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N Paqe 6 THE BATTALION 3 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1981 Local T-shirt sales to fund animal shelter By GARY BARKER Battalion Staff Animal lovers have a chance this week to help their furry friends by buying a T-shirt. The Veterinary Services Orga nization is sponsoring a T-shirt sale today and Thursday in front of Rudder Fountain. Proceeds from the sale will go to the Humane Society of Brazos County to help build the Brazos County Animal Shelter. The sale coincides with the 8th Annual Animal Control Confer ence that is under way this week in Rudder Tower. The conference is expected to draw more than 150 animal control administrators and technicians from around the country. Conference aims to improve competence in animal control There’s much more to animal control than being a dogcatch- er, and 150 animal control spe cialists are on campus discus sing just that. The 8th Annual Animal Con trol Conference is being held this week in Rudder Tower. The conference, sponsored by the College of Veterinary Medi cine, will run through Friday. The purpose of the confer ence is to improve the profes sional competence of animal control administrators and tech- from several states will attend the conference. nicians. The conference includes programs and lectures on anim al birth control, Texas animal control laws, animal capture techniques, animal sterilization and animal adoption. Dr. W.J. Kilpatrick, coordi nator of continuing education for the College of Veterinary Medicine, said 150 persons Dr. Craig Carter, a VSO member and a veterinary clinic al associate with the Texas Veterinary Medicine Diagnos tic Laboratory, said the confer ence is designed to erase the stigma of the dogcatcher. “Animal control is much more than just throwing a loop around a dog’s neck and putting him into a truck,’’ he said. The VSO sold about $1,500 worth of T-shirts at a sale in early August. Betty Blackburn, presi dent of the Humane Society of Brazos County, said she hopes more shirts will be sold now since more students are on campus and visitors are attending the animal control conference. The shirts cost $6.50 each. VSO members are selling 28 styles of shirts featuring various animals and slogans. The sale runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Blackburn said the Humane Society has over $15,000 that will be donated to the construction of the animal shelter. A plot of land at 2200 Pinfeather Road was donated by Bryan as the site of the animal shelter. Although the ground has been broken at the site, no date has been set.to begin construction. Both the cities of Bryan and College Station, as well as Brazos County, have agreed to help fi nance the shelter. College Station has appropriated $30,000, Bryan has promised to appropriate $30,000 and the county has don ated $5,000. The City of Bryan is waiting on a bid from a contractor for the con struction of the shelter. “It’s harder to come up with a contractor to work with donated labor and materials,” Blackburn said. “There’s just a lot of red tape holding it up. ” Coupon ~f~' One Pitcher of Coke PASTES pizza OF TEXAS With Any $ 4 S0 Purchase Expires 11/30/81 Not valid with any other coupon Only 1 Coupon Per Visit ——————Coupon————— Any One Item 10” Pizza $ooo PASTA’S PIZZA OF TEXAS Expires 11/30/81 Not valid with any other coupon EASELS PIZZA OF TEXAS 807 Texas Ave. ‘There’s no pizza like Pasta’s Pizza! We guarantee it!” HOURS: SUN. • THURS. 11 A.M.-12 P.M. 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The judge ruled that the public — which in cludes the news media — could not walk into public court.’” The ruling was made last Au gust by Longview State District Judge Marcus Vascocu on a mo tion by attorneys for Lufkin’s Texas National Bank. A group of bank stockholders had filed a civil suit action over a manage ment dispute with controlling stockholders. The hank attorneys success- lully argued that national hank ing laws permit the exclusion of the public from a courtroom if sensitive or complicated finan cial matters are to be discussed. Vascocu also suggested that lawyers not discuss the case with the news media. Murray contends the judge’s suggestion was a gag order. Cox attorneys pressed for an injunction against Vascocu,ina petition to the Texas Supreme Court, hut the court refused to hear the plea. “We re prepared to go totk U.S. Supreme Court to get this thing settled, ’’ said Roger Moss, an attorney for the newspaper group. “Neither our side nor the other could find any casein this state where the public had been precluded from civil pre trial hearings. “The issue is simply this: Does the public have the right to watch the judicial system in action?" A hearing on the petition was scheduled for Thursday before U.S. District judge Willia Steiger at 9 a.m. in Tyler or Marshall, Moss said. Vascocu said he could not comment on the case since he was the subject of litigation. 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