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Page 8/The BattalionAVednesday, January 27, 1988 attalion assifieds Birds gain in popularity as common family pets ■ * NOTICE • HEUP WANTED SKIN INFECTION STUDY DIAGNOSIS OF ABCESS OR CELLULITIS? Patients needed with skin infections such as ab- cesses, impetigo, traumatic wound infections and burns. Make money compensatory for time and cooperation. All disease treated to resolution. G&S STUDIES, Inc. 846-5933 ACUTE DIARRHEA STUny Persons with acute, uncom plicated diarrhea needed to evaluate medication being considered for over-the- counter sale. HELP! Rudder Theatre Complex Needs student workers For stagehand and spotlight work To Apply Come To: Rudder Auditorium Tues. Feb. 2: 7:00pm COME SIGN UP!! G&S Studies, Inc. 846-5933 COUSNELORS - Boys camp in Berkshire Mis., West. Mass. Good sal., room & bd., travel allowance, beauti ful modern facility, must love children & be able to teach one of the following: Tennis, W.S.I., Sailing, Wa- terski, Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, LaGrosse, Wood, A&C, Rocketry, Photography, Archery, Pioneering, Ropes, Piano, Drama. Call or write: Camp Winadu, 5 Glen La., Mamaroneck, NY 10543. (914) 381-5983. 64U2/2 • SERVICES - VERSA TILE WORD PROCESSING - BEST PRICES. EREE CORRECTIONS. RESUMES, THESES, PA PERS, GRAPHICS, EQUATIONS, ETC. LASER QUALITY. 696-2052. I63tfn Cold-Flu-Fever Study wanted individuals with fever of 101° or over to partici pate in short term study with an over the counter medication $75. incentive for those cho sen to participate. Call Pauli Research 776-6236 COUNSELORS - Girls camp in Maine. Good sal., room & bd., travel allowance, beautiful modern facility, must love children Sc he able to teach one of the following Tennis. W.S L, Sailing, Waterski, Softball, Basketball, Soccer. LaGrosse, A&C. Photography. Horseback, Dance, Piano, Drama, Ropes, Camp Craft, Gymnastics. Call or write: Gamp Vega, Box 1771, Duxbury, Mass. What do jellybeans, Tau Kappa & the Kaplan Educa tion Center have in common? Find out at the Tau Kappa booths. (MSC & Blocker) Jan. 25-28. 79t 1/28 Resumes. Best quality and prices. 696-2052. 02332 (617) 934-6536 64U2/2 l est preparation ( lasses Begin 2/3 for CRE exam (4/9/88). Kaplan Center 696-PREP. 80t 1/29 By Tracy Hamm Reporter A recent migration into house holds across the country has birds of all types gaining popularity as com mon family pets. Interest in birds as pets developed in the 1970s with the “back-to-natu- re” movement and has grown stead ily ever since, said Dr. Fred Thorn- berry, poultry specialist with the Texas Agricultural Extension Serv ice. Thornberry said the parakeet is the most common and most popular bird to have as a pet because it is small and inexpensive. However, he said, the cockatiel is increasing in popularity because it talks easily and is less expensive than a parrot, he said. Of the exotic birds, cockatoos and Amazon parrots are the best talkers, he said. But Steve Feldman, an employee of Pet Emporium in Post Oak Mall, said Amazon parrots are particular about their associates. “Amazons get bonded to people and don’t like anyone else,” he said “They have distinct personalities.” Danny Martillotti, another em ployee of Pet Emporium, said that people who like birds enough to in vest in them love the birds as house hold pets. “The birds become attached to their owners,” Martillotti said. “They love to be handled and love atten tion.” Mike Matticola, a sophomore aerospace engineering major, and “Birds can provide com panionship, but they do not take a lot of space or time. ” — Dr. Fred Thornberry, TAES poultry specialist in prictl his pet coc katiel, Partner, have been together since April 1986. “Partner is lovable and a good bird,” Matticola said. "He wants to be playful. Birds are a lot of fun and they develop their own personalities. Partner responds to people with whistles.” The most important thing to teach a bird is trust, Matticola said. “They need to be taught to sit on your finger first,” he said. “The bird must trust your hand.” Feldman said smaller birds such as parakeets range in price from $14 to $18. The average cost for a bird is between $30 and $40, he said. How ever. the exotic birds such as cocka toos cost about $2,000 and Amazon parrots cost between $650 and $800, he said. Start-up equipment costs about $75, with an additional $10 a month for supplies, Feldman said. The Pet Emporium receives most of its big birds from local individuals and the smaller birds from Texas breeders, he said. One local breeder, Nancy Galla- way, raises macaws, which she sells to brokers who place the birds in good THE COSTUME CONNECTION PARTYCRAMS NEEDS MALE DANCERS, SINGERS. 