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Page 4 The Battalion Thursday, July 30, The Be I Local antique dealers offer home furnishing alternatives By Kim McGuire The Battalion The beginning of school spells out an almost certain doom for many college students . . . moving. For those students who have never had their own apartment or house, the experience of buying new furniture and decorations can be almost fun. There's only one problem . . . money. Anyone who's ever been to the mall or other department stores know how incredibly expensive it is to furnish a house. There is, however, an alternative solution .. . antiques. The Bryan-College Station area is home to several antique stores that carry affordable furniture ais well as other odds and ends, trin kets and baubles. "We've got everything from the sublime to the ridiculous," Jane Sandlin, owner of The Recy cle Shop said. "People often think of antiques as high priced muse um collectibles, but we have rela tively inexpensive items that could be used for apartments and dorms." Mary Bryant, an owner of Bry- Mac Collectibles, said quite a few of their customers are students. "We have items that are of in terest to students like bookcases, desks, tables and chairs," Bryant said. "If the antique seems out of their price range they should keep in mind we have a flexible lay away." Bryant said people should con sider buying antiques as opposed to newer model furniture for the quality alone. "A lot of what we have is all hand-done which greatly im proves the quality," Bryant said. "When you buy furniture today and they claim its 'real wood' its often just made of wood chips glued together." Bud Sparks, owner of the Attic Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING District Seventeen of the Texas Department of Transportation is presently in the process of formulating a Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for the next three years beginning Sept. 1, 1992. Our current obligation authority provides construction dollars for preserve the system type projects such as rehabilitation and preventive maintenance. Some added capacity projects may also be contracted. In order to solicit public comments about our transportation improvements, a Public Meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, August 13, 1992 at 7:00 p.m. This meeting will be held in Room 102 of the Brazos Center at 3232 Briarcrest Drive, Bryan, Texas. Written comments may be addressed to Mr. Delton A. Kittrell, P.E., Acting District Engineer, P.O. Box 3249, Bryan, Texas 77805. Written comments should be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 14, 1992. 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Contact Fairfax Cryobank, 1121 Briarcrest Suite 101, 776-4453 BRAZOS TRADER. Antiques and Collectibles. 210 W. 26th Street. Bryan, Texas 775-2984. Security Roommate Wanted Antiques, said that the wood that craftsmen used at the turn of the century is much more durable than that of today. "They use wood now long be fore its ready," Sparks said. "Back then, they took their time and took a real pride in what they were do ing." "An antique is a great invest ment," Sandlin said. "Back then, they took their time and took a real pride in what they were do ing. "An antique is a great invest ment," she said. "You can always expect the value to increase." In fact, Bryant said as a general rule of thumb, values increase on an average of ten percent per year. Audie Brown, owner of Migra tion Antiques, said the hottest thing on the market is turn of the century antiques. "Turn of the century antiques are becoming very scarce," Brown said. "If you have an item from that time period you can be sure the value will increase." Most of the antique store own ers said they obtain their items through trading with local people. However, sometimes they have to travel to find them. Brown said he used to make annual trips to Pennsylvania and New York for antiques. Bryant said her parents also travel up East to buy antiques. "They go to Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia to find things," Bryant said. "The reason is antiques are easier to find in ru ral areas. Farmers almost always DARRIN HILL/The Battata Bud and Betty Sparks, owners of "The Attic" antique store, sit in front of their display room of antiques have neat things for us." Brown said you don't need to travel that far to find good an tiques. "I've been to almost every an tique store in Texas and, for a town this size, we've got a great representation right here," he said. "I think the antique selection in the Brazos Valley is great," Bryant said. "Of course you cant find the high-dollar stuff like you would in Dallas or Houston but that's because we don't have the clientele like they do. But really, you can find anything that's prac tical here." Bryant suggested people inter ested in collecting antiques might consider attending an antique show. "We'll be having a show Octo ber 9-11 at the Brazos Center," Bryant said. "There should be about 40 dealers from all over buying, selling and trading." Sandlin suggested