of $49,900,
but the price was valid only through
Wednesday. A spokesman at Construc-
tion Resources said he could not com-
ment on whether the price would change
until he had spoken to the city and the
school board.
Matthews said he planned to contact
members of the College Station city
council before the council's meeting to-
night, and to attend the meeting with as
many school board members as possible
to complain about the situation.
"I think that we, as a board, need to
make a stand," Matthews told the board
members. "It makes us look like we were
unprepared, like we had no control over
the situation."
Trustee Larry Linder, who seconded
the motion to reject the change order,
agreed, saying, "I don't think we have
$50,000 to put in the ground right now."
In other action, the board received up-
dated cost estimates on the new College
Station Junior High School, and directed
representatives of the HA /RWS Archi-
tects firm to proceed with design de-
velopment.
The building and sitework could cost
either $7,501,000 or $8,005,000, de-
pending on whether a structural slab or a
cheaper grade slab is used.
The board would prefer to use a grade
slab, but soil studies, which will deter-
mine which type of slab can be used, will
not be complete until next month.
The two slab types represent a cost dif-
ference of $3.90 per square foot for the
project.
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CS council OKs task force funds
•
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
College Station council mem-
bers Thursday approved their
share of funding for a new drug
enforcement task force.
Chief of Police Mike Strope said
Monday that the formation of the
Brazos County Narcotics Task
Force is the result of a report last
September by the Citizen's Com-
mission on the War Against
,Drugs. The commission recom-
mended a more closely coor-
`c]inated effort by local law enfor-
cement, he said.
Strope said the Brazos Valley
Narcotics Trafficking Task Force
has covered a seven -county area
for several years. The new task
force, manned by the Bryan and
College Station police depart-
ments and the Brazos County
Sheriff's office, will concentrate on
drugs in Brazos County, he said.
Brazos County District Attor-
ney Bill Turner said each city and
the county will be responsible for
an equal share of the agency's
funding. The total cost will be
about $40, 000 he said.
Strope said the new group will
concentrate on the dealers who
may have been lower on the other
task forces' priority lists.
The council also approved an
agreement between Bryan and
College Station to house some of
Bryan's prisoners in the College
Station Jail.
Strope said Bryan now sends
class C misdemeanor prisoners to
the Brazos County Jail. Because
of overcrowding in the county jail,
however, Bryan is looking for an
alternative.
He said under the new agree-
ment, his jail will house an aver-
age of seven Bryan prisoners a
day in addition to an average of
six prisoners a day from College
Station. The jail can house a max-
imum of 24 prisoners, Strope
said.
Bryan will pay College Station
$30 a day for each prisoner,
Strope said.
Friday, March 10, 1989
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CS council OKs task force funds
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By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
College Station council mem-
bers Thursday approved their
share of funding for a new drug
enforcement task force.
Chief of Police Mike Strope said
Monday that the formation of the
Brazos County Narcotics Task
Force is the result of a report last
September by the Citizen's Com-
mission on the War Against
Drugs. The commission recom-
mended a more closely coor-
dinated effort by local law enfor-
cement, he said.
Strope said the Brazos Valley
Narcotics Trafficking Task Force
has covered a seven -county area
for several years. The new task
force, manned by the Bryan and
College Station police depart-
ments and the Brazos County
Sheriffs office, will concentrate on
drugs in Brazos County, he said.
Brazos County District Attor-
ney Bill Turner said each city and
the county will be responsible for
an equal share of the agency's
funding. The total cost will be
about $40,000 he said.
Strope said the new group will
concentrate on the dealers who
may have been lower on the other
task forces' priority lists.
The council also approved an
agreement between Bryan and
College Station to house some of
Bryan's prisoners in the College
Station Jail.
Strope said Bryan now sends
class C misdemeanor prisoners to
the Brazos County Jail. Because
of overcrowding in the countyjall,
however, Bryan is looking for an
alternative.
He said under the new agree-
ment, his jail will house an aver-
age of seven Bryan prisoners a
day in addition to an average of
six prisoners a day from College
Station. The jail can house a max-
imum of 24 prisoners, Strope
said.
Bryan will pay College Station
$30 a day for each prisoner,
Strope said.
School board avoids confrontation
From staff reports
The College Station school
board on Thursday avoided a con-
frontation with city management
over the installation of a $50,000
concrete lining in a drainage ditch
at the new athletic facility.
The board voted unanimously
Wednesday to not approve
Change Order No. 2 to the project,
which calls for lining the ditch on
both sides of a 10- foot -wide, six -
foot -deep culvert under the prop-
erty.
Board President Ken Matthews
said Wednesday that he feels the
city's request was made too late,
since the board had already ap-
proved a contract on the project.
Matthews said Wednesday that
he planned to contact members of
the College Station city council
before the council's meeting on
Thursday and to attend the coun-
cil meeting along with other
school board members.
"1 think that we, as a board,
need to make a stand," Matthews
told the board members. "it
makes us look like we were un-
prepared, like we had no control
over the situation."
Thursday afternoon, however,
board members met with city offi-
cials and members of the city staff
to try and work out a solution,
Matthews said.
'We were able to sit down and
work out some things," Matthews
said. 'We have a scheduled meet-
ing with their staff and our staff
on March 17 that's been on the
books for a while. We'll look at the
alternatives then."
Assistant City Engineer Mark
Smith said the plans he approved
on Jan. 24, which resulted in the
school receiving permits to pour
building slabs and develop the
drainage system, indicated a con-
crete lining for the ditch.
Smith said the request was
made for the ditch lining in order
to satisfy a city ordinance.
O Friday, March 10, 1989
The Eagle
CS woman, 21, arrested in drug bust
A 21- year -old College Station woman was arrested
Thursday afternoon following an investigation by,
local narcotics agents and College Station police.
A charge of possession of less than 2 ounces of
marijuana is expected to be flied today against the
woman, who was being held Thursday evening in the
Brazos County Jail.
Knowles said information from an informant led to
an investigation of possible narcotics trafllcking
from a College Station residence.
Friday, March 10, 1989
The Eagle
In Bryan - C Station
College Station holds hearings
to inform public about grants
The city of College Station will hold a series of pub-
lic hearings in March to provide residents informa-
tion and the chance to comment on the city's yearly
Community Development Block Grant.
The block grant must be used to benefit low- or
moderate - income people, eliminate slum or blight,
or meet an urgent community need, such as disas -'
ter relief.
The public is encouraged to attend at 7 p.m. on
the following dates at these locations:
■ Friday: College Hills Baptist Church cafeteria,
712 Churchill St.
■ March 20: Lincoln Recreation Center commun-
ity room, 1000 Eleanor St., off Holleman Drive.
Sunday, March 12, 1989
The Eagle
0
The City of College Station
Of is currently recruiting foi
the position of
DISPATCHER /JAILER
Reports to the Communications Shift Supervisor. Re-
ceives and documents all`requests for police services and
relays call information to the appropriate officer or
agency. Deals with a high volume bf radio communica-
tions, telephone calls, computer entry, and retrieval as
well as all jailing duties. Must have ability to work
responsibly and communicate effectively under highly
stressful conditions, have dear speaking voice, good
listening skills, type 30 wpm, and be able to work
rotating shifts. Prior dispatch experience and knowledge
of criminal law preferred. Salary $1335 /mo. Excellent
benefit package. Apply at:
City of College Station
Personnel Department
1101 Texas Avenue
College Station, Tx.
EOE
Sunday, March 12, 1989
The Eagle
CS council asks .
stores to restrict
rap -music sales
Steve Phillips, the manager of the
Bryan Wal -Mart, said he pulled the E?.
tape from his shelf a week ago at ']tin
nell's request. anal it
"it was an individual request,
seemed reasonable," he said. 'I)mnell
said he did not request that the tape be
pulled, but that the manager removed the
tape voluntarily after Tunnell toll hill
what the recording contained.
Please see Rap, 3A
Tuesday, March 14, 1989
The Eagle
By Jenny Butler
of the Eagle staff
The College Station City Council sent a
message to local music merchants last
week that violent and sexually explicit
"rap" music is not suitable for the ears of
children.
Police Chief Mike Strope has sent let-
ters to five music shops asking them not
to sell records or tapes containing the
offensive lyrics to children under 17 years
of age. Response to the request by the
shops would be strictly voluntary, and
two vendors contacted said that though
they were not happy with the request,
they plan to comply.
The council asked the city staff to take
the action after Steve Tunnel], a disc
jockey with radio station KORA -FM, ad-
dressed the group at Thursday's council
meeting. Tunnell said he raised the issue
to make the council aware "about the sale
of explicit recorded matter to children
here in College Station."
He said he did not request any action
during his presentation.
The letters are being sent to the Wal-
Mart in College Station, Camelot Music
and Record Bar Inc. in Post Oak Mall,
Music Express Inc. on University Drive
and Hastings Books Records & Tapes on
Texas Avenue South.
Specified in the letter for prohibited
sale to minors include the rap recordings
"Easy Du7 It" by EZE, Loc -ed After Dark"
by Tone -Loc. "Life Is Too Short" by Too
Short, and "Straight Out Of Compton" by
NWA.
Those recordings were brought up by
Tunnel] at the meeting as examples of
graphic music he says is too easil3
bought by impressionable children.
The lyrics of the EZE recording men
tion rape, murder and the robberies of a.
liquor store and a bank, with much pro
fanity. Turinell called the music "negativ-
ism pounding through (children's) head-
phones."
"What I want to say is, 'Let's be aware of
what's on this record,"' Tunnell said. Re-
ferring to the EZE record, he said the
singer "rapes I don't know how many
times on this tape. He shoots someone
with a sawed -off shotgun and laughs.
'What kind of message is this? There's
so much good rock'n'roll and good clean
rap," he said.
Tunnell said he is not pushing for ban-
ning the outrageous records.
"I'm not for censorship of any kind,"
Tunnell said. `They have a right of ex-
pression. I don't think it should be yan-
ked off the shelves. I'm hoping that (re-
cord stores) will simply adopt a policy of
not selling (explicit records and tapes) to
people under 18."
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Tunnell said he plans to work
toward state legislation outlawing
the sale of the records to minors.
'You can't legislate morality
and decency, but I think a law
could be passed where it couldn't
be sold to children," he said.
Councilman Dick Birdwell said
he sees the situation as "a vio-
lence issue, not a sex issue."
"I think everyone on the council
recognizes that we've got no au-
thority at all to restrict the sale of
this stuff. Certainly the council
can't keep people from selling this
trash if they want to," Birdwell
said. "I'm also aware of common
sense and prudence.
"As I understand it, these peo-
ple glorify rape, they glorify mur-
der. We don't think it's appro-
priate to sell to minors."
Birdwell said he has not
listened to any of the music.
Strope said he agrees with the
council's decision to request that
merchants restrict sales of the re-
cords.
'They talk about rape, the use
of drugs, the killing of police offi-
cers," he said. "I told (record store
owners in his letter) that the ma-
terial, in these four tapes that I
listened to, may not be suitable
for young children. Apparently
there are no laws being violated."
Ken Graham, a music buyer for
Western Merchandisers of Amari-
llo, the parent company of Hast-
ings Records, said rap music ac-
counts for about 10 percent of the
company's cassette business, but
declined to provide sales figures.
Jeff Drake, general manager of
Camelot Music, said the store
"would comply to an extent" with
Strope's request.
'The last thing we want to do is
offend everybody," he said.
Although he said his rap busi-
ness is "weak," Drake said stop-
ping the sale of the records to
minors `would hurt us for sure."
He characterized the rap music
audience as youths between the
ages of 12 and 18.
He said the company feels that
labels notifying buyers that a re-
cord contains explicit lyrics are
enough of a warning, but added
that the store will sometimes add
another label of its own.
He said the only time the com-
pany has pulled a record oft' its
shelves was two years ago, after
store managers in Florida were
arrested on charges of selling
Pornography, related to a rap re-
cord in stock.
Rich Meisels, assistant man-
ager of Music Express, said the
store will probably comply with
Strope's request.
"It wouldn't hurt the business
here," he said, adding that his
shop caters to the college crowd,
which prefers dance and world
music.
"I can't see the constitutionality
of barring minors from buying it,"
he said. "Besides, if a kid wants to
get that kind of music, if it's ille-
gal, he's going to want it more."
Vincent Goza, an employee at
Music Express, said the record-
ings in question are played often
In Houston nightclubs. "It's big in
Houston," he said.
Goza said he believes rap, even
explicit rap, is a means of expres-
sion like any other kind of music.
"Most of it, they pretty much
speak the truth of their lives, how
they grew up, what they learned,"
Goza said. "A lot of it is really
harsh because they've lived really
harsh lives; they've seen some
things.
'They're kind of poets from
where they're from.
"People under 18 have a right to
listen to anything they want," he
said. "It's not our responsibility to
be parents for Bryan - College
Station. Music isn't something we
should censor."
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Rap artists' agents
defend integrity of
musicians, music
By Don M. Fisher
of the Eagle staff
Tone -Loc, one of the rap recording ar-
tists the College Station City Council
suggests local record stores should ban,
is the lead performer on the "Stop the Vio-
lence" rap video, and he regularly speaks
against drugs and gang violence at Los
Angeles high schools, his agent said
Tuesday.
Members of the,other two groups, ESE
and ,NWA, got involved in rap music ,be-
cause it keeps them off the street; it gives
them a way out of the violence," accord-
ing to a spokeswoman for Priority Re-
cords, the groups' label, which she said
produces both a "clean version" and an
"explicit version" of their songs.
Marty Schwartz, Tone -Loc's agent, and
Priority spokeswoman Candice Moore
said the College Station action is the first
such reaction to the groups that they
have heard of.
The council directed Police Chief Mike
Strope to write local record stores re-
questing they ban the groups from their
shelves.
Both Schwartz and Moore said they
were shocked at the action.
'Tone -Loc's music has become so po-
pular," Schwartz said, "because he
Please see Rap, 4A
Wednesday, March 15, 1989
The Eagle
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speaks the u truth. is color-
blind. His Popularity is color-
blind. He has We broadest
People
of any
from 10 to 50 love him. He has an
inherent sense of humor sure,
it's sometimes sexually explicit
but it is his sense of humor that I
think is being misinterpreted
here.
"He doesn't hold back, but he
does not advocate violence,"
Schwartz sa id, reiterating against
Loc's active cam p a igning g
L.A. street gangs.
A spokesman for Delicious
Vinyl, a subsidiary of Warner
Brothers' Island Records, said
Tone -Loc is also active in Drug
Abuse Resistance Education, or
DARE, although Schwartz said, "I
don't think he's ou but card-carrying does
mem of any group,
a lot of social work like that.
'This is sad, because we just
came th Texas on a tour,
and we loved it. In his new video,
he has on a Texas T -shirt. He has
fly in Texas. Texans have been
incredibly supportive of his mu
sic. It was one of the first state
where his is the only piece
the charts.
of negative press we've had."
The Stop e
was produced last year in an
effort by artists to curb violence,
often gang - related, at rap con-
certs.
Moore said NWA and EZE rap
as an alternative to violence.
'These kids are telling it the way
it is where they grew up. They are
recounting cold, hard facts. Ibis
is the way it is out here ... It keeps
them off the street; it gives them a
way out of the violence. This is an
alternative. Instead of robbing a
bank, they write about robbing a
bank; what they might say to the
guard, for example. But they are
expressing what they see,' she
said.
Moore said she does not believe
the music promotes violence, but
she said it does not ignore it,
either.
She said the company believes
parents should be aware of what
their children are listening to, but
if the parents don't object, the city
should not.
'We are opposed to any form of
censorship," she said, adding that
the performers record and release
milder versions of the same
songs.
Schwartz said he believes the
ban is racially motivated.
..All three groups are black. All
n three are rap. You can draw your
own conclusions," he said.
s Tone -Loc is on tour, Schwartz
n said, and Moore said NWA and
e EZE members would not be avai-
lable for comment until today.
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Page 4A Bryan - College Station Eagle Wednesday, March 15, 1989
' CS city council
is in center of
local radio war
Stations attack request
for voluntary rap ban
By Jenny Butler
of the Eagle staff
Local radio stations took potshots at
the College Station City Council and each
other Tuesday in reaction to the council's
request for a voluntary prohibition of
sales of explicit "rap" records to minors.
More than 200 callers flooded the tele-
phone lines of country radio station
KORA -FM and rock station KKYS -FM to
register their views on the council's ac-
tion, according to spokesmen at both
stations.
Police Chief Mike Strope sent letters to
five area music stores on Friday, asking
them to not sell several rap records with
violent or sexually explicit lyrics to people
under age 17. The letters were sent,
Strope said, at the request of the city
council.
The council asked the city staff to draft
the letter after Steve Tunnell, a KORA
disc jockey, addressed Thursday's meet-
ing "to make parents aware" of the expli-
cit material, which can be bought in
many record stores by children.
'We just asked our listeners to call and
say what they thought, and they did,"
said Chuck Redden, the KKYS station
manager and morning DJ.
'We probably had 150 calls. About
Please see Radio, 4A
Wednesday, March 15, 1989
The Eagle
Radio
From 1 A
three agreed with Mr. Tunnell
that these people should not be
able to sell this music to people
under 17," Redden said.
'The bulk of our callers said,
'Let them listen to what they
want,"' he said. "A lot of them said
It's up to the parents to make
these decisions."
At one point in his morning
show, Redden said, he played
"Chances Are" by Johnny Mathis,
leading into it by saying, "I know
this particular song is approved
by the city council of College
Station."
"It was all pretty-well positive
on our part," he said. "I do a lot of
crazy stuff."
Tunnell disagreed with Red -
den's assessment of the day.
"KKYS apparently didn't read
the entire article (in Tuesday's
Eagle)," Tunnell said. "He took it I
was trying to censor the music.
He kind of spent the morning at-
tacking KORA and me.
"All our radio station did was
come back and make some posi-
tive statements. We aired some
statements from people agreeing"
with the council's action, he said.
He said the station received be-
tween 50 -100 calls from listeners.
"The a.m. people were swamped,"
he said.
Tunnell said he received only
one "negative" phone call himself,
and did not know whether there
were others.
'The way (KKYS is) presenting
It, I'm attacking all rap. I'm not; I
play rap at parties," he said.
"Some people, no matter what you
say, are going to see this as an ex-
pression of censorship. I've done
all I intended to do — to make
parents aware that it's out there.
"If parents want their kids to
listen to it, they can go out and
buy it."
Jeff Drake, manager of Camelot
Music at Post Oak Mall, said he
has pulled the four rap recordings
off the shelves in response to the
police chiefs letter. 'We're selling
them under the counter to people
over 18, and we're checking their
age," he said.
Redden said that whatever
transpired Tuesday between the
stations was all in fun on his part,
but suggested that Tinnell's ac-
tion was aimed toward the quar-
terly radio - ratings period that
starts in two weeks.
"I don't have anything against
Mr. Tunnell and his comments (to
the city council)," Redden said.
'We're just not on a crusade to
save the world from nasty music."
Redden noted that country mu-
sic has its share of raunchy lyrics.
"I'm just wondering if he would
be as upset if (children) went out
and bought Jimmy Buffett's 'Why
Don't We Get Drunk And Screw?"
he said.
"I'm very sorry that they got up-
set," Redden said. "When you get
into these ratings periods coming
up, these people will pull stunts."
He said he believed Tunnell's
actions were a ratings grab be-
cause Tunnell appeared at the
City Council meeting only last
week, while some of the tapes in
question have been on the market
for several months.
"I did not," Tunnell replied
when told of Redden's allegation.
'The rating period hasn't even
started yet. I could have waited
two weeks and really milked this
thing.
Redden, on the other hand, said
station ratings were on his mind
as he went through the morning
show.
"Everything I do, I do to boost
my ratings," Redden said. "I don't
walk into that booth without
thinking of some stupid, ou-
trageous thing to do to boost my
ratings. I'll boost those suckers
anyway I have to.
'we'll do anything for a laugh."
A CS city manager says proposal
for trash facility needs analysis
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
A local entrepreneur may be jumping
the gun with plans for a local garbage
composting facility, a College Station offi-
cial said Wednesday.
City Manager Ron Ragland said he
would like for the city to be on the "lead-
ing edge" of waste disposal technology.
Barret Lyne, a soil physics student at
Texas A&M University, proposed the
composting plant, but his plan may not
be cost effective, Ragland said.
"I would love to be involved in a project
like that," the city manager said. "As re-
gulations change and costs go up, at
some point it becomes a cost - effective
process. If now is the time, I think we can
answer that factually with analysis."
Ragland said he would try to help Lyne.
Lyne's plans are moving independent of
the city, however, he said.
"It needs to be made clear he's not with
the city," Ragland said. "I'm not sure he
needs to be going out and asking the pub-
lic. To me, getting the public involved at
this stage is getting the cart before the
horse. How does he know the site is
right ?"
Lyne has held two meetings to intro-
duce his plan to the public and find out
whether people living near the proposed
site will object to the plant. He is trying to
get a Texas Department of Health permit
to build his plan on a 120 -acre site next
to the College Station landfill.
Ragland said Lyne's choice of sites and
the public meetings may have given some
citizens the idea that he was working
with the city.
Mayor Larry Ringer said last week in
the council's workshop session that city
officials are interested in studying com-
posting. Lyne may not be the man for the
job, however, he said.
Lyne said in January that his plant
could solve problems for both cities by ex-
tending the life of the landfill by as much
as five times.
Bryan plans to close its landfill within
the next 18 months to avoid having to
comply with new environmental regula-
tions. If the landfill is kept open until
after the new regulations are in effect, the
city will have to monitor the site for 30
years.
Until the Bryan landfill is closed, both
cities will haul garbage to the Bryan site.
After it is closed, Bryan will pay College
Station to use the College Station landfill
near Rock Prairie Road and Greens
Prairie Road. With both cities using the
College Station landfill, consultants
projected last year that the site will be full
between 1996 and 2002.
The composting facility proposed by
Lyne would be a series of sheds into
which trucks would haul garbage to be
separated, shredded and composted.
After composting, stable inorganic matter
which could not be composted would be
hauled to the landfill. Lyne said as much
as 80 percent of raw garbage can be
either composted or recycled.
Craig Kissock, a local environmental
consultant, said he thinks Lyne's idea is
sound from a technological point of view,
but city growth trends concern him.
Growth trends, he said, make it impracti-
cal to build any new waste disposal faci-
lity to the southeast of the city. If the
composting plant were built there, the
city would be forced to consider expand-
ing the landfill site there instead of mov-
ing it to an area where there is less
growth.
Mike Meier, who lives near the pro-
posed site, agreed with Kissock.
Meier said the landfill was already
there when he moved into the area, but
he doesn't want the landfill expanded or a
plant built that would have garbage piled
on the ground.
"We haven't had any smell problems
from the landfill," he said. "But if they de-
cide to expand it, it would move closer to
Thursday, March 16, 1989
The Eagle
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Rap responsibility belongs
to parents, not to the police
Eagle Editorial Board
The sale of rap music to children is not
a police matter.
This music can be rude, crude and ob-
noxious; it may even, in isolated cases,
lead to misbehavior by those who listen to
it. But controlling access to it is a job for
parents, not police.
The College Station City Council over-
stepped its bounds in directing Police
Chief Michael Strope to send letters to
local merchants asking them not to sell
several rap recordings to minors. It's one
thing for a parent to make such a
request; it might be appropriate for a
PTA, or even the city council itself, to
Editorial
make its preferences known. But to have
the police chief do this job smacks of
coercion and even a little intimidation.
And this type of response is doomed to
failure. Parents, not governments, are re-
sponsible for shaping the influences on
their children. They're the only ones who
can do it effectively.
A parent should be able to converse
rationally with an adolescent and teach
him how to discern right from wrong.
Parent and child should be able to come
to terms about an offensive recording —
or a book, or a movie, or an acquaintance.
Failing that, the parent should be able to
say, "If you stick your feet under my
table, you'll follow my rules," and make it
stick.
If parents haven't the appetite for that
kind of emotional exertion, they should
live with the consequences, and not palm
oil' their responsibility on someone else.
