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State & Local Mono WmmWm. _ vV Monday, September 16,1S! d of s Page 2 The Battalion The Battalion (CISPS 045 360) Member of: Associated Press Texas Press Association Southwest Journalism Congress Texas Intercollegiate Press Association The Battalion Editorial Board Editor Timm Doolen Associate Editors Holly Becka Todd Stone City Editor Sean Frerking News Editors Douglas Pils Jason Morris Photo Editor Karl Stolleis Lifestyles Editor Yvonne Salce Sports Editor Scott Wudel Opinion Editor Carrie Cavalier Editorial Policy The Battalion is published daily except Saturday, Sunday, holidays, exam periods and when school is not in session during fall and spring semesters. Publication is Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters. The newsroom phone number is 845-3316. The Battalion is a non-profit, seif supporting newspaper oper ated as a cqrprpunity service to Texas ASM'' tlniversity and Bryan-College Station. The Battalion news depart ment is managed by students at Texas A&M University in the Di vision of Student Publications, a unit of the Department of Jour nalism. Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the edito rial board or the author, and do not necessarily represent the opinons of the Texas A&M stu dent body, administrators, facul ty or the A&M Board of Regents. Comments, questions or complaints about any of the edi torial content of the newspaper should be directed to either as sociate editor at 845-3313. Subscriptions MaiT subscriptions are $20 per semester, $40 per school year and $50 per full year. Phone: 845-2611. POSTMASTER: Send ad dress changes to The Battalion, 230 Reed McDonald, Texas A&M University, College Sta tion, TX 77843-1 111. Second class postage paid at College Station, TX 77843. Advertising Advertising information can be obtained from the advertising department at 845-2696 Mon day through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by visiting the office in room 015 Reed McDonald building. Advertising Manager Patricia Heck Adviser Robert Wegener BATTIPS 845-3315 The Battalion encourages its readers to contribute story ideas and suggestions by calling BAT- TIPS, The Battalion's phone line designed to improve communi cation between the newspaper and its readers. Continental reassigns employees after crash EAGLE LAKE (AP) - A dozen Continental Express main tenance employees who worked on a commuter plane the day be fore it crashed have been tem porarily reassigned and will un dergo routine drug testing, federal investigators said Saturday. Crews replaced the de-icer boot, an inflatable attachment made of fiberglass and covered with rubber, used to break ice off the tail, said Jim Kolstad, chair man of the National Transporta tion Safety Board. Two maintenance technicians worked on the right side while an inspector removed 43 screws from the left side, he said. The screws were not replaced before the Embraer 120 Brasilia left Houston Intercontinental Air port Wednesday morning for Laredo, Kolstad said. On the return flight from Lare do, the twin-engine plane sudden ly descended, killing all 14 people on board. "There is a conflict in testimo ny between individuals who claim they informed the next shift that work had begun on the left hand side," Kolstad said at a Saturday night news conference near the scene of the crash. He added that workers from the second shift claim they had not been told. In a prepared statement, offi cials said, "a portion of the FAA (Federal Aviation Administra- tion)-approved general mainte nance manual was not followed with respect the completion of work on the left hand leading edge. "Because these procedures were not followed, individuals in volved have been suspended by the company from their mainte nance duties pending the comple tion of the investigation and have been temporarily reassigned to non-maintenance administrative duties at another company facili ty-” Continental Express has not commented other than to say it was premature to speculate on the cause of the crash. "We want to know what's up more than anyone," spokesman Art Kent said Friday. The 9-foot-long rubber boot has not been recovered and was the object of a massive search that included the use of all-terrain ve hicles and a helicopter. el Odds qualif I M' mcntc hick a Brice a mmui rriathr Isuec Hion c Hyovor T "E Riese Billy c go