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The Battalion Classified Ads Phone: 845-0569 / Fax 845-2678 Office: Room 015 (basement) Reed McDonald Building lASSIE.’ fiivate Party Want Ads Business Hours < o LU CL CO SIO for 20 words running 5 days, if your merchandies is priced $1000 or less (price must appear in ad). This rate applies only to non-commercial advertisers offering personal possesions for sale. Guaranteed results or you get an additional 5 days at no charge. If item doesn't sell, advertiser must call before 11 a.m. on the day the ad is scheduled to end to qualify for the 5 additional insertions at no charge. No refunds will be made if your ad is cancelled early. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday accepted Help Wanted 1 Help Wanted HEALTHY MALES WANTED AS SEMEN DONORS Contact Fairfax Cryobank A Division of the Genetics & IVF Institute 1121 Briarcrest Dr., Suite 101 Bryan, TX Help infertile couples; confidentiality ensured. 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Apply at Jack Hilliard Distributing Co., 1000 Independence, Bryan. LAB TECHNICIAN. Full-time, permanent Environmental Lab seeks individual w/sclence background to fill the position of Lab Tech. Lab experience Is preferred. The qualified candidate will be a self-motivator with a profes sional attitude. Job duties will Include sample prep & wet chemistry. Occasional weekends/evenings. Send re sume to: Lab Tech, 2553 Tx. Ave. S., Ste. C-292, CS,TX. 77840, PARTICIPANTS NEEDED for study of Social Interaction - $5.00+/hr., + bonuses. Call 845-9522 or come by Psychology 220. TO HAVE MONEY - QUICKLY, WISELY. Our average donor Is a college student, friendly, enthusiastic & sen sible (45% are females). We try to be the best part of their day. Donating, you sit back, get a pin prick & then you read, study or rest. Ninety minutes & you're up & away, cash in hand, feeling good. $120 per month, $1440 per year. NIce&Easyl WESTGATEPLASMACENTER.846- 8855. Ranch Foreman/Managerfor South Texas Ranch. Living quarters provided, utilities paid. Prefer married couple. Experience required. Ranching education expected, but degree not required. Contact J.R. Cocke at (210) 689- 6388 Raymondvllle, Texas. Republican political consulting firm seeks campaign per sonnel on managerial level for clients in Texas. Fax resume to: (713) 785-3107, or mail: P.O. Box 571945, Houston, Texas 77257. For Rent SUBLEASE. Lincoln Square Apartment, overlooking pool. Renew lease In August. $380/mo. Call 696-4800. Efficiency Apartment for rent. 1BR/1LR, near Thomas Park, $285/mo., all-bllls-pald, males only. Call after 6pm, 693-4485. Apartment in Home, private entrance, student. Call after 3:00pm, 774-7532. Sublease Newport Apartment. 2br-1 bth, W/D, 5 min. walk to campus, $495/mo. negotiable. Call 846-0074. Apartment for sublease. 1br-1 bth for summer through 8- 15, $300/mo. 696-3633. Sublease 3br-2bth fourplex with W/D, $570/mo. Manuel Drive. Call 696-2384. Ablock to TAM U - A/C, ceiling fans, F/F refrigerator, $350/ mo. No HUD or pets. 696-7266. Summer rent breakl $100 off. C.S., 3br-2bth with W/D. Select Properties, 696-3107. For Sale MOVING SALE: BikeS accessories - $300; weight bench - $100; Col. T.V. - $100; VCR - $120; Furniture - $5-$100; Stereo with CD - $100. Call 847-8566 or 693-2383, White veil, worn once - $70; Dorm refrigerator - $60. Call (409) 846-7467. Welder Olympic-sized weight set. 280lbs dead weight, 451b bar, 1001b bar bells, bench w/leg extensions. $225/ OBO. 696-5397. Must sell tanning membership at Perfect tan. Eight full months left, $175/OBO. Call Kirk, 694-2654. Pets BLACK LAB Puppy. 13 weeks old, has 1st round of shots. Housetrained, cute and lovable. Needs good home. $40 negotiable. 764-9497. AKC Siberian Husky puppies. Absolutely beautiful, per fectly marked, 4 white feet, wonderful Batman masks, $195. Screens calls, please leave message on machinell 696-5802. Services CRITTER CARE - kennel alternative. In home pet care. TLC for your pet, while you are away. 764-1592. AAA Defensive Driving. Lot-of-Fun, Laugh-a-Lotlll Ticket dismissal, insurance discount. M-Tu (6pm-9pm), Tu (8:30am-.3pm), Tu-W(8:3qam-11 :?0am). W Th (6pm- 9pm), Frl(6pm‘8pm)--Sjtt:(ieam-2:30pm), Sdt(6arri- 2:30pm). Across from University Tower. Walk-ins wel come. $20 w/ ad - $5 off. 411 Tex. Ave. So. 846-6117. Typing Typing-Word Processing. Fast, reliable, rush jobs ac cepted. Reasonable rates. Laser printer. Call Charlotte at 823-2418. DJ MOBILE DJ. Great for Weddings, Frat Parties, Barbe cues, Dances, Birthdays, any special occasion. Mic/ Lights available. Bookearlyl! Call The Party Block at 693- 6294. Miscellaneous AGGIE JOKE Line. 1-900-226-7326 ext. 12. Call & hear the Top 10 Aggie Jokes or tell us your best Aggie Jokes or Texas Tall Tales. $1.98/min., must be 18+, touch-tone required. Updates weekly. Computers Macintosh computer rentals. Summer rates from $3 5/mo. Repairs & upgrades too. 823-1907. Body Shop Cal's Body Shop. Yourforeign car specialist. Match your paint exactly. "Maywe have the next dents?" W. Hwy.21, Bryan. 