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local Battalion/Page 5 February 25, 1983 ? i-CS position elections set for April 2 n by Patti Schwierzke Battalion Staff iters in Bryan-College Sta- will vote to fill nine city gov- aent positions and six school d positions on the April 2 t A total of 20 candidates filed for seats in the elec- iBryan, candidates are run- for mayor and city council 1, Place 3, Place 4 and 5. In College Station, can- tes are running for city dl Place 1, PlaceS and Place )nal wi >om Hi nting to friendh rExcef' m Satut' in Texa periotk d of tk iorrigat from tk of Tea ev of tk he Bryan School Board has open positions — Place 1, 2 and Place 3. The College an School Board also has positions open — Place 3, 4 and Place 5. bis year, the school board ions and the city govern- elections have been com- to reduce costs, enry Seale and Ron Blatch- oth Bryan city councilmen, announced their candidacy le mayor’s race, ale, who currently is the 4councilman, resigned his effective April 2. He is a ter and received his bache lor’s degree in finance from the University of Texas at Austin. Seale, 50, has served six years on the council. Blatchley, who is currently the Place 1 councilman, was first to announce his candidacy for mayor. He is the director of stu dent affairs at Texas A&M and received his master’s degree from Sam Houston State Uni versity. Blatchley, 40, has served one two-year term on the Council. So far, six candidates are run ning for four seats on the Bryan City Council. • Tom Salamon, 42, is run ning unopposed for the Place 1 council seat. This place is cur rently held by Blatchley. He is plant manager for Norton Co. and is on the board of directors of the Brazos County Industrial Foundation and the Bryan De velopment Foundation. • Peyton Waller, 55, is run ning unopposed for re-election to the Place 3 council seat. He has held this position for the last six years. Waller is the owner of Valley Supply, a building supply firm. • Bill Pittman, 50, is running for the Place 4 council seat left vacant by Henry Seale’s resigna tion to run for mayor. He is own er of Twin City Furniure. Pitt- mann has lived in Bryan for the last 15 years. • Marvin Tate, 50, also is run ning for the Place 4 council seat. He is a partner in Courtney & Tate Realty. Tate is a member of the board of directors of the chamber of commerce, Crime Stoppers, Brazos Beautiful Inc. and the Boys Club. He was also associate athletic director at Texas A&M from 1967 to 1979 and athletic director from 1979 to 1980. Tate received his bache lor’s degree in business from .Texas A&M. • Hugh Barnett, 32, is run ning for the Place 5 council seat left vacant by retiring Council man Wayne Gibson. He is a traf fic supervisor with the Babcock and Wilcox Co. Barnett is a na tive of Bryan and received his bachelor’s degree in agriculture from Texas A&M. • John Mayfield Jr., 46, also is running for the Place 5 seat. He is president of Mayfield Co. and is a member of the board of dire ctors of the General Securities Life Insurance Co. He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Texas A&M. So far, three candidates are running for three seats on the College Station City Council. • Alvin Prause, 33, is running for re-election for the Place 1 seat. Prause is a pediatrician with the University Pediatric Association. He will be running for his second term. • Jim Behling, 36, is running for the Place 3 seat which is cur rently held by Larry Ringer. Behling is owner of Associated Brokers, a real estate firm. Rin ger is not seeking re-election. • Gary Anderson, 35, is run ning for the Place 5 seat which is currently held by Tony Jones. Anderson is a vice president at Western National Bank. He is also a member of the College Station Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and develop ment control review board. Jones is not seeking re-election. In Bryan school board races, there are six candidates running for three seats. • Art King, 38, is running for ch by Christine Mallon Battalion Reporter lout 140 rats have been kil- coates Hall rats Imost eliminated sentatKtl n accoi IScoates Hall within the last ,. ( eeks,Texas A&M Universi- .1, i 01 pest controllers said ic Libnn r , i blicasi nesda y- 1 kofessors and employees ’j', , lhave offices in Senates cal- 1 • Physical Plant before dirtmt jjj-ggk because of the a ""•“n problem. he rat scare began when of the secretaries heard iping noises above them in eilings. wo pest controllers, Bill ard and Norman P. Max- immediately went to work g bait and setting traps to i the rats. esentlM axwe ^ sa ^ as man y as ^ Ivere caught in one day. Ipril