Whether the issue is study habits, mor-
als, or taste in music, values are best
passed along at home. And musical taste
Is a question of values.
Thursday, March 16, 1989
The Eagle
■ College Station Community Development
public hearing, 7 p.m., Lincoln Recreation Center
community room, 1000 Eleanor St., off Holleman
Drive. Public encouraged to participate. Dan Fe-
tte, 764 -3778.
Friday, March 17, 1989
The Eagle
Sunday, March 19, 1989 V A
Letters to the editor
The protest over rap
missed original point
All of the protest about censorship
and parental responsibility over expli-
cit lyrics in some rap songs seems to
have missed the point of what the ori-
ginal complaint was about.
The original complaint was about a
few rap songs that carry a message
about violence, torture, and sexual
perversion being available for sale to
very young, impressionable children.
The solution asked for has been one
of regulation rather than re-
striction... and it's been more of a plea
than a demand for our community to
lend a helping hand to parents who are
trying their best to provide an envir-
onment for their children to have a
happy, healthy childhood.
The regulation asked for does not
eliminate the product... it only limits'
those who may use it. A drinking age of
21 has not eliminated liquor stores nor
has an age barrier of 17 done away
with "R" rated movies.
Those regulations have made it more
difficult for those underage to use
those products and in turn have pro-
vided community support for those
parents who do not want their young
children exposed to those products.
Love, sex, and alcohol are a normal
part of adult life in America and it is re-
flected in most parts of our cul-
ture... especially music.
Violence, torture, and sexual per-
version are not a normal part of our
lives ... and what an adult may find ap-
palling can be made to appear glam-
orous to an impressionable child when
set to a popular beat of music.
We are asking for parents to be
aware that it is possible for their chil-
dren to be exposed to themes of vio-
lence, torture, and sexual perversion
that simply did not exist in the music
of their youthful days.
We are also asking for a helping
hand from our community to allow
parents the space to keep their chil-
dren on the right track of a wholesome
childhood before time brings Pandor-
a's box into their world.
Sunday, March 19, 1989 ROGER WWW GARRETr
The Eagle I KORARadio
Doubling the effort
Catlin and Allie Hackett, 2- year -old twins belonging to
Mary and Steve Hackett of College Station, and Daniel
and Michael Vielhaber, 3- year -old twins belonging to
Eagle photo by Dave McDermand
Larry and Martha Vielhaber of Bryan, participate in the
Brazos Valley Mothers of Twins Easter Egg Hunt at Bee
Creek Park in College Station Saturday.
Sunday, March 19, 1989
The Eagle
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The Eagle
PUBLIC NOTICE I
TO WHOM IT
MAY CONCERN:
A Public Hearing will be held
on Thursday, March 23,
1989, at the College Station
City Hal, on the question of
amending Section 6 of Chap-
ter 10 of the Code of Ordin-
ances of the City of College
Station pertaining to the park-
ing, standing or storing of ve-
hicles, recreational vehicles,
trailers or trucks in residential
areas and providing for the
prohibition of parking vehi-
cles on front yards excluding
driveways and a special ex-
ception procedure. The Pu-
blic Hearing will be held dur-
ing the regular meeting of the
College Station City Council,
which will convene at 7:00
p.m. in the Council Cham-
bers, 1101 South Texas'
Avenue, College Station,'
Texas. The meeting is open,
to the public and comment on'
this item will be invited. For
additional information, con-
tact the Council Office, (409)
7643541.
03 -20-89
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NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING:
Th College Station Planning
& Zoning Commission will
hold a public hearing on the
question of rezoning the fol-
lowing p roperty:
Four small tracts or areas of
land in the Southwood Valley
Section 26 subdivision gen-
era0y bounded on the north
by the Southwood Forest
s vision, on the west by
the Westchester Place sub-
division and the Episcopal
Church, on the south by Rock'
prairie Road and on the east
by Rio Grande Boulevard. `
The request is to rezone 0.95
acres from R-4 Apartments
Low Density to R -1 Single
Family Residential; 0.14
acres from R -1 Single Family
Residential to R Apart-
ments Low Density; 0.387
acres from C-N Neighbor-
hood Business to R-4 Apart-
ments Low Density; and,
0.32 acres from R A Apa t-
me Low Density t
Neighborhood Business. Ap-
plicant is W.D. .brill be held in
The hearing
the Council Room of the Col -
" Station City Hall, 1101
Texas Avenue at the 700
p.m. meeting of the Cornrnis-
sion on Thursday. April 6,
1989.
For more specific descnp-
lions of the tracts and addi-
tional information, please
contact me at (409)
764-3570.
James M. Callaway
Director of Planning
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Wednesday, March 22, 1989
The Eagle
Most local stores now ask rap -music buyers for ID
By Richard Tijerina
STAFF WRITER
Local record stores are complying
with the College Station City Coun-
cil's request to restrict the sale of sev-
eral rap music albums to children
under 17, but the publicity may be
doing more harm than good.
Opponents of the restriction say
preventing teenagers from openly
purchasing the albums is encourag-
ing them to buy the music by other
means.
The request, presented to the City
Council by KORA -FM disc jockey
Steve Tunnell on March 9, called for
local stores, including Record Bar,
Camelot Music, Music Express and
Wal Mart, to voluntarily restrict the
sale of certain rap albums to minors
under 17.
The recordings in question are
"Easy Duz It" by EZE, "Loc -ed After
Dark" by Tone -Loc, "Life Is Too
Short" by Too Short and
"Straight Out Of Compton" by
NWA.
Tunnell said the records contain
offensive lyrics that may be harmful
to impressionable youths.
"I'm not concerned with your av-
erage white child or privileged child
being influenced by this," he said.
"I'm concernced with the kids who
don't have anyone else to look to,
who take this guy for a role model
when he's advocating this type of vi-
olence."
Tunnell said the recording he is
most troubled with is EZE's "Nobody
Move."
In the song, the artist describes
robbing a bank, shooting a security
guard in the head and taking a
woman into a back room to rape her,
only to discover she is actually a man
dressed in women's clothing.
Larry Ringer, mayor of College
Station, said it would be difficult to
pass a city ordinance to prevent the
sale of rap music to minors under 17
because of guaranteed constitutional
freedoms.
The letters were sent to the re-
cord - selling establishments by Mike
Strope, College Station chief of po-
lice. Ringer said the Council is not
planning to monitor whether the
stores are complying with the re-
quest.
Three of the four stores are com-
plying with the Council's letter.
However, Record Bar is still selling
the records.
"It's not a law, so we aren't com-
plying," said a Record Bar sales em-
F loyee who asked not to be identi-
ed. "We do ask children if their
parents realize what they're buying."
Tunnell said he realized the
Council could not pass an ordinance
restricting the sale of these records,
but presented his argument to influ-
ence the parents in the community.
Tunnell said he focused his pre-
sentation on the EZE album and
used the others primarily as second-
ary examples.
"I've said all along that Tone Loc
is the mildest example of what I'm
talking about," he said. "He does go
out and speak against gang violence,
but the EZE album promotes gang
violence, rape and robbery."
Chuck Redden, a disc jockey for
KKYS -FM, said a minimal number
of impressionable youths hear the
music in question. ,
"It's such a strange situation,"
Redden said. "I don't know how
many young kids get exposed to this
type of music because we don't play
it. They'll only hear it if they buy it.
We play rap music, but not the al-
leged songs. The only artist we play
that's in question is Tone Loc. We've
gone through the entire CD and
haven't found anything offensive."
Tunnell said there is a difference
between the lyrics contained in the
recordings and the adult themes in-
volved in country western songs,
which is his radio station's format.
this goes a lot farther," he said.
"If you listen to 'Nobody Move,'
You're listening to someone condon-
ing robbing a bank and hurting
someone. The language he uses is
pretty graphic."
Local record stores that are com-
plying with the request had mixed
reactions to the issue.
Jay Stark, manager of Music Ex-
press, said although Music Express is
complying with the request, he
doesn't agree with it.
"You can't restrict selling some -
thing to somebody if it's not illegal,"
Stark said. "It's not fair and it's not
our responsibility as a record store to
impose our morals on kids by telling
them what they can and cannot buy.
It's the parents' responsibilty, not
ours."
The Record Bar sales person, who
asked not to be identified, said the
publicity has increased sales of the
rap albums.
They all sold well anyway, so I'm
sure whenever you get that type of
publicity it does make other people
notice things they wouldn't have no-
ticed otherwise," she said.
Redden agreed, saying the request
for restriction will only spur teen -ag-
ers to buy the records.
"If you put it out on the shelf and
leave it alone, kids aren't going to
want it that much," he said. "If you
say they can't have it, it's like putting
up a red flag. They're just going to
bring someone else to buy it for
them. The average 16 or 17 year old
surely is going to have a friend 18
who will buy it for them."
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Filing deadline
for city council
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
With the deadline for registering as
candidate for the May 6 city counci
elections in Bryan and College Station
set for 5 p.m. today, thirteen candi-
dates have filed for six council seats
and the Bryan mayor's office so far.
Applications may be picked up and ry's offices
filed at the city secreta in
each city.
Absentee voting in perso for all May
6 elections is from April 17 -May 2. In
Bryan, absentee voters may cast their
ballots Monday through M iday from 8
a.m. -5 p.m. beginning April 17 at the
City secretary's office in the Bryan
municipal building, 300 S. Texas Ave.
Absentee votes for the College
Station election may be cast at the new
school administration office, 1812
Welsh Ave., weekdays from 8 a.m. -5
P.M. Absentee voting ends in both cit-
ies on May 2.
Applications for ballots by mail must
be received at the respective city secre-
taries' offices by April 28. In Bryan
send applications for mail ballots to
City Secretary Dorothy D. Mallett, P.O.
Box 1000, Bryan 77805.
Wednesday, March 22, 1989
The Eagle
is today
elections
Send College Station mail ballot ap-
plications to City Secretary Dian
77842.
a Jones, P.O. Box 9960, College Station
In College Station, Place 1 council-
man Fred Brown place 3 councilwo-
man Lynn McIlhaney and Place 5
councilman Jim Gardner are up for re-
election. Mike Cronan, the only chal-
lenger in the College Station election,
Is vying for Gardner's position on the
council.
In Bryan the terms of mayor, council
place 1, place 3 and place 5 expire this
year. All four incumbents are seeking
re- election.
Incumbent Mayor Marvin Tate will
face challenger Jo Ann M. Zaeske, a
local businesswoman.
In the place 1 election, Councilman
Hank McQuaide faces Mike Stafford,
owner of a local truck repair compan
Place 3 councilman Be Y.
Be n Hardeman Is
running against Bryan Businessman
Dale Ison.
Place 5 councilwoman Helen Cha-
varria is facing two challengers. Chal-
lengers for the place 5 race are Kandy
Rose and local businessman W.E
"Bill" Crutchfield.
CS council plans
on frontmlaw n ar
p n auestion
By J Dennis Yount
g
of the Eagle staff
The College Station City Council on
Thursday will hold a public hearing on an
ordinance amendment that would prohi-
bit parking vehicles on residential front
lawns.
At the council's workshop session
March 8, Councilman Dick Birdwell said
residents in some neighborhoods had
complained about the mess made when
cars are parked off the pavement in front
of houses. The problem stems mostly
from several students sharing a house
where there isn't adequate parking for all
their cars, Birdwell said.
'The complaint I get most is rutting up
the yards," Birdwell said.
Councilman Dick Haddox said some
residents also complained about the ha-
phazard way students park their cars on
the lawns. If paved parking area are re-
quired, people would park in a more or-
derly fashion, Haddox said.
Haddox said where as many as five or
six A&M students live together, there
isn't room for all the cars to be parked in
the driveway.
The council asked City Attorney Cathy
Locke to write an amendment to the or-
dinance that would prohibit parking on
front -lawn areas that aren't paved.
The amendment, which Locke will pre-
sent to the council for discussion today at
the workshop session and for a vote
Thursday at the regular council meeting,
will restrict parking on front lawns of
single- family houses and duplexes. It will
not prohibit parking on the street,
however.
The council also will hear a presen-
tation today on the results of a market
analysis done for the Bryan - College
Station Small Business Development
System.
The SBDS is a program designed to
help local entrepreneurs start up or
expand small businesses in the area.
Judy Appelt of the Boston -based Council
for Economic Action will present a sum -
mary of the analysis, which identifies
businesses that are undersupplied in the
area.
The CEA is under contract for 2 years
to help implement the program, which
Includes teaching entrepreneurs how to
manage their businesses and how to get
working capital.
On February 28, about 300 people at-
tended an orientation meeting for the
Program. Seventy-five people registered
to attend the first course in the program,
which is slated to start Thursday.
Wednesday, March 22, 1989
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Health Department provides new shot clinic
Beginning April 4, the Brazos
County Health Department will
provide a new College Station
Immunization Clinic every Tues-
day from 9 a.m. to I p.m. at Lin-
coln Center, 1000 Eleanor Street.
Parents must bring a copy of
their child's shot record. Any per-
son other than a parent or guard-
ian bringing a child must bring a
completed authorization form
from the Health Department.
For more information, call the
Brazos County Health Depart-
ment at 361 -4440.
Kite contest postponed, joined with Jazzfest
The College Station Parks and The contest has been resched-
Recreations Department post- uled for Saturday, April 22. It
poned the 10th Annual Kite Con- will be in Central Park to conjuc-
test on March 4 due to cold tion with Tazzfest'89.
weather.
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Thursday, March 23, 1989
The Eagle
NOTICE TO --
BIDDERS
Sealed Proposals addressed
10 the City of College Station,
Texas for the construction,
Including the supply of
necessary labor, materials
an d equipment, of 138 KV
electric transmission lines
and 12.5 KV electric distribu-
tion lines will be received RI
the Office of the Purchasing
Agent, City of College
Station, Texas until 2:00 p.m•
on the 14th ay Of April,
1989. The major
of the PrOjectPro:
1) Construct approximately
5.7 miles of new 138 KV
transmission line, utilizing
concrete Poles and hOdZOn
fal sidepost insulator con-
struction. roxi-
2) Reconstruct aPP
mately 1.54 miles of existing
three - phase, 12.5 KV, over-
head distrit ution line as
underbuild to the new 138 KV
transmission linGfications for plans and Specifications
this project may be obtained
Irom the Engineer, McCord
Engineering, S W, Parkway,
10047 ,
Suite 100, College Station,
Texas 77840 (phone:
409R&I. -8356) upon Pay
ment of $25.00 per set, which
payment wig not be subject to
refund.
CITY O STATION TEXAS
By: Virginia McCartney
Purchasing Agent
Bid # 89-11
03- 23- 89,03 -30-89
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Straight Shot 10 -K story
was slanted to negative
I feel that your story concerning the
Texas Straight Shot provided a very
slanted negative view of the annual lOK
run. Yes, drivers were inconvenienced.
Yes, maybe an alternate route should be
found. But where in your article did you
mention the economic impact that this
event had on our community. Nowhere.
I am sure the Chamber of Commerce
could provide accurate statistics on how
many dollars were brought into restau-
rants, hotels, stores, gas stations, etc.
because of the event.
Generally when people know the posi-
tive affect such an event has on the
economic conditions our community
they are willing to tolerate a little (yes,
frustrating) inconvenience. We certainly
know our joint communities are not in a
position to turn away this sort of influx
of consumers.
So while I wish it had not taken me an
hour to return from the Mall, I say
thank you to race coordinator Rusty
Higham, St. Joseph's Hospital and the
Bryan- College Station Athletic Fed-
eration for providing this economic
booster shot to Bryan- College Station.
DENISE FRIES
Bryan
A Straight Shot alternative plan
I have an idea which will alleviate the
traffic problems caused by the Straight
Shot lOK and, simultaneously, will
create a much more interesting event
for the race's spectators. Simply lay out
the course in the shape of a figure eight,
with each diagonal perhaps one ki-
lometer long. (I realize this will be a little
tricky to design, but I'm sure some Aggie
traffic planners will be up to it. The
"triangle" section of Bryan comes to
mind as a resource.)
With this simple modification to the
race, not only will the route be infinitely
easier to skirt by car, but spectators will
be treated to the thrills and spills of a
pedestrial demolition derby. National
press attention is a certainty, within
two years, ESPN will be doing live
broadcasts of the "Aggie Str-Eight Shot
10F," It'll be great. Trust me on this.
RAY A. MUFF
College Station
Disappointed in 10 -K headlines
Monday's Eagle headlines regarding
the Straight Shot really disappointed
Letters to the editor
Readers are encouraged to voice their
opinions through letters of the editor. Let-
ters must be signed and must include the
writer's address and daytime telephone
number. Letters should total no more than
300 words and will be edited if they violate
this maximum. Mail letters to: Letters to
the Editor, The Eagle, P.O. Box 3000,
Bryan, Texas, 77805.
me. I have participated in all seven
Straight Shots and always have good
feeling about the event. One year I ran
the lOk race with the flu, another year I
ran it too soon for my own good after
major surgery. I've ran it in cold, wet
weather, hot, humid weather, sun-
shine, and thunder and lightening. The
first year I ran, we waited for a eighty
year old gentlemen to finish the race,
this year a two year old baby finished
the race in a buggy pulled by his father.
I have all seven t- shirts in my drawer
and this qualifies me to share some per-
sonal observations about the impor-
tance of the event.
I could say that I run this race to sup-
port the community, but there are other
reasons why I make this effort each
year. There is nothing like the feeling I
get as I run down our major thorough-
fare and see that long stream of runners
ahead of me. I'm older and slower than
many who run this race and I am not
particularly athletic, but this event
gives me a chance to feel a kinship with
those talented athletes who finish the
race in half the time that it takes me to
cover the same ground. The fact that a
few in the community come to watch
and cheer "me", members of the Aggie
core supply their support, and local
police insure my safety only adds to the
feeling that I am participating in an
event unlike any other in our city.
This race has contributed to the
strong sense of pride I have for Bryan-
College Station. I view Texas Avenue
differently after running the race. Signs,
buildings, rises in the street become a
part of personal goals that I must ac-
complish as I run the race. For example,
the participants who run this race know
that there is a hill on Texas Avenue that
appears like a mountain in the fifth mile
of the race. I never drive that stretch of
roadway without remembering what its
like to run up that hill. My favorite part
of the race is when I am gunning in front
of Texas A&M. Although I drive the
route to work every day, when I view the
campus as I run down the middle of
Texas Avenue I increase my awareness
of what a truly impressive institution
centers our community. This builds a
respect for Bryan- College Station that I
would not have if I only viewed Texas
Avenue in a moving automobile.
This year my husband, who also runs
the race regularly and arrived at the fin-
ish line before I did, and my daughter
who completed the three mile health
walk cheered me as I crossed the finish
line. The three of us visited with friends,
compared personal race stories, and
waited for my son to come racing down
Texas Avenue on his bike. It was a satis-
fying way to spend an afternoon. I am
sorry that the impressions of disgrun-
tled drivers and a very negative news-
paper headline has been added to the
seven years of positive feelings that I
have accumulated in my Straight Shot
experiences.
This description might not convey
what the race means to every recrea-
tional runner that participates in the
Straight Shot, but, hopefully it could
explain why about 1400 of your neigh-
bors ask that the city be patient for four
hours a year. I do have one very practi-
cal suggestion for those who found their
blood pressure rising when they were
inconvenienced last Sunday because of
the traffic. Park your car and walk, run,
or ride with the rest of us. It would do
your heart and soul a lot of good.
DONNA WISEMAN NORRIS
Bryan
Closing Texas Ave. not smart
I do not live in Bryan or College
Station, but do have occasion to be in
your fair cities. I had the misfortune to
be in the area Sunday, February 19th
when the IOK /5K Straight Shot Run
and Walk was held. I do not think clos-
ing off Texas Avenue was the smartest
idea ever construed. This hurt the Texas
Avenue businesses as well as having
irate drivers who could not reach their
destinations. The men working to block
off Texas Avenue could not even give a
detour route. nor did they know how
long Texas Avenue would be closed.
I do understand this is possibly a good
event to be held, but I do not under-
stand the reasoning behind blocking a
the main thoroughfare of the two cities
for such an event. There are several
good locations in the area where such
an event could be held without having
all the traffic disruption.
Being a subscriber to the Eagle since
its early conception, and knowing some
of the forefathers and background of 0
these two cities, I admire how the area
has grown and prospered. But, I cannot
Friday, March 24, 1989
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condone the shortsightedness used in
holding this event in the manner it was
held, and consider this to be a step
backward instead of forward.
Even a country guy like me can see if
two ships set sail and are steered the
way this event was conducted, that
neither ship will ever reach their des-
tination; especially since the poor damn
crew didn't even know where they were
headedll
Somebody please helpll Before next
year's event, find a suitable location in-
stead of blocking off the main stream of
the cities for three to four hours.
M.R.WICHMAN,JR.
Navasota
Thanks for covering problems
The Eagle should be thanked for pre-
senting some of the problems associ-
ated with the Straight Shot 1OK. The
city councils should weigh carefully the
desires of a group of just over a
thousand who wish to monopolize the
primary thoroughfare for the better part
of an afternoon with the rights of the
community to use its public roadways.
We should do our best to accom-
modate the desires of this group, but
with the minimum disruption to the
community. One writer has stated that
the only traffic problems were caused by
travellers not knowing the alternative
routes available. Apparently that per-
son was not driving during the event.
Traffic was backed up for several miles
along the only alternate route to the
South. It took forty minutes to cross
Texas Avenue by taking the southern
route along the bypass, to a jog (no pun
intended) along Texas Avenue to FM
2818. The entirety of Texas Avenue was
closed a half hour before the start of the
race. Runners would not reach the end
of the course until almost a half hour
after the start of the race. A good portion
of Texas Avenue was closcd for almost
an hour more than necessary for the
straight shot.
Problems could be reduced by keeping
open major streets that cross Tesas
Avenue until the runners are within a
mile of the intersection. For example,
Southwest Parkway had remained open
until runners approached that intersec-
tion, traffic flow would have been im-
proved. and far less people would have
been inconvenienced by the event, yet
this would have oaused no inconven-
ience to the participants. I hope that op-
tions such as this are considered before
next years race.
JIM VANBEEK
Bryan
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Thomas Park Pool opens today
for renewed swimming season
Spring is here, and College Station's Thomas Park
Pool will open today in celebration.
Spring swimming hours will be 5:30 -6:30 a.m. for
adult lap swimming and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. public
swimming Monday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 6
p.m. public swimming on Saturday and Sunday.
Today, Saturday and Sunday, all swimmers will be
admitted for 50 cents.
The College Station Parks and Recreation aquatics
division also will offer the following Red Cross cour-
ses:
Standard First Aid - Two classes. Meets 6 -9 p.m.
Monday through Thursday and April 3 -6, College
Station Community Center.
Advanced Lifesaving Review - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
April 1, 8 -11 a.m. April 2, Thomas Park Pool.
CPR - Two classes. Meets 6 -10 p.m. Friday
through April 2 and April 7 -9, Southwood Valley
Pool.
Call the College Station parks office at 764 -3773
or Thomas Park Pool at 764 -3721 for more informa-
tion about swimming hours and classes.
Friday, March 24, 1989
The Eagle
9 speak out to CS panel
about parking ordinance
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
Nine College Station residents spoke to
the College Station council Thursday
night about an ordinance which would
prohibit parking vehicles on lawns in re-
sidential areas.
During a public hearing at the council's
regular meeting, seven people objected to
the ordinance and two spoke in favor of it.
The new ordinance would prohibit
parking on front lawns in residential
neighborhoods except on paved or gravel
areas.
Jan Goehring said she thought a pro-
hibition against parking in yards would
force people to park in streets which are
already too narrow in some cases.
"I live on a street that's not wide
enough to park vehicles on and drive,"
she said. "Every morning I play chicken
driving down the street between 8 and
8:15."
Mayor Larry Ringer said the ordinance
was prepared in reaction to complaints
from residents who objected to how rut-
ted yards make a neighborhood look.
