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v Wednesday, January 16, 1987/The Battalion/Page 3 State and Local S councilman stresses nity, pride for residents >nd hopes for more citizen involement ki By Carol Ellison Reporter my years ago, a new choir di- tOi at Texas A&M Consolidated li School knew he had to get the lest of the athletes to have a suc- ssful choir program. His first re- uil was a 160-pound guard on the l>all team. Biat guard, James Bond, now is a Bge Station city councilman. He ns the choir director changed his ■ Bond says singing became one hi favorite hobbies because of his icii director and he’s spent 13 a* singing in church on Sundays. “Icould be eternally happy simply Hngin the church choir,” he says. Bund’s choir director 35 years ago E ob Boon, who is now the direc- the Singing Cadets at Texas Hr Boon has remained close ■ids with Bond, and sang in ■d’s wedding. • "l and was the first recipient of iel\rion Music Award, which I in- James Bond “College Station has grown faster than it can keep up with,” he says. “We are now at a plateau.” In order to solve that problem. Bond would like to see the residents "ad like to see the residents of College Station rally wund the 'high school’ and its accomplishments. ” — fames Bond, College Station city councilman £en« e sai! pied at A&M Consolidated,” Re:® 1 says. “He wms a very hard ( or! er, so I gave him a solo. 'onecB‘ nce * le school, he has j i ■i very active in church work. He etieves in his fellow man, knowing Me S he has weaknesses, but he is t iou tere to help and not to criticize.” theiMrjnd is in his first term as city ;« Bicilman, but he has been active dcserSther areas of government. He hebield a position on the Navasota ill HaiW 0 ! board of trustees as well as be- kj se!i -fe Navasota’s city attorney from r lip*) t° 1976. In 1973, he was appointed to the ■ tate Industrial Commission — now ! le Texas Economic Development 10 # mission — by former Governor e sce tolph Briscoe. He served on the was 'fflrnission until 1978. Bond says he wants College Sta- agan on to become a unified city. He has [y.fii; deep interest in College Station, he r Bui Ip- Amen® of College Station find a common in terest. Bond calls himself the “cheer leader type” and he says he wants the city to become unified, full of good attitudes and pride. “I’d like to see the residents of College Station rally around the ‘high school’ and its accomplish ments,” Bond says. Besides his involvement with the city council, Bond is the deputy chancellor for legal and external af fairs at Texas A&M. Bond graduated from A&M in 1958 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education. He attended law school at the University of Houston from 1964 through 1968. Bond has been with the Texas A&M University System since 1976 except for two and a half years when he went into private law' practice in Bryan. Before he left, he was the vice-chancellor for legal and public affairs. “1 had no notion of coming back to A&M after I went into private practice,” he says. “I am not a person who looks back, and I wasn’t excited about coming back.” The members of the Board of Re gents asked Bond to return to A&M before former chancellor Arthur Hansen left, Bond says. “I never said I would come back,” he says, “but I left the door open to the possibility. After Dr. Hansen left, they began to search within for a new chan cellor. I was interested in working with the people they were consid ering, especially Dr. (Perry) Adkis- son. “Now 1 am delighted that I re turned. Private practice was good for me, but I think I am more of the public servant type.” Bond describes himself as a sensi tive person: “I care about people. I think I am a sociologist at heart be cause I love to think about people. “I find at this age, people’s feel ings are very important to me.” Bond carries his sensitivity into his position of city councilman. He describes his feelings on the proposed budget cuts in Texas: “I am sensitive about cutting pro grams that were never overfunded to start with. They can find fault with programs but they must have a substitute for what they take away. Someone benefited from those pro grams and you can’t just take them away.” Bond says his sensitivity while he was practicing law probably helped him become a better lawyer. It made him feel good to know that he helped people in some way, he says. Law is still a hobby for Bond, even though he is not in private practice anymore, he said. “It is an ever-emerging, wonder ful exercise of great minds at work,” he says. “I never get caught up with studying law. 1 enjoy reading and considering it.” Although Bond describes himself as a caring man, he tries not to take his job too seriously. He says he likes to be able to laugh at himself and others. “I see humor in a lot of things, but I can make a decision,” he says, ref erring to his position on the city