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fcposes Charter election
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Bryan School Board meets
by Anne M. Hedgcoxe
Battalion Reporter
Bn m Homeowners Associa
te sniec thp ^ n > Inc receiv ed a sharp blow
ones we’re aiif nday when lhe Bryan School
partmentsaJP a re ^ I “ t ! on to
rt.wecouldnW 6 the Au S ust 13 Charter
would surroiiH 011 '
e tried to lea«K
i we had to if The board claims this elec-
the imprisor# v vould exempt a percentage
ibers. t * ie rnarhet value <tf the resi-
in spite of tilt W 6 homestead of a married
elves loyaldtiil unmarried adult. 1 his ex-
,et up contact IP 1 ' 011 wou ld reduce taxes 40
ons,Dutbetwt(f amt for the y ears 1983 an d
East and We8|^> percent for the years
Soviet Union/ 85 through 1987, and 20 per-
.vn,seeaone-s :nt ' n * 988 an( l in subsequent
, Ostrovsky sU ars - This will also affect single
lent homesteads.
tion would create a preferential
class of property that would shift
the tax burden to all other prop
erties on the jurisdictional roll.
costs, $266,000 decrease in fed
eral program funds and
$127,000 increase in Local Fund
Assignment.
Therefore, the board
opposes the proposed Charter
amendment and urges its em
ployees and all citizens of Bryan
to vote against the proposal at
the Charter election.
In other action Monday, the
school board approved the 1983-
1984 school year budget totaling
$25.8 million, a 9 percent in
crease over the 1982-1983
budget.
The new budget features a six
E ercent increase in employee
enefits, a nine percent increase
in instructional materials,
n are tauj
that the W
aid. “In a sense
i. The problei
ays that only
peace initi
?r countries’
Board members sqy this elec-
$55,000 for expansion of the
computer education program, a
35 percent increase in utility
The school board also
announced that the Bryan ISD
Gifted and Talented Program
has been awarded a competitive
grant from the Texas Education
Agency. The T.E.A. recently
approved the $71,400 grant, a
$3,000 increase from the pre
vious funding year.
These funds will be used,
along with local funding, to pro
vide classroom teachers for
gifted students, instructional
supplies and staff development.
It is estimated that the district
will serve 703 students in the
program this year in grades kin
dergarten through high school,
approximately 55 students per
grade.
The board also agreed not to
increase meal prices for chil
dren’s lunches and breakfasts.
The prices will remain at
$1.00 for lunches in grades kin
dergarten through sixth, $1.10
for lunches in grades seven
through 12, and breakfasts will
remain at 50 cents for all grades.
Although adult lunches will
remain at $1.35, adult break
fasts will be increased from 75
cents to 80 cents to meet the
adult meal pricing policy set by
the T.E.A.
The 1983-1984 bus rider fees
also remain unchanged due to
lower insurance rates, parts
prices leveling off, more in
house repairs and the stabiliza
tion of fuel prices.
The rates range from one rid
er at $15.00 per month to four
or more riders at $50.00 per
month.
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dividualistic,
rovsky said,
that American;]
umane society hires sheriff
o solve animal cruelty cases
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understand,”
by Yvonne Cuzick
ng for peace,Ilf Battalion Reporter
tuclear war, Santos Alvarez, a Brazos
;rent groups ounty deputy sheriff who has
link
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ac een volunteering his time to
solve animal cruelty cases,
Haccepted an investigationjob
ith the Humane Society of Bra-
__ B County.
Il \l ' s Carter, who has been in-
I y olved with the Humane Society
» nee its establishment in 1975,
tys the idea to hire an investiga-
>r was not new.
KfWe’ve had this idea for a
louse voteste jne time,” Carter said. Alvarez
te (R-Ill.) aiil|
vere nearly i®
»on the two#
just seemed to be the right per
son for the job.
Alvarez mainly will handle
cases that committee members
could not solve, Humane Society
vice-president Angela Leonard
said.
