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Northgate Problem Pregnancy? *»VVt listen, We care, We help •Free Pregnancy Tests •Concerned Counselors Page 16 The Battalion Thursday, April 13,1989 .&■ <2>° Southgate Brazos Valiev Crisis Pregnancy- Seii'ice We’re Local! 3620 E. 29th Street (next to Medley's Gifts) 24 fir. fxottim 623-CARE Man builds replica of Moravian chape) as monument to Slavic people, heri tag e SUMMER STORAGE Offering “Aggie Share A-Space” For the 3rd Year *Total rent for the summer beginning at $45 0C * No security deposit with A&M I.D. * Several size units available * Reserve now (Advanced payment required) Call 779-SAFE for details (779-7233) Security Plus Storage 2306 S. College Bryan TAYLOR (AP) — Kaplicka. That may be a new word for many, but it describes a new building in this Cen tral Texas city. Pronounced kah-PLEECH-kah, it means “little chapel” in the Slavic language, according to Kevin Han nan of Dallas. He is building the small concrete block structure on land owned by his parents, John and Bobby Hannan, on Old Thorndale Road west of the SPJST Hall. The building is an authentic copy of a kaplicka from the Czechoslova kian region of Moravia, the birth place of Hannan’s great-grand mother. “I had several reasons for starting this project,” said Hannan, who is in the electrical construction business. in Czechoslovakia, Poland and other countries in Eastern Europe, where he has often visited. “Until recent times it was a com mon practice in Czechoslovakia and Poland for people to privately erect this type of monument,” he said. “Ot course, in those times it was a much more difficult endeavor; some fami lies worked for years to save the money and acquire the necessary building materials for such a pro- ject.” He says he is in no hurry to com plete his plans. He must find the right time, the right artist, the right materials before he takes the next step in the construction pi irocess. The dome, erected by use of a crane from Bachmayer Construction Co., belies its seeming delicacy. Han nan estimates its weight at 3,000 e ounds. As with the concrete block uilding, it is heavily braced with steel. The wooden posts holding the bell tower high above are simply sheathing for steel posts. A carefully constructed steel platform is welded to the steel-braced walls, and the steel in the four posts of the tower is welded to the platform that will eventually be covered with the same type of wooden shingles that cover the onion dome. He and a Polish friend had care fully shellacked and weather proofed the singles on the dome be fore it was raised. I am building this last,” Hannan says. “1 dort^ lick inter; ore come back and repair it jq 20 years from now. “I also thought of erecting a personal, visual commenu materialism prevalent i n A m society. It seems today thi ' too much geared towards diction and the pursuit of Americans could learn so« from the traditions of the S 1 tions and their ideals of £ fice, community service and gious faith. “And finally, this project f or a statement of - faith.” my own $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 lies IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME STUDY |1“ $100 Wanted: Symptomatic patients with physician diagnosed $100 Irritable Bowel Syndrome to participate in a short study $100 $100 incentive for those chosen to participate. $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 Ills ASTHMA STUDY ||“ $200 Wanted: Individuals ages 12-70 with asthma to partic- $200 I200 ipate in a research stud y to evaluate asthma medica- $200 $200 tions - $ 200 incentive for those chosen to participate, ^oo $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE STUDY Individuals with high blood pressure medication daily to parti- ciapte in a high blood pressure study. $300 incentive for those chosen to participate. BONUS: $100 countdown incentive for pa tients chosen to participate and who complete study. $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 CALL PAULL RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 776-0400 K “I’m deeply interested in the folk ar chitecture of Eastern Europe. “In the villages of Czechoslovakia and Poland where some of my ances tors were born, there are several out standing wooden churches and other examples of folk architecture. I also thought of erecting this as a type of monument to the Slavic peo- ile and to my own Slavic heritage,” ie said. The onion-shaped bell tower of the tiny chapel was placed atop the building earlier this month, but Hannan says there is still much more