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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1987)
Monday, August 31,1987/The Battalion/Page 7A inister paid last time; ife remains in coma •cations : J avilio n ,; ■ DALLAS (AP) — The Rev. [G OFFlP Walker Railey will draw his last pay- oril 24 itiiaeck from the church from which 4:30pi he is on leave, and acquaintances say L Eniirit^ ^ as not y et ^ oun< ^ ‘•jot* or sold his ■ house. PP^aiM R a iley has been on leave of ab- Hnce from the First United Method- vtlow OC ist Church since May and has not preached since Easter Sunday, three will onff^ftys before his wife, Margaret lopecl soccer oj “Peggy dfath. Railey, was choked nearly to As Railey’s last semimonthly pay- check of $2,521 arrives, Mrs. Railey ons westi tf mains in a coma in a nursing home ; ^WTyler, where her parents live, om Mont Ra 'l e y has refused to talk to police m em of/about the attack and in late July was ^■bpoenaed to a Dallas County ■and jury, where unidentified Burces have said he declined to an- . i Ber questions, citing the Fifth 'atedemM^endment. ^Dallas psychologist Lucy Papillon aural spef|§is reported, also by unidentified Burces, to have told grand jurors E FAMF s ^ e an< ^ Rai,e y been dating for ls £pjUBout a year, had taken trips to- 3 Statior ? et ^ er ancl discussed marriage, r’s pat rp^ n addition to costs not covered by insurance for Mrs. Railey’s medical care, Railey incurred bills from a medical hospital and a psychiatric hospital when he attempted suicide. He did so by taking a drug over dose 10 days after the April 22 at tack on his wife. Church sources say little more than $5,000 has been contributed to four trust funds set up for Railey, his wife and their two children. “I’ve talked to him a few times in the last few weeks, but he hasn’t said what he might do,” said Ralph Shan non, chairman of the church’s pas tor-parish relations committee. “He’s still in Dallas, and he hasn’t told me about any plans he has to move.” Spurgeon Dunnam, editor of the United Methodist Reporter, said, “My understanding is he is in search of some sort of position where he can apply his talents and earn a live lihood, but so far nothing has come through.” Dunnam said Railey “has legiti mate concern with substantial debts for medical care and for legal fees in addition to the normal costs of try ing to make house payments.” Railey’s home is up for sale and listed at $279,000. A group of 18 ministers asked Bishop John Russell in the middle of August to conduct a morals investi gation of Railey, but Russell rejected the request, citing insufficient evi dence. He said he and the leaders of seven other North Texas church dis tricts are exploring options to re solve the matter, but would not elab orate. Meanwhile, a church committee continues to sift through candidates for the head ministry of the 6,000- member congregation at First United Methodist Church in down town Dallas. “We had more than 30 people we were considering,” Shannon said. “It’s been narrowed down, but we’re still working on it and checking on people. “My guess is it will be several weeks yet before a minister is se lected, but that will be up to Bishop Russell.” ntrepreneur hopes to see esquite jelly recipe sell his mesquite i charge o: ; j he pope: :| ’ Nino sail I passing: | at our pill d introduce.' ceded wo I oe's use, d •ntonheJ ng he haL esire for a| 1 it happej es. luickly apf nd transpj “One is | nd, sligMj ITuesdav t he smal«| DOUt l,5Wj sells tor.' ibout l,i| 49,900, ] >een too el he homes! PORT LAVACA (AP) — Jim atelle hopes to become the king of mesquite, the thorny trees that domi nate portions of the Texas land scape. ■ But unlike the popularity of mes quite wood for barbecue flavoring, Chatelle is appealing to the sweet tooth of Texans with beanjelly. ■“Mesquite wood is the hottest thing in barbecue,” he says. ■ “We’re just jumping on the band wagon,” he says. ■ Two years ago, Chatelle, laid off with the closing of the Port Lavaca chemical plant where he worked, tpok his mother’s old mesquite jelly recipe and made a few dozen jars to give away as gifts for friends and rel atives. ■ So many people liked the sweet mesquite-flavored jelly and asked for more that last August he made 75 dozen half-pint jars with the idea of selling them around Christmas time. ■ He set up a taste booth in a San Antonio department store where about a thousand people tried a sam ple. | By Thanksgiving, he was sold out of his supply. ■ “It surprised the heck out of me,” says Chatelle, 58. ■ “I was out of business,” he says. “I didn’t have any product to sell. But I ^figured I had a pretty good product. ■“If I could have had more going into the Christmas season. . . .” ■ So this year Miriam’s Texas Origi nal Mesquite Jelly is going big-time. The product is named after his mother, Miriam, who made the jelly when he was growing up in the Rio Grande Valley. Chatelle has moved the operation out of his house and into a shop on Port Lavaca’s Main Street, where he’s starting to fill up a room-size cooler with mesquite bean juice and frozen beans so he can prepare 3,000 to 5,000 dozen jars. “My customers are beginning to get a bit antsy,” he says. “I don't think anyone else does this commercially. I may not make it but I’m going to try my best. I think I’ve got a good product as long as I can get the beans.” — Jim Chatelle, mesquite bean jelly maker Mesquite bean jelly — a clear orange-colored jelly that tastes simi lar to flavored honey — has become a trendy item in gourmet food shops. Keith Raatz, assistant manager at Butterfield’s, an Austin shop that carries the product, says, “It sells really well. It doesn’t stay on the shelf long at all.” Chatelle even has trouble keeping a supply in his shop where custom ers come in off the street to gobble up the sweet spread. The jars that cover his own shelves are just a week or so out of the kettle. Production has been delayed a bit because the beans are not ripening on the trees as fast due to a late- spring freeze. But Chatelle has bean pickers working on state land and also says ranchers have invited him to take beans from their property. Chatelle says the beans are free for the taking on state land. “Ranchers really hate them,” he says. “They ruin their pastures.” The ripe beans look like common green string beans except that they’re brown. Chatelle piles the beans up on a table in his shop, picks out the ripe ones, cleans and trims them and then boils them. “How long?” he asks. “I won’t say. That’s the secret.” Bean-picking season is short —for only a couple of months beginning now. But Chatelle says he’s hoping pickers can get enough beans so that he can spread out production over an entire year. “I don’t think anyone else does this commercially,” he said. “I may not make it (financially) but I’m going to try my best,” he said.