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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBrazos Valley Eligible Singles 1982The most eligible in B=CS The search for tsryan-College Station's most eligible men and women was neither easy nor scientific. Reporter Jann Snell gathered the names of about 60 single men in town and Tom Taschinger started from a list of about 40 single women. Both then spent a lot of time talking to the friends and acquaintances of the various nominees before making final decisions. Both reporters tried to find men and women of varying personalities, social backgrounds, careers, interests and ages. Photographs were taken by Taschinger and Eagle photographers Kathy Young, Peter Rocha and David Einsel. The profiles which follow are thumb nail sketches of how each responded when asked what he or she liked and disliked about people, their work or anything that came to mind. It takes a sense of humor to be singled out as one of the community's most eligible women or men, and we'd like to thank each for his or her coopera- tion. Ramiro Galindo Age: 44 Occupation: land development and real estate investment Likes: athletics, good health, people who take pride in their ap- pearance, loyalty, in- tegrity Dislikes: unreliability, people who rely on the industry of others, high taxes, confiscatory government regulations Ramiro Galindo runs 60 miles a week, not out of habit, but for the sake of challenge. "The challenge of life is in inventiveness: the desire to reach out and grab opportunity and ac- cept it and run and run until you achieve suc- cess," he says. "It takes perseverance," he says, Jeff Parker Age: 24 Occupation: real estate investment Likes: architecture; fine art; giving elaborate social parties; active, goal-oriented people Dislikes: idle gossip; narrow-minded at- titudes; opportunists Jeff Parker's recently finished home in Southwood Valley is his castle, complete with mote, and a symbol of the cultural growth he would like to see in Col- lege Station. He describes the gray home, luxuriously ap- pointed, as a post- modern sculpture. He says he would like to open an art gallery. "We can bring art from the outside into the city, ^ he says. "I know artists in New Orleans, Austin, Los Angeles, New York City, from all over the country. We can bring them here and have a lot of fun with cham- pagne openings." He also actively sup- ports the local sym- phony. "I think it's important to the community to "as it's been said, it's about 10 percent inspira- tion and 90 percent perspiration. You have to have the ideas and get rid of any fear of failure in carrying them out." Galindo said he built his multi-million dollar ventures which extend from Bryan to the Bahamas, Denmark and his native Bolivia from nothing. He got his master's degree in engineering from A&M and even- tually began shaping his ideas into large in- vestments and developments. "It's not that I measure success in terms of material things," he says, "it's having the satisfaction of driving through a subdivision or by a lake and saying, 'this, I have done."' have cultural things like that," he says. "I have an apartment in West Greenwich _ Village in New York, and when I come back here, I realize there's a real void. "College Station is one of the most unattrac- tive cities I've ever seen," he says. "You can't get to any of the nicer sections without driving through rows and rows of ugly apart- ment complexes and shopping strips a visitor thinks that's all there is to College Sta- tion." Maria Polites ++a Age: 34 .w Occupation: marketing director of Post Oak Mall Ifik x.•44., a « «i Likes: tennis7 jogging , reading, cross-stitching. Dislikes: people who are phony, conceited or ar- rogant I "Time is not replaceable," he says. "You can never bring the minutes back, the op- portunity. So you must set your priorities. When I find something I want to spend a lot of time on, I want it to be the very best." Elizabeth Cowan Age: 41 Occupation: professor of English at Texas A&M Likes: weaving, running, travel, country-western dancing Dislikes: stuffiness, talk- ing shop and men who wear pinkie rings, polyester or high-water pants When she isn't writing textbooks, editing scholarly articles or teaching, Elizabeth Cowan might be playing with her new home com- puter, cooking a down- home Southern meal or jetting to Europe. Cowan has worked as an international ex- ecutive with the Modern Languages Association, served on a congressionally- appointed committee on the humanities and done consulting work for cor- porations, government and other universities. "Aly work is inspira- tional," she says "and it has made me well known and given , me a livelihood, but it's just a part of me. I like variety. I love to do new things." Elizabeth says she's Thousands of people have been visiting Post Oak Mall each shopping day since it opened in February, and it's Maria Polites' job to make sure they keep coming. Maria handles adver- tising, promotions and public relations for the mall management. The job carries a lot of prestige, but Maria didn't flinch at clean-up time following a recent cow-milking contest. Maria's enthusiastic attitude got her pro- not interested