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Page 8/The Battalion/Wednesday, January 29, 1986
Education leaders
deliver pep talks
to school officials
Spring Rush
Smokeout at Zephyr’s
Today 5-7
Friday Jan. 31 8:31 Open
*Tuesday Feb. 4 5:00 House Dinner
*Thursday Feb. 6 8:31 Invitation
All Parties at the
TKE House
TKE House
Texas Ave.
Parker
For more information call:
Stacy Byrd Stepen Parker Andrew Triolo
764-0744 764-9155 764-7531
*By invitation only
Associated Press
AUSTIN — Two state education
leaders gave school administrators
pep talks Tuesday, with State Educa
tion Commissioner W.N. Kirby say
ing there is enough money to pay for
a good educational system in Texas
if the people want it.
Kirby said computer estimates in
dicate that public education will cost
an additional $430 million in 1988-
89, even without increases in teacher
pay.
He said at a Texas Education
Agency conference that much
money would be needed “just to
move the current formulas forward
without doing anything about 22 to
1 (student-teacher ratios), without
doing anything about career ladder
increases or all of the other kinds of
things we’re talking about — not any
kind of salary increases. lust to move
current law forward will take $430
million.”
“And every politician I hear talk
ing about running for election is
talking about no taxes,” he said. “I’ve
not heard anyone so far — have
you? —talking about a tax bill.”
Kirby said although it would be
easy to get pessimistic, the money
needed to get the job done is there.
“This state taxes itself less than
most of the states in the country,” he
said, “and there’s enough money to
do what needs to be done if we put
our priorities in the right place.
“The people of Texas have within
themselves the abilities to have a
good educational system if they want
a good educational system. At least
in terms of the money.
“The money will be there if the
people want it to be there and if the
people really believe in education.
“And I believe that the key to
whether or not people believe in ed
ucation during the next legislative
session is right here in this audience
today.”
Jon Brumley of Fort Worth,
chairman of the State Board of Edu
cation, assured the administrators
that in implementing public school
reforms enacted by the Legislature,
the board had “set the course. Let’s
stay with the course.
“I know some of you from time to
time are tired,” Brumley said. “I see
it when I talk to you. There’s been a
tremendous change.
“But I want you to know that
we’re not going back. . . . We’re
going to succeed, and we’re going to
give children options.”
He added that “if you’re thinking
about retiring early, if you’re think
ing about stopping, rethink it.”
“I know you’re tired,” Brumley
said. “I can understand why you’re
tired. But we’ve got to get the job
done, be a part of that change, be
cause it’s going to happen.”
In Advance
Student Senate to receivf
update on curriculum bi
Members of the Faculty Senate
core curriculum subcommittee
will be at tonight’s Student Senate
meeting to update the Senate on
the subcommittee’s progress.
“They’re (the subcommittee
members) real concerned about
what the average student thinks
about the core curriculum,” said
Jim Cleary, Student Govern
ment’s vice president of academic
affairs.
The Senate also will hear a stu
dent presentation recommending
that an “honor court” be estab
lished to enforce the Aggie code
of honor, which savs “Aggies do
not lie, cheat or steal, nor tolerate
those who do.”
It will include the presentation
of an honor court charter, ,
proposes Student Govern;
help form the court.
The proposal will man
first time a student hastate;
vantage of addressing the St
since the Senate’s Nov.6apj
of a bill providing for the rcj
scheduling of an open forur
sion prior to legislative deba::
Students wishing tospeai
ing open forum must sip
with the presiding officercl
Senate before the meet,
called to order.
No legislation is on thev
agenda.
The meeting will begin a;
p.m. in 204 Harrington
room Building.
McCaw asking for rate hit
The College Station City Coun
cil will hold a special session to
night at 5 p.m. to consider
McCaw Cablevision’s requested
rate hike.
McCaw has requested the rate
increase due to increased expen
ditures in operations and in
creased programming and copy
right costs. Currently, the cost of
receiving the 30-channel family
pack is $13.14 per month. If the
proposed rate hike is accepted,
the cost of cable will increase to
$15.77 per month.
In December the College Sta
tion and Bryan city council! [
a rate consultant to deter
McCaw’s request waswamra
College Station Mayor
Halter said the council wim
the results of the consultar.
port and vote to decide if:
quest will be granted.
“Right now our infonrn:
too insufficient to detenr |
they need the increase,’Hi
said.
