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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1981
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Local / State
Motorcycle club
getting in gear
By JOYCE HALLBAUER
Battalion Reporter
A new motorcycle club to
serve the needs of the 1,300
motorcycle owners on the Texas
A&M campus is in the develop
mental stage.
Ted Goerner, a freshman
pre-veterinary major, and spon
sor Dr. Gerald Vinson will hold
an organizational meeting at 8
tonight in 507 Rudder Tower.
At least 50 students have said
they are interested in forming a
motorcycle club, Goerner said.
The club will serve a dual pur
pose by providing entertain
ment and safety lessons, he
said.
He said he hopes club mem
bers can put on bike shows simi
lar to the Sports Car club’s ex
hibits on campus. They also
plan to have road trips to out of
town games, go on local outings
and share information on
motorcycle innovations.
Goerner said guest speakers,
skills tests and clinics are some
of the activities planned for club
meetings.
The club plans to apply for
University recognition, he said.
Student Activities Director
Carolyn Adair said the Univer
sity has recognized motorcycle
clubs before, but none is recog
nized now.
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News
United Press International
MCKINNEY — Citizens have
had it up to their hubcaps with
potholes and are taking their case
to the streets. There is a holey war
in McKinney.
Dissatified with the city’s effort
to curb a proliferation of ruts and
chuckholes, residents are sporting
“Pothole Capital of Texas” bum
per stickers on their battered
vehicles.
Today s almanac
United Press International
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 2,
the 336th day of 1981, with 29 to
follow.
Those born on this date are
under the sign of Sagittarius.
On this date in history:
In 1859, John Brown was
hanged for his raid on Harpers
Ferry.
In 1942, the “Atomic Age” was
born. A group of scientists demon
strated a self-sustaining nuclear
chain reaction at a makeshift
laboratory below the University of
Chicago football stadium.
In 1961, Cuban Premier Fidel
Castro revealed himself to be a
communist and said he had
formed a single political party with
himself as its head. He admitted
he had concealed his true political
philosophy until he had solidified
his hold on Cuba.
City officials, although admit
ting they may be losing the battle
of the bump, fear the stickers
being sold under the counter at
grocery stores are harming the ci
ty’s image.
The dispute began when Mike
Owens hit a pothole and snapped
the front axle on his truck. Then
he had to shell out more than $600
for repairs on his father’s car after
another encounter with one of
McKinney’s potholes.
And when Owens learned the
city has the highest tax rate of any
Dallas suburb, he declared war
and printed bumper stickers proc
laiming, “McKinney — Pothole
Capital of Texas; Highest Taxes
Yet Worst Potholes in Northeast
ern Texas.”
Staff photo by Greg Wat
Allan Mills, left, and John Titre discuss Costa Rican parks at a brown hag luncheon Tuesday in Bizzel Hall.
Costa Rica needs help
Parks topic of seminar
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By SHERYLON JENKINS
Battalion Reporter
Poor administration and
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agement are serious problems fac
ing national parks in Costa Rica, a
Texas A&M recreation and parks
professor said Tuesday.
Dr. Allan S. Mills spoke at a
brown bag seminar sponsored by
the Title XII Strengthening Grant
Program through the Office of In
ternational Affairs.
“For example, one worker was
supposed to be a lifeguard at one
of the national parks and he didn ’t
know how to lifeguard,” Mills
said.
“Costa Rica is flat broke," Mills
said.
The research conducted by
Mills and graduate research assis
tant John Titre was based on a 10-
day trip to Manuel Antonio and
Volcan Poas national parks in Cos
ta Rica last summer.
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He said national park personnel
in Costa Rica don t know basic
concepts such as scheduling proc
edures, job description and sim
ple construction techniques.
To understand the problem
with the parks in Costa Rica, Mills
said, one must first understand
the political and financial instabil
ity of the country.
When the economy is as
weak as it is in Costa
Rica, people become cri
tical of the areas where
public money is spent —
such as national parks. —
Alan S. Mills, recreation
and parks professor
come critical of the areas
public money is spent —s«
national parks, Mills said
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Mills and Titre’s researdi I
cooperation with the Interna I
Ecodevelopment Training l> I
tute, which is composed li I
World Leisure and Reera I
Association, the Tennessee!! I
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When the economy is as weak
as it is in Costa Rica, people be-
Costa Rica is the first cous:|
request assistance from thei
tute, Mills said. The
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park services in Costa Ria|
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Battalion Staff
Legislation concerning student
safety is expected to be voted on at
tonight’s Student Senate meeting
at 7:30 in 204 Harrington.
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Student Government Vice
President for External Affairs
Melissa Gosper said the Highway
30 Safety Bill and the Puryear
Drive Parking Bill will be pre
sented favorably to the Senate by
the External Affairs Committee.
The Highway 30 Safety Bill
suggests that Senate members
work with the City of College Sta
tion to lower the highway’s speed
limit to 40 mph. It further recom
mends that the Senate encourage
speedy adoption of other safety
measures.
The Puryear Drive Parking Bill
recommends, because of scarce
legitimate parking for Tanglewood
residents that force many people
to park in medians and fire zones,
that parallel parking be allowed on
the west side of Puryear Drive.
Vice President for Student Ser
vices Chris Langford said the Stu
dent Services Committee will re
commend that the A&A Pedes-
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