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Nutritionist encourages
students to eat breakfast
By Juliette Rizzo
STAFF WRITER
Students who regularly eat a well-
balanced breakfast may perform
more efficiently, concentrate better
and feel less tired at the end of the
day, a nutrition expert at Texas
A&M says.
Dr. Dymple Cooksey, nutrition
specialist with the Texas Agricultu
ral Extension Service, says that nu
trients found in traditional breakfast
foods are 'essential to supply the
body with the energy needed to
make it through the day.
She recommends a well-rounded
breakfast, which includes choices
from the four basic food groups.
Choices from these four groups
should provide an individual with
one-fourth of the recommended da
ily amounts of protein, calories,/Vita
mins and minerals, she says.; Nutri
ents found in foods frond these
groups are essential for energy,
maintenance and body repair.
Cooksey says that special em
phasis should be placed on break
fast, because it is the first meal of the
day.
“It is the meal that keeps you from
running out of steam for the rest of
the day,” she says. “It is difficult to
get the nutrients the body needs if
breakfast is skipped. You almost
have to double the amount of nutri
ents in the other two meals just to
make up for the shortage.”
' She suggests starting breakfast
with a source of vitamin C, which
can be found in citrus fruits and
juices, and a protein source, such as
meat or eggs. Cooksey says there is
room for variety in food choices.
“As long as the food choice has
nutritional value, it is all right to take
an adventure away from the tradi-
, tional breakfast foods,” she says,
j She also recommends that break-
i fast be planned the night before and
eaten in the company of others.
“Pre-preparation is advantageous
when a person has a time shortage in
the morning,” she says. “If you wait
until the next morning to figure out
what to eat, breakfast may not hap
pen.”
She says eating in the company of
others keeps the meal interesting
and helps people look forward to
eating breakfast.
Cooksey says those who skip
breakfast miss the benefits of the
meal.
“A breakfast skipper is like a car
running on empty,” she says. “A
well-nourished person, like a well-lu
bricated engine, works more effi
ciently.”
She says other benefits of break
fast are:
HOUSTON (AP) — Jailed finan
cier Shearn Moody Jr. said Monday
he will retain a lawyer to represent
him in his second trial on bank
ruptcy fraud charges, abandoning
an effort to serve as his own counsel.
Moody, who was arraigned Mon
day on two counts stemming from
the alleged concealment and trans
fer of assets under the control of a
federal bankruptcy trustee, faces a
possible 10-year sentence if con
victed.
The former millionaire heir of a
prominent Galveston family already
is serving a five-year jail sentence at
a federal prison near Fort Worth for
a previous fraud conviction.
Asked by U.S. District Judge Ken
neth Hoyt how he pleaded to the
charges, Moody at once responded,
“Certainly not guilty, your honor.
This was not part of that property.”
• Breakfast eaters have higher in
takes of calcium, which is essential
for strong bones and teeth.
• Breakfast eaters are energetic
and can concentrate better on
school-related tasks, while those who
skip may be irritable, restless and
listless.
• Breakfast eaters have a better
late-morning problem-solving ability
and have more energy at midday.
• Eating breakfast on a regular
basis is associated with a vigorous
older age.
“People who eat breakfast
throughout their lives tend to stay
involved in life longer and have the
energy to do it,” she said.
Moody, 55, and his longtime aide,
Norman Revie, are accused of with
holding $201,000 in proceeds from
the sale of Seaside Lanes from cred
itors in his bankruptcy case and con
verting it to their own use.
Revie’s attorney, Michael Maness
of Houston, said Monday he plans to
show in the trial that the Galveston
bowling alley was not part of the
property affected by the bankruptcy
filing.
The bowling operation was owned
by Seaside Lanes Partnership, a
Moody family real estate venture.
Funds from its sale allegedly were
converted to cashiers checks and
funneled through a Canadian bank
in an attempt to launder them.
Hoyt on Monday approved a mo
tion by Maness for a continuance in
the case and reset a trial date for
Mav 29.
Moody retains lawyer
for second fraud trial
Kittens ’ sharp claws can infect
children with cat scratch disease
By Holly Becka
REPORTER
Cat scratches are usually harmless for adults, but
children who are scratched by kittens may suffer from
cat scratch disease, which can mimic more serious ill
nesses including mononucleosis, syphilis, tuberculosis
and some forms of cancer.
Dr. John August, head of A&M’s small animal medi
cine and surgery department, said CSD is the most
common cause of localized inflamation of the lymph
nodes in children.
“Probably about 50 percent of the American popula
tion has had it, but it’s usually mild,” August said. “It’s
serious in only a fraction of that number.
“It’s more frequent in children because they are more
likely to handle kittens and get scratched, but 20 per
cent of all vets have had the disease also. Adults’ im
mune sytems usually are better, so they’ll resist it.”
He said kittens are more likely to transmit the bacte
ria that causes CSD.
“As cats get older, they may become immune to the
bacteria,” he said. “It is not known where the cats get
the bacteria. They somehow get it from the environ
ment and transfer it to their claws during grooming.
