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Jury changes charges
from injury to murder
against adult babysitter
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A 28-
year-old baby sitter has been in
dicted on a murder charge after the
child she was accused of injuring
died.
Deborah Gruber, 28, initially was
charged with injury to a child, but on
Tuesday a Bexar County grand jury
issued an indictment charging that
Gruber caused the death of 23-
month-old Bradley Miller.
The child died earlier this year al
ter almost two years on life-support
systems. Bradley was 4 months old in
August 1987 when he was either
struck on the head with a blunt ob
ject or hurled against a blunt object,
according to an autopsy report.
“He had head trauma,” prosecu
tor Wende Rush said. “The child was
blind, paraplegic and unable to
breathe on his own. He was put on a
respirator and stayed that way —
pretty much a vegetable — until the
life support was terminated.”
Gruber was the Miller family baby
sitter in 1987 and cared for both
Bradley and his twin, Wesley,
according to prosecutors.
Don and Terri Miller, the baby’s
parents, decided April 2 to permit
doctors to disconnect Bradley’s life
support after neurological studies
indicated the baby was brain dead.
Old West remembered
in horse-drawn wagons
WILSON (AP) — Dust flies.
Chunks of rock and grass spit out
from behind the wheels. They’re off.
But this is no race. In fact, mem
bers of the Lubbock area horse and
buggy riding club, also known as the
Llano Estacado Driving Society,
want nothing more than to relax.
The sound of the slow ticking of
wheels against gravel and the faint
breezes kissing foreheads and
cheeks, sealed up in friendly chatter,
are the elements of their driving
pleasure.
Five buggies and a spread of chil
dren, friends and grandmothers
have come to this Lynn County area
for a weekend outing. Tart greens,
hazy blues, hot whites and yellowed
beiges color the alternately lush and
craggy tapestry of jagged rocks and
grassy hills.
The riders and their horses, used
to trotting down farm-to-market
roads, are finding new challenges in
the untamed routes, which often
end in trackless patches of grass. Ray
Thomas, president of the driving so
ciety, said the group was getting
their first chance to take a ride pi
oneer style.
Subtle movements — sometimes a
hand’s shifting of no more than two
to three inches — direct the horses,
who often plod hesitantly through
the sloping pathways. A whip, snap
ping lightly against a horse’s mane, is
heard to strike once.
Thomas, a horse trainer by pro
fession, has trained at least 20 horses
to pull carriages in the last 18
months. “That gives you an idea how
quickly it’s catching on,” he said.
“It (the driving society) started
with about eight members (last Sep
tember); now there are about 15,”
Thomas said. “Part of it is the nostal
gia of it; the other thing is, it’s an
art.”
And thirdly, said procession
leader John Edwards, it’s fun. The
New Home resident, a buggy aficio
nado who owns five vehicles and 14
horses, chortled when asked the
name of his 5-year-old Belgian draft
horse leading the pack. “It’s John —
see, they need short names for com
mands,”’ he explained. But watching
Edwards fuss over his horse’s
hooves, gently picking out chunks of
runaway rock, you’d think this was
John Jr.
Edwards’ buggy choice today is a
two-seat spring wagon, a replica of
an antique model.
If you see a buggy tooling along
the countryside that looks like an an
tique — look again, Thomas said.
“The antiques are pretty well gone;
they aren’t serviceable.” Replicas of a
Meadowbrook cart, for instance, he
said, can cost $1,400. It isn’t unusual
for a buggy to cost as much as $3,000
to $5,000. Accessories, such as hy
draulic brakes, are available, and,
Thomas said, most cities require
them.
“Most people think brakes on a
buggy are to stop the horse. The
brakes are simply to stop the buggy
from rolling up, to relieve the horse
from pulling the buggy,” Thomas
said.
Although quarter horses are the
common choice for driving, Thomas
said, just about any type of horse can
be trained to do the job. Leann
Landmesser proved that right. Her
driving horse is a Tennessee Walker,
a 26-year-old who she said “didn’t
drive till he was legal, 21.”
“I’ve had him for 18 years. The
closest he’s ever come to being
abused is now,” she said, laughing.
Texas Jaycees
will sponsor
holiday stops
AUSTIN (AP) — Texas Jaycees
announced Wednesday they will
sponsor rest stops over the Labor
Day weekend again this year to try to
reduce the number of traffic deaths
in the state.
Booths will be set up at aproxima-
tely 75 areas from El Paso to Beau
mont and from Lubbock to Har
lingen. The rest areas will provide
refreshments and at some recreation
for children, the faycees said.
“We feel alert drivers have a much
better chance of finishing their jour
ney safely,” said Jaycee president
Richard Hernandez.
This is the 25th year for the Jay
cee program.
A&M student will go to Italy as
U.S. Shooting Team member
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vin E. Schiller of Bryan will partici
pate in the World Cup Shooting
Championship in Italy next week as
a member of the U.S. Shooting
Team.
A member of Texas A&M’s Corps
of Cadets, Schiller specializes in trap
and skeet shooting. He earned his
spot on the U.S. team in competition
in Mexico City last year, and as a
member of that team has automat
ically qualified to compete for a spot
on the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team.
He leaves for Italy Thursday.
A civil engineering major, Schiller
has a 3.65 grade point ratio and is a
Texas A&M University Distin
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serves as scholastic sergeant for the
corp’s Squadron 16 and is a member
of the Corps Honor Society.
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