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The Battalion
Wednesday, November 24,1
Aggies Over Texas to parachute into Kyle Field
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By James Bernsen
The Battalion
Seven members from Aggies
Over Texas will skydive into
Kyle Field carrying six footballs
Battalion file photo
for the 1 00th face-off between
Texas A&M and the University
of Texas football teams.
T he footballs for the Texas
A&M-University of Texas
game will fly in excess of 100
m.p.h. before the kickoff on
Thursday; but it won't be because
of Corey Pullig or Shea Morenz.
Seven skydivers from Aggies
Over Texas will parachute into
Kyle Field carrying the six foot
balls that will be used in the
game. The game is the 100th
meeting between the Texas and
A&M football teams.
Mary Haskett, part owner and
chief instructor of Aggies Over
Texas, said the athletic depart
ment contacted the company and
requested the jump as part of the
celebration for the lOOtn anniver
sary of the A&M-Texas game.
''We jumped once before in
the 'Hurricane Bowl' (in 1988),"
she said. "We've also jumped
into Olsen Field in the past, but
not recently. We've never done
anything as big as this though."
Hanspeter Schaub, a graduate
student in aerospace engineering
and one of the divers, said the
jump will be very difficult be
cause it is a night jump and there
is often much turbulence in
places like Kyle Field.
"We're supposed to land into
the wind, but there is heavy tur
bulence, and if you look at the
flags, it's coming from every di
rection," he said. "You have to
be very good at accuracy and
very careful of the wind."
The amount of experience of
the jumpers varies, from the least
experienced jumper with 500
jumps, to Steven Haskett, part
owner of Aggies Over Texas,
who has around 3,500 jumps.
The divers hope to jump from
4,000 feet, depending on the
weather and clouds, but they can
jump from 2,000 feet, Schaub said,
"Strong winds, gusty winds,
clouds or rain could make us have
to cancel it," he said, "but hope
fully the weather will be good."
Haskett said the skydivers will
be landing within 15 seconds of
each other in the center of the field,
"Visually it's going to be very
exciting," she said. "They will at
tempt to land near the football
that's painted on the field, but it's
hard to be that precise."
Aggies Over Texas was found
ed in 1983 and provides training
for skydivers from the Brazos
Valley as well as sponsoring and
competing in competitions.
Haskett said the group also has
jumped into local schools and
made presentations on skydiving.
Aggies Over Texas is not affili
ated with the Texas A&M Sky
diving Club, but many members
are in both organizations, includ
ing all the divers parachuting
into Kyle Field.
The divers are: Schaub; Brian
Epperson, class of '86; Steven
Haskett, class of '86; Ernie
Kirkham, senior lecturer in
health and kinesiology; Jim Lee,
a Ph.D student in mechanical en
gineering; Dwight McArthur,
class of '85 and Jon Yonke, a ju
nior business analysis major.
Spirit of Aggieland transforms Longhorn-ex into Aggie fan
By Jacqueline Mason
The BattAijon
This year, one Aggie fan will be attending
his 60th consecutive game.
He's been to every game for the past five
years from Baton Rouge to the Meadowlands.
And what's even more amazing — he's a
former University of Texas football player.
Dan Petty, a commercial real estate profes
sional for Wilcox Realty Group, Inc., in Dal
las, said he began following the Aggies when
his son, Kent, started playing football for
A&M in 1988.
He soon realized that the spirit of the 12th
man is something unique, he said.
"There are just some places that have it
when teams play," he said. "And 1 think the
record at Kyle Field supports that."
Petty said the games were a priority and
he even used vacation time to travel to the
away games.
"I just made time for it," he said.
Petty said he is so intent on following
games because he wants to support his chil
dren in whatever activities they choose. This
support is a family tradition, he said.
"My father, he attended every game I
played In from junior high through college,"
he said.
Petty did the same for his son and his
daughter, Adrienne.
Adrienne Petty, a junior elementary edu
cation major at Blinn, said she was a little sur
prised that her father became an Aggie fan af
ter playing for U.T.
When her brother came to Texas A&M, the
whole family became Aggie fans despite the
fact her and her bother grew up supporting
the Longhorns, she said.
Kent Petty, who is now a corporate real es-
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fan. But when it came time for him to choose
a college, A&M Head Football Coach R.C
Slocum steered him toward A&M.
"I liked him, I took a visit down there, and
that's about all it took for me," he said.
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Petty has attended 60 consecutive A&M
games up to the Aggie-Oklahoma Universit)
game this fall, also.