823-2610. Adoption Top photo: Rows of grape vines adorn the hilly landscape at the Messina Hof winery. Bottom photo: A stone statue was se lected for the artwork to be placed on next year’s bottles of Messina Hof wine. — Photos by John Williams Local vineyard grows in tradition By Larry Whitfill The Battalion If a little adventure without a lot of travel appeals to your summer budget, Messina Hof Wine Cellar may be your an swer for a weekend getaway. Located three miles off the east bypass down Old Reliance Road, Messina Hof offers many activities and is filled with a rich, wine-making history. Matt Tumulty, a tour guide for Messina Hof, said the win ery was created in 1977 when Paul and Merrill Bonarrigo planted their first experimental vines. “The agriculturists at A&M and other planters in the area never believed that a wine vineyard could grow in this area of Texas,” Tumulty said. “Paul and Merrill proved them wrong.” In 1983, the little vineyard produced 13,000 gallons of wine and in 1993, production reached 85,000 gallons, he said. However, not all the grapes come from the Bryan vineyard, Tumulty said. “We have small areas all over the state,” he said. “We grow various grapes in the ar eas of Texas that are best suit ed for that particular type of grape.” Wine making is a long standing tradition in the Bonarrigo family, Tumulty said. “The oldest son in each gen eration is named Paul, and he becomes the wine maker for that generation,” he said. The respective ancestral homes of the Paul and Merrill — Messina, Sicily and Hof, Germany — gave the winery its name, Tumulty said. Harvesting of Messina Hofs grapes is also a very traditional practice. Debbie Hale, designer events sales manager, said summer harvest is the biggest event of Messina Hofs year. “Hundreds of people usually come out, and in past years we’ve had to turn people away,' Hale said. It was common practice in Sicily to have friends of the vintner come to the vineyard and help harvest the grapes, she said. Please see Winery/Pagei Place your bets on ‘Maverick* By Jennifer Gressett The Battalion Yabba Dabba Yudi ‘Flintstones’ drops like a rock “Maverick” Starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster and Janies Garner Directed by Richard Donner Rated PG Playing at Hollywood U.S.A. With the back-to-back releases of “Tombstone,” “Bad Girls,” “The Cowboy Way,” and “Wyatt Earp,” summer film audiences may soon grow western- weary. It’s a good thing that the first one out of summer’s gate has a gam bling twist to it. Mel Gibspn, Jodie Foster and James Garner are the stars of “Maverick,” a western comedy based on Garner’s TV series (1957 - 1962) about a gambler, Brett Maverick. Although Gibson was born only a year after the series be gan, he takes over the film role of Maverick with ease. Set deep in the pioneer trails between the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon, the opening scene permits the first glimpse of Gibson’s character. And oooh, even with sideburns and a cowboy hat — on top of a mule, no less — Gibson is a hunk. As the gambling Maverick, his character is on a mission. And that is to come up with the $3,000 he needs to enter “the big game,” a high stakes pok er match taking place on a Mississippi riverboat. It is along the way that he runs into Annabelle Bransford (Foster), yet another gambler trying to make it to the big game. And from the time they meet, they create a spark that will keep audiences rolling out of their seats. Premiere magazine says Maverick “has given Gibson a rich vein to work, combining dry wit, physical bravado, and frequent self-deprecation.” But it is Foster who shines through in this movie, proving to audiences she is, indeed, a diverse actress. After her previous roles in “The Accused” “Silence of the Lambs,” and “Little Man Tate,” this role as a mischievous belle was quite a step for her. “Dramas are draining, but comedy’s draining too,” Foster said. “With a comedy you have to do so much more coverage. So by the end you’re just ex hausted because, you don’t realize it, but you’ve been ‘happy’ all day.” And happy is what you’ll be when you walk away from this flick. So grab your card deck and get ready to learn a few tricks, cause the summer’s funni est western, so far, is a real winner. By Timm Doolen Special to The Battalion “The Flintstones” Starring John Goodman, Rick Moranis and Rosie O’Dm nell Directed by Brian Levant Rated PG Playing at Schulman VI and Post Oak III About halfway through “The Flintstones,” til women and children on Bedrock’s main street begi: fleeing in terror. A giant, flying creature casts a shat ow over the shops and screaming citizens, and thei leaves a gigantic bird dropping on a Stone-Age auto® bile. Unfortunately this scene is a perfect metaphorii many ways for the most hyped film of the summer. No: only are these unfunny jokes peppered throughout tk film, but after watching it you feel like the car —abj stander enduring something surprisingly unpleasant. In the movie version of the ‘60s cartoon, the “evei) thing-made-out-of-stone-doesn’t-it-look-so-cool” sets