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Friday, September 18, 1987/The Battalion/Page 11 oto by Robert^ tic tru ;ippel down a' n an obstacle c irticipants as a itics that the i exans celebrate 00th anniversary f U.S. Constitution “If it wasn’t important, I wouldn’t like it,” he said. Students in Merkel battled to see who most resembled some of histo ry’s most important people. Characters from the founding fa thers to Civil War generals to Chal lenger astronauts attended school in this town eight miles outside of Abi lene to show American spirit. Even a green Statue of Liberty joined in the bicentennial festivities, which in cluded history trivia questions. At Beaumont Christian High School, students released 1,200 red, white and blue balloons after watch- “One of things that hit home the most was the lack of freedom. I don't think you realize what you have in this country, this state, until you’re without it. ” — Sam Johnson, former prisoner of war ing the national ceremony for the Constitution. In a ceremony at the Hill Country Middle School in the Eanes School District students were treated to a 4‘/a- by OVa-foot cake decorated like the U.S. flag. Students in Central Texas talked with an actor portraying William Jackson, secretary of the 1787 Con stitutional Convention. Third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students in Round Rock asked Jackson to an swer questions such as why everyone wore wigs, what kind of feathers were used to write and were there any women back then. In Dallas, hundreds of schoolchil dren joined city leaders in celebrat ing with recently nationalized Amer- ican citizens from Taiwan, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Vietnam and Honduras, who led the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance. Joe Sherrill, a 12-year-old Dallas student, said the Constitution means freedom for everyone. “One of the kids in our class couldn’t come today because of her religion — she’s not supposed to pledge allegiance to the flag because it’s like making it God,” he said. “But if it wasn’t a Constitution, she would have had to come.” ;eting strategy for beer may violate laws for liquor control (AP) — Texans young and old pfcu ked the 200th anniversary of the ning of the U.S. Constitution with leeches, special studies and salutes s week. Numerous bicentennial activities wtre scheduled around the state Thursday, including a re-enactment of the signing of the Constitutition at Ri( liland College in Dallas with U.S. District Judge Barefoot Sanders and swearing-in of 300 new citizens on the Southern Methodist Univer- f isity Law School quadrangle. Bin Fort Worth, former prisoners ^ olwar told of their increased appre- ^ Wition of how fortunate Americans jgT'Onc <>l tilings that hit home the was the iac k ol Iteedom," Sam ■A] John son said of the mote than six ^P^fSars he was a prisonet in Vietnam. “I don’t think you reali/e what you in this country, this state, until jjr^l^Bu’re without it.” I^Bjohnson, who now is a state rep- ^^Kenative from Plano, gave the key- f-^Bte address at a bicentennial cele- ( bration of the U.S. Constitution in * Hwntown Fort Worth Wednesday, ■bout 400 people attended the two- Hur ceremony. ■Texas schoolchildren joined in the nationwide celebration with as semblies and costume contests. ■Many students in the Lone Star Stau tuned in when President Rea gan led the nation’s schoolchildren in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance ■)m Washington, D.C., at about 1 p.m. Wednesday. ,uillU M For stU( ients in Jayton, the tele vised Pledge of Allegiance is only the blginning of a full year of activities tied to the Constitution. Through out the year they will study about the document and in the spring all stu dents in the district will combine for aConstitution program. ^Elementary school pupils in Pampa started their crash course in the study of the Constitution by writ ing a school constitution. They lined up Wednesday to sign the document, which included seven ' ‘'l articles that called for reciting the ^Kdge of Allegiance every day and "taking pride in the school’s appear ance. ■First-grader Danny McPherson said not only does the Pampa school T need a constitution to follow but the country needs its Constitution “so we can have a government of the peo ple.” ■ SAN ANTONIO (AP) — South- : land Corp. changed a statewide mar keting strategy for its 7-Eleven stores in matching beer prices after state officials said the policy could violate liquor control laws. WB Gabriel’s Discount Liquor, Beer 8c Wine stores in San Antonio Monday advertised 12-packs of Budweiser and Miller Lite for 99 cents each “while supplies last.” pi The supplies didn’t last long and Gabriel employees began referring stomers to 7-Eleven convenience stores, which had a policy of match ing any advertised beer price, i Southland Corp.-owned 7-Eleven stores withdrew their policy Tuesday after the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said the policy poses “potential problems.” “The TABC (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission) has notified us there was a problem with our pol icy, so we decided to withdraw our guarantee,” said Elena de la Garza, a spokesman for Southland, y Milton Brown, who heads the commission’s local enforcement of fice, said the problem with the Southland policy is that customers are required to bring in a compet itor’s advertisement to receive the lower price. “If an ad is presented for pay ment, it’s a coupon,” Brown said. “You cannot offer such an induce ment to buy an alcoholic beverage in Texas.” Kenneth Fries, district manager for San Antonio 7-Eleven stores, said the commission apparently had not noticed the stores’ policy before Monday. “Occasionally we’d have to match an H.E.B. price or a Kroger price,” he said. “But with all the attention (the 99-cent price) brought to us, the TABC started to notice.” Gabriel said he would offer the 99-cent price once again to the first 400 customers who come in each of the five area stores between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Wednesday. But only one 12-pack would be sold at that price to each customer, he said. Texas Rangers recapture ^ a if last of 4 escaped Inmates after trek to Denton motel rr the bloo^ In fact,oD e 18 specific \/erage. iDnthly rYily's healft 1 be zdu know d proven “■rend in ssf from p Physicio f DENTON (AP) — The last of four Texas inmates who escaped from a prison south of Houston early this week was recaptured Thursday in Denton, authorities said. Kelley McFarland, 38, serving a life term for aggravated robbery in Dallas County, was arrested as he Walked out of a bar at a Denton mo tel. Texas Department of Correc- tibns spokesman David Nunnelee said. B Nunnelee said McFarland was captured without any injuries and without a real struggle by Denton police and Texas Rangers. ■ “His weapons — two pistols — were still in his room,” he said. [ McFarland allegedly abducted a man Wednesday in Montgomery County, just north of Houston, and demanded the man drive him the more than 200 miles to Denton, north of Dallas. Nunnelee said the man, whose name he did not know, drove all the way back to Montgom ery County before informing police. McFarland and three other in mates escaped from the Retrieve Unit by climbing over a 10-foot fence Monday evening. Two inmates were recaptured a short distance from the pxison and a third was picked up the following day within a mile of the Brazoria County pr ison. McFarland, however, managed to evade authorities by allegedly ab ducting an Angleton attorney, Rich ard McElya, and demanding he be driven to Houston. Wednesday af ternoon, he fled from McElya’s truck in downtown Houston and got into a taxi. That was the last police saw of him until officers staked out the Desert Sands Motel along Interstate 35 at the south edge of Denton. 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