?ark for beauty, pleasure
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1977
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By ELLIE LAPORTE
For beauty and pleasure.’
These words, written on a plaque
Hensel Park, are also written on a
I ol proposed park renovation
ans which were submitted a year
b to President Jack K. Williams’
IM y®icebv the Hensel Park Commit-
laid i
Dr. David J. Reed, associate pro-
isor in the recreation and parks
partment and chairman of the
mmittee, said the university-
med park had become “a shabby,
, P t ®glected part of the campus.”
Reed added that renovation was
essary because “the park is al-
ady getting so much use, the pres-
ireon it is intense. He estimated
Itw.} at there are 60,000 to 70,000
sitors to the park each year.
The park, located on South Col-
;e Avenue north of the married
udent apartments, has three group
iyilions, barbecue facilities, a re-
jroom, some primitive trails and a
tve ? nail baseball field.
The 28-acre proposed renovation
tai insists of two phases, Reed said. In
iM iefirst phase of the project a visitor
arking lot would be built. Now
isitors are allowed to park any-
}iere in the area. Access paths to
pavilions and carts will be added
aid visitors carrying large
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amounts of supplies to their picnic
site.
Also included in the first phase of
the renovation proposal are commit
tee recommendations for two new
covered picnic shelters designed for
family use rather than the present
areas designed for large groups, a
drinking fountain, a new entrance
sign more in character with the
park, and a solid waste disposal sys
tem.
The second phase of the renova
tion will include footbridges con
necting the park with married stu
dent apartments, an observation
platform over Pin Oak Creek, which
borders the park, an irrigation sys
tem over 50 per cent of the de
veloped portion of the park, a chil
dren’s play area, some landscaping
and renovation of the pavilions,
which Reed called “grim places now
— dirty and unsightly.”
The committee recommended
that about $200,000 be spent for the
renovations over a four-year period.
The target completion date is 1981.
However the committee is currently
awaiting approval of the project by
the Texas A&M University Board of
Regents.
The renovation proposals began
as a class project for students in
landscape architecture and recrea
tion and parks classes, Reed said.
The students did background work
and submitted their plans and ideas
for improvement to the committee,
which selected the final alternatives
and sent them to President
Williams.
Reed said renovation will help to
increase the educational and in
structional value of the park, which
could be used as a prime laboratory
for horticulture, landscape architec
ture, recreation and parks and many
other classes. The park is currently
being used by one geography pro
fessor as a lab, Reed said. In addi
tion, the recreation and parks de-
partmemt uses the park as a place to
train student interns in park man
agement.
There are a lot of universities
that would give their eyeteeth to
have a park so potentially useful,”
Reed said.
Brown honored;
cuts birthday cake
By SCOTT PERKINS
Friends and supporters of Rea
gan Brown turned out last night
at the Bryan Civic Auditorium to
help the Texas Agriculture
Commissioner celebrate his
birthday.
Brown, a 1943 graduate of
Texas A&M, has been associated
with the Agriculture Extension
Service throughout most of his
career. He was appointed com
missioner in March 1977 to fill
the unexpired term of former
commissioner John C. White.
The commission post will
again be decided in the 1978
general election.
Attending the celebration
were various local businessmen
and city and state politicians, in
cluding State Senator William T.
Moore, State Representative Bill
Presnal, and State Democratic
Chairman Calvin Guest.
Addressing the crowd, Moore
said, “If there is any hope for the
country to overcome the deficits
in the balance of payments, we in
Texas have got to contribute our
part by giving our agricultural
products to the rest of the world.
I think Reagan Brown will add a
tremendous amount to this pro
gram.”
The event, sponsored by the
Brazos Valley Friends of Reagan
Brown, included an informal re
ception and the cutting of a
three-foot-tall birthday cake be
fore moving into the auditorium
for tributes from the various offi
cials.
“We are extremely proud to
have someone from this commu
nity serving as the Texas Agricul
ture Commissioner, and respon
sible for the state’s largest indus
try,” said J.E. “Jocko” Roberts,
chairman of the organizing com
mittee.
During the proceedings.
Brown picked out various mem
bers of the audience as he re
minisced about his days as a
“fish” at A&M, and his early
career.
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