in remar- rying, although she does have very definite ideas on what kind of men she likes. "I like men who wear cowboy boots and like the out of doors," she says, "but also know how to enjoy a fine meal and order wine. I like a man who feels good about himself, a man confident with success. "I don't care about a man's job or money or position. He just has to have a core of integrity and authenticity." moted to Post Oak Mall after 15 years as marketing director of a mall in Huntsville, Ala. Maria, a divorcee with two adolescent sons, likes her life as it is now. "I'm comfortable with being single again," she says. "I'm in no hurry to remarry. "I'm an outgoing per- son, and in general I just like getting out and meeting people. I'm all for equality, too. I firm- ly believe that a woman can do any kind of job that doesn't involve physical work." Maria meets a lot of people in her job, and many of them are of course male. "I like men who are honest, sincere and maybe a little rowdy at times," she says with a laugh. "I have dated Jan Dozier Age: 32 Occupation: vice presi- dent at First National Bank Likes: old pickup trucks, hunting dogs, sports, women, adventure-spy novels, frankness, coun- try and western and classical music Dislikes: crowds, lines, ignorance, telephones Jan Dozier says he's the laid-back type. "I'm not really 'goal- oriented,"' he says, "I take things as they come; that's probably why I haven't married: wives have a tendency to make you do more than you want to do." He says being a banker means being an inter- preter of people because most of the people he deals with don't par- ticularly like coming to-a bank to ask for money. "They're 'so tense sometimes," he says. "It's hard for them to just come out and say they've lost their jobs or something and need some help. You almost have to sit there and in- terpret what their pro- of divorced men who are always complaining about their child-support payments. "If I go out with so- meone I don't want to spend the time listening to their problems." blems are and what they need. While at Texas A&M, Dozier ran for the Bryan City Council at the same time his father, Jim Dozier, ran for the Col- lege Station City Coun- cil. But Jan lost. "I guess it was politics by association," he says. "It was fascinating to participate. I don't plan to run for anything again. "You've got to sell yourself and I don't like salesmen," he says. 2 Bryan=College Sfatibh Eagle ' Saturday, November'20, 1982 BYy an.College ~oVe ibex Bradley Smith Age: 37 Occupation: judge of the 272nd District Court Likes: spending time with his children, work- ing with the animals at his ranch, all kinds of music, non-fiction historical books Dislikes: the lack of privacy that comes with his job Along with the law books and case files, Brad Smith's desk is decorated with egg car- tons full of fresh eggs. He lives with his brother on a ranch and his favorite pastime is taking care of the animals and collecting eggs for his friends. "I love living in the country and taking care of the ranch," he says. "Every day my two children (aged 3 and 5) and I go out and feed the rabbits, collect eggs from the chickens and ride the horse. We also have cows." He says he prefers country life to city life and feels like Bryan- College Station's radical growth has caused the quality of the communi- Malon Southerland Age: 40 Occupation: A&M assis- tant president for stu- dent services Likes: golf, trout fishing, duck hunting, science fiction, periodicals, coin collec- ting, integrity, honesty, roast beef, lemon pie, kids Dislikes: traffic in Houston Malon Southerland's never been married, but he's a godfather three times. He says he likes kids, young people and most kinds of people in general. "One of the things I've been thinking a lot about lately is our need to establish bona-fide two-way friendships," he says. "We have so many opportunities to meet people and make acquaintances. But we seldom take the time to turn that acquaintance into a real friend. "We should probably all nurture our friend- ships more," he says, "but we're busy and we let things slip up and then events happen and we realize, `oh gee, we should have done this or ty to suffer. He says he is involved in his work but dislikes the lack of privacy that comes with being a public official. "Being a public of- ficial is like living in a fish bowl," he says. "Everybody likes to know everything about your personal life: it becomes everybody's business and you become the subject of all manner of lies and gossip. "But my work is very important to me," he adds. "It is very deman- ding and occasionally rewarding." that."' Except for the years 1966267, when he served in West Germany, Southerland's held various administrative positions at A&M. He says his goal is to be the chief student per- sonnel~ officer at some university. "What everyone says is really true, we have a tremendous student body here," he says. "They are almost uniformly polite. The cross section of students, not just the leaders and stars, are really nice peo- ple." Delphia Manning Age: 33 Occupation: owner of Yardbird Landscape Co. Likes: antiques, reading, camping, Mexican and Chinese food, country- western