Since McCaw began operJ
the cable television systemc:]
1, 1984, they have investecii
million to make improveitid
the system.
Retarded couple doing well togethe
Associated Press
MIDLAND — Jerry and Bonita
Lakey aren’t much different from
any other newly married couple.
Since they began their life to
gether last September, the Midland
newlyweds have shared many of the
same experiences and anxieties —
tangible or intangible — that most
couples encounter during the first
few months of marriage.
Yet, the Lakeys are somewhat dif
ferent — both suffer from varying
degrees of mental retardation.
Jerry, a native of Port Smith, Ark.,
and Bonita, born and reared in Mid
land, met 12 summers ago at a local
swimming pool.
Lakey, 35, says he was quite smit
ten with Bonita from the very begin
ning. But, because he was bashful,
he didn’t know exactly how to act or
what to say.
Mrs. Lakey, 27, echoed the same
sentiments toward her husband.
Nevertheless, Lakey finally pro
posed to Bonita on her 26th birth
day. The couple was married less
that a year later by the bride’s
brother-in-law in Burleson.
“Jerry and Bonita are really very
responsible people,” said Ray Unter-
brink, executive director of the Mid
land Association for Retarded Citi
zens and a close friend of the couple.
“Retardation has never been a sig
nificant problem in their lives."
Still, Unterbrink says the Lakeys
were strongly encouraged to attend
counseling sessions to better prepare
themselves for their life together.
The Lakeys’ parents, who origi
nally feared that the couple was
rushing into marriage, also were in
volved in the topics of discussion
that ranged from finances to sex, he
says.
The result, according to Unter
brink, is that “the two are probably
better prepared for marri
other people.”
Lakey says married life
than I thought.”
Both are totally seifs:
Lakey is an
employee ofD:
Lanes bowl
ng alley. Mill
works for
’ermian Basir;f
Health-Men
al Retardation. |
They also
attend Adult Bel
cation classt
?s at Midland fl
and are acti
t’e members anil
teers at MARC.
Neither o
t he Lakeys bl
the future h<
>ids. They saytbl
to adopt chi
Idren one daytf
right away.”
Fish Camp
Counselor
Applications
Open: Jan 27
Due: Feb 7
Come Join in the Fun
The 4th Bryan-College Static
Straight Shot 10K Road Race
Sunday, Feb. 9,1986
2p.m.
Event: This 10,000 meter (6.21 miles) courseisti
marked, traffic-free and ideal in attempting a'perso
record' or 'just finishing'. Cool temperatures, prevafe
northerly breezes, and a 70-foot descent from start
finish greatly assists participants.
Entry Fee: $7 per runner (nonrefundable and nontransferable) with registration postmarkdeadfc
Monday, Feb. 3 at 5:00 p.m.
Late Fee: $10 per runner will be assessed all applications received Tuesday, Feb. 4 thru Feb |
mail or at pre-race packet pick-up. There will be NO DAY-OF-RACE registration; packet pickupor|
Checks or Money orders payable to:
4th B-CS Eagle/United Way Straight Shot 10K
Highlights: Awards in 12 Male and 10 Female age categories
Special open, masters, wheelchair, and team competition/awards
Plastic rain slickers and logoed tote bags to first 800 entrants
Pre-Race Packet Pick-Up: Friday, February 7, 1986: 6:00 -
9:00 p.m. (EAGLE Conference Room)
Saturday, February 8, 1 986: 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. (EAGLE Confer
ence Room)
SPONSORED BY:
THE EAGLE NEWSPAPER
(EAGLE Newspaper Conference Room....1729 Briarcrest, the b-cs athletic federatioh
Bryan)
Race Day Packet Pick-Up: Sunday, February 9, 1986: 11:30
a.m.-l :30 p.m. (FANNIN SCFHOOL)
(FANNIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOI 501 South Baker, Bryan)
for more information call Rusty Higham
845-3503
BENEFtTTIMtt:
BRAZOS COUNTYAJNITCO WAT
B'wo* Couf*r
United Way
MAIL TO:
4th B-CS Eagle Straight Shot I0K. c/o Bryan-College Station Eagle Newspaper,
P. O. Box 3000, Bryan. Texas 77803
Please Typ« or Print • Make Checks Payable To: 4th B-CS EAGLE/United Way
Straight Shot 10K
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### First 800 entrants receive RAIN SLICKER and LOGOED TOTE BAG ###
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