693-3004. 75tl/29 Professional Typing, Word Processing, Resumes. Guaranteed error free. PERFECT PRINT 822-1430. 8115/4 # FOR RENT • BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 WANTED: Individuals with back apin, menstrual cramps, headache or joint pain who regularly take over-the- counter pain relievers for back pain, menstrual cramps, headaches or joint pain to participate in an at home study. $40 incentive for those chosen to participate. Please call: Pauli Research International 776-6236 75tfn $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 Luxury 4-plex apts. on shuttle bus with washer/dryer. $350/mo Cali WYNDHAM MGMT 846-4384 $$$$$ PROFITS IN DONUTS. No franchise fees. As sistance available for equipment financing, supplies, and training. Write: Paradise Donuts, Inc. 211 Thomp son Blvd., Scdalta Mo 65301. Phone: (816) 826-8981. 82U/29 • WANTED ***** U.S., Mexico work on technologies to slow killer bees » homes. The birds range from $600 to $ 10,000. Thornberry said the bird industn j’ is growing rapidly in Texas and flen erates between $10 million andJliB million a year in revenue. When buying a bird, Thornbem ■ said, people should be certain tli(|it bird is not aggressive, it is reasonabltH tame, its eyes have good color andiis — feathers appear glossy. yc He cautioned buyers to be careful th about purchasing bargain birds be- da cause they may be illegal, stolen or th sick. Also, birds can suffer from mal di nutrition caused by being fed only sb seed in their diets, he said. B “Malnutrition can lie a problem at' because birds are fed too much fain Sib seed so the bird becames overly fat sp Thornberry said. § v 1 B Birds need to receive protein, m i tamins and calcium in their daily di-pb ets, he said. Several bird feeds art I manufactured that provide all thtlf 1 nutrients required for gcxid healtli [pi< Thornberry said. B Martillotti advises people plan I rung to l>u\ .1 LimI lo i e.id .ilxtui i:- proper care and handling before P 11 purchasing. B 1 Because of the long life exper i; tancy and affectionate natures birds, they can become members ( the family, 7 hornberry said. “With our more af fluent lifestyles people may not have the home area j or they may be gone and do not have | time for dogs and cats," he said "Birds can provide companionship 1 but they do not take a lot of spaceor time.” P'B a Re: Vl Panel backs EMS worker fired for drugs I'UTOR NEEDED FOR THERMO. FLUID LOWER, DIGI TAL DESIGN. 823-1963 evenings M0tl/29 * PERSONALS NIGHT TIME LEG CRAMPS Do loeg cramps wake you at night? Call now to see if you are eligible to be treated with one of 4 study medications. You will need to be followed for approximately 3 weeks. Eligible volunteers will be compensated. Call today! G&S Studies, Inc. 846-5933 75 „„ Cotton Village Apts., Snook, Tx. 1 Bdrm,; $200 2 Bdrm.; $248 Rental assistance available! Call 846-8878 or 774-0773 after 5pm. 4tfl ADOPT- Childless, loving couple wishes to adopt white chi newborn. 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Private. 823-0497/ 693-5955. 79tl/28 Computer- IBM Clone, monocrome monitor, built-in modem, 640K RAM, 20M internal drive, keyboard, some soft-ware. $1000 or best offer. 846-4023. 