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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1978)
THE BATTALION MONDAY. OCTOBER 16, 197B Pag* 3 It’s the pits for Municipal Lake Arsenic must be dredged from lake ■ceive $1 ve years ‘ South- for basic ;nificant i cohab it Hous- inent, is will be ing will i of the itatives filing is ie elec- :ht Wanted Texas >t found k presi- ie bank ber pis- rabbing led the noney. Us ty, has ‘tricity nining mmis- ictions hear- ?alings H -•ill ex- n land fficials Chap- meet- ility in iidnight run Ags celebrate early le life ecrets tu doll deral lours, rthur crets ts ts in king The the ible The are gh ds air 3H Kim Ty^ Liz New ren vid - -- mie Ai ( k- Willi® 111 ichpei -son Serf petty’ Maril? Blake GralW Ready, willing and able? By CHARLES HARPER Battalion Reporter Whatever happened to Municipal Lake, the once scenic spot that’s now a maze of weeds and mud at the corner of South College and Villa Maria? Area residents remember the lake the way it was and wonder what happened. The lake was ordered drained and dredged after the Texas Depart ment of Water Resources found un acceptable levels of arsenic there. Municipal Lake was drained earlier this year, but dredging has not yet begun. Dr. Jay Williams, director of the Bryan Parks and Recreation De partment, says the lake has been contaminated for some time. “It’s been at least 20 years,” says Williams, “although people have been swimming and fishing in the lake.” Contamination actually first oc curred in the 1930s in Pinfeather Lake, which is connected by a channel to Municipal Lake. Cotton Poison Inc., an insecticide pro ducer, stored waste water contain ing arsenic in clay pits near Fin- feather Lake. Despite efforts to the contrary, the poison seeped from the pits into the water. In 1950, when Cotton Poison was purchased by Pennwal Corp., the company attempted to improve the storage process by ad ding lime to the waste water. But the lime failed to seal the pits and arsenic continued to seep into the lake, and eventually into Municipal Lake. In 1975, judgment was issued against Pennwal, charging the firm with the responsibility of draining and dredging the lakes. The esti mated cost of the project was $500,000. Completion of the project is not in the foreseeable future. “There’s no telling when they’ll be through,” says Williams. “They’re only 90 percent through with Pinfeather.” The sediment from the bottoms of both lakes will be removed and buried in clay pits now under con struction. Clay for construction of the pits will be removed from Municipal Lake. Upon completion of these pits, dredging operations will begin for Municipal Lake. The finished lake is not only ex pected to be poison-free, but deeper as well. The bottom of the lake will be about three feet deeper, according to Parks and Recreation sources. The changes in the lake won’t stop with the depth, Williams says. Plans for the park include straightening and repouring the concrete spillway, and construction of parking facilities and a group shel ter. Although there have been minor complaints of mosquito infestation from area residents, Jack Cornish, director of public works for Bryan, says there is no mosquito problem around the lake. “We’ve had only minor com plaints,” he says. We usually spray an area of standing water with diesel oil if it has mosquitos. We’ve had no real problem.” A Wednesday night exercise session seems to je a little too much for Mosher Hall residents Anne O’Connor, top, and Lori Kesseler, bot tom. The only one in the group who has enough energy left to really stretch those muscles is Robin Corbell. The girls say they try to exer cise every night in a dorm lounge. Battalion photo by Karen Comelison 1/oggtng By DIANE BLAKE Battalion Reporter Added to the usual crowd on the reets Friday night were 110 iople taking a three-mile run. llie Texas A&M University Road- mners Club sponsored the run, hich began at 12:01 a.m. Saturday hopes of being the first group in ! country to celebrate National ffiing Day. Speed wasn’t important in this m, said Mike Fred, Roadrunner okesman. “We wanted this to lie a d run.” Why would someone run at mid- fcjht? “Why not?” asked Mike Waxier, restry major. Kathy Taylor said, “I like Tun ing. It’s good for you and it’s a lot r fm” Marcia Fluker, accounting major, in because “I never ran a race he re.” Night-time is a good time to in, said Esther Ingram, biomedi- il science major. Dennis Maloney tried the iree-mile run “just to see what I >uld do.” When they said the Aggies ould be first to celebrate National igging Day, I figured I wanted to epartofit,” said Kathy Weight. “It ind of inspired me. I finished, mts the good part.” Other participants ran to prove lemselves or to their friends that 'ey could endure the three-mile g. The Roadrunners Club was "med about a month ago to pro- 'ote running. It meets every Wed- esday at 6 p.m. and runs between "eand five miles. i ,^ bers of the club plan to go to e White Rock Marathon in Dallas tec. 2. A few Roadrunners went to the iT^n 6 ^ a ^"Q uarter "Marathon , C ,i ' P™ Kirby won second place tfte half-marathon for the 21-29 S Fred won third in d! j a 8 e g r °up, Jennifer Rush , ^ ^ rst in the women’s ™ma r athon and John Brad- „l won ^rd place overall in the luarter-marathon. „ a A r 1 ", aiathon is 26.2 miles, a half PUiathon js 13.! miles and a Top convict Ul ’f in rodeo n Huntsville t’ress International HUNTSVILLE - The leader in 'asdnm^j 1 ^ 1 Texas Pr ’ son Rodeo 'e saf ir d , fr ° m ^ 1 '' s moun t during '"dava ^ rising contest iaso/ nd w ’h miss the rest of the ;rai g Pn ro n Physician said Willie -feenvilll S ? rV1 1 ng , 30 y ear s from "ring tk ’ broke his collarbone 'ance 6 ro d eo s third perfor- P ’ « ^ Participated in the lai "ed oh 60 ^° r years, was Intil h- mpi ? n cowboy in 1976. ^"ed a ident ’ had main- °P contp 0 ?^ 01 ^ 3 ^ 0 ^ ea d among the Co Affi ers , in this y ear ’ s series - fiance r . lcia s sa id there is a slim rj p.U- C ™8«>n maintain the No. 1 Welti kys. pi e two more rodeo Sun- Complete Line of Used Books. ROTHER’S BOOKSTORE 340 Jersey — At the Southgate quarter-marathon is 6.6 miles. Roadrunner members hope to sponsor another run in early spring as a prep race for the Texas A&M Marathon to be held in late April. Fred expects about 1,500 par ticipants in the 1979 marathon, which will be the third Texas A&M marathon. The first one drew 467 runners and the second race had 1,100 participants. For $5 a semester Roadrunner Club members receive a T-shirt, a membership card and a mileage booklet. For Saturday morning’s race, a drawing was held for prizes donated by local merchants. Esther Ingram, Kathy Weight and Mark Carter ran off with top prizes, each receiving a pair of run ning shoes. Dennis Maloney won a pair of running shorts and Mary Coggin, David Bergeren and Clay Jobes each won a T-shirt. professional hair designers FEATURING SEEKING IVION SAT 9-5*30 693-1772 1510 HOLLEMAN (ACROSS FROM THE SEVILLA APTS.) 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