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BRYAN (409) 846-7793 4202 E. 29th at Rosemary Mon: 9:30 am 5:15 pm Tue: Wed: Wed: Thur: Fri: Sat: 11:30 am 9:15 am 10:00 am 6:30 pm 5:00 pm 7:00 pm 5:15 pm NOTHING WORKS LIKE WEIGHT WATCHERS! Offer valid October 23 through November 13. 1988 Offer valid at locations . ighf . ... _ . isted (Areas 37. 96.107) only. Offer valid for new and renewing members only Offer not valid with any other offer or special rate Weight Watchers and Quick Success are trademarks ol WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL. INC C WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL. INC . 1988 IN BRYAN CALL 846-7793 Students get second chance to learn in alternative school BEAUMONT (AP) — One of the most notable things about the Beaumont Alternative School is the quiet. At the end of a period, no bells or buzzers sound. No lockers slam. No teen-agers loudly hail their friends in the hall. Instead the teacher softly tells the stu dents to get ready. After all the students in the school’s five classrooms line up they file quietly into their next period class in carefully choreographed transition. When they arrive in the next class room, the students pick up their assign ment folders, sit at a desk and begin working with little or no prompting from the teacher. The loudest noise in the room often is the hum of the air conditioner, the rattle of a page turning or a soft whispering as the teacher answers a student’s question. The Beaumont Independent School District set up the school earlier this year as an alternative to middle school and high school students who were having trouble in a regular classroom. “What we are offering here is a highly structured academic environment with no distractions,” alternative school su pervisor Patrick Thomas said. “When my students come through that door they want to come in for the academics be cause that is all there is here.” The school has no cafeteria, no pep rallies and no sports, he said. Because the school discourages talking among students, they have little social life at the school. Thomas and the staff say they have to fight the notion that most students at an alternative school are dangerous. “I think most people think we have a bunch of thugs and that it’s a battle ground here,” English teacher Ginny Welsh said. “It’s anything but that. I think it’s one of the safest environments anywhere in the district.” Thomas acknowledges the school has to discipline students at times. But the structured environment and small class size help head off many prob lems. But Thomas said the individual atten tion each of the 50 students receives from the school’s caring staff along with the school’s emphasis on study provide a fertile ground for troubled students to flourish academically. 5 TDC prisoners to receive master’s from UH program ROSHARON (AP) — Earning a mas ter’s degree usually allows students to quickly slide into the job market, but five University of Houston at Clear Lake graduate students will have to put their job searches on hold until they can take their diplomas off their cell walls. If plans progress as scheduled, the university will graduate its first master’s degree candidates from the Texas De partment of Corrections Ramsey I Unit near Rosharon in December, more than two years after the program began. “We’re extremely proud of our stu dents for persevering through the clas ses,” said George L. Trading, director of the university’s program at the prison. “Our master’s program is tough ... we don’t water our classes down at Ramsey. “It’s the same program we offer to our students on campus. We don’t offer the Ramsey students anything special.” The program is part of a plan by the Texas Department of Corrections and the university to enhance the prisoners’ chances of finding a job upon release “and to stay out of here,” he said. Nine faculty members are teaching a record 130 college students this semester in nine classes, ranging from history to literature, on weekdays from 6 to 9 p.m. The master’s program has 54 enrolled in mates. The university offers inmates with clean disciplinary records and 54 credit hours of college classes a chance to work toward a bachelor’s or master’s degree. While Alvin Community College of fers lower-level college courses to the in mates, the University of Houston at Clear Lake offers bachelor’s degrees in general studies, behavioral sciences and humanities along with the master’s de gree in humanities. TDC will pay for one class per semes ter for eligible students, but inmates usually pay their tuition through federal grants or from their own pocketbooks, Trabing said. And to those who say the prison sys tem is becoming too relaxed, Trabing said the prisoners are required to com plete a full day’s work before attending the night classes. “There’s nothing wrong with punish ment, but we need some type of retrai ning,” he said. “Just locking somebody up and keeping them from family and friends is punishment. ’ ’ Only those who have stayed out of trouble in prison can participate in the program. And while the inmates will not have the option of practicing their chosen fields immediately upon graduation, their confinement helps make most of them better students, Trabing said. The average inmate has an eighth- grade education and has had to take re medial courses from the junior colleges before being accepted into the advanced classes. While Trabing said the Clear Lake students are very serious students, the inmates quite often score higher on tests because they have more time to study. chal-Ienge (charenj) 1. anything that calls for a special effort. Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity is re-establishing the chapter at Texas A&M. If you are ready to take on the challenge of starting a Fraternity call our National Representative Bill May cock at 822-1301 The staff includes five teachers and one counselor. The school offers courses in reading, language arts, science, math ematics and social studies. It also has a computer laboratory. After evaluating each student’s abili ties, the teachers develop a learning plan that lets each student proceed at his or her own pace, Thomas said. The teach ers prepare daily assignment sheets for the students. Ball said. “They are just doing it» ferent way.” During the class period, the circulate, helping each student signments. “1 had to invest in pair of shoes because 1 have to student to student to student," teacher Carla Dunlap said. “Wh; to find a learning style the childt- spond to.” Most students at the school are intelli gent but lack motivation, study skills or confidence to perform well in a regular classroom, Thomas said. The alternative school helps students who have been held back two or more years or who are achieving at a signifi cantly lower level than their classmates. It also serves dropouts who want to come back to school, he said. They also send home weekly progress reports, telling the parents their child’s conduct and grades. The curriculum closely follows the district’s. The school strives to build upikt) dents’ self-esteem by showing them! can succeed in school. “They are doing same thing they would be doing if they were in a regular school,” social studies teacher Clydette “When they understand they sponsible enough to do the assigd and not cut up in class and whenfcj alize they can do this and be succe^ji&brew, onC e p . . this is a lesson for their otheri Union as a crime, and for life itself,” science teacher ^official of the 1 McCord said. (MOSCOW (A1 once Although the district offers the school to students who face expulsion, none of the students this semester fit into that cat egory, Thomas said. Texans honor man who saved said Wednesday. ■Officials also 1 to participate in t to its executive di who met with higl Bfioth steps w changes in how ■th the country’ |ey come in the iesident Mikhail Some students will go back to their home schools, while others may choose to stay at the school until graduation, he said. After school officials refer the student to the alternative school, Thomas inter views the teen-ager and the parents be fore the student can enroll. Both students and parents sign a docu ment outlining the school’s procedures to show they understand what the school expects. The district cannot force a stu dent to attend the alternative school, he said. French grapes Susj SHERMAN (AP) — Sherman and Denison residents recently completed a “French connection’’ that paid homage to Texas’ unlikely grape genius. This year marks the 100th anniversary of T.V. Munson’s celebrated success in saving the French wine industry from a parasite that ravaged vineyards. A French delegation visited Munson’s home in Denison in 1887 to leant the agronomist’s secrets. Munson had grown grapes in lime stone soil, similar to that of the French vineyards. The roots were resistant to root lice and adapted well from cuttings. For helping to save the French vine yards, Munson received the French Le gion of Merit in 1888, an honor pre viously accorded only one other American, inventor Thomas Edison. Commemorating the 100th anniver sary of his work, several Munson rela tives and interested friends went to the south of France in October and returned with glowing accounts of their visit. “This was a great way to build Franco-American relations,” John Mor ris, President and CEO of Associated Travel, said. “This was a significant oc casion. The real news happened 100 years ago with Munson and Viala (Pierre, a major French researcher).” “I was impressed with the generosity and warmth of the French people,” Sherman realtor Ben McKinney said. “I had the impression that the French were always cold and rude. This was not the case.” The ceremony honoring Munson was held in the city of Cognac, where an en tire research center is devoted to viticul ture (the study of vines.) The American consul to Cognac joined in the ceremony along with Pierre Gaillet, a prominent French researcher. Dr. Roy Renfro, the Grayson County College professor who organized the trip to France, compared Gaillet to Pierre Vi ala. Viala’s great-grandson helped unveil a plaque honoring Munson. The French still revere Munson’s memory. A replica of the plaque is dis played in the T.V. Munson Viticulture and Enology Center at Grayson County College. A French delegation visited GCC in September to honor Munson. The trip coincided with the first grape en By Kel si “I had the impressio: that the French were al ways cold and rude. Thi was not the case.” - Ben McKin.,1^ Sherman realtor was raped and st ;2l). and police s '■^■■^^^^■■■■■■■■■■^itil the victim’s harvests of the year in France. ■ After police r It was a hectic time, but the Fie suspect on Oct. i showered their guests with friendslii[J|cpartment and ound in the wor Maj. pdgar F Station Police D vill take place v lim is feeling b “They (vineyard owners) alltoolifflce Department out to welcome us and really showalps in the case, some great hospitality,” Renfro ii®ore of those tij “That was the thing that impressec;l8 to the doorst the most. It was really nicetosee.’ laCorwin. His fin Throughout the trip, the Texansjj sented their French hosts with lions commemorating the annivetsatjl Touring Chateau Margaux, the ffij witnessed the first pressing of the e 7 for the 1988 crop. Chateau Margaux is famed foritii| cellent wines. The group visited all the major vie yards, which comprise the region’ss industry. “It was really fascinating hearing 1 seeing that their very livelihood isii vines,” said John Morris, whodw Sherman travel agency. “If the-v; were damaged or destroyed, a lot»« be at stake. While there, the trio was inducted: the “Commanderie du BontempS' Medoc et des Graves,” a groupofts teau-owners who promote their winet The group has existed nearly: years, according to Renfro. “It was like being inducted into! ternity,” Morris said. “Wearei members of the most prestigious* society in France. I’m very proud.” The visit also reminded Texans k' dedicated agronomist more than a tury ago introduced vinegraftinp France, where for nearly 20 years, lice had cut vineyard acreage by atK 80 percent. “I was impressed with all theyk done,”'Renfro said. “And with*: they have thought. 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