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7 children trapped,
killed in El Campo fire
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the Williams house had been nailed
shut, leaving no escape routes.
There was no explanation for it,
but temperatures in the area had
been cold recently.
Myers said the investigation indi
cates the fire started near the front
door where a kerosene heater was
found to contain a foreign sub
stance, possibly paper or cloth.
“It looks like maybe the kids
might have been playing or some
thing, and stuck something in there,
and the fire got outside the heater
and possibly on the floor there,” My
ers said.
Elliott said no charges had been
filed in the case.
District Attorney Danny Shindler
said, “We’re certainly looking at the
possibility of presenting information
to a grand jury.”
He said that will depend on what
the police and fire investigators find.
Killed were Monica Williams, 8;
Jeremy Williams, 7; Veronica Wil
liams, 6; Jason Williams, 3; Claressa
Williams, 9 months; Demetris John
son, 3; and Nathan Johnson, who
would have been 2 months old Fri
day.
Williams also has a 10-year-old
son, Xavier, who was staying with his
grandmother at the time of the fire,
officials said.
Myers said firefighters found the
bodies of five children in the front
room and two more in the back
room.
He said El Campo authorities
would be aided by the state fire
marshal’s office in Corpus Christi.
Wharton County Sheriffs deputy
Ricky Miller noticed smoke coming
from the house during a routine pa
trol and alerted firemen.
Larry Carter, 20, said he was
awakened by what sounded like two
small explosions and his uncle,
Curry Long, told him, “Jackie’s
house is on fire and the kids are in
there.”
Carter, whose home is located be
hind the Williatns’ house, said he ran
to the burning house but could not
get inside to help the children.
“I tried to help but they kept tell
ing me to get back,” Carter said.
Carter said he thought the explo
sions came from kerosine heaters
used to heat the home.
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with her life has been worthwhile.
“I’ve had children for up to four
years at a time before they go off to
nursery school or kindergarten.” she
says. “I had six that grew up to
gether, and we still keep in touch. I
not only got to see ... all those things
parents want to see, but I also see
other people’s children in the same
stages.”
Debby Swick of Bryan says a regis
tered home allows her to be mater
nal during the day, but she doesn’t
have to deal with the sleepless nights
of actual parenthood.
“I’ve been taking in children for
3*/2 years and have two children of
my own,” Swick says. “I have no de
sire to have any more babies, but this
way I can still get that maternal feel
ing with young children during the
day.
“Sometimes you do feel your san
ity slipping away, but I’ll stay with it
for at least three more years. I
blended into day care slowly — part
time — but unless you do it full time,
it’s hard to get the most out of the
business.”
Both Swick and Palasota say the
schedule for the children in their
homes is not a set one like those of
licensed day care centers. Super
vised play is the usual activity.
“There is no real structure,” Pala
sota says, “it’s just a home.
“Day care centers have more of a
school-type atmosphere, but I think
it’s less personal with 10 to 15 chil
dren per person.
“In a center, there has to be struc
ture. With as many kids as they have,
the staff has to keep them busy. And
some parents want that early stuc-
ture where kids can learn their
ABCs and their numbers. I worry
that once they get into kindergarten
with all that knowledge already,
they’ll be thoroughly bored.
“Still, there is more security for
the parents, leaving their child in a
center. They feel more secure with
trained personnel and a licensed fa
cility. And it is good for parents to be
Ways to celebrate Valentine's Day change
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universal, the custom of Valentine’s
Day evokes a different picture in ev
eryone’s mind.
Jeanne Ferris, a sophomore from
Harlingen, said she thinks of Valen
tine’s Day as “a special day to tell
your special someone that they are
special — to let him know I’m think
ing of him.”
Money, or lack of it, seems an
ever-occuring problem for college
students. The nigh cost of flowers
and other traditional Valentine’s
gifts forces some students to be crea
tive.
Michael Miesch, a senior from Ir
ving, said, “Originality stems from
poverty.”
He said last year he got out his
trusty construction paper and his
crayons and made a card. In it he
wrote his “special someone” a poem.
Not everyone is quite as creative,
and many people stick with the
trusty store-bought card.
Brad Weir, a senior from Dallas,
said he feels cards are a “good
thing.”
“These pieces of paper tend to
make people’s days - they make
mine,” he said. “Valentine’s Day is a
really cool day for people who have
someone special, but how unbelie
vably depressing for those who have
no one.”
Three traditional gifts — flowers,
candy and cards — still continue to
be sent to loved-ones.
Local florists say Feb. 14 is their
biggest day of the year. Roses are
still the hottest selling love tokens,
but once the roses are gone the des
perate lovelorn will settle for just
about any cut flower.
The florists also said that Texas
A&M students send a large number
of green plants to grandparents and
parents.
Another big-selling item is the
stuffed animal. The selection ranges
from the plain doll, to those bearing
hearts and sayings such as “I love
you.”
In recent years, along with chang
ing attitudes and a new balancing of
sex roles, the list of not-so-tradi-
tional gifts has grown.
Department stores and gift shops
carry a variety of gifts from choco
late-covered golf balls to boxer
shorts covered in hearts.
Susan O’Leary, a junior from
Houston, said she feels it’s hard for
women to find something to send to
men.
“What can you really buy a guy?”
she said. “Underwear with hearts, or
maybe make him heart-shaped coo
kies.”
Whatever the gift, the thought is
still one of love, caring and usually
even romance.
“I think Valentine’s Day reminds
us that romance still lives in our fast,
callous world,” Weir commented.
With the right amount of money,
and time, what would be the perfect
Valentine’s date?
Libby Schimmer, a senior from
Dallas, said she’d spend it in a cabin
in Colorado.
Miesch said he would drive to the
coast and drink champagne.
Do lovers do such romantic things
on Feb. 14? That remains between
the lovers.
No matter the reason, the gift or
the reaction, maybe we should all
take a lesson in thinking from Steve
Ablard, a junior from Houston.
He said he feels Valentine’s Day,
like Mother’s Day, is stupid.
“Why one day of the year? If you
love someone you should let them
know everyday.”
cautious. Regarding rcgisiti
homes, I’d advise them toalwafl
for references and be sure ofi
decision.”
Muneer Hyder, director of
Kiddie Castle day care centers.9
that from her experience,diife
are less disciplined when thev
to her day care centers from itj
tered homes. And aside froir,
discipline, Hyder says, centers^
have much more to offer.
But whatever the decision
Carol Eubanks of the Humanll
sources Department, the impo
thing to remember is the safetva
well-being of the children. Th
says, is always the priority.
Judge denies
bond to 4
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but it had not been filed wilhc
Federal Aviation Administratii
authorities said.
Mershan, 45, of Miami, 6
told authorities he was a to;
mandant for Eastern Airlines*
then said he was a pilot.
Others arrestee! were idee
fied as Douglas R. Carro, 31,
Palm Springs, Calif; Juan Jos
Morales-Andrade, 29, of Gutf
mala City; and Jorge Aristizabl
Archila, 28, of Bogota, Colomkii
Celestino R. Vargas, a speffl
agent of the Bureau of Alcolid
Tobacco and Firearms in Coif'
Christi, testified that the me:
were en route to Colombialopid
up a load of cocaine.
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lombia and instructed tog(
United States and guidesontep
lots to Colombia. Aristizabal fie*
into Miami earlier this monthan!
eventually was introduced
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meh then flew to California,
with Carro at Cairo’s homeaff
studied maps of Colombia a#
the best way to get in andouif
the country and avoid detection
the agent testified.
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