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- Friday, September 5, 1986AThe Battalion/Page 5B Discarded doors, stones often used ik (l 'op s in ^ ^ 1( l< - rson saj(j J P in the fan, "R of pro(|„ ( l ate. ^nmerswilUj (| anting ba (1 lizers and fieri »t buying n t , ihings—ifj jp for anoi liis words, pends tlieii iplv with Eatery expands one nail at a time ui. don's agr at it as a £ id ii has t not in the source of ivernmen John Da is (athe, hree \ ea ■ ODESSA (AP) — Ronnie Lewis, B-year-old proprietor of Dos Ami gos restaurant, beer garden and bull Big, admits he’s sometimes compul sive about expanding his business. ■ One afternoon, while contemplat ing an empty house on his property, he decided it would make a good ex tra bar. H "1 went and got my crow bar and a Bdgehapnmer, and 1 said, ‘Yeah, we ■ndo it — we got three days,’ ” Le wis said, referring to preparations ■r the second annual C.C. Hutton dnvitational Bull Ride in June, head- Hied by Eddy Raven. Hutton is Le ins'silent partner. ■ Contractor Mike Pool said, "We were through three hours before Idirtain time, weren’t we? Eddie Ra ven was here on Saturday night, and we were still pounding nails Satur day afternoon. We squeezed it all in.” Due to the time limit, though, Le wis was forced to use some new materials. That was a first for Dos Amigos, which has been built from the ground up with discarded win dows, doors, stones and bricks. “The things in this place came from all over town, ail over the coun- try,” Pool said. Dos Amigos got started with the 1982 purchase of property that had servea as a horse barn for 20 years. Lewis had been in construction busi ness for 10 years prior to the pur chase. “In March, we started shoveling out the manure,” he said. “1 lived in the bar while we were building this place. This is where we dropped.” The place had a magic even then, Lewis contends. Quite a bit of the “antique junk” found on the property was incorpo rated into the West Texas decor. Also decorating the interior is a vast assortment of business cards tacked to the walls and ceiling. “Some of these have been here since day one,” Lewis said. “Some people have three or four different cards up there.” One card is from Singapore. “You look around, and you can find cards from anywhere,” he said. “Midland, Kermit, England, France.” Five months ago, Lewis moved tcp. ght Overland, he plane la i a big cro' n to get sou at rushing:, tem wiihg* vas put in tfit j ergave him; d one in hi j nbdLtaclJ out the High in 1985,sa'' ht across tk (v,is likeihrtt that Rodgft »ft he car' 1 ..’ ic air. Wl ie was to Ip the turna» in my in' everyone» Backyard is Navratilova’s playground FORT WORTH (AP) — When you’re a profes sional athlete, you take the game seriously. So when you’re not competing, it’s nice to have a place where you can really play. Tennis champion Martina Navratilova finds such a place in her own back yard. When she returns from winning at Wimbledon or Prague, she retreats to the small, enclosed yard of her Fori Worth town- house for relaxation and recreation. T he swimming pool provides options for aquatic sport: a water slide winds down from the balcony and a basketball goal hovers just above the water. A neon palm tree on the wall of the house and a canvas privacy screen with a palm tree motif introduce a playf ul decorative note. “I wanted it to be a little different from what ev erybody else has, something special,” Navratilova said. To achieve such an end, she and companion Judy Nelson hired Alan Richardson, of Richardson-YVhit- neyand Associates, to plan the landscape. They gave him a free hand, directing him only to include an abundance of flowering plants. "I don’t like just green things,” Navratilova said. “1 really like to see flowers.” Richardson said, “When I got here, I found a very uninteresting back yard — a rectangle.” Brick walls and absence of shade c reated a harsh environment, uninviting to people or plants. Plantings were chosen to soften the yard’s severe lines, add color and establish a theme. “Martina is primarily home during the summer months, so we wanted to take advantage of the Texas heat,” Richardson said. Thus a tropical motif was chosen. “Texas will afford that almost six months out of the year,” he said. Elephant ears, banana trees and pink and green caladiums line one end of the pool, below the canvas screen. Along the adjoining wall are bougainvilea in big pots, hibiscus and pink crape myrtle. Shallow bowls of verbena, purslane, geraniums and periwinkles provide additional color, as does the jackobean vine when its purple blossoms drape the wall in autumn. Strawberry plants serve as a gound covering as well as of fering fruit. The intense colors of the flowering plants are un