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After-school moving expensive, time-consuming
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By JILL GOLDEN
Reporter
Around this time every year
students have one thing on
their minds — getting out of
College Station.
For some it may be as easy as
loading their cars or stuffing a
friend’s pick-up truck. But
those with more to move have
several options -— if they’re will
ing to pay the price.
For graduates moving out of
the state, Nixon Transfer and
Storage Co. in Bryan offers a
new way to move. It’s the “We
Drive” service and it’s a cross
between do-it-yourself truck
rentals and full service moving
companies, says Nixon moving
consultant Jill Davenport.
The person moving packs
and loads a Nixon truck while
an experienced driver super
vises the loading to make sure
it’s done correctly. The average
load for students is about 2,000
pounds, Davenport says.
Then a Nixon driver drives
the truck to the mover’s destina
tion. Once there, the person
moving unloads and unpacks.
Davenport says this as an al
ternative for students who try to
do it themselves and take the
risk of possibly damaging (heir
belongings. It also is cheaper.
For example, a student who
had to move a 2,000-pound
load to New York would pay
Nixon about $991 for the “We
Drive,” but moving the same
load full service would cost
about •$ 1,250.
Students staying within the
state can choose from many full
service moving companies in
the area. In addition to loading,
driving and unloading, all of
the area moving companies of
fer a packing service. The cost
of packing depends on the
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amount to be packed.
The average packing cost is
about $200, says Pat Holman, a
bookkeeper at Beard Transfer
and Storage Co. in Bryan. Most
students usually pack for them
selves to save money, but many
graduates let a moving com
pany do it if their employers are
footing the bill, Holman said.
Moving costs are similiar
among area companies because
price competition is regulated
by the Texas Railroad Commis
sion, says Davenport.
For example, a student who
wanted to move a 2,000-pound
load to Dallas using Beard
would pay about $362. That
same student who used Coulee
Brothers Moving and Storage
would pay about $359.
For those students trying to
save as much money as possible,
truck rental may be the answer.
Because about 50 percent of
the moves students make,
back to their homes, rentini
truck is the cheapest and eas
way to move, says Val Crist
cation manager at RyderTrj
Rental in Bryan.
Truck rental prices al
comparable. A student
wanted to move three rooms
furniture to Dallas would
$205 for a Ryder truck
same student would payj!
for a Jartran truck.
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Classes won’t be dismissed
on Good Friday, officials say
By SONDRA HOSETLER
Reporter
Classes at Texas A&M will
not be dismissed on April 20 in
observation of Good Friday
even though the state legis
lature granted a half day holi
day last year, a spokesman for
the University President’s office
said.
houses and with the signature
of Gov. Mark White, a procla
mation was announced in an at
tempt to allow state employees
time for religious observance of
Good Friday.
nouncement was part of
April Fools’ Day joke. Goodli
day fell on April 1 last year.
Students were surprised by
the late announcement of the
Good Friday is a Christian
commemoration of the crucifix
ion of Jesus Christ.
Last year the 68th Legis
lature was in session the week
before the Easter holiday. In a
joint decision between the
proclamation by the Texas Leg
islature and While’s declaration
w
making half of Good Friday a
holiday. The announcement,
which did not reach University
officials until 1 1 a.m. on Good
Friday, resulted in chaos and
misunderstanding. Some stu
dents said they thought the an-
Though there was confi
regarding the dismissal,
dents were still able to takei
vantage of the time
Mary’s Catholic Church of
lege Station celebrates a
tional Mass at 3 p.m. on
Friday to commemorate
symbolic time of Chrisi’sde
Ann Norwood, a secretary
St. Mary’s, said there was
nitely an increase in student
tendance for last year's sera
after school was dismissedeatl
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MADD
Drunk drivers kill women’s two sons
she says she’s ‘shaking in her bools
United Press International
ARLINGT ON — Mary Anna
Downing, who lost two sons in
less than a year in traffic acci
dents police said were caused by
drunken drivers, said Thursday
she is not strong enough to en
dure another tragedy.
“I don’t have the strength to
take any more. Tm shaking in
my boots. I can’t do it. I can’t
lake one more phone call saying
there’s been another emer
gency,” said Downing, who
joined Mothers Against Drunk
Drivers after the first death last
summer.
'A cafeteria Worker at a junior
high school in Arlington, a Dal
las suburb, Downing has an
other son, a daughter and four
grandchildren.
“It could be my grandson
next,” she said Thursday in a
telephone interview. “I’m going
on to he 60. I’m deeply hurt,
very deeply hurt. I’m a healthy
person hut I’m not a strong per
son. I can’t take any more.”
Downing joined MADD after
her 17-year-old son, Edward,
was killed last July in Arlington.
Police said his motorcycle was
hit from behind by a car travel
ing at 95 to 100 mph. The teen
ager died of head injuries.
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strength to take any
more. I'm shaking in
my boots. I can’t do it.
I can’t take one more
phone call saying
there’s been another
emergency. ” — Mary
Anna Downing
the highway patrol in Anaheim,
Calif., her older son James, 25,
was killed when his pickup
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trol saicl Robinson was charged
with drunken driving and fel
ony manslaughter.
Mrs. Downing said James’
death has strengthened her re
solve to fight drunken driving
through MADD.
“This has got to come to a
halt. I’ve got two other kids and
grandkids and I don’t want
them hurt,” she said.
Downing had visited James,
sobbed. “He knows whatitii
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about how people suffer.!
has been there several times,’
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problems to overcome.
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to fight these things,” shesti
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