he Battalion TATE & LOCAL Tuesday, February 6,1990 »it itej ;mcl lliiuir^ )k‘ aiHlIei'i m in Texavl ler moved.jy ir al least 11 ems (fesol for alloltH ie? What all I eserve sonsl f act that til;; pital olfeiri c \ should xtent of lltt® life a a isonraent 1 i all (onvira don’t ineail and then 1 as ior. Life I lean life | ramie. Cap;I the rest of* to societ). K ne. It mail of a hum,n irderingllif* ice surfacet I t least hen; | offers a ip I . lormerdtil lent in Prist I execution | ire. WithwI u give the I iperatiom I )utit,wei 1 tlhs could I i new exec I liiuk voufnl it. no matte 1 mid facetfi lile, you in! inldingtiglil !iorjournai|K id Frozenfruit Citrus crops face bleak future WESLACO (AP) — Texas citrus growers, who saw more than half their crops wiped out in December’s hard freeze, learned Monday that there may not be a Texas grapefruit or orange crop for t>vo years. December’s freeze killed more than half the citrus trees in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and those that survived won’t recover enough to produce a marketable crop for a year or longer, said Dr. Richard Hensz, di rector of the Texas A&I Citrus Center in Weslaco. “There will not be a commercial crop this fall,” Hensz told more than 200 citrus growers from South Texas and northern Mexico who met to discuss freeze damage Monday. Texas’ 35,000-acre industry is concentrated in three counties at the subtropical southern tip of the state. December’s arctic blast killed up to three-fourths of the trees that survived a devastating 1983 freeze and roughly half the trees planted since then, Hensz said. Many of the trees planted since 1983 were just coming into full production this year. Those that survived the December 1989 freeze will not produce for next fall’s crop because the cold killed the tender “fruit wood” that will not grow back for a year or two, Hensz said. If a crop is produced the next year, he added, “it will have to be a pretty small one.” The Texas Department of Agriculture estimates the damage to this year’s citrus crop was $46.8 million, or more than half the crop’s total estimated value of $80 million. College of Education plans film to promote teaching profession Police search for suspect in shooting A resident of Plantation Oaks Apartments, 1501 Harvey Road, was struck in the forehead by a bullet that passed through the front wall of his apartment, according to a Crime Stoppers re port. The report said around 3 a.m. Jan. 26, the Plantation Oaks resi dent was relaxing in his recliner watching television when he heard a loud noise and instantly Braxoa County irmtej STOPPERS ■■■■■■■■■■■ 775-TIPS felt something strike his fore head. After treatment at a local hos- ital, the resident learned he had een struck by a bullet which had assed through the front wall of is apartment, the report said. The apartment is on the sec ond story overlooking the swim ming pool and the back side of the leasing office. The Crime Stoppers report said investigators believe the bullet was fired from a position behind or beside the of fice building. While no motive has been dis covered, officials have not ruled out the possibility that the shoot ing was accidental. This week the College Station Police Department and Crime Stoppers need your help in iden tifying the person(s) responsible for this shooting. If you have in formation that could be helpful, call Crime Stoppers at 775-TIPS. When you call, Crime Stoppers will assign you a special coded number to protect your identity. If your call leads to an arrest and grand jury indictment, Crime Stoppers will pay you up to $1,000 in cash. Crime Stoppers also pays cash for information on any felony crime or the location of any wanted fugitive. By STACY E. ALLEN Of The Battalion Staff As part of Texas A&M’s Commit ment to Education, the A&M Col lege of Education is making a film that will promote teaching as a chal lenging profession to prospective educators. The Abell-Hanger Foundation in Midland gave the college an $85,000 grant to make the film, Dr. Christo pher Borman, interim dean of edu cation, said. “Our main intent in making this film is to promote the field of teach ing and the appreciation people have for teachers,” Borman said. “We want to interest people in going into the profession.” The film is being made by Robert A. Wilson and Associates, a public relations firm in Dallas. Borman said the film should be completed and re ady for distribution in May. Although the film is being made by the College of Education, Bor man said that promoting A&M is not the main thing makers of the film want to do. “It will be obvious that the film was made by A&M and that we rec ognize the importance of educa tion,” he said. “Our purpose is not to promote A&M, it is to promote tea ching as a worthwhile profession.” Borman said the film will be 15 to 20 minutes long and will be distrib uted to high schools and different organizations throughout the state. We want to relate to students the challenges and benefits of being a teacher, and we want the public to understand how important teachers are to our general welfare.” — Dr. Christopher Borman, interim dean of education The film will be available to any stu dent group on campus that would like to show it. “One thrust of the film will be to talk to well-known people and let them tell the audience how a teacher influenced them,” Borman said. “That is exciting to students because they see that and think ‘Gee, here’s this well-known person and I might have an influence on someone like that if I become a teacher.’ ” Borman said Fred McClure, Class of ’76 and legislative assistant to President Bush, and Roger Staubach have both agreed to talk about a tea cher that influenced them for the film. Borman said they are trying to get Barbara Bush to make an ap pearance. A second thrust of the film, Bor man said, will be to identify out standing teachers who have grad uated from A&M and show brief videos of them teaching in the class room. “We want to relate to students the challenges and benefits of being a teacher, and we want the public to understand how important teachers are to our general welfare,” Borman said. Teaching does not receive the stature and respect that it deserves, Borman said, and the film should improve people’s image of teachers. “It’s very easy to blame teachers and administrators for the ills of American education, but teachers shouldn’t be blamed,” Borman said. “It’s everybody’s responsibility — the family’s, the student’s and the gov ernment’s.” # ON CAMPUS Candidates prepare for Texas Debates HOUSTON n Center before an tdience of about 4*000. The debates will be the national cable < »AN, according to rese, a debau icer, one is im portant enough for national in terest,” he said of tire public af fairs channel. “(The race) is B retty widely watched because we ave an open seat.” “We are trying to do it early- enough in the campaign so peo ple can judge the candidates after We are trying to do (Texas Debates) early enough in the campaign so people can judge the candidates after they make these statements.” — Denis Calabrese, debate executive producer they make these statements,” Ca labrese said of both party races. In other developments Mon day, no Democrats filed for the Distr ict 6 position on the State Board of Education being va cated by Democrat Bob Cum mings of Houston. Cat minings, who s