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WE BUY BOOKS EVERY DAY! And remember we give 20% more in trade for used books. _ Northgate - Across from the Post Office LOUPOT’S BOOKSTORE cycles etc. Tour de France WITH BIKE PURCHASE YOU RECEIVE A COMPONENT PACKAGE FREE! with Bikes from $150-195 $196-281 $282-375 $376-427 $428 & UP You get a water bottle and cage FREE I above pkg plus Spare tube and tire irons FREE I above pkg plus Pump FREE I above pkg plus Seat bag FREE I above pkg plus Shorts SL-70 FREE I All 1986 Models are from 10% to 20% OFFI ALL BIKES are 5% to 25% OFFI This Includes ALL BIKES IN STOCK Quick Convenience and Inexpensive Service ,, “l«e a,n 846-BIKE Page 4AThe Battalion/Thursday, July 16, 1987 Couple arrested for locking child in backyard shed What s up i a n - CEDAR HILL (AP) — A couple was charged with injury to a child af ter police discovered their 7-year-old son locked inside a storage shed the parents called “the naughty barn,” authorities said. Police on Tuesday found the boy’s sister attempting to break one of the shed’s padlocks with a broom in an attempt to free him. Officers climbed through a window to reach the boy, said Oak Hill police Capt. P.C. Hambrick. “They call the shed the ‘naughty barn’ and that’s where they send the kids when they are bad,” Hambrick said. “They said that they had been having disciplinary problems with the boy and thought it was the best way to deal with it.” The parents were transferred Wednesday to the Dallas County jail. Bond was set at $3,000 for Connie Thesman and $5,500 on her hus band, Franklin James Thesman, by Cedar Hill Municipal Judge Alta Graves. Connie Thesman, 38, and her 40- year-old husband were charged with injury to a child possibly causing mental impairment, a first-degree felony, Hambrick said. Connie Thesman was also charged with physical injury to a child. The children were placed in a fos ter home, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Human Serv ices said. Hambrick said the boy had been left water and was in good condition when he was found. He did not re quire hospitalization. Neighbors heard the boy scream for help Monday afternoon and again Tuesday morning. Police be lieve the boy was locked in the shed from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, and again Tuesday morning when the mother left for work. One neighbor, Cindy Johnson, said she heard screams Tuesday morning but did not pay attention at first because she thought children were playing. not When the screaming had stopped by about 9 a.m., Johnson went to another neighbor and asked her to listen. “Then it hit me,” Johnson said. “He was screaming for help. I thought to myself, ‘Hey, what’s going on?’ ” Johnson said she and June Boone walked into the Thesman’s driveway and called to the boy. “When nobody came after we hol lered, that’s when we were afraid,” said Johnson, who decided to call police. Thursday AGGNOG: will discuss the new MS-DOS public library at 5:30 p.m. in 204 Evans Library. UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRIES: will hold a Bible studvat 6:30 p.m. outdoors, between Rudder Tower and the Me morial Student Center. Friday ASSOCIATION OF AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS: will view a video on the Galileo Jupiter Orbiter, discuss tech niques for solar observation and use the 14-inch telescope at 7 p.m. in 404 Rudder. MDA SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT: will be held Sept. 1213 instead of July 18-19 as previously scheduled. For more in formation call Betty Conner at 693-1375. Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald, no less than three working days bn fore desired publication date. • Crews begin to untangle debris after twister hits mobile home part PAMPA (AP) — Crews began cleaning up debris Wednesday at a mobile home park ravaged by a twister that injured 10 residents and caused as much as $750,000 in damage. Two people remained hospitalized following Tues day night’s twister, which struck with little warning in a largely vacant seven-block area on the western edge of Pampa. The storm also brought high winds and hail to other Panhandle communities. Estimates of damages in Pampa reached $750,000, Steve Vaughn, the city’s emergency management direc tor, said. He said four homes and eight mobile homes were completely destroyed, 10 mobile homes sustained severe damage and 11 more were slightly damaged. tor; 'cliai spin l‘‘Th nun [disci ditic able F>2 still cordoned off Wednesday while residents gathered their belongings, he said. Juanita Fisher, 45, and Vera Darling, 73, were ad mitted to Coronado Hospital’s intensive care unit with chest injuries. Both were in stable condition Wednes day, a nursing supervisor said. Vicki Mirabla, 34, was admitted to the hospital’s out patient clinic for observation after she suffered lacera tions and bruises. Six others were treated for minor in juries and released. Residents said they had no more than 30 seconds to take cover