first antique collectors should keep an open eye for classics rather trends and always rememberag{ usually means quality. Bud Sparks agreed that shop pers should keep quality first "It's like the saying sweetness of quality will linger it your mouth long after thatbitte taste of cheapness is gone.'" An album of wasted potential 'Kiss the Sky' remains earthbound By Shu Hoong Yong The Battalion sphere. The next track, and first sing! Kiss The Sky "Kiss The Sky" Motown Paul Hardcastle of “Kiss the SKY.” 1 had great expectations for Kiss The Sky, and not just because of their some what over-lyrical name lifted from the jimi Hendrix classic "Purple Haze." It was mainly due to the fact that this group was formed by top-notch producer/mu sician Paul Hardcastle and female vocal ist Jaki Graham, both highly-regarded artistes in the U.K. Hardcastle is best remembered for his 1985 hit record "19," a throbbing instru mental that echoes insistently the average age of Americans fighting the Vietnam War. Graham, on the other hand, has had a string of hits including "Could It Be Tm Falling In Love" and "Set Me Free." Bringing the two artistes together should expand their creative talents to brave new horizons, but sadly the tunes contained on their debut sound tried and uninspir ing. First track "Voodoo Child" is a funky update of the Jimi Hendrix original. A different beat is spliced in together with the pile up of electronics in an attempt to create a contemporary soulful atmo- iving For You" also has a nice daref groove, with a sample of the chorus from Minnie Ripperton's "Loving You thrown in. Both tracks were given the re quired punch from Graham's powerful vocals, but did not impress me as'out standing hit materials. Maybe the faet i Hardca*stle playsall the instruments heredvas something to do with it, but 1 have the feeling that tliis al bum seems to strive on the same rhythms throughout. Programmed drum sequences and so phisticated bass lines form the base for Kiss The Sky's Americanized R&B tunes which wander off into monotony after while. Eventually it was the poignant "Your Heart Got In The Way" that won me over with its sincerity'. Kiss The Sky's delbut offers a re spectable selection of contemporary dance tunes highly influenced by 70s funk and jazz. 1 only wish that they had dab bled in the lat est trends like world music, techno-dance and ambient house, or better still, sailed the uncharted wa ters instead. Spe of li Despite clever premise, Stallone, Getty hopelessly adrift in aimless 'Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot' By Anas Ben-Musa The Battalion Large Palm Harbor double wide, 3 bedroom, 2 bath $308.35 p/month. 10.75 Apr 240 mos. 10% down. Must qualify. 1-800-880-2020. "Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot" Starring Sylvester Stallone, Estelle Getty, Jobeth Williams, Roger Rees Directed by Roger Spottiswoode Rated PG-13 At your local video store "Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot." A recent release at local video stores, "Stop!" is an adorable film, no* a great film. The plot is rather ordinary, but "Stop!" makes up with some fumy situa tional comedy. 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Unfortunately, his mother played by Estelle Getty, shows up and causes more problems with bis girlfriend and lieutenant boss, played by Jobeth Williams. The majorii) of the film deals with the conflicting feelings Joe has with his mother Tutti, and his girlfriend, Gwen. Throughout "Stop!" Getty's character made me chuckle with he' outlandish behavior. One scene, Tutti decides to clean her son's house at 3 a.m. She stub hies on one of his guns he left lying around in his laundry basket, ft course, the gun is somewhat oily and dirty, so Tutti decides to death with some bleach, scouring powder, and a brush. This is hot thebd thing to do with a gun, especially when the gun was black and 0 cleaning it becomes a shiny silver. Stallone plays the part well, but you see nothing spontaneousc ; crazy as with such great actors like Robin Williams or Steve Martin. I never expect anything truly inspiring or awesomely hilarious, b with veteran actors like Stallone and Getty the quality could have be® 1 better. In addition, the script is not flowing with torrents of comedic brf' liance. The story idea of the film is original, but nothing unusual or imag 1- native is created in the script to embellish it. In one scene, Tutti is driving the police car and is chasing thevil lains. Joe is with her, scared out of his wits and amazed at how well she is pursuing the suspects. Yet, they crash after two minutes into the chase and the scene ends. The idea was good, but why could she not have caught up to the villains and tried to make something funny happen. "Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot" creates some funny scenes, but the) are scarce to find. It is not a terrible movie, but I would wait until it' taken off the new release shelf. I was sh review of Ti quote, "Tern but album b Actually, t April of 19S ago. 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