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State Friday, October 29,1993 The Battalion Page 9 1993 ikie uld just tat polls shai: e Aggies c' ; defense, sp id owns, or four Dit to spend i his belcliir; in pled to fe] eeling son; is) is not ir- illy when;: [ i man. Hea ast of the,-! storing gr«i e was" South Texas woman's curiosity leads to discovery of lost siblings The Associated Press "My mother was always very sad around the holidays, and I never knew why/' - Lisa De Reese ALICE — Eight years after her father died, Lisa De Reese kept wondering about a woman's name he had tattooed on his right forearm. Her father, Sam Magaro, had told her the tattoo reading "Sherry Lynn' 5 ^represented a military ves sel on which he once had served. As she grew old er, she suspected it might have been an old girl friend. In August, De Reese finally learned the truth from an uncle: The tat too marked the birth of a half-sister during a previous marriage by her father. The discovery led De Reese to yet another: Her mother also had children by a previous marriage — four sib- ,....,, lings, one of whom died nine years ago, De Reese never knew she had. De Reese arranged reunions this month with her previously unknown siblings: Sherry Lynn Grunwell of San Antonio, Nancy Asbery of Capito- la, Calif., Paul Reineck of Auburn, Calif., and Pamela Carranza of Duarte, Calif. "We all had a lot of mixed emotions, but basi cally, it was happy. It was joyous," said De Reese. Before Magaro's 25-year marriage to De Reese's mother, he had been married and had a daughter named Sherry Lynn, who now runs a day-care cen ter in San Antonio. He also had another daughter, born in Ger many, whom De Reese still wants to meet. "It just happened so fast. From one week to the next, I have six other brothers and sisters/' De Reese said. De Reese's mother, Joyce Magaro of Harlingen, said her first marriage ended when her ex-husband left her with four children under age 5. Mrs. Maga ro said her in-laws forced her to give up tire chil dren. Later, fear of rejection kept her from contact ing them. "Years went by and I could not interrupt some body else's life. I just didn't want to hurt any body," Mrs. Magaro said. "I guess I probably walked to the telephone to pick it up a thousand times ... I felt like they might not accept me." Two months after De Reese discovered her sib- lings, she and her mo til er flew to California, where they spent a week with family mem bers they had never known. "My mother was al ways very sad around the holidays, and I never — knew why," De Reese said. "On the way to the airport, she said, 'Now I can finally heal.'" Mrs. Magaro, 65, said: "It was the most positive thing that has ever happened to me. The best word to describe how I feel is 'complete/ I have never felt that before." A brother who died nine years ago was the one who suffered most from the disruption, family members said. Asbery, 34, said her youngest brother was shift ed from one relative's house to another and be came a runaway at age 14. He died of AIDS. Ill*/ "He got the brunt of all of this," Asbery said, ill Asbery said she had begun searching for her birth mother De Reese, ?r several months before she heard from "I think the timing was right for everybody/' Asbery said. "AH of us needed a little bit of grow ing up before we could do this." No grand jury for Hutchison, attorneys say The Associated Press AUSTIN - U.S. Sen. Kay Bai ley Hutchison will not voluntarily appear before a grand jury unless her attorneys can present their side of the case to the panel, her defense team said Thursday. Attorney Dick DeGuerin of Houston asked State District Judge Robert Perkins to allow him to give a half-day presenta tion to the 12-member grand jury. He accused prosecutors of mis leading the panel in its investiga tion of Hutchison's tenure as state treasurer. Hutchison was indicted last month on charges of official mis conduct, but the charges were dismissed because of a technical ity. The investigation has been tak en up by another grand jury. DeGuerin also asked Perkins to explain to the new grand jury state laws concerning the conduct of public officials. "We're not asking for special treatment, only fair treatment," he said. The Travis County District At torney's office said Hutchison was asking for privileges that no one else is allowed before a grand jury. First Assistant District Attor ney Steve McCleery said grand juries only determine whether there is enough evidence to bring someone to trial. The Perfect Gifts for Your Aggie Graduation or Christmas. ^3 (actual size) 14K Gold Aggie Pendant $24 95 Citizen Watches with Official A&M Seal Gold-Tone $179 95 Two-Tone $159 95 Quanz Movement. 3 yr. Warranty. Water Resistant. *Call for Quantity Prices - TAG Heuer SWISS MADE SINCE I860. John D. 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' n hepatitis B. ’ r Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a leading sex educator and "safer sex" advo- atinue unle use d the 69th annual Associated Collegiate Press convention in 1 Dallas to unveil a program aimed at cutting into the runaway inci- u | it dence of hepatitis B among the nation's youth, vo comrade "People should have a relationship before they go to bed together, n cusead / ou ou ght to know the person you wake up in the morning with, so you won't have to worry and say ... 'Oh, my gosh. I wonder' ...," she uctive day el ne ver eve: Dr. Ruth is a major spokesman of the American College Health As- y sociation in its effort to wipe out hepatitis B, one of the most dangerous hI to watc °f sexually transmitted diseases. jj someth® The organization says 300,000 Americans — three-fourths of them in World Series ti 16 15-to-39 age range — contract hepatitis B each year. The disease is 100 times as contagious as the HIV virus that causes relinquishes AIDS, and almost half of those who contract the disease do so through Orange ans heterosexual activity. rather pitiful "No woman should be naked in bed with a man unless she has de- ■cided to be sexually active with this man. The older I get, the stronger I S feel people should have a relationship before they have sexual activi- of Billy Jotj ty," Dr. Ruth said. tionjustbff She said if young people have any doubt about their sex partners, they should be vaccinated immediately. t some treat "For anybody single, separated, you have no choice but to be care- nnbating tit f u l. Only a small amount of people are getting vaccinated," Dr. Ruth doing hot# said. yne New! 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