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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1983)
v\\v v\\\ui'' MU: \\unmu'unu imi; i///??////,,. Page 4/The Battalion/Wednesday, November 23,1983 CS water inexpensive, requested by developers $7 million project by Edye Williams Battalion Reporter Developers of the Nantucket subdivision Tuesday were granted permission from the College Station City Council to buy water from the City of Col lege Station due to the high prices charged by Wellborn Wa ter Supply. Nantucket subdivision is out side the College Station city limits. Phyllis Hobson, developer ol\ the subdivision, said Wellborn Water Supply currently charges $1,000 per tap installed on lots, in the subdivision and the cost is predicted to rise to $2,300. The cost is only $300 to $450 in the College Station area, she said. Hobson, who addressed the council Tuesday night, said the water lines needed to connect the subdivision to College Sta tion’s closest main water line would be installed at the de velopers’ expense. “We merely hope to provide owners another chance for she reasonable water (prices),’ said. Council members voted unanimously in favor of selling the water to Nantucket. But if Wellborn wants to continue fur nishing Nantucket with water, then proposals from both cities must be submitted to the Public Utilities Commission for the fin al decision. Workouts Plus City Attorney Lowell Denton reminded the council that it was only voting on whether it wanted to sell water to the subdi- “Makes you sexier, stronger, healthier, dynamic. ” ^1 -'IV-V $4& > «)per month 12 noon-12:55 or IpUi-1ZS5 $2 *50per workout 800 Jersey Street for more info, call 775-84:76 Both Men and Women Welcome! 10% Discount to First 10 Students, k Classes start Dec. 12 i In another water-related dis cussion the Council listened to a presentation from the Whalen Corp., which wants to take over operation of the city’s water stor age and sewage plant systems. City employees have been assured that they would not lose their jobs as a result of the shift from public to private own ership. To discuss the effects on employees if the switch is made, a representative from Whalen Corp. will meet with the 14 city sewage employees Tuesday to discuss questions they might have, about topics such as retire ment benefits. Research park OK’d by Karen Schrimsher Battalion Staff The master plan for the Texas A&M Industrial Re search Park was given final approval Tuesday by the Texas A&M System Board of Regents. The $7 million develop ment will be an extension to the west campus. The Univer sity will own and manage the property. The park is planned so that Texas A&M System research and selected industrial and commercial companies will benefit from a working re lationship. More than 3,300 letters have been sent to in dustries that might have an in terest in leasing tracts in the park. Most responses have been positive toward the program. although companies such as Ford Motor Co., Dow Chemic al Co., and RCA are not plan ning to build more facilities in the near future. A gift of $500,000 worth of non-domestic animals was accepted from John W. Mecom, Jr. and Katsy Mecom. The 500-member herd in cludes giraffe, antelope, bison, ostrich, deer and gnu. The animals are currently housed on a ranch near Laredo. The University plans to sell most of the animals and keep 10 for use by the College of Veterinary Medicine. The animals will be transported from Laredo at the expense of the purchaser. In other business, the fol lowing were approved by the board: • An appropriation of $75,000 for the preliminary design of a $5 million poultry science center. • A $65,000 appropriation for the preliminary design for the Advanced Ocean Drilling Program facility. The prog ram will be the first tenant of the newly-approved research park. • A $10,000 appropriation for the preliminary design of a $1 million track and field events center. • An appropriation of $76,000 for the construction of a toxicology laboratory at the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Labora tory in Amarillo and for equipment for the College Station laboratory. • An $80,000 appropria tion for the design of physical education and intramural playing fields. The $1.5 mil lion project will bean, to Penberthy Intra Center. • The appointmentofl bert G. Schiff, a meml* Mi# die Class of 43, to a five, term on the board i" tants of the Free Entet| Center. Schiff is an imlependes producer, and serves director of Trinity Sail and Loan and Inierfirsi- Cities Bank in Dallas. The 10-member bo; consist of the deans agriculture, business ad iration, education, engia ing, liberal arts colleges five business leaders m aled by the develop® foundation and the Assn lion of Former Studenis, Luxury MSC Regents’ Annex provides grand setting by Karen Wallace 14 Karat Gold Chains up to 70% OFF Retail! LARGEST SELECTION IN TOWN! ALL CHAINS SOLD BY WEIGHT PRICES AS LOW AS $13 66 l gram lidnt) ( $ 21 25 a penny weigl Large Selection-Black Hills Gold Jewelry and Gold Coin Jewelry Sorry, we do not accept credit cards or do in-store financing on your pur chases, but with our prices, you won’t need them! “TRADE IN YOUR USED GOLD & SILVER ON NEW PURCHASES” We Do Giftwrap TWO LOCATIONS “SHOP US LAST!" TEXAS COIN EXCHANGE, INC. 3202A Texas Ave., Bryan 404 University