dancing. Dislikes: chauvinistic men Delphia Manning didn't let worry about the risk of failure last year when she started her own landscaping business. "I've always kept plants and been in- terested in horticulture, so I just decided to start my own business. Even if I failed, at least I could say I tried," she says. Delphia, a divorcee with two children, doesn't let the hard work interfere with her other interests. She fills any fragments of spare time with her se- cond love - the theater. "I knew some people involved with StageCenter," she says, "and I started working backstage. Eventually someone said `get out front' and now that I've done it, I'm hooked." Last year Delphia acted in three of the four Pamela Sue Ross Age: 26 Occupation: manager of Body Works. Likes: All sports, danc- ing Dislikes: cigarette smok- ing, the high sodium content in College Sta- tion water and men who overlook her femininity just because she's athletic. Pam Ross is a firm believer that a healthy mind and a healthy body are inseparable. "When you're in good shape," she says, "it helps you psychological- ly and you learn how to handle stress. My whole outlook on life is much better now." Pam is firmly commit- ted to keeping herself in peak condition. "I don't like jogg- ing," she says, "because I think it's bad for your joints. Also, what a per- son eats is very impor- tant, but it's not something you should constantly worry about." Pam also enjoys classical music, playing the piano and collecting Oriental art, yet she still finds time to read, cook, crochet and embroider. plays StageCenter put on and was ;nominated for the Best Supporting Ac- tress award. This year she's associate director of the group's ; current effort, The Innocents, and her son has the lead role. Delphia and a friend also written a play for KAMUi radio based on their own experiences. Her artistic talents are not confined to hor- ticulture and the theater. She also helped design and execute the mural that graces the lobby of the building in which StageCenter is located. Her favorite food is seafood - especially raw oysters. She's impulsive enough to do things on the spur of the moment - she'll go somewhere alone if no friends are available - and she also gets a kick out of "tub- ing" in New Braunfels. Pam likes men who have an outgoing per- sonality, a sense of humor, an interest in health and the ability to get along with other groups. Her ideal man would also have to be in- telligent, care about religion and be a hard worker. Mike Calliham Age: 37 Occupation: College Sta- tion justice of the peace, attorney Likes: playing all kinds of sports, spinach, Hill Street Blues, country and western music Dislikes: hypocrisy, crowds To himself and his friends, Mike Calliham is a "softball junkie." "I play every kind of sports," he says. "Sometimes I think I'm crazy since a lot of the guys out there are 10 years younger. "But I want to be in good shape," he says, "even though I do some dumb things like smoke cigarettes, stay up too long and eat poorly." He says he's one of those who eats out a lot or opens prepared foods at home. And sometimes he just opens a can of spinach. "I believe in spinach, like Popeye," he says, "so, I'll open a can and down it with a couple of stress tabs." He says he doesn't know why he's con- 0.1. Clark Age: 38 Occupation: petroleum engineer Likes: flying, cooking Cajun food, hot tubs, travel, collecting anything that has to do with pelicans Dislikes: waiting in line; pretentious, false people; income taxes "It's hard for me to come up with dislikes," G.I. Clark says, "because to me life is fun. "Enjoying life is the biggest part of life," he says, "I enjoy life and then I work." To that end, he is a charter member and cap- tain of the International Hot Tub Team, an organization bent on having fun doing the one-meter dive, the two- meter swim and other warm acquatic events. "But you don't have to join," he says, "anyone who's ever been in a hot tub is automatically a member." He says he was raised "in a rather Victorian at- mosphere" in South America and considers himself a conservative person when it comes to ,W M tinued running for justice of the peace for the past 10 years, because he feels that's "kind of crazy, too." "Lord knows it's not the money," he says. "I'm good at it and I guess I don't want to turn it over to just anybody. One of the things he doesn't like about being justice of the peace, is that it forces him to be a politician. "I don't like the glass houses we politicians are forced to live in," he says. manners and how to treat women. "I like ladies," he says, "and I'll still open a woman's car door for her." He's lived in Bryan- College Station about two years and says he plans to make this his permanent residence. "I got to like this place when I was here on a business trip, and I've made some wonderful friends here," he says. He adds that he likes that Bryan is centrally located to three of Texas' largest cities, making it good for his Bryan-College Staooq fa&, Saturday, NpyeTbeK_2,f .19$;:. _ 3 Randy Pazzaglia Age: early 30s Occupation: owner of Central Cycle & Supply Likes: pretty women, sports cars, motorcycles, doing art work Dislikes: