Tuesday, October 4,1983/The Battalion/Page 3
for Student Government
Aycock, freshman programs di
rector, said.
“It’s a lot of hard work,” for
mer aide Whitney McMillan
said. “But it was worth it. Being a
freshman aide is a great oppor
tunity to serve the student
body.”
The newly appointed aides
had their first meeting Saturday
and a workshop was held for
them to get acquainted with the
other members of Student Gov
ernment, Aycock said.
Students who applied for a
freshman aide position but were
not chosen should not be dis
couraged, she said. Another way
to be involved in Student Gov
ernment is to join a committee,
such as rules and regulations,
academic affairs, traditions or
the council on Student Govern
ment affairs. Anyone can parti
cipate in the committees, she
said.
Fruit conference held at A&M
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was visiting friends who were
participating in the Ultimate
Frisbee Tournament Saturday.
by David Manning
Battalion Reporter
Fertilization, water manage
ment and the raising of young
trees are some of the topics
being discussed at the 31st
annual Texas Fruit Conference
that began Monday night and
continues through Wednesday
in Rudder Tower.
Dr. George Ray McEachern,
a horticulturist with the Texas
A&M Agricultural Extension
Service, said the program brings
fruit growers from all over the
state up to date on new develop
ments and research in the fruit
industry.
McEachern said the fruit in
dustry in Texas, especially the
peach industry, is rapidly ex
panding. In 1981, 700,000
bushels of peaches were pro
duced in the state on only 4,000
acres.
“By 1990, more than 20,000
acres will be devoted to peach
growing,” McEachern said.
Because of new peach tree
varieties that are being de
veloped, he said, it’s easier to
grow peaches further south.
McEachern said there are
now four commercial peach
orchards in the Brazos Valley
and expansion here is possible.
Dr. Tom Handwerker, a hor
ticulturist with the Texas Agri
cultural Extension Service, said
the First year is the most impor
tant for a tree. What takes place
during that First year will deter
mine the healthiness of the tree
in the future, he said.
Handwerker told the peach
growers that when planting a
young tree, the roots should
only be two inches below the
ground. If the tree is planted too
deep, he said, the tree will not
have enough anchorage to sus
tain itself in high winds.
Handwerker said after the
tree is planted, aluminum foil
can be placed around the trunk
to protect the tree from bores. It
can also be used to protect the
trunk of the tree when herbi
cides are used.
Dr. Maurice Ferree, a horti
culturist with the University of
Georgia, Walter Krause, owner
of Redwood Orchards in Cali
fornia, and P.L Hawthorne,
horticulturist with Louisiana
State University, will all speak
during the conference.
Ferree will speak on how
peach growers from Georgia are
able to sell their peaches so inex
pensively in the market and still
make money.
Krause will talk about how he
sells his produce directly to the
consumer and bypasses the mid
dleman.
Learn how to . . .
C&W Dance
at
Valerie Martin's
Gallery of Dance Arts
107 Dowling, C.S.
Registration Monday, Oct. 3
7-8 p.m.
Class starts Tues., Oct. 4
693-0352 ^
Police Beat
; letter concernsarel
npression of the aiJ
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is oi great admiratioif
lie following incidents were
bed to the University Police
Irtment through Monday:
JHEFTS:
. But, after the appjlA blue Mijata 10-speed bicy-
ation, 1 realized fio#)m the Zachry Engineering
lent viewed the nt< r.
letic director not re# maroon Nishiki 10-speed
oftheNCAAtope[| lefrom ,he front of SteH -
national award! T*' Evans Library.
presents what thel A na 'T blue wai 'm-up jacket
.presents whatttiej»r wa , let from 2I() Zachr
leally feels atatK eer j n g (j ente] . qp e wa n el
ler than football, Mined a Texas driver’s
Be, Texas A&M ED. card,
jicash, Texas A&M football
■ book and several credit
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ladies and otheratl
deserve better reti 1
hievements.
ments. Coach Shet
t until the team!
ing track to remof
jlaced on the sidel
enough without It
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.ick-off team (12(1!
to make a playoi
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;d our team in thd
respectful conch®
Larry A. Bowlei
|A wallet from the third floor
lEasi Kyle. The wallet con-
jled $2 in cash and other per-
nal property. The owner was
tying basketball at the time.
BURGLARY:
|A Tancredi stereo booster-
equalizer, tape case and 36 cas
sette tapes were stolen from a
1982 Chevrolet pickup. The
vehicle was parked in the stu
dent lot west of Wofford Cain
Pool.
• $99 in assorted currency
from 321 and 422 Langford
Architecture Center.
OTHER:
• A golf ball was thrown
through a window in Davis-Gary
Hall by a student in a Dodge
pickup. University Police said
the student said he threw the
golf ball because someone in
Davis-Gary had thrown a water
balloon at the truck.
• University Police found a
bag of marijuana in a 1976
Chevrolet. They were preparing
to tow the vehicle because its
owner had 28 unpaid traffic
tickets. The bag was taken to the
University Police Department.
Honorary Aggie,
columnist Ashby
to speak tonight
by Nicole Williams
Battalion Reporter
Editorial columnist for “The
Houston Post” Lynn Ashby will
comment on Texas’ state of
affairs, from Aggie traditions to
the East Texas water situation at
8 tonight in Rudder Theater.
The program, sponsored by
MSG Great Issues, is entitled
“Texas Trends and Traditions
or Where Do We Go From
Here?”
Ashby also will comment on
cooperative research efforts be
tween Texas A&M and the Uni
versity of Texas, the Texas col
lege education system and
sports versus academics.
Ashby began his career in
journalism at the broadcast news
desk for “The New York Times”
and has worked for the Post for
the past 15 years.
Although Ashby is a Univer
sity of Texas graduate, he has
been named an Honorary Aggie
by the Association of Former
Students.
Ashby, who is noted for his
quick wit, has spoken here at two
commencement exercises.
A reception will follow
Ashby’s program.
Tickets are 50 cents for stu
dents and $1 for non-students
and can be purchased at the
door.
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