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The Battalion
Tuesday, May 1,1990
Crime Stoppers looking
for felony theft suspect
Crime Stoppers’ “most wan
ted” is being sought for felony
theft from a person.
Juree Shivers Jr. can be identi
fied by the following characteris
tics:
• Race — Black
• Sex — Male
• Date of Birth — 9/12/70
• Height — 5 feet 10 inches
• Weight — 165 lbs.
• Hair — Black
• Eyes — Brown
If your call and information
leads to his arrest, Crime Stop
pers will pay you $250.
When you call, a special coded
number will be given to protect
your identity.
Crime Stoppers also pays for
information on any felony crime
or the location of any wanted fu
gitive. If you have any informa
tion, call Crime Stoppers at 775-
8477.
Photo from Brazos Co. Sheriff’s Dept.
Juree Shivers Jr.
FBI nets off-shore casino
Four cruise ship cohorts
charged with conspiracy
BROWNSVILLE (AP) —Four op
erators of the cruise ship that
brought casino gambling to Texas
have been charged with conspiracy
and federal gambling violations, in
volving in part an allegedly illegal
sports bookmaking operation.
In addition to conspiracy to oper
ate an illegal gambling operation,
charges include use of the mail to
promote illegal gambling, interstate
transportation of illegal betting slips,
and operation of an illegal gambling
business.
Federal and state investigators in
Port Isabel over the weekend
searched the Port Isabel-based ship
Le Mistral II, the offices of Islander
Cruises Ltd., and offices of OM Con
sultants, a Miami-based firm manag
ing the ship’s entertainment and ca
sino.
Charged in the case are Hal Tem-
E leton Fowlkes, 47, president of Is-
tnder Cruises, which directed the
cruise business; Phillip Lance New
man, 40, who operated gambling on
the ship; Steven Fox, 32, a card
dealer; and Betty Brown Vacek, 47,
an OM Consultants employee in
Port Isabel.
U.S. Magistrate Robert Guerra on
Monday allowed them released on
$25,000 unsecured bonds each.
Each of the alleged violations of
federal law carry a maximum prison
sentence of 20 years and up to a
$250,000 fine for each count. The
statutes also allow for seizure of as
sets.
The arrests were the result of an
ongoing investigation by the Texas
Department of Public Safety’s Crimi
nal Intelligence Service.
Approximately $80,000 in cash
was seized during the weekend
searches, said DPS spokesman David
Wells.
According to an FBI complaint,
DPS undercover investigators placed
bets on sporting events, such as foot
ball and basketball games, while the
ship was still docked at Port Isabel.
They allegedly paid for the bets af
ter the cruise began and the casino
opened. Winnings would be settled
after the ship returned to dock. If
the sporting events had not con
cluded by the end of the cruises, the
casino operators would send any
winnings to the investigators in the
mail, authorities allege.
When the floating casino began
operating out of Port Isabel in the
fall of 1988, Fowlkes was a partner
in an Ocean Springs, Miss.-based
maritime law firm that held a 21 per
cent share of Islander Cruises.
What’s Up
Tuesday
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS: will show ‘The Democracy Movement in
China” at 7:30 p.m. in 204C Sterling Evans Library. Call Cheryl at 845-
5741 for more information.
COOPERATIVE EDUCATION: will have a required meeting at 5:15 p.m. in 102
Zachry for all co-op students who plan to work in summer 1990.
THE MEDICINE TRIBE: will have a discussion at 5 p.m. in front of the Academic
Building. Call Irwin at 846-3225 for more information.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a discussion at noon. Call CDPE at
845-0280 for more information.
CIRCLE K INTERNATIONAL: will discuss fall plans at 7:30 p.m. in 223B
Zachry. Call Julie at 847-8442 for more information.
WOMEN’S STUDIES PROGRAM AND DEPT OF PHIL & HUMANITIES: will
have a lecture at 4 p.m. in 402 Academic Building.