council. “I am never without facts for making a decision and 1 don’t like to wear the subject out.” islature opens session facing $5.8 billion shortfall > vies -mUSTlN (AP) — Low-hanging i vvitiK ain douds and die state’s money ;rful\Bs offered a gloomy counterpoint ;torslif the typically colorful ceremonies jy old iff king Tuesday’s opening of the lunch w as Legislature. “AlBonvening just after noon, mem- nin£"W th 6 House and Senate quickly h iere reminded that during their j|B-day session they must balance a Be budget that Comptroller Bob Mock says is $5.8 billion in the red, ‘ ll jl e| y b ecause °f collapse of oil id anu g as p r j ces la shoo® i n t ] le ij est 0 f times and in the aid Mwst of times, dif ficult choices must be made,” Secretary of State Myra McDartiel told the House after gavel- ing that chamber into session. “Your mission in the next 139 days is to operate as a rather large Ways and Means Committee for the state of Texas,” she said. “It is never easy to determine the course of gov ernment which will best serve all the people of the state.” The secretary of state wields the gavel on opening day until the House elects a speaker. As expected, Speaker Gib Lewis, D-Fort Worth, easily was re-elected to a third term in that job. > after s 1 - y r jters Gf n Church leaders: SMU may face probation in a pH' ilt ohl f I DALLAS (AP) — Officials of “Neat 1 lie United Methodist Church --so# llniversity Senate say Southern in the to Methodist University may be put Bn probation if the school does ■e#fl ot c °mply with criteria required ■f Methodist-affiliated colleges, the sill ddif senate, which has author- ’ it' over a college or university’s a ° Benominational affiliation, has A Jr nt t h ree investigative teams to i'# 1 the SMU campus over the past lusbar, 1 .year, officials said Monday, bathe. | The group met Friday in Aus- nt MBit and, after studying the team’s ^ho iisflndings, reported that the school B “at the very least on an alert” e roasi ttygarding its affiliation with the . VOU d Urch - ’ tfinj(l B Senate President Roy B. Shil- ‘11 rli l n S sa id the agency is not only ,1 - tl * f |' ou hled by allegations of NCAA fi veca lies violations in SMU’s football [y has 1 program, but is “seriously con- rny h 1 ferned about broader institutio- ver. hUi Sal issues.” Trent, e Senate members would not ecify the investigation’s focus, an official with the senate in few York told the Dallas Morn- ig News that the allegations of proprieties in SMU’s athletic H, I ( the saj you program are seen as “only symp tomatic” of greater concerns. The Southwest Conference school’s football program has been racked with allegations of player payoffs and illegal booster activity. The official, who asked not to be identified, said the senate “doesn’t give a hoot about a win- loss record.” “We care only about the issues that impact on colleges, universi ties and seminaries,” he said, indi cating that the investigation is concerned with finances, SMU’s relationship with the church, ethics and standards. Shilling, who is also president of the Methodist-affiliated South western University in George town, said a report of the senate’s findings is being compiled and will be sent to interim SMU Presi dent William Stallcup. Stallcup said he had not re ceived the report, but said he un derstands its interest “goes far be yond the football program.” He added that the senate’s concern is “definite and understandable,” 1 rhe T and in<| , Killeel With his 149 colleagues seated at their desks, Lewis gave lawmakers the gloomy forecast. “I wish I could welcome you to a session in which our greatest chal lenge would be the management of plenty,” Lewis said. “Unfortunately, that is not the case. “You come here from every cor ner of the state and you know the problem.” Urging legislators to show “re solve and courage,” Lewis said the 1987 session would be marked by tough choices, late hours and pres sure from those who favor the nu merous state programs that will be under scrutiny. Urging consolidation of some state agencies, Lewis pledged that before any tax increase will get con sideration in the House, “We will have made the hard choices . . . and said no many, many times.” At the top of the lawmakers’ agenda is the state government bud get for the fiscal year that ends Aug. 31. Bullock has projected that it is still $1 billion in the red. Bullock also is projecting that rev enues will fall $4.8 billion short for the 1988-89 budget which lawmak ers also must write this year. Compounding those problems is a projected drop in tax revenue, with 1988-89 income estimated at 2.9 percent less than 1986-87 income. That’s the first revenue drop since the mid-1950s. In addition, a near $1 billion in crease in the state sales and motor fuels taxes passed by lawmakers last summer is scheduled to expire on Aug. 31. Sen. 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