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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 attitudes ons to the newlycro| pions Women's Soil truly an outstandiif is A&M University I ould agree withmeij ■ you efforts andacliif Hacky sac staff photo by Brenda Davidson ris Staton, eye game lick from Houston, keeps on the ball during a of hacky sac. Staton 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 1 beginning of a rej 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 1 and ashamed of 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 awn further. Seed .ick-off team (12(1! to make a playoi ian kicking into tliei Relieve it or not, the! ;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. 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