McCall, a secretary in Ibuilding’s basement, said she first heard the rats she ght it was just the normal Ingof the 50-year-old build- ■Eventually, she said, it be- |apparent the building was ested with rats. It was funny because every- tjat 4 p.m. the noises would ft,’McCall said. “The sounds really loud, like ham- fishery labs, would be a popular place for rats to live and breed. Shepard and Maxwell said they had been catching an aver age of about eight rats a day un til about two weeks ago. “We’ve cut down almost the entire population that was in the building,” Shepard said, “but we still have several traps there.” afternM c Path aurch.d Schindle ithData forniaa! recepw alien K 1 Design ] located ®l ABIef ulia Hwr ual desigt cCall and other employees ebuildingsoon began notic- rat droppings, chewed-up sand missing food, zanne Cercevic, a secretary the first floor, said she ;ht some damaged candy a vending machine in the ment. noticed that the candy bar |been tampered with, maybe ed on. Then I noticed the was true for most of the lyinthe machine,” she said, this destruction was blamed a rodent who became known jmd Senates as the “Kit-Kat U r ; Ise” because he preferred at brand of candy ■ Ihe “Kit-Kat mouse” and his ^nicjiioji ties didn’t stop at candy, heonprof |y ate large supplies of fish • AfiGlE rLNEMz\- presents Francis Ford Coppola’s APOCALYPSE NOW Fri. & Sat. 7:30 p.m. Theater Mel Brooks’ first film! THE PRODUCERS Fri. & Sat. Midnight Theater SMASH PALACE . Sun., Feb. 27 7:30 p.m. Theater $1.50 w/TAMU I.D. Advance tickets at MSC Box Office Mon.-Fri. 8:30-4:30 Also 45 minutes before showtime. ^r SAT/SUN DISC 1st 30 mins 1st Show FRIDAY 2.00 STUDENTS ID. observant 1 i AmeH ern tin Hast sorofj )11, ' it inSi’tj iforn# nit for eed , plants, sugar, rice, glue, iratory supplies and over 50 ds of dog food, jbert O. Haugen, manager custodial services, said he in’t know why the rats would a problem only in Scoates. he expansion of the old al pavilion may have drawn lot of rats to this area of cam- ” Haugen said. “They also ay have come from the steam through elevator lafts.” Shepard said rats are usually hatted to cool, dark sur- dings where food and wa re available. He explained Scoates, which has agricul- as well as wildlife and Now you know n fron^mpnited Press International 5 AJHENS, Greece — Greece (j thretf jlevalued the drachma 15.5 re (jieiif [cent against the U.S. dollar, Milif# 1 ' 0M doubling the dollar’s ' (y SO buying power, according p e |,!l the Greek National Tourist " v fganization. h current exchange is 83 “ '""imas to the dollar; it aver- 44 drachmas to the dollar years ago. ■iZM'fl.Tinil wm'thiiii 1500 Horvey Road 764-0616 FRI TIMES: 7.30-9.45 SAT/SUN TIMES: uoo 3:10-5:20-7:30-9:20 DUDLEY MOORE ELIZADETH ^ McGovern * LOVE SICK O |PG| FRI TIMES: 8:00-10:00 SAT/SUN TIMES: 12:15 2:15-4:10-6:05-8:00-10:00 11th WEEK ,NICK NOLTE is a cop. EDDIE MURPHY is a convict. VS HRS FRI TIMES: 7:25-9:40 SAT/SUN TIMES: 12:40 2:55-5:10-7:25-9:40 10th WEEK Toovsiej dustin HorrraAJM America’s hottest new actress, imi KTAW92FM MIDNITESHOW PUTT CINEMA I & II “ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW” (R) AFS “CHEERLEADER” (R) 4th Bloodcurdling Week FRI & SAT 12:30 Skaggs center CINEMA l& II 846-6714 FRI TIMES: 8:00 SAT/SUN: 1:15-4:35-8:00 2nd WEEK The Man of the Century. The Motion Picture of a Lifetime. GANDHI ISBl f FRI TIMES: 7:45-9:50 SAT/SUN: 1:45-3:45-5:45 7:45-9:50 2nd SUPER WEEK THE FINEST SCHOOLS TURN OUT THE FINEST LEADERS... YOU WILL UNCOVER THE TRUTH TI«K 1.0ftIMS OP nisciPUiiK A PARAMOUNT PICTURE Place 1. King is co-owner of Joyce and King Auctioneers and manager of Lloyd Joyce Agriservice. He is a former dis tributive education teacher. This seat is currently held by re tiring board member B.F. Vance. • Travis Nelson also is run ning for Place 1. Nelson was the Bryan Independent School Dis trict’s director of finance for 18 years. He retired last year. • Frank Steelman also is run ning for Place 1. This is Steel man’s first time to run for public office. • Wendy Costa is running for Place 2. Costa is a Blinn Junior College English and history teacher. • W.W. “Woody” Humphries also is running for Place 2. Humphries is seeking a fifth term on the board. • Tom Borski, is running for Place 3. Borski is a local home builder. In College Station school board races, there are four can didates running for three seats. • Deanna Wormuth is run ning for Place 3. Wormuth is coordinator of the English Lan guage Institute at Texas A&M. The Rev. Stan Sultemeier cur rently holds this seat and is not seeking re-election. 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