82t2/2 HOUSTON (AP) — The United States and Mexico are working to gether in a bid to slow the northward spread of so-called killer bees, which may reach southern Texas within two years, experts say. “The bee industry itself is the front line of defense against this pest,” Darrell Wenner, chairman of the research committee of the Amer ican Beekeeping Association, said. “This thing is a serious pest, and it does need to be dealt with.” Wenner, a California beekeeper, is among industry members from around the nation attending the as sociation’s annual convention in Houston. On Monday, convention partici pants heard panel discussions about the threat posed by Africanized honey bee, or killer bee, and steps being taken against it. Under a new program, $1.3 mil lion of U.S. Department of Agricul ture funds have been authorized for a number of techniques to slow the movement of the bees northward from southern Mexico, Ralph Iwa- moto, a U.S. Department of Agricul ture spokesman, said. Among the most significant are attempts to interbreed the aggres sive Africanized bees with tamer bees in a bid to dilute them geneti cally. The bees, introduced to Brazil from Africa in 1956, have been slowly migrating north ever sine The bees, which are visually hard to distinguish from other honey bees, make less honey and are more ag gressive than other bees when dis turbed. Wenner said the Africanized honey bee could arrive in Brownsville, Tx., within two years, based upon current projections. In the United States, bee raising is a $50 million industry, and the na tion’s honey industry is worth about $125 million a year. AUSTIN (AP) — An Emer gency Medical Services supervi- upei sor fired after being charged with felony drug possession should be reinstated, a city employee griev ance committee has determined. The committee recommended to acting City Manager John Ware that former FMS field su pervisor Robert Hardy be re instated at a lower position with out back pay. The committee also recom mended after a hearing Jan. 12 that Hardy be placed on proba tion and receive a drug-abuse as sessment. Pre-leasing 3 BR/2 BA Duplex near Hilton. 846- 24 71/776-(585 6 63t/indef. $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 HEADACHES We would like to treat your tension headache with Tyle nol or Advii and pay you $40. CALL PAULL RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 776-6236 23t10/2 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 ROOMMATE WANTED COMPUTER’S ETC. 693-7599. LOWEST PRICES EVER! IBM-PC/XT COMPATIBLES: 640KB-RAM, 2-360KB DRIVES, TURBO, KEYBOARD, MON ITOR: $ 599. PC/AT SYSTEMS: $899. I tfn Need roommate $262.50 Treehouse Village Apts. 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Over the weekend, the Gonnallys parted with the memories and trea sures of a lifetime when their art work, china, furniture, saddles, jew elry and gun collections were sold. “A great many of those, nearly all of those things, we had given to us or we acquired for a particular reason,” Connally said. “All those plaques that just went through we bought in Hong Kong because we liked them.” The auction, he said, has been “emotional and draining.” “I go home each evening ex hausted,” he said Items up for auction Tuesday ranged from cocktail napkins and ta blecloths to ashtrays and wastebas kets. The cheapest item sold through out the four-day auction was a rect angular terracotta covered cooking vessel. It sold for $80 Tuesday. Connally said he was not sure of his future plans, except that “I’ll never run for public office again.” EMS Director Bill Stockton on Monday gave notice he will ask Ware to uphold Hardy’s firing. He said he could not comment on the committee’s findings. The panel said in a memo that EMS employees “are indeed holders of the ‘public trust,’ and are held to a higher standard of behavior.” It said the employees “are accountable to their depart ment for those actions that would reflect badly on their position.” But, the committee added, “T he extent to which an em ployee should be held account able to ‘professional standards of behavior’ when off the job" was not clear in department policy. It recommended that the ethics code be developed to guide em ployees’ conduct. The memo said Hardy ad mitted “personal use” of mari juana on a limited basis, and he had no performance problems in nine years with EMS. Hardy was one of three EMS employees arrested in an under cover police investigation. Police said they found 1.5 pounds of marijuana in a raid on his home. His case is awaiting prosecution. • SERVICES 2 for 1 Russell sweatpants $10 sweatshirts Thurs., Fri., Sat. 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