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Speakers encourage A&M students
to take part in conservation efforts
By Wade See
Of The Battalion Staff
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Speakers from around the state
stressed the opportunity and the
need for students to get involved in
conservation issues last night.
The program, titled “One Earth,
One Chance,” was organized by the
Outdoor Recreation Club.
Dr. Douglas Slack, master of cere
monies and a professor in the Wild
life and Fisheries Science depart
ment, prefaced the evening by
saying that there are so many
pressing issues in conservation that it
is easy to get overwhelmed and not
know where to start.
All the speakers agreed that the
key to overcoming that feeling was
to act on smaller projects.
John Karger, director of a bird of
prey rehabilitation project, said that
the problems we face now, including
acid rain, global warming and defo
restation can be solved.
“Quality of life is economically
feasible, and we can make it work if
we want to,” he said.
Speaking to about 100 people,
Karger said that there should be 500
times that number here. He told the
audience to take the conservation
message to the rest of the people
who could not come tonight.
“It’s very important that you make
a difference, and you do,” he said.
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Falconer John Karger holds a great horned owl that he nursed back to health.
Photo by Kathy Han
It’s important to maintain a com
mon sence perspective in conserva
tion, Karger said. For example,
hunters and anti-hunters both need
to consider each other’s perspective
and use common sence. He also said
that in many cases, land developers
can use common sense and do what
they want with the land and still
make room for wildlife as well.
Karger also pointed out that man
often calls animals lower life forms,
and in doing so makes it easier to ig
nore them when we destroy their
habitat.
“We see a lot of children and
adults and say ‘Take a look at this
bird, isn’t it magnificant? It breathes
air just like you and me,’ ” he said.
During his talk, Karger flew seve
ral of the birds of prey that he
brought from his project in San An
tonio, Last Chance Forever. At one
point he sent a hawk flying just
inches over the heads of the audi
ence to, as he said, let them feel what
it was like to be a mouse or a rabbit.
Carroll, a private forestry consul
tant, also stressed the importance for
people to get involved.
“There’s numerous issues out
there to become involved in and if
you don’t it’s gonna be left up to the
politicians, and they’re not always
the best informed,” he said.
Other speakers included Bill Car-
roll, George Russell and Dan Roo
ney. Carroll and Russell are both
from Huntsville and work in for
estry.
“If we’re going to do something
about our environment — to have
something for our children and our
grandchildren — we have to get in
volved.”
He said it’s important to check the
government’s work because many
times it doesn’t always dowhatisk
for the environment. He
found a major government politi I
forest management that had rniil
terpreted much of the information
used to justify the policy.
“Just because a documentisn
cial does not necessarily meanit'si|
curate,” he said.
Finally, Dan Rooney, recyi
committee chair for the Texas 1*1
ronmental Action Coalition, I
tenet s how they could make adit
ence here.
“You can’t clean the world if J
can’t clean your backyard,” he sac I
Nursing home aide receives 20-40 years
for helping lesbian lover smother patient!
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) —A
former nursing home aide ex
pressed remorse as she was sen
tenced to 20 to 40 years in prison
Wednesday for helping smother pa
tients in a pact with her lover.
“Without you. I’m sure this matter
never would have been cleared up,”
Kent County Circuit Judge Robert
Benson said in sentencing Catherine
Wood. “I’m convinced that you truly
show remorse. . . . I’m also con
vinced that you are in fact a follower
and not a leader.”
Wood, 27, admitted she some
times served as a lookout or diverted
supervisors’ attention while another
aide, Gwendolyn Graham of Tyler,
suffocated five patients at Alpine
Manor Nursing home in Walker.
Wood also testified against Gra
ham, who was convicted last month
of five counts of first-degree mur
der.
Wood said the killings were part
of a pact the two hoped would bind
their love. She also said Graham told
her the killings helped her “relieve
tension.”
out parole. Wood alsy had faced a
maximum of life.
Wood did not speak during sen
tencing, but her attorney read a
statement she wrote.
“Saying ‘I’m sorry’ is not enough.
Mere words cannot express the re
morse and guilt I’ll have to live with
for the rest of my life,” Wood wrote.
Benson ordered 20 to 40 years on
each coimt for Wood, but said the
sentences would be served concur
rently. She would become eligible
for parole in 16 years, two months.
“To some extent I’m surprised”
by the sentence, defense attorney
Christine Yared said, adding that
both she and her client were pleased
with the trial and its outcome.
Jan Hunderman, daughter of 60-
year-old vicmn Marguerite Cli;
hers, said she, too, was pleased.
“She should have come forw
and told people this was happf
ing,” Hunderman said. “But® c
that I know that this act did hapfi
to Mom, it seems to settle evtr
thing. . . . Now she can rest:
peace.”
Marketing firm sponsors essay contest
offers $3000 in scholarships to winners
Or
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By Julie Myers
Of The Battalion Staff
Wood originally was charged with
two counts of first-degree murder.
Those charges were dropped after
she agreed to plead guilty to one
count each of second-degree mur
der and conspiracy to commit sec
ond-degree murder.
Graham, 26, faces a mandatory
sentence of life imprisonment with-
Vector Marketing Corporation, a $40 million na
tional marketing firm, will sponsor its Third Annual Es
say Contest with scholarship money totaling $3,000 for
winning entries.
Students are asked to write a 500 word essay on “Be
yond Your GPA: What Does It Take To Be Successful
After College?”
Bob Haig, Vice President of Sales and Marketing said
he plans to make the informal information available to
his Vector National Management team, and to other
companies offering career opportunites to undergrad
uates and graduates.
The winning essay contestant will receive a $1,000
scholarship. Two second prize winners will receive $500
each, and four runners-up will be awarded $250 each in
cash prizes.
In addition, all essay contest participants will be of
fered the opportunity to interview for a position
summer sales representative through one of the?
Vector Marketing Corporation offices nearest totlw
college community or home town.
Entries will be judged on the basis of overall wn®
style and content. Correct grammar, punctuation
composition are essential, Haig said. ’
Copy must be typed, double-spaced, on white,8
X 11” paper and should not exceed 550 words. Alls
tries should include a return address and phonemic
her along with the student’s class year and major.
The contest is open to both part-time and full-©
undergraduates, enrolled at recognized colleges
universities across the country. Vector employees:
their relatives are ineligible to participate.
AH entries are due Dec. 1, 1989 and winnerswillli
notified by mail no later than Dec. 15, 1989.
Entries should be addressed to: Essay Contest, V«
tor Marketing Corporation, 1260 East Woodland. 1
nue, Springfield, PA 19064.
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