Wednesday, June 12, 1985/The Battalion/Page 3
Humidify brings out pests
Fleas infesting B-CS
Slouch
By Jim Earle
By AMY NETTERVILLE
Reporter
|| Homes, apartment complexes,
hotels and department stores in
Bryan-College Station all have some
thing in common this summer.
§| Fleas.
■ Since late April, the Bryan—Col
lege Station area has had an abnor
mally large outbreak of fleas, and it
• seems to be af fecting more than just
the usual pet owners.
B Jerry Clark, an entomologist at
Herwald Pest Control, said the
abundance of moisture and humid
ity this spring has made conditions
ideal for a large population of fleas
to breed.
■ “This problem started around the
end of April and the last six weeks
we’ve gotten around 20 to 30 calls a
day,” he said. “It’s affecting every
one and it’s been a big problem com
pared to the past two summers.
■ “We have even had calls from va-
Itious hotels and department stores.
Hotels are prone to have them be
cause travelers carry their pets with
them into their rooms.”
Clark said the problem has been
compounded in apartment com
plexes because students are leaving
for the summer and taking their pets
with them.
“People in apartments may not
have had that much of a problem —
as long as their animals were there,
there was something for the fleas to
jump back on,” he said. “But when
they take the animal away and walk
in a few weeks later, they’ll (apart
ment residents) be covered with
fleas.”
Dr. Neil Van Stavern, veterinar
ian at Van Stavern Animal Hospital,
said that at least 75 percent to 80
percent of the animals he has seen
since the end of April have had flea-
induced problems.
“I feel one reason our area has
such a flea problem is that the insec
ticides used for years around here
are not doing the job anymore,” he
said. “Whether or not the fleas be
come resistant to the insecticides,
I’m not sure, but they don’t work
like they used to.”
Van Stavern said there are three
steps to take in trying to eliminate
fleas from pets, as well as the house
hold:
• Wash animals thoroughly with
flea shampoo or soap to kill all adult
fleas and eggs on the animal.
• On the same day, exterminate
the house, making sure it is totally
purged of adult fleas. Nothing will
kill the flea eggs, so before extermi
nating, be sure to vacuum all carpets
and rugs or have them steam
cleaned.
• At the same time, every area of
the yard — especially those the ani
mals like to frequent — should be
sprayed.
Each of these steps should be re
peated every 10 to 14 days.
“A person shouldn’t get discoura
ged,” Clark said. “The problem can
be controlled, but it’s something
that’s going to have to be done seve
ral times.”
“Have you seen my electric fan?"
Dying state agency sued for ‘quitting on the job’
Associated Press
I AUSTIN — A state agency is l e-
ing sued in the Texas Supreme
Court for ceasing to perform a job
that vanishes on August 31.
■ The Texas Hospital Association is
charging the Texas Health Facilities
Commission with imposing an unof
ficial summer-long moratorium on
hospital construction and major pur-
Correction
Two people were incorrectly
ientified in pictures in Tues-
•ay’s Battalion.
A picture of David Eller, chair-
ian of the Texas A&M board of
egems, mistakenly was ’placed
vith a story about a new system to
-'Tease building safety' during
es. Eller was identified as Dr.
ry Crosse, an A&M building
struction professor.
A picture of Crosse was placed
"ith an article about Eller’s recent
ppoimmem to the board of
rustees of the Baylor College of
fedirine, and Grosse was incor-
ly identified as Eller.
chases.
Legislators last month decided to
do away with the commission on
Aug. 31, the end of the current fiscal
year. Until then, however, state law
still requires hospitals and nursing
homes to obtain a certificate of need
from the agency to build, expand or
purchase expensive new equipment.
But as the commission begins
winding down, it has been dismiss
ing all applications for the certifi
cates, the suit alleges.
John Neel, the commission attor
ney, said about 300 applications
were pending when the Legislature
decided to dispose of the commis
sion.
“Even if we had a full complement
of staff, which we don’t because
we’ve already started losing people,
not all those applications could have
been processed ... as of Aug. 31,”
Neel said.
O. Ray Hurst, president of the
hospital group, said some facilities
can’t wait until the commission dies
to get on with their expansion plans.
“A 90-day delay is costing some
body, somewhere a bunch of
money,” he said. “The consumer is
going to pay for it.”
One of the pending applications
described in the lawsuit is that of a
Mission hospital that wants to con
struct a new building.
Another application is for a San
Antonio hospital that wants to per
form open-heart surgery.
A&M scientists go to study sea turtles
By TERI BALOG
Reporter
A group of Texas A&M scientists
left for Australia’s coast Tuesday to
study the effects of hormone levels
on sea tut ties.
Led by Dr. David Owens, who has
researched that coast since 1978, the
A&M scientists will study the role of
hormones in controlling migration,
courtship, mating and other sea tur
tle behavior at the Heron Island Na
tional Marine Park in Queensland.
Diana Comuzzie, an A&M grad
uate student joining the research
team in August, said Heron Island is
an area where the entire migratory
process of the sea turtle is apparent.
“Australia is the only place where
both ends are known,” she said. “We
know where they come from, where
they fe’ed along the way and where
they nest.”
