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Tuesday, March 3, 1987/The Battalion/Page 3 State and Local s j-int-sized yell leader amuses, ouses crowds at A&M games INTERNATIONAL HOUSE of PANCAKES, RESTAURANT > the pro g taxpa\ eper into By Angie Matocha Reporter It’s a close game. The Aggies are lead by one point, and the Aggie ach calls for a time out. On cue, all Kyell leaders lead the Texas A&M ins in a yell. Traditionally, A&M has five :cted yell leaders, but as of Fall 19S5 they’ve had a sixth —Tommy even thtfcunkleman, a 6-year-old from Col ust realftlege Station who nas been entertain- beneficupg spectators at volleyball and bas- Ithshodff 3 ' 1 S ames u for two s f a * ons -, ^ I *• Tommy, the son or Ronald and Iinvest« iaron Kunldeman, began his ouhenijjnusjng antics after he first at- throuj>t lean wori 'vernraeni^ a a ■ ■ i tMM visitor ryofEi , ... , dindicted hildrenit )ers if or assault an equi By Robert Morris Staff Writer ‘ivers ant »n studer.t lolleged-l A New Braunfels teen-ager was ed on dftdicted Thursday for aggravated be achitP sau b > n connection with a Nov. 23 ■t-and-run accident that occurred . onthe Texas A&M campus. " . orcrt i Witnesses said Roxanne Williams, e interest i7 ( hit Richard H. Cutrer Ir., 21, on the sc his motorcycle as she nulled : in alltlr! r, the money 2 n that re! is motorcycle as she pulled out of rking Annex 24 onto Bizzell reel. Williams, who was visiting a iend, was arrested and charged th driving while intoxicated and ■ilure to stop and render aid at the icky. Ttupne of the accident, t its fooil Bob Wiatt, director of University d with wbee, said the DWI charge is pen- ients iti?P n 8- Williams will be tried in the th 1 ■* sl ^ razos County Court. The leir Twirl date is pending. « tar len Qit re r suffered a skull fracture in mgulaiK the accident and was in a coma for v the Reiieveral days. He is recovering at the Bexas Institute for Research and Re- ^radi/anhubilitation in Houston. tended Aggie football and basketball games witn his family last year. Mrs. Kunkleman says Tommy got his start when he began going on the court at basketball games with the yell leaders and they seemed to en joy him. “The yell leaders told him that he needed an outfit like theirs,” she adds. And Tommy’s grandmother, Alene Steenson, obliged by making an outfit for him. “I have a buckle just like theirs,” Tommy says. “He does wear his uniform to the Aggie football games,” Mrs. Kunkle man says. But the A&M officials won’t let him go on the track at Kyle Field, she says. “That makes him very irate because he feels he should be down there with the yell leaders.” Tommy has attempted to learn the A&M yells both from the yell leaders ana from watching them on his own. Troy Ireland, senior yell leader, says, “He gets confused sometimes with the yells, but I think he’s funny. When he does the yells with us, he steals the show.” Tommy has received a favorable amount of publicity in the commu nity with pictures of his antics adorn ing The Battalion, the Bryan-Col- lege Station Eagle and the cover of the December 1986 edition of Texas Aggie magazine. But Tommys’s big gest thrill came when he appeared in a small clip about an Aggie volleyball game report on the KBTX-TV 10 p.m. news. “He was so excited he couldn’t wait for his daddy to come home to tell him about it,” Mrs. Kunkleman says. A kindergartener at South Knoll Elementary School in College Sta tion, Tommy says he likes going to school. His mother boasts that his teacher has hung his picture in his classroom. Tommy says Marty Holmes is his favorite yell leader. “I like him because he has a bald head,” the blond youngster says, ref erring to Holmes’ Corps-style hair cut. “Next time, I’m gonna get one.” All you can eat Daily Specials 10 p.m.-6 a.m. All You Can Eat Buttermilk Pancakes $1.99 Spaghetti and Meat Sauce with garlic bread $2.99 *Must present this coupon International House of Pancakes Restaurant 103 N. College Skaggs Center SWC CHAMPS \ WHILE THEY LAST! Photo by Doug La Rue Tommy Kunkleman polishes his yell leader belt buckle. Mrs. Kunkleman says, “He had his hair shaved before basketball sea son, but it quickly grew out.” The pint-sized yell leader, who has attended all the home volleyball games and one home basketball game this season, probably will con tinue performing at Aggie events for as long as he can get away with it, she says. “I’m gonna be a yell leader and play football,” Tommy says. All Cotton Bowl Shirts 25% OFF Also * sweats * selected Jackets Hours M-F 7:45-6.00 Sat. 9:00-5:00 MSC bookstore 4 THE MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER 1 T 4 at 1 II ►odyis their ed to on j care *eto ■dand id » out of tosee Good Citizens checking: With a $400 balance it's free. the ac- ^ned tht m’s sob ( fiktonti T~l mob r ‘' icmei<d ^>er of ^ Good Citizens want a good deal on checking. The Good Citizens checking account. It's free with as little as a $400 balance. Never costs more than $6 a month. Never charges by the check. And your money's available anytime. 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