liars, politi- cians, uninformed peo- ple, crowded places Randy Pazzaglia is the kind of guy who won't tell you his age, his social security number or anything else that categorizes him. "You can't afford to get old here," he says, "but people are always asking, `how old are your They want to box you into a little category, put you into a little square. "I decided I didn't have to tell anyone ever again how old I am," he says, "just like I don't have to give anyone my social security number." He says this attitude would last him about 10 minutes in someone else's business, so he's had his own shop since 1971. He says he always wanted to play sports but doesn't consider his hand-to-eye coordina- tion good enough. "I think. people have Lori Martin Age: 21 Occupation: College Sta- tion City Council coor- dinator Likes: golf,.water skiing, Mexican food and country-western . danc- ing. Dislikes: men who are too emotional or who try to take advantage of a situation. Even though Lori Martin is just a few years out of. high school and attending Blinn College, she already has an im- portant job with a bright future ahead of her. Lori provides a variety of information to the ci- ty council and the city staff, works with citizen committees and coor- dinates council activities. She's also a notary and occasionally has to sign official documents. Lori's a native Texan and like any self- respecting resident of the Lone Star state, she likes to have a good time. "I always try to find something good about everyone," she says. "I like to travel and I like dancing so much that I wouldn't seriously date any man who can't to realize what their real talents are - you're either born with them or not," he says. "A person who can pick up a guitar and start playing without music is a musician. But if you're not a musician, if it's not in you, then all the lessons in the world won't make you one; you can only achieve a certain competency. "I happen to be a gifted artist," he says. "I never had a lesson and I don't do it very often, but about once a year I'll suddenly have the urge to paint something or do something artistic." dance. "I'm not a follower, though. I've never done anything that I didn't want to do. I had to grow up in a hurry and I've always had to be responsible." When Lori marries, she insists she'll still have her career and a family. Her thoughts about marriage, in fact, are just as definite as her other goals in life. "I don't want a long engagement," she says, "When I'm ready I want to go ahead and get mar- ried - but I do want a big wedding." Mary Ann Turner Age: 37 Occupation: medical- surgical coordinator at St. Joseph Hospital. Likes: needlecraft, knit- ting, country-western dancing, ' swimming, water skiing. Dislikes: smoking (ex- cept pipes) Although Mary Ann Turner is an R.N. who specializes in critical care, she's strictly an educator at St. Joseph Hospital. Her. duties in- clude orienting new nurses and keeping ex- perienced ones informed of recent developments. "I'm not the type to stay with one thing very long, she says. "Pediatrics is my second love and I might try that for a while. Someday I would like to go back to school and get my master's in education or health-care manage- ment." Like many current Texans, Mary was born elsewhere, but the Lone Star state won't lose her talents. "I've lived here for five years and I'm definitely not moving out," she says. "The community is very warm Marshall Ferguson Age: 28 Occupation: vice presi- dent of Trico Fishing & Rental Tools Co. Inc., and president of Bamm Drilling Inc. Likes: drinking, team steer roping, surfing, ski- ing, all kinds of music, history and historical fic- tion Dislikes: cheap wine, liberal ideology, short people Marshall Ferguson says he likes to work hard and play hard. When he was younger, he says all he wanted to do was surf. "But I finally decided to go to college. My father wasn't about to pay. for it. So I milked cows in a dairy to make my way through that . first semester at Southwest Texas State University." He says he majored in animal science and had planned to go to vet school. "I started team rop- ing, bought a horse and was really into the cowboy scene," he says. But when he didn't make it into vet school, he came back to Bryan to work and now says he and friendly - it's as if I've lived here all my life. When I started at the hospital I was im- mediately accepted." Mary, a divorcee with two young children, likes men who have a sense of humor and a broad range of interests. "I don't like it when a man is a health nut or something and that's all he can talk about," she says. "Right now I'm not interested in remarrying, so I'm not setting any special criteria when I meet men. I'm just coasting." with the normal (gh~.."Bob Perkins . Trico "fishes things out of oil wells, cleans them up and repairs them," he says, "and as long as there are wells already drilled, it's got business." He says he likes living in Bryan-College Station because it has the positive aspects of a small town mixed with a university community. "You can go to Ben- nigans and hobnob with the snooty women in pinstripe suits trying to make it somewhere," he says, "or you can go down to Joe