to be done. “When the walls are completed they will be covered with white plas ter and decorated with Slavic folk motifs, inside and outside,” Hannan said. “The onion dome was built in Dal las by a craftsman from Czechoslova kia. Atop the dome is a three-bar cross, which signifies the Christian faith of the Slavic people,” he said. It took the Czechoslovakian builder 150 hours to fashion the spire and its onion-shaped dome. The scalloped shingles are handcut, as are similar shingles in the Hannan barn ready to cover the roof over the building. A niche in the back exterior wall is ready for further decoration and an other niche will be placed in the front exterior wall, above the arched entrance. A lovely iron gateway into the little chapel was found in an antique shop. Hannan, who soon starts graduate work in Slavic languages at the Uni versity of Texas, says such kaplickas are commonly found along road sides and before entrances to villages Owner of ranch seen in ‘Dallas’ serk cashes in on tourists, antique auction, PARKER (AP) — Terry Trippet has done his best to make certain vis itors to world-famous .Southfork Ranch can see everything they be lieve Texas has to offer. He has installed a 183-foot-tall oil derrick. He has stocked lush pas tures with longhorn cattle and championship racehorses. And as for a Texas millionaire? Well, he says he just walks around the grounds as often as he can. Trippet’s ranch, about 25 miles northeast of Dallas, is the model for the famous Ewing spread featured in the television series “Dallas.” The ranch, with its stately white two-story ranchhouse and immense outbuildings, is sometimes incor rectly placed in neighboring towns of Plano, Murphy or Wylie. But Trippet prefers the town name of Southfork Ranch, and he lets every one know it’s all his. “Em the mayor and I’m the city council and I’m the building inspec tor,” he says, wearing a sly grin that is shaded by a $3,000 cowboy hat. “That’s the only way I could have gotten all these things built around here.” What was once a fairly nice coun try ranch is becoming an interna tional tourist attraction. Trippet says you can stand on any part of the ranch and hear about 10 languages spoken in one hour. It sounds like an idle boast until the next group of tourists strolls by. A camera-snapping from Germany. A young family, with two children, is from British Columbia. And a woman who rolls into Trippet’s path and levels a cam era lens at his head appears to have a British accent. “You look just like J.R., coming down there,” she says, as she shoots and then ducks away. He kind of does resemble the fic tional J.R. Ewing, the man who raises the ire and interest of millions of TV fans worldwide. On any par ticular day, the 44-year-old Trippet, who was raised in the Odessa area, could be seen wearing a leather vest, western shirt and a pair of sharply pressed jeans. He’s already tall, even before he steps into expensive os trich-skin boots. And like J.R., he is fond of that disappearing Texas pastime — mak ing money. “You want to know the most ex pensive souvenir around here,” he says, then points at himself. “Me — that’s what. And I’m not cheap.” Trippet, who bought the ranch in 1984 for an undisclosed “but very big” price, says if Southfork Ranch looks a bit commercial, that’s be cause it’s meant to make money. From the $1.75 chili dogs to the ranchhouse, which he rents for $2,500 a night for overnight visitors, the Texas showplace is meanttol money-makmg proposition, Besides,” he says, “that fa nothing. A good penthouseis (( to cost you that much to rent “But anything you see hereis sa ^m. ou T an V to bu y th «® and I II go dig them up myself. His latest enterprise was three-day Southfork AntiquesSs tacular. 11 More than $3 million worthoi tique furniture, chandeliers, canl and jewelry, including some 11! ottered by celebrities, were for sale. The auction incU Louis XV dining room transfen intact to T exas from a Scottishtas For the occasion, Trii stripped the ranchhouse o( ture and everything else, a he put up for sale but none of »i was used on “Dallas." He say plans to refill the house and sdl those items at the next auction. "We think this is going to bei finest auction house in the w real soon,” he says. As T rippet ambles back Southfork Ranch office to di calls before roaring off in a j Mercedes, he doesn’t miss a s when asked about his favorite p of the ranch. “My cash register,” he says. “I those tour buses parked over then love to see those dollar bills walk in. 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