“I think I’ve got a good product as long as I can get the beans. Chatelle already is looking to the future. If his jelly business gels, he hopes to begin producing mesquite bean wine. an for I, he said, ust going entouragt Rebels from Mexico will receive honors for creating first revolution t 60 biskU; HOUSTON (AP) — Two horse- wer the® men who once rode with the legend- :all re are i the ‘/on honest man, and he knew when to ly Mexican hero Francisco “Pan- cho” Villa were feted Sunday as men action who helped create the first revolution of the 20th century. ■Jesus M. Gonzalez, 87, who served as a captain to Villa between 1912 and 1915 said, “General Villa was a man, as all other men are, with a simple heart but high ideals.” If Villa was a “hardworking, very become angry when the situation called for it,” he said, speaking through an interpreter. Gonzalez and Leo Reynoso, also 87, were presented commemorative awards by the Urbina Foundation, a charitable group dedicated to, among other things, preserving Texas and Mexican history. Reynoso rode with Villa’s forces between 1914-1916. A third rider with Villa’s revoluto- naries — Rafael Lorenzana Reyna, Forest service burns trees to stop infestotion by insects ot v ,d it’s no 1 ! HUNTSVILLE (AP) — About . 100 acres of insect-devastated forest tuIlltV .. were burned by the U.S. Forest Serv- n (r 1 t0 : ice on Sunday as part of reforesta- • 1 hl 5 anC tion efforts, officials said. /era riailF ^6 burn, which took place in the tpp r °P ^.f Four Notch area of Sam Houston n h er T. National Forest, was expected to it of 0 P 1 continue over several more days un- j til about 2,500 acres in all is burned, [S U.S. Forest Service spokesman Hal ’ aCre Classman said. •ffhJl Wet > overcast weather helped the .|.J operation, he said. d retal jM “We needed the wet,” he said. Vcs^^R’he long dry spell for the last three wouW - t0 £ our wee k s made it too dry. Con- .notltf 1 . di t i ons for prescribed burning are and " ll1 ver y sc i en tific — we need the rain, ire. we need the ground moisture. If you bum and it’s too dry, it could get out fBjPg of hand." ing, |jlj The forest was devastated in the reat " 1)l early 1980s by southern pine beetles. The first step of the reforestation |fogram, chopping away damaged frees, began in April 1986 amid pro tests by environmentalists and the Texas attorney general’s office. m The burn is intended to rid the area of underbrush and dead and dying vegetation. The third step is planting healthy new trees, Glass- man said. Two activists turned out to protest the burning, speaking with reporters outside where a news conference was held with reporters in New Wa- verly, south of Huntsville. One of the two, George Russell, 43, of Huntsville, was issued a cita tion for obstructing traffic. Glassman said great care was taken to be sure the fire remained within limits. Burning operations Monday probably will cover a bigger area since workers had become more fa miliar with the operation. “We had over 50 men there in case it broke away,” Glassman said. “The first day is always a little slow.” The ground was ignited using flammable material dropped by heli copter. He estimated Monday’s burn may take place over between 800 and 1,000 acres. Following the burn, the area will be replanted, mostly likely next Jan uary or later, Glassman said. 88, who served with Villa between 1915 and 1917 — was unable to travel from his home in Brownsville for the occasion. His grandson, Jose Munoz, accepted the award on his behalf. According to Dr. Manuel Urbina II, chairman of the Urbina Founda tion, the three are the only known survivors of the group that helped wage the Mexican revolution be tween 1910 and 1917. “When you finally realize that there are only three or four survi vors, then you realize that is the time to bring them together,” said Ur bina, who has conducted extensive videotaped interviews with the men for posterity. “When we become aware that this episode in history is about to pass be fore us, it becomes time to honor them,” he said. During the presentation, a video tape on Villa’s life and times was shown, followed by interviews with his widow, Gonzalez and Reynoso. In addition to the commemorative awards, both men were given speci mens of currency for the Mexican state of Chihuahua bearing Villa’s name issued in 1913. The Mexican Revolution began in 1910, when opposition grew to the 30-year rule of President Porfiro Diaz. Francisco Madero, supported by revolutionaries in northern Mex ico headed by Villa and in southern Mexico by Emilio Zapata, assumed the presidency in 1911, exiling Diaz to Paris. Instability and fighting wracked the country until 1917, when the present-day constitution was written. Hermilo Lopez Bassols, Mexican consul general in Houston, said the Mexican revolution was the first of the 20th century and the country’s current government is striving to continue the work of the first revolu tionaries. Summer's Eve. ihe miimcHe Cleanse* Summer's Eve- trse mt^naie C»oonse« SUMMER’S EVE Feminine wash. 8 oz. btl. #789. ^ SOFT CONTACT LENS REPLACEMENTS SAVE 40% to 60% Have your soft contact lens replacement prescriptions filled at our pharmacy! Name brands like Bausch & Lomb, Barnes-Hind, Cooper- 1 AS LOW AS $f2 50 vision, Ciba, Wesley-Jessen and American Hydron are available . . . often with a 2 day delivery! For more in- SINGLE LENS formation and service, see our pharmacist today! 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