Howard Anderson said he objected to
the proposed ordinance because it would
restrict his right to do as he pleases with
his property.
"I paid for the place where I live," he
said. "I should have the right to park
where I want to. If the neighbors object, it
should be between m, and the neighbors,
not a matter of law."
Councilman Dick Haddox said many
people are reluctant to come to their
neighbor with a complaint, however.
"I wish we didn't have to have laws," he
said. "But whatever we do it's going to be
Parking
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$30,000 from HUD and $15,000
from the Texas Engineering Ex-
tension service, Fette said.
In other action, the council ap-
in the spirit of not trying to overreact, bu
help citizens."
Dorothy Holland spoke in favor of the
ordinance, saying her neighborhoodsE
appearance has suffered because people
park on their lawns.
'When we built, Kyle was a nice looking
street," she said. "But gradually some
ownership has become rental property."
Holland said where land owners rent to
several students who park on the lawn
because of lack of space in the driveway,
the lawns are rutted and affect the entire
neighborhood.
"If the neighborhood is unpleasant to
look at, property values will be lowered,"
she said.
The council referred the ordinance to a
committee to study possible alternatives
before the ordinance is brought back to
the council next month for a vote.
The council also approved using
$10,000 of community development
funds to help the Small Business De-
velopment System pay for a computer to
track the effectiveness of the program
and to meet expenses not allocated.
The SBDS is a program which helps en-
trepreneurs start or expand businesses
and manage their businesses effectively.
Director of Community development
Dan Fette said the money will bring Col-
lege Station's contribution up to $20,000.
The first $10,000 helped pay for a mar-
keting analysis which identified busi-
nesses most likely to succeed, he said.
The Council for Economic Action, a
consulting firm which developed the
SBDS, has a $90,000 contract with
Bryan, Fette said. Besides the $20,000
from College Station, Bryan has received
Please see Parking, 5A
proved an ordinance which will
remove the requirement that
members of the planning and zon-
ing commission be College Station
property owners. The ordinance
also provides for commission
members to serve for as many as
three consecutive two -year terms
and for the automatic removal of
commission members who miss
more than 25 percent of regular
commission meetings in any year.
March 24, 1989, Friday
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Sunday, March 26,
The Eagle
108 L Notices
ADVERTISEMENT
FOR BIDS
You are invited to bid on the
following project:
Emerald Forest Park
SCOPE OF WORK: Scope of
work includes concrete work,
playground, basketball court,
picnic units, brick pavers,
electrical work, water line
and fountain, wood fencing,
manual sprinkler system, and
wood sign.
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108 Legal No
RECEIPT OF BIDS: Sealed
proposals will be accepted at
the office of the Director of
the Parks and Recreation
Department in Central Park,
1000 Krenek Tap Road, until
2:00 P.M., April 14, 1989 at
which time they will be
opened and read aloud. Bids
must be marked with project
title on the envelope.
INFORMATION AND BID-
DING DOCUMENTS: Plans,
specifications and bid docu-
ments may be obtained by
contacting Mark A. Cisneros
or Peter Vaneck at the Parks
and Recreation Department
(409) 764 -3412. There wilbe
a $25.00 plan deposit.
The deposit is fully refunda-
ble provided the plans are re-
turned intact and in good
condition within 14 days of
the bid date.
0325- 89,03 -26-89
04 -01- 89,04 -02-89
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Monday, March 27, 1989
The Eagle
`Blue Light Special
Warrant Week' in CS
The College Station Municipal
Court along with the Police Depart-
ment will conduct a 'Blue Light Spe-
cial Warrant Week" beginning today
(Monday) and continuing through Fri-
day.
The purpose is to encourage people
with outstanding warrants to volun-
tarily take care of them without being
arrested. As an incentive, Municipal
Court Judge Phil Banks has agreed to
waive all warrant charges and failure
to appear fees during this week. Once
a warrant is issued, a fee outside of
that issued for the first offense is atta-
ched. Another fee is added if a person
fails to appear in court when sum-
moned. Only these particular fees will
be waived — not those assessed for the
original offense.
During this week, the police de-
partment will not actively seek to serve
warrants, however if a person is
stopped who has an outstanding war-
rant, they will be subject to arrest and
will have to pay all fees. After Friday,
police will aggressively pursue those
with outstanding warrants.
A person may determine if they have
an outstanding warrant by calling the
municipal court at 764 -3683 between
8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
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Allow wildflower reseeding
I read in the Eagle that neighbors
made a complaint to the city of College
Station about a field where wild
flowers had gone or were going to seed
and the city made them mow it. They
, ,probably did not know that wild
' must be allowed to seed them-
selves to have them next year.
I understand the city council is con -
rd sidering an ordinance allowing citizens
to allow wild flowers to have time to
reseed themselves. I hope anyone in-
terested will urge the council to pass
this ordinance.
PEARLE TANZER
College Station
Thursday, March 28, 1989
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By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
College Station council mem-
bers Wednesday afternoon heard
a report on the first phase of a
plan to develop new small busi-
nesses in Bryan and College
Station.
The Small Business De-
velopment System is a program
designed to help local entre-
preneurs start up or expand small
businesses in the area. Judy Ap-
pelt of the Boston -based Council
for Economic Action presented a
summary of a market analysis
which identified 65 kinds of busi-
ness which are needed locally.
Appelt said she would reveal what
the 65 businesses are today.
Appelt said she compared
Bryan- College Station with six
other cities similar in size and in-
come levels to determine what
businesses are most likely to suc-
ceed here. The aim of the SBDS
program is to reduce the failure
rate of new businesses by teach-
ing entrepreneurs what they need
to know to run a small business.
The first SBDS course began
Wednesday at 7 p.m. Appelt said
course one is designed to help po-
tential entrepreneurs decide if
they really want to be in business
for themselves. A second course,
designed for those who complete
the first course, helps people de-
velop a business plan, seek fi-
nancing for their businesses and
fine tune management skills, she
said.
On Feb. 28 about 300 people
attended an orientation meeting
for the program. Of those attend-
ing, 75 registered to attend the
first course.
The 16 -hour first course will be
offered again from 8:30 am. to 5
p.m. on April 22 and April 29 and
from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. on Tuesdays
and Thursdays from May 2 - May
25.
For more information, call
Bryan Community Development
Coordinator Gail McMillan at
361 -3838.
The council also discussed an
ordinance amendment which
would prohibit parking vehicles
on grass areas of front lawns in
single family and duplex residen-
tial areas.
Director of Planning Jim Cal-
laway said the amendment would
require that parking areas be
paved or gravel if they are in front
of a house. Areas in side or back
yards are exempt from the re-
quirement, he said.
Callaway said the areas which
will be affected most by the
amendment are areas with high
concentrations of student hous-
CS councilman objects to Eagle reports
In Wednesday's meeting of
the College Station City Coun-
cil, Councilman Dick Birdwell
raised an objection to Eagle re-
ports regarding letters sent by
Police Chief Michael Strope re-
questing that record stores not
sell offensive tapes and records
to minors.
Steve Tunnell, a local disc
jockey, spoke to the council on
March 9 about offensive lyrics
in some rap recordings. After
members of the council asked
the city staff to investigate Tun -
nell's report, Strope wrote the
letter.
In the March 15 edition of the
Eagle, a story stated that the
council asked Strope to write
the letter asking stores to ban
the music from their shelves.
Birdwell said the council had
never taken such an action.
"Now I firmly believe that the
Eagle has a right to express any
opinion that they want to on
their editorial page," he said.
"However, I also believe they
have a responsibility to get their
facts straight. This council in no
way banned any tape."
Birdwell said he supports
Strope's letter.
"It set out the problem and
asked for voluntary assistance,"
he said.
City Manager Ron Ragland
said the decision to write the let-
ter was made by the city staff,
not by the council.
ing or low- to moderate- income
families.
City Attorney Cathy Locke said
people violating the new amend-
ment would be warned in writing
before being cited. The city would
try to get property owners to com-
ply with the ordinance by provid-
ing adequate paved or gravel park-
ing spaces, but if citations are is-
sued, they will be issued to ten-
ants who park on the grass, she
said.
Councilman Dick Birdwell
raised an objection to Eagle re-
ports regarding letters sent by
Police Chief Michael Strope re-
questing that record stores not
sell offensive tapes and records to
minors.
Steve Tunnell, a local disc
jockey, told the council on March
9 that two rap tapes had offensive
lyrics. After members of the coun-
cil asked the city staff to in-
vestigate Tunnell's report, Strope
wrote the letter.
In the March 15 edition of the
Eagle, a story stated that the
council asked Strope to write the
letter asking stores to ban the
music from their shelves.
Birdwell said the council had
never taken such an action.
"Now I firmly believe that the
Eagle has a right to express any
opinion that they want to on their
editorial page," he said. "However,
I also believe they have a respon-
sibility to get their facts straight.
This council in no way banned
any tape."
Birdwell said he supports
Strope's letter.
"It set out the problem and ask-
ed for voluntary assistance," he
said.
City Manager Ron Ragland said
the decision to write the letter was
made by the city staff, not by the
council.
Candidate filing
in B -CS closes
without addition
Wednesday was the last day for
candidates to file for the May 6 city
elections in Bryan and College
Station.
When filing closed at 5 p.m., no
additional candidates had re-
gistered for the four seats on the
Bryan council or the three seats on
the College Station Council.
In Bryan, Mayor Marvin Tate
faces Jo Ann M. Zaeske, Place 1
councilman Hank McQuaide faces
Mike Stafford, Place 3 councilman
Ben Hardeman faces Dale Ison and
Place 5 councilwoman Helen Cha-
variia faces Kandy Rose and W.E.
"Bill" Crutchfield.
College Station Mayor Pro Tem
and Place 1 councilman Fred Brown
and Place 3 councilwoman Lynn
McIlhaney are unopposed for re-
election. Place 5 councilman Jim
Gardner faces challenger Mike
Cronan.
Thursday, March 30, 1989
The Eagle
In Bryan - College Station
College Station
closes Friday l
City offices in College Station
Will be closed Friday in obser-
vance of Good Friday.
Residential and commercial so-
lid waste will still be collected in
the city, and the landfill will be
open from 9 a.m. to noon that
day.
The holiday wlll not affect Bryan
city offices.
Thursday, March 30, 1989
The Eagle
NOTICE TO
BIDDERS
Sealed proposals addressed
10 the City of College Station,
Texas for the construction,
including the supply of
necessary labor, materials
and equipment, of 138 KV
electric transmission lines
and 12.5 KV electric distribu-
fon lines will be received at
the Office of the Purchasing
Agent, City of College
Station, Texas until 2:00 p.m.
on the 14th day of April,
1989. The major components
of the project are:
1) Construct approximately
5.7 miles of new 138 KV
transmission line, utilizing
concrete poles and horizon-
tal sidepost insulator con-
struction.
2) Reconstruct approxi-
mately 1.54 miles of existing
three-phase, 12.5 KV, over-
head distribution line as
underbuild to the new 138 KV
transmission line.
Plans and Specifications for
this project may be obtained
from the Engineer, McCord
Engineering, Inc., P.O. Box
10047, 900 S.W. Parkway,
Suite 100, College Station,
Texas 77840 ( Phone:
409/764 -8356) upon pay-
ment of $25.00 per set, which
payment will not be subject to
refund.
CITY OSTATION TEXAS
By: Virginia McCartney
Purchasing Agent
Bid # 8911
03- 23- 89,03
Thursday, March 30, 1989
The Eagle
Last chance to back down
Friday is the last day for reluctant
candidates in the May 6 city and
school elections to remove their names
from the ballot.
City election candidates can delete
themselves from the campaign with a
visit to the city secretary's office.
School board candidates can officially
drop out of the election by visiting
their school district administration of-
fice.
Absentee voting begins April 17, and
runs through May 2.
Thursday, March 30, 1989
The Eagle
108 Lega Notices Y
610 NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting bid(s) for:
INSTALLATION OF WHITE
POLYURETHANE ROOF
COATING ON THE COM-
MUNITY CENTER - 17,556
SOUARE FEET
until 2:00 P.M. on APRIL 10,
1989, at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and all bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
to accept the offer con-
sidered most advantageous
to the City.
Bid #89-30
03-31- 89,04 -07-89
Friday, March 31, 1989
The Eagle
'Precinct 3 residents ask county
for fire- prevention district vote
By Elizabeth Sharp
of the Eagle staff
A small group of residents from rural
Precinct 3 asked county commissioners
Tuesday to call an election on a fire-
prevention taxing district for the pre-
cinct.
An even smaller group from Pct. 3
voiced disapproval for the proposed tax-
ing district, instead asking commis-
sioners to use county money to fund fire
fighters instead of calling for an election
on the tax proposal.
Commissioners are slated to vote at
10:30 a.m. Thursday on whether to hold
the election.
If approved, the election will be held
May 6 — the same day as city and school
elections.
The 30- minute public hearing that
drew about 13 residents from Pct. 3 was
scheduled after a petition was filed with
the county court in mid- March. The peti-
tion bore the signatures of more than 100
registered voters who own property in
Pct. 3 and who want the election.
If the district is created, a court -
appointed board would be empowered to
levy a tax of up to 3 cents for every $100
valuation.
Pct. 3 Commissioner Randy Sims noted
that property valued at $50,000 would be
taxed $15 if the tax rate was set at the
highest level.
Sims said he thinks an estimated
$20,000 per year could be collected to
fund the volunteer fire department. The
estimate includes the agriculture exemp-
tion that could be claimed by a large per-
centage of the residents in the precinct
who would pay reduced taxes, Sims said.
Currently, the county provides
$16,000 in funding to the fire depart-
ment, a budget that volunteer firemen
claim is not enough.
Assistant Fire Chief Ron Mayworm said
the expenses facing the department in-
clude costs they have no way of controll-
ing, such as a 40 percent rise in insur-
ance costs.
Mayworm and Weldon Wright, training
coordinator for the department, said the
voluntary support from Pct. 3 residents is
good, but small.
Wright said as few as 6 -10 percent of
the residents had made donations rang-
ing from $5, but it is not enough to fund
the department.
County resident and former commis-
sioner candidate L.G. Crum suggested it
would be fair if the fire department was
funded from the county's budget and not
from the residents in the precinct.
"It is my belief the commissioners court
has the authority to collect taxes and
fund the budget," Crum said, adding that
commissioners must make a decision on
budget allocations and that not everyone
can get all of the money desired.
Because county residents spend
money — and therefore city, county and
state sales -tax dollars, in Bryan and Col-
lege Station — it is fair to expect the in
corporated areas to assume part of th
costs of funding rural fire department
vis -a -vis county taxes, Crumm said.
Commissioner Gary Norton disagreed
saying that if county taxes are raised V
fund rural fire departments it wouk
mean people in the cities would be taxec
twice because they already are payinj
taxes for the fire departments in city h
mits.
Crum also suggested that the area it
which he lives, an Extra Territorial Juris
diction of College Station, probably soor
will be annexed by the city of College
Station. Crum asked, if the jurisdiction
district annexation is passed by voters,
then would he still pay a rural fire tax?
Sims said he understood the law to say
that unincorporated areas that could be
annexed and that are annexed by a city
are taken from the rural area's taxing
rolls.
If commissioners vote Thursday to pul
the taxing district before the people, three
areas in Pct. 3 would be called upon tc
vote: Extra Territorial Jurisdiction areas
outside of College Station and Bryan and
the remainder of the rural area of the
precinct.
Sims said it is possible two of the areas
could accept the proposal and the other
might not. It also is possible for all three
areas to accept or reject the proposal or
one area to accept and the other two to re-
ject a taxing district.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1989
The Eagle
H
Wednesday, April 5, 1989
The Eagle
NOTICE OF VUk3LIC
HEARING:
The College Station Planning
and Zoning Commission will
hold a public hearing on the
question of granting a Condi-
tional Use Permit for a church
to be located at 415, 417 &
419 Stasney.
The request for Use Permit is
in the name of Islamic Com-
munity of Bryan /College
Station.
The hearing will be held in
the Council Room of the Col-
lege Station City Hall, 1101
South Texas Avenue at the
7:00 P.M. meeting of the
Planning and Zoning Conn
mission on Thursday, April
20, 1989.
For additional information,
contact the Planning Division
at (409) 764 -3570.
Jane R. Kee
Senior Planner
04 -05 -89
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING:
The College Station Planning
and Zoning Commission will
hold a public hearing on the
question of granting a Cond-
tional Use Permit for expan-
sion and renovation of the
existing Public Services
warehouse located at 2613
Texas Avenue South.
The request for Use Permit is I
in the name of the owner, the
City of College Station.
The hearing will be held in
the Council Room of the Col-
lege Station City Hall, 1101
South Texas Avenue at the
7:00 p.m. meeting of the
Planning and Zoning Com
mission on Thursday, April
20, 1989.
For additional information,
contact the Planning Division
at (409) 764- 3570. R. Kee
Senior Planner
04 -04- 89.04 -05-89
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION
TO THE REGISTERED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS:
Notice is hereby given that the polling places listed below
will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday,
May 6, 1989, for voting in a general election to elect three
city officers, as follows: City Councilman, Place 1; City
Councilman, Place 3; and City Councilman, Place 5.
LOCATIONS OF POLLING PLACES:
Polling Place No. 8 (consisting of County Voting Precinct
No. 8) at South Knoll Elementary School;
Polling Place No. 9 (consisting of County Voting Precinct
No. 9) at College Station Community Center on Jersey
Street;
Polling Place No. 10 (consisting of County Voting Pre-
cinct No. 10) at College Station Police Complex;
Polling Place No. 24 (consisting of County Voting Pre-
cinct No. 24) at College Hills Elementary School;
Polling Place No. 31 (consisting of County Voting Pre-
cinct No. 31) at A&M Consolidated High School;
Polling Place No. 32 (consisting of County Voting Pre -
cinct No. 32) at College Station Fire Station No. 2, on Rio
Grade Drive;
Polling Place No. 33 (consisting of County Voting Pre-
cinct No. 33) at Lincoln Center on Eleanor Street;
Polling Place No. 34 (consisting of County Voting Pre-
cinct No. 34) at College Station Central Fire Station;
Polling Place No. 35 (consisting of County Voting Pre-
cinct No. 20, No. 21, and No. 35) at A&M Presbyterian
Church, 301 Church Avenue;
Polling Place No. 39 (consisting of County Voting Pre-
cinct No. 39) at the Tennis Center, Southwood Athletic
Park: and
Polling Place No. 40 (consisting of County Voting Pre-
cinct No. 40) at Aldersgate United Methodist Church,
6501 East Hwy. 6 Bypass.
Absentee Voting by personal appearance will be conduc-
ted each weekday at the Administration Building of the
College Station Independent School District, 1812 Welsh
Street, College Station, Texas, between the hours of
8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., beginning on Monday, April 17,
1989, and ending Tuesday, May 2, 1989.
Applications for ballot by mail shall be mailed to:
Dian Jones, Absentee Voting Clerk
P.O. Drawer 9960
College Station, Texas 77842
Applications for ballots by mail must be received no later
;han 5:00 p.m. on April 28, 1989.
SSUED THIS THE 23RD DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1989.
Larry J. Ringer, Mayor
AVISO DE ELECCION GENERAL
A ios votantes registrados de la Ciudad de College
Station, Texas:
Notifiquese, por b presente, que las casillas electorates
citadas abajo se abriran desde las 7:00 a.m. hasta las
7:00 p.m. of 6 de mayo de 1989 para votar en la Eleccion
General para elegir a tres Concejales: un Concejal para
Lugar 1; un Concejal para Lugar 3; y un Concejal para
Lugar 5.
DIRECCIONES DE LAS CASILLAS ELECTORALES:
Precinto No. 8 - South Knoll Elementary School;
Precinto No. 9 - College Station Community Center,
1300 Jersey Street;
Precinto No. 10 - College Station Police Building Comr
plex;
Precinto No. 24 - College Hills Elementary School;
Precinto No. 31 - A&M Consolidated High School;
Precinto No. 32 - College Station Fire Station No. 2, Rio
Grande Drive;
Precinto No. 33 - Lincoln Center, 1100 Eleanor Street;
Precinto No. 34 - College Station Central Fire Station;
Precinto No. 35 (20, 21, y 35) - A&M Presbyterian
Church, 301 Church Avenue;
Precinto No. 39 - Tennis Center, Southwood Athletic
Park; y
Precinto No. 40 - Aldersgate United Methodist Church,
6501 East Hwy. 6 Bypass;
La votacion en ausencia en persona se Ilevara a cabo de
lunes a viemes en la Oficina de Administracion del CS
ISD, en 1812 Welsh, College Station, Texas, entre las
ocho de la manana y las cinco de la tarde empezando all
17 de abril de 1989 y terminando el 2 de mayo de 1989.
Las solicitudes Para bolelas quo se votaran on ausencia
por correo deberan enviarse a:
Dian Jones, Secretaria de la Votacion en Ausencia
P.O. Drawer 9960
College Station, Texas 77842
Las solicitudes para boletas quo se votaran en ausencia
por oorreo deberan recibirse para el fin de las horas de
negocio el 29 de abril, 1989.
Emitada este dia el 23 de febrero de 1989.
s/LARRYJ. RINGER, of Alcalde de la
Ciudad de College Station, Texas
04 -10-89
Monday, April 10, 1989
The Eagle
Page 6B Bryan- College Station Eagle Monday, April 1 1989
108 Legal Notices
ADVERTISEMENT
FOR BIDS
You are invited to bid on the
following project:
WESTCHESTER PARK
SCOPE OF WORK: Scope of
work includes concrete work
(2) playgrounds, basketball
court, picnic units, water line
and fountains, fitness court,
backstops, soccer goals,
grading and seeding and
wood sign.
Alternates Include a jogging
trail and pavilion.
RECEIPT OF BIDS: Sealed
proposals will be accepted at
the office of the Director of
Parks and Recreation De-
partment in Central Park,
1000 Krenek Tap Road, until
2:00 PM, April 18, 1989 at
which time they will be
opened and read aloud. Bids
must be marked with project
Vile on the envelope.
INFORMATION AND BID-
DING DOCUMENTS: Plans,
specifications and bid docu-
ments may be obtained by
contacting Marco A. Cis-
neros or Peter Vanecek at
the Parks and Recreation
Department Office at (409)
764 -3412. There will be a
$25.00 plan deposit.
The deposit is fully refunda-
ble provided the plans are re-
turned intact and in good
condition within 14 days of
the bid date.
04 -07-89 through 04 -10-89
BID NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting bid(s) for:
4000 AMP CIRCUIT
BREAKERS -2EACH
COPPER WIRE, MCM -
APPROX. 6400'
until 2:00 P.M. on APRIL 14,
1989, at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and all bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
to accept the offer con-
sidered most advantageous
to the City.
Bid #89.31
04-03-89.04-10-
Monday, April 10, 1989
The Eagle
108 Legal Notices
BID NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting bid(s) for:
24 HOUR WRECKER
SERVICE
until 2:00 P.M. on APRIL 17,
1989, at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and all bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
to accept the offer con-
sidered most advantageous
to the City.
Bid 889-24
04-04-89
,04 -11-89
l(iiml Tuesday, April 11, 1989
The Eagle
108 Legal Notices
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING:
The College Station City
Council will hold a public
hearing on the question of
rezoning the following prop-
erty:
A 16.44 acre tract of land in
the Southwood Valley Sec-
tion 24 subdivision, generally
located along the north side
of Deacon Drive, approxi-
mately 800 feet west of
Welsh Avenue and 1100 feet
east of Welborn Road, from
R-4 Apartments Low Density
to R -1 Single Family Resi-
dential. Applicant is W.D.
Fitch.
The hearing will be held in
the Council Room of the Col-
lege Station City Hall, 1101
South Texas Avenue at the
7:00 p.m. meeting of the
Council on Thursday, April
27, 1989.
For additional information,
please call me at (409)
764 -3570.
