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Wednesday, January 28, 1987/The Battalion/Page 7 Warped by Scott McCullar CM V0O IMAGINE- HOW BAP OFF A FE.KSON woolp HAVE 70 BE- 70 PO THAT? NoW de-spilrate:? how... ih > ^1 IF X DON'T 6ET A STUDENT LOAN THIS WEEK 6bP IS GOING TO N\AKE ME DIE^ . Me too, ' ME- TOO/ 1 stodewt LOAMS - >*Waldo by Kevin Thomas DR.GLADSTONE, COULD YOU GO EASY ON THE SPECIAL EFFECTS! THIS NEWSPAPER RUNS ON A PRETTY TIGHT BUDGET... YEAH, RIGHT, SORRY' avalry makes comeback to old fort after 100 years i|SAN ANGELO (AP) — After nearly a century, the cavalry has re turned to Fort Concho, war whoops and all. n It charged across the parade grounds as the Army’s III Corps conducted the more up-to-date Exercise Roadrunner ‘87 over a 16- county area of West Texas. ■ The 1st Cavalry Division’s horse platoon from Fort Hood was created in 1972 as a ceremonial unit. Its members’ uniforms, weaponry and tju tics are taken from the Army cav alry manual of the late 1800s, during the Indian < iiiupaigns. |jThe soldiers on horseback with their sabres flashing in the dusty blue sky Saturday brought glimpses of a more glorious past for Fort Con cho, which was established in 1867 as a frontier post. ■ Wild war whoops sounded during the cavalry’s shooting demonstra tion, as troopers aimed their Colt WM% i & V % f .45-caliber revolvers and rifles at bal loons while jumping hurdles in for mation. Trooper Darrell Lawson, member of the 28-platoon, said,“We don’t do re-enactments. We all have regular Army jobs, but we carry out the tra dition of the cavalry. “It’s our job. We get paid for it, we live it.” Lawson extended his tour of duty with the cavalry unit for another year because he enjoys it so much. The whoops are reminders of the past, as are the highly polished sab ers, used more often by European cavalry than American units. The sabres are tricky: drawing them can disrupt a man’s balance enough to unseat him, as one rider did Satur day. The spectators, many of them children, greeted the cavalry’s ma neuvers with whoops and screams of their own. With faces hidden by cowboy hats and decked out in their best sheepskin vests and buckskin jackets, Junior Medina, 6, and Lee Ray, 5, wandered the grounds in search of the “calary.” After the performance, Spec. 4 Jim Wilson, the platoon’s muleskin- ner, kept a watchful eye on a dog named Missy, the platoon’s mascot. As muleskinner, Wilson is in charge of the team's four mules, a wagon and Missy. “The reason I'm called a muleskinner is that some times you have to whip (the mules) and beat their hides off to make them go," he said. These mules, however, are fairly well-behaved, Wilson said of Jan and Jill, adding, “They do what you tell them, as long as you tell them. “Missy does the best part and barks. Then they go and do all kinds of stuff.” Officials urged to open bay for oystermen GALVESTON (AP) — County commissioners are urging state offi cials to open Galveston Bay to lim ited oyster harvesting to help keep oystermen from going broke this winter. In a resolution passed Monday, Galveston County Commissioners asked the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission to open the bay but re strict daily oystering limits oy about 87 percent, from 18,000 pounds per boat to 2,400 pounds. The wildlife commission closed the bay Dec. 9 to guard against over harvesting after test dredgings of oyster reefs showed low numbers of market size oysters. The closure shortens the season, normally run ning from Nov. 1 through April, by more than two months. In addition, county staff members will help oystermen hurt financially to determine eligibility for food stamps, low interest government loans and other possible means of relief, County Juage Ray Holbrook said. “I’m not sure what impact the county can have on this, but we’re going to lend every effort we can to convince the Parks and Wildlife De partment to make some changes in their regulations,” Holbrook said. Texas Parks and Wildlife Depart ment officials have scheduled a pub lic meeting on the issue Saturday in Galveston. About 40 oystermen and their families crowded the commission’s chambers Monday to witness pas sage of the resolution. The resolution also asks wildlife officials to annually repeat a 1981 program where the state replen ished Galveston Bay reefs with oyster shells to which newly spawned oysters could attach themselves. That program is credited with producing a bumper crop of oysters during the 1983 season. A toxic red tide that attacked ma rine life from just below Galveston Island to Brownsville last year prompted wildlife officials to ban oyster harvesting in those areas. Oysters, dams and mussels filter the toxic microscopic organisms in red tide and retain it in their systems for weeks. People who eat them may suffer stomach pains, diarrhea and numbness in the tongue and lips. Consequently, Texas and Loui siana oyster boats have flocked to Galveston Bay, theatening overhar vesting, commissioners said. 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He was indicted July 24 on the with Texas State Optical know that every contact lens prescription must be exact. The fit must be precise. You must be completely comfortable. Yet every year people spend fortunes on contacts, put them away in a drawer and never wear them. Because they’re uncomfortable. They don’t fit right. These people have never been to Texas State Optical. Y)u can’t afford contact lenses that don’t fit right. At any price. capital murder charges, which allege a multiple killing. Because of Stevenson’s age and deteriorating physical condition, prosecutors did not object when a $20,000 bail was set. He was released Nov. 26. Investigators said Stevenson shot the two women oustide Wheeler’s home, about 15 miles outside Conroe. A .22-caliber semi-automatic ri fle was found in Stevenson’s car when he was ar rested about an hour after the shootings. The shootings occurred a day after Wheeler filed a complaint with authorities seeking to have Stevenson evicted from her home. The bond order required that Stevenson stay with two members of a Montgomery County church and not leave the county for any reason other than medical treatment. State District Judge Pete Speers said he thought the terms of the bail order would ensure Stevenson would not run away. “Obviously I was mistaken,” he said. Bob Mize, minister of the Oak Ridge North Church of Christ, said Stevenson was last seen Jan. 10 at a trailer home near the church, where he was staying with another church member. Stevenson took no clothing with him when he left, Mize said. Every Wednesday night brings live entertainment from Sneaky Pete and every night brings famous pan pizza from Ralph & Joe Tomato! 'PIZZk£>&t> 303 W. UNIVERSITY • 846-1616 TM The Flying Tomato is a registered trademark ©1987 Flying Tomato Inc. 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