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Tuesday, March25,
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Inspection deems chemist office safe
By Juli Rhoden
The Battalion
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An inspection of the Office of
theTexas State Chemist (OTSC) has
concluded that the facility is being
operated in a “safe manner,” ac
cording to a report from Texas
A&M’s Office of Safety and Health.
The report comes after the office
recently had come under scrutiny
for what was a concern to employ
ees and students in the Reed Mc
Donald Building, where the OTSC is
located.
The OTSC, which is located on
the fourth floor, analyzes livestock
feed and fertilizer for required ele
ments as set in guidelines by the
federal government.
The report was conducted after
Interim President Dr. E. Dean Gage
requested an inspection of the facili
ty in a Feb. 28 memorandum to the
Office of Safety and Health.
Robert Stiteler Jr., director of
safety and health, issued a statement
March 2 1 that dispelled health con
cerns about the OTSC.
The report says employees and
students in the Reed McDonald
Building, should not be concerned
that the use and disposal of chemi
cals is a possible health hazard.
Inspections were conducted and,
according to the report, the Texas
State Chemist’s Office “is being op
erated in a safe manner and should
cause no concern about the safety
and health of employees and stu
dents who share the building with
the Office of the Texas State
Chemist.”
Stiteler said the chemist office
was cooperative in this inspection
and has been cooperative in past in
spections.
"We conduct several inspections,
at least once a year, in the OTSC,”
Stiteler said. “We also do training
courses with the office to keep
everyone aware of the safety re
quirements.”
State Chemist Dr. George Latimer,
who was unavailable for comment,
said in an earlier interview with The
Battalion that he welcomes anyone
who would like to tour the facilities
to see what type of work is being
done and the safety procedures that
are followed by OTSC personnel.
Although entry into the facilities
is restricted to employees of the
OTSC, Latimer said those measures
were taken to keep "accidental
tourists” from going into the lab,
not to make office practices seem
secretive.
Stiteler said the OTSC imple
ments the necessary safety precau
tions and their administration fol-
Willinm 11 nrri son/The fcli
Donnie Bruton, a 1993 graduate of the University of Tec
Austin, measures riboflavin into light-sensitive vials in thecb
cal laboratories on the fourth floor of the Reed McDonald Build
lows recommendations of the safety
and health office to continue to im
prove safety conditions.
Ginger Brown, the safety and
health office’s safety coordinator,
said each inspector has a list of
guidelines to look for when con
ducting an inspection, an
OTSC passed all elements oft
spection.
Stiteler also said employees*
reminded that contaminateddl
ing, like gloves and lab coats,id 1
not to be worn outside theOT
Son celebrates reunion with natural mothei
-The Associated Press
DURANT, Okla. — Tears welled in Jimmy
Hill’s eyes as he thought about his bitterness to
ward his father. /
“I feel cheated. Even though I love my adopt
ed parents, they can’t replace the love of my nat
ural parents,” he said.
Hill didn’t concentrate much on his bitterness.
Instead, he fixed thoughts on being with the nat
ural mother he had been away from for 48 years.
Hill and his mother. Ruby Dodd, 70, of Mead,
were reunited at Ms. Dodd’s home Saturday —
Hill’s 5 1st birthday.
Ms. Dodd said she had been praying for this
reunion since 1 946, when her then-nusband
took her son.
“God does answer prayers,” Ms. Dodd said.
“This is the happiest day in my life in a long
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Ms. Dodd said she was away from her home
in Texas when her then-husband took 3-year-old
Jimmy. Ms. Dodd and her husband had been sep
arated.
Her husband moved away and Ms. Dodd said
she was unable to find Jimmy.
Shortly thereafter, welfare services took cus
tody of Jimmy and put him up for adoption, Ms.
Dodd said.
She said she talked to welfare officials to find
out where her son was, but they wouldn’t tell
her.
“It was terrible. I didn’t know what else to
do,” Ms. Dodd said about trying to find her son.
The separation from her son was so painful
that she turned, to drinking, she said.
“It caused me to start drinking fora ]
time. For about two years, I thought Iwasd
to go crazy,” she said.
Hill said he often thought of his natural:
ents after his adopted parents told him he
adopted.
His grade school classmates had toldhirj
was adopted, so he talked to his parents to j
out if it was true, he said.
“I remember them telling me that ifthed
school kids ever said anything about it tel
them 1 was chosen, not taken,” Hill said.
He said he was not hurt about the news
he was adopted, but years later he thoughtalJ
his natural parents.
Hill would from time to time ask friend:
his hometown of Texarkana, Texas, about his:
ural parents, but he got no answers.
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