TAMU SURF CLUB: will have their last meeting at 8:30 p.m. at University Tower
at the jacuzzi. Call 847-7404 for more information.
RIO GRANDE VALLEY HOMETOWN CLUB: will have officer elections for ’90-
’91 at 7 p.m. in the MSC Flagroom. Contact Eunice at 693-1094 for more
information.
ANTHROPOLOGY SOCIETY: will have John Dockall speak about Mayan stone
tool and exchange at 7 p.m. in 305 Rudder.
WOMEN’S STUDIES AND MUSIC: Dr. Nancy B. Reich will give a talk on Clara
Schumann at 11 a.m. in 402 Academic. Call 845-9670 for more informa
tion.
DEPT OF PSYCHOLOGY AND JUNGIAN OF BRAZOS VALLEY: will have “A
Jungian Analysis of Boris Pasternak’s Dr. Zhivago’ ” at 7:30 p.m. in 102
Hort. & Forest Science Bldg.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT: University applications are available at the Student
Government office, 221 Pavilion. The applications are due on Thursday.
COMMUNITY OF SINGLE ADULTS: will meet to dance at the Hall of Fame
at 8 p.m.
FRONT PORCH THEATER-POETRY IN TRACTION: will have a collage of per
formances at 8 p.m. at the Front Porch Cafe. For more information call
846-5558.
Wednesday
THE OPAS STARK SERIES & THE DEPT OF PHIL & HUMANITIES: will have
a Brown Bag Concert at noon in 402 Academic Bldg. Call Rebecca at
845-3355 for more information.
SAN ANGELO HOMETOWN CLUB: will have a pizza party at Mama’s at 6 p.m.
Call Paul at 822-0726 for more information.
UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRIES: will have the last Aggie supper of the semes
ter at 6 p.m. at A&M Presbyterian Church. Call Mike at 846-5631 for more
information.
Items for What's Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald,
no later than three business days before the desired run '-date. We only publish
the name and phone number of the contact if you ask us to do so. What’s Up is
a Battalion service that lists non-profit events and activities. Submissions are run
on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee an entry will run. if you
have questions, call the newsroom at845-3315.
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Small school lives up to big expectations
TORNILLO (AP) — Educators here are
beaming with pride because the district’s stu
dents have doubled and in some cases tripled
their scores on basic skills tests without comput
ers or even new books.
The students of Tornillo Independent School
District go to school in a 1924 elementary school
and in a high school that houses about a dozen
classrooms. Most of the district’s $1.6 million
budget goes for salaries.
Superintendent David Marcum said the tiny
district’s 380 children needed someone to tell
them they could succeed and they needed an at
mosphere that would let them do it.
“There’s education research to support the
theory that if you believe the kids will perform
well and tell the kids they can do it, they’ll per
form well,” Marcum said.
The Tornillo school board hired Marcum two
years ago to strengthen faltering scores on the
standardized Texas Educational Assessment
Minimum Skills Test. He also is working to re
cover the district’s accreditation ranking.
“My goal is to take one of the poorest school
districts in the state and prove that we can do fas
cinating things with the kids,” Marcum said.
This year, scores soared and the district was
again fully accredited by the Texas Education
Association.
Marcum said two new principals with high ex
pectations for students helped.
The district fully instituted bilingual education
programs for the children of immigrants in kin-
I here’s education research to
support the theory that if you believe
the kids will perform well and tell the
kids they can do it, they’ll perform
well. My goal is to take one of the
poorest school districts in the state
and prove that we can do fascinating
things with the kids.”
— David Markum,
Superintendent
dergarten and first grade and it is beginning to
extend English-as-a-second-language classes
through the 12th grade.
Educators also changed the elementary
school’s class schedule, did some inexpensive re
furbishing to both schools, made minor curric
ulum changes and received a lot of support from
teachers.
Next year, the high school will get a new com
puter lab and a satellite education program.
Parents say their children definitely are learn
ing more and liking it.