James M. Callaway
Director of Planning
04 -12-89
Wednesday, April 12, 1989
The Eagle
CS city, school board candidates field
queries on drug testing, sex education
By Jenny Butler
of the Eagle staff
Candidates in the College Station city
council and school board elections faced
questions ranging from drug testing to
sex education to utilities in a Tuesday
night forum sponsored by the Brazos As-
sociation of Evangelical Christians.
All four city council candidates were
present, but only unopposed incumbent
Larry Linder attended the school board
segment of the event.
The city council candidates expressed
mixed opinions to a question from
moderator John Ragland regarding drug
testing of city and private- sector em-
ployees.
Fred Brown, who is running unop-
posed for Place 1 on the city council, said
he is "definitely in favor" of drug testing.
He said he based his opinion on a drug
problem suffered at one time by one of his
employees, and by the suicides of three
teen -agers in Bryan, College Station and
a nearby city.
Lynn McIlhaney, the unopposed in-
cumbent at Place 3, said she "has no
problem" with drug testing, but said it
may not be 'valid" because those found
to be abusing drugs cannot be disci-
plined.
In the only contested race In the city council election, Gardner, a semi - retired
urban planning professor at Texas A &M University, stressed his planning ex-
perience as an advantage over his opponent. Cronan, a registered engineer,
countered that his engineering background makes him more qualified forthe
job.
"I don't think people realize the extent
of the problem in our community," she
said. 'We should be able to offer some in-
centive (to drug abusers) to do something
about (their problem)."
Jim Gardner, who is trying to retain his
Place 5 seat against challenger Mike
Cronan, said he is concerned with the is-
sue of privacy regarding drug testing. He
said he supports "reasonable spot -
checking" for city employees who are in-
volved in the welfare of the public, ad-
ding, "how extensive it should be in the
workforce, I have not reached an opin-
ion."
Cronan said a drug - testing ordinance
could lead to legal problems, and urged
public support for the police and com-
munity groups that are involved in drug
prevention.
He said drug prevention should focus
on the schools, where young people often
face drugs for the first time.
'The most vicious attack with drugs is
something that happens to our children,"
Cronan said. "As long as drugs are com-
ing in, we're going to have a problem."
In the only contested race in the city
council election, Gardner, a semi- retired
urban planning professor at Texas A &M
University, stressed his planning experi-
ence as an advantage over his opponent.
Cronan, a registered engineer, countered
that his engineering background makes
him more qualified for the Job.
Linder was asked by an audience
member whether he would support ab-
stinence -based sex education in College
Station schools, as opposed to the cur-
rent curriculum, which includes infor-
mation about contraception.
"I would say yes," Linder said. 'We're
certainly open to all sorts of curriculum
suggestions."
He said alternative sex education cur-
ricula stressing abstinence has not been
presented to the board, "but we'd look at
them."
Wednesday, April 12, 1989
The Eagle
CS council
to consider
master plan
Proposed changes in the city's
master plan top a routine agenda
for the College Station city council
members when they meet at 4
p.m. today.
City Planner Jim Callaway said
Tuesday that the update reflects
changes that have taken place in
the city's growth patterns since
the plan was initiated. It includes
an evaluation of land use and
projects future land use for the
city, he said.
The council will vote on accept-
ing the changes at its regular:
meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday.
The council also will consider at
proposal Thursday to form a fire-
prevention district that would in-
clude part of College Station's`
extra - territorial jurisdiction. Ac-
cording to a statement by City At-
torney Cathy Locke, if the council;
doesn't include the jurisdiction in
the district, a majority of the qua -'
lified voters and lanahwners in
the area can petition
to provide fire protection.
The council also will consider
a n ordinance that would restrict
the parking of vehicles on and
lawns of single - family
duplexes. According to the pro-
posed ordinance, vehicles parked
in front of a house would have to
be parked in a driveway or on a
paved parking area.
Wednesday, April 12, 1989
The Eagle
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING:
The College Station City
Council will hold a p
hearing on the question of
rezoning the following prop-
erty:
Four small tracts or areas of
land in the Southwood valley
Section 26 subdivision, gen-
erally bounded on the north
by the Southwood Forest
subdivision, on the west by
the Westchester Place sub-
division and the Episcopal
Church, on the south by Rock
Prairie Road and on the east
by Rio Grande Boulevard.
The request is to rezone 0.95
acres from R -4 Apartments
Low Density to R -1 Single I
Family Residential; 0.14
acres from R - Single Family
Residential to R-4 Apart-
ments Low Density. 0.38
acres from C -N Neighbor-
hood Business to R-4 Apart-
ments Low Density; and,
0.32 acres from R-4 Apart-
ments Low Density to C -N
Neighborhood Business. Ap-
Plicant is W.D. Fitch.
The hearing will be held in
the Council Room of the Col-
lege Station City Hall, 1101
South Texas Avenue at the
7:00 P.M. meeting of the
Council on Thursday, April
27, 1989.
For specific details and addi-
tional information, Please call
me at (409) 764 -3570.
James M. Callaway
Director of Planning
04 -12-89
Wednesday, April 12, 1989
"� The Eagle
BID NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting bids) for:
INSTALLATION OF WHITE
POLYURETHANE ROOF
COATING ON THE
COMMUNITY CENTER -
APPROXIMATELY 17,566
SQUAREFEET
until 2:00 P.M. on APRIL 25,
1989, at which time the bids
108 Lega Notices
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and all bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
to accept the offer con-
sidered most advantageous
to the City.
Bid #89-32
04 -13 89,04 -20-89
L Thursday, April 13, 1989
The Eagle
Thursday, April 13, 1989
The Eagle
CS council
gets update of
master plan
By J Dennis Yount V
of the Eagle staff
College Station council mem-
bers heard an update of the city's
master plan during a routine
workshop session Wednesday.
City planner Jim Callaway told
the council that the recom-
mendations being made reflect an
alignment with actual de-
velopment in the city since the
plan was drafted. The update pre-
sented Wednesday includes land
use, road systems and de-
velopment polictes, he said.
The land use part of the update
showed the most changes in the
area south of the city along Texas
6, he said. The original master
plan showed a higher expectation
of commercial growth in that area
than has developed. Callaway
said city staff and the planning
and zoning commission have
changed the plan to reflect less
commercial development.
Callaway presented a map
which showed areas for which fu-
ture use hasn't been decided as
low- density residential. This cate-
gory isn't intended to tie the city
to that use, however, he said.
Councilman Dick Haddox ob-
jected to the residential classifica-
tion. Showing those areas as resi-
dential might discourage com-
mercial development which would
be appropriate, he said.
Senior planner Jane Kee said
the update also includes a new
category: transition areas at least
200 feet wide between potentially
incompatible areas to serve as
buffer zones. Appropriate use of
the transition areas might include
office commercial, neighborhood
convenience stores or multifamily
residential, she said.
The council will vote on the
changes at Its regular meeting at
7 p.m. today.
The council also heard a report
from city utility staff on a program
to install street lights and security
lights. Electric superintendent
Ray Havens said the city installs
lights at street corners and at
least every 500 feet along streets.
Lighting in addition to this is con-
sidered security lighting and re-
quires a fee of about $10 a month,
but installation on city poles is
free, he said.
Police Lt. Mike Patterson said
security lighting is more effective
In preventing crime than door
locks.
For more information on the ci-
ty's lighting program, call
764 -3681.
B -CS invited to learn
of Soviet `sister city'
The public is invited to learn about
the Soviet city of Kazan, the targeted
,. sister city" for Bryan - College Station,
during a presentation Monday at 7:30
p.m. in Room 141 of Bryan High
School.
Chester Dunning, associate profes-
sor of history at Texas A &M University,
will present a program titled "A Short
History of Kazan," and Scott Thacher,
president of the Bryan- College Station
Sister City Association, will explain
why the group wants to establish a sis-
ter city relationship.
There also will be a brief discussion
on the pen -pal program that recently
has linked B -CS schoolchildren with
their Russian counterparts, and tea-
chers involved in the project will ex-
plain how others, including adults,
can get a Russian pen pal.
Thursday, April 13, 1989
The Eagle
LS council OKs ordinance
restricting parking on lawns
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
College Station council members ap-
proved an ordinance Thursday that is
aimed at improving the appearance of
neighborhoods where Texas A&M Uni-
versity students share houses.
The new ordinance restricts parking on
front lawns of single - family and duplex
residences to paved parking areas. A
front lawn is described as the area for-
ward of the front wall of the house.
The new ordinance takes effect imme-
diately, but enforcement won't begin for
60 days to allow residents to comply vol-
untarily.
At a public hearing on the proposed or-
dinance on March 9, Mayor Laity Ringer
said the ordinance was prepared in re-
sponse to complaints from residents who
objected to how rutted lawns make a
neighborhood look.
Resident Dorothy Holland said at that
meeting that property values have suf-
fered in her neighborhood since students
started moving in and sharing single fa-
intly homes.
"When we built, Kyle (Street) was a nice
looking street," she said. "But gradually
some ownership has become rental prop-
erty."
Texas A &M student Bill Martin said on
Thursday that he would rather see enfor-
cement manpower used to help solve
more pressing city problems rather than
citing people for doing something of
which their neighbors don't approve.
Resident Steven Miller, referring to
houses shared by several students, said
the real problem in the neighborhoods
was the change of many single - family
homes to multi - family usage.
Current city ordinances restrict the
number of unrelated people living in one
house to four. Councilman Dick Birdwell
said that if more than four students are
living in a house, however, enforcing the
ordinance is difficult.
"The semester is only four months
long," he said. "Due process and the in-
vestigation take that long. By the time we
can do anything, the semester is over and
they're gone."
In response to the council's claim that
the ordinance would be enforced only if
neighbors complained of violations,
homeowner Jack Rose, who opposed the
ordinance, said if the ordinance is of that
little importance, it shouldn't be passed.
"A property owner should have the
right to use his property as he sees fit," he
said. the fact that a neighbor doesn't
like to see a car parked on grass should
not have an impact.
"Ibe 14th amendment guarantees
equal protection for all citizens. (The or-
dinance) seems only to add a lot of work
for people in the city and not accomplish
anything."
In other action, the council approved a
proposal to allow residents in the city's
extra territorial jurisdiction to vote on
joining a rural fire protection district. The
district would have taxing authority to
help raise money for fire equipment.
Precinct 3 County Commissioner
Randy Sims said the district would allow
the price of new equipment to be shared
among a larger number of people.
The council also voted to defer a de-
cision about accepting changes to the ci-
ty's master plan until the plan can be dis-
cussed at a special workshop meeting at
4 p.m. Wednesday in the council cham-
bers.
Friday, April 14, 1989
The Eagle
B -CS, A &M to join hands for food bank
By David Elliot
of the Eagle staff
About 3,000 Texas A&M stu-
dents and residents from the
Bryan - College Station area are
expected to join hands this Sun-
day at A&M's Polo Field in an
effort to collect food for the Brazos
Food Bank.
"Hands Across Aggieland,"
prompted by the "Hands Across
America" drive of recent years, is
sponsored by A&M's Student Y,
the second - oldest student organi-
zation on campus.
Keri Keilberg, chairwoman of
the event, said this is the second
year that A&M students have
gathered to raise food. Last year,
about 100 people participated.
"This is the first year we're
expanding it to include the entire
community," Keilberg said.
Anyone who wants to join in the
line should bring a can of food,
Keilberg said. "A can of food is re-
quired for admission and if they
want to bring several cans, they're
welcome to," she said. Cash dona-
tions also are welcome, she said.
The line will form at 1:15 p.m.
and Bryan Mayor Marvin Tate and
College Station Mayor Larry
Ringer will be on hand, Keilberg
said. A&M yell leaders will lead
the line in a yell at 1:20 p.m., and
700 A&M Fish Camp counselors
will lead the line in another yell.
At 1:25 p.m., door prizes will be
given away. Prices include a giant
umbrella from Loupot's Book
Store, free car wash coupons from
Wolf Creek Car Wash, chicken
fried steak dinners from Fort Shi-
loh Grille, family board games
from Starships and Dragons, and
a $10 gift certificate from Clothes
Pro.
'We're talking about quite a few
prizes," Keilberg said.
At 1:35 p.m., the A&M Alle-
mander's Square Dance team will
perform, followed by the A&M
Women's Chorus Octet.
"After that, we are going to
break the line and people will be
free to join in and play volleyball
with the Texas A&M volleyball
team," Keilberg said.
People also will be free to eat ice
cream: Blue Bell Creamery in
Brenham will donate 2,100 ice
cream bars.
Friday, April 14, 1989
The Eagle
The City of College Station
\ / is currently recruiting for:
POLICE OFFICER
TCLEOSE entrance Exam and Physical Agility Exam
Saturday April 29, 1989
Applications must be received no later than
Wednesday April 26, 1989
Requirements
Must be at least 21 years of age
Background check
Interview by review board
Polygraph Exam
Psychological Exam
Valid Texas Drivers License
Apply
City Of College Station
Personnel Office
1101 Texas Ave.
EOE
Sunday, April 16, 1989
The Eagle
Local voting
set to begin
for absentees
Sunday, April 16, 1989
The Eagle
By Jenny Butler
of the Eagle staff
Absentee voting for the May 6 Brazos
Valley school board and city council elec-
tions begins Monday and continues
through May 2.
Voters can cast their ballots absentee
for any reason.
Absentee voting for Bryan city council
and school board candidates is at the city
secretary's office, 300 S. Texas Ave. Vot-
ing is Monday through Friday from 8
a.m. -5 p.m.
College Station absentee voting for the
city council and school board election is
being held at the new school administra-
tion office at 1812 Welsh Ave. Voting will
be conducted weekdays from 8 a.m. -5
p.m.
Applications for ballots by mail are be-
ing accepted at the respective city secre-
taries' offices through April 28. In Bryan,
send applications to City Secretary Dor-
othy Mallett, P.O. Box 1000, Bryan
77805.
In College Station, applications should
be sent to City Secretary Dian Jones, P.O.
Box 9960, College Station 77842.
Four candidates are competing for
three places on the College Station City
Council. Place 5 Councilman Jim Gard-
ner is facing Mike Cronan in the only con-
tested race. Mayor Pro Tern and Place 1
Councilman Fred Brown is running
unopposed, as is Place 3 Councilwoman
Lynn McIlhaney.
In the College Station school board
race, there also is only one contested
race. Incumbent Position 3 incumbent
Deanna Wormuth is challenged by Ray
Prewitt, while Position 4 Trustee Larry
Linder and Position 5 incumbent Don
Carter are unopposed.
The Bryan school board election has
eight candidates competing for three
positions. Robert Odstrcil and Daniel
Hernandez are competing for Position 1,
currently held by Travis Nelson, who is
not running for re- election.
Glenn Dowling, Doug Garrett, Lloyd
"Fess" Thomas and James Bradford are
running for Position 2. Kay Hamilton,
who currently holds that seat, is not
running for re- election. Competing for
Position 3 are incumbent Howard Cargill
and Bill Klemm.
In the Bryan city council election, in-
cumbent Mayor Marvin Tate faces Jo Ann
Zaeske. Place 1 incumbent Hank
McQuaide is being challenged by Mike
Stafford, and Place 3 Councilman Ben
Hardeman is competing with Dale Ison.
Place 5 incumbent Helen Chavarria
has two challengers: W.E. "Bill" Crutch-
field and Kandy Rose.
108 Legal Notices
BID NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting bid(s) for:
DEMOLITION OF AGG IE-
LAND APARTMENTS
until MAY 3, 1989 at 2:00
P.M., at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
108 Lega Notices
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and all bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
to accept The offer con-
sidered most advantageous
108 Legal Notices
to the City.
Bid #89 -33
04 -18- 89,04 -25-89
Tuesday, April 18, 1989
The Eagle
CS Biathlon VII set for Saturday
The College Station Biathlon VII is to be held Sat-
urday at the Southwood Valley Pool.
Entry fees for the event, sponsored by the College
Station Parks and Recreation- Aquatics Division, are
$10 per individual and $18 per team. Those register-
ing before 5 p.m. Thursday will receive T -shirts on
race day.
The entry fee for late entries is $12 per individual
and $20 per team. Late entrants will have T -shirts
mailed to them after the event. Race day entrants
will be accepted if there is room.
Events include a 1,000 -yard swim and a 10 -ki-
lometer run in the adjacent neighborhood.
Winners and results will be available within a half
hour upon completion by the last participant. Re-
freshments will be provided.
For more information, call 764 -3773.
Tuesday, April 18, 1989
The Eagle
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING:
The College Station Planning
and Zoning Commission will
hold a public hearing on the
question of granting a Condi-
tional Use Permit for a park-
ing lot to be located on Lot 14
Block 8 West Park Addition
subdivision (200 Montclair).
The request for Use Permit is
in the name of J.E. Loupot.
Owner of the property is Man -
itou Ltd. Real Estate In-
vestments.
The hearing will be held in
the Council Room of the Col-
lege Station City Hall, 1101
South Texas Avenue at the
7:00 P.M. meeting of the
Planning and Zoning CorTM
mission on Thursday, May 4,
1989.
For additional information,
contact the Planning Division
at(409)764 -3570.
Jane R. Kee
Senior Planner
04 -19 -89
Wednesday, April 19, 1989
The Eagle
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING:
The Zoning Board of Adjust-
ment for the City of College
Station will hold a public hear-
ing to consider a request for a
variance in the name of:
Clair J. Nixon
111 Lee Street
College Station, TX 77840
The case will be heard by the
Board at the regular meeting
in the Council Room, College
Station City Hall, 1101 Texas
Avenue at 7:00 P.M. on
Tuesday. May 2, 1989-
Tthe nature of the case is as
follows: Applicant is request-
ing a variance to the rear set-
back for the addition of a gar-
age with living quarters on
second floor.
Additional information is avai-
lable at the office of the Zon-
ing Official of the City of C01-
lege Statio (409) 764 -3570.
Jane R. Kee
Zoning Official
04 -19 -89
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program will sign a contract agreeing not
to take any controlled substance for nine
months of the school year. With the par-
ents' consent, the student agrees to a
urinalysis drug screening at the begining
of the program, he said.
Strope said the program is still in the
planning stages, but he hopes to get local
businesses involved to help offer incen-
tives for drug -free living. Some possible
incentives will be discounts to TIGERS
members at local merchants, he said.
If enough businesses choose to partici-
pate, this is a way for the whole commun-
ity to become involved in the war on
drugs in a positive way, Strope said.
Strope said Humana Hospital and the
school administration support the pro-
gram. Humana has volunteered the drug
screenings which normally cost about
$30 each, he said.
The program will have a board of direc-
tors made up of students. Anytime dur-
ing the nine months, the board can direct
a urinalysis, he said.
, We feel that accomplishing nine
months of drug -free living will encourage
individuals to continue living a drug -free
existence," Strope said.
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
The College Station Police Department
has taken the war on drugs to the class-
room, where it hopes to win the battle be-
fore it begins.
Police Chief Mike Strope said Tuesday
that the police department has just fin-
ished its third Drug Abuse Resistance
Education program at Oakwood Middle
School. More than 400 fifth and sixth
graders have taken the course, he said.
"I don't think we can win the battle on
the streets," Strope said. "I think the only
way to win the battle is in the classrooms
and the homes."
Officer Bob Price, the program coor-
dinator, said the program is aimed at di-
minishing the demand for drugs. By
teaching kids what the dangers are and
working to build positive peer influence,
he said, the program can intervene before
students get involved with drugs.
'We use role playing and 'Just Say No'
techniques," he said. "We work on help-
ing kids build self - esteem."
Price said that by helping students im-
prove their opinions of themselves, they
feel less need to turn to drugs. Working in
the classroom with a police officer also
helps them feel better about the police.
They begin to realize that the police are
on the same side as they are.
Strope said there is no way to measure
the effectiveness of the program until it
has been in place longer. One other city,
however, is already seeing results, he
said.
"In Los Angeles, they've had the pro-
gram for six years," he said. "17hey've
found that 85 percent of DARE gra-
duates' attitudes changed toward drugs
and that 90 percent of their attitudes
changed toward the police.
'There's evidence that the kids are
taking what they learn home. About 75
percent of the parents of graduates have
changed their attitudes toward alcohol
and drugs since the program started in
L.A."
The Bryan Police Department and the
Bryan schools system are also imple-
menting the DARE program; a BPD offi-
cer began teaching the DARE curriculum
full time in January at Lamar School, the
district's fifth -grade center.
Strope said the largest part of the pro-
gram's cost is salaries for one full-time
and one part-time officer, about $31,000
a year. When the first DARE class began
in the fall of 1987, K Mart donated note-
books and supplies. Beginning with the
second class, College Station has pro-
vided funding for the program.
An FBI spokesman said the program is
a bargain at that price. The FBI can easily
spend several times that amount and not
have that much long -range effect, he
said.
Strope said that he believes targeting
fifth and sixth graders before they are in-
volved in drugs is important, but he
wants to go a step farther.
"We hope to kick off a second program
in the fall that will be primarily directed
at high school students," he said. "Bob
(Price) will be the coordinator of that too."
The program, Teens in Grades Ending
Reliance on Substances, faces different
challenges than the DARE program, he
said.
"Peer alliances and attitudes are nor-
mally already formed in high school," he
said. 'We're going to sponsor TIGERS and
get it organized and eventually turn it
over to them (the students)."
Strope said a student in the TIGERS
Thursday, April 20, 1989
The Eagle
108 Legal Notices J
BID NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting bid(s) for:
INSTALLATION OF WHITE
POLYURETHANE ROOF
COATING ON THE
COMMUNITY CENTER -
APPROXIMATELY 17,566
SQUARE FEET
until 2:00 P.M. on APRIL 25,
1989, at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and all bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
to accept the offer con-
sidered most advantageous
to the City.
Bid #89-32
04 -13- 89,04 -20-89
LEGAL NOTICE
ORDINANCE NO. 1806
WAS PASSED AND AP-
PROVED ON APRIL 13,
1989 BY THE CITY COUN-
CIL OF THE CITY OF COL-
LEGE STATION, TEXAS,
meeting in regular session in
the Council Room of the Col
108 Legal Notices
lege Station City Han, said
meeting having been posted
in accordance with Art.
6252 -17. Said Ordinance,
signed by the Mayor and duly
recorded in the official re-
cords of the city, is captioned
as follows: AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING SECTION 6 OF
CHAPTER 10 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE
STATION PERTAINING TO
THE PARKING, STANDING
OR STORING OF VEHI-
CLES OR TRUCKS IN RE-
SIDENTIAL AREAS AND
PROVIDING FOR THE
PROHIBITION OF PARKING
VEHICLES ON FRONT
YARDS, EXCLUDING
DRIVEWAYS, AND, A SPE-
CIAL EXCEPTION PROCE-
DURE.
Ordinance No. 1806 revises
the definition of 'driveway' to
the following:
'Any paved concrete, as-
phalt, gravel and/or other inr
pervious surface area on a lot
designed and required to
provide direct access for ve-
hicles between a street and
private garage, carport, or
other permitted parking
space, or parking area or
loading area, garage and at-
tached or detached acces-
sory building located on a lot
developed with a residential
dwelling used by the occu-
pant of the premises principa-
lly for, but not limited to, the
storage of passenger vehi-
cles or other vehicles and
equipment.' The ordinance
prescribes that it shall be un-
lawful for the owner, occu-
pant or person in charge of
property used for residential
purposes, single family and
duplex, to permit the parking,
standing or storing of motor
vehicles or trucks on front
yard lawns excluding drive-
ways or paved parking areas.
Further, the Zoning Board of
Adjustment is named to ac-
cept applications for special
exceptions for the parking of
vehicles on front yard lawns
in residential areas. The Zon-
ing Board of Adjustment shall
hear and consider such ap-
plications and may issue
special exceptions; also, they
shall have the authority to re-
voke, suspend, maintain or
alter the terms of any special
exception issued, if it is found
that the terms of the special
exception have been vio-
lated.
Violation of any provision of
this ordinance shall be sub-
ject to a fine not exceeding
Two Hundred ($200.00) Dol-
lars. Each day any violation
of this ordinance shall con-
tinue shall constitute a se-
parate offense.