Comuzzie explained that since the
environment is constant, a behav
ioral change in the turtles can be di
rectly attributed to hormone
changes. Blood samples must then
be taken to measure the turtles’ hor
mone levels.
Once a turtle is spotted, research
ers jump into the water near the tur
tle, pull up on itS shell and press
down on its feet to prevent the rep
tile from diving.
“A blood sample is taken and
sonic devices used to track the turtle
are applied,” Comuzzie said.
From September through Decem
ber, blood samples will be drawn
from the turtles during certain peri
ods such as mating and nesting, she
said.
The reptiles migrate every two to
three years. For the migration, tur
tles store large supplies of fat before
they swim to the beaches, then mate
offshore and nest, she said.
“The turtles swim to the same
beaches every migration, then possi
bly by a chemical imprintation, they
can return to specific areas by
smell," Comuzzie said.
“This is where a constant environ
ment is beneficial,” she said.
“Changes in their patterns may be
related to hormone levels.”
The females have up to 400 eggs
in one nest, or clutch. Within 60 days
of laying the first dutch, the female
buries a second clutch. Turtles can
lay six clutches.
Although research has shown a
correlation between hormone levels,
day lengths and migration in other
animals, Comuzzie said she thinks
this research will help in specifically
understanding the migration of the
sea turtle.
Fort Worth man
nominee for
U.S, attorney
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Marvin Col
lins, a Fort Worth prosecutor who
says he plans to concentrate on the
“burgeoning” drug problem, was
nominated by Sen. Phil Gramm on
Tuesday to be U.S. attorney for the
Northern District of Texas.
Collins, 42, replaces James Rolfe,
who is not seeking reappointment to
the four-year job. He has been an as
sistant Tarrant County district attor
ney in charge of the office’s civil divi
sion and county legal adviser since
1983.
Rolfe created a stir last month —
after he said he would not seek reap
pointment — when he wrote a letter
to a federal judge in Washington
seeking leniency for his friend, Dal
las stockbroker Billy Bob Harris,
who had pleaded guilty to charges
connected with an insider trading
scheme.
At a news conference in Gramm’s
office, Collins declined to talk specif
ically about the Rolfe letter, which
was disavowed by Justice Depart
ment officials.
“The ethical standards in our of
fice will be high,” is all Collins would
say about the matter, but when
asked if he would ever send a letter
to a judge on a case, Collins said,
“Probably not on behalf of a de
fendant.”
Gramm said Collins would take
office on Monday as an interim ap
pointee approved by the federal
judges in the district, which covers
100 Northwest Texas counties and
includes Dallas, Fort Worth, Lub
bock, Amarillo, Abilene, San Angelo
and Wichita Falls.
Gramm’s nomination of Collins
now goes to the White House and
then through Senate confirmation
proceedings.
Collins said one of his first priori
ties in the office will be to increase
cooperation between state and fed
eral law enforcement agencies, espe
cially in the area of drug trafficking
in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
He does not want the office to let
up on prosecution of “white collar”
crimes, like that involving Harris,
who pleaded guilty along with for
mer Deputy Secretary of Defense
Paul Thayer.
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Ll ayrplaiS anuone
who can make a living
toe-dancing or'pounding
elephant teeth.
Mr. Twain admired few things more than a well-turned note
or dance. His special brand of wit and satire highlights the
1985-86 season of the Opera & Performing Arts Society of
Texas A&M.
Hal Holbrook’s famous one-man presentation “Mark Twain Tonight” is just one of eight
magical performances the Opera & Performing Arts Society (MSC OPAS) will bring to
Bryan-College Station for the 1985-86 season. Several may be available only to season ticket
holders.
Each brings its own magic to Texas A&M’s Rudder Auditorium. Make this the year you
experience the magic of MSC OPAS. This year make the magic yours.
The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra September 12, 1985
"Leonard SI at kin and his Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra must he considered major forces on the American muscial
scene. "—Karen Monson, Chicago magazine.
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center October 8, 1985
"The musical success story of the generation! ’’—Harold Schonberg, the new vork times.
Hubbard Street Dance Company November 14, 1985
"...the cat’s pajamas, the bee’s knees, the fastest gun in the West, the sexiest gal in town...groovy, dreamy, peachy,
perfect o... ’’—Richard Christiansen, Chicago tribune.
Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain Tonight! January 29, 1986
Mr. Holbrook has breathed life into Mr. Twain in this one-man show for almost 30 years. His skill at becoming the beloved
story-teller of A merica ’s youth is uncanny. He is Twain. Through him relive the wonder of one of America’s great writers and
humanists.
The Vienna Choir Boys February 11, 1986
"Above and beyond the musical virtues of this group...they put on a heckuva good show.’’—John Schuster-Craig,
LOUISVILLE TIMES.
Young Uck Kim, Violinist February 21, 1986
"...Kim’s real glory is the sound he produces: an individual voice, plangent and expressive. ’ ’— los angeles times.
Katia and Marielle Labeque, Piano Duet March 27, 1986
"Far and away the most exciting two-piano team before the listening public today. los angeles times.
The Houston Ballet performing “Peer Gynt” April 9, 1986
"...fine dancers, spirited, unashamedly popular, and very good at providing the sort of ballet a big public wants to
see. ’’—John Percival, the London times.
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