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THE BATTALION Page 5D
MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1981
Somerville offers a choice
By KATHY O’CONNELL
Battalion Staff
If a road trip to the beach is out
of the question this semester, why
j not take a trip to Lake Somerville
I instead?
The lake may not have sea, sand
or seagulls, but it does have picnic
areas, camping areas and boat
ramps.
Lake Somerville, constructed
in 1962 under the supervision of
the U.S. Army Corps of Engi
neers serves as a recreation area
and provides irrigation and flood
control for area counties. ....
The lake was filled and ready
for use in January 1967. Cost of the
construction was $24,191,000.
Parks superintendent Bruce
Hill said the seven parks sur
rounding Lake Somerville are
under control of the Corps of En
gineers and the state of Texas. All
the property was originally owned
by the Corps of Engineers;
however, the state negotiated on a
lease basis to develop land for
state parks in 1969.
The state-operated parks are
Nails and Birch Creek parks,
which are located in Burleson
County. Hill said since the parks
are state-owned, they are subject
to state wildlife and park recrea
tion regulations.
' These state regulations are en-
forcable by state law. Hill said.
For instance, public consumption
of alcoholic beverages is illegal in
the parks. “The key word is ‘pub
lic, he said. “People just can’t go
walking around in the park with a
can of beer, because alcoholic be
verages are offensive to some
people.
“People can drink in their tents,
or campers and I’m not going to
poke my nose into someone’s cam
per or cup to see if they’re
drinking. ”
The state parks employ two
peace officers. Hill said, and he is
one of them. A state peace officer
has the authority to give out cita
tions and make arrests, he said,
whereas the Corps of Engineers
peace officers can only give cita
tions.
Because the state parks are pat
rolled regularly, there is less row
dy behavior from high school and
college students. Hill said.
However, in the parks supervised
by the Corps of Engineers —
Welsh, Overlook, Big Creek,
Rockie and Yegua — visitors tend
to be rowdier. Hill said this is be
cause there is less policing of the
areas.
As far as boating is concerned.
Hill said the regulations listed in
the state’s water safety rules are
enforced. Most of the water safety
regualtions are “just plain com
mon sense,” he said.
Boaters are required to have
enough life preservers for each
person riding in the boat. It’s also
necessary that boats have a red, a
green and a white light displayed
at night when the boat is on the
lake.
Accessibility to the lake from
the two state boat ramps is fairly
convenient. Howver, Hill said
this often depends on the water
level of the lake. Right now, he
said, the lake is at the best level for
launching a boat.
In Nails and Birch Creek park,
there are camping facilities com
plete with water and electrical
hook-ups for campers. Hill said
the state charges $2 per vehicle
entrance fee and overnight cam
pers must obtain a permit. In
1980, an estimated 2,529,400 peo
ple visited the parks.
Lake Somerville, Hill said, is
probably one of the “safer” lakes in
Texas. An interesting feature is
that the average depth of the lake
is 14 feet.
Hill, who has been superinden-
dent at the lake for several years.
said there has only been one
drowning since he started work.
The death occurred when a high
school student from Caldwell
panicked while standing in four
feet of water, he said.
Hill warns that visitors should
be cautious when swimming in the
lake, especially at night. Violators
will be charged a $200 fine.
“It’s nice to take a moonlight
swim,” he said, “but it really is
dangerous. ”
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values, climbing divorce rates,
and other unsettling influences.
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dent Bizzell and the faculty ban
ned the ownership and use of
automobiles by students.” — A
Pictorial History of Texas A&M
University by Henry C. De-
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