Ordinance No. 1806 shall
become effective and be in
full force and effect on the
62st day after its passage
and approval by the College
Station City Council, and in
accordance with the City
Charter. The complete text of
the above -named ordinance
may be seen at the office of
the City Secretary at 1101
South Texas Avenue, Col-
lege Station, Texas.
04- 20- 89,04 -21 -89
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CS council asks planning staff
to revise master plan of city
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
'Ihe College Station City Council in a
special workshop session Wednesday
asked the city planning staff to revise
their revision of the city's master plan
and resubmit it to the council next week.
After council members expressed con-
cerns at the regular meeting on April 13
that they hadn't had time to review the
changes, Mayor Larry Ringer set the spe-
cial meeting to allow time for further
study of the revised plan.
Councilman Dick Haddox said Wed-
nesday that he would ks incorporated to see
at green-
into
be linking city pa rpo
the plan.
The greenbelts could follow the paths of
creeks from one park to another, he said.
Another area Haddox said he would
like to see changed in the plan is the low-
density residential designation of the un-
developed land south of the city.
Haddox had said at the April 13 meet-
ing that he was afraid the land -use maps
showing those areas as residential would
inhibit commercial growth in the area.
Councilwoman Lynn McIlhaney sug-
gested Wednesday that the planning staff
could solve the problem by using two
maps. one map could be used to show
what already exists and what is planned
for areas already developed.
A separate map could show undeve-
loped areas which the city hopes to de-
velop without committing the city to a
specific zoning category, she said.
The council approved Mcllhaney's plan
and asked the planning staff to submit
the changes at the regular council meet-
ing on April 27.
Thursday, April 20, 1989
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Jazzfest kicks off on Saturday
By Ross Nethery
of the Eagle staff
If you're one of the many who've be-
moaned the shortage of live music —
and especially jazz — in Bryan- College
Station, get ready for heaven on earth
Saturday in College Station's Central
Park.
The 1989 Jazzfest begins at noon with
12 hours of live music that organizers
promise will please every palate.
i 1 Sheila Walker, program supervisor for
Ea( the College Station Parks and Recrea-
D artmen said the entertainers
tMr this_ al represent
the es of local talent, plus artists from
across the state and the country.
For the fifth year, the festival will be
headlined by the One O'Clock Lab Band
from the University of North Texas, an
internationally -known group that had
the distinction of being the first student
band to have an album nominated for a
Grammy Award.
'The One O'Clock Lab Band is an out-
standing group that you don't get to see
very often in this area," Walker said.
"People will drive from a hundred miles
away just to see them."
The Lab Band will hit the stage at 6
p.m. Saturday, between the Mady Kaye
quintet and The Wise Guys , ft
The quintet, a vocal jazz g
well -known in Austin and New York
City, will perform from 4:15 to 5:45 p.m.
Saturday will mark the group's second
appearance at Jazzfest.
Walker said the Wise Guys, a trio who
will perform from 8 to 9:45 p.m., will be
one of the freshest and most exciting
acts ever to hit Bryan- College Station.
" I booked them for the Jazzfest after
hearing them in a Dallas nightclub," she
said. "They're wonderful."
The Wise Guys offer a fast -paced show
that includes everything from tight
harmony and hilarious spoofs to vocal
impersonations in a repertoire that
ranges from the "Hubba- hubba" tunes
of the '20s, '30s and '40s to the Do -Wop
of the '50s and '60s to contemporary
Please see Jazzfest, 3C
Jazzfest
From 1C
defy classification.
The nightcap for the festival will
be the popular and talented Texas
A&M University Jazz Band, which
will be on stage from 10 to 11:30
p.m.
The festival opens at noon with
the Bryan High School Jazz Band,
followed by the A&M Consolidated
High School Jazz Ensemble at
1:20 p.m., and Don Pope &
Friends, another popular local
group, at 2:45 p.m.
The festival emcee is Steve Bur-
ton, a magician who will also be
performing between acts.
Admission to the festival is free,
and refreshments, including beer
and wine coolers, will be available,
though concert-goers will also be
allowed to bring their own coolers.
Walker said the low -cost, but
quality, entertainment is in keep-
ing with the goals of the Jazzfest.
"The City of College Station
does this for a couple of reasons,"
she said. "We want to help im-
prove the quality of life in the city,
and we also want to provide some-
thing that isn't that readily avai-
lable in our area — live music,
and particularly live jazz.
"It's basically a public service,
and with no admission charged,
it's a completely affordable event,"
she said.
In addition to the music, Ja-
zzfest will also have something for
those who like to see art as well as
hear it. She said College Station
crews are going to be bringing in
17 of the sculptures of Dr. Joe
Smith, of Caldwell, whose Bird-
man sculpture can be seen near
the highway in Caldwell.
"He has a formal, primitive style
that is unusual and disturbing,
but that is very enjoyable to look
at," Walker said.
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COLLEGE STATION
CENTRAL PARK
1000 KRENEK TAP RD.
Bryan High School Jazz Band ............. ...........................Noon - 1:00 p.m.
A &M Consolidated High School Jazz_Ensemble .............1:20 - 2:20 p.m.
Don Pope & Friends ............................. ...........................2:45 - 4:00 p.m.
Mady Kaye Quintet- Vocalist ................. ...........................4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
NTSU One O'clock Lab Band ............... ............................600 - 7:45 p.m.
The Wise Guys - Vocal Group .............. ...........................8:00 - 9:45 p.m.
TAMU Jazz Group ............................. ..........................10:00 - 11:30 P.M.
SPONSORED BY: CITY OF COLLEGE STATION PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT
*CHILDREN'S ACTIVITES
Face painting, bean bag toss, Dunking
booth, Duck pond, Cake Walk.
*ARTS /CRAFTS DISPLAY
Visit booths set -up by local arts /crafts
merchants. Sponsored by the B /CS
Jaycess to benefit the medically needy
children in the MHMR Infant Stimula-
tions Program.
*FOOD & DRINKS
Food & drinks may be purchased at the
festival, or patrons may bering their
own.
PARKS &
RECREATION
COI[EqE STATION
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LEGAL NOTICE
ORDINANCE NO. 1806
WAS PASSED AND AP-
PROVED ON APRIL 13,
1989 BY THE CITY COUN-
CIL OF THE CITY OF COL-
LEGE STATION, TEXAS,
meeting in regular session in
the Council Room of the Col-
lege Station City Han, said
meeting having been posted
in accordance with Art.
6252 -17. Said Ordinance,
signed by the Mayor and duly
recorded in the official re-
cords of the city, is captioned
as follows: AN ORDINANCE
Friday, April 21, 1989
The Eagle
108 Legal Notices
AMENDING SECTION 6 OF
CHAPTER 10 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE
STATION PERTAINING TO
THE PARKING, STANDING
OR STORING OF VEHI-
CLES OR TRUCKS IN RE-
SIDENTIAL AREAS AND
PROVIDING FOR THE
PROHIBITION OF PARKING
VEHICLES ON FRONT
YARDS, EXCLUDING
DRIVEWAYS, AND, A SPE-
CIAL EXCEPTION PROCE-
DURE.
Ordinance No. 1806 revises
the definition of "driveway" to
the following:
"Any paved concrete, as-
phalt, gravel and/or other im-
pervious surface area on a lot
designed and required to
provide direct access for ve-
hides between a street and
private garage, carport, or
other permitted parking
space, or parking area or
loading area, garage and at-
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tached or detached acces-
sory building located on a lot
developed with a residential
dweiling used by the occu-
pant of the premises principa-
lly for, but not limited to, the
storage of passenger vehi-
cles or other vehicles and
equipment." The ordinance
prescribes that it shall be un-
lawful for the owner, occu-
pant or person in charge of
property used for residential
purposes, single family and
duplex, to permit the parking,
standing or storing of motor
vehicles or trucks on front
yard lawns excluding drive-
ways or paved parking areas.
Further, the Zoning Board of
Adjustment is named to ac-
cept applications for special
exceptions for the parking of
vehicles on front yard lawns
in residential areas. The Zon-
ing Board of Adjustment shalt
hear and consider such ap-
plications and may issue
special exceptions; also, they
108 Legal Notices
shall have the authority to re-
voke, suspend, maintain or
alter the terms of any special
exception issued, if it is found
that the terms of the special
exception have been vio-
lated.
Violation of any provision of
this ordinance shall be sub-
ject to a fine not exceeding
Two Hundred ($200.00) Dol-
lars. Each day any violation
of this ordinance shah con-
tinue shall constitute a se-
parate offense.
Ordinance No. 1806 shall
become effective and be in
full force and effect on the
62st day after its passage
and approval by the College
Station City Council, and in
accordance with the City
Charter. The complete text of
the above -named ordinance
may be seen at the office of
the City Secretary at 1101
South Texas Avenue—Col-
lege Station, Texas.
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Narcotics task force arrests
two on drug - selling charges
By Sondra Pickard
of the Eagle staff
The Brazos County Narcotics Task
Force wrapped up an extensive in-
vestigation Wednesday with the arrest of
two College Station men who were char-
ged with selling cocaine.
Lt. Gene Knowles, a task force officer,
said drug sellers have targeted local high
school and college students for at least
the last three months, and possibly for
longer. With the help of Department of
Public Safety narcotics officers and the
, )College Station Police Department, the
'task served warrants on two men Wed-
_ nesday afternoon.
Jeffrey S. Meads, 19, of 1116 Airline St.
'in College Station was arrested at 6 p.m.
Wednesday at the intersection of 2200
Southwood Drive and FM 2818 in College
6Statfon. He was being held in the Brazos
) County Jail Thursday on, two counts of
delivery of cocaine in lieu of bonds total -
�ag $80,000.
� Justin Scott Meads, 21, of Route No. 5
Box 947 in College Station was arrested
at 3 P.M. Wednesday at 1904 Dartmouth
St. No. E5 in College Station. He was be-
ing held in the Brazos County Jail Thurs-
day in lieu of bonds totaling $80,800.
Justin Meads has been charged with de-
livery of cocaine and with aggravated
possession of cocaine.
A search of Justin Mead's residence
turned up about 90 grams of a substance
believed to be cocaine, Knowles said, with
an estimated street value of about
$9,000. Also, $1,500 in cash was confis-
cated during the search, as well as
several documents, telephones, answer-
ing machines, pagers and a 1989 Ford
Probe.
"This is going to have a major impact on
the selling of drugs at the high school and
college level," Knowles said. "I feel like
this is one that will impact the right
crowd."
_
Knowles said the documents confis-
cated are significant to the case.
"They keep records just like anybody
else," Knowles said. 'We're got a lot of
names and phone numbers."
Friday, April 21, 1989
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CS children
told to avoid
suspicious car
By Sondra Pickard
of the Eagle staff
Southwood Valley Elementary School
students brought letters home to their
parents Friday alerting them to several
incidents over the past two days in which
children have been approached by
someone driving a black car with con-
cealed license plates.
Sue Ashburn, principal of the school,
issued the notice after hearing reports of
two similar incidents. Ashburn said she
talked to the children Friday morning
over the school's public address system,
warning them to be careful and not to go
near strange cars.
The College Station Police Department
has also been informed of the events.
Lt. Mason Newton of the College
Station police said no offense has been
committed, but that at least two children
and a Southwood Valley resident have gi-
ven similar descriptions of a suspicious
vehicle seen in the area.
The first reported incident occurred
Wednesday at about 3:15 p.m. Newton
said an 8- year -old girl was walking home
from school on Deacon Drive in South-
wood Valley, when someone in a vehicle _
• aturday, April 22, 1989
The Eagle
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`� South Knoll ® Rock Prairie SCHOOL LOCATION
Eagle graphic
The College Station school board approved new population will be reduced to 604 students, com-
elementary attendance zones to accommodate a pared to its current 730; College Hills will have 628,
fourth elementary school. Officials said the new compared to its current population of 730; South -
zones will provide racial and enrollment balance wood Valley Elementary would house 555 students,
among the four schools, and will preserve commun- down from the 835 who now attend; and Rock
ity identities. With the opening of Rock Prairie Ele- Prairie would have 535 students. For the full story,
mentary this fall, school officials said the South Knoll
motioned her to come closer to
the car. The girl told police she ig-
nored the person and continued
home.
Newton said the girl could not
identify the driver or any possible
Passengers in the vehicle, but de-
scribed the car as a black, older -
model Pontiac with dark, tinted
windows and white stripes on the
side. She said the license plates
were covered with masking tape.
The girl was unsure whether the
person who spoke to her was male
or female, Newton said.
On Thursday at about 3:30
P.m., the girl was again walking
home from school on Deacon
Drive when she and some other
Young girls noticed what they said
was the same vehicle. The girls
told police that the car was follow-
ing them, but said they were
never approached by either a pas-
senger or driver.
In a third incident which oc-
curred Thursday at 5:30 p.m, a
9- year -old boy was walking on
Treehouse Street, also in South-
wood Valley, when a car he said
matched the same description
approached him. The boy told
police that an occupant in the car
yelled at him to come closer. The
boy said he left for home to get
help.
The boy told police that the
car's license plates were covered
with electrical tape.
A similar report came from a
Southwood Valley resident who
told police she saw a similar vehi-
cle driving through the neighbor-
hood during the past two days.
She described the car as an older -
model Oldsmobile with shiny,
black paint, tinted windows and a
license plate covered with tape.
Newton said there were no re-
ports of suspicious vehicles in the
area on Friday, but advised
anyone seeing a vehicle fitting the
given description to call the Col-
lege Station Police Department.
He said the children followed
exactly the procedure that police
and school officials teach in such
a case.
"Right now we do not want to
alarm the public," Newton said,
"No offense has been committed
but we would like to hear from
anyone who sees such a vehicle."
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grhe City of College Station
\ s currently recruiting for:
POLICE OFFICER
TCLEOSE entrance Exam and Physical Agility Exam
Saturday April 29, 1989
Applications must be received no later than
Wednesday April 26, 1989
Requirements
Must be at least 21 years of age
Background check
Interview by review board
Polygraph Exam
Psychological Exam
Valid Texas Driver's License
Apply
City Of College Station
Personnel Office
1101 Texas Ave.
EOE
Sunday, April 23, 1989
The Eagle
Crowd swings
to all that jazz
at CS festival
By Dave McDermand
of the Eagle staff
From Be -bop to Swing; quintet to full
ensemble; moody, soulful saxophone to
frenzied, frantic, fast, fret - fingering base-
lines; it was all that jazz and more at the
fifth annual College Station Jazz Festival.
About 2,500 -3,000 jazz fans poured
into Central Park in College Station Sat-
urday to see and hear the endless varia-
tions of rhythm, melody and instrumen-
tation that have evolved to become
known collectively as jazz music.
"Jazz is fun, it's happening and It's
growing," said keyboardist Robert Bran-
don, of Don Pope and Friends, a local jazz
group. "Jazz is free, a lot wider open than
other, more structured forms of music. It
affords the players a chance to freely in-
terpret and express themselves. It's be-
coming more popular. You hear more jazz
on the radio these days, jazz by old bands
who probably didn't get enough air time
on the radio in their day."
Brandon perceived a healthy apprecia-
Please see Jazz, 8A
Local vocalist Karen Chavis sings at the jazz festival Saturday, accompanied by Don Pope (right) and Robert Brandon.
tion for jazz among the young
crop of B -CS fans, who comprised
a large percentage of the crowd at
Saturday's festival.
'The kids are getting into it," he
said. '"The area high school pro-
grams proved that today. I got
here late and missed Bryan (High
School Jazz Band) but I saw the
A&M Consolidated Band play.
They did all the styles, from the
hard - driving fast tunes to the
slow jazz ballads. Most of the kids
did solos. It was all there," Bran-
don said.
The festival drew a variety of
folks, including Doc Allen, the,
lead singer for the notorious local
punk band Street Pizza, who was
there to check out Don Pope and
Friends. ,and, expressed himself
with the usual degree of grace and
understatement that have made
him a favorite at all the local
OPAS functions. "Don Pope is a
bright star in a cultural black
hole," Allen said.
"I was totally impressed," he
said. "I came here primarily to see
Don Pope, but I also look forward
to seeing the North Texas State
One O'clock Lab Band."
Ah, yes. The Lab Band.
It's a generally admitted fact
that a lot of the success of the fes-
tival comes from the Lab Band, al-
though the other acts are all
great.
"At about five minutes before
six o'clock the die -hard One O'-
clock Lab Band fans start show-
ing up," said Sheila Walker, pro-
gram supervisor for the College
Station Parks and Recreation De-
partment. "Our crowd usually
doubles around then, no matter
who else is playing."
The impact of the Lab Band on
jazz music in general and Texas
jazz in particular has been recog-
nized world -wide for a long time,
but was poignantly evident Sat-
urday in the personage of Mady
Kaye, renowned band leader of
the Mady Kaye Quintet, who was
in town with her band to play at
the festival.
"I originally came to Texas to
sing Western Swing," said Kaye, a
native of New York. "I ended up
with some folks from the One O'-
clock Jazz Band, and we started
doing Swing. I've been doing it
ever since."
As the day wore on and the mu-
sic played a silent miracle was
taking place. Side shows at the
festival included a celebrity dunk-
ing booth, an arts and crafts show
and various game booths for
adults and children, along with
beer and wine sales. All these
were put on by the Bryan College -
Station Jaycees and all proceeds
will be donated to the local Mental
Health Mental Retardation Infant
Stimulation Program.
"Many children come to us with
medical problems both large and
small whose parents cannot af-
ford to pay," said Dava Mason, di-
rector of the B -CS Jaycees and
herself a nurse at MHMR. "We
thought it would be a good thing
for the kids, "she said.
That ends this story on a very
happy note indeed.
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■And because many people
are reluctant to obtain the pre-
ventative medicine and therefore
accept any obstacle as a reason to
put off getting a shot.
Brazos County health officials
have come up with a way to facili-
tate their goal of immunizing
county residents.
Earlier this month, the county
opened?. branch office, if you will,
in College Station to make it a
little easier for residents in the
southern part of the county to
seek health care.
The clinic is held every Tuesday
from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the
Lincoln Center on Eleanor Road.
Currently, the only service
offered at the clinic is Immuniza-
tion. For $4 per person, life-
saving immunization can be ob-
tained.
Parents who take children to
the clinic need to provide health
officials with a copy of the child's
Immunization record. Adults,
who should have immunization
Monday, April 24, 1989
The Eagle
Shots available
at CS branch
of health office
By Elizabeth Sharp
of the Eagle staff
Going to the doctor's office to get a
shot is something everyone endured as
a child.
Leaving behind childhood meant,
among other things, leaving behind
the ordeal of the fear - invoking antisep-
tic smell of ., doctor's office, the blatant
fibbing of every nurse who said "this
won't hurt a bit" and the stinging
needle. Right?
Wrong. According to health profes-
sionals, adults need immunization too.
■Because children and adults need
the protection of immunization.
Please see Shots, 6A
records, but may not, are exempt
from this requirement.
What kind of immunization do
adults need?
According to information pro-
vided by the health department,
all adults need a booster Tetanus-
Diphtheria shot every 10 years.
Young adult women need a
Rubella (red measles) shot if they
have received the shot before or
have not had German measles.
Some adults, those born after
1957 who have not been vac-
cinated since 1968, need a
Rubeola (measles) shot.
Senior citizens and other adults
with serious or long -term illnes-
ses need a flu vaccine each year.
Older adults need a vaccine to
protect against pneumonia.
Adults who plan foreign travel
or foreign students, immigrants
and refugees man need other vac-
cines that are available at the
health department.
According to literature from the
health department, children need
to being their history of immuni-
zation at the age of 2 months with
a shot for Diphtheria, Tetanus
and Pertussis (whooping cough).
At the same time an oral Polio
vaccine also can be given.
Boosters are needed again at 4
months and 6 months. At 15
months the boosters are again
needed and the measles, mumps
and rubella shots are added.
Concerns about just who needs
what shot and exactly when can
be addressed by the health de-
partment.
A common assumption by
adults is that why take medicine
when you are not sick.
Health officials quickly answer
that preventing a disease is often
easier than treating it.
"Many (adults) don't think it Is
going to happen to me," said San-
dra Juarez, director of personal
health services for the county
health department. '"Things hap-
pen," she said.
"If you realize you have a major
infection, you need to get a shot
within 72 hours," said Bonnie D.
Sorenson, health educator with
the health department.
Both conceded there is a risk in
getting immunized. Some people
have minor, major or even fatal
reactions to the shots. But, they
added, it is rare, very rare.
To get information about the
clinic, call the Brazos County
Health Department, 361 -4440.
Eagle photo by Bill Meeks
Rebecca Benjamin (left) administers a shot to Angela Aleman.
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PUBLIC NOTICE U
To All interested Agencies,
Groups, and Persons
0
The City of College Station proposes to amend the descrip-
tions of work under the category of Street Construction as
presented in its Final Statement of Community Development
Objectives and Projected Use of Funds for program years 84,
85, 86,87 and 88. Items of amendment are as follows.
1. In the Final Statement for program years 84 and 85 some
funds were allocated for work on specific streets within the
City's Community Development Target Areas.
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That work has been recently completed under budget. As a
result the City has a remaining balance of Community De-
velopment funds in those 84 and 85 Street Construction ac-
counts totaling $177,000; of that amount, $77,000 had been
reserved for work specifically on those streets. The City now
proposes to use all of these remaining funds to upgrade other
streets and/or infrastructure in Community Development
Target Areas according to recommendation by the City Engi-
neer as to priority, and concurrence by the City Council.
2. While implied in the respective Final Statements for pro-
gram years 84, 85, 86, 87, and 88, it needs to be specifically
stated that the City intends to perform other types of infras-
tructure rehabilitation/construction connected with doing
street construction projects with Community Development
funds. These other types of infrastructures are to include, but
not necessarily be limited to water lines, fire hydrants, sewer
lines, curb and gutter, storm drains and sidewalks.
Whether arising from new development or deterioration of ol-
der public works, these other types of infrastructure some-
times need to be upgraded or extended. The upgrad-
ing/extension of may of these types of infrastructure is most
cost effective to perform when streets to which they are adja-
cent are also being rebuilt or extended.
The Local Obi to be met in this budgeted category of
the respeetroe mad Statements will remain the same —the
improvement of streets and public facilities in the city's
Community Development Target Areas. These consist of
desginated neighborhoods wherein more than 51 % of the re-
sidents are of low- moderate income.
The Natio Obiective to be met through the use of Com-
munity Development funds in this budgeted category also
remains the same -- benefit to low- moderate income persons
residing in those neighborhoods.
The public is invited to comment on this amendment. The
amendment, the respective Final Statement, and Envir-
onmental Reviews as they have been prepared to date on af-
firmed projects are available for examination or copying on
request. Inquiries should be addressed to Dan Fette, Com-
munity Development Director, City of College Station, P.O.
Box 9960, College Station, TX 77842. ph. (409) 764 -3778.
Chief Exective Officer
Larry J. Ringer, Mayor
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Monday, April 24, 1989
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CS city council to consider
auditor choices Wednesday
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
College Station council members will
discuss the selection of auditors for the
city at their workshop session Wednes-
day.
A memo from finance director Bill Harr-
ison stated that the council's finance
committee recommended that the staff
begin the selection of auditors for a three -
year period beginning with the current
fiscal year. Timing for the change of audi-
tors is critical, the memo stated.
According to Harrison's memo, audit
services should be reviewed periodically,
but the current auditors, Deloitte Has-
kins & Sells, should be allowed to per-
form the audit for the current fiscal year.
Conversion to a new computer system
will require an audit of both the old and
new systems, the memo stated. The cur-
rent accounting firm's familiarity with
the old system will save the city time and
money, according to the memo.
The council is expected to decide the is-
sue Thursday at the regular council
meeting.
The council also will vote Thursday on
changes to the city s master plan.
Council members asked city planning
staff in a special workshop session Wed-
nesday to revise their revision of the city's
master plan and resubmit it to the coun-
cil at this week's Thursday council meet -
in Council members had asked for the
special meeting after they voiced con-
cerns at the April 13 council meeting that
they hadn't had time to review the plan.