“Research is being done to determine if it’s normal
for cats to carry it in their mouths, but there is no test to
screen cats for the disease. They may carry it only for a
few weeks.”
August said humans also may develop the disease
when a cat licks an area of abraded skin.
Although the symptoms of CSD usually are mild,
some cases have been reported that are more extreme.
The disease may spread beyond the lymph nodes, af
fecting the nervous system and causing convulsions, or
it may develop into a bone infection. Parinaud’s oculog-
landular syndrome, which occurs when eye membrane
becomes infected, may occur when a person rubs his
eyes after handling a cat.
August said a sore at the site of a cat scratch on a
child is an indicator of CSD.
“Lymph nodes become enlarged, the child will expe
rience fever, headaches and malaise,” he said. “There is
no specific treatment. By the time the clinical signs de
velop, most of the bacteria is dead and won’t respond to
antibiotic treatment.”
State lobbyists spend
more than $550,000
in first part of session
Senate OKs
pre-release
inmate centers
AUSTIN (AP) — Voting on a
wide range of issues Monday, the
Texas Senate approved bills to es
tablish pre-release centers for
state prison inmates, allow so-
called mini bars in luxury hotels
and restrict teachers from pad
dling students.
Senators also passed measures
aimed at tightening airport secu
rity and allowing small, rural
service stations to have above
ground diesel fuel storage tanks.
On a 30-1 vote, the Senate sent
to Gov. Bill Clements a bill that
would establish pre-release facili
ties for certain non-violent prison
inmates who are within six
months of being eligible for pa
role. The program would be ad
ministered by the Board of Par
dons and Paroles.
Sen. Gene Green, D-Houston,
cast the lone dissenting vote, say
ing many residents fear such cen
ters would not be secure.
Sen. Bob Glasgow, D-Stephen-
ville, said that if the state operates
the centers like prisons or half
way houses, the facilities could
become subject to federal scru
tiny under the lawsuit that mon
itors state prison operations.
“We’re kind of walking on
eggs,” Glasgow said. He said the
facilities would be surrounded by
a fence, but added that could
mean a chain-link fence or picket
fence.
“They’re not penitentiaries;
they’re not halfway houses,” Glas
gow said of the proposed centers.
“They’re something in the mid
dle.”
AUSTIN (AP) — Lobbyists spent
more than $550,000 trying to enter
tain and influence state officials dur
ing the first two months of the legis
lative session.
According to records filed with
the secretary of state’s office, lobby
ists spent approximately $306,000 to
entertain lawmakers and influence
legislation during February.
That compares to about $245,000
in January — a month when the
Legislature was in session for three
weeks.
If divided equally among the 181
members of the House and Senate,
lobbyists would have spent $3,044
per lawmaker for the two months.
The 811 registered lobbyists
speak for more than 2,100 clients
plugging a range of causes.
In addition to entertainment ex
penses, lobbyists must report gifts
they give state officials.
Mario Martinez, of the Texas
State Troopers Association, re
ported spending $2,012 on gifts in
February, including garment bags
for legislators.
The biggest spenders are organi
zations or industries that hire a sta
ble of lobbyists to sway the course of
special interest legislation.
Because many of these lobbyists
work for a number of groups, and
lobbyists are not required to itemize
their expenses, it is difficult to deter
mine how much is spent on any
given issue.
Bill Messer, for example, is a lob
byist for the Texas Chemical Council
and has spent about $11,500 over
the first two months of the session.
But he also lobbies on behalf of
more than a dozen other interests.
Other top spenders, such as Don
Adams, Jack Gullahorn, Richard
Hardy, Dick Ingram, Robert E.
Johnson, A.R. “Babe” Schwartz, Jack
Wheeler and Angelo Zottarelli, each
work for a number of groups and as
sociations.
In February, the top-spending
lobbyists for single interests were
Martinez with the Texas State
Troopers Association, who reported
spending $13,421 on entertainment,
and Ernest Stromberger, a lobbyist
for the Independent Insurance
Agents of Texas, who spent $10,436.
Chemical companies and electric
utilities appear to be some of the big
gest players among the lobby, along
with insurance and oil and gas inter
ests.
Pesticide regulation and state
oversight of electric utility rates and
proposed changes to the workers’
compensation system have become
major issues during the session.
Tom “Smitty” Smith, of Public
Citizen of Texas, a consumer, watch-
dog group, said he has never seen
the lobbyist amass in such force.
“Every morning when I get up to
go to the Capitol, I know I have to
ack up four or five issues in my
riefcase,” he said. Recently, he said,
“I’ve had to pack two briefcases to
handle the nightmares.”
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The Office of University Art Collections and Exhibitions
and the
Benz Gallery of Floral Art
present
PERSPECTIVE '89:
Floral Comments on University Artworks
April 18-May 26, 1989
Horticulture/Forestry Sciences Building Atrium
Opening Lecture
Tuesday, April 18, 7 pm
Horticulture/Forestry Sciences Building Room 102
by
James L. Johnson, Director, Benz Gallery of Floral Art
Reception to follow
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