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The Battalion STATE & LOCAL Monday, April 30,1990 845.; 'tudent; n the tint nd vote[,, itndidattj ■tnd nat ir leir f them 1. ifyoul tiyofth ■tsed viev •etterthji indidaie known al ofWomf aalso rpast in office it the i' some re rum ive to dec .S20 1 lave tom boutwtu e electwi link is a imjust 1 it's par. twins, Ik ntoand:: and von ity. j don't rtheoffn e shiri,-; 1 voter. cratic mlim 1 iiteeofl nay iy thank vy, to cut matter the »f soden 3ecemk devision and the I saval eat n,wc*i vitalit' 1 rake sut je. 1 Jr 16® :0\ Fall semester drum majors announced by Aggie Band director Col. Ray Toler By SELINA GONZALEZ Of The Battalion Staff The Pulse of Aggieland will march to the beat of different drum majors in the fall. Col, Ray Toler, director of the Aggie Band, recently announced the appointment of the band’s three new drum majors. Junior Russell Griffin with A Company, a marketing major from Plano, is the band’s new head drum major. B Company’s Richard Wariner, a junior business administration major from Houston, is the band’s infantry drum major. Junior Chris Alexander with A Battery, a mechanical engineering major from Bryan, is the artillery drum major. “This (drum major) is probably the single most desired position in the Aggie Band,” Toler said. Selection was based on band members’ leadership, musical and conducting abilities. Griffin, who was a drum major in high school, said he felt privileged to be selected. “I am honored that I was selected for such a high position,” he said. “I I his (drum major) is probably the single most desired position in the Aggie Band.” — Col. Ray Toler, Aggie Band director have always wanted to be head drum major.” The selection of drum majors is a sit-week process consisting of two tnout periods. First, all junior band members wto were interested in becoming a dmm major learned the basic me chanics and responsibilities of being a drum major. This year 19 band members went through the first tryout period, which consisted of a mini-drill on the band field. At the first tryout, the candidates performed without the band. Next, the selection committee nar rowed the number of candidates to nine. These candidates had four weeks to revise and prepare for the final two-day competition. “On the first day of the competi tion, each candidate conducts a number of songs to see how the band reacts to you and to see how musically inclined the band can react to your direction,” Griffin said. “It is important to clearly communicate the directions to the band.” On the second day, candidates g erformed drills on the field with all and members except seniors. Drum majors’ responsibilities con sist of preparing drills and explain ing them to the band. Griffin said if he could change one aspect of the Aggie Band, it would be the band-Corps of Cadets relations. “There seems to be some kind of conflict between the band and the other Corps members,” Griffin said. He said the conflict exists on both sides; and he attributes this to the fact that at times, band members have to engage in activities that dif fer from those of other Corps mem bers. The best aspect of the Aggie Band is the amount of emotion the perfor mance instills in some members of the audience, he said. Griffin said he is looking forward to working with Wariner and Alex ander. “They are the ideal people, and their opinions will be of great value,” he said. Griffin, Wariner and Alexander will begin working together as drum majors at Final Review. Arrest tied to slaynr ODESSA (AE) • • jfee district attorney said de- mained jailed Sunday in a girl’s tails of the alleged sexual assault sexual assault charge also was a will be given to an Ector County suspect m the slaying of -a child . grand jury scheduled to meet .who authorities m this West ' May Wayne Biedder’s aiv ^ information from the investiga- rest Saturday was related to a is rioit into the death of the Cavaaos continuing investigation into 8- Elementary Student, said Garri- S *ar-old Gloria Castillo's strangu- s V • • • tion death, according to Ector : Eaw. officers initially reported County District Attorney Gary 1 the student had been abducted. Garrison. hut Garrison said that report was jm:Bieckier, M, of $tamfordvas unfounded, ■mmh Peace Justice R.G, Hungerf'ord Castillo, I do nor believe that Ee- ^^iMte|^aggiri^ated.sexual tor Countv parents have any rea~ he did not know any details of the in our community,” Garrison said la test investigation : involving Frida/ in a.prepared statement. •. BJeckler. Garrison had refused to „ f **Tn«t apparently is not the sit-.: comment when asked to describe nation in the Castillo case,” he ..the link between Blecklefs arrest said, adding that the death was Cleanup continues in areas hit by floods, storms Associated Press ‘P areas hit by flooding and storms, residents in Parker County’s Horseshoe Bend com munity were, complaining they had no warning the Brazos River was about to in vade their homes. “They’re supposed to notify us,” resident Pam Spikes said. “The river came up Mon day and they said it’s nothing to worry about. ... Nobody notified anyone about this.” In 1981, the community’s fire trucks sounded sirens to warn residents in this town west of Fort Worth of flood waters about to descend on the area. Last year, be fore what some residents call a minor flood, the sirens, flashing lights and loudspeakers from the trucks again urged residents to move to high ground. “There is no warning system (here) as to sirens,” said Parker County Fire Marshall Mike Paschal. “There is no audible warning system for all the community. There was a flood like this in 1981 and the people here know if the ground is heavily saturated, (the river) is going to rise.” He said Horseshoe Bend residents are warned by telephone, door-to-door notifi cation or some other method. Mike Bukala, spokesman for the Brazos hver Authority, which owns and operates bssum Kingdom Lake and dam, said nor- rral warning procedures were followed when the decision was made to begin releas ing waters from the lake Thursday. The Brizos River feeds into the lake. “When we have to drop a gate, we have to start calling people downstream and let them know the water is coming,” Bukala said. Parker County Fire Department Capt. Donnie Hampton said he was notified by Possum Kingdom officials all four times a gate was opened at the dam, beginning at 7:15 a.m. Thursday. But by then, the rains — unofficially as much as 18 inches in some areas — had al ready flooded parts of the county, he said. Lt. B.G. Watson of Brownwood Police Department said Sunday that the sunny and warm weekend weather was helping his U X I here is no audible warning system for all the community. There was a flood like this in 1981 and the people here know if the ground is heavily saturated, (the river) is going to rise” — Mike Paschal, Parker County Fire Marshal town dry out. Brownwood was one of the areas hit hardest by the flooding. Mayor Bert Massey called the flooding the “worst disaster to ever hit Brownwood.” Massey estimated that damage in the busi ness district alone will exceed millions of dollars. But Watson said most Brownwood resi dents had either returned to their homes or had found temporary shelter with relatives. “Things are shaping up nicely; all the roads are open and the creeks are down,” Watson said. “Now it’s just a process of try ing to get cleaned up and getting back to business.” The American Red Cross will help North Texans get back on their feet by opening a disaster relief center at the Gouts United Methodist Church in Weatherford. Polly Brumsfield, a spokeswoman for the American Red Cross, said the center will open Monday at 9 a.m. She said volunteers will interview people with disaster-related losses until 6 p.m. The Red Cross opened 1 1 shelters in re cent days in Brown, Comanche, Cook and Young counties. “We will be providing emergency assis tance such as food, clothing and shelter,” Brumsfield said. “But each person will be interviewed one-on-one to see what is re quired.” In Houston, meanwhile, residents in w'est Harris County were picking up debris left behind from a tornado that cut a path about three-quarters of a mile wide over a 5-square-mile area Friday evening. Damage was estimated at $20 million, but no injuries were reported. The all-glass facade of the First City Bear Creek Bancorp, of Texas building looked like it was under construction as scores of workers operated cranes, hauled away de bris and replaced some of the 138 glass panels that were blown out by high winds. 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