Among the changes the council asked
the staff to make was a request by Coun-
cilman Dick Haddox to include green
belts linking city parks. The green belts
could follow the paths of creeks from one
park to another, he said.
Haddox also asked that the low- density
residential designation of undeveloped
land south of the city be changed. Show-
ing plans for undeveloped land to be de-
veloped as residential might discourage
appropriate commercial development in
that area, he said.
Councilwoman Lynn McIlhaney sug-
gested Wednesday that the planning staff
could solve the problem by using two
maps. One map could be used to show
what already exists and what is planned
for areas already developed. A separate
map could show undeveloped areas that
the city hopes to develop without commit-
ting the city to a specific zoning category,
she said.
Other changes requested by council
members were routine changes in the
language of the plan.
The council also will consider authoriz-
ing the mayor and city manager to nego-
tiate an agreement to allow the "Mud Lot"
parking lot at the corner of Church and
Nagle streets to stay open.
The lot has operated since 1985 under
variances that allowed its operation with-
out paving. Owner Skipper Harris told
the council in 1985 that he didn't want to
spend a lot of money on improvements
because of the short term of his lease.
Harris said last month that the owner
of the property is negotiating a contract
to sell the property and will only renew
the lease on a month-by -month basis.
Hams' original lease was for two years.
Harris has requested that the council
continue to allow him to operate the lot
without further improvements unless the
property owners will give him a longer
lease. Harris said nearly 600 cars a day
use the 200 -space lot in the Northgate
area.
Harris said if the lot is closed, many
students will have to park on the streets.
There is already a shortage of parking
places in the area, he said.
Tuesday, Aprila24, 1989
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The Eagle
PUBLIC NOTICE
The City of College
Station has adopted the
Comprehensive Annual
Financial Report for the
fifteen month period end-
ing September 30, 1988.
Summaries are available
to the public at the Col-
lege Station City Hall, Fis-
cal Administration Office,
Monday through Friday
between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
William P. Harrison
Execurve Director
Fiscal and Human
Resources Group
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BID NOTICE
The City of College Station is
accepting bid(s) for:
DEMOLITION OF AGGIE-
LAND APARTMENTS
until MAY 3, 1989 at 2:00
P.M., at which time the bids
will be opened in the office of
the Purchasing Agent at City
Hall. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the
Purchasing Agent. All bids
received after that time will
be returned unopened. City
of College Station reserves
the right to waive or reject
any and all bids or any and all
irregularities in said bid and
to accept the offer con-
sidered most advantageous
to the City.
Bid #89-33
04 -18- 89,04 -25-89
„1 Tuesday, April 25, 1989
The Eagle
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CS council candidates agree
on goal of industrial growth
C
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
The candidates for the Place Five seat
on the College Station City Council, meet-
ing in a pre - election forum, identified in-
dustrial development as a vital area for
the city's growth.
Incumbent Jim Gardner, a retired
professor of city planning, and challenger
Mike Cronan met formally for the second
time at a forum sponsored by the Brazos
County League of Women Voters.
Gardner said he believes the city's sup-
port of the consolidation of county-wide
°conomic development is a major step to
attract new industry. Looking at the
rinds of industries that will be attracted
) the Texas A &M University Research
"ark is an important step, Gardner said.
! he city should look for other industry to
ivoid being too dependent on Texas A &M,
iowever, he said.
"In my opinion, industry isn't a big
)roblem," he said. "We should spend
;vhat's reasonable, but we should let it
happen naturally."
Cronan, the senior academic business
adviser for the Texas A &M University en-
gineering department, disagreed with
Gardner. Past expansion in College
Station was oriented toward enrollment
growth at A &M, he said.
"The real growth at A &M is going to be
in research and development," Cronan
said. "We need to attract the kinds of
firms that come because of the research
park at A &M."
When asked if the city should continue
to buy power from Gulf States Utilities,
Gardner said the city has proposals from
three suppliers, including GSU. It seems
to be a buyer's market and the city is in
good shape to negotiate a better price, he
said.
Cronan said citizens should be more
concerned with other ways to save
money.
"Citizens shouldn't only look at areas
where we save on monthly bills," he said.
'We should take a closer look at capital
improvement projects."
Cronan said better planning for streets
and utility construction would ultimately
save the city more money than lower elec-
tric bills.
Gardner said he and Cronan agree on
problems which need to be addressed by
the city. The only disagreement is on
priorities for spending money on them,
he said.
"Experience is the key question," he
said. "I spent considerable time working
with others to make College Station the
fine place to live which I believe it is.
Cronan said he thinks new blood is im-
portant if the city is going to grow.
"I think I will provide an important
component to the council team," Cronan
said. "The team has been in place a while
and I think it would be beneficial for
someone to come in and point out things
from a new perspective."
Wednesday, April 26, 1989
The Eagle
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CS official confirms
need for auditors,
disagrees on timing
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
The College Station finance manager
agreed with members of the finance
committee Wednesday that the city
should seek new auditors, but he dis-
agreed about when the new auditors
should be hired.
Finance Director William Harrison told
council members at their workshop ses-
sion that the city should keep the current
auditors until after a new computer
system is installed in the accounting de-
partment. Harrison recommended an ex-
tension of the current contract for fiscal
year 1988 -1989.
Harrison said conversion to the new
computer system, will require an audit of
both the old and new systems. The cur-
rent accounting firm's familiarity with
the old system will save the city time and
money, he said.
Two members of the finance commit-
tee, councilmen Dick Haddox and Dick
Birdwell asked that the council not follow
Harrison's recommendation.
Birdwell said he wanted to give local
firms a chance to prove that they can do
t.hejob.
'We owe them that opportunity," he
said.
Councilwoman Lynn McIlhaney, the
third member of the committee, asked
the council to follow the staff s recom-
mendation. Local firms would still be gi-
ven a chance at the contract, she said.
'We can go out for proposals from local
people," she said. "But they would be for
a year from now instead of this year.
Harrison said he was in favor of doing
as much business locally as possible, but
it would be difficult for his staff to spend
the time needed briefing new auditors
while maintaining its current workload.
"I have people in the accounting office
giving free time now," he said. "Some of
them are working 50 hours a week."
The council will decide today at 7 p.m.
at the regular council meeting if the city
will follow Harrison's recommendation or
the finance committee's recom-
mendation.
Thursday, April 27, 1989
The Eagle
•
PUBLIC NOTICE
To All Interested Agencies,
Groups, and Persons
The City of College Station proposes to amend the descrip
lions of work under the category of Street Construction at
presented in its Final Statement of Community Developmen
Objectives and Projected Use of Funds for program years 84
85,86, 87 and 88. Items of amendment are as follows:
1. In the Final Statement for program years 84 and 85 some
funds were alktcated for work on specific streets within thi
City's Community Development Target Areas.
Richards Eleanor
Arizona Fairview
Phoenix Nevada
That work has been recently completed under budget. As i
result the City has a remaining balance of Community De
velopment funds in those 84 and 85 Street Construction ac
counts totaling $177,000; of that amount, $77,000 had bees
reserved for work specifically on those streets. The City non
proposes to use all of these remaining funds to upgrade othe
streets and/or infrastructure in Community De velopmer
Target Areas according to recommendation by the City Engi
veer as to priority, and concurrence by the City Council.
2. While implied in the respective Final Statements for prc
gram years 84, 85, 86, 87, and 88, it needs to be specificall
stated that the City Intends to perform other types of infras
tructure rehabilitatiory onstruction connected with doin
street construction projects with Community Develommer
funds. These other types of infrastructures are to include, bt
not necessarily be limited to water lines, fire hydrants, sewe
lines, curb and gutter, storm drains and sidewalks.
Whether arising from new development or deterioration of o
der public works, these other types of infrastructure some
times need to be upgraded or extended. The upgrac
ing/extension of may of these types of infrastructure is mol
cost effective to perform when streets to which they are adji
cent are also being rebuilt or extended.
The o to be met in this budgeted category
the respective Final Statements will remain the same —ih
improvement of streets and public facilities in the city'
Community Development Target Areas. These consist (
desginated neighborhoods wherein more than 51 %of the re
silents are of low- moderate income.
The Nati to be met through the use of Con
munity elopMen funds in this budgeted category als
remains the same -- benefit to low- moderate income person
residing in those neighborhoods.
The public is invited to comment on this amendment Th
smenciment, the respective Final Statement, and Envi
onmental Reviews as they have been prepared to date on a
finned projects are available for examination or copying c
request. Inquiries should be addressed to Dan Fette, Con
munity Development Director, City of College Station, P.(
Box 996o, College Station, TX 77842. ph. (409) 764 -3778.
Chief Exective Officer
Lang J. Ringer, Mayor
04 -24- 89,04 -27 -89
Thursday, April 27, 1989
The Eagle
CS panel rejects plan to hire new auditors
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
College Station Council mem-
bers rejected Thursday night a
recommendation by its finance
committee to hire new auditors
for fiscal year 1989.
The committee, composed of
council members Lynn Mcllhaney
and Dick Birdwell and Dick Had -
dox, had voted two to one in favor
of hiring new auditors. McIlhaney
cast the dissenting vote.
McIlhaney said at Wednesday's
workshop session that the instal-
lation of a new computer system
in the city's accounting depart-
ment made this a bad year to
change auditors.
Mcllhaney and finance director
Bill Harrison agreed with Haddox
and Birdwell that a local firm
should have a chance at the con-
tract, but both said the current
firm, Deloitte Haskins and Sells of
Dallas, could provide better ser-
vice while the new computer
system was being installed.
Because both the old and new
systems will have to be audited,
the current firm's knowledge of
the old system will save the city
time and money, Harrison said.
Thursday, the council deferred
a vote on the matter until after
they discussed it in executive ses-
sion. Members agreed unani-
mously after the executive ses-
sion to extend the current con-
tract to include this year's audit.
Haddox said the council will ask
Deloitte Haskins and Sells to work
with a local accounting firm to
help the city cut down some of the
travel expenses incurred by the
Dallas firm.
"This way, we can cut some ex-
penses and still have the expertise
of a big firm that is experienced
with city audits," he said.
The council also accepted the
city planning staffs revision of the
city's master plan.
Among the changes were a
request by Haddox to include
green belts linking city parks and
the development of an additional
land use map. Previous maps had
shown a large tract of land south
of town as low- density residential.
At an April 12 workshop session,
Haddox said he was afraid that
would discourage commercial
growth in the area.
The staff presented a new map
which shows undeveloped areas
south of town without committing
the city to a specific Zoning cate-
gory. Other changes approved by
council members were routine
changes in the language of the
plan.
Friday, April 28, 1989
The Eagle
Development board OKs by -laws, purpose
By Tracy Staton
of the Eagle staff
The Bryan - College Station Economic
Development Board came one step closer
to beginning operations Thursday as the
fledgling organization approved by -laws
and a statement of purpose.
The organizational material must now
be approved by the city councils of Bryan
and College Station and by the Brazos
County Industrial Foundation.
The board will consolidate efforts to at-
tract new industry to Bryan- College
Station, and will work to foster innova-
tion in Brazos County, according to the
corporation's program of work.
Mark Money, chairman of a committee
that formulated the statement of pur-
pose, emphasized a section of the docu-
ment that stressed using all resources
available in the community.
"This is to identify and acknowledge the
many forces at work here," Money said.
'We want to emphasize working together
and utilizing the resources of all agen-
cies."
The new board will assume many of the
duties of the Bryan Development Foun-
dation, the Brazos County Industrial
Foundation and the College Station In-
dustrial Foundation, all of which have
worked to attract industry to the area in
the past. Until the new board begins its
work, it is unclear what roles the other
foundaJions will assume.
The board will be composed of nine vot-
ing members and one non - voting, adviso-
ry member.
Three voting directors will be appointed
by each city council, two will be appoin-
ted by the county foundation and one will
be the industrial vice president of the
Bryan - College Station Chamber of Com-
merce. The non - voting member will be
appointed by the chancellor of the Texas
A &M University System.
The board will determine policy for the
Bryan - College Station Development
Foundation, which will be run on a day -
to -day basis by an executive director,
who has not yet been selected. The by-
laws provide an outline of the director's
duties. other staff will be hired as
needed.
When Bill Thornton, interim chairman
of the board, presents the by -laws and
the purpose statement to the councils
and the county foundation, a sample
strategic plan and a preliminary budget
also will be submitted.
The budget has not yet been formu-
lated: the board authorized money to
prepare the auaget, vvun the unaer5iana-
ing that the figures would be only preli-
minary estimates.
The board plan to present its scheme
for approval sometime in May.
Friday, April 28, 1989
The Eagle
Ll
CS police building
wins Beautiful award
�4
The College Station Police and
Municipal Court Building has
been judged the winner of the
1989 Brazos Beautiful Institution
Award.
The award recognizes public
buildings such as schools, chur-
ches and government buildings
whose overall image is consisten-
tly outstanding. Judges consider
appearance of the buildings,
trees, shrubs and flowers, ab-
sence of litter and unsightly ob-
jects.
Fourteen members of the
Awards Committee working inde-
pendently rated the six nomina-
tions this year with the top score
going to the College Station Police
and Municipal Court Building, at
2611 Texas Avenue South.
The award was presented at the
regular meeting of the Brazos
Beautiful Board of Directors on
Wednesday.
Saturday, April 29, 1989
The Eagle
•
The City of College Station
(W is currently recruiting for the
following positions:
HOUSING REHABILITATION INSPECTOR
Administers the City's Housing Programs in compliance with
the Community Development Block, Grant Program & Housing
Assistance Plan. Inspects all construction work under this
program to secure compliance with Muniaple, State and
Federal Laws, ordinances and regulations. Must have knowl-
edge of and experience in building construction, materials and
methods; ability to read and interpret plans, specification and
blue prints to determine possible deviations from specs, de-
fects during various stages of construction, and /or code viola-
tions. Considerable knowledge of Muniaple Building, Housing
and related ordinances preferred.
Salary 1 1335/month
FACILITY MAINTENANCE WORKER
Responsible for daily building maintenance and operations of
all Muniaple facilities. Performs preventive maintenance on
equipment and parts including routine and scheduled mainte-
nance of HVAC and refrigeration systems and plumbing,
lighting and electrical systems.
Salary DOO
MECHANIC I
Responsible for preventive maintenance, repairs and over-
hauls on automotive vehicles, expeaally large trucks and
heavy power driven equipment in use throughout the City.
Substantial knowledge of the operation of internal combustion
engines, hydraulic and electrical systems, testing methods,
procedures, tools, equipment and materials used in automo-
tive repair and maintenance.
Salary DOO
Apply at:
City of College Station
Personnel Dept.
1101 Texas Avenue
College Station, Tx
EOE
Sunday, April 30, 1989
The Eagle
•
AUCTION
Saturday, May 6, 1989 at 10:00 a.m.
Open for Viewing 8:00 a.m. Day of Sale
2613 Texas Avenu (Behind Police Station) College Station, Texas
We have been commissioned by the City of College Station,
Texas to sell at auction, with no minimum or reserve,
confiscated and surplus property on May 6, 1989 at 10:00 a.m.
EQUIPMENT
Ferguson padded drum vibratory roller with Detroit diesel
engine and only 546 hours • 4 UBlity Trailers • 5' Blade
Denever /Gardener Air Compressor • Ford 917 Flail Mower
Yanmar Mower Deck • Mod Flail Mower (Fine Cut) • IH Schoot
2400 B Riding Mower • 1975 IH 2400 Tractor • 1974 IH 2 Ton
Dump Truck • 18 Inch LaBlonde Truck
112 BICYCLES
Assorted Bicycle of Various Size and Condition
18 VEHICLES
'80 Ford Courier Pickup a'81 Ford LTD 4 -Dr. •77 Ford 314 ton
Pickup • '81 Ford LTD •'87 Plymouth Grand Fury • 2 —'81 Ford
Courier Pickups • 4-79 Chevrolet 1/2 ton Pickups • 78 Ford
3/4 ton Pickup • 78 Ford LTD • '80 Chevrolet 1 ton Crew Club
•'82 Ford Van • 2— '83Dodge 1 tons • 78 Ford 1/2 ton Pickup
USED WATER METERS
3/4 inch 73 ea @ 730 lbs. • 3/4 inch 63 ea. @ 640 lbs. • 2 inch
2 ea. @ 270 lbs. • 1 1/2 inch 4 ea. @ 270 lbs. • 3 inch 1 @ 190
• lbs.
MISCELLANEOUS
Pitney Bowes 5600 Postage Machine a Mesco Go Cart
Honda Elite 80 Motorbike • Honda Aero Moped • Yamaha MC
XT • Santa Claus Figure a Exercise Bike • Lawn Mower • Jack
• Light Fixtures • Stereo Equipment • Wheels & Tires • Magic
Chef Central ArC Compressr • Miscellaneous Clothing
Mamiya -Sekor Super Deluxe Camera • Amco Drafting Kit
Watches • Man's 14K Wedding Ring • Key Cutting Machine &
Blank Keys • Osborne Computer /Monitor & Printer • Kaypro
Computer • Used Elec. Poles • AND MORE!
SALE ORDER: Start at 10:00 a.m. with Bicycles, then Miscel-
laneous, finish with Vehicles and Equipment. (Vehicles and
Equipment should start selling about 11:30 a.m.)
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Sunday, April 30, 1989
The Eagle
College Station City Council �
i Gardner
une: Jim Gardner
[dress: 1216 N. Ridgefield
xupation: Semi- retired city
ning professor
;e: 68
Graduate degree in city plan-
;, M11 CS councilman
rms; appointed CS Planning
imissioner
:e; TAMU
°ssor of city ".
fining and
in affairs
ears. I like
under -
id cities,
,cially my
>ted home-
s, CS; mou-
I by sincere desire to con-
e working to make CS an even
,r community.
College Station has a fine
e department. With its qua -
, ersonnel and equipment, re-
d major crimes increased
1/2 percent. Fortunately,
The Questions
,stions for College Station
:ouncll candidates:
Tease list the education and
fence that qualify you for
position as well as your
ns for seeking this office.
, ord limit)
Major criminal offenses fin-
ed last year in College
>n. What measures. should
',t take to reduce the crime
(100 -word limit)
JVhat do you see as College
)n's obligation in the lower -
f the railroad tracks. along
orn Road? (100 -word limit)
VVhat goals do you see for the
6 County Industrial Foun-
and the College Station
)mic Development Founda-
nd how should the city con-
e to implementing these
? (100 -word limit)
,e 5: Cronan and Gardner
few involving violence. Nearly all
property- related. State's increase
was 6 percent, many cities much
higher. No increase better, but we
did relatively well. Department at-
tracts good men and women.
Problem is retaining them once
they become proficient. Since over
50 percent of crimes are drug-
-elat e d. more emphasis and re-
sources should be placed on that
part of problem. Would like to see
expanded Neighborhood Watch
programs, based on broader (lar-
ger) neighborhood delineation,
perhaps centered around school
or church.
3. College Station should coo-
perate by relocating its affected
utilities, adjusting related traffic
patterns, and providing new
street right -of -way, all of which
are estimated to cost $2,000,000.
Since these funds are not availa-
ble, approval by citizens' vote will
be needed to permit borrowing, as
with most major capital improve-
ments. Even though it didn't
request this expensive modifica-
tion, CS has an obligation to help
where it can to make the campus,
a vital part of our community,
safer, more convenient for TAMU
students, faculty and staff. The
obligation is mutual. Perhaps
TAMU will help locate Amtrak
station closer to original station
site.
4. Proposed consolidated econ-
omic development unit now estab-
lishing goals, bylaws. County-
wide approach should unify mar-
keting efforts, pin -point economic
generators, especially those re-
lated to TAMU's research and de-
velopment. CS's foundation
should be phased out except for
"business park" management.
Goal: site sales to help provide in-
frastructure, pay debt to City for
property. Next 3 years City's con-
tribution to new unit will likely be
$100,000, what CSEDF now re-
cieves. CS economic development
will be enhanced by sound city
planning, assuring an attractive,
livable community and providing
needed utilities. Tax relief, re-
duced utility rates undesirable
and unnecessary to attract in-
dustry.
Mike Cronan
Name: Mike Cronan
Address: 300 Francis Drive,
College Station, TX 77840
Occupation: Senior Academic
Business Administrator, College
of Engineering, Texas A&M Uni-
versity
Age: 44
1. I have a B.S., Civil Engineer-
ing, B.A., Political Science, and
M.A., English. I am a Registered
Texas Profes-
sional Engineer
experienced in
planning, de-
sign, construc-
tion manage- a,
ment and fi-
nancing major
municipal en-
gineering
projects. I want
to contribute my engineering,
management and financial exper-
tise to enhance our community.
2. Fortunately for College
Station, major criminal offenses
actually decreased last year in all
categories except sexual assult,
going from 14 to 19. Our police
have done an exemplary job.
Therefore, it is not the role of
Council to "micro- manage" the
Police Department, but to set
goals, provide funding, and help
the police in community edu-
cation efforts that involve us all in
crime prevention programs. For
sexual assault, we must take
strong and forceful steps as a
united community to prevent this
crime, apprehend these vicious
criminals, and to assist, in every
way we can, the victims.
3. College Station should parti-
cipate to accommodate our
southern development in a man-
ner that will ease the traffic prob-
lems on Texas Avenue.and reduce
traffic in residential neighbor-
hoods. We are destined to grow
along with A&M and the related
research activities. 'Therefore, our
City must plan for the orderly flow
of traffic in and out of the uni-
versity. Our obligation is to pur-
chase right -of -way along Well-
born and relocate utilities. Our $2
million share of this $32 million
dollar project is a good investment
for the City, and our long term
economic interests will be well
served.
4. The consolidation of founda-
tions into Bryan- College Station
Economic Development Founda-
tion helps present a coordinated
effort in attracting firms. I sup-
port the Foundation's goals. Our
City should continue its support.
Our City must capitalize on the
enormous growth in research
funding at Texas A&M - -$250 mil-
lion this year. A&M will serve as
the core to an evolving and diverse
local economy enhanced by
research firms bringing dollars
into our community from sources
throughout the country. Our City
must actively explore every oppor-
tunity to bring firms to College
Station that are compatible with
community values.
Sunday, April 30, 1989
The Eagle
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Wednesday, May 3, 1989
The Eagle
108 Legal Notic
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING:
The College Station Planning
and Zoning Commission will
hold a hearing on the ques-
tion of granting a Conditional
Use Permit for a Fraternity
House to be located at 3122
South Texas Avenue (Lots
1 1 d 12 Block 16 Southwood
Valley Section 3); and possi -.
bly a parking lot for overflow
parking to be located on Lot
10 Block 16 Southwood Val-
ley Section 3 (across drive).
The request for Use Permit is
In the name of Aggie Fiji, In-
corporated. Owner of prop-
erty is McHayden Dillard.
The hearing will be held in
the Council Room of the Col-
lege Station City Hall, 1101
South Texas Avenue at the
7:00 P.M. meeting of the
Planning and Zoning Com-
mission on Thursday, May
18.1989.
For additional Information,
contact the Planning Division
at(409)764 -3570.
Jane R. Kee
Senior Planner
05-03 -89
MADD, CSPD prepare for 2nd annual
drug -free A &M Consol post -prom bash
By Jenny Butler
of the Eagle staff
Organizers in the Brazos County chap-
ter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving and
the College Station Police Department are
putting the finishing touches on Satur-
day's second - annual Prom Breakfast
Bash for A&M Consolidated High School
students.
The all-night Bash is an alcohol- and
drug -free after -prom party intended to
provide revelers with an alternative to
drinking or drug use, said Florence Wag-
ner, president of the county MADD chap-
ter.
'The purpose is to keep the kids enter-
tained and having a good time on a me-
morable night, to show them they can
have fun without drugs," Wagner said.
The party will be from midnight to 6
a.m. at the College Station Community
Center. Promgoers can stuff themselves
with pizza, crazy bread, pepperoni rolls
and homemade cookies while they dance
in one room or watch movies in one of two
other rooms, Wagner said.