derscored by black and white accents. The water slide is high-gloss black enamel on the outside and white inside. Palm leaves are outlined in black on the white canvas screen, supported by black and white fi berglass trunks. The basketball goal at the other end of the pool likewise is supported by a palm tree “trunk.” The screen, trunks, goal and slide were designed and made by Fort Worth carpenter and artist Ron Mackey. On a second-story wall overlooking the pool, neon palm trees created by Fort Worth artist Frida Blu- menburg cast a warm glow. They, too, boast fiberg lass trunks by Mackey. “1 really (ike it at night,” Navratilova said. “It’s really beautiful.” Navratilova is the first to acknowledge the respite this oasis affords in a world normally aswirl with travel, competition and fans. “It’s a very, very relaxing place for me,” she said. “It’s one way to get away from it all.” ■oicrTir i< 3 ,V 3$ j 4 , Even today, there are still a few students who don’t have an HP calculator. «• ;* ; * » , * W -x i * :■* & i ■»> W y •f-i f* M- m- ■ . ^ & % *; % X & :* m *?: | •iW •- w '•£ > .y, fWs VV . :x xv -.'yi •?t-: »•>, ' m « f. »>: ••• “ ' : » '** . V\ V -: >■ v.Ts Tc. :; ; .A " ; .", V ' % ••• • x.v M :<■■■ v: y ^ >'A- ^ y . •'% • :■ m y : -T 1 d . ’ ■ I "yv; x Tv, '5.5 •. $ , gv’.rf’v.V. y j.v : te !• > ■ w x tv xt WifeMv W !« •: •:::. :i..y.; ••• ; y ^ v. 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PG12602 bii That’s because there are better than 2500 software packages available for them —more than for any other calculator. There’s even a special plug-in software package (we call it the Advantage Module) that’s designed to handle the specific problems an engineering student has to solve in his, or her, course work. No wonder professionals in engineering and the physical sciences widely regard HP calculators as the best you can get. So check one out. Then, when your mother calls to ask if you’re getting enough sleep, you won’t have to lie. By the way, if you want more information, just give us a call at 800-FOR-HPPC. Ask for Dept.658C. HEWLETT mP/HM PACKARD m into yet another house next door to Dos Amigos. He lives there and shares the yard with his pets. Lewis now owns 17 lots in the neighbor hood. The restaurant did begin as a res taurant, featuring the first fajitas ever served in Ector or Midland counties, Lewis claims. Since then, the menu has expanded, most re cently to include soft chicken tacos. Also expanding is the range of en tertainment offered at the establish- Bull riding draws about 400 peo ple every other Sunday. Austin bands such as Joe Ely, Omar and the Howlers and the Tail Gators draw even more. The first bull ride was held in 1983 by Bad Company Rodeo. The last major physical expansion took place at the same time that the old house was converted to a bar. A larger stage was built to accommo date bands, and the Cowboy Club grew. “That was the biggest move we ever made in one time,” Pool said. “It took two solid weeks and 600 beers. That’s how many beers we had on the tab. Some of it was trade out for beer and fajitas, just what ever. Some of it’s been real money even. He usually feeds us.” Even now, “We’re scheming what we can drag in and weld together,” Pool said. How is Dos Amigos able to ex pand when other businesses are going under? “The food, entertainment and beer, it’s been affected, but you can still come in here and drink two beers and have a fajita and spend less than $5. Some people come just to see it,” said Lewis, who employes five full-time people and hires two or three part-time bartenders dur ing special events. “Dos Amigos could be in trouble,” Lewis said. “It’s a day to day deal. Success is getting to work in the morning. “I feel it’s a success to be here from where I was, but I’m not a wealthy person. I haven’t had a vaca tion in 1 don’t know how long. And I don’t jump up and go to the horse races or go to the lake.” The saga of Dos Amigos isn’t over yet. “We’re going to have two stories all the way around,” Pool said, “one board and one nail at a time. It’s all going to take 100 years.” ITS) J COPY & TYPING SERVICE 105 College Main Right Behind Loupot's 846-6486 • Copying a copy (thur Sept. 30,1986) • Typing-Dissertations • Thesis • Term Papers • Essays • Job Winning Resumes • Printing-Fiyers • Posters • Brochures THEA&M UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SERVING Tx. Aggies for 64 years Bob Waters-Sr. Minister Ed Barlow-Minister of Evangelism Bob Shield-Associate Minister • Worship Service 9am & 11 am-Sun • Sunday School class 9:50am • Bible Study & Sunday night Vespers at Wesley Found. (Meth. Student Center) across the street from church. 417 UNIV. 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