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State and Local
grants $694,000 to Easterwood
Local airport to extend runway
By JENS B. KOEPKE
d ' \ ■ Staff Writer
fll Easterwood Airport has been
U granted an additional $694,090 for
J 'airport improvements by the Fed-
•vi ^ l|al Aviation Agency, U.S. Rep. Joe
Rrton announced at a news confer
ence Friday.
• ^“BThis funding, together with an
earlier $722,488 grant, brings the to-
^ tal federal contribution to the pro-
I jeci to $1.4 million.
■ Barton said he expects the airport
to get another $700,000 from the
FA A in fiscal 1986.
..■The funds were taken from a ded-
> icated trust fund and must be spent
on airport improvement projects.
jThe $694,090 will be applied to
ward the $6.4 million contract for
prport improvements awarded in
nril by the Board of Regents to a
Waco construction firm.
BThe improvements include ex
tending the north-south runway
from 5,200 feet to 7,000 feet.
Charles Cargill, Texas A&M vice
^j^president for operations, said the
ittdFtm:, Rnway is being extended to accom
modate larger aircraft and should be
-Ifeadv in February or March 1986.
■The runway extension is part of
the $24 million master plan for im
provements at Easterwood.
“It’s a great pleasure to receive
this official notification and the
money,” A&M President Frank Van
diver told Barton. “You and Sen.
Gramm have done marvelous work
for us.”
Barton told representatives from
Bryan, College Station, the Chamber
of Commerce and the University
that their efforts were instrumental
in securing the added funding.
“This (airport improvement) is a
very vital part of any future growth
of the area,” he said.
Local governments have contrib
uted $230,000 for improvements
over the past five years.
“We in the city of Bryan feel that
the contributions that we make to
this airport are not a contribution,
but an investment,” Bryan Mayor
Marvin Tate said.
In a question-and-answer session
following the announcement, Bar
ton confirmed that American Eagle
Airlines will be serving this area as
soon as the new runway is com
pleted.
Cargill said the airline will make a
public announcement on Oct. 2.
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University President Frank E. Vandiver (left) thanks Rep. Joe Bar
ton for announcing the funding increase for the Easterwood Air
port.
ggieland Cat Fancier's club becomes reality
By PAULA SAYRE
Reporter
—Jornish Rex, Champange Bur-
nasloriiBs e( American Shortnair, Maine
netoalifijon, Rat; Doll, Siamese, Russian
nd coi Blue, Persian ... if any of these
ell-beil.lames sound familiar, the newly
Sp t formed Aggieland Cat Fancier’s club
•i L may be the place for you.
, ^feonnie Schaeffer, the club’s orga-
15 a ^’jiizer, has been showing cats for nine
■rs. When she transferred to
p 0ven ,ftocas A&M three years ago, she be-
pi io think about starting a cat club
. ,, m (lie Bryan-College Station area.
mcall).SBjy ie p r i mar y goals of the club are
health tosponsor and promote all breeds of
ovide cats, create friendships, improve
eds, promote kindness to all ani-
ils and hold cat shows, Schaeffer
think we’ll probably have a
re active club than most,” she
“I’d like to have 50 members.
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That would be ideal, because putting
on a show takes a lot of work.
“We’re trying to get members that
are not only breeders, but also peo
ple that just have cats,” Schaeffer
says. “Or even people that are down
here for school that don’t have their
cat here but would be interested in
getting to know more about cats and
helping with the cat shows.”
A cat show would be good for the
community and the veterinary
school because most people have
never seen the different breeds,
Schaffer says.
The club’s cat show is scheduled
for March 8-9. Entry fees run close
to $40 a weekend for a purebred cat,
but for those who want to show their
household pets, the fee will be some
where between $7.50 and $10, she
says. Household pets are welcome at
the cat show, as long as they are free
of fleas and ear mites and have had
their vaccinations, Schaeffer says.
“Some of the clubs seem to ignore
the household pet, and that’s where
you’re going to get your support,”
Schaeffer says. “It’s usually your
people that havejust household cats,
just cat cats, that end up buying the
purebred cats later, at some point or
another.”
It’s difficult, though, for renters
to have cats because most complexes
want as much as $150 deposit for
each pet owned, Schaeffer says.
“We might be able to convince
some people, like the apartment
owners, that there are such things as
responsible pet owners,” Schaeffer
says, “I know they have a lot of trou
ble, and I don’t blame them really,
but there are some people that are
responsible pet owners and I think
they should be treated as such.”
The club is also concerned with
cat health and population control.
“One wives’ tale is that cats can’t
get rabies,” Schaeffer says, “They
can get rabies just like any other
warm-blooded animal.”
She also says many people think
cats don’t need vaccinations because
the cat can take care of itself, which
Schaeffer says isn’t true.
“A lot of people think, ‘Well, we
want to have one litter for our kids
to watch,’ or something,” she says.
“Well, you may be able to find a
home for all those kittens and spade
your cat and everything’s fine and
dandy, but how can you guarantee
that each of these kittens will be
spayed and their kittens down the
line?
“It doesn’t take long for you to
have one cat that had one litter end
up three years down the line with
300 cats just because they decided
they’d breed their cat one time.”
The club will help dispel these
common beliefs by inviting veteri
narians to speak at club meetings
about cat care, Schaeffer says.
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