Don's and play pool and drink beer Age: 48 Occupation: mortgage broker Likes: people, country- and-western dancing, self-help books, tennis, golf, flying, light music Dislikes: smoking, alcoholics Bob Perkins admits to being the old-fashioned type. He says that although he likes small cities, he'd prefer living in the coun= try. "But I've found that when you're single, you need to live in a city," he says. "A city like Bryan offers you places to go to meet others and things to do that you couldn't get in a smaller town or the country." He's lived in Texas two and a half years. Before moving south, he lived in New Hampshire for 16 years and was rais- ed in Maine. He has five children and five grand- children. He says he's always worked for himself "and is a firm believer in the free enterprise system. Virgie Nolte Age: 29 Occupation: counseling psychologist at Texas A&M University Likes: antiques, sewing, travel, country-western dancing, sincere people. Dislikes: people who are negative or manipulative. Virgie Nolte is well aware of the mixture of fear and. awe that some men feel for women who are Ph.D.'s. "When I meet men," she says, "eventually they ask where I work. I usually tell them I work at the university. "So far, so good, but then they ask what I do. I tell them I'm a counselor, and everything is still OK because they've had counselors in high school and my job doesn't seem so unusual. "Then one of my friends will come along and say, `Hi, Dr. Nolte!' and their face just falls flat.... Actually, once they get to know me and find out that I don't read minds, everything's usually all right." "Getting a doctorate has less to do with in- "I believe working for yourself is the only real security you have - there is no such thing as job security if you work for someone else." He says that although he likes being alone sometimes, he is a people person and enjoys barbecues and other get togethers. And, "I like all women," he says. "It doesn't matter if they're 80, I'd still call them girls, but I mean women, women who are ladies. I don't believe in the one- night stand." sistence," she says. "There are two types of people who get Ph.D.'s: married men whose wives put them through college or single women who've been too busy with school to get mar- ried." Last year she and five other persons got together to form the Community of Single Adults (COSA). "Originally the group was intended to help single professionals on campus meet one another, but since then it has evolved to include many other persons in the community," she L~ Bryan-College Station Eagle Saturday, November 20, 1982 Peggy Calliham Age: 37 Occupation: director of College Station Com- munity Center Likes: reading, garden- ing, sewing, country- western dancing and Italian food Dislkes: egotists and womanizers Last June, Peggy Calliham was working as an intern at KAMU-TV for her master's degree in educational public relations at Texas A&M. She heard about plans to renovate what was once the A&M Consolidated Junior High School into College Station's new community center. "I came over to do a story," she says, "and I really wasn't looking for a new job or anything. But I found out they were looking for a direc- tor and I applied for the position. "Two weeks after I came over, I resigned from my teaching job and was hired here. In- stead of doing the story for KAMU, I ended up being interviewed as the new director." Peggy describes herself as "honest, Bobby Yeager Age: 42 Occupation: sheriff Likes: hunting, fishing, horses, dogs, the out- doors, super sleuth novels, biographies, western-style antiques Dislikes: traffic in Houston, big crowds, people who take ad- vantage of others, in- cluding burglars, thieves and armed robbers Bobby Yeager says he likes to live dangerously. "I like living on the edge a little," he says, "I want some excitement. I like taking the long shot, a little adventure in life." That, he says, is his main attraction to law enforcement. He also says he chose a law enforcement career, and particularly one where he works mostly in the rural part of the county, because he couldn't sit in an office. "I couldn't have a job in a bank where you couldn't get out except for lunch or something," he says. "I like the out- doors and being out- side." He says being sheriff is realistic and without pretense." She is divorc- ed and has two teen-age sons, 'and even if she does remarry, Peggy says she'll always consider herself a career woman. She taught home economics for six years and although she found teaching fulfilling, Peggy was ready for a change. "As a teacher," she said, "I found myself surrounded by women and children. I have a skill with children and I wanted to pursue that with adults. I wanted to get out into the adult world and try myself in business." often a thankless job, but that solving a case and watching it progress through the justice system can be rewarding. "You can get some self satisfaction.knowing you got someone off the street for a little while," he says. He says that the par- ticular skill he brings to his job is dealing with people. "I enjoy working with all classes of people - from the very educated to the working class," he says, "it's an