Also featured are door prizes, to be gi-
ven away during the night.
Last year, the party drew more than
450 prom - goers, according to Wagner.
"This year, we expect at least that much,"
she said. "It's been really well accepted."
College Station police officers and their
wives will chaperon the party and guard
cars in the parking lot as well. Students
must check in and out of the party, and
those leaving may not return.
'We don't want them to go out and
drink and come back," she explained.
Last year's partiers were well- behaved
and caused no problems, she said. 'They
were so great last year, we have no
qualms about having them (again) this
year," Wagner said.
The food, door prizes and rooms were
donated by the city and local businesses.
The University Pediatric Association also
has gotten into the act by sponsoring
cards to tuck into tuxedos and corsage
boxes. The cards remind students to not
drink and drive.
E
Thursday, May 4, 1989
The Eagle
•
PUBLIC AUCTION
WHO: CITY OF COLLEGE STATION
WHEN: SATURDAY, MAY B, 198910:00 AM
WHERE: CITY OF COLLEGE STATION WAREHOUSE,
LOCATED AT 2813 TEXAS AVENUE (BEHIND THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, ACROSS FROM K -MART)
WHAT: BICYCLES, CARS, VANS, TRUCKS, TRAILERS,
TRACTOR, TRACTOR MOWERS, LAWN MOWERS,
COMPUTERS, CHAIN SAWS, DENVEWGARDEN AIR
COMPRESSOR, ,JEWELRY, STEREO, CASSETTE RE-
CORDER/CASSETTES AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS
ITEMS.
ALL ITEMS TO BE SOLD "AS IS, WHERE IS FOR CASH,
CASHIER'S CHECK OR LOCAL CHECK WITH PROPER
IDENTIFICATION. ITEMS TO BE AUCTIONED MAY BE"
SPECTED ON AUCTION DAY FROM 8:00 - 10:00 AM AT
THE ABOVE MENTIONED LOCATION.
VIRGINIA MCCARTNEY
• PURCHASING AGENT
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Thursday, May 4, 1989
The Eagle
CS committee to consider
possible city charter changes
0
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
The College Station Charter Re-
view Committee is holding a pub-
lic meeting tonight to consider
possible changes to the city 's
charter.
The 7 p.m. meeting will be in
Room 101 of the College Station
Community Center, 1300 Jersey
St.
The City Council appointed the
seven - member committee in
January to make recom-
mendations for revision of the
charter. Committee Chairman
Chris Kling said the committee is
hoping for citizen participation at
the meeting.
'We have this meeting to get
comments from any people who
want to have some kind of input,"
he said. "Some things we're look-
ing at are subjective and we need
to know what the citizens want."
Kling said most of the changes
the committee will consider will
be routine technical changes to
bring the charter in line with
changes in state law. Some other
areas the committee will look at,
he said, include how city depart-
ments are divided, terms of office
and recall provisions for elected
officials.
Councilwoman Lynn McIlhaney
said she asked the committee to
consider changing council mem-
bers' terms of office.
"Because of the way cities oper-
ate, we have to look at more long
range goals and objectives," she
said.
Mcllhaney said that it takes a
new council member a year to
learn the working of city govern-
ment. By the time the new mem-
bers can really be effective, it's
time for re- election, she said.
Kling said the work of his com-
mittee probably won't yield any
changes to the charter for at least
a year. Under the city's election
code, there are only certain dates
when elections can be held.
"Because of the expense of hold-
ing an election, the revisions
probably won't go to the voters
until the May 1989 city elections,"
he said.
May 4, 1989 Thursday
The Eagle
•
•
Polling places
for Saturday's
B -CS elections
Polls in the Bryan - College Station
city and school elections will be
open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Satur-
day.
Polling places are:
Precinct ... .......................Location
2 ........Wellborn Community Center
3 .................SPJST Hall — Smetana
4,30 ..........................Kemp School
5 ................New Bethlehem Baptist
6 ..............Edge Community Center
7 ..Steep Hollow Community Center
8 ...............South Knoll Elementary
9 .................CS Community Center
10 ......................CS Police Complex
11 ..................Crockett Elementary
12 ........................Ross Elementary
13 ...............Henderson Elementary
14 ......................Milam Elementary
15 ....................Fannin Elementary
16 .....................Courthouse Annex
17. ..Travis Elementary
18.......... Bryan Central Fire Station
19 ........ ..........................Arena Hall
22 ..................Army Reserve Center
23 ... .........................Brazos Center
24 .............College Hills Elementary
25 ........ George Williams Tabernacle
26 ... .........................Brazos Center
I 27 .......Bright Light Baptist Church
X028 ....................Peach Creek Center
29 ......... Brushy Community Center
30,4 .......... ...........................Kemp
31 .....................A &M Consolidated
32 ........................CS Fire Station 2
33 ... ........................Lincoln Center
34 ...............CS Central Fire Station
35 .......... A &M Presbyterian Church
36 ....First Free Will Baptist Church
37 ......College Hts. Assembly of God
38 ................Castle Heights Baptist
39 ......Southwood Athletic Complex
40 .....Aldersgate Methodist Church
Friday, May 5, 1989
The Eagle
•
PUBLIC AUCTION
f WHO: CITY OF COLLEGE STATION
WHEN: SATURDAY, MAY 6,196910:00 AM
WHERE: CITY OF COLLEGE STATION WAREHOUSE,
LOCATED AT 2613 TEXAS AVENUE (BEHIND THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, ACROSS FROM K-MART)
WHAT: BICYCLES, CARS, VANS, TRUCKS, TRAILERS,
TRACTOR, TRACTOR MOWERS, LAWN MOWERS,
COMPUTERS, CHAIN SAWS, DENVERIGARDEN AIR
COMPRESSOR, ,JEWELRY, STEREO, CASSETTE RE-
CORDERICASSETTES AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS
ITEMS.
ALL ITEMS TO BE SOLD "AS IS, WHERE IS' FOR CASH,
NOASHIER'S CHECK OR LOCAL CHECK WITH PROPER
IDENTIFICATION. ITEMS TO BE AUCTIONED MAY BE IN-
SPECTED ON AUCTION DAY FROM 6:00 - 10:00 AM AT
THE ABOVE MENTIONED LOCATION.
VIRGINIA MCCARTNEY
PURCHASING AGENT
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Friday, May 5, 1989
The Eagle
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Gardner deserves
to be re- elected
The election Saturday in College
Station will probably set a new record for
low voter turnout. Too bad.
Let's hope this doesn't result in the loss
of an exceptionally fine city councilman,
Jim Gardner. He has contributed much
toward making College Station the fine
community it is today and has expressed
his willingness to continue his active par-
ticipation in planning and governing our
city.
Jim Gardner has earned our vote not
only for his past efforts. We need a person
with his broad experience working for
and with cities and one who is dedicated
to making College Station an even better
place to live and raise a family.
Please vote Saturday, May 61
JOHN MOTLOCH
College Station
Friday, May 5, 1989
The Eagle
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TO WHOM IT
MAY CONCERN:
There will be a meeting of the
Structural Standards
Board/Building Code Board
of Adjustments at 4:00 P.M.
on Tuesday, May 9, 1989.
The meeting will be held in
the Council Chambers of Col-
lege Station City Hall, 1101
Texas Ave., College Station,
Texas.
The Board will meet to con-
sider a variance request for
proposed College Park
Apartments. The request is in
the name of Bill Ayers, Vice -
President of Polar -Bek Co.
for a variance to Ordinance
No. 1629, Section 11.6 of
Amendments to the Standard
Building Code.
For further information yo -i
may call Building Official Co
Perry at 764 -3741.
05-05 - 89,05 -06-89
Friday, May 5, 1989
The Eagle
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5K site moves to Southwood Athletic Complex
By Robert C. Borden
of the Eagle staff
Because of the unexpected number of
entrants in today's Eagle Centennial 5K
Fun Run /Walk, the event has been
moved to Southwood Athletic Complex in
College Station.
The Centennial Festival following the
race will remain at Central Park in Col-
lege Station and tonight's street dance
will be in downtown Bryan.
More than 300 people have signed up
for the Centennial 5K, which won't be run
again for 100 years. Because of the con-
struction on the East Bypass frontage
roads, College Station officials asked that
the race be relocated.
Runners and walkers should report to
Southwood Athletic Complex by 8 a.m.
The run may begin a few minutes late to
allow entrants who go to the original loca-
Saturday, May 6, 1989
The Eagle
tion time to drive to the complex on Rock
Prairie Road, next to Humana Hospital
Brazos Valley.
The new course will take runners
through the park, north on Rio Grande
Street, east on Deacon Drive and south
on Longmire Drive before returning to the
athletic complex on Rock Prairie Road.
Please see 5K, 4A
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Saturday, May 6, 1989
The Eagle
TO WFIOM�
MAY CONCERN:
There will be a meeting of the
Structural Standards
Board/Building Code Board
of Adjustments at 4:00 P.M.
on Tuesday, May 9, 1989.
The meeting will be held in
the Council Chambers of Col-
lege Station City Hall, 1101
Texas Ave., College Station,
Texas.
The Board will meet to con-
sider a variance request for
proposed College Park
Apartments. The request is in
the name of Bill Ayers, Vice -
President of Polar -Bek Co.
for a variance to Ordinance
No. 1629, Section II.B of
Amendments to the Standard
Building Code.
For further information you
may call Building Official Coy
Perry at 764 -3741.
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CS should amend mowing ordinance
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Recently I went for a drive to enjoy our
beautiful Texas wildflowers and saw
bluebonnets, paint brush, primrose,
winecups, daiseys, and a number of oth-
ers whose names I do not know. But I did
not have to go on the East By -pass or FM
50 or 105, I was traveling the streets of
College Station such as Holleman, Lin-
coln, Ashburn, Glade, and Walton. These
wildflowers were growing in peoples
lawns and were being encouraged in
many cases by careful lawn mowing to
temporarily miss the flower patches while
they bloom and go to seed. In a few in-
stances larger meadows heavily scattered
with flowers were for the time being left
totally uninowcd but not neglected as
large weeds were absent. I believe this is a
very positive step that improves the ap-
pearance of our community in the spring
and fall when the wildflowers bloom.
I urge the residents of College Station
to support amendment of the local mow-
ing ordinance to specifically exempt the
cultivation of wildflowers in lawns and
meadows from the 12 inch height limit
now in effect. It also makes aesthetic
sense to exempt agricultural land and
heavily wooded areas from mandatory
mowing.
ROBERT B. McGEACHIN
College Station
Sunday, May 7, 1989
The Eagle
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The City of College Station
(A is currently recruiting for the
following position:
JAHXR/DISPATCHER
Reports to the Communications Shift Supervisor.
Receives and documents all requests for police
services, including 911 calls and relays call infor-
mation to the appropriate officer or agency. Deals
with a high volume of radio communications,
telephone calls, computer entry and retrieval, as
well as handling all jailing duties. Applicants must
be responsible and commun icate effectively under
high stressful conditions, have clear speaking
voice, excellent listening skills, typing, and be
able to work rotating shifts. Prefer individuals
with prior dispatching experience and knowledge
of criminal law. Applicants will undergo a thor-
ough background investigation.
Salary $1335 /month. Excellent benefit package.
Deadline for applications: Friday, May 19, 1989.
Apply at:
City of College Station
Personnel Department
1101 Texas Ave.
P.O. Box 9960
College Station, TX 77842 -0960
EOE
Sunday, May 7, 1989
The Eagle
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Of The City College Station
is currently ly recruiting for the
following position:
HOUSING PROGRAMS
COORDINATOR
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Responsible for coordination and implementation of indi-
vidual housing and rehabilitation projects. Initiated in con -
juction with the cities Community Development and
neighbgorhood revitalization program, including in-
spection, project design, and construction supervision.
Also responsible for managing budget and resources for
city sponsored housing assistance activities. Knowledge
of light construction materials and methods and con-
siderable knowledge of municipie building, housing, and
related ordinances. Ability to repair, read, and interpret
plans and specifications, compare them with construc-
tion in progress to determine possible deviations or viola-
tions and get them corrected.
Salary $1660/nmo
Apply at:
City of College Station
Personnel Dept.
1101 Texas Ave
College Station, Tx
EOE
Sunday, May 7, 1989
The Eagle
NEW DIRECTIONS
by Fred Brown
NEW DIRECTONS
FOR THE SUMMER
As I walked out the front I wrote about making
door into the afternoon heat, your dreams come true
Jeb was placing his last and asked for ideas that
piece of luggage into the people had rhidden as to
back of his truck. Where How g hone
you going Jeb? I asked, as I cards, letters which is the
wiped my brow.
The well is dry and it's Business Job Training Alli-
time for me to blaze new ance that is being orga- ,
trails of adventure for the nized now.
Through you, my friends
summer."
As Jeb drove off, I thought and readers, our com-
about the new trails we have dressed many of y
blazed over the last six th es of the Cities
months.
We have talked about the the Chamber of Commerce,
positive aspect of our local the County, and Texas
economy, and the negative A &M University. Have
aspect of drugs and drug found answers for the
abuse. problems that needed to be
We have talked about teen- addressed.
agers and their sometimes Now, after six e n down
endless struggle with par- must put my p n
ents, school and lack of ac- and he charge my batteries
ceptance of peers.
I said that if you have I want to thank you for
watched our Bryan /College reading "New Directions ",
Station communities, you're especially for your com-
probably aware that more ment a dreams input, and your
dreams are on the table now ing y our
than there have been in realities with me. See you
many years. Great things again in the fall.
are happening.
We discussed how we
could not afford to lose the NEW DIRECTIONS IS SPON-
talent of a lot of people who S O RE BMW who FRED believes BROWN that
are down now, but who, Bryan - College Station progresses
with a little help and en- through the enthusiastic volunteer
couragement, will be up and actions of its citizens.
running.
ADVERTISEMENT
Sunday, May 7, 1989
The Eagle
Railroad solution
is, at best, naive
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Monday, May 8, 1989
The Eagle
I think that the "solutions" to the prob-
lem of the railroad tracks running
through the A&M campus (and the
possibility of a hazardous material spill)
are extremely naive. Moving the tracks
begs the question and merely places the
problem in someone else's backyard. I
think that that would be inexcusable.
The first step in dealing with this prob-
lem is to determine its magnitude. How
often do trains run through our commun-
ity? In the past year (or two, five years)
what sort of material, hazardous or oth-
erwise, has been transported by rail
through our community? Have 'eve" (our
community leaders) contacted other
communities to determine how they have
dealt with this sort of problem? The
National Research Council to determine
what their experts have to say about the
problem? Would something relatively
simple, like keeping the tracks and right -
of -way in optimum condition significant-
ly decrease the risk?
When one deals with hazardous spills,
there are four inter- related steps: con-
tainment (keeping the material confined
to as small a space as possible); isolation
(preventing exposure to the air, flames,
and other spilled materials); recovery
(gathering the material up); and if re-
covery is not possible; treatment (to de-
crease or eliminate the hazardous as-
pects) of the material).
Clearly, lowering the tracks does rela-
tively little to contain a spill (especially
since many of the potential spills, such as
ammonia, LPG, chlorine, etc. are volatile)
and virtually nothing with regard to isola-
tion (especially with regard to the poten-
tial for explosion or fire), recovery, or
treatment.
I would think that this community,
with A&M and its allied institutions (de-
partments of chemistry, engineering,
etc., the engineering experiment station,
the fire training school, etc., T.T.I.) and
the various departments in the Bryan,
College Station, Brazos County govern-
ments, that we should have "experts"
that could come up with a more innova-
tive solution to this problem.
Since A&M would benefit most from a
solution, why can't it provide release time
(from teaching and other duties) for its
employees that are experts in this area to
study the problem and come up with a
"real" solution. One that is cost effective,
practical, and will provide real protection
from a spill. If they can come up with
something really innovative, we could
conceivably "export" the solution (for a
fee) to other communities who are faced
with the problem and potentially pay for
the solution here with the proceeds.
CLIFFORD J. SHERRY
Bryan
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( orft is currently recruiting for the
following position:
HOUSING PROGRAMS
COORDINATOR
Responsible for coordination and implementation of
individual housing and rehabilitation projects initiated
in conjunction with the City's Community Develop-
ment and neighorhood revitalization program, includ-
ing inspection, project design, and construction su-
pervision. Also responsible for managing budget and
resources for city sponsored housing assistance ac-
tivities. Knowledge of light construction materials and
methods and considerable knowledge of municiple
building, housing, and related ordinances. Ability to
prepare, read, and interpret plans and specifications,
compare them with construction in progress to deter-
mine possible deviations or violations and get them
corrected.
Salary $16601mo.
Apply at:
City of College Station
Personnel Dept.
1101 Texas Ave.
College Station, Tx
EOE
Wednesday, May 10, 1989
The Eagle
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Wednesday, May 10, 1989
The Eagle
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING:
The College Station City
Council will hold a public
hearing to consider an ap-
peal of a decision of the
Planning and Zoning Cord
mission relating to the denial
of a Conditional Use Permit
for the location of a fraternity
house in a single family resi-
dence located at 200 Mont-
clair.
The appeal is in the name of
the Sigma Alpha Mu Frater-
nity.
The hearing will be held in
the Council Room of the Col-
lege Station City Hall, 1101
South Texas Avenue at the
7:00 P.M. meeting of the City
Council on Thursday, May
25,1989.
For additional information,
contact the Planning Division
at (409) 764 -3570.
Jane R. Kee
Senior Planner
05 -10 -89
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CS city council to hear
high -speed rail proposal
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The College Station City Coun-
cil will hear a presentation on a
high -speed rail system at 4 p.m.
today in its workshop session.
City Manager Ron Ragland said
William J. Harris Jr., a professor
of civil engineering at Texas A &M
University , will tell the council
how the high -speed trains have
affected communities in other
countries.
Harris said he will discuss the
technology being used in Japan
and Europe and the opportunities
available for the local area.
Ragland said the council asked
for the presentation as a preli-
minary informational step.
"If it does happen, we don't
want it to shoot straight down In-
terstate 45 and bypass Bryan -
College Station," he said.
Harris said that if legislation is
adopted that will allow the system
to be built, Bryan and College
Station need to be ready to benefit
from it. The train route, as pro-
posed by a German consortium,
would form a triangle connecting
Dallas, Houston and San Antonio,
he said.
Since right -of -way purchases
aren't scheduled to begin yet, now
is the time for Bryan and College
Station to begin trying to get the
train routed through here, Harris
said.
According to a brochure pub-
lished by the train's promoters,
the system can't be in operation
before 1995.
Three council members will
take the oath of office to begin new
terms at Thursday's 7 p.m. meet-
ing. Place One Councilman Fred
Brown and Place Three Council-
woman Lynn McIlhaney ran
unopposed in the May 6 Election.
Place Five Councilman Jim Gard-
ner defeated challenger Mike
Cronan to keep his seat on the
council.
Wednesday, May 10, 1989
The Eagle
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Friday, May 12, 1989
The Eagle
Of The Clty of College Station
is currently recruiting for the
following position:
HOUSING PROGRAMS
COORDINATOR
Responsible for coordination and implementation of
individual housing and rehabilitation projects initiated
in conjunction with the City's Community Develop-
ment and neighorhood revitalization program, includ-
ing inspection, project design, and construction su-
pervision. Also responsible for managing budget and
resources for city sponsored housing assistance ac-
tivities. Knowledge of light construction materials and
methods and considerable knowledge of municiple
building, housing, and related ordinances. Ability to
prepare, read, and interpret plans and specifications,
compare them with construction in progress to deter-
mine possible deviations or violations and get them
corrected.
Salary $1660/mo.
Apply at:
City of College Station
Personnel Dept.
1101 Texas Ave.
College Station, Tx
EOE
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TO WHOM IT
MAY CONCERN
The City of College Station
hereby notifies the public that
the Sigma Alpha Mu Frater-
nity has withdrawn an appeal
filed in relation to the denial
of a conditional use permit for
a building at 200 Montclair
Street. The Public Hearing
advertised to be held at the
May 25th meeting of the Col-
lege Station City Council is
therefore cancelled.
05 -12 -89
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Friday, May 12, 1989
The Eagle
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Saturday, May 13, 1989
The Eagle
The City of College Station
000f is currently recruiting for the
following position:
HOUSING PROGRAMS
COORDINATOR
Responsible for coordination and implementation of
individual housing and rehabilitation projects initiated
in conjunction with the City's Community Develop-
ment and neighorhood revitalization program, includ-
ing inspection, project design, and construction su-
pervision. Also responsible for managing budget and
resources for city sponsored housing assistance ac-
tivities. Knowledge of light construction materials and
methods and considerable knowledge of municiple
building, housing, and related ordinances. Ability to
prepare, read, and interpret plans and specifications,
compare them with construction in progress to deter-
mine possible deviations or violations and get them
corrected.
Salary $1660 /mo.
Apply at:
City of College Station
Personnel Dept.
1101 Texas Ave.
College Station, Tx
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In Bryan - Col Statio
Armed Forces Celebration scheduled
for Saturday at Central Park in CS
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An Armed Forces Celebra-
tion is scheduled for Saturday
at Central Park. 1000 Krenek
Tap Road. College Station.
Festivities, set to begin at 2
p.m., are free under the spon-
sorship of the College Station
Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment.'
The celebration will include a
concert by the 2nd Armored
Division Band from Fort Hood
and an equipment display to
include aircraft, tanks and
personnel carriers. Other dis-
plays will include informa-
tional booths and a shooting
gallery.
Barbecue and other conces-
sions will be available. The
celebration will conclude with
a country and western dance
from ? -11 P.M.
For more information, call
Sheila walker at 764 -3408.
Thursday, May 18, 1989
The Eagle
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One pool to open, one pool to close temporarily
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In College Station, one
swimming pool is set to open
and another is scheduled to
close for maintenance.
Southwood Valley Pool, 1600
Rock Prairie Road, will open
Sunday.
For more information, call
Southwood Pool at 764 -3787.
Thomas Park Pool, 1300
James Parkway, will close Sat-
urday and will reopen the first -
part of June.
For more information, call
the College Station Parks and
Recreation Department at
764 -3773.
Thursday, May 18, 1989
The Eagle
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PUBLIC NOTICE
To All Interested Property
Owners, and the General Public
C
On or about June 23, 1989, the City of College Station
will apply to the Texas Department of Commerce for
funding under the Texas Rental Rehabilitation Program
(TRRP). Funding can be used by private de-
veloperslowners of substandard rental residential prop-
erty to bring the properly up to local building codes. After
such rehabilitation, units are to be occupied predominan-
tlyby lower income tenants.
The City may apply for up to $400,000 in assistance that
can be used for direct loans at below market interest
rates, interest subsidies, ban guarantees, or direct
grants, to, or on behalf of participating property owners.
Any developer /owner receiving assistance under this
program must match the TRRP assistance on a dollar for
dollar basis.
Activites must take place in neighborhoods wherein the
median income is not greater than 80 percent of the area
median income. The City has identified several areas as
meeting this criteria at this time; among them are:
1. That bounded by Wellborn Road, the northern city li
mits, College Ave., and University Drive.
2. That bounded by Texas Ave., University Drive, Tarrow
Street, and Lincoln Ave.
3. That bounded by Wellborn Road, Luther Street, Fair-
view Ave., and Holleman.
4. That bounded by Wellborn Road, Holleman Drive,
Welsh Street, and Southwest Parkway.
The City is accepting recommendations on other poten-
tially eligible neighborhoods.
Residents who wish to recommend neighborhoods to be
eligible for TRRP assistance and developers/owners
who are interested in participation in the program should
contact the City of College Station Community De-
velopment Office at (409) 764 -3778.
Chief Executive Officer
Larry J. Ringer, Mayor
05-19- 89,05-21 - 89,05-23 -89
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The Eagle
The City of College Station
is currently recruiting for the
following position:
ft ( ADAUMSTRATrVE SECRETARY
Reports to the Assistant Director of Parke &
Recreation and responsible for Administrative/
Clerical functions, advising other Personnel of
Departmental procedures, budget preparations,
reports, and Supervision of other Clerical Staff.