Usually, when the society re
ceives a complaint about some
one abusing or neglecting an
animal, the society will notify the
person of the complaint. If the
person fails to resolve the situa
tion within a certain period of
time, the society takes legal ac
tion.
Alvarez said that as a rule,
people usually comply with the
regulations set by the Humane
Society. There are not many
complaints where people are in
tentionally abusing their anim
als. People mostly are neglectful
and don’t realize they are break
ing the law, he said.
one year in jail, or both, Alvarez
said.
Cruelty to animals is a class A
misdemeanor and is punishable
by up to a $2,000 fine or up to
A recent case the Humane
Society handled with the help of
Alvarez involved a man charged
with cruelty to animals. He was
convicted of intentionally and
knowingly failing to provide
adequate food, care and shelter
for his dogs. Alvarez said it was
the worse case he’s seen as a
Humane Society volunteer.
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CSISD OKs resignation
of personnel director
by Yvonne Cuzick
Battalion Reporter
The College Station School
Board has accepted the resigna
tion of Ned Burns, director of
personnel for the College Sta
tion Independent School Dis
trict.
The resignation will be effec
tive Aug. 12. Burns accepted a
position as assistant superinten
dent of theJoshua Independent
School District located south of
Fort Worth and will start there
on Aug. 15.
The resignation was submit
ted about a month ago but did
not become official until the
board’s meeting Thursday.
In other business, the board
met in closed session for appro
ximately three hours with
Gaines West, attorney for for
mer A&M Consolidated High
School Coach Howell Ferguson.
After the meeting, a spokesman
for the board announced that no
public action was taken on the
matter.
Ferguson was suspended by
trustees last month for deposit
ing district funds into an unau
thorized bank account. After the
suspension, however, it was disc
overed that the irregularity was
not in violation of state laws.
The board also approved
other resignations and the hir
ing of some new employees.
MHMRA begins program
on alcohol use and abuse
by Gabriel Elliott
Battalion Reporter
The Mental Health Mental
Retardation Authority of Brazos
Valley has begun an alcohol
education program designed to
educate the public on the use
and abuse of alcohol and the dis
ease of alcoholism.
The program, funded by the
Texas Commission on Alcohol
ism, is available to any interested
individuals or groups in the Bra
zos County area.
Dave Dromnes, coordinator
of out-patient and in-patient
services at the MHMRA, says
participants are welcome from
as far as Burleson, Grimes,
Leon, Robertson and Washing
ton counties.
J. Dixon McKenzie, MHMRA
alcohol education specialist, said
the program should help de
velop community awareness of
the effects of alcohol abuse.
“We are offering presenta
tions on such topics as ‘Effects of
Alcoholism on Industry,’
‘Young People and Alcohol,’
‘Women and Alcohol,’ and
‘Family Disease of Alcoholism,”’
McKenzie said.
McKenzie also is planning a
bi-monthly alcohol education
workshop for individuals or
families wanting to learn what to
do if someone in their family
appears to have a drinking
problem.
Dromnes said the program
will use the Johnson treatment
of alcoholism. The Johnson
treatment looks at alcoholism as
a disease of the family.
“The treatment views the ac
tions and reactions of other
members of the family as unin
tentionally supporting or con
tinuing a patient’s dependency
on alcohol,” Dromnes said.
The program also will ex
amine the physiological effects
of alcohol such as sclerosis of the
liver and deterioration of the
brain cells, Dromnes said.
“If the public is made aware
of the damage alcohol does to
the body, they would realize the
dangers associated with drink
ing,” he said.
Slides and movies highlight
ing the cause, effect and cure of
alcoholism will be used, he said.
Because alcohol problems
usually are carried to the indi
vidual’s place of employment,
Dromnes said, businesses and
industries with alcoholism con
tributing to a low employee per
formance will benefit most from
the presentations.
Dromnes said the program
will be beneficial as a whole to
the Bryan-College Station area
especially now that the county is
cracking down on driving while
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