“They enjoy school more than they did be
fore,” said Leopoldo Escalante, head custodian
who has two children that attend the school.
“Sometimes they even claimed they were sick so
they didn’t have to go to school, but they don’t do
that anymore.”
Average attendance during the last quarter
was 98 percent, said high school principal Mike
Dickson.
“I’m convinced that you don’t use money as a
crutch to explain the reason that students don’t
get an education,” Dickson said. “If you do, the
crutch becomes a reason for not teaching.”
Still, without money, the school is missing a
few things. There’s no guidance counselor, not
much science lab equipment and a library with
out a magazine collection.
“Maybe our kids aren’t getting everything they
need, but I’m convinced they are getting a quality
education,” Dickson said.
Xeriscaping
(Continued from page 3)
works.
Schueckler said the new Texas
A&M University Headquarters
Building will be Xeriscaped after the
University requested an efficient
landscape.
Welsh said there are seven basic
principles of Xeriscaping. They are
as follows:
• Planning and design — includ
ing your region and existing land
scape
• Soil analysis — preparing soil
for better water absorption
• Efficient irrigation — saving on
water
• Practical turf areas — using
turf only where it provides benefits
• Appropriate plant selection —
placing the right plants in the right
place
• Use of mulches — using to re
duce water needs, weed growth and
erosion
• Proper maintenance — reduc
ing maintenance with proper design
Welsh said these principles have
been tested by industry profession
als.
When planning a Xeriscape,
Welsh said pets, amount of yard use,
landscape style and plants desired
should be taken into consideration.
Welsh said the term Xeriscape
comes from the Greek word Xeros
meaning dry and was coined in
Denver in 1978.
Since then, he said, there have
been numerous Xeriscape projects
from coast to coast.
Welsh said local landscape ar
chitects, nurserymen and county ex
tension agents can help answer ques
tions about using Xeriscaping.
Teachers
(Continued from page 1)
Oct. 2, 1989, but Clements didn’t
call the Legislature into session to
consider it until Feb. 27. Lawmakers
have met non-stop since.
The deadline-bumping delay
raised the ire of teachers, Cole said.
“If students acted like this, we
would be giving them Fs and send
ing notes home to their parents,” he
said.
The march on the mansion
capped a day of school-related ac
tion:
— The Senate declined to con
sider an “escape hatch” bill that
would have allowed $500 million in
state aid scheduled for May 25 to be
paid Monday. Backers said the bill
would have made certain local
schools remain open if state aid is
stopped.
“I don’t think the situation is that
critical. The (state education) com
missioner ... has written all the
school districts a letter directing
them to spend down their reserves
or borrow the money. I don’t think
there’s imminent danger of (teacher)
paychecks being cut off,” said Lt.
Gov. Bill Hobby.
— Hobby voiced hope that
McCown wouldn’t close schools. “It’
terribly inappropriate to say this i
unfair, therefore we’re going to shu
down the whole school system. Thai
is not a rational response to th<
problem,” Hobby said.
— The TFT and Texas Classroom
Teachers Association said they wanil
McCown to allow the state to send
school districts enough money to pa;
teachers. Failing that, they want tea l
chers released from employment
contracts in districts lacking enough
local money to pay them.
“It wouldn’t be a strike ... It would
be like a lockout. We are not advo
cating a walkout at this point,” said
the TFT’s Cole.
“Strikes, walkouts, all those things
damage children. They don’t dam
age governors and legislators,
added Jeri Stone, TCTA executive
director.
— The Texas Education Agent;
said its survey showed that 18.5 per
cent of the 422 poor school districts
and 14.7 percent of the 317 mid
wealth districts, would need to bor
row funds without the May state
payments. Interest costs for those
districts would total about $750,00(1
a month, the TEA said.
— Clements repeated that he will
call lawmakers into a third education
special session beginning Wednes
day. The current, 30-day session
ends Tuesday night.
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