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Page 4/The Battalion/Friday, October 9, 1987 Hey Ags John Stone Needs Your Help! Your donations are urgently needed to help pay the cost for a liver transplant he needs A table will be set up in the MSC to take your dona tions today thur Friday. Come by and help another Aggie Messino Hof Wine Cellars The Award Winning Wines “Made In Aggieland” presents 1986 Messina Hof Blush “...peach nectar” 1986 White Zinfandel “...blushingly beautiful” 1986 Chenln Blanc “...deliciously smooth and fruity” 1985 Sauvignon Blanc “...smooth, rich fruit” 1986 Johannisberg Riesling “...incredible aroma” 1984 Papa Paulo Port “...luscious chocolate flavors” 1986 Chardonnay “...delicate and lively flavors” Now available at the winery and where fine wines are sold. PREGAME TOURS by reservation 409/778-WINE Paul and Merrill Bonarrigo Class or ’75 Directions to Winery 1) Exit Hwy 6 at Hwy 21 2) Travel east 2 mi. to Wallis Rd. 3) Follow Signs to Winery Weather Watch Krr. < - Lightning - Fog ifc Thundentorau • • ■■ Rain ** “ Snow n “ Drizzle A - Ice Pellets <7 — Rain Shower (inJ — Freezing Rain Valid: Noon today Sunset Today: 7:00 p.m. Sunrise Saturday: 7:23 a.m. Map Discussion: A large continental high pressure system moving southward out of central Canada will push a moderate to strongcold front into the midsections of the country with quite cool temperatures through the north-central states and some snow shower activity overtl* central Great Lakes region. Forecast: Today. Fair to partly cloudy, warm and windy with a high temperature of 87 degrees and southerly winds at 12 mph, gusting to 20 mph. Tonight: Increasing cloudiness and mild with a low temperatureof67 degrees and winds southerly at 7 to 12 mph. Saturday. Partly cloudy and warm with gusty southerly windsoflOto 18 mph and a high temperature of 89 degrees. Expect a 20 percent chance of rain locally with increased probability northwest through north in the immediate area. The cold front will be oriented northeast to southwest through Mexia at midday. Weather Fact: Relative humidity: The ratio, expressed in a percentage of actual moisture content of the air to the maximum possible moisturt content at a particular pressure and temperature. Prepared by: Charlie Brento: Staff Meteorologs A&rM Department of Meteorolof HILI pic the CHE! at' tam cla: Civil hoi to 1 Ro ERA sends Texas to $1.2 million in aid to fix leaky tanks By By Clark Miller Staff Writer Texas has received $1.2 million from the Environmental Protection Agency to repair its leaking under ground storage tanks. The funds were given to the Texas Water Commission by the EPA on Oct. 1 for statewide distribu tion, said Roger Meacham, a spokes man for the EPA. Meacham said the danger of leak ing tanks is that their contents can seep into groundwater. “If the problem goes unchecked, groundwater could be damaged to the point of being useless,” he added. Both Bryan and College Station use a groundwater source for their public water supply, but neither has had problems with toxins leaking into their wells. Meacham said the funds are given to states based on the number of un derground storage tanks in a state with an estimated leakage problem in 10 percent to 30 percent of the tanks. William Colbert, director of pub lic information for the TWC, said that there are about 150,000 under ground storage facilities in Texas. Meacham said that Texas received one of the largest grants in the na tion for the clean-up effort because of the size of the state and the Texas petroleum industry. If EPA estimates are correct, ■Each spi Ke of 1 Booses 40 B particip; Bat is the ( there are between 15,000 sa 45,000 leaking tanks in Texas. |PT , ot 1 & I The fast Colbert said convenience s: is designed and gas stations that store petrofewinageme products are the main usenofiSchoenfeld underground tanks. BSchoenft However, gas stations andcc pted injoi nience stores will not benefit: should sub the $1.2 million the state hailduung thei ceived for underground ■: an intervi tanks, Colbert said, becausewheiWtanageme owner of an underground tadBAfter th> available, it is that person's respejj n t erv i ewec blity to finance the correctiono(i|n a j ie s whit problem. Bement sk “The funds are to be usedtodejevaluated, ; up storage sites when a respotifare intervie party cannot be located," hesaiti | 7h e fin; Colbert said there are unb'|Schoenfeld need repairs that have been tfRchtner z doned or for which the ownerulGreg Brous not be located. The TWC d«T know how many of these abanrf This yeai tanks there are, he said. 19 accounti Colbert said most tanks that jors. and t a leak need to be pulled outc .throughout ground and replaced. said Leon Sevcik, owner of SetfjBhrades ai Texaco on East 29th Street in B'|vho will be said it would cost about S10,0 grade poin replace an underground tank, above 3.0, h tanks will last about 30 years,h 1 - Colbert said that noneoftke?] eral funds have been used vetfsj pairing or replacing tanks ’WUS the TWC still is determiningho* : the problem is and planninghtj, will distribute the funds fortltj in 1 program. CALVES Superintendent to remove Uing for w Robinson Worked as a Bvi Dallasteachers with AIDS * uperinten- dent of Dallas schools told parents he would take AIDS-infected teach ers out of the classroom — not be cause he believes students would be at risk, but to avert an emotional re action. Dallas Independent School Dis trict Superintendent Linus Wright said Wednesday after a meeting with Parent-Teacher Association mem bers he doesn’t believe such teachers’ presence in the class room would pose a health hazard. But he said he would remove the instructors because the situation could cause overriding social prob lems and emotional problems, even if there were no medical consider ations. A teacher infected with acquired immune deficiency syndrome could trigger an emotional reaction in the classroom, possibly causing a par ents’ boycott, he said. puly 1980, s One district employee is kno> ryl Fergeso have AIDS, officials said. TkcPtned to tb named employee had beenateif “J know' but was assigned this year toi:ff°binson te ministrative position, officialss resu lt in a n The former teacher under: l He also the reasons for reassignraentaf|“ r andley’s a cepted it willingly, Wright said. detector William Waybourn, preside: leavin the Dallas Gay Alliance, tw o earli “There’s no evidence anywWB Mi ss Fei any level of anybody beingaktl One of tb hazard in that context.” yenied Rob 'yeek his vie He said teachers with ; kigators imp should be able to choose #1 On the t; they want to stay in classrooms clothes in a come administrators, and tk after the gi moving teachers for fear of cor could not h nity reaction could cause pro ^at day. later. ^ohn Ses “If Dr. Wright follows thatl ^eek that a reasoning, then he will be disWan hold tb nating against people who k Sessum ] handicap and that is illegal,”bei P