Involves extensive public contact requiring inde-
pendent judgement and discretion. Must be able
to type 60 wpm, 10 key by touch, PC experience,
including Word Processing and spreadsheets, and
2 -6 years as Office Manager of similar position.
Salary $1336/mo.
Sunday, May 21, 1989
The Eagle
Apply:
City of College Station
Personnel Dept.
1101 Texas Ave.
College Station, TX
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CS council to vote on combining
Brazos County economic groups
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The College Station City Council will
vote Thursday on the formation of a
combined economic development or-
ganization for Brazos County.
The Bryan - College Station De-
velopment Corporation will combine
the efforts of each city's economic de-
velopment organization, representing
the area as a whole. roved the or-
The Bryan council app
ganization at its Monday meeting. Bill
Thornton, interim chairman of the
new organization, told Bryan council
members Monday that the area has
missed industrial prospects
past because of a lack of unity .
The cities have agreed to a prelimin-
ary budget of $250,000 for the new
corporation. Under the agreement,
each city will be responsible for
$100,000 of the budget while Brazos
County provides $50,000.
The council will also decide on an
ordinance amendment which will al-
low people to let wildflowers grow in
their yards until they form seeds. The
current ordinance prohibits allowing
"weeds" to grow higher than 12 in-
ches.
if approved the amendment will al-
low an exception for 'wildflowers lo-
cated in an area where grasses and
weeds do not exceed 18 inches."
Tuesday, May 23, 1989
The Eagle
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PUBLIC NOTICE
To All Interested Property
Owners, and the General PublIC
On or about June 23, 1989, the City of College Station
will apply to the Texas Department of Commerce for
funding under the Texan Re' u��by� p Pr ogr am
nvatede-
(TRRp). Funding
velopersllowners of �ri�Pda rerbuild pied �s PAfter
p
erty to bring the oP d redominan
units are to be o
such rehabilitation, P
tly by lower income tenants . in assistance that
The city may apply for up to $400,0
can be used for direct loaban t guarantees, mar k e t i below
interes or direct
t subsidies a owners.
rates, ating Prof RY
grants, to, or on behalf of participating under this
A developer /owner receiving on a dollar for
P rogram must match the TRRP assistance
dollar basis. mus take Place in neighborhoods wherein the
Activities mu is not greater than 80 Pierce
m nt of the area
m edian income has identified several areas as
median i The City amo ng them are: li
meeting this Criteria aWellbom Road, the northern city
1. That bounded by Drive.
nits, College Ave., and University niversity D Tarrow
2. That bounded by Texas Ave.,
Street, and Lincoln Ave.
orn Road, Luther Street, Fair
3. That bounded by Wellb
view Ave., and Holleman. Holleman Drive,
4. That bounded by Wellborn Road, m
Welsh Street, and S on other poten-
The City is accepting
,,ally eligible neighborhoods. nd nei hborhoods to be
Residents who wish to rieconm and developers owners
eligible for TRRP as i tanceton d the program should
who are interested in P e Station Community Die-
eloprthe ffice t
conta a(409) 764 -3778.
elop Chief Executive Officer
Larry J. Ringer, Mayor
05.19-89,0 89,0&23-89
Tuesday, May 23, 1989
The Eagle
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NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING:
The Zoning Board of Adjust-
ment for the City of College
Station will hold a public hear-
ing to consider a request for a
variance in the name of:
Golden Corral Corporation
5151 Glenwood Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27612
The case will be heard by the
Board at the regular meeting
in i,re Council Room, College
108 Legal Noti
Station City Hall, 1101 Texas
Avenue at 7:00 P.M. on
Tuesday, June 6, 1989.
The nature of the case is as
follows: Applicant is request-
ing a variance to the Parking
and Island requirements o
Lot B University Park Ea:
subdivision (east comer c
the intersection of Universit
Drive & Tarrow Streets). Ap
plicant is Golden Corral Cor
poration. Owner of proper()
is Western Gulf Savings 8
Loan.
Additional information is avai-
lable at the Office of the Zon-
ing Official of the City of Col-
lege Station, (409) 764 -3570.
Kim Johnson
Planning Assistant
05 -24 -89
v Wednesday, May 24, 1989
The Eagle
A &M environmentalists pull
trash from Wolf Pen Creek
By David Elliot
of the Eagle staff
Braving a muggy Texas afternoon, fire
ants and the threat of water moccasins, a
group of Texas A&M environmentalists
this week completed cleaning a section of
College Station's Wolf Pen Creek.
During the past month, the Texas En-
vironmental Action Coalition, a group of
about 30 A &M students, pulled from the
creek a pool trophy, a toilet, a couch, a
mattress, two television sets and part of a
stereo — almost enough, one student
noted wryly, to furnish an apartment.
Wading through the creek's murky
waters, the students also dug out be-
tween 10 and 15 shopping carts, a sign
that read, "Authorized Vehicles Only,"
numerous golf balls, strips of reinforce-
ment steel, and — last but not least — a
moped.
'That was hard," said Geoff Smith, an
A &M biology sophomore. "I tried to pull it
out myself but I couldn't do it. So we tied
it to a car and pulled it out."
Members of the group decided to take
on the project almost on a whim.
"We saw it (the creek) just driving by,"
Scott Coles said. "Some of the group had
seen a lot of trash building up in local
creeks and streams. There should be no
reason why stuff like this is going down —
why are shopping carts ending up in the
creek ?'
Many of the shopping carts said "Safe-
way" on their sides. There is a Safeway
located less than a block away. Other
carts said "Piggly Wiggly" and "Gibson's,"
stores that have long since closed their
doors.
"That means they've been down there
for awhile," Smith said.
Despite the creek's polluted condition,
the students saw ample evidence of wild-
life. Raccoon tracks were everywhere, as
were crawdads, raccoons' favorite food.
There also were turtles and minnows —
standard inhabitants of Texas creeks.
And there were water moccasins.
'We were working down the creek a
couple of weeks ago and we ran into this
guy who said they were moving out ahead
of us," Smith said. "He said he had seen
about five of them swimming along."
Charlie Albert, an A&M physics gra-
duate student, said he was impressed by
the existing green space within an urban
setting.
"There is a lot of natural beauty in the
Eagle photo by Peter Rocha
Scott Coles, a member of the Texas Environmental Action Coalition, removes part of
a shopping cart from Wolf Pen Creek this week. The group of about 30 A &M students
completed cleaning part of the creek this week as an environmental project.
area, which I didn't realize before I joined
the club," he said as he removed an old
Schaefer Light beer can from the creek. "I
moved from California and I'm not used
to green yet."
The city of College Station is hoping to
capitalize on the beauty of Wolf Pen Creek
by developing a park along its shores.
Some drainage work has already been
started, and further improvements will
follow if the Texas Parks and Wildlife De-
partment approves a $500,000 grant ap-
plication that is pending. The city has
committed $600,000 to the work, and
city officials are hoping for a decision on
the grant by the end of the summer.
Scott Coles, a co- president of the
group, said that cleaning up the creek is
simply part of "watershed management."
"This water is running off," he said.
'We don't know its origin, we don't know
where it's going. This is just speculation,
but it could be going into wells, it may be
part of our drinking water."
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B -CS unemployment stays
below 5 percent, TEC says
By Tracy Staton
of the Eagle staff
For the second consecutive
month, Bryan - College Station was
the only metropolitan area in the
state to post an unemployment rate
of less than 5 percent, according to
statistics released Tuesday by the
Texas Employment Commission.
The area's jobless rate of 4.6 per-
cent represents a 0.5 percent in-
crease over the March rate of 4.1
percent, and a 0.2 percent increase
from the 4.4 percent rate of unem-
ployment reported in April 1988.
"Not only did we remain the only
area in the state with a rate less
than 5 percent, but we also had a
labor force during April of more
than 60,000 people — the first time
since November of 1988 that has
occurred," said Walt Baker, area di-
rector of the TEC.
According to statistics generated
by the local TEC office, Bryan-
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College Station has shown a 4.5
percent increase in the civilian
labor force during the 12 months
beginning with April 1988. Last
year, the number of people ac-
tively seeking employment was
58,100; in April 1989, the labor
force numbered 60,700.
While the number of people
seeking work increased 2,600
during that period, the number of
jobs increased by 2,200. This is
evidenced by the fact that the
number of people employed jum-
ped from 55,700 in April 1988 to
57,900 in April 1989.
'The number of jobs has in-
creased over the last year," Baker
said. 'It's been doing this for a
while, so we see it as a trend. I feel
very comfortable about where we'-
re going economically."
The state's unemployment rate
last month rose from 6.3 percent
in March to 7.0 percent, the agen-
cy's statistics revealed. But the
rate showed no change from the
jobless rate of April 1988.
"What you'll notice is that,
though the rate is the same, the
number of jobs has increased at
the same time," Baker said. 'The
growth in the labor force was a
little more than 37,000 during the
year, where the number of jobs
increased just under 37,000. So
the state is showing some growth,
which is a nice trend."
Terrance Travland of the TEC in
Austin said the increase in
unemployment from March rep-
resented a statistical correction.
"I really don't believe the num-
bers in and of themselves reflect a
significant deterioration in the
state. Instead, they seem to con-
firm that March understated the
situation," said Terrance Trav-
land of the TEC.
"April is more in line with the
true economic situation," Trav-
land said, adding that 7.0 percent
"seems to be a pretty good num-
ber."
"People need to look not at an
individual month but how it (the
rate) behaves over several
months," he said.
Texas Employment Commis-
sioner Mary Scott Nabers said,
'While we certainly do not like to
see unemployment rising, the
current rate is no higher this year
than it was this time last year."
The 7.0 percent unemployment
rate means there are an estimated
575,900 jobless Texans, Travland
said.
Despite the jobless increase,
non -farm salaried jobs in Texas
Increased by more than 21,000
between March and April, due
primarily to seasonal growth, the
TEC said.
The highest urban unemploy-
ment rate was McAllen- Edinburg-
Mission, with 16.7 percent.
Rates of unemployment in the
urban areas of Texas as announ-
ced Tuesday by the Texas Em-
ployment Commission for April
compared with revised March fig-
ures (in parenthesis) included:
Abilene 6.9 (5.8)
Amarillo 5.8 (5.2)
Austin 5.6 (4.9)
Beaumont -Port Arthur 9.6 (8.4)
Brazoria 7.2 (6.3)
Brownsville - Harlingen 11.8
Bryan- College Station 4.6 (4.4)
Corpus Christi 8.9 (7.8)
Dallas 5.6 (4.9)
El Paso 10.3 (9.7)
Fort Worth - Arlington 5.8 (5.2)
Galveston -Texas City 7.5 (6.7)
Houston 6.1 (5.4)
Temple - Killeen 7.9 (7.0)
Laredo 13.4 (13.3)
Longview- Marshall 9.3 (8.3)
Lubbock 5.0 (6.0)
McAllen- Edinburg - Mission
16.7 (16.4)
Midland 6.2 (5.4)
Odessa 8.5 (7.8)
San Angelo 5.6 (5.1)
San Antonio 7.4 (6.6)
Sherman- Denison 6.6 (7.1)
Texarkana - na (na)
Tyler 6.9 (6.3)
Victoria 6.7 (5.9)
Waco 5.7 (5.1)
Wichita Falls 5.9 (6.0)
Total
Total
Total
%
County
labor force
employed
unemployed
rate
Brazos
60,700
57,900
2,800
4.6
Burleson
6,053
5,603
450
7.4
Grimes
10,760
10,197
563
5.2
Leon
6,530
6,075
455
7.0
Madison
4,936
4,717
219
4.4
Milam
9,275
8,607
668
7.2
Robertson
6,176
5,660
516
8.4
Washington
13,220
12,753
467
3.5
rate means there are an estimated
575,900 jobless Texans, Travland
said.
Despite the jobless increase,
non -farm salaried jobs in Texas
Increased by more than 21,000
between March and April, due
primarily to seasonal growth, the
TEC said.
The highest urban unemploy-
ment rate was McAllen- Edinburg-
Mission, with 16.7 percent.
Rates of unemployment in the
urban areas of Texas as announ-
ced Tuesday by the Texas Em-
ployment Commission for April
compared with revised March fig-
ures (in parenthesis) included:
Abilene 6.9 (5.8)
Amarillo 5.8 (5.2)
Austin 5.6 (4.9)
Beaumont -Port Arthur 9.6 (8.4)
Brazoria 7.2 (6.3)
Brownsville - Harlingen 11.8
Bryan- College Station 4.6 (4.4)
Corpus Christi 8.9 (7.8)
Dallas 5.6 (4.9)
El Paso 10.3 (9.7)
Fort Worth - Arlington 5.8 (5.2)
Galveston -Texas City 7.5 (6.7)
Houston 6.1 (5.4)
Temple - Killeen 7.9 (7.0)
Laredo 13.4 (13.3)
Longview- Marshall 9.3 (8.3)
Lubbock 5.0 (6.0)
McAllen- Edinburg - Mission
16.7 (16.4)
Midland 6.2 (5.4)
Odessa 8.5 (7.8)
San Angelo 5.6 (5.1)
San Antonio 7.4 (6.6)
Sherman- Denison 6.6 (7.1)
Texarkana - na (na)
Tyler 6.9 (6.3)
Victoria 6.7 (5.9)
Waco 5.7 (5.1)
Wichita Falls 5.9 (6.0)
CS council considers asking
CO
QQ for crime - analysis unit funds
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
The College Station City Council Wed-
nesday discussed a proposal to apply for
more than $30,000 in grant money to
create a crime - analysis unit in the Col-
lege Station Police Department.
Police Chief Mike Strope said the city
would be required to put up about $3,400
to qualify for the grant. The city's share is
available in his department's operating
budget from staff vacancies, he said.
Strope said the crime- analysis unit
would help the police department catalo-
gue crimes and criminals' methods of
operations. The department could then
begin forecasting when and where crimes
are likely to occur.
"Crime analysis tries to make us react
on a more positive approach prior to
something happening," Strope said.
"Rather than ask for more police officers,
we're trying to make what we have more
effective."
Councilman Fred Brown said that,
while he liked the idea of the unit, he had
some reservations.
In the past, he said, the city has begun
programs that had to be discontinued or
funded wholly by the city when the grant
wasn't renewed after the first year.
Strope said the grant should be con-
sidered seed money for a program the city
wants.
Councilman Dick Birdwell said the
council should decide if it really wants
the program and, if so, should take ad-
vantage of outside money to get it started.
The five -year grant could save the city
money in the start-up of a needed pro-
gram, he said.
The council also spent more than an
ho6r discussing an amendment to the ci-
ty's weed ordinance.
The ordinance currently provides that
weeds not be allowed to grow to more
than 12 inches before being mowed. Wild-
flower enthusiasts object to the ordin-
ance, saying it prevents their wildflowers
from reseeding.
The amendment submitted by the
Community Appearance Committee
would allow the height of weeds to be 18
Inches if the lot owner is cultivating wild-
flowers. Tony Cisneros, assistant director
of parks and recreation, said when he
studied his department's wildflower pro-
gram, he found that it didn't comply with
the original ordinance.
The city's planning department had
suggested a maximum height of 24 in-
ches, Cisneros said, and 18 inches was a
compromise that would allow most
flowers to reseed.
The council will vote on the amend-
ment today at 7 p.m. at its regular meet-
ing.
The council also discussed creating the
Bryan - College Station Economic De-
velopment Corporation. The corporation
will combine the marketing efforts of each
city's economic development organiza-
tion, representing the area as a whole.
CS council OKs police plan to apply �/
for grant to create crime - analysis unit
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
The College Station City Council
Thursday approved a request by the
police department to apply for more than
$30,000 in grant money to create a
crime - analysis unit.
Police Chief Mike Strope said the city
would be required to put up about $3,400
to qualify for the grant. The city's share is
available in his department's operating
budget from staff vacancies, he said.
Strope said the money is available from
state and federal criminal Justice sour-
ces. It will be a five -year program and the
grant money will decrease by 20 percent
each year.
Strope said the grant application must
now be approved by the Brazos Valley
Development Council and the Governor's
office. The program will also be subject to
an annual review by the city council and
the Brazos Valley Development Council,
he said.
Strope said the crime - analysis unit
would help the police department catalog
crimes and criminals' methods of opera-
tions. The department could then begin
forecasting when and where crimes are
likely to occur, he said.
Strope said he should know by Aug. 1 if
his department will get the money. Then,
he said, an analysts officer must be hired
and trained, and it will be November be-
fore the program is operational.
The council also approved an ordin-
ance which amends the city's weed or-
dinance to exempt wildflowers from some
mowing requirements.
The ordinance had prohibited property
owners from allowing weeds to grow to a
height of more than 12 inches.
The amendment provides for the culti-
vation of concentrations of wildflowers
from March 1 through June 15 in areas
where weeds and grasses don't exceed 18
inches. Acccrding to the amendment,
anyone cited has a right to appeal to the
zoning board of adjustment before June
15 if weeds on the cited lot don't exceed
18 inches.
The council also approved the forma-
tion of the Bryan- College Station Econo-
mic Development Corporation. The cor-
poration will combine the marketing
efforts of each city's economic de-
velopment organization, representing the
area as a whole.
The Bryan City Council approved the
organization at its Monday meeting.
The cities have agreed to a preliminary
budget of $250,000 for the new corpora-
tion. Under the agreement, each city will
be responsible for $100,000 of the bud-
get, and Brazos County would provide
$50,000.
Bill Thornton, interim chairman for the
organization said the next step is to begin
a search for an executive director for the
new corporation. The quality of the exe-
cutive director can make or break the or-
ganization, he said.
Thornton will return to both councils in
June with an estimated budget to begin
its executive search. Full funding for the
organization will be allocated by both cit-
ies in October when they prepare their
1989 -1990 budgets.
Friday, May 26, 1989
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Eagle photo by Peter Rocha
The crowd at the Just Say No Rally at College Station's Central Park admires posters in the contest sponsored by Greenleaf
Hospital. The rally was held by the Brazos Valley Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse.
Anit -drug rally urges children to `Just Say No'
By Sondra Pickard The third annual rally was held in council. The obvious favorites were
of the Eagle staff Central Park and was primarily spon- green -and -white "Just Say No" buttons
sored by the Brazos Valley Council on and T- shirts. By mid - afternoon, nearly
The success of any drug -use preven- Alcohol and SubsUince Abuse. everyone in attendance had become
tion program is difficult to measure, At least for the children, the high walking advertisements for a drug -free
but the enthusiastic children who at- point of the party was what seemed to life,
tended the Just Say No Rally in College be an endless and free supply of drug- Mary Mattingly, executive director
Station Saturday were proof that kids prevention literature, bumper stickers, and founder of the council on alcohol
can have a good time without using magnets, buttons, balloons and
drugs. T-shirts provided by the drug -abuse Please see Drug, 13A
Sunday, May 28, 1989
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Drug
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and substance abuse, said the idea for
rally was sparked three years ago when
the council and local law- enforcement
agencies realized there was a lack o,
community awareness about the drug
problem in Bryan - College Station. She
said the council wanted an event involv
ing the entire community — one in which
children could see and hopefully be in-
fluenced by successful adults who do not
use drugs.
"Kids need to see the positive side of
drug -free life," Mattingly said. "They ar
under a lot of peer pressure at school."
The rally, as well as the bulk of the
council's drug- prevention programs, are
aimed mostly at children in middle school
or those in lower grades. Mattingly said
most prevention programs aimed at high
school students simply do not have the
desired effect. By the time children react.
high school, she said, most already hav=
experimented with drugs and alcohol.
"There is no measurement for these
prevention programs," she said. 'We'll
just have to wait and see how this genera-
tion responds to the program. It's going to
take some time.
"But no program can work unless the
community is aware and involved. It
takes much more than just donating
time. It also takes a lot of money and
commitment."
Mattingly said the average age of a first -
time drug user is eight, and that many
10, 11 and 12- year -olds abuse crack co-
caine and other illegal drugs.
"If I only believe 25 percent of what the
kids tell me," she said, "then the problem
is still serious enough."
The Just Say No Rally was not designed
as a fund - raising event but is instead
meant to be a "prevention and interven-
tion" effort to help teach children drug -
refusal skills and, most importantly, to
introduce ways to have fun without using
drugs.
Special Effects, a band formerly known
as Southern Rain, provided live music at
the park throughout the day. Like the
other organizations and businesses
there, the band donated its time for the
rally.
Fun booths and special events in-
cluded a fishing derby, a Drop -a -Cop
dunking booth, a ring toss, Nerf throws, a
miniature tennis game, a penny pitch, a
duck walk, face painting, a miniature Air
Force jet exhibit and a poster contest.
Those donating time to the rally were
Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the
Bryan Police Department, the College
Station Police Department, the Depart-
ment of Public Safety, the Brazos County
Sheriffs Office, the Boys Club, the Amer-
ican Legion, the Center for Drug Preven-
tion, the University Police, the Junior
League, the Sandstone Center, Greenleaf
Hospital, Citizens Bank, the Straight
Talk Teen Hotline and the Brazos Valley
Council on Alcohol and Substance
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NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
To All Interested Agencies,
Groups, and Persons
The Cities of Bryan and College Station
will conduct a Public Hearing at 7:00 PM,
Tuesday, June 6 at the College Station
City Council Chambers, 1101 Texas
Avenue, concerning potential funding for
Public Service Activities through each ci-
ty's Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) for FY 89 -90. This public hearing
will provide a forum for the two cities to co-
ordinate the review of requests for, and al-
location of CDBG funding for Public Ser-
vice Agencies providing services to area
residents, according to a common policy
adopted by both City Councils. Interested
Iroups or persons are invited to attend.
-or more information please call (409)
'64 -3778.
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Wednesday, May 31, 1989
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Balloons to go
up and away
in 4 -dav match
By J Dennis Yount
of the Eagle staff
Balloonists from eight states will lift off
from College Station at daylight Thursday
to begin the first day of a four -day compe-
tition.
The launch site and championship
grounds for the Texas Balloon Champi-
onship and Festival will be a field adja-
cent to the old Texas Instruments build-
ing on Texas 30 east of the Texas 6 East
Bypass. VIP parking will be in then park -;
ing lot. Others may park at Post Oak Mall.
Organizer Harold Cliver said the mall is
providing a shuttle bus from the mall
parking lot to the championship grounds.
Cliver said the championship will
determine the official state balloon
champion. It also will include a match be-
tween teams of balloonists from Texas
and New Mexico, with a purse of $15,000
at stake, he said.
The competition will begin with a. race
at 6:30 a.m. Thursday and will end with
an awards presentation at Messina Hof
Winery Sunday at noon. There will be
races at 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. each day
except Sunday.
Cliver said a balloon glow is scheduled
for 9 p.m. both Friday and Saturday. Just
after dark, 75 balloons will rise above the
championship grounds. The burners
lighting up the multi- colored balloons as
they hover together makes an impressive
light show, Cliver said.
Admission to the championship
grounds is $2. Children three and under
are admitted free. Proceeds from the race
will go to local charities, he said. Other
activities include a carnival and an arts
and crafts festival at the championship
grounds.
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Wednesday, May 31, 1989
The Eagle
108 Lega Notices
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING:
The Zoning Board of Adjust-
ment for the City of College
Station will hold a public hear-
ing to consider a request for a
variance in the name of:
Sam and Janice Wood
1800 Shadowwood
College Station, TX 77840
The case will be heard by the
Board at the regular meeting
in the Council Room, College
Station City Hall, 1101 Texas
Avenue at 7:00 P.M. on
=Tuesday, June 20, 1989.
The nature of the case is as
follows: Applicant is request-
ing a variance to the rear set-
back requirements at the re-
sidence at 1800 Shad -
owwood.
Additional information is avai-
lable at the offices of the Zon-
ing Official of the City of Col -'
lege Station, (409) 764 -3570.
Kim Johnson
Planning Assistant
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