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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1987)
I Monday, March 2, 1987/The Battalk tart Al- ‘'actuate foment, > Lang- 91 Rud- ivention :etingat 30 p.m. ries for olo and SSION: iications 1 a writ- at 6:3(1 ih rough mt Cen g- ill show from 11 udy at f es for ta- ATION; n on a- im Pern- )N: wii 'ER: Dr Humar I meetat vill mee: 1 sopho- in W5l( prospet-1 I hold a I or Cam- ning will :30 p.m. ■locker / |,nu ‘ mtofG, un Day brings Aggies, local kids togethei By Melanie Perkins Staff Writer G. Rollie White Coliseum was transformed into a miniature Fish Camp Saturday as the Red Hots, Green Martians, Blue Jeans and Purple Penguins competed for fun and prizes. The event, attended by about 250 third, fourth and fifth graders from Bryan elementary schools, was the Student Y Association’s second an nual Youth Fun Day. The idea behind Youth Fun Day is to have fun and make new friends, says Michelle Loncar, sophomore pre-physical therapy major and one of the directors of the event. Loncar says the youngsters were randomly divided into four differ ent teams and these teams were di vided further by grades. Another goal of Youth Fun Day is to get the community involved with Texas A&M, says Deniie Arledge, sophomore elementary education major and Red Hots’ coach. “The kids really look up to the col lege students," Arledge says. Sheri Galny, a fifth grader at La mar Elementary School and Purple Penguin team member, says this was her second year to participate. hildren participated in a cot- relay, obstacle course relay, “1 like it because the people here are nice,” Galny says. The children ton ball sack race and other games, while their coaches and fellow teammates cheered them on. One of the favorite races, among both youngsters and coaches, seemed to be the cotton ball relay. Youngsters, with a thick coating of vaseline on their noses, ran across the gym and, without using their hands, stuck their faces in a bag of cotton balls. Once the cotton balls stuck, they ran back and tagged their teammates. During the course of events, the gym resounded with yells: “We’ve got spirit, yes we do, we’ve got spirit, how ’bout you?” The organized chaos was fun for everyone. About 75 Student Y mem bers seemed to enjoy themselves more leading yells and cheering on their teams than the players did competing in the events. Scott Sloter, sophomore computer science major ana Blue Jeans’ coach, says everybody gets a ribbon. “There are no losers at Youth Fun Day," he says. ee( at 7 el. ull show | ■rial Stu attalm ng dan Photo by Doug La Rue Eric Macias, left, and his brother Paul take a break. Taniba Dabney, left, Anabel Ariano and Summer Smith tickle their coach, Desiree Montgomery. Photo by Tracy Stator * * ■T' k 4 Photo by Doug La Rue The sack race caused a couple of scraped knees and twisted ankles, but that didn’t stop the kids. if ,o— " WBI i x ' 1 §& mi ■r. ? ■ . Ivf- /T I' ’ ^ ' 1 ' I I I I a k Z ....... .... . I Photo by Tracy Staton A participant gets ready to find his shoes at the start of a relay race. I Photo by Tracy Staton Amy Simpson, left, plays pattycake with a coach.