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,181! Local New prison worries Navasota residents n the By TERRI COULSON Battalion Reporter When people think of prisons, r , * hey often think of the prisoners tun " ai nside. And when people think of Until hose prisoners, thoughts of manbei ights, riots and breakouts come to - the § nincl. Breakouts evoke mental images )f everything from people being obbed to their being held hos- a (but nit iractiti 'inessis ir -i, aic vhetha ss?By Kina.; copies angrei he gtd Texas worltiii ;’s not These mental images are just some of the concerns of the itizens of Navasota over the Texas Department of Correction’s e i, M lewest prison under construction notfrai n Grimes County, tuson The decision for the new prison in whli|i n Grimes County goes along with indabt be $35 million emergency appropriation that the Texas Sen ile and House passed for the con- itruction of correction facilites to ven'M j|l ev i a te inmate overcrowding. The new prison will be situated on B,968 in Grimes County, hichmi md will house about 4,000 in- Ives! donates. Although the new prison will be rtanttl 1 maximum-security unit, some x Grimes County residents said r. they are afraid the TDC will not ave enough security guards pre- < i uavt. cii 11. j ^vicxi i m P e ‘ »ent to control the prisoners who - * ora;: ®vill be housed there. Over the last 10 years, 140 in- US belt mates have escaped from the TDC facilities, said Raye Tilley of the happu fDC public public affairs office . “The most recent breakout occurred on Oct. 20 when three inmates escaped from the Fergu son unit, 20 miles northeast of Huntsville,” Tilley said. “And at Although the new prison will be a maximum- security unit, some Grimes County residents said they are afraid the TDC will not have enough security guards present to control the prisoners who will be housed there. the present time, they are still at large.” With all breakouts, if the men are not found in two or three days, the TDC stops searching, and loc al, state and possibly federal law enforcement officers take over, Tilley said. “No prison' administrator can claim to be a 100 percenter,” Sys tem Director W.J. Estelle said. “We do have escapees. I cannot and will not assure you that there would never be an escape in Grimes County.” Additionally, he said, he cannot assure anyone that someone not already in prison will not assault a Grimes County resident. He said that when an escape does occur, it becomes top priority to recapture the escaped prisoner. Estelle said about 85 percent of all escapes from TDC end up with the escapee back in custody within 24 hours, and without his having committed any crime subsequent to his breakout. Another of Navasota citizens’ worries is that the site of the pris on will take land from the county’s tax rolls, since state-owned land is tax exempt. Swank said Grimes County could lose up to $2,400 annually in property tax. In addition, some citizens are worrying about the effect the pris on will have on the community. In fact, some of the townspeople are so upset by the proposed site that they formed a citizens’ group cal led Citizens Opposed to Installa tion of a Prison in Grimes County. Duane Prestwood, vice chair man of the group, opposes the site because, he said, it “would not do a thing in the world for the county.” The group fought the new pris on site by appealing the court’s decision to accept the Grimes County site, and even obtained a temporary injunction from the 3rd Court of Civil Appeals in January. But after the appeals court gave its endorsement for the prison in March, the injunction was re scinded and the group gave up their fight. Council to consider site for honorary donor plaque By NANCY WEATHERLEY Battalion Staff The MSC Council will consider fonight a proposal for hanging a plaque in the main lounge honor ing former students who have piven large sums of money to the Jniversity. The Building Studies Commit- |ee discussed the plaque — which commmissioned by the De- helopment Office — at the Coun cil meeting Monday. However, ■ction could not be taken until the Stommittee took a formal vote on | the issue Tuesday night. The committee recommended hat the plaque be hung in the lounge. “We consider this an important ssue and want a complete discus- ion by all the Council members :efor is taui rafr' fetftf mtt sen® 1 - 1 before making a decision,” Doug Dedeker, Council president, said. The bill calls for the names of former students who have given between $50,000 and $100 million to be placed on the plaques. Paul Fisher, vice president for operations, said some questions that had come up in the commit tee meeting Tuesday involved the proliferation of plaques in the main lounge. He said some questions arose concerning what the Develop ment Office will do with additional plaques. The Development Office already has several plaques in the lounge. The committee wasn’t sure where the office will want to have future plaques hung, he said. Also, questions concerning the large size of the plaque — made of wood and measuring 10 feet 3 in ches by 15 feet 3 inches — were brought up, Fisher said. Some members felt the plaque might be better somewhere else, he said. The Development Office would like the plaque to be hung on the north wall of the main lounge. Dedeker said that after talking with the Development Office and the committee, the Council de cided to call a special meeting so the Development Office would have a decision as soon as possible. The Development Office would like to unveil the plaque — which is currently under construction — at a March 19 banquet honoring the special donors listed on the plaque. Campus Names William V. Muse Dr. William V. Muse, dean of the College of Business Adminis tration, has been elected vice president of the Southern Busi ness Administration Association. Muse was named dean of busi ness administration in July 1979. He came from the University of Nebraska at Omaha where he also served as dean and professor of marketing. In 1977, he coordin ated a management analysis pro ject for the U.S. Office of Educa tion. Robert W. Sprowls Dr. Robert W. Sprowls, head of pathology at the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory’s Amarillo branch, has become associate director of the system. The appointment took effect Dec. 1. The TVMDL, administered through the Texas A&M Universi ty System, is the first line of de fense in isolating and identifying animal diseases that threaten the state’s vital livestock industry. The laboratory is in College Sta tion, with a second unit in Amar illo. In 1975, Sprowls, 35, went to the Amarillo laboratory to head the pathology division, had been acting associate director of the TVMDL since May. He earned an undergraduate degree, a D.V.M. degree and a Ph.D. degree in veterinary pathology, all from Texas A&M. David W. Rosberg and J. Roy Quinby Dr. David W. Rosberg, profes sor of plant sciences, and J. Roy Quinby, a plant breeder with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, have been named profes sors emeritus by the Texas A&M System Board of Regents. Rosberg initially came to Texas A&M in 1940, left for the armed forces and to complete two adv anced degrees, and returned in .1949. In 1960, he was named de partment head of plant sciences. Quinby graduated from Texas A&M in 1924 with a bachelor of science degree, and later earned a master of science. He served as superintendent and a plant breed er at the Texas Agricultural Ex periment Station at Chillicothe from 1925 to 1961, specializing in grain sorghum genetics breeding. His work revolutionized the grain sorghum industry and greatly in creased grain yields. David J. Norton Dr. David J. Norton, professor of aerospace engineering at Texas A&M, has been appointed assis tant director of programs of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, the engineering research branch of the Texas A&M Univer sity System. The appointment, effective Jan. 1, was announced Tuesday by TEES Director W. A. Porter. Norton, 41, has been a member of the aerospace engineering fa culty since 1970, was promoted to full professor in September 1980. gill tliro'i The Class of’83 is Proud to Announce V The Junior Ball T February 20, 1982 ’ 8:30 p.m.-l a.m. MSC Grand Ball Room This year’s theme: Mardi Gras! Featuring Silver Creek Start Planning on it Now! THE BATTALION Page 3 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1981 ■ 4 OPEN SATVROAY 10-8! CUSTOM SOUNDS SAYS “BAH HUN BUG!" VO HICH STEREO PRICES! That’s right we’ve kicked Scrooge out into the street and Santa’s little helpers (better known as the “Good Ql’ Bo/s’’) have been putting sale tags on stereo gear all week for the Biggest Christmas Sale in 2000 Years!!!! 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