ho Hcienc irore, |unda Celebrating independence Dancers rehearse Sunday afternoon in The Grove for their performance in the Mexican Independence Day festivities held Sunday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. continuing today in the Academic Plaza from 10 a.m. Activities J-B reas ' gof ecret, Rk T uesd B-CS lives up to No. 3 ranking, local official says By Troy D. Hall Tl'ie Battalion Area residents might have been surprised to learn that Bryan-College Station was named third in Money Magazine's " Top 300 Places to Live" in the United States, but this news was no sur prise for the newly appointed di rector of the local chamber of com merce. People often take for granted all the things the Bryan-College Station area has to offer to its citi zens and visitors, says Dick Forester, who took over the direc torship Sept. 2. "The truly wonderful thing about this community is that it has so much to offer its visitors," he says. "I have been here for a week and a half and am amazed at the amount of things to do that many people, even local residents, are not aware of." Forester toured the Messina Hof Wine Cellar in Bryan recently and was impressed with the win ery's operations and entertain ment value. He said this is just an example of what the area has to offer tourists. Tourism ranks third as the largest industry in Texas and ranks number one in the world. Forester says the Bryan-Col lege Station area's tourism and business conference industry has steadily grown in the last several years and likely will continue to grow. "There is the potential for sig nificant growth in the tourism and conference industry in the Bryan- College Station area," he says. The chamber of commerce sponsors the Housing Bureau. Visitors planning a trip to the area can call a number and staff mem bers will assist visitors in finding hotel rooms for A&M events, con ferences or any other reason. The chamber keeps an accu rate record of hotel-motel occu pancy in Bryan-College Station and even the surrounding cities. Forester says the telephone is Me always ringing and the bureau is a great success. "This is an example of the kind of response that will further devel op our economy," he says. During A&M home football games all of the approximately 2,200 hotel rooms are booked. This estimate means that between 4,500 and 5,000 people are spend ing the night in the area and each person is spending an average of $80 each day while in the B-CS area, he says. As a result, the area receives more than $800,000 in revenues each home football game week end. He added that this is a con servative estimate and does not even include visitors who stay 169 cc •Yictn.! with friends or relatives or sta; the area only for the day. Forester says what is ei more significant about Bryan lege Station is it brings "cli money" into the area and tional city services are rai needed to facilitate the tourist industry. Taxpayer money is not use; develop the tourism industry says. Attracting more tourists:! conferences to the area is fu:% solely from the local hotel-m:«AP) - tax. F "The more tourism dollar'|§ ur 'd a receive means the more we car poliut to attract more tourism and cc ?zone ferences into the Bryan-Colle: holler Station area," he says. Open . 24 hrs. Gold Tequila Margaritas 99 e WHAT MORMONS BELIEVE MEXICAN CAFE 12 lectures explaining basic doctrines of the Church of Christ of Latter-day Saints. Tuesday, noon Sept. 17 - Dec. 3 SNEAKY PETE is Bad/ 2-7 P m - Mon ' Fri Every Wednesday at 9 p.m. $2.95 PITCHERS atins LDS Institute of Religion 100 Dexter Ave. Ask_About_Our_Da ily Lunch Spec I a Is! "" * mmmmmmm Buy 2 Breakfast I Tacos & get drink* i Buy Any Item*, i Get One of Equal or 1 FF Two Pesos Expttes 10-31*91 * Afcol-.ot ngt mciutfnd Two Pesos! *! I I ***s?«w»**f vuiut?. rrttze;..:§ I (Value up to $5.00) 1 | (One Coupon Per Person) | ® Two ' Expires 10-31-91 TWO J Instructor: Thomas D. McMullin, Director For more information, phone 696-8202 Lesser Value FREE Sponsored by the Texas A&M Latter-day Saints Assoc, jmin * Area, .a nopnciWKf Pesos JOCK ITCH AND RINGWORM STUDY 846-4135 Walk-In or Drive-Thru 303 West University Dr. . W Ipl ’ll I ■ I ..sf Interest Group Meeting Wednesday, Sept. 18 9 p.m. Rudder Tower, Room 404 Anyone interested in becoming a part of a new tradition of excellence is invited to attend. 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