r 8,1993 o indi rage r search ssued irs ion is- Expo- y - A ed on 3 him- lames /mbol 1 dia- m the :ks Gerem tors and poultry ; plants, [uarters ncy has ght em- il work mens on oils, a what's :e assis- -vice in oing to imple. what is oa said, nt.” n g ?nt\ m. )SS ist e Leih 3gg s - leslers ds), al ersity. ion of onald i' ra ^ rough harge tilnesday, September 8,1993 The Battalion Page 3 State News Briefs foster care cuts to cause refusal HOUSTON (AP) - Rale aits imposed by the Texas De partment of Protective and Regulatory Services may make i!difficult for many foster care providers to continue serving Texas children, foster care ex perts said. Irene Clements, president of Texas State Foster Parents, said her members may refuse to ac cept new foster children as ear- as October because they can- afford to continue their The Texas Association of Li censed Children's Services filed jiawsuit against the state Aug. Din an effort to block a cut in the foster care rate. Texans win big in rib cook-off SPARKS, Nev. (AP) - Tex ans were the winners as an esti mated 170,000 people turned out for the four-day Best in the West Rib Cook-off. The first place prize of 57,500 went to Texas Brothers Bar-B-Que of of Dalhart. Char- tlie’s Texas Pride from Dallas came in second, winning 53,000. "It's my brother, Leland, who deserves all the credit," said Dale Heiskell, one of the two Texas Brothers. A humble Leland Heiskell, said, "We're just proud to be invited to take part in this event." "Always the bridesmaid," said Wayne Goble of Charlie's Texas Pride. Attendance at the event, sponsored by John Ascuaga's Nugget, was about 10 percent higher than last year. Search continues (or missing men AUSTIN (AP) - Divers and rescue workers searched an area lake for possible-drowning victims, marking #t% third such search in three weeks. Rescue workers, relying on sonar and sketchy information, searched Walter F.. Long Lake unsuccessfully Monday for two Austin men presumed drowned in a swimming acci dent. The 1,269-acre lake is located nine miles east of Austin. "The biggest problem the divers have is that they didn't get an exact spot where to look," said fire specialist Ken neth Hoelscher. "It's kind of like looking for a needle in a haystack." Hoelscher said the missing men are 23-year-old Robert Davis and 49-year-old Freeman Thompson. The two were last seen late Sunday. They had been boating on the lake, about 200 feet from the shoreline, au thorities said. Authorities said Thompson had gone for a swim and that the boat's two other passengers later heard him call for help. Davis dived in to search for Thompson and never reap- peatvd, authorities said. Fire Department officials speculated the two may have become tangled in underwater weeds. The third passenger, Thompson's daughter, called out for help. School district to help fund others JAYTON, Texas (AP) - Vot ers in the Jayton-Girard Inde pendent School District consid ered two options Tuesday that would strip their oil-rich entity of $8 million. Kent County's only school, 90 miles northwest of Abilene, must scale back its per-student property wealth from $2.3 mil lion to $280,000. The election is part of the Legislature's effort to equalize the way Texas funds public education. Superintendent Gary Harrell said Jayton-Girard ISD would send money to Austin and edu cate students from Spur and Aspermont, if the measures pass. Economic expert decides to retire DALLAS (AP) - U.S. Bu reau of Labor Statistics econo mist Nic Santangelo celebrated Labor Day by retiring from the work force. Santangelo has been the voice behind Texas' unemploy ment rate for the last 14 years. Through double-digit infla tion, two national recessions and Texas' 1980s boom-and bust cycle, Santangelo ex plained the state's primary eco nomic indicators in no fewer than 2,500 interviews. "People take economics per sonally, because it is a pocket book issue," Santangelo said "Unemployment means jobs to the man on the street. Inflation means money in his pocket." Government budget cuts have slashed Santangelo'8 eco nomic analysis and information unit to three full-time staffers and one part-timer, from a peak of nine in the mid-1980s. Judge grants gay adoption The Associated Press FORT WORTH - In a land mark court decision, a Tarrant County family law judge has per mitted a lesbian to adopt her live- in companion's biological daugh ter. The 2-year-old, conceived by artificial insemination, now legal ly has two mothers. The two Fort Worth women have shared a home for the past decade. "This a landmark case. It's as far as we know the first one in the entire South," Austin attorney Suzanne Bryant, co-chairwoman of the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association, said of last month's ruling. "I'm thrilled to hear that Texas is finally coming out of the Dark Ages," she said. The Fort Worth couple filed the adoption petition so the girl legally can inherit from both part ners and receive health insurance and Social Security benefits through either. If her biological mother dies, the girl's adoptive mother may assume responsibili ty without legal hassles. The Fort Worth parents, a day care center employee and an aerospace worker, asked that their names not be disclosed be cause they fear negative reaction. Records in the Tarrant County case are sealed, including the name of the judge. The adoption was disclosed in the current issue of "The Alliance News," a monthly publication of the Tar rant County Lesbian-Gay Al liance. The biological mother said she, her partner and their daughter have attended social gatherings in Dallas for gay and lesbian par ents. Since 1985 when a lesbian in Alaska adopted her partner's child, about TOO homosexuals have gained parental rights through the courts in what is called a co-parent, second-parent or same-gender adoption, accord ing to San Francisco's National Center for Lesbian Rights. In Dallas, at least 10 lesbian couples are raising children con ceived by one of the partners via artificial insemination, said Car olyn Dunbar, a Dallas psy chotherapist. Dunbar, a lesbian who gave birth to a daughter two years ago, leads workshops and support groups for homosexuals bringing up children and trying to get pregnant or adopt. Some lesbians use sperm banks or donors. Others go through traditional adoption agencies. "I tell them which agencies will work with you and which will kick you out," the psy chotherapist said. 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