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1 x i Wednesday, December?, 1988 The Battalion Pages 7 te director ofstude, 7 p.m. at D"'' 1 1 1 167 Read, ave a roommate ses. n. in 404 Rudder, J ninth annual ik at 7:30 p.m. in '•m.in 225 MSC. ' OF BRAZOS VAl the Creative Self ai revention and Educa- 280 for details on lo ons" at 7 p.m. in to? ; h and demonslrais n 206 MSC. 1 Battalion, 216Reetj desired run dale. We you ask us to dost, s and activities. Slid a is no guarantee an *5-3315. tails lit' consortium am anies. ‘ti literally every used in the con: ■' Novak said. He will hold a riefing next sunwid Seniatech's mi I they hope the them an edge ompanies. to the technicalbrij li has cony g plan and submilj Department ofl agency has withh Seniatech’s SlOOn unding until the pi hamber says pre-game promotions For Hurricane Bowl proved successful By Sharon Maberry Staff Writer A pre-game public relations push I brought fewer people to the Hurri- Icane Bowl than were origanally set I to attend the A&M-Alabama game, ibut the Bryan-College Station [Chamber of Commerce still calls it a I success. I A capacity crowd of 72,387 was [expected for the Sept. 17 game, but I only 59,152 attended the Dec. 1 I match-up. The Hurricane Bowl was marked by special activities before and dur ing the game in an effort to build ex- Jcitement, increase attendance and I regain lost revenue for local busi- ™ nesses. The Texas A&M-Alabama foot- Iball game, originally scheduled to be layed Sept. 17, was sold out and all otels were full at that time, said [Anne Bell, director of the Bryan- ICollege Station Chamber of Com- Imerce Convention and Visitor Bu reau. Many hotels were forced to turn away Texans fleeing Hurricane Gilbert. Bell organized the Hurricane Bowl activities after receiving several phone calls from residents inter ested in making the postponed game nsomething out of the ordinary, she [said. “We wanted to help boost atten dance at the game (on Dec. 1),” Bell said. “The reason we (the Conven tion and Visitor Bureau) are funded by the city is to help things like city tourism. This was right in line with our purpose.” Bell began working to make the game a special event. A group of five or six people eventually became a steering committee of 60, she said. “We experienced committee work at its best,” Bell said. “I think we had some positive promotional activ ities.” Bell’s committee organized, among other things, the skydiver who brought the game ball to Kyle Field, the halftime fireworks show and the hot-air balloons at the south end of Kyle Field. The city of Bryan sponsored the skydiver, the Bryan Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper Bottling Company spon sored the fireworks and the balloons were already in town for the Texas Championship Balloon Race. “It was not a major financial in vestment (for the Chamber of Com merce),” Bell said. “It was primarily a big investment of time. Our ex penses were in the Hurricane Bowl caps given to the football teams.” Bell said the public relations activ ities were successful because the mass media helped advertise the event. “A lot of people in the media are big A&M fans and we know who they are,” she said. “We sent press releases to them.” The Hurricane Bowl Steering Committee included A&M Student Government Senators Beth Am mons and Michael Kelley. Ammons formed a Hurricane Bowl Committee of about 20 stu dents, she said. That committee helped organize promotion of the game on campus. “We were in the MSC Nov. 29 through Dec. 1 passing out hurri cane tracking charts,” Ammons said. “We also helped find the skydiver and fireworks. We were mainly try ing to get the students excited.” Ammons’ committee also spon sored the Spirit Sign Contest. Partic- " ipants’ signs were hung on the north gates of Kyle Field. A spokesman from the University of Alabama Sports Information De partment said the Hurricane Bowl activities were done tastefully and in good humor. Vehicle thefts increasing, owners should take notice AUSTIN (AP) — The vehicle theft rate in El Paso County in creased a “staggering” 96 percent during the first six months of 1988, while Dallas County thefts rose about 11 percent compared with the same time last year, a spokesman for Texas Action Council on Theft said. There were 2,296 El Paso vehicle thefts and 13,485 Dallas thefts, Jerry Johns, chairman of public affairs for the council, said Tuesday. El Paso and Dallas lead the state in the number of vehicles stolen, Johns said in a statement. Some sections of the state recorded modest declines in vehicle theft, he said. Vehicle theft in Dallas cost more than $134 million in the first six months of 1988, while it cost $23 million in El Paso, Johns said. The figures are arrived at using an aver age vehicle cost of $10,000 each, he said. “Most of the vehicles stolen seem to be disappearing from shopping centers, office complexes, hospitals and other public areas,” he said. The “best deterrent” to auto theft is installation of an anti-theft device, Johns said. He also recommended that drivers park in well-lighted areas, put valuables in the trunk, lock the car and pocket the key. Photo by Ed Thomas Whatever floats your boat. . . Will Nelson, a junior construction science major, tests his final project of the year for sea worthiness at the research park Sunday. 24 HOUR VIP Membership Extravaganza!] vQ 24 Hour Gyms Of Texas, one of the Brazos Valley’s largest co-ed multirecreational fitness facilities is offering a 2 year V.I.P. 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