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THE BATTALION
MONDAY, FEBRUARY, 18, 1980
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By KATHLEEN HARTNEY
City Reporter
Children squealed with delight as
|hey scurried around looking at the
Bifferent farm and wildlife animal
displays Friday and Saturday at
Manor East Mall in Bryan.
■ Stephen F. Austin Junior High
Rchool’s Greenhand Chapter of the
■Future Farmers of America began
' ceremonies for the Eighth Annual
ijBryan Greenhand FFA Children’s
isBamyard at 10 a. m. Friday with the
pounds of country-western music
palyed by the Bryan FFA Talent
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Texas Sen. Bill Moore opened the
ceremonies as about 300 grade-
ichool students viewed the exhibits
insisting of animals and non-animal
isplays.
Moore expressed his appreciation
to the FFA organization for display-
ing outstanding exhibits at the Bar
nyard.
Also, in order to keep on feeding
the people in this country and other
ountries, Moore said, we are going
have further our interest in agri
culture.
“We are sitting here in the Brazos
Valley, the best farmland in the
vorld, it’s been said, outside of the
hie — and they don’t have much
land — with the greatest educational
Institution in the United States that
does agricultural research and I
Jthink we should appreciate what we
have,” he said.
Anna Beth Neason, vocational-
agriculture instructor at the school,
said the 50-member chapter set up
the Barnyard as a way of celebrating
National FFA Week, Feb. 16-23.
With agriculture still the number
one industry in Texas, Neason said,
the barnyard gives vocational agri
culture students a chance to educate
the public about agriculture, as well
as giving them a lesson on how to
work with the public.
Neason said 20 committees built
and set up booths, led tours and
cleaned up the mall area.
Between 5,000 and 10,000 visitors
roamed the mall area viewing the 15
different exhibits during the two
days.
Each display gave information on
the different types of Texas animals,
crops and agricultural products.
One of the children’s favorite ex
hibits was the rodeo events display
which featured a simulated “bucking
bronco,” which the children took
turns riding.
Rabbits, pigs, sheep, goats, cows
and a horse were in the farm animal
exhibit while a skunk was featured in
the wildlife exhibits.
Animals on display are owned by
the members or were donated by
various people in the community.
Neason said the funds to support
the Barnyard came from chapter
monies and donations from local
B-CS softball
now forming
Even though the chill of winter is
still in the air, Bryan and College
Station parks and recreation depart
ments are forming softball leagues
now.
Bryan is offering 15 different
leagues. Organizational meetings for
the leagues will be held from 5 to
8:45 p.m. Tuesday at the Bryan
Parks and Recreation office, 203 E.
29th St.
Entry fees, registration deadlines,
beginning playing dates and elegibil-
ity rules will be discussed at the
meetings.
College Station is holding an orga
nizational meeting for the co-rec
league Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Lincoln
Center, at the comer of Holleman
Drive and Eleanor Streets.
Women and men’s leagues are also
being formed, and an organizational
meeting for them will be held April 7
in City Hall at 7 p.m.
Battalion Classifieds
Call 845-2611
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Gerald Kainard, 16, a member of the Bryan Future Farmers
of America talent team, fiddles at the Eighth Annual Bryan
Greenhand FFA Children’s Barnyard Friday morning at the
Manor East Mall.
Staff photo by Lynn Blanco
businessmen. Area feedstores don
ated much of the hay, feed and
panels used in the display.
cElroy wins pageant
By JON HEIDTKE
Campus Reporter
Kelly McElroy, a 19-year-old
ophomore from Humble, took her
[irst step toward Atlantic City Satur-
lay night in Rudder Theater, when
became the first Miss Texas
t&M University.
McElroy topped a field of 20 con-
Itestants in the first Miss Texas A&M
Jniversity Scholarship Pageant, and
vill compete in the Miss Texas
Pageant in Fort Worth July 12.
Rounding out the top five finishers
vere Holly Dietert, first runner-up,
i senior from San Antonio; second
runner-up, Terry Vaughn, a senior
from Arlington; third runner-up,
Linda Martin, a freshman from
’Allen; and fourth runner-up, Melin
da May, a junior from Crosby.
I Prizes for the 5-foot-3-inch,
|; brown-haired, green-eyed McElroy
I are a $1,000 scholarship and a $1,000
| wardrobe allowance for the Miss
Texas Pageant.
McElroy, who was Miss Humble
f in 1978 and used the scholarship
| money she won to enroll at Texas
| A&M, said she was "happy and sur-
I prised” at being selected, adding
“who would not want to be Miss
Texas A&M?”
McElroy graduated from Humble
High School in 1978 and is majoring
in education at Texas A&M.
Steve Noack, the executive direc
tor of the pageant, said he was quite
pleased with the results of the
school’s first pageant.
“After the people got a taste of this
year’s pageant,” he said, “we should
have a lot more response for next
year’s.”
Noack said ^bout 2,000 people
attended the two-day pageant,
which showcased guest entertainers,
along with talent, swimsuit and
evening gown competition among
the contestants.
Lex Ann Haughey, Miss Texas
1979, performed on Saturday, and
the Singing Cadets provided musical
entertainment on Friday.
Robert Reynolds, one of the five
judges, said McElroy will make a
fine showing for Texas A&M at the
Miss Texas Pageant.
Reynolds also said judging beauty
pageants is a tough job.
“Some girls stand out more than
others in some events, but you have
to look at all the phases and find a
winner,” he said.
Two non-finalist awards were also
given. Sharon Freydenfeldt, an Au
stin sophomore, won the talent com
petition award for her gymnastics
routine, and Karen Johnson, a senior
from Houston, received the swim
suit award.
The runner-ups received scholar
ships ranging from $100 to $400. The
scholarships awarded exceeded
$3,000.
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