Dr. E, C.S. 779-7662 Nov"^' 0 *" C S ' l0Ca,l0n TuB *' Wed ' 4 Thur * B *fl lnn,n s 846-8905 Battalion Staff Hiding within the walls of the Memorial Student Center is the Regents’ Annex, which posses ses the grandeur of the White House and t. .e mystery of a 17th century castle. The art and furniture of the regents’ quarters on the first floor of the Regents Annex, across the street from Cain Hall, date from the 15th century to the present. The rooms are used for en tertaining prospective donors and for meetings of the Texas A&M Board of Regents, Robert G. Cherry, executive secretary to the Board of Regents, says. “We entertained one man earlier this year who donated $1 million,” Cherry said. The quarters opened in 1974 — 10 years after designer Wil liam Pa hi man began gathering the art and furniture pieces. Pahlman, a graduate of the Parsons School of Design in New York and Paris, was hired by the University to design the Univer sity Center, which includes thej. Earl Rudder Center Tower, the Memorial Student Center and the Regents’ Annex. Lots of companies are selling telephones today. Federal deregulation is giving you the opportunity to buy your telephone and save money in the long run. It’s easy to be confused by all the options and models. It’s also easy to get stuck with the wrong telephone. Telecom takes the mystery out of buying a telephone. Our showroom is filled with the most modern telephones. We’re eager to teach you all about today’s new telephones and the advantages of buying your own telephone. You can browse, compare models and try features like con ference calling and automatic redialing. Shop our phones and everybody else’s. Compare features. Compare price. Compare service and warranties. You’ll see there really is no comparison. We won’t sell you a wrong number. r T* SERVICES INC. V*. 2906 Pinfeather / Bryan / 775-3522 “Pahlman stressed time and balance in each room of the re gents’ quarters,” Vicki Burt, sec retary to the board, said. Most of the money for the de corating came from the available regent’s fund and from the re gents themselves, Cherry said. “The 14 people on the board during the period of decoration gave a total of $2,262,000 them selves,” Cherry said. The rooms consist of a foyer, a reception room, ladies’ and men’s sitting rooms, the meeting room, a dining room, a picture room and an elevator lobby. The board member’s suites are up stairs. The regents stay in the annex during board meetings once every two months, and whenever they are in town. Eighteenth century marble busts, Chinese pots and jars, tables made for Napoleon after the Egyptian campaign and marble floors and ceilings greet the guests as they enter the foyer, a formal welcoming room. In the center of the room is a $9,000 18th century Cloisonne bowl from the Chin-Lung period. The bowl sits atop a Wil liam IV blackjappaned table — a table with gold inlaid designs. A pair of 18th century oil paintings entitled “Two Ceasars on Horseback,” worth $5,000 each, hang on the walls beside the door to the reception area. Behind the reception desk, a $5,334 18th century antique Sheraton mahogany front book case houses a $10,000, 32-piece set of Staffordshire China. A pair of 1869 oil paintings depicting different cattle breeds of that time hang in the area along with another pair from 1860 called “Goodwood Race Courses,” artist unknown, which shows the same horse race scene from different angles. There is a small sitting area in front of the fireplace. Beside the mantle is a group of 18th cen- tury Chinese paintings, “Chinese Sailing Ships.” Kfpi ■ A $2,500 antique Chinese Ex port punch bowl, rare because of its large size, sits on a table in front of the fireplace. Four floor to ceiling provide most of the lii (he dining room. Closii -— & . . i/ • heavy raw silk curtainsuiB xlcan On the wall to the right ot the fireplace hangs a five by six-foot painting entitled “Miles and Miles of Bluebonnets.” The $15,000 painting is said to be Ju lian Onderdonk’s best. a semblance of miclnigiii middle of the afternoon ales, i Ibtz, soi ten and The wall covering,IBThe y Jain ted in Hong Kong, lilgiims j ife in a Chinese village, aid. T1 At the other end of the room, facing the fireplace, hangs a $6,000, 17th century Japanese screen depicting the Phoenix Birds. The screen opens up to reveal a projection screen. A $2,000 Ming statue of Kuan Yin, from the late 15th to early 16th century, guards the lobby from the corner. The hallway leading from the elevator lobby to the dining room is papered in blue silk, and is lined by two Louis XV French Consoles, 18th century Chinese Chippendale mirrors, 18th cen tury English crystal lanterns, and a large Empire Urn from 1800. The 1840 Chippendak in the center of the room people. T he sitting areas ble co the fireplace is used forIhch cr lunch or dinner gathn leas in Porcelain figures ofj useit nksgi on Ji Mexi lorical peare. Prince Albert,■The si Victoria and a blacksmili| out across the room fa two Chinese alter tables the fireplace. ms ha< i Belt er re lz saic 1‘The larked t A handmade, hand(jIbnquis sterling silver tea set'hetch $2,715 sits on a 17thc(lah ua ( console. It is never used. El p as0) Tours of the anno lid. “T1 offered for large gro«|Sueinpi.’ organizations. — MSC Cafeteria Now Better Than Ever. 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