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Council discusses
railroad bypass
by Shellee Bratton
Battalion Reporter
i The Bryan City Council
proved its 1982-83 budget
Monday night and heard re
quests from a group of residents
for a bypass at the railroad track
at Villa Maria Road.
| Hubert Nelson, represent
ing the group of citizens, asked
the City Council to look into the
necessity of building an over
pass or underpass at the in
tersection near Pinfeather Road
and Villa Maria.
| Nelson said many subdivi
sions in west Bryan were iso
lated from the police, fire and
other emergency services
whenever a train passes at the
intersection. He said an over-
ass or underpass would im
prove service to residents and
would improve the flow of traf
fic. and the development of the
. west Bryan.
I Mayor Richard Smith asked
City Manager Ernest Clark to
make a report on the feasiblility
of such a bypass. The report will
include information on how
.much an overpass or underpass
"would cost, how many will be
needed, where they will be and
how to appropriate funding re
sources for such a project. The
Report will be considered at a
later meeting.
In addition to hearing the
requests for the bypass, the
Council approved the annual
appropriation for the 1982-83
city budget.
Clark said the new budget
included an increase of 28 per
cent and authorizes the addition
of one or two people in almost
every city department. One of
the new positions created is the
deputy city manager, who will
take over many of the city mana
ger’s day-to-day activities,
allowing him to concentrate on
long-term planning.
In other business, the city
council:
— awarded various com
panies with bids for goods and
services for the city;
— approved a change allow
ing for the transfer of capital
funds between divisions within
the same departments by the
city manager without prior
approval by the city council;
— approved contract for
appraisal services on three city
projects;
— raised the membership of
the Parks and Recreation Advis
ory Board from seven members
to nine;
— and appointed Roger Jack-
son as Bryan Representative of
Central Texas Library System.
Bryan approves
special ed plan
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i Battalion Reporter
'he Bryan School Board
approved the continuation of a
live-year special education plan at
its meeting Monday night.
Bj The program serves 925 stu
dents with learning disablities in
the district and is funded through
the local budget and federal funds,
said Sondra Cooke, special educa
tion administrator.
“The main emphasis of the
igram is on mathematics and
i the language arts, ” Cooke said.
The program provides special
classes in mathematics and lan
guage arts for students with learn
ing disabilities and for students
with deficiencies in those sub-
; jects. The Bryan school district
has 58 teachers, 19 aides and 10
helpers who teach the special edu-
tion classes.
K There are certain requirements
the student must fulfill before gra
duating, but the program only
supports students up to 21 years
I old, she said.
‘If the child has not graduated
by the time he reaches 21, he is
referred to other agencies,”
Cooke said, “perhaps to the Texas
Rehabilitation Center or to some
other resource.”
Cooke said Bryan has had five-
year plans for the special educa
tion program for over ten years.
Planning for this year’s prog
ram started in July, but in order to
continue the program, the board
needed to approve it “as soon as
possible,” said board member
Wesley K. Summers.
The board also approved a re
quest for $186,250 for seven new
school buses for the 1983-84
school year — one 19-passenger
bus for special education students
and six 71-passenger buses. The
district has 73 ouses now and will
sell the older ones.
The board also approved a re
commendation for a textbook
committee. Summers said the
committee is set up to choose the
books that will be used in the
schools in the district. The com
mittee will present recommenda
tions on 19 subjects by March, he
said.
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Beer company
sponsors bands
by Jennifer Carr
Battalion Staff
The MSC Council approved a
proposal to let Miller Brewing Co.
sponsor programs for the MSC
basement committee in its meet
ing Monday night. The council
also approved a proposal for new
wall coverings in the MSC Gallery
to be submitted to the MSC En
richment Board of Directors.
Miller will sponsor bands in
Rumours Oct. 15,16,29 and 30
and Nov. 5 and 6, said Ken Bunch,
basement programs director. Mil
ler also will be giving away caps,
shirts and buttons, he said.
Sue Leibert, committee chair
man said all advertising will be
controlled by the basement com
mittee, and Miller’s name would
not be on any advertising outside
of campus. No alcohol will be
served at any of the performances.
The proposal was approved on a
non-precedent basis and an ad hoc-
committee was appointed to re
view the success of the program
and to set a precedent if neces
sary.
A proposal to install covered
wall panels in the MSC Gallery
will be submitted to the enrich
ment board with the understand
ing that the arts committee ex
plore alternate sources of funding.
Jim Reynolds, director of the
Memorial Student Center, sug
gested the MSC operating fund,
the University Center budget,
Texas A&M Unversity and the
Brazos Valley Arts Council as pos
sible sources.
In other business, the council
approved speakers for the 28th
Student Conference on National
Affairs, which include officials of
several Latin American countries.
A Cepheid Variable speaker on,
paraphsycology to be presented
in conjunction with “Poltergeist”
was tabled pending information
on the speaker’s qualifications.
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