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Page 4/The Battalion/Monday, Movember 12, 1984
Youth leader profits from
By LINDA SCARMARDO
Reporter
College and high school students
constantly walk in and out of John
Clifford’s in-home office. Peering
from behind his desk, Clifford looks
like any other businessman out to
make a profit. But he is a different
kind of businessman.
His profit is in helping area high
school and junior high school stu
dents cope with today’s world, some
thing he does with the help of Texas
A&M students.
Clifford is the area director for
Brazos Valley Young Life.
Young Life is a non-profit reli
gious organization. Through Young
Life, A&M students, under (Mil
ford’s direction, interact with high
school and junior high school stu
dents from Bryan, College Station,
Navasota and Snook.
“I’m in Young Life because I be
lieve every kid has the right to hear
about the gospel of Jesus Christ in
an exciting way and have it lived out
for them by people who care about
them,” Clifford said. “That is our
n amber one goal and overriding
purpose.”
Clifford’s responsibilities as area
director are numerous.
Clifford said he is primarily re
sponsible for training volunteer
leaders from A&M. He also is in
charge of recruiting and overseeing
the content of what goes on in area
Young Life clubs.
He must tend to administrative
duties as well as “creating and dis
covering other ways to reach kids,”
he said.
When Clifford came to Bryan-
College Station in 1979, 20 volun
teer leaders from A&M worked with
area youth. Today 57 volunteer
leaders are involved in the Young
Life program.
“Young Life here is unique in that
we rely mostly on A&M students as
leaders,” Clifford said. Other areas,
including college towns, use young
adults in their communities, he said.
“They can’t seem to get the com
mittment (from college students).
Texas A&M students seem to be
more serious and dedicated. We
have an excellent group of com
mitted A&M leaders who put in 10-
25 hours a week to help kids,” he
said.
Clifford said he would like to
equip A&M students for a lifetime of
ministry.
“Because of A&M and the people
it draws, we have the chance to affect
a lot of people,” he said.
Clifford said Young Life can help
young people through examples and
by giving them alternatives.
“High school and junior high kids
are given too much responsibility at
a time when they can’t handle it and
as a result, maturity comes later in li
fe,” Clifford said. “Their input for
decision making is coming from tele
vision and movies.
“This is giving them false direc
tion. They (television and movies)
show that it’s normal to live with
people before marriage, be di
vorced, or shoot people out of an
ger. Young Life combats this by liv
ing in a diseased world without the
disease.”
Clifford’s involvement in Young
Life began as a high school junior.
“All of my friends were going (to
Young Life club),” he said. “They
said it would be a big party and a
dance, and that all the girls would be
there. They lied.”
Since that beginning, Clifford has
been involved as a Young Life club
member, youth volunteer and staff
member for 19 years.
Clifford says when he came to
Bryan-College Station, Young Life
was in four schools and had 150-200
members.
Today in the Brazos Valley area,
Oil slick threatens California
United Press International
BODEGA BAY, Calif. — Crews
worked behind 2,000 feet of boom
stretched across the harbor mouth
Sunday in a battle to clean up an oil
spill killing seabirds and threatening
“the most extensive aquaculture fa
cility on the West Coast.”
The spill came from the stern sec
tion of the tanker Puerto Rican,
which was hit by explosion and Lire
after it sailed out San Francisco Bay
Oct. 31 and broke apart during a
savage storm four days later.
Three skimming vessels operating
in the harbor have so far sucked up
about 1 (),()()() gallons of the oil, most
of it of the light lubricating variety,
said Coast Guard Chief Warrant Of
ficer Dale Puckett.
Swells off the coast were running
at 10 feet Sunday with winds up to
23 mph, making work offshore im
possible, he said.
Crews, including volunteers,
worked to keep the yellow-colored
oil from reaching the Bodega Ma
rine Laboratory, Refuge and Re
serve of the University of California.
Laboratory manager Paul Siri said
the 425-acre habitat was “the most
extensive aquaculture facility on the
West Coast” and was in danger of
being ruined.
A multimillion-dollar system that
treats seawater used in research was
invaded by the oil, threatening the
work of 100 graduate students, Siri
said.
The 105,000 gallon spill killed
scores of birds and coated hundreds
of others as it moved north from the
stern that sank in 2400 feet of water
off San Francisco.
Patches of oil were scattered along
the coast, including Point Reyes and
Tomales Bay and the mouth of the
Russian River, an area 50 miles
north of San Francisco.
“We found 130 dead birds around
Bodega Bay and took scores more
that were covered with oil to a clean
ing station,” said Peter Connors, a
research ecologist at the laboratory.
Officials at the cleaning station lo
cated at an old Army fort estimated
438 birds have been brought in for
caring
Young Life is in seven schoolsanj
has 300-370 members.
Clifford and his volunteer leaden
conduct weekly club meetings ie
area homes. Clifford said opportimi
ties are provided for dub merabeti
to go on ski trips, summer trips,and
weekend trips.
One difficulty Young Life in
area faces is the need for "neuni
spots for kids to meet,” Cliffordsaid
“We are growing out of homesj
(A&M) Consolidated and Brjaa
High School and Snook needs
place to meet. We also need five®
six leaders for junior high schools.’
Young Life was incorporatedii
Dallas in 1941; It is active in all j|
states and in 17 foreign countris
including Africa, Australia, Ea
gland, Korea, France and Peru.
“The foreign clubs change tlit
ministry to fit each countries’ w
toms and lifestyles,” Cliffordsaid.
Before coming to Bryan-Collejt
Station, Clifford said he workedasi
Young Life staff member for low
years in Corpus Christi and inOkli
noma.
Clif ford has a bachelor’s degreeii
education from the University of
Oklahoma and is working on a mas
ter’s f rom Fuller Seminary.
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This week only, any dinner on our menu, $3.45.
When we served our first Mexican dinners,
it was to the tune of I Like Ike, 1 Love Lucy,
bobby sox, Hernando’s Hideaway, and small
change in the till. In those days you could
see a movie for a quarter, sip coffee for a
dime, and crack a jawbreaker for a penny.
Since then, restaurants have come
and gone as Monterey House grew and
grew. Some priced themselves out of busi
ness. Others let their quality slide. But here
at Monterey House, we lived and worked
with a motto: to serve the finest in Mexican
food with the highest quality for the lowest
possible price.
It must have agreed with people be
cause here we are today. Thirty years later
and 75 locations strong. To thank you for
your loyal patronage, we’d like you to help
us celebrate our festive anniversary by
taking you back to the beginnings. When
a great Monterey House Mexican dinner
cost just $3.45.
For one week, November 11 through
18, we’ll be serving all the dinners on our
menu from Fantastic Fajitas to our famous
Monterey Dinner for just $3.45.
So buff up your penny loafers and
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bration. For one week only we’re turning the
clock back to the ’50s on price while keep
ing it set for the ’80s on quality.
It’s a great way to discover why so
many people feel at home at Monterey
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