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Wednesday, October 28, 1987/The Battalion/Page 3 State and Local on; ipening night of circus offers hills, thrills to B-CS residents breaking the uch-abused ar embarrasstr. r in the middled f course, the e\e >w threat thatca [] i behind the Ree: By Karen Kroesche At Ease Editor It was colorful, crowded and, at imes, chaotic. It was electric, excit- iland highly entertaining. In es- aff stafferstolt * eI £ e ’ il w f, s the ci ^ cus - . , . , rh RfMlf P ircus Vargas has arrived in Col- is( untA'. ,g e s tat i on; bringing animals, acro- g a new victim, jgtsand entertainers of all varieties. carbacktodat P ^*8 ^°P was ra * se< d ut 10:30 R Tuesday at the Brazos County or journalism i£| eo Arena, setting the stage for )Uge editor for !i 1C opening performance Tuesday night. Kn estimated crowd of 4,000 at- i Red the opening night perfor- f t Bee, which began at 7:30 sharp nd lasted a full two-and-a-half louiv People of all ages watched in ■zement as jugglers juggled. Brers danced, and, of course, the Bns clowned around, in three dif- ; B’t rings. ■he crowd consisted mostly of jmilies with cotton candy-faced ildren, but Texas A&M students scattered throughout the iwd, and they seemed to enjoy the iow as much — if not more than — ii younger counterparts. ! Jennifer Bobbitt, a sophomore Sp< “dragged out” to the circus by fellow student and friend Steve McCann, but was glad she made the effort. “It’s a great study break,” Bobbitt said. Senior Michelle Fox, a psychology In addition to the elephants, the show was highlighted by animal trainers, tightrope walkers and dar ing acrobats. One acrobatic feat in particular, sometimes called the suicide act, set audience members on the edges of “We’re impressed. We thought ‘How much fun could a circus be in College Station?’ but it’s been better than we expected. ” — Michelle Fox, A&M student major, won tickets to the show from a local radio station. She and her friends said they enjoyed the show, and were particularly pleased with the quality of the entertainment. “We’re impressed,” Fox said. “We thought ‘How much fun could a cir cus be in College Station?’ but it’s been better than we expected.” Fox said her favorite part of the show was the elephants, for an ob vious reason. “I’m a senior,” she explained. “I like elephants.” their seats. The Ayak Brothers, a duo from South Africa, performed on the trapeze 40 feet above the ground — without a net. At one point, one member of the duo jumped off the shoulders of his partner and was airborne for a hair- raising second, before interlocking his ankles with those of his brother. The tension was quickly relieved, however, with the entrance of a full entourage of clowns, accompanied by elephants and sequin-costumed performers. Ringmaster Joe Pon, who’s been with Circus Vargas for six years, kept the show moving with short bursts of dialogue between the acts. He was appreciative of the opening night audience, and said he was hearing “a lot of hootin’ and hollerin’.” “It’s a great audience,” he said. “This is definitely an Aggie crowd.” Pon, a former high school tea cher, said he enjoys Texas audi ences, because they are more likely to vocalize their appreciation. “People here tend to enjoy them selves more,” he said. “It’s more a cal crowd.” Circus Vargas, a $ 15-million pro duction that bills itself as North America’s “largest traveling big top,” includes 400 performers and ani mals and travels to 150 cities across the United States and Canada. Last night’s performance was the first of five shows; the remaining four are scheduled for 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. today and Thursday. Tickets still are available at the Circus Var gas office in the Food Court at Post Oak Mall, at the MSC Box Office and at the circus. exas seeks $525,000 in federal aid rehabilitate damaged oyster reefs ^RUSTIN (AP) — The state is seeking more thai a half-million dollars in federal disaster as- '<04% pstame to rehabilitate flood-damaged oyster Wm freeh in San Antonio Bay, officials said Tuesday, ■'he Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s fisheries division has applied for $525,000 in di- # T saster funds for the work. yl department has asked for emergency aid to allow us to place 32,500 cubic yards of cultch Boss 500 acres of public reefs in the bay,” said ' pan Matlock, fisheries division director. Bultch, usually made of oyster shell, is material ■ down on reefs to provide a spawning bed for 9ysters. ■Because the oysters in San Antonio Bay were devastated by a natural disaster, this is the only area in Texas that might qualify for this type of financial assistance,” Matlock said. Until this past summer’s unusually heavy rains that damaged oyster production, San Antonio Bay in Calhoun County had been the second- most productive in Texas, supplying 20 percent of the state’s harvest, officials said. During the previous three years, the bay’s oyster reefs yielded an annual average of 1.7 mil lion pounds of shucked meat with a dockside va lue of $2.7 million. Last week, Parks and Wildlife officials took a representative of the National Marine Fisheries Service out to the reefs to inspect the damage and validate the application for emergency aid. “Not a single live oyster was found in any of the samples,” Matlock reported. Matlock said the existing shell base on the reefs are heavily infested with various marine or ganisms and algae. Once the surface of a shell is fouled, free-swimming oyster larvae are less able to adhere and mature. Parks and Wildlife experts say that fresh shell layered on top of the old reef would provide a clean site suitable for oyster larvae to attach and would slow the spread of further infestation. The Parks and Wildlife Department request covers only the purchase and planting of cultch material. Former student seeks A&M support in race for seat in Congress By Cindy Milton Staff Writer An old Aggie Tuesday night discussed his tie to the University to let students know that being an Aggie can lead to a lot down the road. Greg Laughlin, Class of ’64 and a candidate for United States Representative for the 14th Dis trict spoke to about 30 students during a program sponsored by the Aggie Democrats. “I’m the only Aggie running for U.S. Congress,” he said, “and I’m running as an Aggie.” Laughlin told the students that the 14th District and its sur rounding counties — including Brazos County — will play a big role in supporting him for the Congressional position. Laughlin majored in history at A&M and after graduation earned a law degree in Austin. He went into the Army, working in military intelligence, where he received the nation’s highest se curity clearance. Laughlin remains active in the Army Reserves. Keeping up with the military, he said, is one factor that is a campaign bonus for him. “I have insight to the military that few people in Congress have,” he said. “The military duty served by its members is low, and that is something I think is really sad.” Laughlin said it is important to know what is going on in the mili tary before Congress can take ac tions and know exactly how they are going to work. He got laughter from his audi ence when he referred to Presi dent Reagan as “the great actor,” who, after promising to decrease the deficit has done nothing, he said, to improve it. “The Administration is trying Greg Laughlin, congressional candidate to convince everyone that they’re conservative, but they are spend ing more money than ever before . . . especially on defense,” Laughlin said. “One of these days someone up there is going to have to realize they’ll have to pay for all of that.” Laughlin also said that he sees the Persian Gulf as a big issue in the future. He talked about his buddies in the Corps of Cadets during his four years at A&M that never returned from Viet nam. “The United States shouldn’t be policeman for the world,” he said. Congress, he said, should be concerned with young Ameri cans, and national commitment should be a top priority. Laughlin wrapped his speech up by stressing the importance of more Texas representation in Congress. 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