important tool and skill that I try to stress to my deputies." Jan Walker Age: 31 Occupation: distributive education coordinator Likes: Chinese food, skydiving, video games and setting goals. Dislikes: rude or chauvinistic men. Jan Walker is always setting goals for herself. Among her goals are: completing her master's degree in education at Texas A&M University, setting up a "drop zone" for skydivers, getting on the highest-scorer list for all 10 games at the Aggie Arcade (she's only on five now) and adopting a child by age 36 if she's not married. Jan has been DE coor- dinator at A&M Con- solidated for two years. The DE program enables 22 juniors and seniors to attend school for half a day and work the other half. When Jan took over the program, it was described as "mori- bund." It's thriving now, and Jan wants it to be twice as large next year. She also organized a Debbie Patrick Age: 28 Occupation: pharmacist Likes: country-western dancing, dominoes, Chinese food and wat- ching the Dallas Cowboys on television Dislikes: indecisive peo- ple If your image of a pharmacist is that of a grandfatherly gentleman at the corner drugstore dispensing homespun ad- vice and prescriptions at the same time, you're only about 20 years behind the times. Half of all pharmacy students in the past five years have been women. Debbie Patrick is a pharmacist at Bryan's Downtown Pharmacy. She's very committed to her profession and helping to set up a com- puter system that will revolutionize her workplace. She's president of the Brazos Valley Phar- maceutical Association, has served as a delegate at the state convention and may attend the na- tional convention in New Orleans. "The most rewarding part of my job is the ability to help people," local marketing and DE advisory council headed by D.H. Robertson of A&M's marketing department. Jan is also an avid skydiver and president of the A&M Sport Parachute Club. When Jan. gets mar- ried, her husband will have to be at least one thing: an equally fanatic skydiver. "I know where I'm going to be on weekends when the weather is good," Jan says, "and I don't want any con- flicts." Debbie says. "A recent Gallup poll listed phar- macy as the third most trusted profession, and it has traditionally ranked in the top three." In addition to her devotion to pharmacy, Debbie enjoys a variety of pastimes. She enjoys fishing and camping and last spring spent her entire vacation camping by herself on the Texas coast. She describes her sense of humor as "dry but not invisible." Debbie likes men who are self confident, well mannered and well Choya Walling Age: 30 Occupation: Bryan police detective Likes:. flying, photography, canoeing, singing in the church choir, the outdoors, Dislikes: cigarette smoke, mowing the yard, dishonest people, undisciplined children, One thing led to another for Choya Wall- ing, he says, and now he's a policeman and feels like he'll always be one. "I had planned to be a pilot when I graduated from A&M," he says, "but I graduated in a year when they were cut- ting back on commission contracts and my con- tract was one of those cut." So he became a photographer for the Eagle. And, while doing that, followed a friend's lead and became a reserve in the Bryan Police Department. "The police depart- ment was afraid that my photojournalism would get in the way of my police work, " he says, "but actually, it went the other way. "Journalism said I Keith Swim Age: 27 Occupation: attorney Likes: raising Labrador retrievers, watching sports, raquetball, history, cooking, travel- ing, collecting Dislikes: arrogance, peo- ple who think they're better than others, pre- judice, being asked why he's not married yet Keith Swim says he's as normal as apple pie. "I'm the token liberal here at the firm," he says, "although I'm not really very liberal. "I'm a firm believer in social programs and a pacifist when it comes to war," he says. "But I agree with Reagan that the best defense is a good defense - which really doesn't make that much logical sense." He says he likes being an attorney. "But attorneys are like used car salesmen," he says, "because if one person gets burned, that makes the reputation for the whole group. "But we are supposed to uphold the laws," he says, "so I guess we should be judged by t had to go to a scene and take pictures of people dying and not get involv- ed," he says. "But I just couldn't do that. "I'd take a few shots, just enough to get by," he says, "and then sling my camera over my shoulder and jump in and start helping." That's what's good about police work, he says, you don't stand on the sidelines. "You don't have to just watch people get hurt," he says. "You can actively take a part in helping people out - there's a lot of personal satisfaction in that." "You may not be holding someone's literal life in your hands," he says, "but you often hold their economic life in your hands." To help him handle the stress, he's got five large Labs and any number of puppies who don't care what happens in the courtroom. "My dogs are real therap)o' he says. "If I could, I'd have a hun- dred." Bryan-College Station Eagle Saturday, November 20, 1982 5 He says his job demands a lot of respon- sibility.