Although Kent finished his football caree
with the Aggies in 1992 and graduated from
A&M in 1993, his family has not abandoned
the Aggies.
And they would certainly not miss the
Texas A&M-University of Texas game com
ing up Thursday, Dan Petty said.
"The rivalry is there, the history and tradi
tion are there," he said.
And most assuredly, he will be too.
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No local alcohol ban in parks, lawmakers say
The Associated Press
AUSTIN — Several lawmak
ers and a member of the Texas
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
said Tuesday they don't think
cities and counties have the au
thority to ban alcoholic beverage
consumption in parks.
But representatives of local
governments defended their
power to impose such prohibi
tions, calling them important to
residents' health and safety.
"We regulate where and how
fast people may drive. We regu
late where they may smoke. We
regulate where the people of
Texas may swim in the Gulf . . .
We even regulate where people
may raise chickens and horses,"
said Galveston Mayor Barbara
Crews.
"Please allow us to continue
to regulate where people may
consume alcohol," she said.
She said Galveston officials
planned to continue enforcing
their ban.
Any move the commission
could make to help clarify the
matter — such as asking for a
state attorney general's opinion
— likely has been pre-empted by
a Harris County resident's law
suit challenging the ban there,
said TABC member Neal Manne
of Houston.
Manne said he doesn't think
local governments have the pow
er to impose park bans on alco
hol, but he thinks cities should
be given that authority.
Manne said he asked for
Tuesday's discussion on the
matter because questions have
been raised on the bans, im
posed by "many, many, many"
local governments.
A bill in this year's legislative
session to specifically give local
governments the power to ban
alcohol in parks didn't pass.
Some lawmakers said they
would try again in the 1995 reg
ular legislative session and
asked the com mission to do
what it can to help local govern
ments in the meantime.
"If there is a way that you can
help us through this interim,
then we will make it airtight
when we come back in 1995,
said Rep. Patricia Gray, D-Galve-
ston. "I don't think that thereisa
city in this state that is not facing
this as a problem."
JUNIORS
Join The Tradition...
Junior make up pictures
for the 1994 Aggieland yearbook
WILL BE FROM MONDAY, NOV. 15
through Friday, Dec. 3.
The make up schedule is as follows:
Juniors: Nov. 15-Dec. 3
Sophomores: Dec. 6-14
Pictures are being taken at A R Photography,
located at 707 Texas Ave. S., near Taco Cabana,
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
For more information, call 693-8183
If you did not purchase your picture in the Aggieland during teleregistration,
it can be purchased in 230 RDMC for $1.
1994 yearbooks can be purchased in 015 RDMC for $25.
1994
GGIELAND
The Battalion
CHRIS WHITLEY, Editor in chief
JULI PHILLIPS, Managing editor MARK EVANS, City editor
DAVE THOMAS, Night News editor ANAS BEN-MUSA, Agg/eZ/Yeeditor
BELINDA BLANCARTE, Night News editor MICHAEL PLUMER, Sports editor
MACK HARRISON, Opinion editor WILLIAM HARRISON, Sports editor
KYLE BURNETT, Photo editor
Staff Members
City desk — Jason Cox, James Bernsen, Michele Brinkmann, Lisa Elliott, Cheryl Heller, Kim Horton, Jan
Higginbotham, Jennifer Kiley, Mary Kujawa, Kevin Lindstrom, Jackie Mason, Kim McGuire, Carrie Miura, Stephanie
Pattillo, Geneen Pipher, Jennifer Smith, Mark Smith and Andrea Taormina
News desk — Rob Clark, Jennifer Petteway, Trish Reichle, Khristy Rouw and Heather Winch
Photographers - Mary Macmanus, Marty Allen, Amy Browning, Lauren Donahue, Varnell Hopkins III,
Tommy Huynh, Kevin Ivy, Tim Moog, Gus Morgan and Holly Organ
Aggielife - Dena Dizdar, Jacqueline Ayotte, Margaret Claughton, Lesa Ann King and Joe leih
Sports writers - lulie Chelkowski, Matt Rush and David Winder
Opinion desk - Toni Garrard Clay, Lynn Booher, Tracey (ones, lenny Magee, Melissa Megliola, JayRobbint
John Scroggs, Frank Stanford, Jason Sweeny, Robert Vasquez and Eliot Williams
Cartoonists - Jason Brown, Boomer Cardinale, Clifton Hashimoto, George Nasr, Gerardo Quezada and
Edward Zepeda
Graphic Artist - Angel Kan
Clerks- Grant Austgen, Eleanor Colvin, Wren Eversberg, Carey Fallin and Tomiko Miller
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