after emergency warnings were sounded about 7 p.m. Pampa police officer Gary Boydston said he n his mobile home with his wife and two children v powerful winds struck, tearing keys from his hand. “We were on the way out the door and the started flying,” Boydston said. “I was trying to of my kids, but the wind wouldn’t let me.” Vaughn said the warning was sounded late spotters could not see well in the heavy rain (lumped 2 inches in 25 minutes. The roof of a discount store’s garden center blown onto autos in a parking lot and several residet sustained damages from 60- to 70-mph winds thai^ companied the storm, Vaughan said. Other wind damage in the city was being investip by Charles Buzzard, Gray County Appraisal Distriri rector. The Red Cross, Salvation Army and otherre thin agencies accompanied cleanup crews to the trailerc wit! to provide assistance. Electricity and telephone service was being resit’ to portions of Pampa, a town of 21,300 abolition: northeast of Amarillo. About 28 miles to the northeast, high windsands some witnesses said was as large as baseballs caused: tensive damage in Borger. High winds damagedafa lot and airport facilities in Spearman and Gruven Hansford County in the Panhandle, officials said. High winds also struck the Pantex nuclear weaps olant 17 miles northeast of Amarillo, buto: of of ( says nut: are the mei cials said damage was minor. Sociology prof sees new labor force with migration of Amish into Texas By T. Dawn Gorman Reporter New communities of Amish fami lies are coming to Texas, creating competition for jobs that have been primarily held by illegal aliens. The Amish began coming to Texas around 1980 to work on farms with the goal of saving enough money to buy land back home in Missouri, Ohio and other areas, says Dr. William Kuvlesky, a Texas A&M sociology professor. “The Amish are pioneering a brand new labor struc ture for Texas and agriculture producers seem happy about it. Not only are they skilled in agriculture, but they also speak English, are accustomed to managing an enterprise and they live to work and serve God. That is advantageous to the entire community. ” — Dr. William Kuvlesky, A&M sociology professor are prospering and can af ford top more for labor. statt agai T Their intentions were to stay only two or three years, but many of the settlers already have stayed longer and like it here, Kuvlesky says. The Amish are a distinct religous group with unique values. They consider maintaining sepa ration from the “English,” as they refer to mainstream Americans, im portant. This separation is accomplished by prohibiting the use of electricity, telephones, popular literature and limiting social interaction outside the Amish community. Kuvlesky has studied Texas’ Am ish communities and says their pop ulation averages 250 people throughout the state. Amish families have settled in the Smiley area and outside Stephenville, as well as near Sulphur Springs. Agricultural producers are not only hiring Amish families, but are actively recruiting them. Kuvlesky says both the Amish and the produc ers gain from the arrangement. “The Amish are pioneering a brand new labor structure for Texas and agriculture producers seem happy about it,” he says. “Not only are they skilled in agriculture, but they also speak English, are accus tomed to managing an enterprise and they live to work and serve God. That is advantageous to the entire community.” sion cal ) tere Kuvlesky says the Amish are not willing to work as cheaply as the ille gals, but producers are willing to pay r oe extra for better quality labor. Although many farmers are hav ing financial difficulty, he says, the producers who hire the Amish are the large-scale livestock producers, such as dairy, poultry and beef, that The livestock producers™,.™. a offer the Amish year-roundemp ment, as opposed to many crop: ducers, who need only seasona! bor, he says. Some producers have atterap: to recruit Amish families adverstising in the Budget, the ish newspaper. These efforts met with limited success, KuvM says. “To recruit Amish workers,: producer must either have of Amish families nearby for inter tion or recruit several families,' says. “They (the Amish) must,! cause of their beliefs and lifestyle, at least weakly associted with oil families. “This means other families cati[| be too far away to travel by and buggy.” One approach agricultural ducers could take to secure the: hie Amish labor is to organiie group of farmers in the sameare) attract several families, he says. wou T paig Having trouble finding a two bedroom? us first! Rates starting at 285 00 L & M RESOURCES 822-5636 In the Heart of the Brazos Valley 37,000 students ^ 9 5 300 faculty/staff ^ Only 300 a word y Free at 28 locations the to B tary firrr U.S. ingt “1 with civil righ and friei the D E ers am set i tion furr pro! The Battalion no t B so m case first he v groi T doin Reed McDonald Building Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 7784 (409) 137^ “! have says, ploy