an meticulously recreated for the big screen, but the per sonality, warmth and humor of the animated charat ters are missing. The plot is so transparent it’s almost not worth es- plaining — Fred becomes an executive and a coworkt: tries to use Fred’s lack of intelligence to embezzle cot pany funds. All the actors, especially John Goodman as Fred, are perfectly suited to their roles, but the weak script lets the actors down. With more than 30 writers and sever al rejected scripts during the nine years it took to bring Please see Flintstones/PageS Family preferring European/Oriental National for home cleaning/cooking. Call after 6pm, 776-0946. Evening work M-F, must be available 4:30 or 5:00pm for acommercial custodial cleaning business. Two positions available. Light or heavy cleaning. Call 823-1614. Employment Opportunity SUMMER RESORT JOBS - Earn to $12/hr. + tips. Ha waii, Florida. Rockies, Alaska, New England, etc. 1-206- 632-0150 ext. R5855. ■ CRUISE SHIPS NOW HIRING - Earn up to $2, 000+/mo. working on Cruise Ships or Land-Tour companies. World travel. Summer & Full-time employment available. No experience necessary. For intormation call 1-206-634- 0468 ext. C5855. AGGIE FAMILY would love to adopt your baby. Lotsoffun & love + Aggie Traditions. Open adoptions welcomed. Call Bill '77 or Cheryl at 1-800-484-9359 (0514). Legal/ Medical expenses only. To Place Your Ad In The Battalion Call 845-2696 McBee Continued from Page 3 radio station, Aggie 96, she co hosted the Rock and Rockelle morning show for one year. Toward the end of that year, plans for HomeFront News were starting to brew at VPI Communications, Inc. in Bryan. Oddly enough, McBee said she had no intention of staying in the Bryan-College Station area long-term or becoming in volved in television newscast ing. “I had just turned down a TV reporting job to come to Texas,” she explained. But rolling with the punches and being in the right place at the right time paid off for McBee. “I just happened to be here (at VPI) to voice a commercial,” McBee said. “They (VPI) said they were getting a program together and wondered if I’d be interested. From the planning stages on, I was in on it.” After three years, McBee ad mits she is gradually becoming a “transplanted Texan.” And apparently the trans plant “took.” McBee will marry a Texan, Randy Martell, in Sep tember. Restoration of a house built in the 1950s also occupies much of their time on the weekends, she said. And she spends “every other waking hour” plan ning her upcoming wedding. Looking ahead, McBee said she hopes to see HomeFront News continue to improve. “I’m really lucky,” she said. “I love what I’m doing, and it’s exactly what I want to be do- xng. DANCE Beginning Country 8c Western Mon. June 6, 13, 20, 27 &-7:15pm Mon. July 11, 18, 25, Aug 1 6-7:15pm Jitterbug Wed. June 8, 15, 22, 29 6-7:15pm Wed. July 6, 11, 27, Aug 3 6-7:15pm Ballroom Dance Tues. July 5,12, 19, 26 6-7:30pm $20/student $25/nonstudent Register Now MSC University PLUS Craft Center MSC Basement Level AEROBICS Befirinninfir Aerobics *M/W June 6 - Aug 3 5:30-6:30pm $40 T/Th June 7 - Aug 3 5:30-6:30pm $40 T/Th June 7 - Aug 3 6:45-7:45pm $40 Register Now MSC University PLUS Craft Ccntei MSC Basement Level Located in the MSC Basement Level - University PLUS Craft Center - 845-1631 Call 845-1631 for a complete listing of Summer 1994 classes and workshops. A Tradition At Its Best. Call 845-1631 -7&Z? Festival Continued from Page 3 Orchestra since 1963 and has performed from Europe to South America. The A&M festival is funded in part through a grant by Bra zos Valley Medical Center. Pat Cornehson, executive director of the medical center, says the event has improved every year since its beginning, and has been a worthwhile investment since the corporation began funding it in 1990. “It’s been probably one of the most noticeable things we’ve ever done,” Cornehson said. “They do an excellent job, and we’re very pleased with the quality - they seem to get better every year.” “It’s kind of neat having a chamber series come to town that is your own chamber series,” she said. Rose remembers the very first performance, and the encour aging words that were given to him by then-Dean of Liberal Arts Daniel Fallon. “He said, ‘You know, if you get 50 people out, it will be a suc cess.’ We got 100,” Rose said. Every year the audiences grow and the festival improves, Rose said, citing this years’ addition of the orchestral perfor mance conducted by Shostakovich. Despite the expectations surrounding the orchestra, Rose said the festival nevertheless will center around chamber mu sic, with the stage moved closer to the audience to create a more intimate setting. “(Chamber music) is designed more for a room than a concert hall, and two to nine players generally perform,” Rose said. “People think of chamber music as being more intimate - com parable to jazz, except improvisation is not (played).” “Chamber music is very special — it’s a musical dialogue ex changing feelings and emotions. 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